BOOKS of Interest i have read:
1. Exploring Atlantis, vol.1 by Frank Alper
somewhat disappointing
2. Healing Mantras by Thomas Ashley-Farrand
excellent
3. Lying, Stealing, and Cheating edited by Sara Nickles
amusing
4. the Alchemy of Sacred Living by Emory J. Michael
inspiring
5. Plants of Love by Christian Ratsch
a compendium of aphrodisiacs
6. Water and Sexuality by Michael Oden
a study of the connections between birth,water,sex
7. Opium by Martin Booth
critical and somewhat slanted look at opium culture, good
historical view
8. Can (the Book)
history of the German band
9. Theremin, Ether Music and Espionage by Albert Glinsky
excellent biography and good history (1920s and 30s)
10. the Secret Chief by Myron Stolaroff
biography of a healer using psychedel*cs
11. Hypatia of Alexandria by Maria Dzielska
good but somewhat vague history of Hypatia
the brilliant woman scholar
12. the Age of Spiritual Machines by Raymond Kurtweil
predictions of human/computer merging
13. the Body Electric by Robert O. Becker and Gary
Seldon
info on the electrical substrate of the human
body
14. the Name of This Band is Talking Heads
history of the band
15. the Dream Drugstore by J. Allan Hobson
good but quite technical
16. Sythetic Panics by Philip Jenkins
drug scares and how they are created
17. Psychic Warrior by David Morehouse
heavy info about US government
involvement in psychic research
18. DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Doblin
fascinating
19. the Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast
from Mahler to trance- the evolution of sound in the
electronic age
20. Cloud-Hidden Whereabouts Unknown by Alan Watts
my favorite author and one of my greatest inspirations
22. Psychoactive Sacrementals edited by Thomas B. Roberts
23. the Secret Power of Music by David Tame
a look at the influence of music on a society
24. All Yesterdays' Parties, the VU in Print by Clinton Heylin
25. Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill by Udo Erasmus
republished as Oils That Heal, Oils That Kill.--- this book could save one's life
26. the Shock Doctrine by Naomi
Klein
a simple , in-depth explanation of how global
capitalism works. excellent
27. What's the Matter with Kansas?
by Thomas Frank
good look at how the
fundamentalist republicans have seized power in places like Kansas
28. Nickel and Dimed
by Barbara Ehrenreich
funny, but not so funny, investigtion of how the 'low
income' segment of US lives