Good book?

[Arcticpheonix]

I'm looking for a new book to read, and I'm not sure what I should start with. I read Daniel Pinchbeck's Breaking Open The Head recently and really liked it, but I'm not looking for something like his 2012. I've seen a lot of good ones mentioned on here, but I can't make up my mind. I'm going for something more like Breaking Open The Head and not so much like PIHKAL. I know most on here are avid readers, so lets have it, what should I get?

 

[spice]

The classics:

'The politics of Ecstasy' by Tim Leary

'The doors of perception' by Aldous Huxley

'Programming and Metaprogramming in the human biocomputer' by John Lilly

'The Archaic Revival' by Terence Mckenna

 

[RushNerd]

I'm looking for a new book to read, and I'm not sure what I should start with. I read Daniel Pinchbeck's Breaking Open The Head recently and really liked it, but I'm not looking for something like his 2012. I've seen a lot of good ones mentioned on here, but I can't make up my mind. I'm going for something more like Breaking Open The Head and not so much like PIHKAL. I know most on here are avid readers, so lets have it, what should I get?

Nice taste Arctic! I want to read Daniels book too, i've seen a lot of him around and listened to his speeches.

Right now i'm reading what I understand to be a classic (1975) Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov.

It's very interesting the way he explains everything, it's all in a very understandable way. Very insightful, he even touches on what's now known as string theory before such thing existed! It has given me a lot to think about.

Oh ya, and he explains how to stop time !

http://www.amazon.com/Stalking-Wild-Pen ... 0892812028
$3 used.

 

[IJesusChrist]

The Hobbit


The mind the changes itself - personal intrigue

Art of the infinite - takes some math loving to like (geometry)

 

[Arcticpheonix]

The Hobbit

I have that one


Thanks Rushnerd, you're taste in music isn't bad either. (You should check out Hammerfall. They're the same sort of style.


As for books, I'm thinking I'll get Something by Mckenna or Leary, though the other two definitely have my interest as well.

Thanks a lot guys. Feel free to keep the suggestions coming. If nothing else, we'll end up with a "suggested reading" thread. lol

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

As you already know, I recommend anything written by Stan Grof.

 

[mrvn]

I bought 'the journey book'
Which is a nice book to read whit some nice fullcolor prints and some nice stories.

 

[Williamsïï]

"DMT the spirit of the molecule" of Rick Strassman.

 

[restin]

If you want some genious analysis of today's society and its future, read Erich Fromm. He is easy to read and understand and his words are full of wisdom.

 

[Meduzz]

Fred Alan Wolf - The Eagle's Quest: A Physicist's Search for Truth in the Heart of the Shamanic World (1991)

"This book looks at the shamanic world to seek explanations for the healing and psychic powers displayed by shamans, in terms of quantum physics. Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist and popularizer of the New Science and author of "Taking the Quantum Leap" which won the American Book Award for Science in 1982. Throughout the remotest corners of the old and new worlds, the author visited shamans from many different traditions, recording their conversations and distilling from these experiences a vision of human potential."

(He also contributed and got interviewed in "What the bleep do we know")

 

[ararat]

If you want some genious analysis of today's society and its future, read Erich Fromm. He is easy to read and understand and his words are full of wisdom.

he seems to write lots of interesting stuff, thanks for the tip!

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

"DMT the spirit of the molecule" of Rick Strassman.

I think this was an unfortunate publication.

 

[Williamsïï]

"DMT the spirit of the molecule" of Rick Strassman.

I think this was an unfortunate publication.[/quote:1qltfwby]

Ah yes ? from which point of view ?

Can you say more,you point of view count much for me.

I would translate.Thanks.

 

[Caduceus Mercurius]

Ah yes ? from which point of view ?

I'm glad you asked. Please read the following document, specifically the first page:

Moving Into the Sacred World of DMT

Rick Strassman did the best he could, and I think everybody in the psychedelic scene respects his pioneering work, but the book is a bit misleading as far as the effects of DMT are concerned.

 

[Williamsïï]

Rick Strassman did the best he could, and I think everybody in the psychedelic scene respects his pioneering work, but the book is a bit misleading as far as the effects of DMT are concerned.

Ok.

I would translate and to see this document.

Thanks you.

 

[Forkbender]

The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby. Anthropologist finds ayahuasca in the jungle and muses about its meaning for science and life in general.

 

[ararat]

The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby. Anthropologist finds ayahuasca in the jungle and muses about its meaning for science and life in general.

this one is very nice as well. I also read Intelligence In Nature by him, which was good as well, but the cosmic serpent was better.

it may not be very 'serious', but I really enjoyed A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. it's about the history and all the many different departments of science. this book is definitely worth checking out, it's very funny. check out the description and reviews on amazon, it will give you a better idea of the book then my simple words.
actually, anything by him is really good. I think his funniest book is "a walk in the woods", but it's nothing about science, philosophy or whatsoever, it's about him trying to walk the appalachian trail, the longest foottrail in north amerika, if not the world. I never laughed so much while reading a book.

 

[Arcticpheonix]

So I finally placed my order. I settled on "The Psychedelic Experience" by Timothy Leary, and "Archaic Revival" by Terence Mckenna. Thanks a lot guys! You've been majorly helpful.