Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you imagined.
– Henry David Thoreau
Resources
Astrology
The Inner Sky by Steven Forrest
The Changing Sky by Steven Forrest (really anything by Steven Forrest)
Astrology of the Soul by Jan Spiller
Astrology, Karma and Transformation by Stephen Arroyo
Astrology, Psychology & the Four Elements by Stephen Arroyo
Healing the Soul by Mark Jones
Your Zodiac Soul by John Wadsworth
Use Your Planets Wisely by Jennifer Freed
Writing
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
The True Secret of Writing by Natalie Goldberg
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Steven King
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Earnest Hemmingway on Writing by Larry Phillips
Anything you can get your hands on by Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine
Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate and Peter A. Levine
When the Body Says No by Gabor Mate
The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein M.D.
The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy by Deb A. Dana and Stephen W. Porges
The Primal Wound by John Fireman and Ann Gila
Buddhism
Wake Up to Your Life by Ken McLeod
Reflections on Silver River by Ken McLeod
A Trackless Path by Ken McLeod
In Love with the World by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Towards a Psychology of Awakening by John Welwood
Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das
The Awakening Body by Reginald Ray
Touching Enlightenment by Reginald Ray
Feeding Your Demons by Tsultrim Allione
No Time to Lose by Pema Chodron
Relational Mindfulness by Deborah Eden Tull
Luminous Darkness by Deborah Eden Tull
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Tricycle Magazine
Teachers and Centers that offer Meditation Workshops and Retreats
Shamanism
The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
Cave and Cosmos by Michael Harner
Shamanic Journeying by Sandra Ingeman
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castenda (really anything by Castenda)
The Sorcerer’s Crossing by Taisha Abelar and Carlos Castenda
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Queens of Dreams by Heather Valencia
Medicine Woman by Lynn Andrews
Jun Q’anil: One Who Walks the Way by Jessica Nagler
Dreaming
The Woman’s Book of Dreams by Connie Cockrell Kaplan
Conscious Dreaming by Robert Moss
Dreamgates by Robert Moss (Robert has a dozen or more books to choose from)
The Art of Dreaming by Carlos Castenada
Lucid Dreaming by Robert Waggoner
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
The History of Last Night’s Dream by Robert Kratz
Belonging by Toko-pa Turner
Cancer Resources
Breasts: The Owners Manuel by Kristi Funk
The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Nasha Winters and Jess Higgins Kelley
Radical Remission by Kelly A. Turner
Anticancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan-Schreiber
Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani
Embrace, Release, Heal by Leigh Fortson
Naturopathic Oncology by Neil McKinney