Books

Chinese Medicine Foundations and Theory

• Between Heaven and Earth — An excellent introduction to Chinese medicine, no previous knowledge required.

• Tao Te Ching: The Way — A series of meditations on the mysterious nature of the Tao — the Way, the light, the very source of all existence. Compiled in China around 2,500 years ago, the Tao Te Ching is a core text in the daoist view of life.

• The I Ching — Book of Changes — The I Ching has served for thousands of years as a divination guide to consult the universe, a guide to an ethical life, a manual for rulers, and an oracle of one's personal future and the future of the state, and is at the very foundations of Chinese medicine daoist theory.

• The Tao of Pooh — An exploration of daoism (the roots of Chinese medicine) through a beautiful story.

• A Tooth From the Tiger’s Mouth — A renowned expert in Chinese sports medicine and martial arts reveals ancient Eastern secrets for healing common injuries, including sprains, bruises, deep cuts, and much more.

Herbalism

• Evolutionary Herbalism — A book for the novice, an approach to herbalism that considers the holistic relationship among plants, humans, and the underlying archetypal patterns in Nature. Viewing Western herbal medicine from the same beautiful framework that Chinese medicine uses.

• The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism — Another great introduction to truly holistic herbalism rooted in understanding the pattern language of nature.

• The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide — An awesome basic but comprehensive guide to making and using approximately 250 herbal medicines at home, with instructions for everything from harvesting to administering low-cost, DIY remedies.

• Healing Herbal Infusions — Herbal medicine really comes to life through the complex art of formulation. I like this book as it is filled with formulation recipes for so many conditions, a great reference when you are starting to create your own formulas and want some foundational guidelines.

• Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary — Very similar to the previous book, but has a bit more in depth basic exploration of herbal medicine making.
  

Plant Medicine and Spirituality

• The Secret Teachings of Plants — All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart’s ability as an organ of perception is developed.

• Sacred Plant Medicine — In Sacred Plant Medicine Stephen Harrod Buhner looks at the long-standing relationship between indigenous peoples and plants and examines the techniques and states of mind these cultures use to communicate with the plant world.

• Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm — All life forms on Earth possess intelligence, language, a sense of I and not I, and the capacity to dream. By consciously opening the doors of perception, we can reconnect with the living intelligences in Nature as kindred beings, become again non-domesticated explorers of life.

• Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft — This trilogy is an encyclopedic study of the history and uses of psychoactive plants and related synthetics. A unique, reliable, and often personal immersion in this medically, culturally, and spiritually fascinating subject.

• The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge — A curious exploration into the possible origins of life on this planet, and explores the deeper mystery of DNA.

Life Reflections and Explorations

• The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise — A beautiful poetic creation of how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living.

• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants — The awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — A journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons through a beautiful story.

• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying — By deeply delving into the art of living helps prepare us for the greatest mystery. Death is an uncomfortable and avoided topic in the west, but we must make friends with the great cycle of life.

• Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology — Studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Checkout all the other amazing books by Wooden Books.

Connected Living

• Think Like An Ecosystem — permaculture is all about conscious planning that caters to the human needs while also respecting and healing the natural environment. A basic primer for reconnecting with the earth as an integrated and interconnected web of life.

• The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible — An empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling, replacing it with a grounding reminder of what's true: we are all connected, and our small, personal choices bear unsuspected transformational power.

• Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition — Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity; destroyed community; and necessitated endless growth.

• Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World — A manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. Growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment.

• Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking — An awesome basic intuitive understanding of cooking. The hows and whys of good cooking, teaches and inspires a new generation of cooks how to confidently make better decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients, anywhere, at any time.

• The Art of Fermentation — The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation.