This occult classic was written in 1888 by an 18 year old American boy, Frederick S Oliver. The author claimed that he was used as a channel by 'Phylos', an advanced being who had once lived in the fabled city of Atlantis. The advanced philosophy found in this book tells a remarkable, personal tale of achievement and temptation, of other planes of existence, reincarnation and the inexorable unfolding of Karma. Atlantean society is also described in detail, with its concept of the One Substance underlying all phenomena, and its advanced science and technology that include devices mirroring many of today's modern instruments. If the book is fiction, these accounts make Frederick Oliver's book a profound, almost inexplicable, achievement for one so young. If it is indeed a channeled message from a spiritually advanced being, 'A Dweller on Two Planets' provides copious esoteric information indispensable to all students of the occult.

This influential book was written in the 1890s and saw publication in 1905 six years after the death of the author (Frederick S. Oliver, who claimed he used automatic writing to channel the spirit of Phylos, a man from Atlantis whose body was in a temple on Mount Shasta, but whose spirit was on Venus). As out-there as that sounds to normal people (and that's not even a complete rendering of the situation), this book heavily influenced a great deal of what people believe about Atlantis these days. The views on Karma and Reincarnation have also been influential. As far as predictions, the author nailed television and atomic telescopes.

The text can be dense, but the descriptions of daily life in Atlantis from the social mores to the religion is fascinating. As far as New Age and Occult libraries are concerned, if you don't own a copy of this book, your library is incomplete.