Here is an interview with the author of a great Canadian book: Promised Lands: Growing up Absurd in the 1950s and 60s. You can also check out the author’s blog, Me of All People, and be illuminated by his ‘cranky cultural criticism’. This book would appeal to those of …
by Oliver Burkeman. Catchy title! And goes against the grain of ‘new age’ thinking but not really. It’s the next step. It’s Saturn in Scorpio. It’s an alternative look at a frustrating issue: How come all my efforts at thinking good and positive thoughts aren’t making me happy? (or rich …
by Barbara Kingsolver In many ways it is easier to paint a picture of truth through fiction than it is in non-fiction. This is a book about butterflies, humans, science, nature and global warming. She tells a great story, all the more powerful because it is our story.
by James Finley A beautiful, simple book on meditation and the care and feeding of our inner landscape.
by Judith Blackstone This book is not only insightful but it also offers many guided meditations to help ground and expand awareness.
The following list of books is sort of old. I am pasting it here from my old website. When you have favorite books though they don’t really fade with time. In any case it’s a random and very idiosyncratic selection. This list isn’t in any particular order and if …
This is a book about addiction but it is really a book about all of us. Mate speaks eloquently and personally about the mechanisms of the brain as well as the social, psychological and spiritual aspects of what is possibly the single most problematic issue in our world.
I love this book despite that masculine takes precedence and God is the word. It’s a treasure of mystical insight and such insight transcends cultural writing conventions. I love it for things like this: Within myself is a metaphorical apex of existence at which i am held in being by …
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