Recommended Reading: A Spiritual Reading List
Selected Topics
"Taoism"
John Blofeld. Taoism. ISBN: 1570625891
“From the Tao all the myriad objects derive their being, their illusory separateness being wrought by the interplay of yin and yang.” Blofeld has published many books on Buddhism, Taoism, and Tantra.
Thomas Cleary. Practical Taoism. ISBN: 1570622000
Cleary, a well-known translator of books on oriental philosophy and practice, here simplifies Taoist concepts, hence the use of the term “practical” in the title. Sometimes the simplest is the most profound.
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Selected Authors
Alan Watts
For more than forty years, Alan Watts earned a reputation as the most authoritative and insightful interpreter of Eastern philosophies for Western readers. Watts has such a unique way with words that you might feel as if you were reading your own thoughts. Author of more than twenty-five books (everyone a gem to read), he was an editor, Anglican priest, graduate dean, broadcaster, lecturer, and entertainer. He held fellowships from Harvard University and the Bollinger Foundation and was Episcopal Chaplain at Northwestern University during the Second World War.
He became professor and dean of the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco, created the series “Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life” for National Educational Television, and served as a visiting consultant for psychiatric institutions, hospitals, and the United States Air Force. He traveled widely, including such countries as Japan, Burma, Ceylon, and India. Watts died in 1973.
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Franklin Merrell-Wolff
Franklin Merrell-Wolff (mystic, author, philosopher, mathematician) grounds his philosophy and teaching not in rational speculation but in personal, direct, mystical realizations. Wolff’s spiritual search drew him to the philosophical works of the Indian sage Shankara, founder of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The following two books provide a detailed record of his realizations and a lucid philosophical description of Transcendental Consciousness. Wolff died in 1985.
Pathways Through To Space. ISBN: 0517527774
This is the story of his personal realization of Nirvana—God Consciousness.
The Philosophy of Consciousness Without an Object: Reflections on the Nature of Transcendental Consciousness. ISBN: 0517549492
This is the author’s philosophy of Transcendental Consciousness based upon his realization of Nirvana. The fundamental principle in all of Wolff’s teaching is that consciousness is primary (original) and not derived from anything else.
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About Authors Al Link and Pala Copeland
Al Link and Pala Copeland own and operate 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra. Since 1987 they have been Tantric lovers and have been teaching others since 1997. They regularly host Tantra Sacred Sex workshops in Ontario and Quebec, and weeklong retreats in exotic locations around the planet.
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BOOKS BY AL LINK AND PALA COPELAND
Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, by Pala Copeland and Al Link
Our emphasis in Soul Sex
is on ardent monogamous relationship, why it is a spiritual practice, and how through it we can know God and serve the world. Thought-provoking discussions, personal anecdotes and precise but simple techniques inspire readers to apply these concepts in their daily lives. The observations and exercises we include are drawn from our own heady partnership and from the hundreds of couples we have had the privilege to teach at our Tantra sacred sex workshops. Detailed references to books, videos, music and online resources provide readers with opportunities to further explore relationship, sexuality and spirituality.
“Soul Sex is a guide for those who want to leave the old western perception of love making behind and shift to the art of divine humans expressing love through the channels of our soul. The authors share an authentic and wholistic view that brings new hope to couples who desire to stretch beyond limitations and move into a more thriving partnership that deepens and brings true connection of union in the soul sex experience.” Claire Papin, Co-host of Wisdom Today Radio Show
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