Resources for the serious seeker
My own path and influences can be gleaned from the (short) list of teachers/teachings below that I have personally found to be profoundly authentic and useful in furthering my own progress. For the most part, my philosophy can be summed up in the words of Samuel Sagan: “See for yourself, know for yourself.”
The following are listed in no particular order.
Initiation by Elisabeth Haich, a yogini’s journey through Ancient Egypt
The Red Lion by Maria Szepes, a novel about how reincarnation and karma really work
For the Benefit of All Beings, a documentary film on the life and teachings of Garchen Rinpoche
Dreaming Yourself Awake by Alan Wallace and The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Dream Tending by Steven Aizenstat
Depth Psychology and the works of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell and James Hillman
The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu as read by Wayne Dyer
Lee Harris’ “How to channel and why” (plus a few links that cover the gist of it)
Gene Ang‘s teachings, trainings, and retreats
Samual Sagan's comprehensive online meditation training program through the Clairvision School of Meditation, his magnus opus A Language to Map Consciousness, and his quartet of Atlantis books written in the timeless tradition of spiritual instruction through storytelling
Daskolos and the Researchers of Truth (along with the works of Rudolf Steiner, and other similar Western esotericists)
My Path in Shamanism – an interview with Michael Harner (or you can read my article on What is Shamanism)
An Interview with Eugenia Oganova on Animal Spirit Guides, her books and the Starseed Initiative (see also The Starseed Contract)
Why UFOs by John Keel and Harvard psychiatrist John Mack’s Program for Extraordinary Experience Research (PEER) underscoring the universality of spiritual phenomena, from angels to aliens
Kundalini: Evolution and Enlightenment edited by John White
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda, anything by Master Sivananda, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda, Tantra Illuminated by Christopher Wallis, Mantra and Primal Sound by David Frawley, Radha: Diary of Woman’s Search by Swami Sivananda Radha; and anything that references stories from the Yoga Vasistha, a seminal text about the true nature of reality and the spiritual quest
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna translated by Swami Nikhilananda and Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar by Elizabeth Usha Harding
A Course in Miracles and Gifts From A Course in Miracles — or A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, for a more accessible approach to this channeled text
Japanese Art Of Reiki by Bronwen & Frans Stiene, All Love by Diane Shewmaker, Essential Reiki by Diane Stein, and Reiki: The Healing Touch by William Lee Rand
The Sufi Book of Life by Neil Douglas Klotz and the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, and Khayyam.
Illusions by Richard Bach
Enjoy!