**Bateson, Gregory. 1979. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. Bantam Books, New York.

**Bateson, Gregory. 1972. Steps to an Ecology of Mind. Ballantine Books, New York.

*Bauer, Brian S. and David S. P. Dearborn. 1995. Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes. University of Texas Press.

*Benares, Camden. 1989. A Handful of Zen. New Falcon Publications, Las Vegas.
(Modern/western Zen.)

*Benares, Camden. 1977. Zen Without Zen Masters. Falcon Press, Phoenix.
(Modern/western Zen, short koans.)

*Bly, Robert. 1992. Iron John: A Book About Men. Vintage Books, New York. ISBN 0-679-73119-9.
(An interesting analysis of the Grimm folk tale of Iron John, and what it can teach men about the world. One welcome sense I get here is the need for stages/rites of passage as people grow into adulthood. Mythologies are probably integral for this process.)

***Bruteau, Beatrice. 1979. The Psychic Grid: How We Create the World We Know. The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Ill.
(A seminal book in my understandings of how we percieve the world around us. How we observe, and fail to observe, and why. And further implications of this.)

*Capra, Fritjof. 1975. The Tao of Physics. Bantam, New York.
(A physicist gets metaphysical.)

Carter, Stephen L. 1993. The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion. HarperCollins, New York.
(Interesting, but I suspect in a few vital areas Carter hasn't thought things completely through. In a school system where the majoritarian views towards religion reign, what's the lone student from a minority religion to do?)

Chauvet, Jean-Marie, Eliette Brunel Deschamps, and Christian Hillaire. 1995. Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave. Henry N. Abrams, Inc., New York.
(Stunning photography of the earliest known paintings on Earth, created by sophisicated Paleolithic people.)

Cunliffe, Barry, ed. 1997. Prehistoric Europe: An Illustrated History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9-780192-880635.
(A newly acquired book in this household, and so my comments will appear later. The editor, however, comes recommended.)

Daly, Mary. 1984. Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy. HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco.
(Her use of language is useful in getting past the ordinary everyday assumptions inherent in the ways most of use English. A sense of stridency mars portions of this book.)

**Daly, Mary, with Jane Caputi. 1987. Wickedary: Websters' First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language. Beacon Press, Boston.
(Learn from language, be inventive! Written with a sense of humor whilst making serious points.)

***Davidson, H.R. Ellis. 1988. Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandanavian and Celtic Religions. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York.

Diamond, Jared. 1999. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. WW Norton, New York. ISBN 0-393-31755-2.
(On the face of it, this book has little relevance to religion and spirituality, but if one is into Whatever-Culture Reconstructionism, learning about how cultures and societies and their concurrent spiritualities/religions form based on contextual environmental needs is a valuable tool.)

Ebon, Martin, ed. 1978. The Signet Handbook of Parapsychology: From ESP to Out-of-the-Body Experiences -- Your Total Guide to the Incredible World of the Paranormal. Signet, New York.
(This book is better, from the definitional standpoint, than the title may lead one to believe. Overview of phenomena with some scientific evidence).

***Eliade, Mircea. 1959. The Sacred & the Profane: The Nature of Religion. Harcourt, Brace and World, New York.
(A scholarly approach to the nature of religious experience.)

*Estes, Clarissa Pinkola. 1992. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype. Ballantine Books, New York.
(Stories to break free and howl by.)

**Featherston, Elena, ed. 1994. Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity. Crossing Press, Freedom, California.
(Understandings of identity and community, and the process of healing.)

*Flanagan, Sabina. 1998. Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary Life. (Second Edition) Routledge, London and New York. ISBN 0=415-18551-3.
(A book about a Christian mystic who lived from 1098 to 1179, ce. An interesting view of this woman's life, with a glimpse of the very different times in which she lived and thought.)

Gore, Al. 1992. Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
(So, what happened?? Where did Bore go??)

**Hart, Mickey. 1990. Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion. HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco.
(Drumming contains the primal. And music moves the spirit!)

***Haugk, Kenneth C. 1988. Antagonists in the Church: How to Identify and Deal with Destructive Conflict. Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis. ISBN 0-8066-2310-1
(Written with Christian congregations in mind, this book is nonetheless useful for understanding and dealing with the unpleasant sides of group dynamics in Pagan congregations/covens/networks.)

**Hayward, Jeremy W. 1984. Perceiving Ordinary Magic: Science and Intuitive Wisdom. New Science Library, Boston.

**Hudson, Travis and Ernest Underhay. 1978. Crystals in the Sky: An Intellectual Odyssey Involving Chumash Astronomy, Cosmology and Rock Art. Ballena Press Anthropologial Papers No. 10., Ballena Press, Santa Barbara.

Huxley, Francis. 1989. The Way of the Sacred. Bloomsbury Books, London.
(Ways to cross the boundaries from "ordinary life" into the sacred, with multicultural illustrations over time.)

Hyatt, Christopher S. 1982. Undoing Yourself: With Energized Meditation/The Split Brain Conspiracy. Falcon Press, Phoenix Arizona.
(In the Illuminati camp of books.)

Jaskolski, Helmut. 1997. The Labyrinth: Symbol of Fear, Rebirth, and Liberation. Shambhala, Boston. (A study of the labyrinth, in archaeology, mythology, and its current incarnations as both mazes [choices] and true labyrinths [a set path with no choices].)

***Jones, Prudence, and Nigel Pennick. 1997. A History of Pagan Europe. Routledge, New York. ISBN 0-415-15804-4.
(A fascinating read, and an essential book for anyone interested in a well-researched book on the history of European Paganism. Written by Pagans, it is about time we actually did the research, and went beyond wishful thinking. This book is an excellent start. And, there are appparently a lot more Pagan influences in the various European cultures than we commonly credit.)

*Jung, C. G. 1974. Dreams. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

**Jung, Carl G. 1964. Man and His Symbols. Dell Publishing Company, New York.

***Karas, Sheryl Ann. 1991,1998. The Solstice Evergreen: The History, Folklore and Origins of the Christmas Tree. Aslan Publishing, Fairfield CT. ISBN 0-944031-75-7.
(Suitable for adults or "intermediate-aged" children, and illustrated with black and white sketches or woodcuts. Explores the worldwide symbolisms of trees, with an emphasis on Yuletide, and the telling of myths.)

*Kennealy, Patricia. 1992. Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison. Dutton, New York.
(I picked this up because she's a Witch, not out of fascination pro or con with The Doors. Engrossing.)

*Kilham, Chris. 1988. In Search of the New Age. Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont.
(Satire - "A Humorous Look at an Emerging Culture". I don't want to be part of any religion that looks askance at laughter.)

*Kingston, Maxine Hong. 1977. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Childhood Among Ghosts. Random House, New York.
(Growing up between two worlds -- in this case, Chinese parentage in America.)

*Klee, Robert. 1997. Introduction to the Philosophy of Science: Cutting Nature at Its Seams. Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford. ISBN 0-19-510611-3
(New acquisition, only skimmed so far. Looks readable, but then again my day job is in the sciences. I refer often to the apparent fact that many Pagans -- and others -- have misconceptions regarding how scientific principles are obtained; I'm hoping here to find more elegant words on the topic that I've usually been able to muster.)

***Krupp, E.C. 1991. Beyond the Blue Horizon: Myths and Legends of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
(Absolutely fasinating to this space hound and lore-lover.)

***Krupp, E.C. 1997. Skywatchers, Shamans and Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
(An excellent follow-up to the earlier book.)

*****Kühn, Herbert 1966. The Rock Pictures of Europe: A Comprehensive Study of the Rock Pictures Found in All of Europe, from Scandanavia to Italy and from Ireland to Russia. October House.
(This is an English translation of the earlier German work originally published in 1952. While a lot of conclusions are dated, and more rock art has been uncovered since then, the inclusion of a vast variety of rock art from the dawn of prehistory onwards, covering a variety of styles and cultures, makes this book invaluable. It is probably out of print, but you may be able to scare up your copy as I did mine -- haunting used and antiquarian book stores.)

***Le Guin, Ursula K. 1982. The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. Berkley Books, New York.
(Despite the stated topics, this book does have much to offer the student of Creativity and Intuition in the Craft.)

**Lesser, Elizabeth. 1999. The New American Spirituality: A Seeker's Guide. Random House, NY. ISBN 0-375-50010-3.
(Yes, the book has a hokey title that I would have stayed away from if I couldn't browse the book in person. The book draws from a variety of spiritual experiences, predominantly but not exclusively, Eastern, speaking to westerners today in an intelligent fashion. It is written by a co-founder of the Omega Institute, in Rheinbeck, NY.)

***Lewis, C. S. 1978. Miracles: How God Intervenes in Nature and Human Affairs. Macmillian Paperbacks.
(I admit not being able to get past the Messages in his fiction, but reading them in non-fiction format works far better for me. Christian apologetics. His book, Mere Christianity, is supposed to be one of his most definitive efforts, but at the moment I don't have that book at hand.)

**Lönnrot, Elias (ed.) and Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. (trans.) 1963. The Kalevala: Poems of the Kaleva District. Harvard University Press.
(Finnish epic poetry, with commentary.) ISBN 0-674-50010-5.

*Malaclypse the Younger. Principia Discordia: Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her. Loompanics, Port Townsend, Washington.
(No explanation even attempted!)

**Mallory, J.P. 1989. In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth. Thames and Hudson, , London. ISBN 9-780500-276167.
(Finding commonalities in culture, religion, and background amongst the early and archaic Indo-Europeans. Good and provocative source material.)

*Nichols, Sallie. 1980. Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey. Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine.

*Nietzsche, Frederick. 1966 (this edition). Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future. Random House, New York.
(Very interesting philosophical discussions can be seeded by this book, leading into some worthwhile insights. While his attitude towards women is less than enlightened or insightful, reading the book for thoughts provoked by his other commentary is recommended.)

*Pagels, Elaine. 1995. The Origin of Satan. Random House, New York.
(Where did this Satan myth come from, and why was he originally useful in the political sense?)

Peck, M. Scott. 1978. The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth. Simon and Schuster, New York.
(If it is so little travelled, why does it sell like hotcakes?? Actually, though, there are indeed valuable concepts herein.)

**Plaskow, Judith and Carol P. Christ, ed. 1989. Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality. HarperCollins, San Francisco.

Pollack, Herman, ed. 1971. Jewish Pathways in Germanic Lands (1648-1806): Studies in Aspects of Daily Life. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge Mass. (Well researched using contemporaneous rabbinical information. Bits of folklore recorded by those who did not necessarily approve of or believe in such practices, but about the best record we've got. Glanced at, but not read -- looks worthwhile but I haven't seen enough to rate it.)

Renfrew, Colin 1987. Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-38675-6.
(New arrival - unread so far.)

Schlain, Leonard. 1998. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image. Viking, New York. ISBN 0-670-87883-9.
(Ways of knowing -- whether primarily through word or through image, and what this means concerning our approach to issues and to our lives. It is his contention -- presented in the format of the word -- that knowing things via word rather than via image leads to the repressive episodes in history. I tend to disagree, but he may have a point if one considers knowledge gained by words to the exclusion of images. The best of both worlds, IMO, is both.)

***Smith, Jonathan Z., and William Scott Green, ed. 1995. The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-067515-2.
(An excellent compendium of the comparative basics of religions around the world. Fascinating reading. Open it at random...)

Stein, Diane. 1995. Essential Reiki: A Complete Guide to an Ancient Healing Art. The Crossing Press, Freedom, CA.
(A watered-down approach to Reiki wherein she makes some leaps of faith in her conclusions. Still and all, bringing aspects of Reiki to people and at the same time being opposed to the usurious fees Reiki masters would charge is a positive step in the right direction.)

*Strauch, Ralph. 1983. The Reality Illusion. The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois.
(Similar thesis as Bruteau's book, above.)

**Thorsson, Edred. 1987. Runelore: A Handbook of Esoteric Runology. Samuel Weiser, York Beach, Maine.
(Mostly Norse; some Anglo-Saxon.)

***Towler, Solala. 1997. Embarking on the Way: A Guide to Western Taoism. Abode of the Eternal Tao, Eugene, Oregon.
(Principles of Taoism written in a refreshing manner, and well annotated with reflective quotes. ISBN 0-9649912-2-5.)

***Tyler, Varro E. 1993. The Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies. Haworth Press, New York.
(A book to guide one through the hokum of the herbal industry, finding the herbal gems amidst the sea of hyperbole; with due notes about hazardous herbal "treatments". If you buy no other herbalism book, buy this one. ISBN 1- 56024-287-6, because it's important enough.)

*Watts, Alan. 1973. Beyond Theology: The Art of Godmanship. Vintage Books, New York.
(The theology of the East meets the theology [Christian] of the West.)

**Watts, Alan. 1966. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are. Vintage Books, New York.

**Wilson, Robert Anton. 1977. Cosmic Trigger: The Final Secret of the Illuminati. Pocket Books, New York.
(Odd and uplifting in a manner least expected.)

Wilson, Robert Anton. 1980. The Illuminati Papers. Sphere Books Limited, London.

***Wilson, Robert Anton. 1986. Natural Law. Loompanics Books, Port Townsend, Washington.
(Short but insightful, this book seeks to demonstrate that the concept of "natural law" when applied to applications of human endeavor can be defined in any way the speaker wishes [or holds unconscious biases towards], and thus the term becomes a meaningless verbal construct. The concept of "living a natural life" depends wholly upon the beholder. I'm afraid I agree.)

*Wilson, Robert Anton. 1982. Right Where You Are Sitting Now. And/Or Press, Berkeley.

*Woudhuysen, Jan. 1980. Tarot Therapy: A Guide to the Subconscious. J.P. Tarcher, Los Angeles.

Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn. 1979. Messages from Michael. Berkley Books, New York.
(The only channelling book I'm including here. It garnered hours of discussion between Gwyon and I.)