Anderson, William
The Face of Glory
1996 Bloomsbury
A spiritual autobiography, strikingly illustrated, that tackles
creativity, consciousness and civilisation.
Austin, James
Zen and the Brain
1998 MIT Press
A neurologist 'interweaves the most recent brain research with
the personal narrative of his Zen experiences'.
Bennet-Goleman Tara
Emotional Alchemy
2001 Rider, London
A synthesis of Western psychology and Buddhist mindfulness.
Meditation as a means of liberation from patterns of harmful
emotional reactions.
Bache, Christopher
Dark Night, Early Dawn: Steps to a Deep Ecology of
Mind
2000 SUNY Press
Using in part Stan Grof’s technique for inducing altered states,
this book ‘combines philosophical reflections with deep
self-exploration to delve into the ancient mystery of death and
rebirth, emphasising collective rather than individual
transformation’.
Bhugra, Dinesh (ed)
Psychiatry and Religion
1996 Routledge
Essays exploring many aspects of the sometimes uneasy, often
neglected, yet for many patients crucial relationship between faith
and psychopathology.
Bohm, David
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
1980
Routledge
A quantum physicist links science and philosophy in his vision
of the universe as an implicate order within which all is enfolded
and which manifests explicitly as matter and consciousness.
Broom, Brian
Somatic Illness and the patient's other story
1997
Free Association Books
An unusual integration of internal medicine and
psychotherapy.
Chopra, Deepak
Quantum Healing
1989 Bantam
Brings together research in Western medicine, neuroscience,
physics and Ayurveda to show that the human body is controlled by a
network of intelligence grounded in 'quantum reality'.
Clarke, Isabel (ed)
Psychosis and Spirituality
2001 Whurr
A collection of essays centred round the hypothesis, supported
by a reading of cognitive behavioural therapy and aspects of
neurophysiology, that the ‘highest realms of human consciousness
[are closely linked] with the depths of madness’.
Cook, C.C.H; Powell, A; Sims,
A (eds)
Spirituality and Psychiatry
2009 RCPsych
Publications
This book explores the nature of spirituality, its relationship
to religion, and the reasons for its importance in clinical
practice.
Dossey, Larry
Healing Words
1993 HarperCollins
A cardiac physician describes the power of prayer, and
delineates three 'eras' in medicine.
Douglas-Klotz, Neil
The Hidden Gospel
1999 Quest
Jesus’ familiar words newly translated from the Aramaic, the
language he spoke. ‘What emerges is a hopeful, nurturing, and very
contemporary spiritual message.’
Epstein, Mark
Thoughts without a Thinker
1996 Duckworth
'A lucid and expert account of the wedding of psychotherapy and
meditation.'
Fenwick, Peter & Elizabeth
The Truth in the Light
1995 Headline
An exploration by a neuropsychiatrist of over 300 near-death
experiences, with thoughtful commentary and intriguing speculations
concerning their origin and significance.
Fowler, James
Stages of Faith - the Psychology of Human Development and
the Quest for Meaning
1995 Harper
Classic text, drawing on Piaget, Erikson, Kohlberg and Fowler’s
own researches. Describes faith development through six stages,
common to all cultural/religious backgrounds. Informative and very
readable.
Goleman, Daniel
Emotional Intelligence
1996 Bloomsbury
'Our emotions play a far greater role in thought, decision
making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged.’
Grof, Stanislav
Beyond the Brain
1985 SUNY Press
A psychiatrist's account of a therapeutic regression procedure,
which suggests we are each on a spiritual journey, that began
before we were born into our present life.
Grof, Stanislav
The Holotropic Mind
1993 HarperCollins
Wide-ranging investigation of non-ordinary states of
consciousness; a good introduction to the transpersonal paradigm
with numerous clinical examples.
Grof, Stanislav
The Cosmic Game
1998 Newleaf
Summaries his extensive work in transpersonal psychology.
Hardy, Jean
A Psychology with a Soul
1996 Penguin Arkana
A good introduction to Psychosynthesis, which postulates a
'higher self' and which it is an aim of therapy to encounter.
Harvey, Andrew
The Direct Path
2001 Rider
A frank personal account by a seeker disillusioned by false
prophets and failed gurus.
Jung, C.G
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
1933 Routledge and Kegan Paul
A synthesis of Jung’s researches on the soul. Essays include
‘Problems of modern psychotherapy’, ’The stages of Life’, ’The
spiritual problem of modern man’ and ’ Psychotherapists or the
clergy?’
Kabat-Zinn Jon
Wherever You Go, There You Are
1994 Wisdom Books
A path for cultivating mindfulness in one’s life and awakening
to the beauty of each unfolding moment. By the author of the
Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction programme (see SIG Newsletter No.6).
Kearney, Michael
Mortally Wounded: a place of healing
1996 Marino
Books Dublin
A Consultant in Palliative Care proposes a new model for healing
suffering, drawing on Asklepian Healing and the scientific medical
model.
Kornfield Jack
A Path with Heart
1995 Rider
A delightful book about the process of inner transformation. An
inspiring, expert but instantly accessible guide to spiritual
life.
Kowalski Reinhard
The Only Way Out Is In
2001 Jon Carpenter
Publishing
Guidebook for spiritual seekers, bridging Western psychology,
yogic spirituality and ayurvedic psychology. Explores meditation,
breathing techniques, mantras and devotion as psychological
tools.
Lorimer, David (ed.)
Thinking Beyond the Brain
2001 Floris
Selected contributions to the first four Beyond the
Brain conferences. Packed with insights and data that point to
the need for a radical rethink of the theories and methods we use
to investigate the human mind.
Lorimer, David et al. (eds)
Wider Horizons: Explorations in Science and Human
Experience
1999 Scientific and Medical Network
Essays on science, health and philosophy in transition.
Available from SMN at www.scimednet.org/
Merton, Thomas, ed. Cunningham, Lawrence
Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master - the Essential
Writings
1992 Paulist Press
A spiritual giant of the last century.
Modi, Shakuntala
Remarkable Healings
1997 Hampton Roads
Compelling account by an American psychiatrist of her work with
past life regressions and spirit release therapy, with a
comprehensive account of associated symptomatology.
Nhat Hanh, Thich
Transformation and Healing
1993 Rider
A study of transformation and healing by a renowned Buddhist
monk, peace activist and meditation master.
Needleman, Jacob
The Way of the Physician
1985 Arkana
Written for practitioners and patients, urges physicians to
become 'wise healers working on the heart rather than mechanics who
fix bodies'.
Nelson, John
Healing the Split: Integrating Spirit into Our Understanding
of the Mentally Ill
1994 SUNY Press
Impressive overview of psychiatry, from genetics to the chakras,
from the orthodox to the marginal, that bids to heal the split
between orthodox and alternative views with a comprehensive
approach that goes beyond both.
Newton, Michael
Journey of Souls
1998 Llewellyn Publications
A hypnotherapist’s astonishing accounts of his patients’ reports
of existences outside the human life cycle. Goes on from where
near-death experiences leave off.
Ornish, Dean
Love and Survival
2001 Vermilion
The author, renowned for his work on the holistic treatment of
cardiovascular pathology, extends his researches to the scientific
basis for the healing power of intimacy and its psychophysiology as
a multi-system response.
Pert, Candace
Molecules of Emotion
1997 Simon & Schuster
Links the discovery of mediating neuropeptides with the central
role of the emotions in the unity that is the 'bodymind'.
Rinpoche, Sogyal
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
1992 Rider
'How to understand the true meaning of life, how to accept
death, and how to help the dying and the dead.' Has been described
as a spiritual classic.
Ross, Hugh McGregor
Jesus Untouched by the Church
1998 Ebor Press
The Gospel of Thomas rearranged and carefully interpreted to
reveal a coherent and controversial teaching.
Scott Peck, M
The Road Less Travelled and Beyond
1997 Rider
A psychiatrist writes about how to deal with life's conflicts,
problems and paradoxes so as to find the true simplicity that lies
on the other side of complexity.
Swinton, John
Spirituality and Mental Health Care
2001 Jessica
Kingsley
A lecturer in Theology, formally a psychiatric nurse, presents
research and informed discussion that indicates our harmful neglect
of spiritual factors in mental health care, and suggests ways to
remedy this.
Tart, Charles
Living the Mindful Life
1994 Shambhala
A workbook for 'waking up', based on an integration of science
and ancient wisdom, and related to the author's extensive
experience in transpersonal psychology.
Titmuss, Christopher
Power of Meditation
1999 Apple Press
Illustrated self-help manual (plus CD) - exercises to overcome
stress, illness and emotional disturbances.
Varela, F J, Thompson, E & Rosch, E
The Embodied Mind
1991 MIT Press
Makes common ground between cognitive science and Buddhist
meditative psychology, and relates phenomenology and evolutionary
theory to the problem presented to conventional science by
subjectivity.
Velmans, Max
Understanding Consciousness
2000 Routledge
'An exceptionally lucid and balanced account of the different
approaches to and aspects of the problem [of consciousness].'
Wallace, B Alan
The Taboo of Subjectivity
2000 OUP
Reliable and comprehensive science must incorporate the
subjective.
Walsch, Neale Donald
Conversations with God, Books 1 – 3
1995 &
later Hodder& Stoughton
Walsch wrote a letter to God, and God replied! Whatever you make
of this, these three books are full of surprising and moving
insights.
Walsh, Roger
Essential Spirituality
1999 John Wiley &
Sons
An unencumbered distillation of spiritual practice. Foreword by
the Dalai Lama.
Whiteside, Patrick
Happiness: the 30-day guide
2001 Rider
A psychiatrist uses a scheme of common emotions to suggest ways
of achieving personal growth, joy and contentment. See also
www.happinesssite.com
Wilber, Ken
Grace and Grit
1991 Gill & Macmillan
A moving account of his wife's death from cancer, diagnosed on
their honeymoon. The carer's perspective has seldom been more
honestly expressed, nor has suffering been more eloquently linked
with a spiritual philosophy.
Wilber, Ken
The Marriage of Sense and Soul
1998 Newleaf
Science and Religion reconciled.
Wilber, Ken
Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology,
Therapy
2000 Shambhala
An 'all level, all quadrant' approach to psychology.
Woolger, Roger
Other Lives, Other Selves
1994 Aquarian:
HarperCollins
A Jungian analyst's clinical reports of the therapy of ‘past
life regression’, its therapeutic indications and possible
explanations for the phenomenon. A classic in its field, deeply
thought provoking and easy to read.
Zohar, Danah & Marshall, Ian
SQ: Spiritual Intelligence, the Ultimate
Intelligence
2000 Bloomsbury
Links brain and quantum activity to spiritual intelligence, a
faculty claimed to be more fundamental than cognitive and emotional
intelligence, and which can be measured and enhanced.
Zukav, Gary
The Seat of the Soul
1991 Rider
Using his scientist’s eye and philosopher’s heart, Zukav
journeys beyond the senses to the soul, showing how the values of
reverence, trust and compassion, are transforming everyday
lives.