A long overdue episode! Maria takes everyone on a tour of books, lineages and wisdom bodies that are good foundational starting points for spiritual practice. We cover the major categories of: Personal Development, Psyche Adjacent, Spiritual, Podcasts and Special Mentions to present a wide base of development that is most appropriate and integrative for every person/soul. Maria basically does a really good synthesis of each lineage mentioned, and “contraindications” of why something may not “work” for a certain person in their specific path. Wisdom is something that is very difficult to steal from you and has a very prescient form in one’s energy, if you need something to gift to loved ones (including yourself) consider this a holiday list. 

(Note: A lot of these have free access versions online) 

PERSONAL

- Tony Robbins RPM, core beliefs and archetypes

- Peter Crone and working through major BS

- Esther Perel emotional paradox of security and intimacy > John Wineland and the polarity pole (consider Deida and masc practices, EMBODIED THO)

- use sa femme and women w wolves but I also want to recommend dark femme books, and pleasure politics to really untangle unconscious biases about listening to ur pleasure, chaos, menstruation etc

- Non violent communication (NVC, note: decolonial)

PSYCHE

- it didn't start with you, epigenetics

- Jung: man and his symbols

SPIRITUAL

- Mantak Chia and TCM

- Osho orange book

- Quantum Healing (basic BASIC energy healing)

- Babaylan sing back (local indigenous) 

- ARNOLD MINDELL and processwork: shaman’s body esp. on intuition + basic shamanism; really good at explaining listening to signs and holding process rin for class/cultural conflict + leadership 

- my grandmothers hands — decolonized body, racial work, REALLY good handbook, I’ve had friends have such a difficult time working thru this one but really body poetics and leverage, Resmaa Menakem

- Ken Wilber Integrative Model of Consciousness

- Paul Chek — esp if ur in PT, HTEMBH, a lot of free content, good at pattern weaving

- Visionary Iching — for folks with geomancy leanings

- Energetic herbalism — for kitchen witches 

• Steiner how to know higher worlds
• Stalking The Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov.

PODCASTS:

- aubrey marcus - strikes a balance of reltability, depth, good interviewing

- paul chek - strong arz

Bonus

- Alchemist ni Coelho

- Adiyogi Sadghuru

- Gabor Mate: myth of normal, when the body says no

- Caroline Myss sacred contracts

• Yes please go read fiction, learn from everything, be voracious and all encompassing, weave with whats your context and urgent for you: eg: chris do, steal like an artist
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