Little Book on the Human Shadow (Robert Bly)

Full Title: Little Book on the Human Shadow
Major Topic: a commentary on Wallace Steven’s poetry, illuminated by Bly’s articulation of Jungian approaches
Level: all levels
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Contemporary view on how to recognize, neutralize, and step out of the operations of projection. The section on retrieving the shadow is an excellent guide [...]

On Having No Head (Douglas E. Harding)

Full Title: On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
Major Topic: Direct awareness, experience without conception or projection.
Level: all levels
Douglas Harding’s offbeat approach works wonderfully. Do the exercises. You may find one or more become methods of practice for you.

Who Dies? (Stephen Levine)

Full Title: Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
Major Topic: death and dying
Level: all levels
Contemporary exploration of the great matter of life and death. If soneone close to you is dying, read this book. If you are dying, read this book. Do the exercises. If you are training people in how to [...]

Verses from the Center (Stephen Batchelor)

Full Title: Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime
Major Topic: Direct awareness, experience without conception or projection.
Level: middle, experienced and advanced
Batchelor’s commentary and translation of Nagarjuna transforms a treatise on logic into precise instructions to bring the reader into non-conceptual knowing. Use this book as a practice. Take each section and bring [...]

Four-Fold Way (Angeles Arrien)

Full Title: Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary
Major Topic: Meeting life
Level:
Compilation of approaches to the four ways of working: power, ecstasy, insight, and compassion. A reference book, full of practical tools and useful perspectives.

Rainbow of Liberated Energy (Nygakpa Chogyam)

Full Title: Rainbow of Liberated Energy: Working with Emotions through the Colour and Element Symbolism of Tibetan Tantra (the Tibetan Mystic Path)
Major Topic: the five elements
Level: middle and experienced
Detailed explanation of the five basic emotional reactions and how to step out of them. Learn the elements thoroughly. It will give you a different way [...]