Books and Literature

We have several core texts that we consistently work with in Tamera. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with at least some of our essential reading before you come on a course here.

Essential Reading

Literature We Work With

  • Alexandersson, Olof. “Living Water: Viktor Schauberger and the Secrets of Natural Energy.” Gateway, 1990.
  • Bach, Richard. “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah.” Bantam, 1989.
  • Barlow, Maude, and Tony Clarke. “Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water.” The New Press, 2002.
  • Bloch, Ernst. “The Principle of Hope.” MIT, 1986.
  • Bohm, David. “Wholeness and the Implicate Order.” Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981.
  • Boone, J. Allen. “Kinship with All Life.” HarperOne, 1976.
  • Briggs, John, and F. David Peat. “Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness.” Harper & Row, 1989.
  • Caddy, Peter. “In Perfect Timing: The Autobiography of Findhorn Co-Founder Peter Caddy.” Findhorn, 1997.
  • Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De, Julian Huxley, and Bernard Wall. “The Phenomenon of Man.” Harper, 1959.
  • Coats, Callum. “Living Energies: Viktor Schauberger’s Brilliant Insight into the Workings of Natural Energy.” Gateway, 1995.
  • Duhm, Dieter. “Towards a New Culture: from Refusal to Re-Creation.” Verlag Meiga, 2011.
  • Duhm, Dieter. “Future Without War: Theory of Global Healing.” Verlag Meiga, 2007.
  • Dregger, Leila. “Tamera: A Model for the Future.” Verlag Meiga, 2010.
  • Eisenstein, Charles. “Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, & Society in the Age of Transition.” Evolver Editions, 2011.
  • Eisler, Riane. “The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future.” HarperOne, 2008.
  • Estés, Clarissa Pinkola. “Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.” Ballantine, 1992.
  • Fukuoka, Masanobu, and Larry Korn. “Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security.” Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012.
  • Geusen, Madjana (ed.) and Duhm, Dieter. “Man’s Holy Grail is Woman: Paintings, Drawings and Texts.” Verlag Meiga, 2006.
  • Herrigel, Eugen. “Zen in the Art of Archery.” Vintage, 1999.
  • Hill, Julia Butterfly. “The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods.” HarperOne, 2001.
  • Hillesum, Etty, and Martin Steingesser. “The Thinking Heart: The Life & Loves of Etty Hillesum.” Deerbrook Editions, 2012.
  • Holzer, Sepp, and Leila Dregger. “Desert or Paradise: Restoring Endangered Landscapes Using Water Management, including Lake and Pond Construction.” Chelsea Green, 2012.
  • Ryan, Christopher, and Cacilda Jethá. “Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality.” Harper, 2010.
  • Kravčík, Michal. “Water for the Recovery of the Climate: A New Water Paradigm.” TypoPress, 2008. (free download)
  • Lancaster, Brad, and Joe Marshall. “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond.” Rainsource, 2008.
  • Lash, John Lamb. “Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief.” Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006.
  • Lauterwasser, Alexander. “Water Sound Images: The Creative Music of the Universe.” MACROmedia Publishing, 2007.
  • Leonard, George. “The Silent Pulse: A Search for the Perfect Rhythm that Exists in Each of Us”. Gibbs Smith, 2006.
  • Levy, Paul. “Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil.” North Atlantic Books , 2013.
  • Lichtenfels, Sabine. “Sources of Love and Peace.” Verlag Meiga, 2004.
  • Lichtenfels, Sabine. “Temple of Love: A Journey into the Age of Sensual Fulfilment.” Meiga, 2011.
  • Liedloff, Jean. “The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost.” Da Capo Press, 1986.
  • Lovelock, James. “Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth.” Oxford UP, 1979.
  • Lushwala, Arkan. “The Time of the Black Jaguar: An Offering of Indigenous Wisdom for the Continuity of Life on Earth.” Arkan Lushwala, 2012.
  • Lusseyran, Jacques. “And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II.” New World Library, 2014.
  • Lusseyran, Jacques. “Against the Pollution of the I: On the Gifts of Blindness, the Power of Poetry, and the Urgency of Awareness.” New World Library, 2016.
  • Mander, Jerry, and Edward Goldsmith. “The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn Toward the Local.” Sierra Club Books, 1996.
  • Margulis, Lynn. “Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution.” Basic Books, 1998.
  • Miller, Alice. “Breaking down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth.” Dutton, 1991.
  • Miller, Alice. “For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-rearing and the Roots of Violence.” Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983.
  • Moorjani, Anita. “Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing.” Hay House, 2012.
  • Mulford, Prentice. “Thoughts Are Things.” Wilder Publications, 2007.
  • Pilgrim, Peace. “Steps Toward Inner Peace: Harmonious Principles for Human Living.” Ocean Tree, 1993. (free download: www.peacepilgrim.org)
  • Reich, Wilhelm. “The Mass Psychology of Fascism.” Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970.
  • Reich, Wilhelm. “The Murder of Christ: The Emotional Plague of Mankind.” Noonday, 1966.
  • Satprem. “On the Way to Supermanhood: Essay of Experimental Evolution.” Mira Aditi, 2002.
  • Satprem, and Frédéric De. Towarnicki. “My Burning Heart.” Institute for Evolutionary Research, 1989.
  • Savory, Allan, Jody Butterfield, and Sam Bingham. “Holistic Management Handbook: Healthy Land, Healthy Profits.” Island, 2006.
  • Schauberger, Viktor, and Callum Coats. “Nature as Teacher: New Principles in the Working of Nature.” Gateway, 1998.
  • Schwenk, Theodor. “Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air.” Schocken, 1976.
  • Sheldrake, Rupert. “A New Science of Life.” Park Street Press, 1995.
  • Talbot, Michael. “The Holographic Universe.” HarperCollins, 1991. Print.
  • Tarnas, Richard. “The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View.” Ballantine Books, 2011.
  • Thomas, Claude A. “At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace.” Shambhala, 2004.
  • Yeomans, Ken B., and P. A. Yeomans. “Water for Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan.” Keyline Designs, 1993.
  • Ywahoo, Dhyani, and Barbara Du Bois. “Voices of Our Ancestors: Cherokee Teachings from the Wisdom Fire.” Shambhala, 1987.

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