Reading List

The earliest part of my awakening was facilitated by American Christianity and was shaped by the King James Bible, The Book of Mormon (along with related scripture), and the New England commonsense of good parents.

As I branched out from Christianity, much of my learning came from books. I studied for almost fifteen years before I found the first person I would relate to as "my teacher." I want to give credit to the authors, teachers, masters, and meditators who helped start me on my path. Without their straightforward, insightful, and often amusing writings, I don't know how long it would have taken me to walk towards the stream. 

To that end, I created this reading list, which I will add to as more works enter my life. The list of readings is organized into rough topics, but many of them overlap quite a bit. Within each topic they are alphabetized, so please don't take the order to be a subconscious recommendation. Some of my blog posts will be book/author reviews. Once I have a review post for a book, I'll link it on this page.

 If you have any reading suggestions, please put them in a comment. 

Yoga

A Simplified Course of Raja Yoga (Wallace Slater)

Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda)

Raja Yoga: A Practical Guide (Swami Suryadevananda)

Buddhism

The Buddha Walks into a Bar... (Lodro Rinzler)

Buddhism is Not What You Think (Steven Hagen)

Buddhism Plain and Simple (Steve Hagen)

Hardcore Zen (Brad Warner)

Sit Down and Shut Up (Brad Warner)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)

Zen Inspirations (Miriam Levering)

Meditation

How to Meditate (Pema Chodron)

Metaphysical

Essence into Form: The Magic and Power of the Triangle of Manifestation (Richard Powell) review

Essence into Form: The Master's Path to Creation (Richard Powell) review

Healing Arts

The Art of Reflexology (Inge Douglas with Suzanne Ellis)

Eastern Body Western Mind (Anodea Judith)

Hand to Hand (John Harvey Gray and Lourdes Gray)

Onward (Elena Aguilar)

Philosophy

Anarchy Evolution (Greg Graffin and Steve Olson)

Would You Eat Your Cat? (Jeremy Stangroom)

Books Just Generally Worth Reading and Contemplating

The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)

Siddhartha (Herman Hesse)

Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)