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Gestalt
28th April 2010, 05:15
I would like to start a thread where people can post the top 5 books that have had the greatest impact on them in their lives, and a brief description of the importance of said books. I think this would be a great way to see what people value, and what information has shaped their opinions and world views. As well inherently what books you would recommend to others to read as well. (Note: This could be a series of books by a single author, or a collection of material as well.)

For me the following books have had the greatest impact on my life thus far (in a somewhat loose order of importance):

1. The Seth Material (http://www.amazon.com/Jane-Roberts/e/B000APH242/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1) - Channeled by Jane Roberts
The Seth material in its entirety is probably the greatest metaphysical works ever written. The material is highly complex and philosophical and discusses the fundamental spiritual nature of reality. All the material has been archived at Yale library. (http://www.sethnet.org/directory/Seth-Based%20Articles/yale-university-home-of-the-seth-material.html)

2. Conversations with God (http://www.cwg.org/main.php?p=store&sub=storebooks) - Books 1,2 & 3 by Neale Donald Walsch
I was an extreme fundamentalist Christian for the first 18 or so years of my life until I read these books. They changed my entire perspective on reality through logic and gave me an alternative philosophical model by which I live my life now. The single greatest impact from these books on me has been the explanation on reincarnation.

3. Fingerprints of the Gods (http://www.grahamhancock.com/library/book.php?bookID=2) by Graham Hancock
My first introduction into the field of alternative models on history, unorthodox methodology and thinking. I read this book when I was 13 and thereafter questioned the orthodox, or dogmas of everything mainstream there after. This book got me questioning and inquiring about advanced ancient civilizations as well as extraterrestrials.

4. Hunt for Zero Point (http://www.highfrontiers.com/media.htm) by Nick Cook
I first learned about Zero Point energy from this book, forever shaping my educational and career path and my goals in life; to develop free energy.

5. The Power of Now (http://www.eckharttolle.com/home/books/) by Eckhart Tolle
This book probably would better have been titled a 'Treatise on the Ego'. Possibly the best book every written on the Ego in simple terms, and how to achieve a mental state of joy by releasing negative egotistical thought patterns. This book I believe is the ultimate tool for achieving blissful meditation as well. The explanations in this book are worth their weight in gold.


What are the 5 books that have impacted you the most in your life?
*Please try to keep this thread relatively clear of discussion allowing people to post their responses.

Teakai
28th April 2010, 07:52
1: Journey of Souls - Michael Newton.
2: Destiny of souls - Michael Newton.

Michael Newton has found a way to hypnotise his clients back to their soul state and from a 10 year(?) study has collated the information given to him from them about our life between lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDT58Q6Zxo
An interview link.

3: A new earth - Eckhart Tolle.
I think this is the kind of book that alters your mindstate without you really having to do anything, but read it. If you're not ready for your thinking to shift - you might find it a bit long and drawn out.

4: Supercharge your frontal lobes - Neil Slade
Explains how connecting to your frontal lobes opens up a world of limitless potential - and shows you just how easy it is to do it.

5: Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery.

stardustaquarion
28th April 2010, 10:53
1) Tao Te Ching
2) Spiritual Growth - Sanaya Roman
3) The tird eye - Lobsang Rampa
4) Angelic realities - Ashayana Deane
5) Voyagers II - Ashayana Deane

:wave:

Swanny
28th April 2010, 12:10
The Quest
by Tom Brown, Jr

john.d
28th April 2010, 12:43
1, The Ra Material
2, Dr John Christopher's School of Natural Healing
3, When Technology Fails
4, We The Arcturians
5, Dialogue with "Hidden Hand"

justpeter
28th April 2010, 12:51
1, The Ra Material
5, Dialogue with "Hidden Hand"

Ra Material:thumb:
Dialogue with "Hidden Hand":thumb: (thanks again for posting this on AV1)

john.d
28th April 2010, 13:02
Ra Material:thumb:
Dialogue with "Hidden Hand":thumb: (thanks again for posting this on AV1)

Your welcome :)

John

kudzy
28th April 2010, 13:29
1: The Good Life by Helen & Scott Nearing
2: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, actually a play by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
(many thanks to my High School English teacher for that one)
3: Handbook to Higher Consciousness by Ken Keyes, Jr.
4: Simple Food for the Good Life by Helen Nearing
5: Growing Wild Mushrooms by Bob Harris (I wrote the author with a question and this led to life changing events)
Honorable Mention: The Humanure Handbook, A guide to Composting Human Manure by J.C.Jenkins
Note: Eckhart Tolle and Tom Brown, Jr are big influences as well

HORIZONS
28th April 2010, 13:50
I can't pick just 5, but I'll keep it short.
Pre 2000 - the Bible in as many translations as possible, from fundamentalism to kingdom-sonship, every viewpoint I could find.
Post 2000 - the first book to transform my world view on religion and spirituality was The World Is New by Joel Goldsmith.
Afterwards - The infinite Way through Consciousness Transformed - and all the other works of Joel Goldsmith. This is ground breaking work in Metaphysics and Mysticism from a western point of view.
Hands Of Light and Light Emerging by Barbara Brennan - My introduction to the auraic bodies and energy healing work.
The Power Of Now and A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle - for understanding the personal ego.
Oneness by Rasha - for personal reflection of my life journey.
David Icke's Children Of The Matrix and Global Conspiracy - introduction to the conspiracy world.
Matrix V volumes 1 - 4, for becoming an observer and detaching from the "matrix".
I have found I study Authors and not just a book - this is how it works for me anyway.
All of these have lead me to many more books and study works -
I don't pick my books, they pick me.

kinsuemei2
28th April 2010, 14:15
ok
.1 Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramhansa Yogananda the 1946 version is still the best.
.2 The Ramakien รามเกียรติ์ is Thailand's national epic, derived from the Indian Ramayana epic, this is called the fighters bible
.3 Chariots of the gods by Erik Von Daniken
.4 I am me I am free David icke
.5 Behold a Pale Horse, William (Bill) Cooper

these books impacted me in many ways, and I am sure they would impact you also, but what resonates with one does not necessarily resonate with another.

Fredkc
28th April 2010, 14:57
In Chronological order...

1. Monday Night Class (http://www.stephengaskin.com/mnc.html) By Stephen (Gaskin)

2. The Caravan (http://www.stephengaskin.com/caravan.html) By Stephen (Gaskin)

If you want "Hippie meets Christianity through the eyes of Zen", or a great starter for someone along those lines, these are the books I'd recommend. T'was thru the practicing of this stuff that I learned to "see" how what's in your head comes round to meet you in the world. How to catch ahold of your attention, and see what it produces. How that accelerates while you practice that... and as badly as I practice it, sometimes, how things change when you don't have enemies.


We're pretty durable, and we need to bump up against the universe a little bit to find out where it's at. Also we need to bump up against each other a little bit. We shouldn't think that we're so fragile that we can't lean on each other a little bit and interact kind of heavy and still be friends.

Getting away from the small village idea has done a funny thing to the whole country, because in a small village, if a fellow turns up obnoxious one day he's still going to be living there the next day, and he's either going to have to straighten up or nobody's going to talk to him anymore or something. He's going to get cooled.

Q: About compassion and politics … if you go mess up a draft board, is that being compassionate for one's brother?

No, if you go in and tear up somebody's thing it's going to blow their mind and wreck their head, and that means that there's one more wrecked head that we've got to pick up, because we aren't going to be cool until we pick up all the wrecked heads, it doesn't matter whose they are. We can't be cool until we get everybody cool and sane. There's no final enlightenment until everybody can get off. You can only go so far, and then you've got to stop and help everybody get off, and that means everybody. So it's immoral to mess up folks' heads—anybody's. I try to leave everybody's head a little better than I found it, it doesn't matter who he be.

I will tell you the best way for your revolution to be successful: You have to run your revolution in such a way that you can win the love of an honest square.

People don't hurt people that they know well, so just make yourself know everybody well and let them know you well.

3. The Disappearance Of The Universe (http://www.garyrenard.com/Preview.htm) By Gary Renard.

4. A Course In Miracles (http://www.acim.org/) By Foundation For Inner Peace

These last two make up the sum total of my "spiritual reading", the last two years. I am now reading #3 for the third time. It is one of those books which puts forth such a clear outlook, that I find re-reading it, is the best thing I can do, for me. It serves as a "reminder" or clarify-er of what is real, and what is illusion.

Be right back. I have to change machines.
Fred

Luke
28th April 2010, 15:10
1."Dune" by Frank Herbert; Planetology, Freedom, Consequences of Farseeing.
2."Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. TEOTWAWKI, Austrian school of economics, Importance of Philosophy
3."Illuminatus!" trilogy by R.A. Wilson & R. Shea. Discordianism, Law of Fives, 23 Skidoo!
4. "Hunt for Zero Point" by Nick Cook. First one (for me) to present "other" principles of physics
5. "1467 Fechtbuch" by Hans Talhoffer - my first contact with Western Martial Arts
Hard to decide ... sooooo nmany good books out there:)

kriya
28th April 2010, 17:58
1. Autobiography of a Yogi ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
2. The Power of Now ~ Eckhart Tolle
3. Life After Life ~ Raymond Moody
4. Many lives, many masters ~ Brian Weiss
5. Light Years ~ Gary Kinder

sorry just one more,

The Gnostic Gospels ~ Elaine Pagels

Love,

Kriya

Swanny
28th April 2010, 18:49
Years ago I tried to read Zen and the art of motorcycle mechanics. I got just over half way before giving up. Apparently no one makes it too the end :p
Not surprised as it is rubbish. My advice for those of you that haven't tried to read it..... Don't bother :hat:

3(C)+me
1st May 2010, 02:13
Ok here's my top Five.
1. Bhagavad-Gita. Less than 140 pages, but it packs a punch.
2. Dhammapada. Also thin book and very readable.
3. Bringers of the Dawn, Barbara Marcinak. The end of the cycle and our history.
4. RA Material, see prior notes.
5. Power of Now or Thoughts without the thinker by Mark Epstein.

Lost Soul
1st May 2010, 04:58
Emerald Tablets
The Lost Teachings of Atlantis by Jon Peniel
Golden Rule Handbook by Jon Peniel

3optic
1st May 2010, 06:10
Lost Horizon - James Hilton
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
I Am That - Sri Nisargadatta
The Autobiography of Malcolm X - w/ Alex Haley
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides

Subject to change depending on memory recovery..

perfectresonance
1st May 2010, 07:25
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock.
It's the book that started it all. It opened my mind. After that nothing stood out as by then the "door was open" :)

Honourable mentions - two South African amateur researchers

- Slave Species of god, Michael Tellinger http://www.slavespecies.com/
- The Hidden Records, Wayne Herschel http://www.thehiddenrecords.com/ (very generous with material online)

Why? Because I am an avid fan of non-institutional hard science. These people do it the hard way, with their own money, and they have a story to tell but no axe to grind.

alchemikey
2nd May 2010, 15:14
ra material
seth material
silence of the heart by robert adams
oneness speaks by rasha
human buddha: enlightenment for the new millennium by aziz kristof

samvado
2nd May 2010, 15:29
with way more that 5000 books read its hard to make a distinct selection, particularily as books come with developemental seasons
some fairly season-free books might be:

seth material (aLL BOOKS)
Ra law of one
michaels messages
tolle a new earth
oneness speaks by rasha

except for seth (read in late 70s)
and michael (read in late 80s)
all read in the 21st century

annemirri
2nd May 2010, 17:14
I started my search for truth by reading the books by Erik Von Haniken in 1970s,

"The Inititation" by Elisabeth Haich opened the doors to ancient Egyptian mysteries, yoga,
to the powers of mind.

" Memories, Dreams and Reflections " by Carl Gustav Jung ,
unlocked the secrets of my unconciousness.

The books by Rauni Leena Luukainen Kilde about aliens, ufos, mind control, micro chipping etc.
were like books by an old friend. ( I once met her, and she said that I must be a true contactee...)

"Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paranhansa Yogananda is a fun book to read (if you skip the part where he is in America.)

a.

Swanny
2nd May 2010, 17:22
with way more that 5000 books read its hard to make a distinct selection, particularily as books come with developemental seasons
some fairly season-free books might be:

seth material (aLL BOOKS)
Ra law of one
michaels messages
tolle a new earth
oneness speaks by rasha

except for seth (read in late 70s)
and michael (read in late 80s)
all read in the 21st century

That explains why you think you're an expert on everything :p

Holly Lindin
2nd May 2010, 22:34
* "Conversations With God" (all volumes.), Neale Donald Walsch
* "The Secret", Rhonda Byrne
* "Creative Visualization", Shakti Gawain
* "Many Lives, Many Masters", Brian L. Weiss
* "The Power Of the Subconscious Mind", Dr. Joseph Murphy
* "Angel Medicine", Doreen Virtue
* "Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom Of the Tao", Dr. Wayne D. Dyer
* "Healing Mantras", Thomas Ashley-Farrand

I totally couldn't pick just five. :)

<3

alchemikey
2nd May 2010, 23:49
a beginner's guide to constructing the universe...great book on sacred geometry

http://www.constructingtheuniverse.com/

Swanny
4th May 2010, 09:33
Thanks for the negative rep on my post


semi-rude
I see you weren't brave enough to leave your name with your comment :rolleyes:

Ross
4th May 2010, 10:04
Years ago I tried to read Zen and the art of motorcycle mechanics. I got just over half way before giving up. Apparently no one makes it too the end :p
Not surprised as it is rubbish. My advice for those of you that haven't tried to read it..... Don't bother :hat:

which one are you refering to? Zen or motocycles?

Ross
4th May 2010, 10:08
Thanks for the negative rep on my post

semi-rude


What neg rep are you talking about? and who wrote this? Ive looked and cant find what you are referring to?

Ross

Anchor
4th May 2010, 11:42
Law of One - The Ra Material
ET101
The Wisdom Of Ramala
Handbook for a New Paradigm (three volumes)
BIBLE (KJV - new testament)


There are heaps more - 5 doesn't do it justice


Ross: As a moderator you can see all the reputation comments - and you can see who left them (which the non-moderators cant see). This is one of the reasons that reputation was turned off in the first run of it in the early days of PA1, you got a lot of abusive comments left anonymously (except the moderators could see who did it, and it was always the same people).

Swanny
4th May 2010, 11:45
which one are you refering to? Zen or motocycles?

There is a book called Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Sorry I thought it was mechanics


Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsig's texts in which he explores his Metaphysics of Quality. The 1974 book describes, in first person, a 17-day motorcycle journey across the United States by the author (though he is not identified in the book) and his son Chris, joined for the first nine days by close friends John and Sylvia Sutherland. The trip is punctuated by numerous philosophical discussions, referred to as Chautauquas by the author, on topics including epistemology, ethical emotivism and the philosophy of science.

It's not a good read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

Some nameless person gave me bad rep with the little star thing on the left but weren't man enough to leave their name just a little comment :)
I don't have a problem with someone leaving me bad rep but they could at least leave their name

morguana
4th May 2010, 13:13
sorry swanny we coulnd work out what you were refering to, thanks john for that. well swanny seems to me that anyone willing to leave a negative comment without identifying themselves is behaving like a coward and really not worth bothering with.

i still cant decide which books to pop here, have far too many fav's
but here are some that i really enjoyed

women who run with the wolves
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-Run-Wolves-Contacting/dp/071267134X

anatomy of the spirit
http://www.myss.com/catalog/anatomy-of-the-spirit.htm

for your own good (first read at 25)
http://www.alice-miller.com/books_en.php?page=2

the tibetan book of living and dying (1st read at 16)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tibetan-Book-Living-Dying/dp/0712671390

teachings of don juan (1st read this when i was 14ish)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520217578

but really many many books have been read, i read a few at a time, and quite often have 3 open on my bed one above the other so i can read down the pages and have 3 different topics read at once! serious book worm!!!!
i am currently reading 'the white book' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ramtha-White-Book-J-Z-Knight/dp/1578730457/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272978121&sr=1-1 ,
the slave species of god http://www.amazon.com/Slave-Species-God-Michael-Tellinger/dp/1920070133
the field http://www.amazon.co.uk/Field-Quest-Secret-Force-Universe/dp/0007145101/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272978414&sr=1-1
mythago wood http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mythago-Wood-1-Robert-Holdstock/dp/0743440811 (love holdstocks books, realy good read if your into shamanism)

books i really did not enjoy are
mein kampf, satanic verses, and the black report, and will never read them again

Fredkc
4th May 2010, 13:26
serious book worm!!!!I can't tell you what a relief it is to here that.

Wife thinks I'm strange because I usually have 2-3 going at once (she's right, but...). 2 on the den coffee table, and one in the loo. And you can't read 2 in the loo. God! What if you died there? I mean, it'd make the stories about Elvis seem tame.

Wife tells me my constant reading is due to a condition she calls, "Born with a hole in ya" ;)

Fred

morguana
4th May 2010, 13:49
hehe, fred, i just wish they made water proof books for the bath

Olam
4th May 2010, 14:00
Alright, Ill have a go at this,

Freedom From the Known - Krishnamurti
The Dissapearance of the Universe- Gary Renard
Black Elk Speaks-John G. Neihardt
Who are we really, return of the Shaman- Crystal Clark
Destiny of Souls-Michael Newton

Ill add a couple more that really do squeeze in the top 5:p
A New Earth- Eckhart Tolle
Bringers of the Dawn- Barbara Marciniak
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee- Dee Brown
Entering the Circle-Olga Kharitidi

Lucid Jia
4th May 2010, 14:49
Law of one - Ra

Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming - Stephen LaBerge

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paranhansa Yogananda

Convoluted Universe - Dolores Cannon

DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences - Rick Strassman MD

mijas
4th May 2010, 15:09
Into the Void - Zoe 7

The Biggest Secret - David Icke

Freedom from Judgement - Andreas Moritz

The Art of Redemption - Stuart Wilde

A New Earth - Ekhart Tolle

Swanny
4th May 2010, 16:14
Nothing in This Book is True But it's Exactly How Things are: Bob Frissell
Not completely true but a bloody good read

thedot
12th May 2010, 12:52
1. The Tao of Physics, by Fritjof Capra.
2) The Field, by Lynn McTaggart.
3) The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority, by Rose Wilder Lane.
4) All David Icke, naturally.
5) What the Hell am I Doing Here Anyway? by Ghislaine Saint-Pierre Lanctôt (aka Ghis).

bettye198
14th May 2010, 03:16
Many of us have read the same books.
Great minds think alike.

1. Voyagers Vol 1 and 2 by Ashayana Deane
2. Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra
3. There is a Spiritual Solution for every Problem by Dr. Wayne Dyer
4. Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
5. Convoluted Universe by Dolores Cannon

Scott
14th May 2010, 06:24
I have a Huge library so this is somewhat random but what the heck :)

Ethics - Aristotle

The Integral Yoga - Sri Aurobindo

Visions - Michio Kaku

The 12th Planet - Zecharia Sitchin

Beyond Top Secret - Timothy Good

And just for fun

The Belgariad and The Malloreon - David Eddings

Well of Souls - Jack L. Chalker

Sentience
14th May 2010, 22:39
Temple at the Center of Time - David Flynn - Quite simply astonishing material.
Above Top secret - Timothy Good - The Bible of UFO study
The Law of One - The Ra Material - Life changing
The Republic - Plato - For the ending alone
The Prince - Machiavelli - As relevant to understanding the present as it is the past

KaliMagic
15th May 2010, 10:31
ok so this is my first post and i would like to take the opportunity to say hello to this beautiful community and i am very much looking forward to sharing some thoughts and ideas with you lovely lot :)

for the books....

1. be here now - baba ram dass - quite possibly the best book i have ever read, mainly because i picked it up at a point in my life where it's message totally resonated with me.

2. the celestine prophecy - james redfield - quite cheesy i know but it was the first book i had read for a very long time and it triggered something inside me that sent me on a bit of a quest for knowledge!!

3. fingerprints of the gods - graham hancock - in fact any graham hancock book has completely enthralled me. i think his work is superb and i love hearing him speak.

4. siddhartha - hermann hesse - so beautiful.

5. mutant message down under - marlo morgan - a very easy to read novel with a seriously potent message for mankind. very highly recommened to anyone.

i would also like to add (ha ha... five seems a tad restractive when there are soooo many amazing books!!)

the invisible landscape - terrence and dennis mckenna - what can i say... fascinating.
the bhagavad gita

thanks for listening! ;)

Moxie
15th May 2010, 12:20
I've read almost all the fine books that everyone has listed, Ashayana Deane's being the most recent importance, but will add these that impacted my life greatly:

The Christ Conspiracy. the Greatest Story Ever Sold - D.M.Murdock/Acharya S
The Way of The Superior Man - David Deida
Your Body Is Your SubConscious Mind - Candace Pert
You Just Don't Understand - Deborah Tannen
Brief History of Everything - Ken Wilber

777
23rd May 2010, 15:32
David Icke - The Biggest Secret: If he hadn't ruined it for himself by introducing the Reptillian agenda before humanity was ready to hear it, then this would be (imo) the greatest, best researched and evidenced factual book ever written on secret societies and how we are being misled as a species.

The Kybalion - The Three Initiates: Ancient Egyptian wisdom allegedly passed down from Hermes Trismetigus. If you ever want a book to tie in the big picture this is it. Of all book this is the best thing I've ever read. Nothing before or since has touched it for me.

The Alchemist - Paolo Cohello: The first example of synchronicity I've read which led mt to Jung and then experiencing it for myself. Very well written, easy to read and life-changing to those receptive.

Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield: Fictional, yet very applicable to modern life and hugely humbling. I found all of the insights within the fictional tale quite enlightening and have re-read it a few times to re-affirm them. Critics say it's "wooly, misguided, cheesy" etc. Good for them, horses for courses.

The Teaching of Buddha - Buddha (apparently lol!): The only prophet whos wisodom I can't deny. Also one of few spiritual strains that focusses the individual to go within for peace. I'm no buddhist though for personal reasons, but his wisdom is undeniable and beautiful!

grace
23rd May 2010, 18:00
Thanks for all the book suggestions everyone. i have one that i'm reading right now...
The Guiding Light of Lau Tzu by Henry Wei - the Tao Teh Ching is beautiful and Wei is a great commentator, highly recommended for anyone that hasn't checked it out.

Yona
24th May 2010, 12:54
1. Books on buddhism, various authors, about 24 yrs ago!
2. Spiritual Laws by Diana Cooper,
3. All the Celestine Phrophecy books, James Redfield
4. The truth will set you free, David Icke

ries
24th May 2010, 20:24
1 law of one. RA material ( still trying to comprehend parts of it )

Just mine top 1

p.s.
Thank you all for some nice book suggestions. :)

_Infinity_original
29th May 2010, 16:07
1.) The Biggest Secret by David Icke ( This is the book that really got the ball rolling for me!)
2.) The Divine Matrix by Gregg Braden
3.) The Spontaneus Healing of Belief by Gregg Braden
4.) Genesis Revisited by Zecharia Sitchin
5.) The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin

fifi
31st May 2010, 18:06
1. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
2. The Third Eye by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
3. Journey to the East by Baird Spalding (translation version)
4. One Minute Wisdom by Anthony De Mello
5. The Sirian Trilogy (3 books) by Patricia Cori

and I would like to add 1 more:
6. The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life by Drunvalo Melchizedek

lightwalker
5th June 2010, 02:00
1. Blueprint for Change (Bashar w. Daryl Anka)
2. Bringers of the Dawn (Barbara Marciniak)
3. Conversations With God
4. The Initiation (Elisabeth Haich)
5. Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (Dave Pilkey) and other great stories

MargueriteBee
5th June 2010, 06:32
Carlos Castandea series
The Elegant Universe, Brian Green
Children of the Matrix, David Icke
The Christ Conspiracy, Acharya S
Reality, Peter Kingsley
The Ringing Ceders Series/Anastasia by Vladimir Megre

Kulapops
5th June 2010, 09:48
Ooh.. five would never be enough !

Though I think "You just don't understand" should be the retitled name of this forum !

Current Faves :

1 The power of Now... Eckhart Tolle
2 Loving What is Byron Katie
3 Finding your Own North Star
4 Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (why not.. ? It has far better written fiction than most of the threads at Avalon!). Plus he practically invented the concept for Wikipedia.
5 The Road less Travelled Scott Fitzgerald

But equally have read and enjoyed books such as mutant message and celestine.. these made a big impact on me back in the 90's

With all this knowledge.. are we really going to get there by more reading though? I wonder.. I think we're coming to the time of doing, not reading...just now...

Great thread... wonderful resource...Thank You all,

K

rosie
9th June 2010, 14:41
Hey Swanny, I made it all the way through Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance and it was a good read. :p

Here is a link to a site to download a pdf version, for free, if anyone wants to do a bit of reading.
http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/13781/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-is-available-all-over-the-web/

Nenuphar
13th June 2010, 01:35
I love this thread!

1) The Witch's Catalog (out-of-print children's book...you could say my fascination with spirituality and the occult began at a very early age *L*)
2) Journeys Out of the Body - Robert Monroe
3) various books on Wicca/earth religions
4) Journey of Souls & Destiny of Souls - Michael Newton
5) Illusions - Richard Bach

Interesting...I just realized that the books I feel had the most impact on my life I read before I was 20! I think I'd better get reading again. :p

zenith
13th June 2010, 09:23
Not five books, but five general areas of study,

Art - It's what we are, and what we do.
God / Spirituality - See above.
Symbols / Language - Good to be aware of some of this stuff.
Mathematics / Geometry - See above.
Ceramics - You can't get more grounded than the ground itself ;)


Peace

Justano
15th June 2010, 18:50
Top 5.... for now

AEGYPT-John Crowley

Miracles of the Mind- Russell Targ & Jane Katra

Supernatural- Graham Hancock

Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

The Revolution- Ron Paul

Gestalt
24th July 2010, 19:44
bump, for new peoples.

Ethereal Blue Being
24th July 2010, 21:20
Anything by MICHIO KAKU the renouned physicist/futurist (I'm a geek at heart) MICHIO KAKU . CARL SAGAN AND GENE RODDENBERRY (STAR TREK) will always be my personal heros in the Science and Sci-fi fields

"The Field" by Lynne Mctaggert I have noticed many books quote this book or quote the studies and research of the scientists in " The Field"
"Fractel Time" and "The Divine Matrix" by Gregg Braden
" Molecules of Emotion" by Nobel prize winning chemist Dr, Candace Pert
Anything by Deepak Chopra especially "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind"
"Earthway" by Mary Summerain (after seeing the movie AVATAR in December i got this out and read it again cover to cover instead of just using it for quick reference)

Humble Janitor
24th July 2010, 21:24
1. A People's History Of The United States Howard Zinn
2. Brain Droppings George Carlin
3. 1984 George Orwell
4. Communist Manifesto Marx and Engells (don't get any rash ideas here, I was younger and more impressionable)
5. Fortunate Son (about G.W Bush)

And if I could add more, probably anything that I've read by Noam Chomsky, "Catcher In The Rye" by J.D Salinger, etc.

Feel free to recommend something for me as it's been too long since I've read anything.

Bill Ryan
24th July 2010, 23:45
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
The Bridge Across Forever - Richard Bach
The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot
When Corporations Rule the World - David Korten
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight - Thom Hartmann
Magic and Mystery in Tibet - Alexandra David-Neel

CuppaJoe
25th July 2010, 01:56
Excellent thread, Bill. I love talking about good books.


1. The Magical Child by Joseph Chilton Pearce

For the question I had a long time... "Where did we go wrong?" In utero, it turns out. This book draws a clear and sometimes heartbreaking picture of what we truly come into this world feeling, knowing, and expecting. A must for anyone who has been a child.

2. A Course in Miracles

Self explanatory. Life changing from the first page.

3. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

You go on a journey with this man into a brighter state of being that puts you squarely in charge of your own destiny - my world glowed for weeks after finishing this.

4. Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills

Fabulous. Well put-together, illustrated, no-nonsense. Should be required study in high school.

5. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Just loved it. Does a really fantastic job of drawing your focus into the now, which is good place to start from.


Good Fiction:

The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint

I can't praise this highly enough. It's got one hell of a dark side, but the incredible story that goes on next to this world is just breathtaking. He's a wonderful writer and he tells the story with such care. Fantastic, absorbing read.

:happy:

Bill Ryan
25th July 2010, 08:18
There is a book called Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Sorry I thought it was mechanics

It's not a good read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance



Wow. Just read this comment. (A little late for the party!)

Swanny, this might possibly say more about you than about Robert Pirsig. I read it in hardback when I was 20 the week it came out and it changed my life. A near-penniless student, I saved up to buy a dozen copies and gave them to all my friends. It influenced my thinking, my behavior, and my writing style. If you never make it to the last paragraph, it's not possible to understood the book. It was his long-awaited sequel which I was unable to finish.

John Parslow
25th July 2010, 10:09
Hello Gestalt

An excellent choice of topic which may open-up a new world of reading to the uninformed. Very difficult to nail it down to just five books, so I cheated a bit with me second choice. Here follows my selection:

1. The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort – Which is a fascinating collection of strange, unnerving events and discoveries and a scathing attack on the blind dogmatism of modern science (Quote on rear cover) a must read for anyone who wants know the truth.

2. The Earth Chronicles by Zecharia Sitchin – I know that this comprises five books but must be read in conjunction with each other, they are:

Book 1: The 12TH Planet
Book 2: The Stairway to Heaven
Book 3: The Wars of Gods and Men
Book 4: The Lost Realms
Book 5: When Time Began

Zecharia Sitchen has completed a phenomenal amount of research and manages to tie-up all these data in a very concise and readable manner – a must read if you have not done so.

3. The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa) by Umberto Eco - Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements. Umberto must have completed an awful lot of research before embarking on this wonderful tale of intrigue – possibly more fact than fiction.

4. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy – A novel full of poetry and mysteriously luminous settings, unfolds the story of the beautiful suffering Tess with peculiar and unforgettable tenderness and intensity. A must read – heart-braking realism.

5. The Holy Bible – With emphasis on Genesis and Revelations

Regards. JP :cool:

Scott
26th July 2010, 12:07
Magic and Mystery in Tibet - Alexandra David-Neel


Thanks for reminding me of this excellent book, I have dug it out and will be re-reading it again :)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn179/Nazrudin/mm2.jpg
My copy, cool cover eh

Dale
29th July 2010, 15:43
-The Secret Teachings of All Ages

I think Manly P. Hall summarized the teachings of ancient wisdom beautifully in this book. It's a must have for anyone. Definitely one of the greatest archives around today.

-The Field (The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe)

This book put some serious science backing to esoteric topics like remote viewing, psychic healing, and everything in between. I've always been interested in the way things actually work, and Lynne McTaggart does a great job introducing the reader to the science behind things that most of the world probably doesn't even know exists.

-1984

I read this book way back in my freshman year of high school, and I remember thinking how close our world is beginning to resemble Orwell's dystopia. Quite the eye opener!

-The Hundred-Year Lie

I'm quite the raw food, probiotics, organics, alternative health enthusiast. I owe a great deal of my lifestyle change to this book.

-To Kill A Mockingbird

I know, it's fiction, but I think this book resonates a profound look at the dramas we play out everyday. Once all the paradigms and biases are put aside, it becomes pretty clear that we're much more alike than different. Harper Lee does an absolutely incredible job of illustrating the effects of division and duality.

East Sun
30th July 2010, 19:48
Early 70s Carlton Fredricks' books (and radio show' on Holistic Health. Physical and mental change.

Early 80s Edgar Cayce (books about) 'There is a river' etc. Spiritual change.

Late 80s 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying' Sogyal Rinpoche's translation of (Tibetan Book of the Dead)

Zecharia Sitchin's books.

Law of One

Had to know what was in the Bible and
Mein Kampf

MariaDine
1st August 2010, 15:20
Hello Everybody !!!:)

After reading the posts, I found out that I had lots of books in common ....about 20 or something....Anyway it's Great to «belong« to such a club book ....!!! :)
So, don't be surprised of the coincidence.....

1 - « A Thousand and One Nghts» Sir Richard Burton - Tales of spirits, magic, travel...

2 - « The Third Vision» Lobsang Rampa - Life and experience of an exiled Tibetian monk
3 - « Dweller of Two Planets » (and sequel) - Phyllus - The remenberance of past lives of a human on Mars and on Earth
4 - « La Mort d' Arthur» Mallory - The importance of the Grail and its hidden meaning
5 - « Tratado de Escrita Mágica» Rubens Saraceni - The importance, power and use of the «sacred» writing of the Thrones of God. (Brasilien author that recevied a serire of books about this theme, from his Guides by thelepaty)

sjkted
15th August 2010, 08:07
1. Atlas Shrugged
My introduction to the philosophy of economics and an impact on ideals of civilization. Culture shock for me when I found out how far it is from real world, yet how true much of it is in principal.

2. Stranger in a Strange Land
I'm not from here. I found a real connection with this book.

3. Steppenwolf
Similar to #2

4. Autobiography of a Yogi
My introduction to the real world of spirit and the things that happen behind the scenes.

5. 1984
When I first read it, I knew it was true, but the timing was somewhat off.

--sjkted

Gestalt
1st October 2010, 02:18
Bump for new people. Sticky perhaps?

Ki's
1st October 2010, 03:28
1)Esoteric Christianity by Annie Besant. I read this when I was quite young. Very elitist and my first inkling that there was secret knowledge.

2) Anthem by Ayn Rand.

3)The Phenomenon of Man by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

4)Earth Abides by George R Stewart.

5)Chariots of the Gods by Erik Von Daniken (I read this one back in the 70's)

I have an extensive library and read a great deal … but I’d have to say that these have had the most significant impact on my thinking.

Zook
1st October 2010, 03:36
Hi Gestalt,


Bump for new people. Sticky perhaps?

Upon discovering usenet back in the early 1990's (let it be said that unlike Gore, I did not invent usenet, merely discovered it); I've come to prefer exchanging ideas to receiving them exclusively. Even before that I was never a heavy reader. You know, standard 70's teenfare such as Hardy Boys; Sherlock Holmes; Asterix and Obelix; Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock. Later, Calvin and Hobbes. But the greatest books that have impressed me, if I had to choose five (and there's probably fifty) are in no particular order:

War and Peace. (Tolstoy)
Crime and Punishment. (Dostoyevsky)
Four Chekhovian plays: The Cherry Orchard; Uncle Vanya; The Seagull: The Three Sisters
Four Shakespearean plays: Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Merchant of Venice
Don Quixote (Cervantes)


If movie adaptations are permissible, any of the following could displace any in the above list:
Wuthering Heights
Pride and Prejudice
Tale of Two Cities
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Les Miserables
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fahrenheit 412
Logan's Run
I Remember Mama


No, no ... this isn't right. You're not playing fair by limiting us to five books! :moil:

Carmody
3rd October 2010, 02:45
I'm very careful about what I feel has been influential to me. I've been a hardcore sci-fi fan since the age of about 10. Started with juvenile Si-fi like the 'Danny Dunn' series and then on to CS Lewis stuff and the like.... onward and upward. In total, about 4000 books at last estimate.

I will put some on here as time goes by. i will put each in as I feel or retake of the feeling of their influence.


The first, I remembered and dug out..on his birthday, yesterday. October 1.

Donald A Wollheim, or DAW in the sci-fi and Fantasy trade. Wrote his own works, if anyone recalls. Besides being arguably the single most important person in the world of Science Fiction. Science fiction, the one literature source that brings the idea of the fantastical to man and creates vision in man like no other form of literature.

This particular book, Donald wrote under the pseudonym of "David Grinnell".

1. Edge Of Time.

--This book encompasses nearly EVERY single point that this entire forum is about, in all ways possible. The works of Dolores Cannon, Military ops, fantastical science, god like conditions, creationism, alternate universes, inter-dimensional slavery, rebirth, multiple lives, bio-location, spirits/entities taking over lives, super position, dimensional shifting, the creation and destruction of entire universes....everything, everything, everything.

Imagine that!

Science fiction authors are rightfully known for doing their best to educate man and alert man to the things we have had hidden from us. Their dreams, their visions..so much like ours but so eloquently crafted into 'tales'. Are they 'just'.... stories? Not always. Some say they are never stories, just visions of what may be and actually is..somewhere else.

Published in 1958.

I found it in a dumpster, when I was 13. In the original hardcover - I'm looking at it as I type this..... And that's the way the universe works.

bearcow
2nd May 2011, 20:30
1 magus of java

http://www.amazon.com/Magus-Java-Teachings-Authentic-Immortal/dp/0892818131

2 Opening the Dragon Gate

http://www.amazon.com/Opening-Dragon-Gate-Making-Modern/dp/0804831858/ref=pd_sim_b_2

3 Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind

http://www.amazon.com/Bioenergetics-Revolutionary-Therapy-Language-Problems/dp/0140194711/ref=pd_cp_b_2

4 Clear Light of Bliss: Tantric Meditation Manual

http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Light-Bliss-Tantric-Meditation/dp/0948006218/ref=pd_sim_b_4

5 Faust

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385031149

shadowstalker
2nd May 2011, 20:36
Here is my list photos of the books as well.
http://the-unseen.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=11203244

Carmen
2nd May 2011, 20:51
Ramtha- The White Book

Baird Spalding - The Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East

Ken Carey - Starseed Transmissions

Ruby Nelson - The Door of Everything

Annalee Skarin - Ye Are Gods plus all her other books

These books are ones I go back and back to. Some of them when I first read them years and years ago, I could not comprehend what was written, only part was understandable. Over the years of my spiritual journey, at various times I would have breakthrough, aha moments. Times of expansion of knowingness. I would go back to these books and understand them at a whole new level. They would be different books because I was different.

ThePythonicCow
2nd May 2011, 21:06
Ethics, by Spinoza
Mathematical Logic, by Willard van Orman Quine
The C Programming Language, by Kernighan and Ritchie
Mind: An Essay On Human Feeling, by Susanne K. Langer
Vitamin C: The Real Story, by Hickey and Saul

Carmen
2nd May 2011, 21:11
BTW, really fascinating to read about everyone elses favorite books.

mondaze
2nd May 2011, 21:28
1.1984 orwell... the best dystopian novel.
2.we-Yevgeny Zamyatin 2nd best dystopian novel
3.siddhartha- hermann hess- opened my mind to eastern esotericism
4.foucault's pendulum- umberto eco
5.essays of jean baudrillard- opened my sociological perspectives

Unicorn
2nd May 2011, 22:10
1, The Ra Material
5, Dialogue with "Hidden Hand"

Ra Material:thumb:
Dialogue with "Hidden Hand":thumb: (thanks again for posting this on AV1)


Same here! :thumb:

crosby
2nd May 2011, 23:08
here is the top 5 that i could bring myself too choose. i love and have read so many books.
1. The Geography of Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler
-In this book, Kunstler traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where everyplace is like no place in particular, where the city is a dead zone and the countryside a wasteland of cars and blacktop. His conculsion: we are stuck with the consequences: a national living arrangement that destroys civic life while imposing enormous social costs and economic burdens. An excellent read. will totally piss you off about the american roadway system and service and the degeneration of american values.

2. The Interrogation, J.M.G. LeClezio
-Total existentialism. The story revolves around a man named Adam Pollo who concentrates and discovers ways of being, ways of seeing. He enters into animals, trees...... if you love existentialism, you will enjoy reading this.

3. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
-you all know what this is.......... terrific!!!!!

4. Communion, Whitely Strieber
-great story of his own experience with the extra-terrestrial. if you haven't read it, you should.

5. Bunny Bunny, Alan Zweibel
-a tribute to his great friend, Gilda Radner. a series of funny and very moving dialogues that occurred between them.


thanks for letting me share..
warmest, corson

Wookie
3rd May 2011, 01:29
True is stranger than Fiction or is fiction just a different point of view.
1: The Chrysalids http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chrysalids
2: All Quiet on the Western Front http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front
3: Animal Farm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
4: 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
5: A Brave New World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World

Peaceful Journeys Wookie

Ron Mauer Sr
3rd May 2011, 03:05
Ramtha (the white book)
The Fire Within, Carlos Castenada
Illusions, Richard Bach
Autobiography of a Yogi, Paranhansa Yogananda
Bringers of the Dawn, Barbara Marciniak
Seth books, Jane Roberts
ET 101, Diana Luppi

kersley
3rd May 2011, 07:50
1 / Bringers of the dawn - Barbara Marciniak.
2 / Gods of the new millennium - Alan Alford.
3 / Fingerprints of the gods - Graham Hancock.
4/ Lost book of Enki - Sitchin.
5 / The Gnostic Gospels - Elaine Pagel

Corncrake
3rd May 2011, 08:59
Really hard to chose only five having been a big reader all my life. However many of my favourites have already been mentioned here so I have tried to narrow it down to those books that have sent me on a journey:

The Memory of Water - Michel Schiff - my introduction to the science behind homeopathy
Will Storr Vs The Supernatural
In Search of Bridey Murphy by Morey Bernstein - my introduction to reincarnation
Hidden Truth Forbidden Knowledge - Steven Greer
Rule by Secrecy - Jim Marrs

W.C.
3rd May 2011, 12:47
1. War and Peace (http://www.amazon.com/War-Peace-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199232768/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304420471&sr=1-1), by Leo Tolstoy

When I first began reading this book, I could not comprehend what all the fuss was about. The story moved slowly, nothing really struck me all too much, and yet I pressed on. I would now read it over, and over. The book gives that homely pleasure one experiences recalling treasured memories of passed on loved ones. The nostalgia Tolstoy breeds in his writings makes one believe themselves there with the various characters throughout the book, and throughout their lives.

'The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.'
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy (1865-1869)

In every life, there are the philosophies and perspectives that come with it -- from Generals, to Noblemen to Peasants to Soldiers to Masons -- and to me, outside of the actual storyline (which in itself is an amazing saga of the effects of war and peace on life), this is what War and Peace was about, this was it's strong point. Tolstoy's weaving of story-lines and perspectives and philosophies makes this book an epic, and placed it among the greatest in history, let alone as my number one.

2. The Complete Chronicles of Conan (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Chronicles-Conan-Robert-Howard/dp/0575077662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304420629&sr=1-1), by Robert E. Howard

From a young age, I've always enjoyed the Conan movies. I recall watching Conan the Destroyer as early as I can remember, and later and to this day I still enjoy watching Conan the Barbarian. My interest in Conan naturally led me to read 'The Complete Chronicles of Conan,' and thankfully so. The books stand completely apart from the movies, in a class of their own. Howard's writing is fast, energetic and savage.

The distinctions raised in these books between civilisation and barbarism and will make any reader question civilisation in its many hypocritical states and the value we place in trivialities. The reader follows Conan, a savage, through his many adventures in and out of the civilisations and circumstances that cross his path. Born with sword in hand, Conan could be well described as Nietzsche's Übermensch.

'Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illusion. I know this; if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.'
Queen of the Black Coast, Robert E. Howard (1934)

The story of Conan takes place in in Hyborian Age, a period of Earth created by Howard, which you can read more about here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyborian_Age). The books are pleasure to read, and much like the old saying, 'and this too, shall pass', the books can be very sobering, opening ones eyes to a greater sense of self awareness and the power of one with its sense of the natural.

It a masterpiece of works, which I could not recommend enough.

fathertedsmate
3rd May 2011, 20:57
the emperor wears no clothes - jack herer wiped out 22yrs military conditioning, and paved the way to cure ptsd,

Mike
4th May 2011, 00:16
1. The Mothman Prophecies-John Keel
2. Lennon-Ray coleman
3. The Holographic Universe-Michael Talbot
4. Slaughterhouse 5-Kurt Voggenut
5. Post Office-Charles Bukowski

nomadguy
4th May 2011, 05:54
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FTeachings-Don-Juan-Knowledge-Anniversary%2Fdp%2F0520217578&rct=j&q=The%20Teachings%20of%20Juan%20Matus%2C%20amazon.com&ei=3unATYzSBo-WsgO6-dzgBw&usg=AFQjCNEnF3oRjHuQUVOK5AlKAZXZL6goVA&cad=rja The Teachings of Juan Matus

Mad Hatter
4th May 2011, 07:46
1) Little Toot. [At the age of seven it was the first book I ever borrowed from a library, so I sat under the bed covers with a torch that night and ended up bawling my eyes out... :o you did say impact!!]

2) Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. [Mum gave me this shortly after I bought a motorbike I guess she misjudged the title but I can't be sure and it had a huge impact for all the reasons Bill gave and more.]

3) Castenada [the idiot crowd I was with attempted to follow the Daytura recipe and subsequently a good friend permanently lost most of his marbles]

4) Programming the 6502 [Started a life long love affair with computers]

5) My Inventions. [The autobiography of Nikola Tesla and IMHO the greatest scientist/inventor that has ever lived]

and so many others... Gulag Archipelago, Catch 22, Jonathon Livingstone Seagull, Blacks Law dictionary, Macbeth, Jeet Kune Do,....oops :eek: 4 + 1 + 6 = 5 doesn't it??

ketikoti
4th May 2011, 16:38
ok, Fingerprints of the Gods and Hunt for Zero point are already mentioned, so to not to repeat others, here is my shortlist (most of them are downloadable on the nets, so go figure!)

* Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
* The Law - Frederic Bastiat
* What has government done to your money - Murray Rothbard
* The collapse of complex societies - Joseph Tainter
* Crossing the Rubicon - Michael Ruppert
* Big Bang Blasted - Lyndon Ashmore
* The Road to serfdom - Friedrich von Hayek
* Defending the undefendable - Walter Block
* Hitler was a British agent - Greg Hallet

Koyaanisqatsi
4th May 2011, 16:49
EXCELLENT THREAD! :) I'm taking lots of notes as I havn't read many of these books.
My List
Chariots of the gods
Conversations with god (read when i was 12)
Forbidden Archaeology by maichael cremo
Knowledge Apocalypse by jason Matrell
The Lorax by Dr suess :) Yes, really.

thunder24
4th May 2011, 17:11
All of Sitchens books-confirmed answers for questions of my child hood
William Bramley's The Gods of Eden-More answer
Elias Boudinot's AStar in the west-Native Americans were the lost tribes of israel
All David Ickes-Nough said
Finger Prints of the Gods-Nough Said

Swedonborg's Heaven and Hell-thoughts are things, every thing physical correspondes to that in the spiritual. Heaven and hell both in the shape of a man.
Jane Lead's books-She speaks about the spirits of the figures in the bible and how many of them will return to fulfill their prophecies. All ways room for interpretation i know, but very interesting.

peace

WhiteFeather
21st November 2011, 23:26
Bumping this BadBoy, Great Books listed here by You Avie's. Thank You Peeps.

1. The lost book of Enki- Zecharia Sitchin http://www.benpadiah.com/otherstuff/ENKI/LBoE.pdf
2. Defending Sacred Ground- Alex Collier http://www.exopolitics.org/collier-dsg1.pdf
3. The source field investigations - David Wilcock
4. The Book Of Revelations - The Bible - It is a book.
5. The Custodians - Dolores Cannon http://flavian.ro/engleza/Dolores%20Cannon%20-%203%20The%20Custodians.pdf

VaughnB
22nd November 2011, 02:00
GREAT - So many memories, I read the "Third Eye" when I was just 13, I wrote to Lobsang Rampa and he wrote me back a very terse note when I wanted to help him. Was a bit taken back, but continued my search.

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Eckhart Tolle's books are so easy to read, yet his use of metaphor and story will intrigue and mystify you time and time again.

Paulo Coelho's the Alchemist is a masterpiece of storytelling that grips you so that you can't put it down, great for young and old alike.

Gregg's books and lectures have given the contemporary world a new insight on just how connected are our spiritual and scientific beliefs.

Wade Davis' decades of work in the field of anthropology records those stories and histories overlooked but which are essential to our heritage.

I was so taken by this little red book that I sought her out and finally was able to contact Barbara Ramsey in Australia, we keep in touch to this day.

[B]Library

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaomZQMlKas

exchange student
22nd November 2011, 03:24
Wow this is really an incredible thread! I'm taking a lot of notes for future books.
Here are my five most life revelling books

Convoluted universe - Dolores cannon
The Custodians - Dolores cannon
The Ra material- Rueckert & McCarty, Elkins
The biggest secret- David Icke
The alchemist-Paolo Cohello

Steve

ghostrider
22nd November 2011, 04:26
The Day after Rosewell by Phillip Corso. It will blow your mind... Good luck finding it. I got it at barnes and noble and the pc when the title was entered pulled up five books same name , same author , only one was by the real Phillip Corso. said they had several copies , ( we have over 50,000 books in our warehouse) went to the shelf and they had one copy.... caused an uproar with the brainiacs. hmmm our computer never did that before hmmm thats weird ... I knew the dis-info machine was already at work... I told the employee ( i'm not surprised). it details the five technologies we got from the craft. Night vision, fiber optic cable, micro-chips, lasers, kevlar vest..... it should be a must read for all avalonians.... I never read books and I read that one in three days.... couldn't put it down...the kgb running the cia, the cia running the kgb ? fasinating...

Laurel
22nd November 2011, 06:28
Stranger in a Strange Land - The unabridged version by Robert Heinlein - By far the most influential book in my life.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Hyperion Cantos Series by Dan Simmons

mountain_jim
22nd November 2011, 21:41
Good call on Stranger in a Strange Land. Read the first version in my teens - affected me quite a bit. Read the unabridged in last few years.... I have read most if not all of Heinlein's SF output, started with several in my grammar school library.

Since then, rather than list books, I list authors I have read all or most from:

Castaneda
Christopher Hills
Robert Anton Wilson
Terence McKenna
Timothy Leary
Graham Hancock
David Icke
Jim Marrs
Richard Dolan
(The) Seth books
Ra - Law Of One Material
David Wilcock
Michael Newton (Souls books)

Eagle
22nd November 2011, 22:48
1. Green Eggs and Ham
2. The Bible/BoM
3. Sword of Shanara and entire series(Terry Brooks)
4. John Carter of Mars series(Burrows)
5. Ancient American History
6. The Hobbit and series(Tolkien)

GCS1103
23rd November 2011, 02:49
The Day after Rosewell by Phillip Corso. It will blow your mind... Good luck finding it. I got it at barnes and noble and the pc when the title was entered pulled up five books same name , same author , only one was by the real Phillip Corso. said they had several copies , ( we have over 50,000 books in our warehouse) went to the shelf and they had one copy.... caused an uproar with the brainiacs. hmmm our computer never did that before hmmm thats weird ... I knew the dis-info machine was already at work... I told the employee ( i'm not surprised). it details the five technologies we got from the craft. Night vision, fiber optic cable, micro-chips, lasers, kevlar vest..... it should be a must read for all avalonians.... I never read books and I read that one in three days.... couldn't put it down...the kgb running the cia, the cia running the kgb ? fasinating...

I just finished reading it- you're right...great book.

Mark
23rd November 2011, 04:24
Chariots of the Gods - I remember reading von Danniken's work as a pre-teen back in the late 70s.
Behold a Pale Horse - Cooper's masterpiece, took me to the next level back in '91
The 12th Planet - Sitchin's seminal work, my mother of all people recommended this book to me back in '92.
Yurugu - Ani taught me how to break down the nature of the system back in '94
The Power of Now - Tolle's contribution and instructional contribution to the next-level of my awakening, '05

Sidney
23rd November 2011, 04:29
If you haven't read it you should. "Lab 257" by Michael C. Carroll. Changed my life. Changed my views about the United States and the world.

Carolin
23rd November 2011, 14:50
THERE IS A RIVER (Story of Edgar Cayce) - Sugrue, Thomas
CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD - Walsch, Neale Donald
LIFE BETWEEN LIVES - Newton, Michael
I AM THAT - Nisargadatta, Sri
TRUTH VS FORCE - Hawkins, David R

Antagenet
18th December 2011, 02:41
Jean Christophe, by Romain Rolland
Won the Nobel Peace Prize

What Am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean
http://www.amazon.com/What-am-I-doing-here/dp/B0007DTDKS

Goddesses in Every Woman by Jean Shinoda Bolen

Messages From Michael by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Why Is It Always About You? by Sandy Hotchkiss, James F. Masterson

And this poem

Heavenly Grass

My feet took a walk in heavenly grass.
All day while the sky shone clear as glass.
My feet took a walk in heavenly grass,
All night while the lonesome stars rolled past.
Then my feet come down to walk on earth,
And my mother cried when she give me birth.
Now my feet walk far and my feet walk fast,
But they still got an itch for heavenly grass.
But they still got an itch for heavenly grass.

Tennessee Williams

matissathepissa
18th December 2011, 03:08
Entering the Fifth dimension

CeltMan
18th December 2011, 15:53
'Perelandra', & 'Out of The Silent Planet', by C.S Lewis. I read at age 14. Very thought provoking.
'Beyond the Fourth Door', ..by-?? Read at age 14. Now out of print/unavailable. A story about Time travel, fascinating read.
'Think & grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill
'Healer Heal Thyself'
'In search of the Energy of Healing'

Elly
18th December 2011, 21:06
- "1984" by George Orwell
- "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Brian L. Weiss
- "The Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav

alienHunter
18th December 2011, 21:10
"Flying Saucers, Serious Business" - Frank Edwards

Jeffrey
18th December 2011, 21:22
"The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein

"There is a River" by Thomas Sugrue

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda (it's an 8+ volume set, but I'll just count it as one book here :p)

"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

"Right Use of Will" by Ceanne DeRohan (at least up until page 68 or so ;))

DreamsInDigital
18th December 2011, 21:27
Defending Sacred Ground: The Andromedan Compendium ~ Alex Collier

Horse, Follow Closely ~ Gawani Ponyboy (my beloved mentor)

Heaven And Earth: Making The Psychic Connection ~ James Van Praagh

I think that's pretty much it, I might add two more if I can think of them, but those three really changed my life and perspective quite profoundly.

Elethia
18th December 2011, 22:24
Several of the more recent books which have turned the world upside down for me:

'Supernatural' by Graham Hancock. Read 2006, consider this book 'the trigger' for realizing that consciousness IS the thing. Started an obsessive search for my truth.

'Seth Speaks' by Jane Roberts. This blew a great big hole in reality as I thought I perceived it.

'Convoluted Universe' series by Dolores Cannon. The hole just keeps getting bigger.

All in all, it's been quite fun.

alienHunter
18th December 2011, 22:32
Several of the more recent books which have turned the world upside down for me:

'Supernatural' by Graham Hancock. Read 2006, consider this book 'the trigger' for realizing that consciousness IS the thing. Started an obsessive search for my truth.

'Seth Speaks' by Jane Roberts. This blew a great big hole in reality as I thought I perceived it.

'Convoluted Universe' series by Dolores Cannon. The hole just keeps getting bigger.

All in all, it's been quite fun.

I read a number of Ruth...for some reason I was thinking Ruth Montgomery?

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I would recommend...

http://www.robertlanza.com/images/biocentrism_bookCover.jpg

very cool book

AlternativeInfoJunkie
18th December 2011, 22:43
-The creature from jekyll island by G Edward Griffin

-The Franklin Coverup by John Decamp

-Secret and Suppressed by Various but published by Jim Kieth

-Unshackled by Kathleen Sullivan

-Suffer the Child by Judith Spencer

A bunch of downers actually but i have always been fascinated by how the elite are able to operate in secret. I thought maybe by studying their dark deeds i could find a weakness of theirs. The research continues of course...

alienHunter
18th December 2011, 22:52
Their weakness is numbers...there are more of us than them... ;)

Unified Serenity
18th December 2011, 23:29
Great thread. Lots of books have impressed me, and the top 5 will be hard to cover, but I'll try.

The Companion bible (http://www.companionbiblecondensed.com/Bullinger/CB.htm) and Strongs Concordance (http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html)
The complete works of AW Tozer (http://www.indwelt.com/books/Tozer/)
A Christian in Complete Armor by Gurnall from the 1600's (http://www.ccel.org/g/gurnall/armour/home.htm)
The Celestial Triad by Tracy Harding (Awesome trilogy) (http://www.voyageronline.com.au/traciharding/books/celestial.htm)
The Children of the Matrix by Icke (http://www.davidickebooks.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=7)

Bonus books:

Many lives Many Masters and the follow up books by Brian Weiss (http://www.brianweiss.com/thebooks.html)

DeDukshyn
18th December 2011, 23:38
Hmmm .. there's another thread exactly like this in here somewhere ... I must have posted my top 5 on the other one because it is not here =(

ThePythonicCow
19th December 2011, 00:45
Hmmm .. there's another thread exactly like this in here somewhere ... I must have posted my top 5 on the other one because it is not here =(

Here ya go What books have expanded your consciousness, changed how you experience the world (Post #59) (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32471-What-books-have-expanded-your-consciousness-changed-how-you-experience-the-world&p=332329&viewfull=1#post332329)

Unified Serenity
19th December 2011, 00:57
There are two other books that have been amazing in my life, and one is called, "Lessons from a sheep dog" by Keller and the other is called "Hinds feet in high places" by Hurnall which is a beautiful allegory.

Thanks for sharing the books everyone. Oh, one more that I loved was by Starhawk and it's called, "The fifth sacred thing". An absolutely wonderful book!

ulli
19th December 2011, 01:20
In Search of the Miraculous...P.D. Ouspensky
The Day After Roswell....Col Phillip Corso
The Compleat Astrologer ..Derek and Julia Parker
Thief In The Night...William Sears
The Supreme Adventure....Robert Crookall

VaughnB
19th December 2011, 02:17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaomZQMlKas

Thinking Allowed
19th December 2011, 02:29
I would like to start a thread where people can post the top 5 books that have had the greatest impact on them in their lives, and a brief description of the importance of said books. I think this would be a great way to see what people value, and what information has shaped their opinions and world views. As well inherently what books you would recommend to others to read as well. (Note: This could be a series of books by a single author, or a collection of material as well.)

For me the following books have had the greatest impact on my life thus far (in a somewhat loose order of importance):

1. The Seth Material (http://www.amazon.com/Jane-Roberts/e/B000APH242/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1) - Channeled by Jane Roberts
The Seth material in its entirety is probably the greatest metaphysical works ever written. The material is highly complex and philosophical and discusses the fundamental spiritual nature of reality. All the material has been archived at Yale library. (http://www.sethnet.org/directory/Seth-Based%20Articles/yale-university-home-of-the-seth-material.html)

2. Conversations with God (http://www.cwg.org/main.php?p=store&sub=storebooks) - Books 1,2 & 3 by Neale Donald Walsch
I was an extreme fundamentalist Christian for the first 18 or so years of my life until I read these books. They changed my entire perspective on reality through logic and gave me an alternative philosophical model by which I live my life now. The single greatest impact from these books on me has been the explanation on reincarnation.

3. Fingerprints of the Gods (http://www.grahamhancock.com/library/book.php?bookID=2) by Graham Hancock
My first introduction into the field of alternative models on history, unorthodox methodology and thinking. I read this book when I was 13 and thereafter questioned the orthodox, or dogmas of everything mainstream there after. This book got me questioning and inquiring about advanced ancient civilizations as well as extraterrestrials.

4. Hunt for Zero Point (http://www.highfrontiers.com/media.htm) by Nick Cook
I first learned about Zero Point energy from this book, forever shaping my educational and career path and my goals in life; to develop free energy.

5. The Power of Now (http://www.eckharttolle.com/home/books/) by Eckhart Tolle
This book probably would better have been titled a 'Treatise on the Ego'. Possibly the best book every written on the Ego in simple terms, and how to achieve a mental state of joy by releasing negative egotistical thought patterns. This book I believe is the ultimate tool for achieving blissful meditation as well. The explanations in this book are worth their weight in gold.


What are the 5 books that have impacted you the most in your life?
*Please try to keep this thread relatively clear of discussion allowing people to post their responses.

2 out of 5 aint bad. Almost a Meatloaf song!

gripreaper
19th December 2011, 05:04
That is a tough question, which is easier for me to answer in the context of this decade and the authors, as opposed to my 50 years of reading. I would answer the question as, which 5 books were the most influential in each of those 5 decades, illustrating my evolution and awakening, so without further adieu, here are some of the authors off the top of my head, in no particular order. (last 5 years)

Jordan Maxwell, Michael Tsarion, Graham Hancock, David Icke, Sean David Morton, Claire Heartsong, Gregg Braden, Joseph Farrel, Michael Cremo, Michael Newton, Eckhart Tolle, Drunvalo Melchizedek, Tom Kenyon, Michael Tellinger, Andrew Collins,

okay, okay, that's way more than five! I'm an avid reader, and looking at the posts in this thread, many of those books make my list of top reads. Very good thread.

DeDukshyn
19th December 2011, 05:29
Dang, I spent a good 10 minutes looking for that (must be an art to the advanced search) .... thanks!



Hmmm .. there's another thread exactly like this in here somewhere ... I must have posted my top 5 on the other one because it is not here =(

Here ya go What books have expanded your consciousness, changed how you experience the world (Post #59) (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?32471-What-books-have-expanded-your-consciousness-changed-how-you-experience-the-world&p=332329&viewfull=1#post332329)


My List:
"The Third Millennium" by Ken Carey (Brilliant!)
"The Four Agreements" by don Miguel Ruiz
"Journey of Souls" by Michael <something>
"A Course in Miracles" by <some old lady who wouldn't take credit>


And I have to add the video "What The <Bleep> Do We Know?" also is in this list - even though its more of a documentary.

No one can be searching, read these four books above and the video, and not be a completely changed person afterwards. There's a ton more that I can add to the list: "The Door of Everything" by Ruby Nelson should be on there as well for a good spiritual / new agey title. oh and Alan M Alfords "Gods of the new millennium" for alternative theories on earth's past was also great.

EDIT: "Big Pharma" is another good one ... lays out the hidden realities of the business of drug dealing ("legal" drugs that is ;-)

gdiggs
20th December 2011, 06:05
I also have to chime in and say the Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was an extremely formative part of my worldview. I was in my first year of art school when I first read it and my sketchbook from that time is liberally peppered with quotes and personal extrapolations from Zen.

It is however hard to narrow down to five. Everything I've read has shaped me, and continues to shape me in one way or another, for better or worse. Still a quick rattle off the top of my head in addition to Zen (just 'coz I like lists):

The Divine Invasion - Philip K Dick
Compete Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges
The Society of the Spectacle - Guy deBord
The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon

Franny
20th December 2011, 06:22
"Journey of Souls" by Michael <something>

:) His last name is Newton! Yes, an interesting book indeed.


A few are:

The Secret Life of Plants - Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird
and
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig These 2 blew me away in my 20s and revved up my inquiring mind. Met PT and he demonstrated the reaction of plants to stimuli right in front of me.

The Seat of the Soul - Gary Zukav -

Shikasta - Dorris Lessing - Was handed this one while sick in Amsterdam...thought it a great read and a fairly realistic view of how the universe might actually work.

The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot - a fun and informative read.

Forbidden Archaeology - Michael Cremo - ditto

Behold a Pale Horse - William Cooper - not ditto, but eye opening

The Space Trilogy - CS Lewis - read these in high school. Space is ALIVE, not dead.

The King Must Die & The Bull From the Sea - Mary Renault - Read these 2 while able to look out the window at the Acropolis - she made ancient Greece and Theseus come alive. Parts of the story take place RIGHT THERE! The Persian Boy is recommended too.

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving - One of those books that I recall several times a month.

Couldnʻt resist...The Sparrow & The Children of God by Mary Doria Russell. Both were spellbinding...The latter left me with tears running down my face at an outdoor cafe as I finished it. Astonishing. Maybe it was the summer time.

etm567
20th December 2011, 07:47
Sorry, I'm in the more-than-five club:

Convergence, by David Wilcock, Books One, Two and Three
The Ra Material
The Earth Chronicles, by Zecharia Sitchin
The Flower of Life, by Drunvalo Melchizedek, Books One and Two
The Astrology of Fate, by Liz Greene
The Dancing Wu Li Masters, by Gary Zukav
Life after Life, and Many Lives, Many Masters (see above for authors)

ndroock1
20th December 2011, 08:22
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
The Bridge Across Forever - Richard Bach
The Holographic Universe - Michael Talbot
When Corporations Rule the World - David Korten
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight - Thom Hartmann
Magic and Mystery in Tibet - Alexandra David-Neel


Nothing from Hubbard ??!

lysander
20th December 2011, 10:09
Just one comes to mind quite quite significantly for me,

I am that 'Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj'

http://www.nisargadatta.net/IamThat.html

BestLion
24th December 2011, 16:23
3. Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock
Yeah thats a good book, I also liked his Supernatural book! Both A+ IMHO.

minkton
26th December 2011, 17:40
Magic and Mystery in Tibet - Alexandra David-Neel

Anything by Jung and Thomas Moore

Clear Light of Bliss

Autobiography of a Yogi

Mantak Chia and Eric Yudeloves work

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Advanced Magick for beginnners, Alan Chapman

Arrowwind
26th December 2011, 18:02
All read before graduation of high school. I had escaped before I was ever captured. Although these perhaps were not the absolute best books I ever read the timing in my life for their presence was paramount.


Siddhartha

Autobiography of a Yogi

The Teachings of Don Juan

The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

Stranger in a Strange Land

Turcurulin
26th December 2011, 18:19
Great thread, Gestalt. Thanks!

1. Chariots of the Gods?
2. Lies my Teacher Told Me
3. Way of the Shaman
4. Carlos Castenada's material
5. The Last of the Pharoahs
6. Native American Myths and Legends
7. The Martial Arts (by Michael Random)
8. The Art of War

More than 5, I know (sorry.) I could go on, but will avoid turning this into a top 20... or 50. =)

**EDIT**
Thanks to everyone who posts here. These are great recommendations!

S-L
27th December 2011, 00:41
1. Greater Community Spirituality (http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Greater_Community_Spirituality.html) by Marshall Vian Summers
2. Steps to Knowledge (http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Steps_to_Knowledge.html) by Marshall Vian Summers
3. Assorted works (http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Life_of_Masters/Osho/Osho.htm)by Osho
4. Assorted works (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce#Further_reading)by Edgar Cayce
5. Allies of Humanity (http://www.alliesofhumanity.org/book1.php)by Marshall Vian Summers

Other great resources have been the transcripts on Project Camelot and the Seth Material.

Pete
27th December 2011, 01:22
1. Dune the entire set
2. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
3. Red mars the entire set
4. The tao of physics
5. Atlas shrugged

lightwalker
29th December 2011, 00:28
Initiation by Elisabeth Haich

Bringers of the Dawn & Family of Light by Barbara Marciniak

Ramtha White Book

Blueprint for Change (Bashar) by Daryl Anka

The Field by Lynn McTaggart

Conversations With God by Neale Walsch