Bibliography of some of the references used on this site
Bibliography of Some of the references used on this site (not an exhaustive list) These books have guided and formed my understanding of the world around us. The interpretation is mine alone.
Most of these books can be found online also–try Mr. Google.
My latest reads and recommendations.
The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz. Amber-Aleen Press.
Tags; 1. Be Impeccable with your Word 2. Don’t take anything personally. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.
The Continuum Concept. By Jean Liedloff
Arkana Book ISBN 0-14-019245-x
A first-hand account. Tags: Which are chapter headings. !. How my ideas were changed so radically changed. 2. The Continuum Concept. 3. The beginning of life. 4. Growing up. 5. Deprivation of essential experiences 6. Society. 7. Putting continuum principles back to work.
A list of stories on this site and links to them.
Iron John. Chapter Index and “The Bones of the Story”
The Prodical King. A story for our time and a prayer also. How to live in this world.
Jack and the Beanstalk. Chapter index and bones.
The Parsifal story, Fisher King version. Chapter index and bones.
Off with the Rats head. Chapter index and bones.
The Star Women story. Chapter index and bones.
The Moon Palace. Chapter index and bones.
The Maiden Czar. Chapter index and bones.
The Devil’s Sooty Brother. Chapter index and bones.
The Fire Bird story. Chapter index and bones.
The Frog Bride. Chapter index and bones.
The Lizard in the Fire, Wildman version. Chapter index and bones.
The Half Giantess. Chapter Index and Bones
The Lizard in the Fire. Relationships Chapter index and bones.
Fire in the Belly: On being a man. Bantam Books. By Sam Keen ISBN. 0-553-35137-0
Little Book of the Human Shadow. By Robert Bly
Harper SanFrancisco ISBN 0-06-25847-6
Anything by Michael Meade, Robert Bly, and James Hillman.
The Waters of Life. by Michael Mead.
Chapter Headings: The Road of Two Fathers. (Hausa people) The Hunter and his Son, The King’s Hut, Two tests two slayings, a fondness for swords, Spirit Fathers.
Moving the Mother: The Boy and the Half Giantess (Hausa Africa), The Spell, The Lizard in the Fire (Lope Africa), Breaking Spells, Finding Inspiration.
Ceremonies of Innocence: Recovering the Boy, Uncovering the Man. The Druids Hut. The land below the Waters. Bound for the Sacred.
Conditions on the Soul.
The Land of Fire: The Burning Feather (the Fire Bird Russia), Litima: The inner heat. Those who are burning. cooling the Fires. Leaping into the cauldron.
The Water of Life: (Germany) The Territory of Brothers. Permission, submission, Surrender. Men of Stone. The Path of Betrayal and the Golden Road.
The Companions: Incurable Wounds, Dark Times. Sacred and affected. The writing on the wall. On the way to the Wedding.
Fate And Destiny. The two agreements of the Soul. Michael Mead.
Greenfire Press an imprint of the Multicultural Foundation.
Stories in the book:
Jason & the Argonauts. Greek Myth)
The Country Fellow and His Soul. (Traditional Sufi Tale)
The Old Thief (Traditional Asain folktale)
Zushya’s Last Words (Traditional Hasidic Tale)
The Story of Poder (traditional Guatemalan Folktale)
The Origin of the Soul (West African Myth)
Eisik’s Dream (Traditional Jewish Folktale)
An Errand for Gold (Myth from India)
The Tigers Whisker (Traditional Asian Folktail)
The Practice of Insults (traditional Sufi Folktale)
Maggots and Gold (African Folktail)
The Two Hands of Gold (Myth from India)
An appointment in Samarra (A traditional Iraqi Folktale)
Luqman and the Hour of Death (Traditional Sufi Tale)
Buddha Faces DEath (from The Life of Buddha)
The Beloved Cow (folktale from India)
Tigers and Goats (Traditional folktale from India)
The Desciple’s Tale (Tamil Myth from India)
The Act of Truth(Traditional Buddhist Tale)
Poison and the Truth Told (Folktale from India)
Cross Roads: The quest for contemporary Rites Of Passage.By: Carus Mahdi. Nancy Geyer Christopher and Michael Mead.
Published by Open Court/ Carus Publishing Company.
ISBN: 0-8126-9190.
Tags: 1. Initiation Rites 2. Rites and Ceremonies. 3. Adolescence. 4. Developmental psychology. 5.Maturation(Psychology)
Contributing Chapters by many notable voices.
Betwixt & Between. Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation.
Edited by: Louise Carus Mahdi, Steven Foster & Meredith Little.
Open Court Publishing Company. ISBN: 0-8126-9047-8
Tags: 1. Initiation Rites 2. Rites and Ceremonies 3. Developmental Psychology
From Boys to Men. Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age.
By: Bret Stephenson. Park st. Press. ISBA-13-978-1-59477-140-80
Tags: 1. Initiation Rites. 2. Indigenous youth-Rites and Ceremonies. #. Teenage boys-Psychology. $. Teenage boys attaitudes. 5. Teenage boy’s conduct of life.
Women Who Run With The Wolves. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. Random House. ISBN 0-7126-5747-9
A Blue Fire; Selected writings by James Hullman. ISBN 0-06-016132-9 Tags: 1. Archetyp (Psychology) 2. Psychoanalysis 3. Thomas Moore
The World Behind The World. Living at the Ends of Time By Michael Mead. Green Fire Press. Tags: 1. The world behind the world. 2. Living at the ends of time. 3. The song of the Chaosmos.4.The Great Way.
The Waters of Life. Initiation and tempering of the Soul. By Michael Mead. Greenfire Press. Tags: 1. The Road of Two Fathers. 2. Moving the Mother. 3. The land of Fire. 4. The Water of Life. 5. The Companions
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover- By Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette
Harper San Francisco
ISBN 0-06-250606-4
The Sibling Society. Robert Bly
Hamish Hamilton London (penguin group)
ISBN 0-241-13721-7
Roots of Renewal in Myth and Madness John W. Perry.
The King within. Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette
William Morrow and Co. Inc. New York.
ISBN 0-688-09591-7
Lord of the Four Quarters. The Mythology of Kingship. John Weir Perry
Paulist Press ISBN 0-8091-3252-4.
Healing the family within. By Robert Subby, M.A.
Health Communications ISBN 1-55874-071-6
Healing the Shame that binds you. By John Bradshaw.
Health Communications ISBN 0-932194-86-9
The Family. By John Bradshaw
Health Communications ISBN 0-932194-54-0
Shame and Guilt Masters of disguise By Jane Middelton Moz.
Health Communications ISBN 1-55874-072-4
Shame The power of caring. By Gershen Kaufman
Schenkman Books Inc. ISBN 0-87047-007-8
Facing Shame. By Fossum and Mason
W.W.Norton ISBN 0-393-30581-3
The Grail Legend. By Emma-Jung & Marie-Louise Von Franz
Sigo Press ISBN 0-938434-08-X
The Drama of Being a Child by Alice Miller
Virago Press. ISBN 0-86068-898-4
The voice of Kahlil Gobran an anthology edited by Robin Waterfield
Penguin ISBN 0-14-019506-8
Erick Neumann ‘The Origins and History of Consciousness” Princeton Bollingen press
ISBN 0-691-01761-1 –
Erick Neumann “The Great Mother” Princeton Bollingen
ISBN 0-691-01780-8
The Grail Seekers Companion. By John Matthews & Marian Green Aquarian press
ISBN 0-85030-478-4
“Jung and Steiner The Birth of a New Psychology” by Gerhard Wehr
Anthroposophic Press ISBN 0-88010-496-1
Metaphysical Bible Dictionary James Fillmore
By Unity School of Christianity Unity Village Mo.
The Amber Spy Glass by Phillip Pullman
Scholastic children’s books ISBN 0-439-99358-X
“The Subtle Knife”
“Northern Lights”
The Woman with the alabaster jar
Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail
By Margaret Starbird
Published by Bear & Company New Mexico ISBN 1-879181-03-7
Others mentioned The Mothers song
Images of God the Mother
By Meinard Craighead
Drugs, Addiction and Initiation. The modern search for ritual.
LIIGI ZOJA
SIGO Press 25 New Charadon St. #8748 Boston Massachusetts 02114.
Fate and Destiny. The two agreements of the soul. Michael Meade
Greenfire Press
Eliade. M. Rites and Symbols of Initiation. New Tork Haper & Row. 1958
The Fourfold way Angeles Arrien PHD. ISBN. 0-06-250059–7
“HE”, “SHE” and “WE” (all separate books) Robert Johnson