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Stylez1877 · #16 (**permalink**) 03-06-2003, 04:36 AM

any book by raymond E. Feist...his older ones anyway.

sureal · #17 (**permalink**) 03-06-2003, 11:10 AM

my first reaction to a post. THE BIBLE WTF. but its true it is history in words. jesus was a man whom walked the earth and had hors was his feet.

"1984" that is a good read. you could really see how it could be a possibel future if britin falled to the nazis. you can even compare it to usa society.

cRu3uRc · #18 (**permalink**) 03-09-2003, 06:47 AM

"A Brave New World". great book. anything by aldous huxley is good.

also....read biographies and try to learn something from who you are reading about. i read one about gandhi recently...and i learned a lot. most people don't realize it but gandhi was a badass.

"The Republic" by Plato. kind of hard to read....and i'm still working on it. my friend definately reccomends it, and if you want to read something to make you think...what better to read than something written by the worlds most famous thinkers!!

isis_420 · #19 (**permalink**) 03-11-2003, 09:09 AM

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i wanna read something that is thought provoking and interesting. Something that makes me think. Can anybody suggest some books that might fit into this category?

thanks

"Icy Sparks"

this is not really a spiritual book, but it does deal with a young girls struggle with an undiagnoised disorder and religious beliefs.

this is the first book in forever that has made me cry at the end.

Cos Mic · #20 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 04:02 PM

some great suggestions here. some i know, some i'll be following up.

here's my reccomendation (off the top of my head, i'm sure i know more/better):

The Ten Dimensional Maze.

say hi to koogy for me, and pick me up one o those andromedan bettel nut crunch bars... whatever their full name is.

hehehe. took me ages to read just because you have to stop every once in a while or you feel like you'll go mad.

Sophies World.

no book i've ever picked up had so many thoughts bursting through my head. except perhaps city in the stars.

oh, and maybe something by clifford a pickover, terrence mckenna or doreen virtue.

sensi_master · #21 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 04:08 PM

Fahrenheit 451, the subconscious mind

littlefoot · #22 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 08:56 PM

Anything by Terence McKenna, "Cosmos" or anything by Carl Sagan, Walden or any kind of Philisophy is great too.

Floyd Y 420 · #23 (**permalink**) 11-26-2008, 10:09 PM

White over Black by Winthrop Jordan
Conversations of the post 9/11 world by Noam Chomsky

DiggityDank420 · #24 (**permalink**) 11-27-2008, 12:40 AM

food of the gods by terrence Mckenna

bummember · #25 (**permalink**) 11-28-2008, 12:00 AM

if your into like philosophy/psychodelics i would reccomend DMT- The Spirit Molecule by rick Strassman.
Go Ask Alice was also a fantastic read but may cause a huge debate on a site like this.
Also look for any books written by or about Carl Jung...brilliant man

trippy08 · #26 (**permalink**) 11-28-2008, 03:01 AM

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one of my favorite books is Tom wolfes The electric kool-aid acid test..if you want a book that will literally take you from the spot you are sitting and make you feel like you were 'on the bus' painted in day-glo, tripping and acting out in the 60s, youll wanna pick this one up. i think I got a contact high from just reading it. defiantly a good read.
I agree with fume on the bands thing though, artists of that era stood for so much, they had a lot of unique and powerful things to say..I think thatll be my next kind of book myself...santana always interested me..

im in the middle of the electric kool - aid acid test at the moment..

it is a truly fantastic book

edit: i just realized how old this thread is haha

FUNKYDANK93 · #27 (**permalink**) 11-28-2008, 04:00 AM

I recommend anything by krishnamurti, his books changed the way i look at everything and completely redefined the way i feel bout society and my spirituality. try "think on these things". Anything by naom chompsky is good to, profit over people etc.

Ouroboros · #28 (**permalink**) 11-29-2008, 08:48 AM

I'd recommend Dune by Frank Herbert. It speaks a lot about heroism, ecology, psychology, and prophecy. Its a very accurate (yet exaggerated) cultural model of present times. Any of his books past the first I can't completely stand behind, but if you fall in love with the series they can be great reads.

sleepingpeople · #29 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008, 05:06 AM

man and his symbols
dmt: the spirit molecule
Inner paths to outer space

fracturtle · #30 (**permalink**) 12-01-2008, 05:17 AM

the prophet by kahlil gibran

i need to read it again. i've acted like a jerk lately. for me it's more spiritually awakening and thought provoking than reading the bible.

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cRu3uRc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 277	"A Brave New World". great book. anything by aldous huxley is good. also....read biographies and try to learn something from who you are reading about. i read one about gandhi recently...and i learned a lot. most people don't realize it but gandhi was a badass. "The Republic" by Plato. kind of hard to read....and i'm still working on it. my friend definately reccomends it, and if you want to read something to make you think...what better to read than something written by the worlds most famous thinkers!!

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