Additional Suggested Reading List

Transpersonal books, Spirituality, Ritual & Ceremony, Anthropology, Socioology, etc.

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Abraham, Ralph. 1992. Trialogues at the Edge of the West. Bear & Co., Santa Fe, N.M.

Abrahams, Roger D. 1985. Afro-American Folk Tales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World. Pantheon Books, New York.

Artress, Lauren. 1995. Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool. Riverhead Books, N. Y.

Achterburg, Jeanne. 1985. Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine. Shambhala, Boston, Mass.

Bierhorst, John. 1985. The Mythology of North America. William Morrow and Co., New York.

Bridges, Brian. 2003. One Man’s Quest: Making Sense of Life Pine Hill Publishing, Stanford, CA.

Bridges, William. 1980. Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes. Addison- Wesley.

Chagnon, Napoleon. 1968. Yanomamo: The Fierce People. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY.

Corneau, Guy. 1991. Absent Fathers, Lost Sons. Shambhala, Boston.

Coupland, Douglas. 1991. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.St. Martin's Press, NY.

Crisp, Tony. 1972. Do You Dream: How to Gain Insight from Your Dreams. E. P. Dutton, N.Y.

Delaney, Gayle. 1988. Living Your Dreams. Harper San Francisco.

Diamond, Jared. 1999. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. W. W. Norton & Co., New York.

Erdoes, Richard and Alfonso Ortiz. 1984. American Indian Myths and Legends. Pantheon Books, New York.

Fadiman, James. 1994.Personality and Personal Growth. Harper Collins, N.Y.

Fox, Matthew. 1994. The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time. Harper San Francisco.

Harner, Michael. 1990. The Way of the Shaman. HarperSanFrancisco.

Heider, John. 1985. The Tao of Leadership. Humanics New Age, Atlanta, Ga.

Hill, Norbert. 1994. Words of Power: Voices from Indian America. Fulcrum Publishing, Boulder Co.

Houston, Jean. 1987. The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Mythology and Sacred Psychology. Tarcher/Perigree, New York

Ingerman, Sandra. 1991. Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self. HarperSanFrancisco.

Johnson, Robert. 1983. We: The Psychology of Romantic Love. Harper & Row, S.F.

Johnson, Robert. 1976. She: Understanding Feminine Psychology. Harper & Row, N.Y.

Johnson, Robert. 1974. He: Understanding Masculine Psychology. Harper & Row, N.Y.

Johnston, Charles. 1991. Necessary Wisdom: Meeting the Challenge of a New Cultural Maturity.Celestial Arts, Berkeley, Ca.

Jung, C.G. 1969. Four Archetypes: Mother/Rebirth/Spirit/Trickster. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

Jung, Carl G. 1964. Man and His Symbols. Dell Publishing, NY.

Kuper, Hilda. 1963. The Swazi: A South African Kingdom. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY.

Levine, Steven. 1989. A Gradual Awakening. Anchor Books, N.Y.

Mead, Margaret. 1973. Coming of Age in Samoa. American Museum of Natural History William Morrow & Co.

Mindel, Arnold. 1992. The Leader as Martial Artist: Techniques and Strategies for Reslving Conflict and Creating Community. Harper San Francisco.

Nicholson, Shirley. 1987. Shamanism. Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Ill.

Noble, Elizabeth. 1993. Primal Connections: How our experiences from conception to birth influence our emotions, behavior, and health. Simon & Schuster, N.Y.

Peltzer, Dave. 1995. A Child Called It. Health Communications, Inc. Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Peltzer, Dave. 1997. The Lost Boy. Health Communications, Inc. Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Prechtel, Martín. 1998. Secrets of the Talking Jaguar: A Mayan Shaman's Journey to the Heart of the Indigenous Soul. Tarcher/Putnam, NY.

Roberts, Elizabeth. 1993. Honoring the Earth: A Journal of New Earth Prayers. Harper San Francisco.

Roberts, Elizabeth. 1991. Earth Prayers From Around the World. Harper San Francisco.

Robinson, John. 1997. Death of a Hero, Birth of the Soul:Answering the Call of Midlife. Council Oaks Books, Tulsa, OK

Sams, Jamie. 1994. Earth Medicine: Ancestors' Ways of Harmony for Many Moons. Harper San Francisco.

Sams, Jamie. 1993. The 13 Original Clan Mothers. Harper San Francisco.

Shostak, Marjorie. 1981. Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman. Vintage Books, NY.

Tart, Charles. 1989. Open Mind, Discriminating Mind: Reflections on Human Possibilities. Harper & Row, San Francisco, Ca.

Tart, Charles. 1992. Transpersonal Psychologies: Perspectives on the Mind from Seven Great Spiritual Traditions. Harper San Francisco.

Tart, Charles. 1972. Altered States of Consciousness. Harper San Francisco.

Tart, Charles. 1986. Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential. New Science Library, Shambhala. Boston, Ma.

Tart, Charles. 1975. States of Consciousness. Psychological Processes, Inc. El Cerrito, Ca.

Vaughan, Frances. 1979. Awakening Intuition. Anchor Books, New York.

Wall, Steve. 1993. Wisdom's daughters: Conversations with Women Elders of Native America. Harper Collins, N. Y.

Wallerstein, Judith. 1996. Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce. Houghton Mifflin Co. New York

Zimmer, Heinrich. 1948. The King and the Corpse. Princeton Univ. Press., Princeton, N.J.