MuadDib

It occurred to me tonight that there are a hand full of real eye opening books out there that shook my world and reformed my mind into the way it is today. So in an effort to broaden my horizons, and hopefully everyone elses in this forum, I want you guys to post a handful of books/authors that really had a profound impact on who you are and, if you'd like, share how they effected you. As for me:

1) Derrick Jensen, A Language Older than Words & The Culture of Make Believe
These books really rocked my world in that I consider myself to be a political liberal and concern myself with cultural and environmental in the manner befitting a liberal. Well, these books really opened my eyes to the depth of these problems and how in a lot of ways ignorance and hate is a part of our culture. I'd say they are a must read for anyone concerned about the environment or who believes there are problems inherent in our current way of life.

2) Ken Wilber, Integral Psychology & A Theory of Everything
Here it was hard to just name these two and I would highly recommend ANYTHING this man rights. Essentially he is about integrating all facets of our lives together (body, mind, soul, etc) and living in a wholistic (not to be confused with holistic) manner. Rather than seperating or neglating certain parts of our lives at times, he talks about being a whole person all the time. This guy is for anyone who is interested a more universal spirituality or psychology.

3) Carl Jung, The Collected Works of Carl Jung
What can I say? The idea of the collective unconscious just strikes a chord with me and I think that for an early psychologist this guy is right on. Very interesting, very scientific, and very spiritual... right up my ally.

4) Friedrich Neitzsche, The Collected Works of Friedrich Nietzsche
Have to pay lip service to the man who got me interested in philosophy, psychology, etc. in the first place. All of his work and a lot of the work about him going to reward anyone with a very unique mode of thought and ideas. I would recommend starting with something like Thus Spoke Zarathustra or The Gay Science before tackling The Will to Power or On the Genealogy of Morals, but whatever suites your fancy. I recommend Neitzsche to anyone looking to broaden their intellectual horizons.

Anyway, that turned out to be more of a chore than I thought, but feel free to post as few or as many books, authors, movies, etc. as you like. Just anxious to hear what you guys are in to and maybe find my #5.

__________________
"The courts that first rode the warhorse of virtual representation into battle on the res judicata front invested their steed with near-magical properties." ~27 F.3d 751