New Books I'm Reading--

More Books From My Shelf // KEEP READING!!

I really want to list & post here every book I have sitting on my shelves, and in stacks & piles surrounding me.  Mostly to let people know what I'm made of how I think, where I'm coming from, etc.  You absorb ideas, views, attitudes & mannerisms from the people you surround yourself with.  I completely believe the same is true with what you read (and watch, but I don't watch TV....maybe just too many "conspiracy theory" or "truther" YouTube videos).
Keep, keep reading!!  Paper books.  Real books. Hell, write a book!!  Yes, I have a Kindle & between my laptop & that device I have about a thousand digital books.  It's nice but there will never be an adequate 'replacement' for the printed book.  I'm not saying anything new.  Just keep reading.

"On the Road to Perfection"
  by G. Maloney



"The Hoax of the Twentieth Century"
 by Dr. Arthur Butz



"Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace"
 by Scott Hahn



"Satipatthana: The Direct Path To Realization"
 by Analayo



"Henry Ford & The Jews"
 by Neil Baldwin

"In the Heart of the Desert"
 by John Chryssavgis

"Hitler's Pope"
 by John Cornwell

"The Joy of Missing Out"
 by C. Crook

"The Arena"
 by Ignatius Brianchaninov

"The Unknown Pilgrim"
 by Rene Gothoni

"The Mystic Christ"
 "by Ethan Walker III

"Cave, Refectory, Road"
 by Ian Adams

"St. Mary of Egypt"
 trans. by Hugh Feiss

"Augustine on Prayer"
 by Thomas Hand

"Awareness: The Perils & Opportunities of Reality"
 by Anthony DeMello

"Biblical Demonology"
 by M.F. Unger

"Christian Mystics"
 by M. Fox

"Nothing in This Book is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are"
 by Bob Frissell

"Hinds' Feet on High Places"
 by Hannah Hurnard

"The Cross & the Kremlin"
 by T. Bremer

"The Tao of Inner Peace"
 by Diane Dreher

"Herzl's Vision"
 by Shlomo Avineri

"Travels in Siberia"
 by Ian Frazier

"Standing in God's Holy Fire"
 by J. Anthony McGuckin

"The Gospel Truth"
 by Alexander Holub, Ph.D.

"Bringing Jesus to the Desert"
 by Bradley Nassif

"The Purposeful Universe"
 by Carl Calleman, Ph.D.

"Understanding Iran"
 by William Polk

"Islamic Political Thought"
 ed. by Gerhard Bowering

"An Exorcist Tells His Story"
 by G. Amorth

"Man's Search for Meaning"
 by Viktor Frankl

"The Hermitess Photini"
 by Archimandrite Joachim Spetsieris

"Mysteries of the Virgin Mary"
 by Fr. Peter J. Cameron, O.P.

"The Desert Fathers"
 by Helen Waddell

"The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios"
 by Dionysios Farasiotis

"The Desert Movement"
 by Alexander Ryrie

"Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos"
 by Archimandrite Cherubim

"The Yoga of Jesus"
 by Paramahansa Yogananda

"Keeping Mary Close"
 by Mike Aquilina & Dr. Fred Gruber

"What the Mystics Know"
 by Richard Rohr

"Reckless Rites"
 by Elliot Horowitz

"More Than Anyone Can Do: Zen Talks"
 by Ton Lathouwers

"The Urantia Book"
 by Urantia Foundation

"The Body & the Blood"
 by Charles M Sennott

"The Devil & The Jews"
 by J. Trachtenberg

"Growing Up Palestinian"
 by L. Bucaille

"The Second World War"
 by J.F.C. Fuller

"Facing East"
 by Frederica Matthewes-Green

"Chemtrails, HAARP, and the Full Spectrum Dominance of Earth"
 by Elana Freeland

"Dharma Road"
 by Brian Haycock

"We Are NOT Alone"
 by D. Schulze-Makuch & D. Darling

"Crazy John"
 by Dionysios A. Makris

"The Big Book of Reincarnation"
 by Roy Stemman

"The Art of Prayer"
 compiled by Igumen Chariton of Valamo

"Introduction to Serbian Orthodox Church History"
 by Bishop Nikolos Resource Center

"Reading the Bible as God's Own Story"
 by W.S. Kurz, SJ

"Zionism: The Real Enemy of the Jews"
 by Alan Hart

"Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?"
 by Robert Bartlett

"Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer"
 by Norris Chumley

"My Life In Christ"
 by St John of Kronstadt

"The Dhammapada"
 by K. Sri Dhammananda

"The Far Future Universe"
 ed by George F.R. Ellis

"The Station"
 by Robert Byron

"The American Orthodox Church"
 by George C. Michalopulos & Herb Ham

"Where We Got the Bible"
 by H.G. Graham

"Children of the Holocaust"
 by Arnost Lustig

"Amped: Notes From a Go-Nowhere Punk Band"
 by Jon Resh

"The Philokalia and the Inner Life"
 by C.H. Cook

"The Faith of the Saints"
 by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic

"The Ancient Path: Old Lessons from the Church Fathers for a New Life Today"
 by John Michael Talbot

"The Other Gospels: Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament"
 by Bart D. Ehrman & Zlatko Plese

"Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages"
 by Nicole Chareyron

"Rethinking Depression: How to Shed Mental Health Labels &
Create Personal Meaning"
 by Eric Maisel

"The Mindfulness Code: Keys for Overcoming Stress, Anxiety,
Fears, and Unhappiness"
 by Donald Altman

"The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a
Spiritual Healer"
 by Kyriacos C. Markides

"Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy"
 by Eric D. Weitz

"The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas"
 by Bernhard Pick

"A Guide to St. Symeon the New Theologian"
 by Hannah Hunt

"Basil of Caesarea: A Guide to His Life & Doctrine"
 by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz

"The Young Elder: A Biography of Blessed Archimandrite
Ambrose of Milkovo"
 by Archbishop Antony Medvedev

"Saint Athansius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria"
 ed. by Father Samuel Nedelsky

"Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions"
 by Eric Maisel & Ann Maisel

"Abandonment to Divine Providence"
 by Jean-Pierre de Caussade

"You and Your Problems"
 by Ven. Dr. K Sri Dhammananda

"Dreamgates: Exploring the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and
Life Beyond Death"
 by Robert Moss

"Awaken to the Buddha Within"
 by Ven. Shi Wuling

"Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient
Philosophy for Modern Problems"
 by Jules Evans

"New Frontiers in Guadalupan Studies"
 ed. by V. Elizondo & T. Matovina

"A Night in the Desert of the Holy Mountain: Discussion with a
Hermit on the Jesus Prayer"
 by Met. of Nafpaktos Hierotheos

"Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing
and Becoming Whole"
 by Robert Moss

"Active Dreaming: Journeying Beyond Self-Limitation to a Life
of Wild Freedom"
 by Robert Moss

"Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche"
 by Bill Plotkin

"The Ancient Path: Old Lessons from the Church Fathers for a
New Life Today"
 by John Michael Talbot

"Jesus the Magician: A Renowned Historian Reveals How Jesus
Was Viewed by the People of His Time"
 by Morton Smith

"The Secret History of the Gnostics: Their Scriptures, Beliefs
and Traditions"
 by Andrew Phillip Smith

"The Lost Teachings of the Cathars: Their Beliefs & Practices"
 by Andrew Phillip Smith

"The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times"
 by Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.

"Jesus Wept: When Faith & Depression Meet"
 by Barbara C. Crafton

"The Purposeful Universe: How Quantum Theory and Mayan
Cosmology Explain the Origin and Evolution of Life"
 by Carl Johan Calleman, Ph.D.

"Our Lady, Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena"
 by Marge Fenelon

"Ten Series of Meditations on the Mysteries of the Rosary"
 by Rev. John Ferraro

"A Great, Big 'Ole, Pile of Books Was Dumped in My Backyard Recently"

"Mary Magdalene: The True Life Story of the Legendary Figure"
   -by Lynn Picknett

"The Divine Commodity: Discovering Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity"
   -by Skye Jethani

"Cyril of Alexandria"
   -by N. Russell

"Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned"
   -by K.C. Davis

"Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Tale of the Buddha"
   -by Gui de Cambrai

"Inside the Gas Chambers: Eight Months in the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz"
   -by Shlomo Venezia

"Black Holes in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Conspiracy, The History, The Meaning, The Truth"
   -by Robert Feather

"An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt"
   -by K.A. Bard

"Invoking the Scribes of Ancient Egypt: The Initiatory Path of Spiritual Journaling"
   -by Normndi Ellis & Gloria Taylor Brown

"Sense and Stigma in the Gospels: Depictions of Sensory-Disabled Characters"
   -by L.J. Lawrence

"Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE: The History, Technology, & Philosophy of Civilization X"
   -by Edward Malkowski

"The Sign: The Shroud of Turin & the Birth of Christianity"
   -by Thomas de Wesselow

"The How-to Book of Catholic Devotions" (I won this in an email contest from The Coming Home organization, part of the "Coming Home Network" t.v. show on EWTN channel!  I love winning things!
This book is a bit rudimentary, but I can brush up on some things I may have forgotten. Then I'm gonna' give it to my friend Shaun who just became fully Catholic this Easter!♥)
   -by Mike Aquilina & Regis J. Flaherty

"Atlantis Beneath the Ice: The Fate of the Lost Continent"
   -by Rand & Rose Flem-Ath

"The Three Ages of Atlantis: The Great Floods that Destroyed Civilization"
   -by Diego Marin, Ph.D., Ivan Minella, & Erik Schievenin

"The Pyramids: The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments"
   -by Miroslav Verner

"A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses"
   -by Isabel Colgate

"Maximus the Confessor"
   -by A. Louth

"Hungry Souls: Supernatural Visits, Messages, and Warnings from Purgatory"
   -by Gerard J.M. Van Den Aardweg

"The Cross & the Crescent: The Dramatic Story of the Earliest Encounters Between Christians and Muslims"
   -by Richard Fletcher

"Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America"
   -by Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D.

"The Parapsychology Revolution: A Concise Anthology of Paranormal & Psychical Research"
   -by Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Logan Yonavjak

"The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution"
   -by G. Cochran & Henry Harpending

"The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel"  (This is awesome!!)
   -by Walter Wangerin, Jr.

"Is the Holocaust Unique? Perspectives on Comparable Genocide"
   -ed. by Alan S. Rosenbaum

"The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the 20th Century"
   -by T. Berry

"The Age of the Sages: The Axial Age and the Near East"
   -by M.W. Muesse

"Eichmann's Jews: The Jewish Administration of Holocaust Vienna, 1938 - 1945"
   -by Doron Rabinovici

"The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon"
   -by Jason D. BeDuhn

"How to Read the Bible Book by Book"
   -by G.D. Fee & D. Stuart

"How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth"
  -by G.D. Fee & D. Stuart

"Born Divine: The Births of Jesus & Other Sons of God"
   -by R.J. Miller

"The Miracle Detective"
   -by R. Sullivan

"A Guide to the Buddhas"
   -by Vessantara

"A Guide to the Bodhisattvas"
   -by Vessantara

"Return to the Golden Age: Ancient History and the Key to Our Collective Future"
   -by Edward Malkowski

"Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation"
   -by Elaine Pagels

"Muslims & Jews in America: Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities"
   -ed. by Reza Aslan & Aaron J. Hahn Tapper

"From Coffin to Heaven: A Psychological Study of Christian Conversion in Drug Rehabilitation"
   -by Ho-yee Ng

"The Occult in Mediaeval Europe"
   -ed. by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart


"The Medieval Christian Philosophers"
   -by R. Cross


"The Bosnian Church Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century"
   -by John Fine


"Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt"
   -by J. Tyldesley

"In Due Season: A Catholic Life"
   -by Paul Wilkes


"Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn & Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar"
   -by R. Lebling


"Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King"
   -by Joyce Tyldesley


"The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to its History, Doctrine, & Spiritual Culture"
   -by John Anthony McGuckin


"The Rig Veda"
   -trans. by W. Doniger  (Penguin Classics--I love the huge selection of these books!)


"Desert Fathers and Mothers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings"
   -sayings, prayers, advise, etc from the worlds first Christians

Wise Words from Dr Carl Jung--

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interest upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance. Thus we demand that the world grant us recognition for qualities which we regard as personal possessions: our talent or our beauty. The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life. He feels limited because he has limited aims, and the result is envy and jealousy. If we understand and feel that here in this life we already have a link with the infinite, desires and attitudes change. In the final analysis, we count for something only because of the essential we embody . . .
     — Carl Jung

"American Nomads" Documentary & Learning "Patience"

This is great!

Broken Computer & RANCID & Joe Strummer

  (a gaggle of thoughts for the day & week).....OK, this has me somewhat upset.  
My computer is 18 months old & I've never had any
problems with it until recently.  Not only do I have at least two nasty STD's on the 
computer, but the power jack is broken!!! :)   The cord won't stay plugged into the 
laptop.  It appears to be loose and it must be wiggled and HELD in just the right way
in order to charge the battery!!!  Kinda' like how your old Walkman headphone jack
would always become loose with age (like my women!) and you'd only get sound out
of one earphone! (Ironically this happened last year with my cheap mp3 player I own!)
I remember holding the plug at a 90 degree angle to get sound from both sides of the 
headphones!  So I've been trying that with the power jack/plug on my laptop.  It WAS
working for a bit.  Now it's become so loose it's very precariously holding in there!  I even
tried a new cord/plug from another laptop my friend has, and that one did the same thing
so now I know it's the jack on my computer not the plus & cord!  UGGGGHHH!  That 
will be a pain in the butt to replace.  Gonna' have to open the laptop and exchange the jack.
My brother can do it for only the cost of a new jack.  I hope it will be that simple, but the
way my life is going it is sure to be more complicated than that.
So I sit at home after a snoozy week, listening to & watching the "Give 'Em the Boot"
DVD put out by Hellcat Recs. & Tim Armstrong (RANCID).   He owns & runs Hellcat
Recs. and they are one of the best semi-independent record labels in the world.
RANCID, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros,  TRANSPLANTS, US BOMBS, TIGER
ARMY,  and a slew of other bands/artists are on this DVD.  I bought it new on Amazon
for $2 bux a few months ago.  I now have a giant 1080p HD TV in my room so the DVD
looks & sounds great!  I had it cranked singing along to "Rudy Can't Fail" from a live show
from Joe Strummer (R.I.P.)   Damn, I miss you Joe!
I am glad to be home. I got homesick after a few days away on retreat.  (Beautiful Benedic-
tine monastery up in Oxford, MI!)  I came back yesterday a tad bit earlier than expected.
Saw 'Django Unchained' last night with my friend & got very little sleep cuz of bloody insomnia!  Oh snap, made it to Mass this morning  
with nothing on my heart or my lips to confess.  I love doing the 
right thing & loving God.  It pays off.  I had been exceptionally depressed over the past
several months.  The main reason for my retreat was to sort some things out in my head
& in my soul.  I did just that, with my God & my Creator & my Sustainer.   I know what 
to do now.  I know which path to take and which way to go. It's not the one I wanted to
traverse.  Nor with the person I initially wanted to be with for the rest of my life.  I'm not
gonna' say something cheesy like, "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade."  But I
will say that I am going to continue moving forward.  I am very blessed to have every-
thing in life that I do.  I am going to make the best of it.  My sobriety is my number one
priority & focus!  All other things are in a close second.  It's as if my life were a triangle
and 'Sobriety' is on the top. (That means: God, church, AA fellowship, 12 steps, etc) and 
family, lovers, friendship, and job are directly underneath.  It actually works out very well
and I've traversed this path before.  Thank God I'm not alone on it. ♥