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Reading is a gift... and an obligation.

Thaylon SignWinter 2007 - I recently completed a study of virtual communities which featured the writings of Sherry Turkle, Neal Stephenson and Howard Rheingold. (See my Second Life page). Now I am reading up on Italy in preparation for our trip in 2008, but I am also trying to get through some more Joseph Campbell. I'm going to reorganize this section of my site soon.

Enjoy these book reviews, commentaries and links to some of my favorite topics. If you've read any of these works, I'd be interested in your comments as well. Note: The dates on my comments are meant to reflect the approximate time that I read the work, not the actual date of publication. Book covers are copyright their respective artists, used here as fair use and in good faith.


1984  
Book of Five Rings  
A Brief History of Time  
A Buddhist Bible  
The Conference of Birds  
Hazrat Inayat Khan - A Biography  
The Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols  
The Journey from the Center of the Page  
Ozark Magic & Folklore  
The Prince  
The Prophet  
Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth & Death  
Walden  
Zen in the Art of Rhetoric  

Jeremy's Sufi Poetry Picks
   
 

The Subject Tonight is Love

   
 

Islamic Studies
Koran   The Essential Koran
Scattered Pictures   Foundations of Islam (video series)

The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug   On the Road
 

 

This is by far the most fun I've had with a music book in ages... possibly ever. Excellent!


 

A curious find in the bargain bin at Barnes & Noble.


Recently finished (reviews on the way...):
Numerous books and papers on Intelligent Design
Tales of the Dervishes - Idries Shah
"A Childhood" - Harry Crews
"Creating Characters: How to Build Story People" by Dwight V. Swain
An Open Heart - The Dalai Lama

Recommended references:

 



 

Current musical woodshed DVD:

     

 I also read Songlines Magazine, from the UK

Some of my most influential books...

Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen in the Art of Writing - Ray Bradbury

The Bhagavad Gita - Trans. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pradhupada

1984 - George Orwell

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda

Zen Mind Beginners Mind - Shunryu Suzuki

The Journals of Lewis & Clark

Wine of the Mystic - Paramahansa Yogananda/Omar Khayyam

Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell

Transformations of Myth Through Time (video series) - Joseph Campbell

Hazrat Inayat Khan

       

 

See also... Jeremy's Listening...

 

   



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