Waking up: a guide to spirituality without religion

By Harris, Sam

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: 200

Call Number: 204 HAR

For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Throughout the book, Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplatives -- and, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow. Waking Up is part seeker's memoir and part exploration of the scientific underpinnings of spirituality.

Polishing the mirror: how to live from your spiritual heart

By Ram Dass

Publishing Date: [2013]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 204.4 RAM

Collects wisdom, humor, teaching stories, and instruction on the author's spiritual acts, including yoga, devotional chant, and mantra practices.

The crucifixion of Mary Magdalene: the historical tradition of the first apostle and the ancient church's campaign to suppress it

By Hooper, Richard J

Publishing Date: c2005

Classification: 200

Call Number: 226.092 HOO

In order to protect its patriarchal foundations, the early Church obscured the matriarchal tradition of Mary Magdalene--whom the canonical Gospels claim was the first apostle, the Gnostic Gospels insist was a holy woman, leader, teacher, and, because of her holiness, Jesus's most beloved disciple. To discredit Mary, and hide her essential role in the foundations of Christian faith, the Church mounted a centuries long campaign to reinvent her as a wanton woman. - (Baker & Taylor)

A Practical guide to Buddhist Meditation

By Parmanand

Publishing Date: [1996]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 294.344 PAR

"Just like watching the great ocean upon the shore, coming and going. feel the brath wash over you. And then withdraw. Feel the whole of the breth, each breath becoming the next. The grat tide of your breath inside you feel in the body. filing the body, bringing life and energy into the body".