Einstein said if you want your children to be smart read them stories; if you want them to be really smart, read them lots of stories.

In addition to the works listed below, feed your inner child and your soul the myths, legends and stories of all the cultures you feel drawn to. Follow your curiosity and wonder into these realms. Some general recommendations are Georg Feurstein's works, especially his book on Tantra; Daniel Ladinsky and Coleman Barks translations of poet saints - especially Hafiz and Rumi; Ken Wilber's works; Lama Surya Das' very readable and enjoyable trilogy on Awakening The Buddha Within; the Mind and Life series of books based on conferences with H.H. the Dalai Lama and leading scientists; Jnaneshwari; The Ashtavakra Samhita; Stephen Mitchell's The Gospel According to Jesus; Yogananda Paramahamsa's An Autobiography of a Yogi; Mircea Eliade's works, especially Yoga: Immortality and Freedom; and countless more good books!

It's Kali Yuga and with all its faults it is a time when the truth is more accessible than ever before, even while dharma is more degraded than ever before! So much to read and enjoy! Cicero wrote that a room without books is like a body without a soul. Keep the company of the truth and your true nature will radiate ever more brightly. May you find reflections of the Light in these volumes.

Aranya, Swami H. (1981). Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali. (3rd ed). Calcutta, India: Calcutta Univ. Press. s

Bly, Robert (trans.) (1977). The Kabir Book. Boston: The Seventies Press.

Bly, Robert; Woodman, Marion (1998). The Maiden King. New York: Henry Holt and Co.

Bly, Robert (1990). Iron John: A Book About Men. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

Bohm, David; Welwood, John (1980). Issues in Physics, Psychology and Metaphysics: A Conversation. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 12, 25-36.

Bolen, Jena Shinoda (1984). Goddesses in Every Woman; and Gods in Every Man. New York: Harper and Row.

Borysenko, Joan (1993). Fire in the Soul. New York: Warner Books.

Campbell, Joseph (1973). The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Campbell, Joseph (1990). Transformations of Myth Through Time. New York: Harper and Row.

Campbell, Joseph. The Masks of God, vols I-IV. Also his book Myths To Live By.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda (1985). The Dance of Shiva. New York: Dover Publications.

Dattatreya (1977). Avadhuta Gita (Swami Ashokananda, Trans.). Madras, India: Sri Ramakrishna Math.

Dayton, Brandt (Ed.) (1978). Practical Vedanta, Selected works of Swami Rama Tirtha. Honesdale, PA: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy.

Estes, Clarissa Pinkola (1992). Women Who Run With The Wolves. New York: Ballantine Books.

Gimbutas, Marija (1989). The Language of the Goddess. San Francisco: Harper and Row.

Gustafson, Fred (1990). The Black Madonna. Boston: Sigo Press.

Helminski, Edmund (trans.) (1981). The Ruins of the Heart: Selected Lyric Poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi. Putney, Vermont: Threshold Books.

Hixon, Lex (1992). Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna. Boston: Shambala Publications, Inc.

Hixon, Lex (1994). Mother of the Universe. Wheaton, Illinois: The Theosophical Publishing House.

Huxley, Aldous (1970). The Perennial Philosophy. New York: Harper Colophon.

Isherwood, Christopher (Ed.) (1946). Vedanta for the Western World. New York: The Marcel Rodd Company.

Kornfield, Jack (1993). A Path With Heart. New York: Bantam. There’s a great chapter on the shadow side of gurus called The Emporer’s New Clothes and a code of ethics for meditation teachers in the appendix. The information on Kundalini reflects a very limited perspective, but overall the book is full of grounded wisdom and compassion.

Kornfield, Jack and Feldman, Christina. Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart.

Kripananda, Swami (1995). The Sacred Power. S. Fallsburg, NY: SYDA Foundation.

Merton, Thomas (1960). The Wisdom of the Desert. New York: New Directions Publishing Corp.

Moore, Robert; Gillette, Douglas (1991). KING, WARRIOR, MAGICIAN, LOVER: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.

Moore, Robert; Gillette, Douglas (1992). The King Within. New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc.

Muktananda, Swami (1978c). Play of Consciousness. San Francisco: Harper and Row.

Muktananda, Swami (1979a). Kundalini: The Secret of Life. South Fallsburg, N.Y.: SYDA Foundation.

Paris, Ginette (1990). Pagan Grace: Dionysos, Hermes, and Goddess Memory in Daily Life. Woodstock, CT: Spring Publications.

Perera, Sylvia Brinton (1981). Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women. Toronto: Inner City Books.

Prabhavananda, Swami (1969). How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali. Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press.

Prabhavananda, Swami, & Isherwood, C. (trans.) (1972). The Song of God: Bhagavad Gita. Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press.

Prabhavananda, Swami, & Isherwood, C. (trans.) (1978). Shankara's Crest-jewel of Discrimination. Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press.

Prabhavananda, Swami, & Manchester, F. (trans.) (1957). The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal. Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press.

Radhakrishnan, S. (trans.) (1978). The Principal Upanishads. New York: Humanities Press.

Swami Madhavananda (trans.) (1982). Vivekachudamani. Calcutta, India: Advaita Ashrama.

Singh, Jaideva (trans.) (1979a). Shiva Sutras. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass.

Singh, Jaideva (Trans.) (1979b). Vijnanabhairava. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass.

Singh, Jaideva (trans.) (1980a). Spanda-Karikas. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass.

Singh, Jaideva (trans.) (1980b). Pratyabhijnahrdayam: The Secret of Self-Recognition. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass.

Subramanian, V. K. (1980). Saundaryalahari of Sankaracarya. Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass.

Tirtha, Swami Vishnu (1974). Devatma Shakti. Delhi, India: Swami Shivom Tirth.

Venkatesananda, Swami (trans.) (1984). The Concise Yoga Vasishtha. Albany, New York: S.U.N.Y. Press.

Von Franz, Marie-Louise (1992). The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Boston: Shambala Publications.

White, John (Ed.) (1979). Kundalini: Evolution and Enlightenment. New York: Anchor Books.

Whitmont, Edward C. (1969). The Symbolic Quest. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Whitmont, Edward C. (1992). Return of the Goddess. New York: Crossroad Publishing.

Wilber, Ken (1979a). No boundary. Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala Publications.

Wilber, Ken (1983). Eye to eye: The Quest for the New Paradigm. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, Anchor Books.

Wilkenson, Tanya (1996). Persephone Returns. Berkeley, CA: Pagemill Press.

Woodman, Marion. All of her works are great! The Ravaged Bridegroom; Addiction to Perfection; The Pregnant Virgin; with Elinor Dickson: Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness. Also, Marion’s lecture series, Sitting By The Well, put out by Sounds True.

Woodroffe, Sir John (1973). The Serpent Power. Madras, India: Ganesh and Co.

Woodroffe, Sir John (1974). The Garland of Letters: Studies in the Mantra-Shastra. Madras, India: Ganesh & Co.

Woodroffe, Sir John (1978). Shakti and Shakta. New York: Dover Publications.

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