Suggested Reading and Sources

This book draws inspiration from a wide range of spiritual, philosophical, psychological, and metaphysical traditions. The following sources are recommended for readers who wish to explore these teachings more deeply.

Channeled Teachings

 

  • Bashar (Darryl Anka) – The Bashar Material, Blueprint for Change
  • Kryon (Lee Carroll) – The End Times, The Recalibration of Humanity
  • Michael Teachings – Shepherd Hoodwin (Journey of Souls, The Michael Handbook), José Stevens, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Near‑Death Experiences & Afterlife Research

 

  • Raymond MoodyLife After Life
  • Kenneth RingHeading Toward Omega
  • Victor ZammitA Lawyer Presents the Evidence for the Afterlife
  • P.M.H. AtwaterBeyond the Light
  • Kelvin WilliamsOtherworld
  • Bruce GreysonAfter

 

Past‑Life Regression & Between‑Lives Studies

 

  • Michael NewtonJourney of Souls, Destiny of Souls
  • Brian WeissMany Lives, Many Masters
  • Walter SemkiwOrigin of the Soul
  • Dolores CannonBetween Death and Life, The Convoluted Universe (Series)

 

Out‑of‑Body Experiences & Consciousness Exploration

 

  • Robert MonroeJourneys Out of the Body, Far Journeys
  • William BuhlmanAdventures Beyond the Body
  • Tom CampbellMy Big TOE

 

Integral Philosophy & Developmental Psychology

 

  • Ken WilberA Brief History of Everything, The Integral Vision
  • Robert KeganThe Evolving Self, In Over Our Heads
  • Jane LoevingerEgo Development
  • Clare Graves / Spiral Dynamics – Beck & Cowan, Spiral Dynamics

 

Classical Spiritual Texts

 

Core Western Texts

  • Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
  • New Testament
  • Gnostic Gospels
  • Early Christian Mysticism – Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross

Islamic Mysticism

  • Sufism – Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Al‑Ghazali

Eastern Traditions

  • TaoismTao Te Ching (Laozi), Zhuangzi
  • BuddhismDhammapada, Majjhima Nikaya, Nagarjuna
  • Zen BuddhismShōbōgenzō (Dōgen), Huangbo, Bankei
  • Tibetan BuddhismThe Tibetan Book of the Dead
  • Hinduism & YogaBhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
  • Vedanta – Adi Shankaracharya, Vivekachudamani
  • Sankhya & Indian MetaphysicsSamkhya Karika

Other Classical Philosophies

  • Mohism (Mozism)Mozi
  • Confucian TextsAnalects, Doctrine of the Mean
  • Stoicism – Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca

Esoteric & Metaphysical Traditions

 

  • Theosophy – Helena Blavatsky, Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater
  • Rosicrucian Teachings – AMORC, Max Heindel
  • HermeticismCorpus Hermeticum, Kybalion
  • Western Esoteric Mysticism – Dion Fortune, Rudolf Steiner

 

Modern Spirituality & Consciousness Studies

 

  • Eckhart TolleThe Power of Now
  • David HawkinsPower vs. Force
  • Alan WattsThe Way of Zen
  • Rupert SpiraBeing Aware of Being Aware
  • Thomas CampbellMy Big TOE
  • Steven GreerHidden Truth: Forbidden Knowledge; Disclosure Project (CE-5 / consciousness & extraterrestrial contact research)

 

Foundational Thinkers

 

  • John Archibald Wheeler
    – Participatory Anthropic Principle, “It from Bit”
  • David BohmWholeness and the Implicate Order
  • Roger PenroseThe Emperor’s New Mind
  • Max TegmarkOur Mathematical Universe
  • Sean CarrollThe Big Picture, Something Deeply Hidden
  • Leonard SusskindThe Cosmic Landscape (string theory & multiverse)
  • Paul DaviesThe Goldilocks Enigma (anthropic principle)

 

Consciousness & Metaphysics

 

  • Christopher Michael LanganCognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU)
  • Bernardo KastrupThe Idea of the World
  • Donald HoffmanThe Case Against Reality

 

Parallel Universes, Anthropic Principles, and the Multiverse

 

  • Hugh Everett – Many Worlds Interpretation
  • Andrei Linde – Eternal Inflation Theory
  • Alan Guth – Inflationary Cosmology
  • Brandon CarterAnthropic Principle (weak & strong forms)
  • Multiverse Theorists – Tegmark, Susskind, Carroll, Smolin

 

Geopolitics & Global Affairs

  • John MearsheimerThe Tragedy of Great Power Politics
  • Scott RitterIraq Confidential (and other works on military intelligence & international law)
  • Noam ChomskyHegemony or Survival

 

Additional Disciplines Referenced

 

  • Comparative religion
  • Cosmology
  • Quantum physics
  • Developmental psychology
  • Phenomenology
  • Existentialism
  • Metaphysics
  • Systems theory
  • Integral sociology
  • Mystical theology

 

Note

This bibliography is not exhaustive. It represents the core traditions, authors, and research works that inform the spiritual, philosophical, and metaphysical worldview presented in this book.