I'm always casting about for inspiration and ways to see and connect to Pachamama, the Goddess or whatever you want to call the beauty of the world. I follow hints, recommendations, voices, friends and my own sense of wonder.

I haunt the halls of Amazon.com because I haven't had the chance to float on the amazon river. I trace the insights of others like the veins in a leaf and try to find the source of their inspiration, their world tree, their garden of eden.
So here's a list of the books on my desk. If you see anything of interest I''ll be happy to tell you what I get from it, and am looking for yours. Your current reading and your core group, or the ones you return to time and again that seem to hold up through the variety of experiences that come your way. Sorry if it's a bit long, but I'm a book worm, and always have been.

Vine of the Soul, and Plants of the Gods, by Richard Evans Schultes, Christian Ratsch, and Albert Hofman.
Maria Sabina, Her Life and Chants, by Alvaro Estrada
Forest of Visions, by Alex Polari De Alverga

Buddhist Goddesses of India, By Miranda Shaw
The Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein
Faces of the Enemy, by Sam Keen

Integral Spirituality, by Ken Wilbur
Music in the Sky, by Ogyen Trinley Dorje
A Course in Miracles, by the Foundation for Inner Peace

Protect or Plunder, and Water Wars, by Vandana Shiva
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security by V.Shiva and Gitanjali Bedi
The Creation, by E.O. Wilson

By Natures Design, Pat Murphy, William Niell, and Diane Ackerman
Traces of Time, The Beauty of Change in Nature by Paul Doherty and Pat Murphy

The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene
The Third Culture by John Brockman
From Science to God, by Peter Russell

Space and Place, by Yi-Fu Tuan
A Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe, by Michael Schneider
The Return of Sacred Architecture, by Herbert Bangs