The March of Ink by Edgar Dixon Rodriquez is an informative and deeply moving account of the author’s war deployment to the Persian Gulf in 1991, including 43 letters between him and his new bride. The author was a member of the Army Reserve and...

The term “ghost in the machine” was first coined by Gilbert Ryle in 1949, and simplistically put, suggests that consciousness or the mind can exist alongside, but independently, within a physical entity. The Ghost in the Machine Reconsidered by Joshua Robertson revisits this and related...

The Talking Forest by Kay Broome explores trees and their link to human spirituality, history, and divination. This book presents readers with a unique system of runes inspired by North American trees, providing a fresh view on divination and the natural world. Divided into three...

Mental wounds can be difficult to heal, and a spiritual awakening is not always an easy path. Allison Batty-Capps, LMFT, provides a comprehensive guide with The Divine Within: Healing Ourselves to Heal the World. She begins with a mystical experience that she underwent in 2008,...

In The Manifestation Frequency, Roy Waugh presents manifestation as the process through which human intention, belief, and focused attention interact with universal or divine energy to shape outcomes. Drawing on practices from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism, he shows how prayer, meditation, mantra, ritual,...

The Reason Why: True Stories of Past Lives, the Afterlife, and Other Spiritual Relationships by Debra Taubenslag is a well-written memoir based on Taubenslag’s years of experience in hypnotherapy and massage therapy. It combines real-life stories with lessons about past lives, the afterlife, spirituality, and...

Clement Decrop’s The Idea Space presents a detailed framework linking consciousness, perception, and the structure of reality through the concept of an “idea space.” This space encompasses thoughts, sensations, and awareness as an immeasurable, continuously changing domain where consciousness selects content. The author introduces three...

Katharine Branham’s The Root of Everything examines the Root Chakra’s role in maintaining physical, emotional, and spiritual balance. Branham identifies the Root Chakra as the site where unresolved trauma and instability accumulate, affecting the entire energy system. She talks about the historical shift away from...

Overthinking often hinders the pursuit of happiness rather than enabling our growth and progress. For anyone finding themselves trapped in the cauldron of fear, stress, or anxiety, the stories in The Monkey and The Way of Zen offer a transformative path to peace and happiness....

The Melody of Fire by Jen Fields is an inspiring memoir that had me turning the pages and asking earnest questions about the nature of love, belonging, and spirituality. The memoir recounts Jen’s journey from a rigid, fear-based religious upbringing to a liberated and authentic...