The James Allen Free Library

Welcome to the James Allen Free Library

Our mission:

The James Allen Free Library aspires to make all the works of inspirational writer James Allen (1864-1912) available online, to anyone, for free, in both English and Dutch.

First of all, we thank everyone who helped us find copies of James Allen’s writings.

James Allen daily shows today’s entries from James Allen’s book of meditations for every day in the year and Morning and evening thoughts.

Works currently on offer

Books in English:

• From poverty to power; or, the realization of prosperity and peace (1901).

  Contains The path to prosperity and The way of peace.
  Both were later published as separate books.

• As a man thinketh (1902).

  Allen’s best known book.
  If you’re new to his work, you probably want to read this one first.

• All these things added (1903).

  Contains Entering the Kingdom and The heavenly life.
  Both were later published as separate books.

• Through the gates of good; or, Christ and conduct (1903).

• Byways of blessedness (1904).

• Out from the heart (1904).

• Poems of peace, including the lyrical-dramatic poem Eolaus (1907).

• The life triumphant: Mastering the heart and mind (1908).

• Morning and evening thoughts (1909).

• The mastery of destiny (1909).

• Above life’s turmoil (1910).

• From passion to peace (1910).

• Eight pillars of prosperity (1911).

• Man: king of mind, body and circumstance (1911).

• Light on life’s difficulties (1912).

• Foundation stones to happiness and success (1913).

• James Allen’s book of meditations for every day in the year (1913).

  A compilation of earlier texts, compiled by his wife Lilly L. Allen, after his death.

• Men and systems (1914).

• The shining gateway (1915).

• The divine companion (1919).

Books in Dutch:

• Alle deze dingen zullen u worden toegeworpen (1916).

  All these things added vertaald door W.D. Koot.

• Denk beter word beter (1945).

  Out from the Heart vertaald en bewerkt door B. Tadema-Doedens.

• Het lot meester worden (2007).

  The mastery of destiny vertaald door Arjen van Kol.

• Van armoede tot rijkdom of de verwezenlijking van voorspoed en vrede (1909).

  From poverty to power vertaald door G. Akersloot.

• Zoals je denkt (2007).

  As a man thinketh vertaald door Arjen van Kol.

Other publications (all as PDFs):

• The light of Reason. Magazine edited by James Allen.
• Volume V, no. 1, January 1904.
• Volume V, no. 2, February 1904.
• Volume V, no. 3, March 1904.
• Volume V, no. 4, April 1904.
• Volume V, no. 5, May 1904.
• Volume VII, no. 6, June 1905.
• Volume VII, no. 9, September 1905.
• Volume VII, no. 11, November 1905.
• Volume VII, no. 12, December 1905.
• The new courage.

  Article from Bibby's Annual as reprinted in Theosophy in New Zealand, January 7, 1914.

• How pain leads to knowledge and power.

  Article from The Epoch as reprinted in Theosophy in New Zealand, April 7, 1912.

• Comment on Confucius and the poem Knowledge.

  Respectively, from Theosophy in Australia, June 1st 1909, and The Aydar Bulletin, February 1909.

Publications about James Allen (all as PDFs):

• The Occult Review, volume 12, no.2, August 1910.
• James Allen: A Prophet of Meditation. From Herald of the Star, March 1916.

Audio books

• From passion to peace.

  Read by Gabriel Travesser. 50,1MB zip file, containing 128kbps mp3 files.
  Total playing time: 59 minutes, 45 seconds.

• Out from the heart.

  Read by Gabriel Travesser. 49,4MB zip file, containing 128kbps mp3 files.
  Total playing time: 55 minutes, 6 seconds.

• More audio books are available through Librivox.

Help us grow

Thanks to generous help, we now have, we believe at least, all books by James Allen in English available here.

This doesn’t mean however that the library is now complete. We’re still looking for people that can help us trace and are willing to lend us copies of James Allen’s magazines The Light of Reason and The Epoch, texts by Allen in other publications, in any form, be it on paper, or in some digital format. We would also like to collect articles about James Allen published during his lifetime and shortly thereafter and James Allen texts translated into Dutch. For translations that aren’t in the public domain, we need permission from the translator(s) to publish them here. Contact us if you can help.

Web site hosting for the James Allen Free Library is kindly provided by in1woord.

Some notes on copyright

As James Allen died more than 70 years ago, all his writings are now in the public domain. You are free to copy or distribute any of the original English texts by James Allen on this site. Other sites offering Allen's texts claim copyright over it by slightly altering the texts. I find that rather sad. Especially as these sites contain ads and ask for donations (and most likely copied the texts from this site in the first place). All texts are here free for the taking. If you want to express your thanks in any way, just drop us a line and donate some money to your favourite charity instead.

For the translations on this site, the situation is different. In some cases the translator has been dead for more than 70 years. In all other cases the copyright for the translations is owned by their respective translators. These translations may not be copied or distributed without permission from the translator. Translators have either given explicit permission for the publishing of their translation(s) on this site, or the publishers of this site have unsuccesfully tried everything within their power to track down the translator. If you are a translator of one or more of the translations published on this site and you object to publication here, please contact us and we will immediately remove your translation(s).