Works for A New World
The following projects highlight subjects of interest and/or mark current advances in areas Melissa has been passionate about for years:
International Arts & Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins
Recent publications of interest
Some recently published books that offer accessible educational insights and inspiration for those new to these subjects.
The Superhumanities - Jeffrey J.Kripal
Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy - Simon Critchley
Alice Coltrane Exhibition Catalogue - Hammer Museum
A Sense of Place - Deem Journal (Issue 4)
Butoh: Cradling Empty Space - Vangeline
Perennial Resources
These seminal historic works, among others too extensive to list, were important guides for Melissa when she embarked on her journey many, many years ago. Great for anyone starting out on the path. Their wisdom is timeless.
The Red Book - Carl Jung
The Earth Has A Soul - Carl Jung
The Phenomenon of Man - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth - R Buckminster Fuller
The Long Loneliness - Dorothy Day
Monument Eternal - Alice Coltrane
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
Be Here Now - Ram Dass
The Invisible Landscape - Terrence & Dennis McKenna
The World I Live in - Helen Keller
Gift From The Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - James Agee, Walker Evans
Womenβs Empowerment
Once again, myriad influences, here are some resonant ones.
When God Was a Woman - Merlin Stone
Caliban and the Witch - Sylvia Federici
Red Bird, Red Power - Zitkala-Ε a
Balm in Gilead - Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot
Daughter of the Earth - Agnes Smedley
Pretty Shield - Medicine Woman of the Crows as told to ethnographer Frank B. Linderman
Enlightening places in NYC
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
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Special Mention
A particularly powerful, moving modern memoir
Darling Days - iO Tillett Wright