Books
Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawken A leading environmentalist and social activist's examination of the worldwide movement for social
and environmental change
Paul Hawken has spent over a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment
and fostering social justice.
From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person dot.causes, these groups
collectively comprise the largest movement on earth, a movement that has no name, leader, or location,
and that has gone largely ignored by politicians and the media. Like nature itself, it is organizing from
the
bottom up, in every city, town, and culture. and is emerging to be an extraordinary and creative
expression of people's needs worldwide.
Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of the movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and hidden
history, which date back many centuries. A culmination of Hawken's many years of leadership in the
environmental and social justice fields, it will inspire and delight any and all who despair of the world's
fate, and its conclusions will surprise even those within the movement itself. Fundamentally, it is a
description of humanity's collective genius, and the unstoppable movement to reimagine our
relationship
to the environment and one another.
The Serpent of Light
The Movement of the Earth's Kundalini
and the Rise of the Female Light,
1949-2013
by Drunvalo Melchizedek
Those of you who are familiar with Drunvalo Melchizedek know that he was sent to this planet with specific missions to fulfill — and one of them was to assist the Great Mother in a transition process that only comes around every thirteen-thousand years. 'The Serpent of Light' is Drunvalo's account of what it has taken to shift the Kundalini of the planet from the White Pyramid of Tibet to its new home high in the mountains of Chile. The movement of this root force will open the space for the female frequency to reign over the next 13,000-year cycle.
Changes of this magnitude do not happen overnight — and the work that goes into bringing them about is a labor of love — love for all life, everywhere. In his efforts to ease the planet through the Great Shift of the Ages, Drunvalo's labors have taken him all over the world. These magical mystery tours involved working on the inner planes, in specific locations, at specific times, to bring about outer changes that are vital to the Earth's activation process, and to all of us as we approach the end of the Mayan Calendar.
In this passionate yet thoroughly researched book, author Thom Hartmann proposes that the only lasting solution to the crises we face is to relearn the lessons of our ancient ancestors -- who lived sustainably for thousands of generations.
When you touch this new yet ancient way of seeing the world and hearing the voice of all life, you discover that you, personally, hold the power of personal and planetary transformation. In that breathtaking moment we see both a possible future for the survival of humanity and the fulfillment of our highest dreams and aspirations.
I asked a number of avid readers to send me a list of their favourite books and here they are...
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Suzanne Ingleton
Suzanne is a creative and unique writer, performer, director,
ritualist,
shamanic healer and celebrant.
I’m an avid reader who ends up in bed late a night,
too buggered and too tired to read.
So, When I get ILL, I devour books!
My fave books..hmmm hard one.
Fiction to begin with
'Hopeful Monsters', Nicholas Mosley.
Unreal book, it haunts me still. It took me ages to hook into and then WHAM!
Anything by Evelyn Waugh-(This is my younger self talking and below )
Anything by Nancy Mitford.
'Ya Ya Sisterhood'- great book, awful fillum.
But today....crime fiction: Peter Temple and Shane Maloney- I like a laugh.
On the Spirit/Knowledge Spectrum ...
William Irwin Thompson..ANYTHING
-but start with 'The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light'
'The Biography of E=MC2'.. I have become besotted with mathematics.
So therefore:ALSO 'Fermat' s Last Theorem'. Brilliant .
My Personal Bible is
'The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets' by Barbara Walker.
And then the Heavies:
Laurence Gardner-'Bloodline of the Holy Grail','Realm of the Ring Lords' etc etc.
Michael Dames 'Mythic Ireland ' , 'Silbury Treasure'.
I carried Mythic Ireland with me on my journey to Ireland. Its was incredible.
and then, venture into the path of The Red Road...
'Watch for Me on the Mountain' -Forrest Carter, who also wrote
'The Education of Little Tree'.
The former is the story of Geronimo, utterly fantastic, shamanism at its best!
The latter will make you weep. I think they made a movie of it. (They did! PH)
'Breath of the Invisible' best instruction on following the path of the teachings of the Red Road.
If you can find it- 'Hunta Yo' I think that’s the title I cannot remember the author.
The story of the Lakota Sioux.
Heartbreakingly wonderful and you will change your life.
Another life changing book especially for young men:
'The Way of the Peaceful Warrior' by Dan Millman.
Specials
'The Towers of Trebizond' by Rose Macaulay.(she's good!)
'Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo’
by Tracy Johnston -
the most horrific travel book ever!
'Mysteries' by Knut Hamsen. Just read it!
The Term of his Natural Life. M Clarke.
Shiveringly good, our history -then go down to Tasmania
- if you can bear it, to see these places.
Gosh I think you’ve asked me to reveal my whole life of books.
There’s so many more!
I’ll stop now.
Do check out Suzanne's website here www.suzanne.com.au
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Marg Kendall, a long-term library worker who as a child was always told, “You’ll grow up to be a Librarian because you like reading” and I did!
My mother tells how I learnt to read at an early age and would read anything, and when I was about 6 or 7 she found me reading They’re a Weird Mob, which she let me finish reading despite her misgivings about the language it contained.
Marg recommends Fiction
Colleen McCulloch. Angel Puss.
Amy Tan. Saving fish from drowning.
Phillip Hallie. Lest innocent blood be shed:
the story of the village of Le Chambon and how goodness happened there.
John Marsden. Any and all of The Tomorrow Series
Any and all of The Ellie Chronicles
Sue Grafton. Any and all of The ‘Alphabet’ Series
Kate Mosse. Labyrinth
Alice Sebold. The lovely bones.
Lucky.
Non-fiction
Stephanie Dowrick. Forgiveness and other acts of love.
Freethinking.
James Gleick. Faster: the acceleration of just about everything.
Kimberley Snow. Keys to The Open Gate - A Woman's Spirituality Sourcebook.
Linda Goodman. Linda Goodman’s sun signs.
Germaine Greer. The whole woman.
Buddhism in particular
Venerable Adrienne Howley. The Naked Buddha
The Naked Buddha speaks.
Vicki Mackenzie. Why Buddhism?
Kimberley Snow. In Buddha’s kitchen.
Bob Sharples. Meditation: calming the mind.
Sara Jenkins. This side of Nirvana.
Geri Larkin. Stumbling towards enlightenment.
Sharon Salzberg. Loving-Kindness: the revolutionary art of happiness.
Sylvia Boorstein. Pay attention, for goddness' sake.
Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield. Seeking the heart of wisdom:
the path of Insight Meditation.
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Wendy Allen – Buddhist, lapsed Christian, Early Intervention Teacher
and loves books about spirituality, and, kids and big people, particularly the survivors.
When Cedar asked me to contribute here about recommending books,
she was asking
the person
who can still remember her first book from the Mudgee town library some 50 years ago –
“Noddy and Big Ears” and I loved its smell!!
Always have 2-3 books on the go!
Recommended in subject matter (Marg Kendall would be proud of me)
and priority of interest.
Narrowed the 1000s down to Best book 2006 and for some time–
“Last Seen in Lhasa” by Australian journalist, Claire Scobie –
an amazing friendship between a wonderful dread locked,
somewhat ascetic Tibetan Buddhist nun and Claire.
Spirituality
Tibetan Buddhism
“Advice on a Thousand Verses” by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
“The Buddha’s Medicine for the Mind – Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion”
by my current geshe, Geshe Tashi Tsering
“Cave in the Snow” by Vicki McKenzie (lots of underlining)
"Reflections on a Mountain Lake by Tenzin Palma
“The Path to Bliss” and “The Good Heart” by HH Dalai Lama
“Peace is Every Step” by Thich Nhat Hanh
“Why Buddhism” by Vicki McKenzie,
“Benedict’s Dharma” ed. Patrick Henry
“The Words of My Perfect Teacher" by Patrul Rinpoche
Christianity
“The Christian Agnostic” by Lesley Weatherhead
“Honest to God” by John Robinson
“Into the Whirlwind” by John Shelby Spong
“The Cost of Discipleship” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Everyday Passions – a Conversation on Living” by Rev. Dorothy McRae-McMahon
Inspirational People
“Bridge Across my Sorrows” by Christina Noble
“Oodgeroo” by Kathie Cochrane
“Mosaic" by Dianne Armstrong
“Home is Where the Heart Is” Geraldine Cox
“Affluenza” by Clive Hamilton
“One World” by Peter Singer
Enjoy his catalyst to debate the big issues in all his books.
“Mao’s Last Dancer” Li Cunxin
“Those Tracks on My Face” by Barbara Holborrow
“You Can Call Me Ellie” by Anne McCullagh Rennie
“Tell Me I’m Here” and “Resilience” by Anne Deveson
“Motherless Daughters – the Legacy of Loss” by Hope Edelman
Best novels – from a romantic
"The Golden Journey” by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
(read in one session in primary school
and current hardback found in jumble sale in Maclean N.S.W.),
and recently “Angel Puss” by Colleen McCulloch.
Loved as a kid and still do “Pollyanna” by Elean
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Kim O'Brien has a Kinesiology practice in Sydney.
This booklist has been compiled from the many books her clients have found useful over the years.
They are in no particular order.
Kim is presently a student of Claudio Naranjo's in the SAT School, Brazil.
Feed Your Head
Science and Sanity
Albert Korzybski
The affects of language on the nervous system
Why Maths Is Good for You - hard to find.
An oldie but a goodie.
Character and Neurosis - An Integrative View
Claudio Naranjo
Transformation Through Insight
The Enneagram of Society - Healing the Soul to Heal the World
Claudio is the Master of the Enneagram.
The best Enneagram information bar none.
Neurosis and Human Growth
Karen Horney
She busted Freud.
She inspired Fritz Perlz.
She remade psychoanalysis.
What a woman.
Animals in Translation
Temple Grandin
Autistic author understands how animals experience the world.
Brain science from a unique perspective.
Essential reading for animal lovers.
Brain States
Tom Kenyon
Leading sound therapist, explains his process.
Full of knowledge and insight.
Practical examples and useful exercises.
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
Joseph Ledoux
What are my chemicals doing to me?
It helps to know.
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
Jeffrey Satinover
According to the Human Genome Project we use 1 to 3 % of our brain
Satinover tells you what the rest is doing.
The Holographic Universe
Michael Talbot
Most user friendly introduction to quantum physics going.
Early 90's but still relevant.
Read it and watch your world grow.
The Field
Lynne McTaggart
Further adventures in quantum physics.
Get how powerful you really are
The Biology of Belief
Bruce Lipton
Quantum biologist
Autobiographical approach to quantum biology.
In Australia for workshops in 2007
The Flower of Life - Volumes 1 and 2
Drunvalo Melchizedek
Introduction to New Age teachings
Still relevant after all these years.
Molecules of Emotion
Candace B Pert
PhD Scientist explains the science of emotion
through autobiography and experiments.
Another way to understand how you feel.
Try before The Emotional Brain.
The Way of the Superior Man
David Deida
Written for men in straightforward non-technical language.
The most useful book to address the crisis in masculinity.
Woman friendly.
The Hathor Material
Tom Kenyon
Kenyon's seminal work.
Reluctantly channelled.
Theory and benefits of sound therapy.
Great practical exercises.
The Magdalene Manuscript
Tom Kenyon
Kenyon conveys the story of The Magdalene in her own words.
Essential for women, great for men too.
Once again practical exercises of the highest order.
Moves tantra into the future.
A Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe
Michael S Schneider
Fulbright-Hayes scholar, mathematician and educator.
Schneider brings mathematics down to earth
and into the human.
If you never 'got' maths, this is the book for you.
If you love maths - you'll love it even more.
Essential reading to grow your nervous system.
Essential Spirituality
Roger Walsh MD PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Philosophy and Anthropology.
Australian author.
Connects the 7 central practices common to all religions.
Full of practical exercises.
A basic primer for spirituality.
Hyperspace
Michio Kaku
Renowned physist takes you there.
Are you ready?
User friendly.
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