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Re: Which books changed your life?

The Power of Myth   - Joseph Campbell


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  • Registered: 2005-04-24

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my top 5 in chronological order....

The Hundredth Monkey, Ken Keyes Jr.
The Archaic Revival, Terrence Mckenna
The Art of Dreaming, Carlos Castenada
The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo
The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

been very much lately looking for a new book to fall in love with, and grateful for this list we're making. Gonna look up some of ya'll favorites and make a trip to the bookstore this weekend smile

  • Registered: 2007-07-30

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The Gnostic Paul by Elaine Pagels

John 10:34

Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'?
  • Registered: 2006-09-28

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Man and His Symbols by C.G. Jung.

"There cannot be progress without expression. There cannot be expression without separation. There cannot be separation without progress."-Ouroboros
  • Registered: 2006-03-29

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Freedom from the ties that bind  --Guy Finley

The secret of letting go  --Guy Finley


Some of the very first "alternative" books I read back 14 years ago.  Gave me a good foundation for this long journey of self sculpture.

  • Registered: 2007-11-21

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The power of now big_smile

oh yeah!

Power more power I want it all!
  • Registered: 2006-09-16

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How 'bout ... 'Nine Faces of Christ' ... by Eugene Whitworth .... a most captivating story ( supposedly channeled ?) about the "methods and techniques of developing the inner Godself " ... I really don't know the background or the 'right or wrong' of this book, but you just can't put the book down from a story perspective ... do any of you know anything about it? ....

The mills of the Gods grind slow, but oh, how fine they grind.!
  • From: Australia
  • Registered: 2007-04-07

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My favourites have been stories packed with metaphysical knowlege.  I can't remember whether "A soul's Journey" by Peter Richelieu was presented as a true story [i think so] but it was about the first introduction i ever got into the concepts of the "teacher", soul travel through higher planes, re- incarnation etc.  Rivetting.  It's out of print now and cost's about $200 for a used copy on the internet.  Why don't they just republish it?

"Life before Life"  Dr Helen Wambach interviews dozens of people she "guided" to remember their conscious life before this incarnation.  Recognising prior relationships and choosing one's parents were highlights.  Almost no- one wanted to return to physical embodiment.   

"Edgar Cayce on Dreams" by hugh lynn cayce.  An essential understanding on how to consciously relate with our dreams.

"Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda.  Relates the unusual spiritual life of an authentic eastern saint.  You could laugh and cry over this book.  [Free ebook on the internet @ ananda.com]

"A Dweller on Two Planets" by Phylos the Thibetan and Frederick Spencer Oliver. [free ebook @ sacred texts archive] 

18 year old F. S Oliver was contacted in the 1880s by the adept Phylos and "automatically" wrote what phylos transferred to him mentally.  The book was far beyond the teenager's then current life experience but revealed a story of Atlantis 4000 yrs before it sank in cataclysm.  Again it is a true story packed with ancient history, high tech devices [predicted to return in 20th century America which they since have] and metaphysical gems.  It reveals the relationships between several people involving love, betrayal, a black magician posing as a true "son of the solitude" and intrigue in the royal court.   It is no Mills and Boon treatment that's for sure but it is very personal.  Phylos was then incarnate as a man called Zailm in that Atlantean drama and he relates his mistakes and his atonement in subsequent incarnations.  It is a cautionary tale of how karma follows one down the millenia until it is balanced and expiated through relationships with the same souls with which the karma was created.   A true story unlike anything you will find.

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nexus wrote:

"A Dweller on Two Planets" by Phylos the Thibetan and Frederick Spencer Oliver. [free ebook @ sacred texts archive]

This looks interesting.  The introduction at sacred-texts states:

This book is the source of the idea that there is a hidden sanctuary of ascended Lemurian masters under Mount Shasta.

I am not sure that is true.   Perhaps the source of that idea is the ACTUAL existence of some group of not-normal-humans that reside within Mount Shasta.    Sacred-texts also says that Shirley Maclaine had this book literally jump off a shelf into her hands, which is very interesting to those who have read Karla Turner's "Masquerade of Angels" about her and Ted Rice's encounters with inner-earth "people" and UFOs.     

I'd recommend Alec Maclellan's "The Lost World of Agharti" as an engaging and fun-to-read primer on the connections between Atlantis, Inner Earth, and the occult.

  • From: Shores of Lake Titikaka
  • Registered: 2006-05-25

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C G Jung:"Selected Writings"; "Synchronicity and the Paranormal"; "The Undiscovered Self"
M Scott Peck:"People of the Lie"; "the Road Less Travelled"
Ken Wilber:"Eye of Spirit"; "A Sociable God"
Steven Pinker: "How the Mind Works"; "Blank Slate"
Joseph Campbell: "Joseph Campbell Companion"
Victor Frankle: "Man's Search for Meaning"
D P Gribanov:Albert Einstein's Philosophical Views and the Theory of Relativity"
Carlos Castenada: "Don Juan"

Fun fact: Great Tits are common in Europe

To know love is to know trust; to know oneself is to know truth
~~carefulcarpenter

1+1=1

56 Reply by nexus (edited by nexus 2007-11-25 02:22:25)

  • From: Australia
  • Registered: 2007-04-07

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Hi Morningsun,

I would take anything Shirley Mc Laine says with a grain of salt too.  The bookshelf story may or may not have happened.  Either she may have been trying to associate herself with a classic so it would rub off on her, or if it did happen, it may have been to give her an opportunity to tread the real path.  Either way it takes nothing away from "A Dweller on Two Planets".

As for the Lemurian Adepts operating hidden in the earth plane i am sure it is true, that's why i recommended the book.  They are far more than "not normal humans" i can attest but i cannot attest to them still operating out of Mt Shasta.  I believe the UFO's hang around Mt Shasta because the UFO cults have plaigerised virtually everything the true brotherhood have given in the esoteric field in the last 130 years or so.  So they want us to believe it is them who people like F.S Oliver have contacted not the true Adepts or that the UFO occupants are the true Adepts.  The Lemurian Brotherhood have retreats in the Himalayas, North America, South America, the Middle East and other mountainous regions of the world.  They are not to be confused with 'middle earth' civilisations.

The only way to judge the value of a book is to read it for yourself.  This one didn't dissapoint me to say the least about it.

Ps.  See if your interest is piqued by first reading the Emanuensis' Preface.  Oliver explains his relationship with Phylos and how the book was written.  His explanation is better than mine.

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  • From: Melbourne, Australia
  • Registered: 2005-07-11

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"The New Hermetics - 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power" by Jason Augustus Newcomb
This is going to change my life by accelerating my progress even more. I'm glad I found this gem. Newcomb has a website too.
The book is awesome because it incorporates old and modern ways of being a greater person - Hermetic magick (my favourite - I loved how he did talk about the psychology and power of the four elements), Qabala, NLP, Leary's 8 circuits, Jung, and orgone. Missing toltec though smile.  It is practical and does provide references for further research and development.

If you're into Toltec, an EXCELLENT introduction and starting book would be:
"The Complete Idiots Guide to Toltec Wisdom" by Sheri A. Rosenthal who was trained under Miguel Ruiz. It is a very very good book on Toltec as it describes the different lineages - Theun Mares, Ruiz, and others. It also discusses the main concepts and practices. Highly recommended for Toltec lovers.

"The universe is on fire with wonder, beauty, and ecstasy." - From the Undines to Humanity

58 Reply by Bhang (edited by Bhang 2007-11-25 05:46:06)

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The first book to cut to to core:

1. The Prophet by Kahil Gibran

Then I was smacked in the face by:

2. The law by Frederic Bastiat

While in basic training (mega vulnerability to imprinting) I was exposed to:

3. Behold a Pale Horse by William Cooper

The following all count as players in my references:

4. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

5. The Emperor wears no clothes by Jack Herer

6. The Holy Bible

7. The Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa 

8. The essentials of Kahbbalah by Daniel C. Matt

9. The Koran (while in Iraq)

10. The best money democracy money can buy by Greg Palast

Hyperdimensional Blogging

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59 Reply by titmouse_ (edited by titmouse_ 2007-11-25 07:07:08)

  • From: Shores of Lake Titikaka
  • Registered: 2006-05-25

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Bhang,

A book history sure seems to be a journal of one's journey, doesn't it seem?  Yours especially appears this way to me: a path.

Fun fact: Great Tits are common in Europe

To know love is to know trust; to know oneself is to know truth
~~carefulcarpenter

1+1=1

60 Reply by Barefoot Doc (edited by Barefoot Doc 2007-11-25 08:05:40)

  • From: England
  • Registered: 2005-04-20

Re: Which books changed your life?

A few years ago now but
Nexus magazine, not a book i know smile
Vaccines are they are safe and effective Neil Z Miller
Alternative Medicine The Burton Goldburg Group
The Tao of Pooh Benjamin Hoff
Various books By Robert Anton Wilson
Tao Teh Ching Lao Tzu

Fictional books by Michael Moorcock, i got my signature from a character in one of his books smile

Its not like we are fractions of the whole but rather versions of the whole.