The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism: An Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
By: Carl McColman
4.48
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
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1. The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
By: Richard Rohr
4.26
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
For Christians seeking a way of thinking outside of strict dualities, this guide explores methods f… read more
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"When you are concerned with either attacking or defending, manipulating or resisting...you cannot be contemplative. When you are preoccupied with enemies, you are always dualistic."-Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
2. The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
By: Audre Lorde
4.43
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
"These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page."—Adrienne Rich "The first declaration of a blac… read more
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"I see much better now and my eyes hurt."-Audre Lorde, The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
"Always in the middle of our bloodiest battles you lay down your arms like flowering mines to conqueror me home."-Audre Lorde, The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
"The Seventh Sense" Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea"-Audre Lorde, The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
"And I knew when I entered her I was high wind in her forests hollow fingers whispering sound honey flowed from the split cup impaled on a lance of tongues on the tips of her breasts on her navel and …"-Audre Lorde, The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
3. Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
By: William Walker Atkinson , Three Initiates , Tre Iniziati
4.25
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
The precepts of Hermetic philosophy remained shrouded in secrecy for more than 2,000 years, clouded… read more
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"The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding."-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
"He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery."-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
"Nothing stands still - everything is being born, growing, dying - the very instant a thing reaches its height, it begins to decline - the law of rhythm is in constant operations...."-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
"Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right, is the measure of the swing to the …"-William Walker Atkinson, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
4. The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist
By: Lon Milo DuQuette
4.25
Format: 351 pages,
A unique and humorous -- and also practical -- approach to the increasingly popular study of Qabala… read more
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5. Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
By: Jim Butcher
4.14
Format: 378 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition with a different page count exists here. Harry Dresden - Wizard Lo… read more
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"Bob,"-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
"Murphy,"-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
"God save me from idealists."-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
"Ease off the martyr throttle."-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)
6. Living Buddha, Living Christ
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
When you are a truly happy Christian, you are also a Buddhist. And vice versa." -- Thich Nhat Hanh … read more
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7. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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8. Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
By: Robert A. Johnson
4.29
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
A noted author and Jungian analyst teaches how to use dreams and inner exercises to achieve persona… read more
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"You must understand that when you approach the unconscious you are dealing with one the most powerful and autonomous forces in human experience."-Robert A. Johnson, Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
"People were startled to hear that if we don’t go to the spirit, the spirit comes to us as neurosis. This is the immediate, practical connection between psychology and religion in our time."-Robert A. Johnson, Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
9. Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
By: Richard Rohr
4.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
This popular and bestselling book of the renowned Franciscan challenges people to move beyond the c… read more
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10. Fingersmith
By: Sarah Waters
4.02
Format: 592 pages, ebook
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raise… read more
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"You pearl!"-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
"PIGEON MY ARSE!"-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
"It's a curious, wanting thing."-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
"She said, 'It is filled with all the words for how I want you."-Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
11. Practical Mysticism
By: Evelyn Underhill
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Practical Mysticism is a work by one of the foremost 20th century Christian mystics, Evelyn Underhi… read more
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12. Mere Christianity
By: C.S. Lewis
4.36
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more
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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
13. The Complete Fairy Tales
By: Oscar Wilde
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Pri… read more
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14. The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine
By: Ted Kaptchuk
3.14
Format: 54 pages, ebook
The Web That Has No Weaveris a classic and comprehensive volume that discusses the theory and pract… read more
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15. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
16. Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
By: Robert A. Johnson
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
This powerful work from the acclaimed Jungian analyst and best-selling author of He, She, and We ex… read more
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17. White Trash Warlock (Adam Binder, #1)
By: David R. Slayton
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Guthrie was a good place to be from, but it wasn’t a great place to live, not when you were like Ad… read more
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"He wants to help you. It's okay to ask for things, Adam. It's okay to need or want things for yourself."-David R. Slayton, White Trash Warlock (Adam Binder, #1)
"Adam..." Sara trailed off. "I thought you knew the situation." "I do," he said. "There's a spirit over Denver, like a cloud. It's connected to people everywhere." "It's far more than that."-David R. Slayton, White Trash Warlock (Adam Binder, #1)
"Bobby gripped his fork. "I just want you to be happy, Adam, to be-" "Normal. I know," Adam said, trying to keep calm. "But I'm not normal, Bobby. And I don't want to be. Stop trying to fix me."-David R. Slayton, White Trash Warlock (Adam Binder, #1)
"People aren't less just because they don't live the way you do." "I didn't say that," Robert said. "You think it," Adam said. "You think we're all trash because we don't have nice cars and ugly house…"-David R. Slayton, White Trash Warlock (Adam Binder, #1)
18. Enter Ghost
By: Isabella Hammad
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more
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19. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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20. The House of Hidden Meanings
By: RuPaul
3.84
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and persona… read more
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"We all have that magic within us - But it's the faculty to harness it - to turn something seemingly meaningless into something special, to be loose and spontaneous with it - that makes life most wort…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"But in that time the RuPaul idea was born, and people outside of my world were inspired to talk about me and androgyny and drag in a way that was unprecedented. Not long after that, the questions cam…"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"Life is full of dualities: night and day, black and white, yin and yang, good and evil, birth and death, love and fear. You can't have one without the other. It takes two to create the magnetic pull …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
"There are ideological precepts that people will fight or even kill for. But those things are never really what they seem to be. As much as people will claim a hard moral line, that line becomes very …"-RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings
21. The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
By: Richard Rohr
4.45
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With a new afterword - From one of the world's most influential spiritu… read more
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22. Wisdom of Your Body
By: Hillary L. McBride
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Many of us have a complicated relationship with our body.Maybe you've been made to feel ashamed of … read more
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"She cupped her hands around the remnant flame of spirit inside me, protecting the flickering light until it grew stronger, and then placed my own hands around the flame and made me the protector of t…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
"Transcendence is beautiful, but I'm not convinced it's the full picture. One of my psychology professors used to remind us that if there are only two options and one of them is bad, then we aren't se…"-Hillary L. McBride, Wisdom of Your Body
23. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
By: Sarah Bessey
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more
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"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
24. Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
By: Brian D. McLaren
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren… read more
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25. Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World
By: John Philip Newell
4.35
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading spiritual teacher reveals how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and i… read more
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26. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
By: Sabrina Strings
4.25
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
In her first book, sociologist Strings (sociology, Univ. of California, Irvine) explores the histor… read more
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"...the current anti-fat bias in the United States and in much of the West was not born in the medical field. Racial scientific literature since at least the eighteenth century has claimed that fatnes…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"Together, the two traveled to the south of France, where Bernier earned a medical degree in just three months. The degree, however, carried the somewhat suspect stipulation that his fast-tracked medi…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"...racial discourse was deployed by elite Europeans and white Americans to create social distinctions between themselves and fat racial Others. Black people, as well as so-called degraded or hybrid w…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
"The legacy of Protestant moralism and race science as it related to fat and thin persons loomed large. Indeed, many early to mid-twentieth-century physicians relied on moral and racial logics to rail…"-Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
27. Heretic: A Memoir
By: Jeanna Kadlec
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of leaving the Evangelical church, reckoning with religious trauma while also interrogatin… read more
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"...Mary Lambert is singing "Love is patient, love is kind" from 1 Corinthians 13 over and over, repeating "Not crying on Sundays," and I am gone, head fully turned and staring out the car window, try…"-Jeanna Kadlec, Heretic: A Memoir
28. The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism: An Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality
By: Carl McColman
4.48
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
This revised and expanded edition offers a big the hope of achieving real, experiential union with… read more
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29. The Hoodoo Guide to the Bible: Advice From a Real Hoodoo Worker (The Hoodoo Guides Book 1)
By: Sherry Shone
4.54
Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition
Hey You. This is NOT a scary book. Really. I didn’t type voodoo when I meant hoodoo. Do you eat bla… read more
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