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  • Hart, Mickey, DRUMMING AT THE EDGE OF MAGIC; A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion. Harper/Collins, 1990.
  • Hart, Mickey, PLANET DRUM: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm. Harper/Collins, 1991.
  • Campbell, Don, MUSIC PHYSICIAN FOR TIMES TO COME. Quest Books, 1991.
  • Campbell, Don, MUSIC AND MIRACLES. Quest Books, 1992.
  • Campbell, Don, INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSICAL BRAIN. MMB Music, Inc., 1992.
  • Campbell, Don, THE MOZART EFFECT. Avon Books, 1997.
  • Khan, Hazrat Inyat. THE MYSTICISM OF SOUND AND MUSIC. Shambala Press, 1996.
  • Khan, Hazrat Inyat. THE MUSIC OF LIFE. Omega Press, 1988.
  • Berendt, Joachim-Ernst. THE WORLD IS SOUND: NADA BRAHMA: Music and the Landscape of Consciousness. Destiny Books, 1992.
  • Gleick, James. CHAOS: Making a New Science. Penguin Books, 1987.
  • Wilson, Sule Greg. THE DRUMMER'S PATH: Moving the Spirit with Ritual andTraditional Drumming. Destiny Books, 1992.
  • Diallo, Yaya and Hall, Mitchell. THE HEALING DRUM: African Wisdom Teachings. Destiny Books, 1989.
  • Murphy, Joseph M. SANTERIA: African Spirits in America. Beacon Press, 1993.
  • Mason, Bernard S. HOW TO MAKE DRUMS, TOMTOMS AND RATTLES: Primitive Percussion Instruments for Modern Use. Dover Publications, Inc., 1974.
  • Eliade, Mircea. SHAMANISM: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Princeton University Press, 1974.
  • King, Serge K. URBAN SHAMANISM: A Handbook for Personal and Planetary Transformation based on the Hawaiian Way of the Adventurer. Simon and Schuster, 1990.
  • Harner, Michael. THE WAY OF THE SHAMAN. Harper/Collins, 1990.
  • Roth, Gabrielle. MAPS TO ECSTASY: Teachings of an Urban Shaman. Nataraj Publishing, 1989.
  • Cousto, Hans. THE COSMIC OCTAVE: Origin of Harmony. Life Rhythm, 1987.
  • Nelson, John. HEALING THE SPLIT. Integrating Spirit into Our Understanding of the Mentally Ill. State University of New York Press, 1994.
  • Wolf, Fred, Alan. STAR WAVE: Mind, Consciousness and Quantum Physics. Collier Books, 1986.
  • Scartelli, Joseph. A RATIONALE FOR SUBCORTICAL INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN RESPONSE TO MUSIC. Radford University, 1993.
  • Mader, Sylvia S. HUMAN BIOLOGY: Third Edition. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1992.
  • Davis, William B., Gfeller, Kate E., Thaut, Michael H. AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THERAPY: Theory and Practice. W. C. Brown Publishers, 1992.
  • McClellan, Randall. THE HEALING FORCES OF MUSIC: History, Theory and Practice. Amity House, Inc., 1988.
  • Goleman, Daniel. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Bantam Books, 1995.
  • Rothstein, Edward. EMBLEMS OF MIND: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics. Times Books/Random House, Inc., 1995.
  • Beck, Guy L. SONIC THEOLOGY: Hinduism and Sacred Sound. University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
  • Blades, James. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR HISTORY. The Bold Strummer, Ltd., 1992.
  • Sarason, Seymore B. THE CHALLENGE OF ART TO PSYCHOLOGY. Yale University Press, 1988.
  • Goleman, Daniel. Kaufman, Paul. Ray, Michael. THE CREATIVE SPIRIT. Penguin Books, 1992,
  • Nachmanovitch, Stephen. FREE PLAY: The Power of Improvisation in Life and the Arts. G. P. Putman's Son's,1990.
  • Singh, Jaideva. THE YOGA OF VIBRATION AND DIVINE PULSATION. State University of New York Press, 1992.
  • Ingerman, Sandra. SOUL RETRIEVAL: Mending the Fragmented Self. Harper San Francisco, 1991.
  • Gardner, Robert L. THE RAINBOW SERPENT: Bridge to Consciousness. Inner City Books, 1990.
  • Portrey, Max. PSYCHO-PHARMACOLOGY: Learn What Drugs Do To Your Brain and Body. Third Edition. Published Privately.
  • Tame, David. THE SECRET POWER OF MUSIC: The Transformation of Self and Society Through Musical Energy. Destiny Books, 1984.
  • Jansen, Eva Rudy. SINGING BOWLS: A Practical Handbook of Instruction and Use. Binkey Kok Publications, 1994.
  • Sunkett, Mark. MANDIANI DRUM AND DANCE: Djembe Performance and Black Aesthetics to the New World. White Cliffs Media, Inc., 1995.
  • Danielou, Alain. MUSIC AND THE POWER OF SOUND: The Influence of Tuning and Interval on Consciousness. Inner Traditions International, 1995.
  • Godwin, Jocelyn. HARMONY OF THE SPHERES: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music. Inner Traditions International, 1997.
  • Jones, Blackwolf and Gina. THE HEALING DRUM: Edited by Caryn L. Summers. Commune-A-Key Publishing, 1995.
  • Arrien, Angeles. THE FOUR-FOLD WAY: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer and Visionary. Harper SanFrancisco, 1993.
  • Wheatley, Margaret J. LEADERSHIP AND THE NEW ORGANIZATION: Learning About Organization from an Orderly Universe. Berrett-Koehler Pub. 1992.
  • Zohar, Danah. THE QUANTUM SELF: Human Nature and Consciousness Defined by the New Physics. Quill/William Morrow New York Pub. 1990.
  • Noakes, Tim, LORE OF RUNNING-3rd Edition. Leisure Press, Champaign, Ill. 1991
  • Eagle Jr., Charles T. and Latham, Wanda B., MUSIC THERAPY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, VOLUME II. MMB Music, Inc. 1984.
  • Storr, Anthony, MUSIC AND THE MIND. Ballantine Books, Inc., 1993.
  • Klower, Tom, THE JOY OF DRUMMING. Binkey Kok Publications, 1997.
  • Partch, Harry, GENESIS OF A MUSIC. Second Edition, Enlarged. Da Capo Press, Inc. 1974.
  • Hopkin, Bart, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DESIGN, Practical Information for Instrument Making. See Sharp Press, Tucson, Arizona. 1996.
  • Edwards, Sharry, SIGNATURE SOUND TECHNOLOGIES; Published Papers 1982-1993. Signature Sound Works. Athens, Ohio.
  • Baner, Reinhold and Scoville, Jon, SOUND DESIGNS: A Handbook of Musical Instrument Building. Ten Speed Press, 1995.
  • Hopkin, Bart, MAKING SIMPLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: A Melodious Collection of Strings, Winds, Drums, and More. Lark Books, Altamont Press, 1995.
  • Canizares, Raul, WALKING WITH THE NIGHT: The Afro-Cuban World of Santeria. Destiny Books, 1993.
  • Sheldrake, Rupert, SEVEN EXPERIMENTS THAT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD: A Do- It Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science. Riverhead Books, 1995.
  • Capra, Fritjof, THE WEB OF LIFE: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. Anchor/Doubleday Books, 1996.
  • Chernoff, John Miller, AFRICAN RHYTHM AND AFRICAN SENSIBILITY: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms. The University of Chicago Press, 1979.
  • Wolf, Fred Alan, THE SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE. Moment Point Press, 1999.
  • Wilcken, Lois, THE DRUMS OF VODOU. White Cliffs Media, 1992.
  • Goldman, Jonathan, HEALING SOUNDS: The Power of Harmonics. Element Books, 1992.
  • Beaulieu, John, MUSIC AND SOUND IN THE HEALING ARTS: An Energy Approach. Station Hill Press, 1987.
  • Almeida, Bira, CAPOEIRA: A Brazilian Art Form. North Atlantic Books, 1986.
  • McGowan, Chris and Pessanha, Ricardo, THE BRAZILIAN SOUND. Temple University Press, 1988.
  • Amira, John and Cornelius, Steven, THE MUSIC OF SANTERIA: Traditional Rhythms of the Bata Drums. White Cliffs Media, 1992.
  • Charry, Eric, MANDE MUSIC: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa. The University of Chicago Press, 2000.
  • Houk, James T., SPIRITS, BLOOD, AND DRUMS: The Orisha Religion in Trinidad. Temple University Press, 1995.
  • Velez, Maria Teresa, DRUMMING FOR THE GODS: The Life and Times of Felipe Garcia Villamil, Santero, Palero and Abakua. Temple University Press, 2000.
  • Rouget, Gilbert, MUSIC AND TRANCE: A Theory of the Relations between Music and Possession. The University of Chicago Press, 1985.
  • Manuel, Peter, CARIBBEAN CURRENTS: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Temple University Press, 1995.
  • Weikart, Phyllis, ROUND THE CIRCLE: Key Experiences in Movement for Children. High/Scope Press (A Division of High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 600. N River St. Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198), 1987.
  • Von Franz, Marie-Louise, ON DIVINATION AND SYNCHRONICITY: The Psychology of Meaningful Chance. Inner City Books, 1980.
  • Winkelman, Michael, SHAMANISM: The Natural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing. Bergin and Garvey, 2000.
  • Storr, Anthony, THE ESSENTIAL JUNG, Princeton University Press, 1983.
  • Drewal, Margaret Thompson, YORUBA RITUAL: Performers, Play, Agency. Indiana University Press, 1992.
  • Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo, AMAZONIAN COSMOS: The Sexual and Religious Symbolism of the Tukano Indians. The University of Chicago Press, 1971.
  • Clottes, Jean, and Lewis-Williams, David, THE SHAMANS OF PREHISTORY: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publisher, 1996.
  • Barnes, Sandra T., Editor, AFRICA'S OGUN: Old World and New. Indiana University Press, 1997.
  • Guenther, Mathias, TRICKSTERS AND TRANCERS: Bushman Religion and Society. Indiana University Press, 1999.
  • Young, Dudley, ORIGINS OF THE SACRED: The Ecstasies of Love and War. St. Martin's Press, 1991.
  • Kardec, Allan, THE SPIRITS' BOOK, Brotherhood of Life Publishing, 1989.
  • Narby, Jeremy, THE COSMIC SERPENT: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge,  Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Edition, 1998.
  • Some, Malidoma Patrice, RITUAL: Power, Healing, and Community, Penguin/Arkana, 1997.
  • Oyal'eti, Iyal'ocha Oloya, THE THREE DOORS OF OCHA. Bushwoman Press, 2000.
  • Hess, David J. SPIRITS AND SCIENTISTS: Ideology, Spiritism, and Brazilian Culture. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991.
  • Nascimento, Abdias Do, ORISHAS: The Living Gods of Africa in Brazil. Pancrom (Sao Paulo), 1995.
  • Barks, Coleman, with Moyne, John, THE ESSENTIAL RUMI, Castle Books, 1997.
  • McTaggart, Lynne, THE FIELD: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe. HarperCollins, 2002./
  • Aczel, Amir D., ENTANGLEMENT: The Greatest Mystery in Physics. Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002.
  • Eglash, Ron, AFRICAN FRACTALS: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design.  Rutgers University Press, 1999.
  • Brown, David H., SANTERIA ENTHRONED: Art, Ritual and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion.  University of Chicago Press, 2003.
  • Brandon, George, SANTERIA FROM AFRICA TO THE NEW WORLD: The Dead Sell Memories.  Indiana University Press, 1993.
  • Blier, Suzanne Preston, AFRICAN VODUN: Art, Psychology, and Power.  University of Chicago Press, 2004.
  • Kayser, Hans, AKROASIS: The Theory of World Harmonics, Plowshare Press, 1970.
  • Gonzalez-Wippler, Migene, KABBALAH FOR THE MODERN WORLD: How God Created the Universe.  New York: The Julian Press, Inc., 1974.
  • de Lubicz, Schwaller, R. A., A STUDY OF NUMBERS: A guide to the Constant Creation of the Universe.  Inner Traditions International, Ltd., 1986.
  • Trinkunas, Jonas (Editor), OF GODS AND HOLIDAYS: The Baltic Heritage.  Spaude A. Jasto spaustuve, 1999.
  • Prigogine, Ilya, and Stengers, Isabelle, ORDER OUT OF CHAOS: Man's New Dialogue with Nature.  Bantam Books, Toronto, 1984.
  • Gilman, Robert, MORPHOGENETIC FIELDS AND BEYOND, The New Story, Winter, 1985/86.
  • Godwin, Jocelyn, COSMIC MUSIC: Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality.  Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT. 1989.
  • West, John Anthony, SERPENT IN THE SKY: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt. Quest Books, 1993.
  • York, Michael, PAGAN THEOLOGY: Paganism as a World Religion.  New York University Press, 2003.
  • Sheldrake, Rupert; McKenna, Terence; Abraham, Ralph, CHAOS, CREATIVITY, AND COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS.  Park Street Press, 2001.
  • Barry, Kieren, THE GREEK QABALAH: Alphabetic Mysticism and Numerology in the Ancient World. Samuel Weiser, Inc. 1999.
  • Godwin, Joscelyn, MUSIC MYSTICISM, AND MAGIC: A Sourcebook.  Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986.
  • LaViolette, Paul A., GENESIS OF THE COSMOS:  The Ancient Science of Continuous Creation.     Bear and Company Publisher, 2004.
  • Vinci, Felice, THE BALTIC ORIGINS OF HOMER'S EPIC TALES: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and The Migration of Myth.  Inner Traditions, 2006.
  • Barnes, Linda L., and Sered, Susan S. (editors), RELIGION AND HEALING IN AMERICA.  Oxford University Press, 2005.


 

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