In this episode we talk about some of our favorite books.
We also branch into topics related to hierarchal and egalitarian societies and hierarchy in nature, the masculine and feminine dynamic seen in the yin-yang symbol, and touch on a few Scorcese movies. Enjoy!
Update to add- here is our booklist:
Audrey:
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Making the Gods Work for You by Caroline Casey
Carly:
Chinese medicine/bodywork/health
The Spark in the Machine by Dr. Daniel Keown
The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
Japanese Classical Acupuncture: Introduction to Meridian Therapy by Shudo Denmai
Job's Body by Deane Juhan
Gua Sha: A traditional technique for modern practice by Dr. Arya Nielson
Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia
Social psychology/socio-political
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Smokescreen by Kevin Sabat
The Price We Pay by Dr. Marty Makary
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis
Religious and Inspirational
Canonical Bible
Gnostic Bible and other Christian apocrypha
Christian mystics- St Theresa of Avila etc
Tao Te Jing and Hua Hu Jing
Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Idries Shah books on Sufism
The Language of Creation
Last Temptation of Christ
Astrology
Hellenistic Astrology by Chris Brennan
Alan Oken's Complete Astrology
Stephen Arroyo- various
Poetry
Rumi
Rainer Maria Rilke
Fernando Pessoa (was just introduced to this, so good)
Uncool/nerdy
Harry Potter series
Chronicles of Narnia
