I consider these great practitioners of soul connection, shadow work, “the language older than words” and healing the body my elders and soul lineage. I would not be here today without them and anything of value I offer to this world is inseparable from what they have planted in me:
- Peter Kingsley
- Adyashanti
- Joseph Campbell
- Kathleen Noble
- Francis Weller
- Michael Meade
- Bill Plotkin & Geneen Haugen
- Rumi
- Derrick Jensen
- Robert Augustus Masters
- Mary Oliver
- Joanna Macy
- Chellis Glendinning
- David Whyte
Here is a comprehensive list of recommended books, articles, podcasts, and documentaries that have supported, guided, and inspired my journey.
BOOKS
The Sound of a Silver Horn by Kathleen Noble
My Name is Chellis and I’m in Recovery from Western Civilization by Chellis Glendinning
The Presence Process by Michael Brown
A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen
Soulcraft and Nature & The Human Soul by Bill Plotkin
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible by Charles Eisenstein
The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram by Sandra Maitri
I Will Not Die an Unlived Life by Dawna Markova
In the Dark Places of Wisdom, Ancient Philosophy, Mystery & Magic, and Catafalque by Peter Kingsley
ARTICLES
The New Midlife Crisis – Why (and How) it’s Hitting Gen X Women by Ada Calhoun
Mark Manson.net:
Healing Our World Through Stories of Wholeness by Nancy Alder (Green Living Journal – Fall 2017, p44)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Is A Game-Changer for Medicine, Psychiatry, & The Spiritual Path by Lissa Rankin, MD
Bill Plotkin / Animas Newsletters on Spirit vs Soul and Soul as an Ecological Niche
VIDEOS / FILMS
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
The Economics of Happiness by International Society of Ecology and Culture
What a Way to Go: Life at the End of An Empire
Loneliness as the Absence Where Fullness Should Have Been – Transforming Loneliness online conference interview with Francis Weller
Grief Walker with David Jenkinson on embracing grief as a way of life because everything we love also includes an ending.
Teach Me To Be Wild from Wildlife Associates on the power of connecting injured, rehabilitated animals with at-risk youth.
The Secret Language of Trees from a TED Talk on the mycelial network that confounds much of what we once believed about how nature works.
How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization lecture by Toby Hemenway
My Octopus Teacher by Craig Foster on Netflix. One of the best, most beautiful accounts I’ve seen of interspecies connection and why it matters.
To Collapse Well: Michael Dowd Post-Doom interview of Joanna Macy
Climate Crisis, Fragmentation and Collective Trauma w/ Bayo Akomolafe, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger, Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq & Dr. Gabor Maté
Wild Mind with Bill Plotkin on the nature-based map of the human psyche and the facets of wholeness
The Wisdom of Trauma film from Science and Non-Duality (SAND) featuring Gabor Mate.
AUDIOBOOKS / PODCASTS
Knowing your Shadow: Becoming Intimate with All That you Are by Robert Augustus Masters, PhD. Sounds True audio program.
On Being podcast with Krista Tippett:
- The Soul in Depression – On Being
- The Mystery We Are interview with Marilynne Robinson and Marcelo Gleiser. “The asking of the question is the mystery”
Living Myth podcast with Michael Meade:
- Episodes Unlocking Destiny, Crux of the Matter, and Awakening the Soul
- What Happens When You Get Lost on William Stafford
- Logos, Mythos, and Imagination
- The World is Made of Stories. In a world of chaos, we must look to the patterns in our own lives to discover the story being lived out through us.
- The Pearl Within the Soul. One of the most powerful, beautiful metaphors I’ve heard for how the soul develops through daily life.
Insights from the Edge podcast with Tami Simons of Sounds True:
- Rewilding interview with Micah Mortali on nature connection barriers, benefits, and simple practices.
- Healing Collective Trauma interview with Thomas Hubl on spontaneous trauma eruptions that can occur and be healed through a well-facilitated group container.
- LSD & the Mind of the Universe – Chris Bache and Tami Simon: 20 years of highly structured LSD journies that revealed the nature of cosmic mind and the future of our species.
Sounds of SAND Science and Non-Duality podcast:
- On Extinction & Enchantment featuring Alixa Garcia
MUSIC