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Body Mind Spirit: Exploring the Parapsychology of Spirituality - Charles T. Tart, Editor 1997

Amazon Synopsis: Addressing the split between practitioners of science and those of spirituality, Charles Tart presents the considerations of well-known researchers and authors such as William Roll, Ramakrishna Rao, Michael Grosso, and Jeffrey Mishlove on such subjects as God, life after death, channeling, and other dimensions. A ground-breaking work that may surprise many readers.

 

The Book of Hope: How Women Can Overcome Depression – Helen A. DeRosis, MD. Victoria Y. Pellegrino 1979

 

Born to Win: Transactional Analysis With Gestalt Experiments- Muriel James and Dorothy Jongeward 1996

Amazon Synopsis: In this enriching volume, Dr. Muriel James, co-author of Passion for Life: Psychology and the Human Spirit, and Dr. Dorothy Jongeward, show that every person has the potential to be a winner: to be an authentic, alive, repsonsive, fulfilled human being. An imaginative guide for self-analysis, discovery and growth—complete with experiments and exercises you can do by yourself—Born to Win uses psychological insights to increase your awareness of the real power you have to direct your own life, to make decisions, to develop your own ethical system, to enhance the lives of others—and to understand that you were "Born To Win."

 

Breaking Free of the Co-Dependency Trap - Janae B. Weinhold & Barry K. Weinhold 2008

Amazon Synopsis: This bestselling book, now in a revised edition, radically challenges the prevailing medical definition of co-dependency as a permanent, progressive, and incurable addiction. Rather, the authors identify it as the result of developmental traumas that interfered with the infant-parent bonding relationship during the first year of life.

Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Barry and Janae Weinhold correlate the developmental causes of co-dependency with relationship problems later in life, such as establishing and maintaining boundaries, clinging and dependent behaviors, people pleasing, and difficulty achieving success in the world. Then they focus on healing co-dependency, providing compelling case histories and practical activities to help readers heal early trauma and transform themselves and their primary relationships.

Breaking Free of the Co-dependency Trap presents a groundbreaking developmental road map to guide readers away from their co-dependent behaviors and toward a life of wholeness and fulfillment.

 

Choice and Change: The Psychology of Adjustment, Growth, and Creativity – April O’Connell/ Jacqueline Whitmore & Vincent O’Connell 2004

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self - Alice Miller 1997

Book Jacket: Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents’ expectations and win their ”love.” Alice Miller writes, ”When I used the word ’gifted’ in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way.

I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb… Without this ’gift’ offered us by nature, we would not have survived.” But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

The Enneagram of Liberation: From Fixation to Freedom - Eli Jaxon-Bear

Amazon Synopsis: Eli Jaxon-Bear presents a radically new model of the ego and the psyche. Bringing together his background in Buddhism with his Sufi work on essence, he presents a fresh approach to awakening by using the Enneagram's nine fixated structure of ego to clearly describe who you are not.

You will see how habits of egoic identification continuously appear to veil the pristine consciousness that you truly are. When these habits of mind are exposed, there is a clear choice to end the bondage of ego-based suffering and to realize the vast, inherent freedom of one's true nature. In this book Eli gives us the map of the prison of mind and the keys to freedom.

 

Fire in the Soul: A New Psychology of Spiritual Optimism - Joan Borysenko 1994

Amazon Synopsis: The author of the New York Times bestseller Minding the Body, Mending the Mind reveals the power of spiritual optimism: a philosophy that sees life crises as opportunities for personal growth and spiritual transformation.

 

Games People Play – Eric Berne 2010

Amazon Synopsis: The bestselling Games People Play is the book that has helped millions of people understand the dynamics of relationships, by psychiatrist Eric Berne.

We all play games. In every encounter with other people we are doing so. The nature of these games depends both on the situation and on who we meet.

Eric Berne's classic Games People Play is the most accessible and insightful book ever written about the games we play: those patterns of behaviour that reveal hidden feelings and emotions. Wise and witty, it shows the underlying motivations behind our relationships and explores the roles that we try to play - and are forced to play.

Games People Play gives you the keys to unlock the psychology of others - and yourself. You'll become more honest, more effective, and a true team player.

'A brilliant, amusing, and clear catalogue of the psychological theatricals that human beings play over and over again' Kurt Vonnegut

Eric Berne was a prominent psychiatrist and bestselling author.After inventing his groundbreaking Transactional Analysis, he continued to develop and apply this new methodology leading him to publish Games People Play. This became a runaway success and Berne leaves a remarkable legacy of over 30 other books and articles, as well as the founding of the International Transactional Analysis Association.

Dr Berne's other works include Principles of Group Treatment, A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis', and What Do You Say After You Say Hello? He died in 1970.

God, Man and the Dancing Universe - Jef Bartow 2005

Kirkus Review: An intriguing if sometimes ponderous examination of man's place in the universe.

Bartow creates a systematic philosophic framework for integrating concepts from diverse disciplines, such as astrology, psychology, metaphysics, theology, eastern and western mysticism and quantum physics. The author uses complex–and often unintelligible–diagrams to create a visual representation of the corporeal and spiritual universe, building layers of complexity that illustrate the dynamic interaction of mind, matter, energy and spirituality. He divides man’s perception of the universe into objective and subjective categories with distinctive subcategories, using piano keys as the primary metaphor–the black keys represent the objective planes, embodied in the concrete laws of science, and the white keys represent the subjective interior planes. The author makes frequent use of the philosophies from such ancient traditions as the Kabbalah, Buddhism, the teachings of Don Juan and Tibetan thought. The massive scope of Bartow’s vision eventually becomes overwhelming, and the esoteric nature of the study will deter casual readers. Ultimately, however, the text will prove thought-provoking and rewarding for the diligent.

A daunting but worthwhile journey through the material and divine realms of our universe.

 

The Healing Power of Kindness: Volume One: Releasing Judgment - Kenneth Wapnick 2004

Amazon Synopsis: The idea for this book originated with a talk given at the end of a week-long class on sickness and healing at our Center. The teaching staff was struck by the paradox of students on the one hand spending a week discussing healing, in terms of forgiveness and undoing separation, and on the other, fervently practicing judgment and condemnation of each other,directly opposite to the kind, gentle tone of Jesus' words in 'A Course in Miracles.

This talk thus was devoted to the kindness of healing, in hopes of reinforcing Jesus' message of undoing separation. Kindness reflects our inherent oneness with each other, while attack drives us still further apart in our awareness. In reviewing the principles of sickness and healing and some common misapplications, the discussion in this book helps us undo the sources of unkindness, so that in all our interactions we would reflect the Source of kindness. It is hoped that this little book will serve to remind us all of the need to be kind, the spiritual principle par excellence.

 

Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families - Charles L. Whitfield 1987

Amazon Synopsis: Have you ever heard of your inner child? Well, this is the classic book that started it all. (I thought it was Eric Berne that started it all.)

In 1987, Charlie Whitfield's breakthrough concept of the child within—that part of us which is truly alive, energetic, creative and fulfilled—launched the inner child movement. Healing the Child Within describes how the inner child is lost to trauma and loss, and how by recovering it, we can heal the fear, confusion and unhappiness of adult life.

Eighteen years and more than a million copies sold later, Healing the Child Within is a perennial selling classic in the field of psychology. And it is even more timely today than it was in 1987. Recent brain research, particularly on the effects of trauma on the brain of developing children, has supported Whitfield's intuitive understanding as a psychiatrist.

 

Healing the Shame that Binds You - John Bradshaw 1988

Amazon Synopsis: In an emotionally revealing way John Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame is the core problem in our compulsions, co-dependencies, addictions and the drive to super-achieve. The result is a breakdown in the family system and our inability to go forward with our lives. We are bound by our shame. Drawing from his 22 years of experience as a counselor, Bradshaw offers us the techniques to heal this shame. Using affirmations, visualizations, "inner voice" and "feeling" work plus guided meditations and other useful healing techniques, he releases the shame that binds us to the past. This important book breaks new ground in the core issues of societal and personal breakdown, offering techniques of recovery vital to all of us.

 

Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child - Margaret Paul 1992

Amazon Synopsis: Inner bonding is the process of connecting our adult thoughts with our instinctual, gut feelings -- the feelings of the "inner child" -- so that we can minimize painful conflict within ourselves. Free of inner conflict, we feel peaceful, open to joy, and open to giving and receiving love.

Margaret Paul, coauthor of Healing Your Aloneness, explores how abandonment of the inner child leads to increasingly negative and destructive feelings of low self-worth, codependence, addiction, shame, powerlessness, and withdrawal from relationships. Her breakthrough inner bonding process teaches us to heal past wounds through reparenting and clearly demonstrates how we can learn to parent in the present. Real-life examples illustrate the dynamics of the healing process and show the benefits we can expect in every facet of our lives and in all our relationships.

Inner Bonding provides the tools we need to forge and maintain the inner unity that makes our family, sexual, work, and social relationships productive, honest, and joyful.

 

Jung and the New Age - David Tacey 2001

Amazon Synopsis: Just as formal religion appears to dwindle to a minority interest, 'New Age' spirituality gathers increasing momentum and baffles us with its popular appeal. What is more, it has appropriated Jung as one of its spiritual leaders.

In his own trenchant style, David Tacey offers a theoretical and philosophical account of the New Age phenomenon and the archetypal imperatives that have brought it about. He also investigates the popular claim that Jung is a prophet or mystic, and argues that critics have been only too willing to concur with what the New Age has made of him, conspiring to turn Jung into a figure of ridicule. Jung and the New Age, redresses the balance, while offering a wide-ranging discussion about the state of consciousness in the New Age culture, and the future of spirituality versus formal religion.

 

Loyalty To Your Soul: The Heart of Spiritual Psychology - H. Ronald Hulnick, Mary R. Hulnick & Neale Donald Walsch 2011

Amazon Synopsis: 'Loyalty to Your Soul' establishes Spiritual Psychology as a paradigm-altering frontier. It initiates a radical shift at the core of contemporary psychological thought by unveiling a technology for using everyday life experiences as rungs on the ladder of spiritual evolution. This book is uniquely suited for anyone seeking to discover and cross the bridge that spans the waters between life referenced in material reality and life lived within the context of spiritual reality. 'Loyalty to Your Soul' shows you how to first gain access to, and then gradually learn to live from, that sacred place inherent within everyone, referred to by the authors as the Authentic Self - a place where emotional suffering ceases and profound peace and love are present.

While many people have written about such an inner state, Ron and Mary Hulnick show you how to travel there . . . and what to anticipate once you arrive. The radical technology they introduce empowers readers to transform challenging or negative human experiences into direct experiences of the Soul.

Memories, Dreams, Reflections – C.G. Jung 1989

Amazon Synopsis: In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, C. G. Jung undertook the telling of his life story. At regular intervals he had conversations with his colleague and friend Aniela Jaffé, and collaborated with her in the preparation of the text based on these talks. On occasion, he was moved to write entire chapters of the book in his own hand, and he continued to work on the final stages of the manuscript until shortly before his death on June 6, 1961.

This edition of Memories, Dreams, Reflections includes Jung's VII Sermones ad Mortuos.

 

New Age Thinking: A Psychoanalytic Critique - M. D. Faber 1996

Publishers Description: New Age thinking is sweeping vigorously through Western culture. This highly original study is rooted in human developmental psychology as it emerges through the work of M. Mahler, D. Stern, and C. Bollas. It discloses the extent to which New Agers rely on magical, regressive beliefs and behaviours to escape the internal torment that comes with the individual separateness and the stern demands of reason.

 

New Spirituality, Self, And Belonging - Jon P. Bloch 1998

Amazon Synopsis: Through in-depth interviews with 22 New Agers and Neo-Pagans, this study proposes a new model of religious identity from a sociological standpoint. The analysis demonstrates that in spite of their great diversity of beliefs and lack of strong organizational ties, alternative spiritualists comprise a discernible community.

 

No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth - Ken Wilber 2001

Amazon Synopsis: A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained. This edition includes a new preface.

 

One Taste - Ken Wilber 2001

Amazon Synopsis:  A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained. This edition includes a new preface.

 

The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way - Wayne W. Dyer 2005

Amazon Synopsis: Intention is generally viewed as a pit-bull kind of determination propelling one to succeed at all costs by never giving up on an inner picture. In this view, an attitude that combines hard work with an indefatigable drive toward excellence is the way to succeed. However, intention is viewed very differently in this book. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This book explores intention—not as something you do—but as an energy you’re a part of. We’re all intended here through the invisible power of intention. This is the first book to look at intention as a field of energy that you can access to begin co-creating your life with the power of intention.

Part I deals with the principles of intention, offering true stories and examples on ways to make the connection. Dr. Dyer identifies the attributes of the all-creating universal mind of intention as creative, kind, loving, beautiful, expanding, endlessly abundant, and receptive, explaining the importance of emulating this source of creativity. In Part II, Dr. Dyer offers an intention guide with specific ways to apply the co-creating principles in daily life. Part III is an exhilarating description of Dr. Dyer’s vision of a world in harmony with the universal mind of intention.

The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life - Piero Ferrucci, Vivien Reid Ferruci (Translator) 2007

Amazon Synopsis: Piero Ferrucci warns against the dangers of "global cooling." As the pace of living grows faster and the impact of new technologies more insistent, communications become hurried and impersonal. The drive for profit overrides the heart. Warmth and genuine presence fade.

The Power of Kindness is a stirring examination of a simple but profound concept. Piero Ferrucci, one of the world's most respected transpersonal psychologists, explores the many surprising facets of kindness and argues that it is this trait that will not only lead to our own individual happiness and the happiness of those around us, but will guide us in a world that has become cold, anxious, difficult, and frightening.

In eighteen interlocking chapters, Dr. Ferrucci reveals that the kindest people are the most likely to thrive, to enable others to thrive, and to slowly but steadily turn our world away from violence, self-centeredness, and narcissism- and toward love. Writing with a rare combination of sensitivity and intellectual depth, Dr. Ferrucci shows that, ultimately, kindness is not a luxury in our world but rather a necessity for us all.

 

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind – Dr. Joseph Murphy 2012

Amazon Synopsis: Why is one mad sad and another man happy? Why is one man joyous and prosperous and another man poor and miserable? Why is one man fearful and anxious and another full of faith and confidence? Dr. Joseph Murphy answers these questions and many more in his best-selling self-help book, which shows you how to unleash the hidden strengths within you to gain confidence and success in everyday life.

 

The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932 by C. G. Jung - C.G. Jung 1999

Amazon Synopsis: "Kundalini yoga presented Jung with a model of something that was almost completely lacking in Western psychology--an account of the development phases of higher consciousness.... Jung's insistence on the psychogenic and symbolic significance of such states is even more timely now than then. As R. D. Laing stated... 'It was Jung who broke the ground here, but few followed him.'"--From the introduction by Sonu Shamdasani

Jung's seminar on Kundalini yoga, presented to the Psychological Club in Zurich in 1932, has been widely regarded as a milestone in the psychological understanding of Eastern thought and of the symbolic transformations of inner experience.

Kundalini yoga presented Jung with a model for the developmental phases of higher consciousness, and he interpreted its symbols in terms of the process of individuation. With sensitivity toward a new generation's interest in alternative religions and psychological exploration, Sonu Shamdasani has brought together the lectures and discussions from this seminar. In this volume, he re-creates for today's reader the fascination with which many intellectuals of prewar Europe regarded Eastern spirituality as they discovered more and more of its resources, from yoga to tantric texts.

Reconstructing this seminar through new documentation, Shamdasani explains, in his introduction, why Jung thought that the comprehension of Eastern thought was essential if Western psychology was to develop. He goes on to orient today's audience toward an appreciation of some of the questions that stirred the minds of Jung and his seminar group: What is the relation between Eastern schools of liberation and Western psychotherapy? What connection is there between esoteric religious traditions and spontaneous individual experience? What light do the symbols of Kundalini yoga shed on conditions diagnosed as psychotic?

Not only were these questions important to analysts in the 1930s but, as Shamdasani stresses, they continue to have psychological relevance for readers on the threshold of the twenty-first century. This volume also offers newly translated material from Jung's German language seminars, a seminar by the indologist Wilhelm Hauer presented in conjunction with that of Jung, illustrations of the cakras, and Sir John Woodroffe's classic translation of the tantric text, the Sat-cakra Nirupana.

 

Psychotherapy and Spirit: Theory and Practice in Transpersonal Psychotherapy - Brant Cortright 1997

Amazon Synopsis: This volume brings together the major developments in the field of transpersonal psychotherapy. It articulates the unifying theoretical framework and explores the centrality of consciousness for both theory and practice. It reviews the major transpersonal models of psychotherapy, including Wilber, Jung, Washburn, Grof, Ali, and existential, psychoanalytic, and body-centered approaches, and assesses the strengths and limitations of each. The book also examines the key clinical issues in the field. It concludes by synthesizing some of the overarching principles of transpersonal psychotherapy as they apply to actual clinical work.

 

TheQuest: Heal Your Life, Change Your Destiny: A Breakthrough Self Healing System by Aurora Juliana Ariel PhD 2009 

Synopsis: Use the seven step process developed by Dr Ariel to uncover and heal the inner aspects that hold you back from having a closer relationship with your authentic self. Aurora Ariel developed this process known as TheQuest through a need to heal her own inner subconscious aspects that caused self-sabotage, illness, and trauma in her relationships.

This book holds the key and direction that you need to do your own inner self-healing.  Free PDF

 

The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth – M. Scott Peck, MD 2003

Amazon Synopsis: Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twenty-three languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times bestseller list.

Now, with a new Introduction by the author, written especially for this twenty-fifth anniversary deluxe trade paperback edition of the all-time national bestseller in its field, M. Scott Peck explains the ideas that shaped this book and that continue to influence an ever-growing audience of readers.

Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one's own true self.

Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, "Life is difficult" and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding.

 

Soul Psychology; Keys to Ascension - Joshua David Stone 1995

Amazon Synopsis: Modern psychology deals exclusively with personality, ignoring the dimensions of spirit and soul. This book provides ground-breaking theories and techniques for healing and self-realization. Topics covered include: the development of personal power and the functioning of the conscious and subconscious minds; unconditional self-love and the inner child; the Christ Consciousness and how to achieve it; physical immortality, and psychic self-defense.

Struggle for Intimacy - Janet G. Woititz 1993

Amazon Synopsis: The struggle for intimacy is a complex issue, key to the happiness of every man and woman. It goes on for all of us as long as we live. To be intimate is to be close, to be vulnerable, qualities that are very different from the survival skills we learned. This book will help clarify the issues for you.

You can learn to:

• Identify family myths to make you wonder whether having a healthy, intimate relationship is possible.
• Know the questions to ask to find out whether you and your partner have a long-term future together.
• Be aware of misunderstandings that can sabotage your relationship.
• Express your feelings and fears so as to avoid misunderstandings.
• Find our what to do when your relationship is not working.
• Create good relationships.

Acquiring intimacy skills can be difficult, but through understanding and effort, they can be learned. This insightful book is a good place to begin.

 

Superlearning – Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder 1982

Amazon Synopsis: A revolutionary new system that lets you master facts, figures, sports skills, your health, psychic abilities--anything!--two to ten times faster than you ever thought passable.

• Remember almost anything you see or hear.
• Master sports skills with incredible ease.
• Solve problems while you sleep.
• Raise your grades and shorten your study hours.
• Learn languages with lightning speed.
• Turn your children into superlearners.
• Improve your health, reduce aches and pains.Succeed at anything you do with powerful new skills that help you makes the right decisions.

And much, much more...

Add undreamed-of dimensions to your abilities, using innovative, easy-to-follow techniques proved in worldwide studies.  Included are dozens of exercises that can turn potential into ultra-performance in almost every area of your life.

 

Total Recall: How to Boost Your Memory Power – Joan Minninger, PhD 1984

Google Synopsis: Explains how the human memory works, tells why we forget, and suggests ways to remember faces and names, dates and numbers, and important facts

 

What You Really Want, Wants You - Dr. Toni Lamotta 2007

Google Synopsis: "Following the principles put forth in this book will help us all to become the universal humans we were born to be. It's a step towards the conscious evolution of our planet. I endorse this work fully.""-Barbara Marx Hubbard, president, Foundation for Conscious Evolution

Success gurus recommend setting goals. Ancient spiritual teachings suggest living in the now and "allowing" things to happen rather than "making" things happen. "What You REALLY Want, Wants You" reveals the secret that's been missing for all those people whose hopeful, positive thinking didn't make them rich or bring them unending contentment and joy. Dr. Toni LaMotta takes the focus off achievement and turns it to the significance of your life as a whole, allowing you to experience the true essence of your desires.

By focusing on "The Divine Dozen," twelve innate qualities you already possess, Dr. LaMotta shows you how to identify and focus on what you "really" want and explains why the things you think are your current goals are only distracting symbols of what you actually seek. With her spiritual system for success, you will discover the immense power within you, learn how to access it, and use it to embark on a genuinely fulfilling, meaningful journey.

When you enjoy greater abundance in all areas of life, then you know true significance. By focusing on the divine, infinite qualities you already possess, you can obtain more than you ever thought possible-you can get what you "really" want.

 

Whole Brain Thinking - Jacquelyn Wonder and Priscilla Donovan 1984

Amazon Synopsis: Wonder's seminars on whole-brain thinking have been enthusiastically received by such corporations as IBM, Kodak, and Dow Corning. Partly through her teachings, American business is discovering that peak job performance requires not only logic and efficiency but also intuition and creativity--in other words, both the left and right sides of the brain. Illustrated.

 

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