BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

While there have been many more often associated with various courses, here is a varied selection of some books I’ve found interesting over the years - just a taste of books and authors that you might find interesting, spanning a history of 40+ years!

TOP PICKS

The books I’ve chosen to highlight below are the ones that are close to my heart. They opened my heart and mind and gave me a guiding light at times when I was searching in earnest. All of the rest are in random order and not placed according to the most relevant or best-loved.

The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello

Anthony de Mello, 1995

You’ll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation

Wayne Dyer, 2001

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

Pema Chodron, 2018

Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

Richard Rhor, 2003

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997

A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

Marianne Williamson, 1996

Good-Bye to Guilt: Releasing Fear Through Forgiveness

Gerald Jampolsky, MD, 1985

MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS BY THEME

Spirituality

  • Awareness, Anthony de Mello 

  • Immortal Diamond, Richard Rohr 

  • Everything Belongs, Richard Rohr

  • To Bless the Space Between Us, John O'Dononhue

  • Anam Cara, John O'Donohue 

  • True Love, Thich Nhat Hanh 

  • Ethics For the New Millennium, Dalai Lama

  • The Only Dance There Is, Ram Dass 

  • Be Here Now, Ram Dass

  • Kabbalah: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners Wanting to Understand Hermetic and Jewish Qabalah Along with the Power of Mysticism, Mari Silva

  • Return to Love, Marianne Williamson

  • The Bodacious Book of Succulence, Sark (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy)

  • The Sermon on the Mount, Emmet Fox

Poetry & Novels

  • EE Cummings collected poems from 1913 to 1962, Ed. George James Firmage

  • The Essential Rumi, Translation by Coleman barks with John Moyne 

  • Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan

  • Jaguar Woman the Wisdom of the Butterfly Tree, Lynn Andrews 

  • Medicine Woman, Lynn Andrews 

  • The Eight, Catherine Neville

  • The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy.

  • The Velveteen Rabbit (classic children's), Marjorie Williams & William Nicholson 

  • The Narnia Chronicles, CS Lewis 

  • People of the Deer, Farley Mowat 

  • Far Side Collection, Gary Larson 

  • The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho 

  • The Greatest Salesman in the World, Og Mandino

  • A Wizard of Earthsea, (The Earth Cycle including the additional titles of The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu), Ursula K Le Guin

  • The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman 

  • Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman 

  • The Once and Future King, T. H. White

  • The Mabinogion, translated from the red book of Hergest by Lady Charlotte. Based on pre-Christian Celtic mythology

  • Women Who Run With the Wolves, Maria Pincola Estes

  • Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, Alan Alda

  • The hero with a thousand faces, Joseph Campbell

Esoteric

  • The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz

  • The Fifth Agreement, Don Miguel Ruiz

  • A Course in Miracles, Foundation of Inner Peace (Book and a course/organization)

  • You'll See It When You Believe It, Wayne Dyer 

  • The Magical Approach (Seth book), Jane Roberts 

  • The Nature of Personal Reality (Seth book), Jane Roberts 

  • Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda 

  • The Kybalion, The Three Initiates

  • 12 Laws of the Universe, Manhardeep Singh

  • The Secret Door to Success (and the Complete Works Of…), Florence Scovel Shinn

  • The Mental Science of Thomas Troward: Your Invisible Power, Genevieve Behrend

  • The Foundation of Huna, Matt James

  • Zero Limits, Joe Vitale

  • Creating Affluence Wealth Consciousness in the Field of All Possibilities, Deepak Chopra

  • Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East, Baird Spalding

Energy, Psychology, and Science

  • Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine & Ann Frederick

  • Emotional Healing at Warp Speed - The Power of EMDR, David Grand

  • EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma, Francine Shapiro & Margot Silk Forrest

  • Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis, Stanislav Groff & Christine Groff

  • Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind/Body Medicine, Candice Pert

  • The Wisdom Codes, Greg Braden 

  • The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles and Belief, Greg Braden 

  • Super Joy, Paul Pearsall

  • The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy, Paul Pearsall

  • Becoming Supernatural, Joe Dispenza

  • Meeting the Shadow, Zweig and Abrams

  • Goodbye to Guilt, Gerald Jampolsky

  • Love is Letting Go of Fear, Gerald Jampolsky

  • The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer

  • Start Where You Are, Pema Chodron,

  • Samkhya: An Ancient Science of Nature and the Human Soul, Ivan Antic

  • Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing, Vasant Lad

  • Your Ayurvedic Constitution, Robert E. Svoboda

  • Perfect Health, Deepak  Chopra

  • Frogs into Princes (NLP), Bandler and Grinder

  • The Emotion Code, Bradley Nelson (Book and Seminar 6-DVD Set)

  • Focusing, Eugene Gendlin

  • Psycho Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz 

  • The Reconnection Heal Others Heal Yourself, Eric Pearl 

  • Becoming Naturally Therapeutic, Jacqueline Small 

  • The Holotropic Mind, Stanislav Groff 

  • The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot

  • Smart Moves Why Learning is Not All in Your Head (Educational Kinesiology), Carla Hannaford 

  • The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge

  • Brain Gym: Simple Activities for Whole Brain Learning, Paul E. Dennison & Gail E. Dennison

  • Nature Meditations for Children, Wyllow Elizabeth and Kelly Foxton

OTHER RESOURCES