The Library
The reading behind The Foundation Pathway — the inputs, not only the outputs. Organised by genre, in APA 7. The Shelf is the working library: books owned and referenced, some read cover to cover, some consulted, all of them part of the inquiry. Curated means recommended but not yet vetted, and it says so. The distinction is never blurred.
481 titles, 10 genres.
★ Patrick’s Must-Reads
The few he returns to, and gives away.
- ★ Coelho, P. (1993). The alchemist (A. R. Clarke, Trans.). HarperOne. (Original work published 1988) Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
- ★ Frankl, V. E. (2006). Man's search for meaning. Beacon Press. (Original work published 1946) Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
- ★ Hart, W. (1987). The art of living: Vipassana meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka. HarperOne. Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
- ★ Lao Tzu. (1988). Tao te ching: A new English version (S. Mitchell, Trans.). Harper & Row. Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
- ★ Pollan, M. (2018). How to change your mind: What the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence. Penguin Press. Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
- ★ Singer, M. A. (2015). The surrender experiment: My journey into life's perfection. Harmony Books. Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
- ★ Tolle, E. (2008). A new earth: Awakening to your life's purpose (10th anniversary ed.). Penguin. Bookshop ↗ · Amazon ↗
Holistic Health & the Body
Somatics, fascia, sleep, light, the body as data; trauma & the nervous system.
Psychedelic & Transpersonal Studies
Microdosing, integration, set & setting, transpersonal psychology, consciousness research.
Herbal Medicine & Spagyrics
Plant medicine, materia medica, spagyric/operative tradition, the home apothecary.
Nutrition & Food Systems
Real food, soil & nutrient density, minerals, the meaning of nourishment.
Permaculture & Biodynamics
Growing one's own, Steiner, regenerative practice, relationship with land.
Contemplative Practice & Meditation
Vipassana, contemplative prayer, presence, the lineages of practice.
Consciousness & Philosophy
Mind, meaning, mysticism, participatory inquiry, the world-soul.
Systems, Money & Sovereignty
How systems restore or extract; money, autonomy, sovereignty, the larger structures.
Environmental Health & Detoxification
Water, air, EMF, plastics, toxic load, drainage & detox pathways.
Other / Personal Interests
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