The Peyote Dance

5 best books like The Peyote Dance (Antonin Artaud): To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche, The Dhammapada, Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living, In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed, The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life (Stoic Philosophy Book 1)

To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche

Author	Erich Fromm
ISBN	0826417388

To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric Fromm. His thesis is that two modes of existence struggle...

The Dhammapada

Author	Anonymous
ISBN	0938077872

The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: धम्मपद Dhammapada; Sanskrit: धर्मपद Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya,...

Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living

Author	Thich Nhat Hanh
ISBN	0938077570

Things find their way into my life at the most perfect times. This book made its way to me, traveling seven hundred and some odd miles from central CA to Northern Oregon, on the very day that I was ready for it. In the middle of a snow storm at that! The perfect time to stay in and reflect.

I didn't get...

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed

Author

Carl Honoré

We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of...

The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life (Stoic Philosophy Book 1)

Author

Epictetus

Life's Missing Instruction Manual

Epictetus (c. 50-135 CE) was brought as a slave to Rome, where he became a great teacher, deeply influencing the future emperor Marcus Aurelius among many others. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical--aimed at relieving human...