9 must-read history books like The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby

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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

By: Jeremy Narby

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribunesaid might herald "a Copernican…

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1. The Perennial Philosophy

By: Aldous Huxley

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reali… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Organized and balanced disunity is the necessary condition of liberty."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

"We cannot hope to utter anything worth saying, unless we read and inwardly digest the utterances of our betters."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

"If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

"In other words, the highest form of the love of God is an immediate spiritual intuition, by which 'knower, known and knowledge are made one."

-Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy

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2. A Separate Reality

By: Carlos Castaneda

4.05

Format: 240 pages,

"A man of knowledge is free...he has no honor, no dignity, no family, no home, no country, but only… read more

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  • philosophy
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • anthropology
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3. Sekret Machines: Gods An Official Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon

By: Peter Levenda , Tom DeLonge , None

3.94

Format: 160 pages,

An exceptional examination from award-winning author and producer Tom DeLonge with renowned researc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness

By: Itzhak Bentov , William A. Tiller

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

In his exciting and original view of the universe, Itzhak Bentov has provided a new perspective on … read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
Cover of Inner Paths to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics & Other Spiritual Technologies by Slawek Wojtowicz, Rick Strassman, Luis Eduardo Luna, Rick Strassman MD

5. Inner Paths to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics & Other Spiritual Technologies

By: Slawek Wojtowicz , Rick Strassman , Luis Eduardo Luna , Rick Strassman MD

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

An investigation into experiences of other realms of existence and contact with otherworldly beings… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
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6. Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences

By: William A. Richards

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the early 1960s, scientists openly advocated for experimentation with psychedelics. This effort,… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science

7. LSD: My Problem Child – Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

By: Albert Hofmann

3.72

Format: 374 pages,

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  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
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8. The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

By: Jeremy Narby

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

This adventure in science and imagination, which the Medical Tribunesaid might herald "a Copernican… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • anthropology
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9. The Fellowship of the River: A Medical Doctor's Exploration into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine

By: Gabor Maté , Joseph Tafur

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Western medicine has not been particularly successful at getting people relief from conditions like… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • anthropology

10. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

By: Carlos Castaneda

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Decades ago the University of California Press published a remarkable manuscript by an anthropology… read more

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11. Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story

By: None , Alexander Shulgin

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

phen-ethyl-amine \fen-'eth-al-a-,men\ n. [phenyl fr. F. phene, fr. Gk. phainein, to show (from its … read more

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12. Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge

By: Terence McKenna

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

s/t: A Radical History of Plants, Drugs & Human Evolution For the first time in paperback, the crit… read more

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13. The Doors of Perception

By: Aldous Huxley

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First publi… read more

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14. The Serpent and the Rainbow

By: Wade Davis

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Hai… read more

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15. When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-ordinary Realities

By: Stanislav Grof

3.91

Format: 2 pages, Paperback

Feelings of oneness with other people, nature, and the universe. Encounters with extraterrestrials,… read more

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16. The Cosmic Game: Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness

By: Stanislav Grof

3.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The Cosmic Game discusses the broadest philosophical, metaphysical and spiritual insights gleaned i… read more

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17. Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism

By: Daniel Pinchbeck , None

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

A dazzling work of personal travelogue and cultural criticism that ranges from the primitive to the… read more

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18. Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind

By: Graham Hancock

4.32

Format: 224 pages,

Less than 50,000 years ago humans had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovativ… read more

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19. Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

By: Graham Hancock , Santha Faiia

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connectin… read more

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20. The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries

By: Albert Hofmann , Huston Smith , Carl A.P. Ruck , R. Gordon Wasson , None

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled s… read more

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21. DMT: The Spirit Molecule

By: Rick Strassman

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death & Mystical Experiences. A clinical… read more

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22. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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23. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

By: John Marco Allegro

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

s/t: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Ne… read more

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24. True Hallucinations

By: Terence McKenna

4.05

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Like a lovely psychedelic sophist, McKenna recounts his adventures with psychoactive plants in the … read more

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25. The Invisible College

By: Jacques F. Vallée

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Here at last is a sensible book about Unidentified Flying Objects that neither sensationalizes the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • psychology
  • science
"It is becoming technically feasible for sounds and images to be projected into people’s minds at a distance. Is this part of the technology that creates the UFO phenomenon? Could the required equipme…"

-Jacques F. Vallée, The Invisible College

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26. American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

By: D.W. Pasulka

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in … read more

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  • history
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
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27. Tihkal: The Continuation

By: Alexander Shulgin

4.41

Format: 804 pages, Paperback

A continuation of the classic PIHKAL, TIHKAL focuses on the family of psychoactive drugs in the try… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
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28. UFO of God: The Extraordinary True Story of Chris Bledsoe

By: Chris Bledsoe

4.40

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

* * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * *Are the biblical stories of angels in the Old Testament be… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • spirituality
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29. Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences

By: D.W. Pasulka

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A revolution is underway. For the first time in human history, we are at the cusp of experiencing c… read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science
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30. The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name

By: Brian C. Muraresku

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, controversial dive into the role psychedelics have played in the human experience… read more

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  • science
  • history
  • psychology
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • anthropology
"...there’s only one thing the Vatican finds more suspicious than drugs. And that’s women."

-Brian C. Muraresku, The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name

"Over twenty-five hundred years into this experiment we call the West, is there any chance of reconciling the two competing worldviews that clashed so dramatically at the end of the fourth century AD?…"

-Brian C. Muraresku, The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name

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31. Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (The Definitive Edition of Supernatural)

By: Graham Hancock

4.36

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

The latest archaeology and history redefining book from bestselling author Graham Hancock ( Fingerp… read more

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  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • science

9 best-selling history books like The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby

Transform Your Habits

The Perennial Philosophy

Aldous Huxley

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Sekret Machines: Gods An Official Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon

Peter Levenda , Tom DeLonge , None

3.94

LSD: My Problem Child – Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science

Albert Hofmann

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

Jeremy Narby

3.46

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7 Top audiobook books like Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D.W. Pasulka

Transform Your Habits

A Fire Within (Sekret Machines #2)

Tom DeLonge

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insiders' Account of the Secret Government UFO Program

Colm A. Kelleher

4.12

The Invisible College

Jacques F. Vallée

4.15

Transform Your Habits

In Plain Sight: A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023

Ross Coulthart

4.33

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