50 Books like The Archaic Revival

The Invisible Landscape

by Terence McKenna • 1975

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

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🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

The Invisible Landscape 98%

A psychedelic expedition into the I Ching reveals time as a fractal wave plunging toward zero.

by Terence McKenna 1975

3.99

1k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🪶 Shamanism 🌿 Entheogens 🌐 Holographic Universe ☯️ I Ching Studies

Food of the Gods

by Terence McKenna • 1992

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

Food of the Gods 97%

A single psychoactive mushroom may have sparked language, religion, and human consciousness itself.

by Terence McKenna 1992

4.12

13k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🌿 Ethnobotany 🌀 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Studies ✨ Entheogens

True Hallucinations

by Terence McKenna • 1993

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

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🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

True Hallucinations 96%

In 1971, five seekers entered the Amazon. The mushrooms talked back, and time unraveled.

by Terence McKenna 1993

4.09

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychedelic Memoirs 🌿 Shamanic Initiation 👽 Alien Intelligence 🔮 Speculative Cosmology ☯️ I Ching Divination

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT 96%

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000

4.15

11k+ ratings

🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

Trialogues at the Edge of the West

by Rupert Sheldrake • 1992

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

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🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Trialogues at the Edge of the West Summary

Trialogues at the Edge of the West 96%

Nature learns, chaos creates, and three minds argue the cosmos has a memory and a soul.

by Rupert Sheldrake 1992

4.05

748 ratings

🌌 Speculative Cosmology 🔬 Holistic Science 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🌍 World Soul ✨ Resacralization

Simulations of God

by John C. Lilly • 1975

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Simulations of God 96%

God is a simulation your mind builds, and altered states reveal the source code.

by John C. Lilly 1975

4.00

133 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 🔬 Transpersonal Psychology 🕉️ Comparative Religion 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide

by James Fadiman • 2011

Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🌿 Plant Medicine

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide Summary

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide 95%

Your mind is about to open. The safety arrangements that ensure the experience heals, not harms.

by James Fadiman 2011

4.17

3k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💧 Microdosing 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🌿 Plant Medicine

Shroom

by Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

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🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Shroom 95%

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

by Andy Letcher 2007

3.87

375 ratings

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ✨ Mystical Experiences

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

by Dennis McKenna • 2023

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

4.52

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss Summary

Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss 95%

A psychedelic prophet, his scientist brother, and the Amazon meltdown that bound them forever.

by Dennis McKenna 2023

4.52

31 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Culture 🌿 Shamanism 🌀 Altered States 🎭 Jungian Psychology 🌱 Ethnopharmacology

How to Change Your Mind

by Michael Pollan • 2018

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

How to Change Your Mind 95%

Psychedelics quiet the brain's ego network. Depression, addiction, and fear of death dissolve.

by Michael Pollan 2018

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🔬 Psychedelic Science 🌀 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley • 1956

Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.

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👁️ Visionary Experience 🧠 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🎨 Sacred Art 📜 Perennial Philosophy

Heaven and Hell 95%

Art transports us because it mirrors visionary depths, and fear can turn heaven into hell.

by Aldous Huxley 1956

3.52

1k+ ratings

👁️ Visionary Experience 🧠 Altered States 🍄 Psychedelic Philosophy 🎨 Sacred Art 📜 Perennial Philosophy

A Secret History of Consciousness

by Gary Lachman • 2003

The brain doesn't make consciousness; it filters it. An underground history of what comes next.

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246

🔮 Western Esotericism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Evolution Of Consciousness 🌌 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience

A Secret History of Consciousness Summary

A Secret History of Consciousness 95%

The brain doesn't make consciousness; it filters it. An underground history of what comes next.

by Gary Lachman 2003

4.31

246 ratings

🔮 Western Esotericism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Evolution Of Consciousness 🌌 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience

The Teachings of Don Juan

by Carlos Castaneda • 1968

Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.

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🧭 Shamanic Apprenticeship 🍄 Entheogenic Traditions 🌀 Altered States 🦅 Toltec Wisdom ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior

The Teachings of Don Juan 95%

Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.

by Carlos Castaneda 1968

3.93

46k+ ratings

🧭 Shamanic Apprenticeship 🍄 Entheogenic Traditions 🌀 Altered States 🦅 Toltec Wisdom ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior

Psychedelic Medicine

by Richard Louis Miller • 2017

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

Psychedelic Medicine 95%

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

by Richard Louis Miller 2017

4.01

312 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 💔 Trauma Treatment 🌌 Mystical Experience

The Cosmic Serpent

by Jeremy Narby • 1998

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

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🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

The Cosmic Serpent 95%

A Stanford anthropologist argues Amazonian shamans see their own DNA as twin luminous serpents.

by Jeremy Narby 1998

4.17

8k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 🍄 Psychedelics 🪶 Indigenous Knowledge 🐍 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anthropology Of Science

Magic Medicine

by Cody Johnson • 2018

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

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🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Magic Medicine 95%

How the world's most feared drugs became the most promising medicines for trauma and depression.

by Cody Johnson 2018

4.13

156 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Medicine ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛋️ Psychedelic Therapy 💧 Microdosing

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis

by John Vervaeke • 2024

The West's loss of meaning has a 40,000-year history. Tracing it reveals the exit.

4.70

📜 Intellectual History 🧠 Cognitive Science 🔍 Attention And Flow 🌱 Secular Spirituality 🕯️ Wisdom Traditions

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis Summary

Awakening From the Meaning Crisis 95%

The West's loss of meaning has a 40,000-year history. Tracing it reveals the exit.

by John Vervaeke 2024

4.70

69 ratings

📜 Intellectual History 🧠 Cognitive Science 🔍 Attention And Flow 🌱 Secular Spirituality 🕯️ Wisdom Traditions

Psychology of the Future

by Stanislav Grof • 2000

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

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🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

Psychology of the Future 95%

Psyche wider than biography: what breathwork and psychedelics reveal that psychiatry still ignores.

by Stanislav Grof 2000

4.27

302 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Trauma

The Matter With Things

by Iain McGilchrist • 2021

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

The Matter With Things 94%

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

by Iain McGilchrist 2021

4.76

567 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion

by Michelle Janikian • 2019

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

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🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion Summary

Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion 94%

Psilocybin trips can heal or haunt. The difference: preparation, a sober sitter, and the work after.

by Michelle Janikian 2019

4.33

525 ratings

🌿 Plant Medicines 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy ⚖️ Microdosing 🛡️ Trip Safety 🔄 Psychedelic Integration

The Crack in the Cosmic Egg

by Joseph Chilton Pearce • 1971

Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🏗️ Reality Construction 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 👁️ Belief And Perception 🔮 Non-Ordinary States

The Crack in the Cosmic Egg 94%

Your mind does not receive reality. It constructs it. And the blueprints can be redrawn.

by Joseph Chilton Pearce 1971

4.01

464 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🏗️ Reality Construction 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 👁️ Belief And Perception 🔮 Non-Ordinary States

The Cosmic Game

by Stanislav Grof • 1997

A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.

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🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🔮 Altered States ☯️ Science And Spirituality 👶 Prenatal Psychology

The Cosmic Game 94%

A psychiatrist's map of non-ordinary consciousness shows the self as a mask worn by the cosmos.

by Stanislav Grof 1997

4.21

523 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🔮 Altered States ☯️ Science And Spirituality 👶 Prenatal Psychology

Sex, Ecology, Spirituality

by Ken Wilber • 1995

Evolution doesn't stop at biology: the same pattern drives matter into life, mind, and spirit.

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🌱 Evolutionary Spirituality 🧠 Consciousness Evolution 📊 Developmental Stages 🔬 Mysticism And Science ☯️ Nondual Awareness

Sex, Ecology, Spirituality 94%

Evolution doesn't stop at biology: the same pattern drives matter into life, mind, and spirit.

by Ken Wilber 1995

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1k+ ratings

🌱 Evolutionary Spirituality 🧠 Consciousness Evolution 📊 Developmental Stages 🔬 Mysticism And Science ☯️ Nondual Awareness

The Harvard Psychedelic Club

by Don Lattin • 2010

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

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🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

The Harvard Psychedelic Club 94%

Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.

by Don Lattin 2010

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2k+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic History ✌️ Counterculture Movement 🧠 Altered States ✨ Mystical Experience 🌿 Integrative Medicine

Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work

by Rupert Sheldrake • 2019

How sports, fasting, and psychedelics open doorways to a wider consciousness science now studies.

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🧘 Spiritual Practices 🔬 Science And Spirituality 🌀 Altered States 🌊 Flow States 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality

Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work Summary

Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work 94%

How sports, fasting, and psychedelics open doorways to a wider consciousness science now studies.

by Rupert Sheldrake 2019

3.98

188 ratings

🧘 Spiritual Practices 🔬 Science And Spirituality 🌀 Altered States 🌊 Flow States 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality

Nature, Man and Woman

by Alan W. Watts • 1991

The wall between you and nature is a Western invention. It was never really there.

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🏛️ Comparative Spirituality ☯️ Nondual Thought 🏔️ Taoist Philosophy 🌏 East-West Synthesis 🦋 Ego Transcendence

Nature, Man and Woman 94%

The wall between you and nature is a Western invention. It was never really there.

by Alan W. Watts 1991

4.16

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Comparative Spirituality ☯️ Nondual Thought 🏔️ Taoist Philosophy 🌏 East-West Synthesis 🦋 Ego Transcendence

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

3.92

260

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Beyond the Occult 94%

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Irreducible Mind

by Edward F. Kelly • 2006

Brain as filter, not creator: near-death clarity and mystical insight reveal the larger mind.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🔮 Nonlocal Consciousness 💫 Near-Death Experiences ✨ Mystical Experience

Irreducible Mind 94%

Brain as filter, not creator: near-death clarity and mystical insight reveal the larger mind.

by Edward F. Kelly 2006

4.39

232 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Transpersonal Psychology 🔮 Nonlocal Consciousness 💫 Near-Death Experiences ✨ Mystical Experience

The Holotropic Mind

by Stanislav Grof • 1992

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

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1k+

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Holotropic Mind 94%

The brain filters consciousness, it doesn't make it. What birth imprints and altered states reveal.

by Stanislav Grof 1992

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔬 Consciousness Studies 🌀 Altered States 👶 Birth Psychology 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Then I Am Myself the World

by Christof Koch • 2024

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

3.98

388

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Then I Am Myself the World 94%

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

by Christof Koch 2024

3.98

388 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

In My Own Way

by Alan W. Watts • 1972

A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.

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☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🍃 Zen Philosophy 🌉 East-West Synthesis 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🪷 Nondual Awareness

In My Own Way 94%

A sensualist and Zen scholar insists the self is a fiction, and savors the joke.

by Alan W. Watts 1972

4.18

1k+ ratings

☯️ Eastern Philosophy 🍃 Zen Philosophy 🌉 East-West Synthesis 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🪷 Nondual Awareness

Getting Castaneda

by Peter Luce • 2017

Castaneda's teacher knew a secret: reality is assembled at a point. Move it, and everything changes.

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🐍 Toltec Wisdom 🏕️ Shamanic Traditions 💭 Lucid Dreaming 👁️ Altered Perception ⚡ Energy Work

Getting Castaneda 94%

Castaneda's teacher knew a secret: reality is assembled at a point. Move it, and everything changes.

by Peter Luce 2017

4.07

119 ratings

🐍 Toltec Wisdom 🏕️ Shamanic Traditions 💭 Lucid Dreaming 👁️ Altered Perception ⚡ Energy Work

The Eye of Spirit

by Ken Wilber • 1997

Reality has four faces. Most arguments happen because we each stare at a different one.

4.17

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🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔮 Comparative Mysticism 👶 Developmental Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Spiritual Development

The Eye of Spirit 94%

Reality has four faces. Most arguments happen because we each stare at a different one.

by Ken Wilber 1997

4.17

277 ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 🔮 Comparative Mysticism 👶 Developmental Psychology 💡 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Spiritual Development

Power vs. Force

by David R. Hawkins • 1985

Force creates resistance. Power is an invisible field like gravity. One always wins.

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📚 Transpersonal Psychology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚡ Energy Fields 🌟 New Thought 📊 Emotional Hierarchy

Power vs. Force 94%

Force creates resistance. Power is an invisible field like gravity. One always wins.

by David R. Hawkins 1985

4.15

14k+ ratings

📚 Transpersonal Psychology 🧠 Consciousness Studies ⚡ Energy Fields 🌟 New Thought 📊 Emotional Hierarchy

The Marriage of Sense and Soul

by Ken Wilber • 1998

The war between science and religion is a category error. Fix the method, conflict dissolves.

4.11

522

🧪 Science And Religion 🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🧩 Integral Theory 📚 Epistemology 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology

The Marriage of Sense and Soul 94%

The war between science and religion is a category error. Fix the method, conflict dissolves.

by Ken Wilber 1998

4.11

522 ratings

🧪 Science And Religion 🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🧩 Integral Theory 📚 Epistemology 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology

A Methodology of Possession

by James Ellis • 2020

Enlightenment as possession: a philosopher's ritual journey beyond self, time, and the human.

3.62

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⏩ Accelerationism 🔮 Occult Philosophy 🚫 Antihumanism 🌐 Speculative Realism

A Methodology of Possession 94%

Enlightenment as possession: a philosopher's ritual journey beyond self, time, and the human.

by James Ellis 2020

3.62

81 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⏩ Accelerationism 🔮 Occult Philosophy 🚫 Antihumanism 🌐 Speculative Realism

Just So

by Alan W. Watts • 2020

Real wealth is felt, not figured. The self that tallies is a phantom.

4.27

399

🌊 Nonduality 🧠 Language And Reality 🧘 Present Awareness 💰 Money And Meaning ⚖️ Balancing Opposites

Just So 94%

Real wealth is felt, not figured. The self that tallies is a phantom.

by Alan W. Watts 2020

4.27

399 ratings

🌊 Nonduality 🧠 Language And Reality 🧘 Present Awareness 💰 Money And Meaning ⚖️ Balancing Opposites

On the Toltec Path

by Ken Eagle Feather • 1995

Castaneda's path: enter dream worlds, steady perception, let mortality strip the trivial.

3.79

117

🪶 Shamanic Practices 👁️ Perception Training 🌙 Dreamwork ⚡ Energy Work 🎭 Ego Dissolution

On the Toltec Path 94%

Castaneda's path: enter dream worlds, steady perception, let mortality strip the trivial.

by Ken Eagle Feather 1995

3.79

117 ratings

🪶 Shamanic Practices 👁️ Perception Training 🌙 Dreamwork ⚡ Energy Work 🎭 Ego Dissolution

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination

by Gary Lachman • 2017

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

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🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition 🌿 Romantic Science 🏛️ Perennial Philosophy

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination 94%

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

by Gary Lachman 2017

4.25

246 ratings

🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition 🌿 Romantic Science 🏛️ Perennial Philosophy

The Immortality Key

by Brian C. Muraresku • 2020

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

4.24

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🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

The Immortality Key 94%

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

by Brian C. Muraresku 2020

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

Why God Won't Go Away

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2001

Your brain is built for God: the neuroscience behind why spiritual experiences feel so real.

3.89

1k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Religion 🧘 Meditation Science 🌌 Altered States 📜 Ritual Studies 🌀 Ego Dissolution

Why God Won't Go Away 94%

Your brain is built for God: the neuroscience behind why spiritual experiences feel so real.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2001

3.89

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Religion 🧘 Meditation Science 🌌 Altered States 📜 Ritual Studies 🌀 Ego Dissolution

No Boundary

by Ken Wilber • 1979

A single illusion fuels all suffering: the line between the observer and the observed.

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🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ☯️ Nondual Awareness 🌑 Shadow Work 📜 Perennial Philosophy 🏃 Mind-Body Integration

No Boundary 94%

A single illusion fuels all suffering: the line between the observer and the observed.

by Ken Wilber 1979

4.30

2k+ ratings

🧠 Transpersonal Psychology ☯️ Nondual Awareness 🌑 Shadow Work 📜 Perennial Philosophy 🏃 Mind-Body Integration

Beyond the Robot

by Gary Lachman • 2016

A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.

4.42

109

🧠 Intellectual Biography 📚 Existential Philosophy 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌱 Human Potential 🔍 Phenomenology

Beyond the Robot 94%

A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.

by Gary Lachman 2016

4.42

109 ratings

🧠 Intellectual Biography 📚 Existential Philosophy 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌱 Human Potential 🔍 Phenomenology

The Super Natural

by Whitley Strieber • 2016

The strangest thing about alien abductions? They look exactly like ancient religious experiences.

3.93

552

👽 Ufo Encounters 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛸 Alien Abduction 🔬 Materialism Critique 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Super Natural 94%

The strangest thing about alien abductions? They look exactly like ancient religious experiences.

by Whitley Strieber 2016

3.93

552 ratings

👽 Ufo Encounters 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🛸 Alien Abduction 🔬 Materialism Critique 🌙 Divine Feminine

Pure Human

by Gregg Braden • 2025

Your DNA encodes a sacred message. A global agenda aims to rewrite it by 2030.

4.38

236

🧬 Intelligent Design 🔬 Spiritual Science 🤖 Techno-Skepticism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌟 Human Potential

Pure Human 94%

Your DNA encodes a sacred message. A global agenda aims to rewrite it by 2030.

by Gregg Braden 2025

4.38

236 ratings

🧬 Intelligent Design 🔬 Spiritual Science 🤖 Techno-Skepticism ⚖️ Bioethics 🌟 Human Potential

Awake!

by Mark Vernon • 2025

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

4.35

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing 🔗 Enlightenment Critique ✨ Sacred Imagination

Awake! 94%

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

by Mark Vernon 2025

4.35

60 ratings

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing 🔗 Enlightenment Critique ✨ Sacred Imagination

The Law Of One

by James Allen McCarty • 1981

A channeled intelligence named Ra mapped the cosmic blueprint, then refused to prove it.

4.39

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🌀 Channeled Teachings 🕉️ Nondual Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Spirituality 🌱 Spiritual Evolution 👽 Ufo Spirituality

The Law Of One 94%

A channeled intelligence named Ra mapped the cosmic blueprint, then refused to prove it.

by James Allen McCarty 1981

4.39

1k+ ratings

🌀 Channeled Teachings 🕉️ Nondual Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Spirituality 🌱 Spiritual Evolution 👽 Ufo Spirituality

Conscious Dreaming

by Robert Moss • 1996

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

4.24

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🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

Conscious Dreaming 94%

Step inside a dream, awake. Meet guides, face nightmares, rehearse the future.

by Robert Moss 1996

4.24

666 ratings

🛌 Dreamwork 🌙 Lucid Dreaming 🪄 Shamanic Practices ✨ Creativity Techniques 🌀 Altered States

Fractal Time

by Gregg Braden • 2009

Time is a repeating fractal; its 2012 convergence opened a still-active choice point for humanity.

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🗓️ 2012 Phenomenon 🏛️ Mayan Cosmology 🔁 Cosmic Cycles ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 📜 Ancient Wisdom

Fractal Time 94%

Time is a repeating fractal; its 2012 convergence opened a still-active choice point for humanity.

by Gregg Braden 2009

3.91

836 ratings

🗓️ 2012 Phenomenon 🏛️ Mayan Cosmology 🔁 Cosmic Cycles ⚛️ Quantum Mysticism 📜 Ancient Wisdom

Supernormal

by Dean Radin • 2013

Yoga texts describe psychic powers. Modern parapsychology labs have been quietly confirming them.

3.92

582

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🔬 Parapsychology 🕉️ Eastern Mysticism ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🧲 Mind-Matter Interaction

Supernormal 94%

Yoga texts describe psychic powers. Modern parapsychology labs have been quietly confirming them.

by Dean Radin 2013

3.92

582 ratings

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🔬 Parapsychology 🕉️ Eastern Mysticism ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness 🧲 Mind-Matter Interaction

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