Recommended Reading

Blessed books

I’ve always been an avid reader, as all writers are, and here I share with you some of my most soul-shaping and consciousness-awakening reads. There are classics that have stood the test of time and kept pace with my own spiritual evolution. And there are more recent works, especially those that speak to the importance of a healthy relationship with our own beloved planet. All will inspire you to adopt and practice a more meaningful and soulful life.

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman  by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Clarissa combines themes from multicultural stories with her clinical work as a psychotherapist to show you how to tap into the healing and creative energies of the “wild” woman – the wise and ageless presence in the feminine psyche. This was the book that really opened up the door to my true, deep self!

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Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential  by Caroline Myss

Caroline explains the idea of a sacred contract – “an agreement your soul makes before you are born.” To find out what this is, Caroline teaches you how to decipher the language of symbols and archetypes so that you can interpret dreams, understand the meaning behind “coincidences” and learn to follow your intuition.

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Spiritual Wisdom  by Claire Montanaro

Claire provides a comprehensive guide to spirituality and living in a more spiritual way through the ancient spiritual truths. Information, advice and easy-to-follow exercises create an intensely profound and yet essentially simple message for everyone, whatever your level of understanding and experience.

Working with Earth Energies  by David Furlong

This fascinating book describes subtle earth energies, how they affect you and the world around you and how you can work with them to enhance your own and the planet’s well-being; so essential for now.

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Animal-speak  by Ted Andrews

Ted shows you how to identify your animal totem and invoke its energy for personal growth and inner discovery. Easy to follow and understand, this book includes a dictionary of bird, animal, reptile and insect totems which describes each creature’s meaning and what that creature might be saying about your current situation. I turn to this book regularly as an essential and well-used treasure trove.

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If Women Rose Rooted  by Sharon Blackie

Sharon guides you on a transformative and essential journey to find your place in the world, rewild womanhood and reclaim your role as a guardian of the land. From the wise and powerful women in native mythology to the contemporary role models who have re-rooted themselves in land and community, you’ll be inspired to take responsibility for shaping the future as an eco-feminist.

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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity  by David Wengrow and David Graeber

An archaeologist and anthropologist show you how the course of history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful possibilities than you are taught to assume. This mind-blowing book will fundamentally transform your understanding of the human past and offer a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organising society. This is a life and potentially world-changing book of astonishing depth and breadth that will fuel the fire of moral vision and faith in the power of direct action.

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Hands of Light: Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field  by Barbara Brennan

This is a scientist’s look at the field of bio-energetic healing – offering specific techniques for expanding your perceptual tools of healing, seeing auras, understanding psychodynamics and the human energy field, and spiritual healing. Trained as a physicist and psychotherapist, Barbara now works as a healer. Not an easy read, but incredibly informative and eye-opening, this book combines science and spirituality harmoniously.

The Book of Stones: Who They are and What They Teach  by Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian

A beautifully illustrated and comprehensive reference guide to the spiritual and healing qualities of 455 sacred stones – my personal crystal bible. Scientific information blends perfectly with spiritually channelled wisdom about each stone’s element and chakra correspondences, and its physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits.

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Wheels of life: User’s Guide to the Chakra System  by Anodea Judith

This book is an excellent instruction manual for owning and operating the inner gears that run the machinery of our lives – the chakras. Anodea shows how you can use these “wheels of life” to improve personal power, psychic and healing abilities, love and understanding.

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