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Suggested Reading

The Stoned Templar Thinks you'll like these Books:

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Below are what the Stoned Templar considers the 10 best books in each of the following categories: Nature, Spirituality, Meditation, Consciousness, Shamanism, Ancient Aliens, Evolution, Alchemy, the Philosophers' Stone, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons.​​

Nature

  1. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

  2. A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

  3. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

  4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  5. The Overstory by Richard Powers

  6. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

  7. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

  8. The Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson

  9. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

  10. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey

Spirituality

  1. The Alchemical Search for the Unified Field by R.E. Kretz

  2. ​The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

  3. The Bhagavad Gita (Translated by Eknath Easwaran)

  4. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Translated by Stephen Mitchell)

  5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

  6. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

  7. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

  8. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

  9. Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

  10. The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

  11. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Meditation

  1. The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

  2. Meditation and Mindfulness by Andy Puddicombe

  3. The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa (John Yates, PhD)

  4. Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

  5. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

  6. The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation by William Hart

  7. Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg

  8. The Attention Revolution by B. Alan Wallace

  9. Breath by Breath by Larry Rosenberg

  10. 10% Happier by Dan Harris

Consciousness

  1. Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett

  2. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory by David J. Chalmers

  3. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris

  4. he Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio

  5. I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter

  6. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

  7. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes

  8. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth

  9. The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

  10. Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience by Max R. Bennett and P.M.S. Hacker

Shamanism

  1. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade

  2. The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner

  3. Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas by Alberto Villoldo

  4. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John G. Neihardt

  5. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

  6. Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman

  7. Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants by Eliot Cowan

  8. Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge" edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley

  9. Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon by Stephan V. Beyer

  10. Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality by Michael Harner

Ancient Aliens

  1. Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken

  2. The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin

  3. The Ancient Alien Question: A New Inquiry Into the Existence, Evidence, and Influence of Ancient Visitors by Philip Coppens

  4. Ancient Aliens®: The Official Companion Book by The Producers of Ancient Aliens

  5. The Gods Never Left Us by Erich von Däniken

  6. Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson

  7. The Anunnaki Connection: Sumerian Gods, Alien DNA, and the Fate of Humanity by Heather Lynn

  8. The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet by Graham Hancock

  9. Ancient Aliens in the Bible: Evidence of UFOs, Nephilim, and the True Face of Angels in Ancient Scriptures by Xaviant Haze

  10. Lost Secrets of the Gods: The Latest Evidence and Revelations on Ancient Astronauts, Precursor Cultures, and Secret Societies edited by Michael Pye

Evolution

  1. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

  2. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

  3. The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

  4. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould

  5. The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life by Richard Dawkins

  6. Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne

  7. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin

  8. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner

  9. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo by Sean B. Carroll

  10. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

Alchemy

  1. The Alchemist’s Handbook: Manual for Practical Laboratory Alchemy by Frater Albertus

  2. Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz

  3. The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art by Julius Evola

  4. Alchemy & Mysticism by Alexander Roob

  5. The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz by Johann Valentin Andreae (translated by Joscelyn Godwin)

  6. The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy by Mircea Eliade

  7. Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy by Robert Allen Bartlett

  8. The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall

  9. The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Personal Transformation by Dennis William Hauck

  10. The Alchemical Tradition in the Late Twentieth Century edited by Richard Grossinger

The Philosophers' Stone

  1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

  2. The Philosopher's Stone: A Quest for the Secrets of Alchemy by Peter Marshall

  3. The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Personal Transformation by Dennis William Hauck

  4. The Secrets of Alchemy" by Lawrence M. Principe

  5. The Art of Alchemy: Inner Alchemy & the Revelation of the Philosopher’s Stone by Joseph P. Farrell

  6. The Philosopher’s Stone by Colin Wilson

  7. Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz

  8. The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz" by Johann Valentin Andreae

  9. The Book of Aquarius: Alchemy and the Philosopher’s Stone by Anonymous

  10. The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art by Julius Evola

The Knights Templar

  1. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors by Dan Jones

  2. The Trial of the Templars by Malcolm Barber

  3. The Knights Templar: The History and Myths by Sean Martin

  4. he New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple by Malcolm Barber

  5. Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades by John J. Robinson

  6. The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven by James Wasserman

  7. The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince

  8. Knights Templar Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide to the People, Places, Events, and Symbols of the Order by Karen Ralls

  9. The Last Templar: The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay by Alain Demurger

  10. The Templars: The Secret History Revealed by Barbara Frale

The Freemasons

  1. Freemasons For Dummies by Christopher L. Hodapp

  2. The Craft and Its Symbols by Allen E. Roberts

  3. The Meaning of Masonry by W.L. Wilmshurst

  4. The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall

  5. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

  6. A Pilgrim’s Path: Freemasonry and the Religious Right by John J. Robinson

  7. American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities by Mark A. Tabbert

  8. The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P. Hall

  9. The Freemasons: A History of the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society by Jasper Ridley

  10. Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction by Andreas Önnerfors

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