Resources
Luray Friends Meeting Lending Library
Thanks largely to the generous donation of books by Susan Kaul of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, with additional books donated by Louise Williams of Homewood Friends Meeting and Cory Winslow and Lauren Canaday of Luray Friends Meeting, we offer a free lending library to those who attend Luray Friends Meeting. In order to borrow a book, please email us at LurayFriendsMeeting@gmail.com with your contact information and the name of the book which you request. Once your request has been received, you may pick up your book at the next gathering of Luray Friends Meeting. Please limit requests to one book at a time, and return each book in a timely fashion. Feel free to select from the list of books below:
Videos
QuakerSpeak - Frequently Asked Questions About Quaker Meeting For Worship
Thomas Kelly, Quaker Mystic: “Room For the Infinite"
South Jersey Quakers - Ep. 1 - Quaker Mysticism
Zen Buddhism and Quakerism: South Jersey Quakers #16
QuakerSpeak - The Kingdom of God (As Quakers See It)
QuakerSpeak - 9 Core Quaker Beliefs
QuakerSpeak - How Quakerism Began
QuakerSpeak - What Do Quakers Do in Silent Worship?
QuakerSpeak - How I Became a Quaker
QuakerSpeak - Do All Quakers Hold the Same Beliefs?
Articles
Wikipedia
Seekers - Forerunners to the Quakers
George Fox - Founder of Quakerism
Benjamin Lay - Quaker Abolitionist
Friends Journal
George Fox and the Gnostic Gospels
SAS Journal
Early Friends and the Alchemy of Perfection
Goldsmiths College, University of London
Quaker Universalist Voice
Waiting and Resting in the True Silence
Southern Cross Review
Quakerism and Jungian Psychology
Jolly Quaker
What is ‘that-of-God in everyone’?
Quaker Artists
Cambridge University Press
Virginia Places
Quaker Jane
Three Essays Defending Quaker Plain Dress
Insight
The Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism
Books
"The Quakers, or Our Neighbors the Friends" - William J. Whalen
"The Journal of George Fox" - George Fox
"Quaker Strongholds" - Caroline Stephen
"An Apology for the True Christian Divinity" - Robert Barclay
"The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy" - Anne Conway (Finch)
Quaker Organizations
QuakerSpeak - A video series focusing on the Religious Society of Friends
Vegetarian Friends - Articles and recipes by Quaker vegetarians
Quaker Universalist Voice - Website dedicated to Universalist Friends
Friends General Conference - Articles and other resources on Quakerism
Quaker.org - General information on Quakerism
What Canst Thou Say? - A quarterly periodical on areas of interest to Friends
Quaker Meetings
Valley Friends Meeting - A Quaker meeting in Dayton, Virginia
Homewood Friends Meeting - A Quaker meeting in Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Yearly Meeting - A regional yearly meeting including most of Virginia, the portion of Maryland west of the Chesapeake Bay, central Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and parts of West Virginia.
Other Organizations
Mindrolling Lotus Garden - A Buddhist center in nearby Stanley, Virginia
Love Serve Remember Foundation - A website dedicated to the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass.