Sounds of Snow 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2018 I have to recommend 74 creative strategies for electronic producers by dennis de santis, one hell of a book to get over roadblocks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salamantis 10 Report post Posted September 13, 2018 Ringolevio by Emmett Grogan A history of the 60s by the ultimate insider. THE counterculture novel. Anything by Robert Anton Wilson Mindbending and preconception / delusion shattering The Spell Of The Sensuous by David Abram Perception expanding The Way of the Shaman, Cave and Cosmos, and Hallucinogens and Shamanism by Michael Harner The inspiration for Castaneda Stealing The Fire from Heaven by Stephen Mace Magickal ritual stripped down to its essential marrow Alone With Others, Buddhism Without Beliefs, After Buddhism, and Secular Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor Buddhism as a lifeway, not as a religion Sci-fi: Brilliant stuff by multiple Hugo and Nebula winners Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison Stories Of Your Life and Others and What's Expected Of Us and Others by Ted Chiang Pump 6 and Others Stories, The Doubt Factory, The Windup Girl, and The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi At The Mouth of the River of Bees, Tales for the Long Rains, and The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salamantis 10 Report post Posted September 14, 2018 Here are some more cool books: Faces in the Smoke - An Eyewitness Experience of Voodoo Shamanism Psychic Healing and Other Amazing Human Powers by Douchan Gersi Magic and mystery witnessed from indigenous tribes I Am A Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter A powerful description of human self-conscious awareness by the author of Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Practical Sigil Magic by Farater UD How to work with sigils. Zos-Kia - An Introductory Essay on the Art and Sorcery of Austin Osman Spare by Gavin Semple Explanation of the non-system system of the founder of chaos magick. The Spell of Making by Blacksun A superb tutorial in thaumaturgy (ritual design) Finite and Infinite Games - A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse A comparative phenomenology of finite games (where the objective is to win) and infinite games (where the objective is to continue to play). The Selfish Meme by Kate Distin and The Electric Meme by Robert Aunger Essential works for a deeper understanding of memetics Lammas Night by Katherine Kurtz An alternative history of World War II - or is it the actual history? The Eden Express - A Memoir of Insanity by Mark Vonnegut Scizophrenic madness from the inside The Tao is Silent by Raymond Smullyan The deeper you think about this book, the more fun it is...;~) Blind Voices and San Diego Lightfoot Sue by Tom Reamy A novel and a short story collection from a budding Ray Bradbury who was taken from us far too soon. Looking, Seeing by Harry Chapin Song lyrics and poetry from a master storyteller The Lords & The New Creatures by Jim Morrison and Simulacra and Simulations by Jean Baudrillard Profound explanations of our media shadow world - one poetic, the other philosophical Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison A profoundly American black novel - one of the very best The Awakening by Kate Chopin A brilliant early feminist novel Man's Fate by Andre Malraux An amazing existential novel about the Chinese Revolution Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites