BOOKS
- Violence and the Sacred - Rene Girard - discusses why ritual is important among other things
- The Hero with A Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell - helpful to understand the composition of most stories and one’s life
- Tantra Unveiled: Seducing the Forces of Matter and Spirit - Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - helpful to get some bearings if interested in tantra
- The Blind Owl Sadegh Hedayat - ☠️
- The Temporary Autonomous Zone - Hakim Bey - how to build a society for a short period of time
- Play of Consciousness - Swami Muktananda - a sadhaka’s journey into meditation
- 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene - helpful guide for accumulating power
- Living with the Himalayan Masters - Swami Rama - teaches about spirituality through stories
- The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of the Dharma - Chongyam Trungpa - 3 part series that lays out the Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana vehicles of Tibetan Buddhism
- 100 to 1 in the Stock Market - Thomas Phelps - how to make a lot of money in the stock market
- In Search of the Miraculous - P.D. Ouspensky - A great way to learn about the teachings of G.I Gurdjieff
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha - Swami Satyananda Saraswati - useful for one seeking to deepen their Raja Yoga practice
- Love - Stendahl - How to think about love. How love works.
- Moola Bandha: The Master Key - Deep dive into one of the most important energy centers
- Aghora: At the Left Hand of God - Robert Svoboda - An Aghori and his pupil sharing lessons on aghora and tantra through dialogue
- Marcel Duchamp: The Afternoon Interviews - Calvin Tomkins - Interview with artist Marcel Duchamp about art.
- Vigyan Bhairav Tantra Vol. 1-5 - Osho - An interesting lens on Tantra from Osho who is a genius.
- Battle of Bretton Woods - Benn Steil - An overview of the conference that determined what international monetary system would look like after WW2
- The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein - the problem with capitalism and humans
- Stalking the Wild Pendulum - Itzhak Bentov - On the mechanics of consciousness
- History of Sexuality Vol. 1-3 - Michel Foucault - Why we are so fucked up as a culture in the west
- The Breakdown of Nations - Leopold Kohr - Smaller is better
- Denationalization of Money - Frederick Hayek - Smaller economies
- Akbar and Birbal: Tales of Wit and Wisdom - Amita Sarin - Great short stories with big lessons
- Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs - Robert Beer - If you like Tibetan art a lot and drawing, this is for you.
- Mysticism of the Ramayana - Swami Jyotirmayananda - Great insights and synopsis of the epic tale.
- The Secret Teachings of All Ages - Manly P. Hall - Lots of esoteric knowledge about a huge number of topics
- Drug Use for Grown Ups - Dr. Carl Hart - A tenured professor explaining how fucked up the drug war is and why adults should be free to recreationally use any drugs they want to
- Supercapitalism - Robert Reich - How capitalism with megacorps purely focused on the bottom line is unsustainable and what we can do about it as consumers
ARTICLES, ESSAYS AND SHORT STORIES
- Tantra: Theory and Practice - overview of Tantra understandable by a Western anglophone reader
- Guide to the Elements - how do the elements affect us
- Proposal for a Decentralized Alternative Monetary System - Robert Swann’s proposal for a community-backed currency system
- Rethinking Our Centralized Monetary System - The Case for a System of Local Currencies
- The Politics of Money - Hazel Henderson
- The Crack Up - F. Scott Fitzgerald - What happens when we crack up (like break down)
- Cybernetics and Entheogenics - Peter Lamborn Wilson - A great take on the relationship between tech and psychedelics
- Mystical Interpretation of the Hanuman Chalisa - Swami Jyotirmayananda - 🐒
- The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin - How art has evolved through history
- Vajrayogini Overview and Sacred Sites in Nepal
- Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut - Chips to handicap brain function implanted into everyone to make them all equal
WEBSITES
- Crystalinks - great spiritual encyclopedia
- Sacred Texts - basically every religious/spiritual text ever
- Music Map - classification of music genres shown in a cool visualization
- Schumacher Center - best resource for learning about local economies
- Universal Yoga - most comprehensive system of yoga imo
- Charles Fourier Archive - catalogue of some of the works of Charles Fourier