Books like A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume
12 books with a reading profile close to A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume by Helen Schucman. Deep, inward-looking and contemplative; a demanding read.
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Women Who Run With the Wolves
Also deep and inward-looking · personal growth, philosophy
Clarissa Pinkola Estés uses her background as a Jungian analyst and cantadora to examine the "Wild Woman" archetype, a personification of the instinctual female psyche.
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The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense
Albert Camus introduces the concept of the Absurd, defining it as the friction between the human hunger for objective meaning and the silent, chaotic indifference of the universe.
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense
Roland Barthes examines the nature of photography through a dual framework: the studium and the punctum.
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The Burnout Society
Also deep · philosophy, dense
Byung-Chul Han argues that Western society has shifted from a disciplinary model defined by prohibitions to an achievement-oriented model defined by positive pressure.
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Fear and Trembling
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense
Søren Kierkegaard, writing under the pseudonym Johannes de Silentio, examines the psychological state of Abraham during the biblical command to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
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Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Also deep and contemplative · philosophy, dense
The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price are three of the four scriptural works accepted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense
Wassily Kandinsky identifies painting as a psychological tool rather than a method for reproducing physical reality.
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Existentialism is a Humanism
Also deep · philosophy, dense
Modified from a transcript of his 1945 lecture, Sartre’s text defends existentialism against accusations of nihilism and quietism.
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The Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense
Aristotle argues that the ultimate human goal is eudaimonia, a state of flourishing achieved through living in accordance with reason.
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Confessions
Also deep and inward-looking · philosophy, dense
Augustine of Hippo details his transition from his youth in Roman North Africa to his appointment as a bishop.
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