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Moonshoe
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: formeillists]
#5034485 - 12/08/05 03:18 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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1. the prophet- kahlil gibran 2. tao te ching - lao tzu 3. lets just say "collected works of carlos castaneda" 4. conversations with god 5. the Bhagavad Gita
ALSO: Das energi, the door to everything, the holographic universe, cracking the cosmic egg, the nature of personal reality, and the kybalion.
many of these can be easily found online in ebook versions (free)
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formeillists
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: Moonshoe]
#5038444 - 12/09/05 09:15 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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-------------------- If entheogens have spiritually changed your Life, you HAVE to read this book: The Stormy Search for the Self - Stanislav Grof
Edited by formeillists (12/09/05 09:22 AM)
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a_h_w
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: formeillists]
#5038593 - 12/09/05 09:47 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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the keeper of the sheep - alberto caeiro poetical work - carlos de oliveira leaves of grass - walt whitman doomed love - camilo castelo branco wuthering heights - emily bronte dai-nippon - venceslau de morais
six.
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Panoramix
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: a_h_w]
#5038686 - 12/09/05 10:05 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu Chuang Tzu by Chuang Chou The Book of Tea by umm... my buddy's got it, I forget the author's name. A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews (or whatever her last name is) Revolution and Counter-Revolution by Karl Marx.
Books mentioned by other people that don't make my top 5 list but definately make the props list; Where the Wild Things Are, that Tom Robbins stuff, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, L'Etranger and Petit Prince (both better in the original french).
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Panoramix
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: Panoramix]
#5038692 - 12/09/05 10:06 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh, and the Alchemist is on the props list, too.
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jonathanseagull
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: Panoramix]
#5039189 - 12/09/05 12:05 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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YES! This thread is awesome. I wanted to post some of my favorites.
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones compiled by Paul Reps Hyperspace by Michio Kaku All of Erich Von Danikens books Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach God's Debris by Scott Adams Awareness by Anthony De Mello Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson The Emporer Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer
and many many more....
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: jonathanseagull]
#5052938 - 12/12/05 03:15 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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-------------------- If entheogens have spiritually changed your Life, you HAVE to read this book: The Stormy Search for the Self - Stanislav Grof
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: formeillists]
#5062994 - 12/14/05 03:05 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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goosebumps!
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mrroboto187
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: buser]
#5064525 - 12/14/05 09:01 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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On the Road-Jack Kerouac Leaves of Grass-Walt Whitman Walden-Henry David Thoreau Big Sur-Jack Kerouac Sacred Mirrors-Alex Grey(I mainly just like the art)
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Icelander
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: mrroboto187]
#5068022 - 12/15/05 04:43 PM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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1 journey to xtlan - castaneda 2 tales of power - castaneda 3 handbook to higher consciousness - ken keyes 4 the four agreements - miguel ruiz 5 the politics of ecstacy - tim leary 6 (cheating) cosmic trigger - robert anton wilson
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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formeillists
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: Icelander]
#5070302 - 12/16/05 07:25 AM (18 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Icelander said: 1 journey to xtlan - castaneda 2 tales of power - castaneda 3 handbook to higher consciousness - ken keyes 4 the four agreements - miguel ruiz 5 the politics of ecstacy - tim leary 6 (cheating) cosmic trigger - robert anton wilson
That Handbook to higher Consciousness is a good one Icelander.
You may want to check Ken Keyes' last book before he died: Your Road Map to Lifelong Happiness: A Guide to the Life You Want http://insightandlove.com/sohwhatisandappreciate.htm
The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz in continuously being recommended.
Castaneda is always a good source. Good ones.
Let's keep the thread getting fatter, good source of ideas!
-------------------- If entheogens have spiritually changed your Life, you HAVE to read this book: The Stormy Search for the Self - Stanislav Grof
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: formeillists]
#5122257 - 12/30/05 11:55 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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goosebumps!
-------------------- If entheogens have spiritually changed your Life, you HAVE to read this book: The Stormy Search for the Self - Stanislav Grof
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: formeillists]
#5122272 - 12/30/05 12:00 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thanks for the heads up on Kens last book. I have not seen it in the used book stores where I hunt for treasure.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life or just damn GOOD books [Re: formeillists]
#5122320 - 12/30/05 12:15 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Icelander
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life or just damn GOOD books [Re: wilshire]
#5122348 - 12/30/05 12:22 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Will you build me a canoe? I was just online and saw one you can build that weighs 8 1/2 lbs and one that weighs in at under 20 lbs.
I would love a lightweight canoe that does not cost an arm and a leg.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life or just damn GOOD books [Re: Icelander]
#5122358 - 12/30/05 12:24 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, I could use one to get to lunch today!
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life or just damn GOOD books [Re: Veritas]
#5122491 - 12/30/05 12:49 PM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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formeillists
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life or just damn GOOD books [Re: redgreenvines]
#5142389 - 01/05/06 08:50 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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goosebumps!
-------------------- If entheogens have spiritually changed your Life, you HAVE to read this book: The Stormy Search for the Self - Stanislav Grof
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Swami
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: Moonshoe]
#5142574 - 01/05/06 10:00 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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1. The Don Juan Papers: Further Castaneda Controversies - Richard de Mille
2. The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved - Lawrence David Kusche
3. Consciousness Explained - Daniel C. Dennett
4. Bigfoot Exposed - David J. Daegling
5. Abducted : How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens - Susan A. Clancy
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Re: 5 Desert Island books - Books that changed your life [Re: Swami]
#5142589 - 01/05/06 10:04 AM (18 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've read all of those and found them facinating.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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