High Vibrations Academy
BOOK LIST
(last revised 2/15/98)Here's an incomplete(!) background reading list for studies at High Vibrations Academy. There are numerous other titles that we could add, and we will do so in the future. For now we feel that you will not waste your time by reading these books, many of which you might find at your public library. They are written at various academic levels. Some are easy. Others are more challenging.
Consciousness
THE AQUARIAN CONSPIRACY by Marilyn Ferguson
A ground-breaking book first published in the early 80s, but still carries a potent message for reorienting the various facets of society toward a life-enhancing modality.BEYOND EGO edited by Roger N. Walsh & Frances Vaughn
A good reader for getting a sense of how transpersonal psychology interprets being human.BRINGERS OF THE DAWN by Barbara Marciniak
A New Age bestseller giving an inside look at the dynamics behind the appearances of our current world situation. This book heralds great change just ahead and provides timely guidelines for surfing through it all to one's advantage.THE CELESTINE PROPHECY by James Redfield
This fable is a recent (1994) New Age bestseller, worthy of reading if for no other reason that thousands of New Agers have been exposed to its philosophy that bridges into a spiritual reality before which humanity is at the threshold.CHANNELING by Jon Klimo
A scholarly, yet easily readable, review of the nature of channeling phenonmenon, providing an intelligent perspective for applying this phenomenon.ILLUMINATI PAPERS by Robert Anton Wilson
A delightfully intriguing and entertaining set of writings by a master writer that nudges readers to come alive to their greater possibilities.JOY RIDING THE UNIVERSE, Vol. 1 by Sheradon Bryce
This is a collection of channeled articles on advanced metaphysics for those who are truly interested in making the most of their stay on this planet.THE NATURE OF PERSONAL REALITY by Jane Roberts
Quality channeled material from the entity Seth for creating our personal reality. Delves into how our beliefs form our personal experiences in life.THE METAPHORS OF CONSCIOUSNESS edited by R. S. Valle &
R. von Eckartsberg
This scholarly, but still readable, collection of articles gives a comprehensive overview of various ways of interpreting consciousness.OM APHORISMS, Release 1.3 by Roland Campos
A streamlined teaching encapsulated in 59 aphorisms about Transcendental Being and how to realize it as our own nature (available here at this site).PATHWAYS THROUGH TO SPACE by Franklin Merrell-Wolff
A rare account of the author's personal record of his awakening to Transcendental Consciousness or consciousness-without-an-object as he calls it.PREPARING FOR CONTACT by Lyssa Royal & Keith Priest
The authors provide practical insight into the nature of ET contact and how to use it as part of one's growth. Timely.PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS RECONSIDERED by Lester Grinspoon & James B. Bakalar
This book is recommended to anyone who wants an intelligent review of the various aspects of psychedelic drugs.SURFERS OF THE ZUVUYA by Jose Arguelles
Here's a fun fast-reading account on how to get surfing with the waves of incoming cosmic energy currently washing through our planet. It's for those who wish to tune in the new reality coming in.TIME, SPACE, AND KNOWLEDGE by Tarthang Tulku
The author presents quite an elegant vision of how reality operates from an experiential or phenomenological point of view -- very mind-expanding. This book will delightfully challenge you if you are up for engaging in the upper strata of abstract thinking vis-a-vis direct experience.TOWARD A PSYCHOLOGY OF BEING by Abraham H. Maslow
Maslow writes on the psychology of self-actualization which addresses the experience of being fully human after one's basic survival needs have been fulfilled -- an area ignored by other psychologies.TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY edited by Charles T. Tart
A collection of articles addressing several different forms of transpersonal psychology.YOU ARE PSYCHIC! by Pete A. Sanders, Jr.
A practical introduction to one's psychic abilities.THE WIZARDS OF CONSCIOUSNESS by Lynda Madden Dahl
A good compilation highlighting key teachings of the entity Seth as channeled by Jane Roberts for creating one's personal reality as a function of one's consciousness. Concludes with how humanity is at a critical juncture for creating a world that reflects the awareness that "All creation is sacred and alive, each part connected to each other part, and each communicating in a creative commerce in which the smallest and largest are equally involved."
Sexuality
MASTURBATION, TANTRA AND SELF LOVE by Margo Woods
The editor of this book writes, "... It is a bible for those of us who want to explore yet further the exciting parameters of onanism. It tells us that there are levels of spiritual awakening in self-love. It is a diamond mine being opened for all of us who want to experience "the dark forest." Many right-on insights about sexual energy, relationships, psychology, and the follies of "politically correct" sexuality.SUSIE BRIGHT'S SEXUAL STATE OF THE UNION by Susie Bright
A candid, rational, contemporary overview of what's going on in the collective mentality in the U.S.A. regarding sexuality. Enlightening, entertaining, and visionary.
Other
CITIES OF LIGHT by J. Donald Walters
A visionary account of how spiritual communities may be created that allow for more harmonious living among people and with the earth. Based on the development of the Ananda World Botherhood Village in the Sierra Nevada foothills in northern California.