 | The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit by Joseph Chilton Pearce
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $5.02 Read this one first. It explains, in biological terms, the "transcendent" or spiritual experience. The author talks about the structure of the brain, among other things, but this is no boring book.
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 | Remember, Be Here Now by Ram Dass
Buy new: $10.30 / Used from: $8.77 Wonderful book written by ex-Harvard pscyhology professor Richard Alpert (now Ram Dass). This book tells you how to achieve an acid trip with absolutely no drugs. Lots of great lessons on life.
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 | The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $0.01 This astounding book introduces ancient concepts of societal harmony via anthropological and archeological examinations of long-gone societies.
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 | Waking Life
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.98 This animated movie explores in depth the issue of lucid dreaming. Don't know what lucid dreaming is? Watch this movie. Already know what it is? Watch this movie.
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 | The Discovery of Society by Randall Collins
Buy new: $59.65 / Used from: $0.01 Introduction to various notable sociologists and their theories. This is a must read primer for social understanding.
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 | The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $3.48 She knew something that we don't know. Rediscover the brilliant beauty of Emily's pen.
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 | Answer to Job: (From Vol. 11, Collected Works) (Jung Extracts) (v. 11) by C. G. Jung
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $2.60 If you know anything about Christianity, this book will blow your mind. Famous psychologist C.G. Jung presents an entirely original evalutation of God's and others' psychologies.
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 | Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor by Joseph Campbell
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $2.40 Transcriptions of several speeches by Joseph Campbell pertaining to topics that are relevant to today's reader.
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 | Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School by Barrie Thorne
Buy new: $23.35 / Used from: $2.94 An examination of how elementary schools reinforce and instill the female/male gender dichotomy.
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 | Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series) by Richard Carlson
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $0.01 Practical tips for relieving yourself of much unneeded stress.
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 | Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Buy used from: $0.01 You need to understand what fast food is and why it is a social cancer.
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 | The Consumer Society (Frontier Issues in Economic Thought)
Buy new: $30.99 / Used from: $23.91 This book is packed with short essays related to consumerism: history of economic philosophy, gender considerations, marketing, labeling, branding - this book bars no holds; it covers everything.
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 | The Ten Things You Can't Say in America by Larry Elder
Buy used from: $0.01 This book introduced me to the progressive ideals of the Libertarian party. Elder effectively changed my opinion on gun control, health care and public education.
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 | It's the Little Things: The Everyday Interactions That Get under the Skin of Blacks and Whites by Lena Williams
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $0.01 New York Times writer Lena Williams held group and personal interviews to understand and expose the things that bother many Blacks and Whites in the US. This book tells a story you haven't heard.
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 | The Miracle of Mindfulness!: A Manual of Meditation (Beacon Paperback; 546) by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy used from: $2.00 World famous Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh teaches through simple prose some practical steps for achieving mindfulness. Let this book lift you above the mess that the others books on this list expse.
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 | Mr. Show: The Complete First and Second Season
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.36 We all need to laugh. This HBO sketch comedy show from 2 ex-SNL writers is packed with hilarious commentary on US life. Much of the humor is very subtle, while even more is outright hysterical.
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