What does Metaphysical mean?
Metaphysical is defined as a branch of philosophy exploring the fundamental nature of reality. Topics of metaphysical investigation include existence, objects and their properties, space and time, cause and effect, and possibility. These topics are coming under heavy fire by physicists and philosophers recently as we try to figure out where and who we truly are. Are we participants in a multi-dimensional reality, a virtual reality matrix or even just a dream?
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics
Recommended Metaphysical Books
The recommended list of metaphysical books shown below came primarily from a Seth study meetup in Austin, Texas. Members regularly share books they consider thought-provoking and in-line with the philosophy found in the Seth material. Additional books are added from INACS (Institute for Neuroscience and Conscious Studies) meetings and other metaphysical meetups in the Austin area.
| Author | Title | Synopsis ------ | Website | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson, Kate | Life After Life | Fiction – The book takes us through various lives of Ursula as she dies and is born again as other characters in other time periods. | http://www.kateatkinson.co.uk/book_detail.php?b=Life_After_Life | ||
| Atwater, P.M.H. | Future Memory | Theories of how we see the future. Is the future already recorded in our brain the same way as past memories? What does this mean for free will... | http://www.pmhatwater.com/ | ||
| Austin, M.D, James H | Zen and the Brain | A neurologist and zen practitioner. In this book, Zen Buddhism becomes the opening wedge for an extraordinarily wide-ranging exploration of consciousness. | http://zenandthebrain.weebly.com/ | ||
| Bruce, Robert | Mastering Astral Projection: 90-Day Guide to Out-Of-Body Experience , Astral Dynamics: A New Approach to Out-Of-Body Experiences | Workbook; a personal narrative, a "how-to," a troubleshooting guide, and a theoretical perspective | https://astraldynamics.com | ||
| Butterworth, Eric | Discover the Power Within You | Published 1968 Complements Conversations with God. The divine is inside, waiting to be recognized and used appropriately using prayer or meditation | http://www.ericbutterworth.com/ | ||
| Campbell, Thomas W | My Big Toe (trilogy) | Reality is virtual and subjective. Theories to unify general relativity, quantum mechanics, metaphysics and origins of consciousness. Did research with Robert Monroe. | http://www.my-big-toe.com/ | ||
| Cannon, Dolores (1931-2014) | Convoluted Universe Books 1-4 | Hypnotic regression transcripts of people remembering lives in places other than on Earth | http://www.dolorescannon.com | ||
| Carroll, Sean | The Big Picture, From Eternity to Here, Mysteries of Modern Physics, and others | Higgs bosons and extra dimensions and our deepest personal questions: Where are we? Who are we? How the world works at the quantum level, the cosmic level, and the human level—and then how each connects to the other | https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/self.html | ||
| Castaneda, Carlos (1925-1998) | Teachings of Don Juan, A Separate Reality, Journey to Ixtlan, Tales of power, Second Ring of Power, Eagle's Gift, Fire from Within, Power of Silence, Art of Dreaming, Magical Passes, Wheel of Time, Active Side of Infinity | Autobiographical memoir describing magic rituals and shamanism in alternate realities often accessed by psychoactive drugs. Practices learned from a Yaqui indian in northern Mexico. | http://www.prismagems.com/castaneda/“ | ||
| Cayce, Edgar (1877-1945) | Soul and Spirit, The Psychic Sense | answered questions on subjects as varied as healing, reincarnation, wars, Atlantis, and future events while in a trance. Called the Sleeping Prophet | http://www.edgarcayce.org/ | ||
| Dahl, Lynda Madden | Living a Safe Universe. Volumes 1-4 | Expands on Seth's message that the universe is basically safe because your beliefs can make it safe. | http://www.sethnet.org/lynda-s-blog.html | ||
| Dannison, Nanci | Backwards: Returning to Our Source for Answers | Memories from near-death experience taught her the meaning of life, how to manifest physical reality, to hold multiple simultaneous levels of self-awareness, to access Universal Knowledge at will, to experience unconditional love & self-healing | http://backwardsbooks.com/ | ||
| Dispenza, Dr, Joe | You are The Placebo, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Evolve Your Brain, Becoming Supernatural, the Reinvention of Self, God on Your Own | Each one of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abilities. the science behind spontaneous remissions and how people heal themselves of chronic conditions and even terminal diseases | http://www.drjoedispenza.com/ | ||
| Dooley, Michael | Life on Earth | Asked his higher self questions and journaled the answers such as thoughts become things, don't wait for perfect, enjoy what is partially what you want, visualize yourself happy. | http://www.tut.com/ | ||
| Dyer, Wayne (1940-2015) | Power of Intention | Intention as a field of energy. “I choose” | http://www.drwaynedyer.com/ | ||
| Flanagan, G. Patrick | Pyramid Power | The energy fields created by Sacred Geometry written in 1975. Flanagan invented the neurophone that trans- mits sound through the skin directly to the brain | http://phisciences.com/home | ||
| Fomenko, Anatoly | History: Fiction or Science? | Recorded History is full of lies without validity because early "historians" were really working for the pope. Evidence shows Christ was born in 1053 AD not 6 BC | https://www.scribd.com/doc/233911714/ | ||
| Grace, Raymon | The Future is yours, Do something about it | Use intent for dowsing, healing, purifying water, manifesting, brain frequencies. Every emotion has a spirit you can invite in. | http://www.raymongrace.us/ | ||
| Green, Glenda | Love without End, Jesus Speaks | answers are given to questions such as Does Love have an Opposite, Answer is No. | http://www.lovewithoutend.com | ||
| Grimes, Roberta | The Fun of Dying | reviews after-life communications over a period of 200 years | http://robertagrimes.com/ | ||
| Hay, Louise | You can Heal Your Life | The Importance of Loving yourself. What we think becomes the truth. | http://www.louisehay.com/ | ||
| Helfrich, Paul M. PhD | Seth The Ultimate Guide | An overview of the central concepts, stories, and exercises in the Seth Material in a question and answer format designed to reveal the secrets of how you create your own reality. | http://www.paulhelfrich.com/ | ||
| Hill, Napoleon (1883-1970) and Sharon Lechter | Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success | A previously hidden manuscript from Napoleon Hill. Edited by Sharon Lechter. Your brain can receive information from Infinite Intelligence and then manifest into reality. Master life or it will master you. | http://www.naphill.org/ | ||
| Howe, Dr., Linda | How to Read the Akashic Records, Discover Your Souls path through the Akashic Records, Healing Through the Akashic Records | Developed a prayer to open and close the records | http://akashicstudies.com/ | ||
| Ingerman, Sandra | Walking in Light, Awakening to the Spirit World, How to Heal Toxic Thoughts, A Fall to Grace | practical techniques and guidance for the shamanic practitioner | http://www.sandraingerman.com/ | ||
| Johnson, Raynor C. 1901–1987 | The Imprisoned Splendor, A Pool of Reflection | a world of "spiritual" potentiality interpenetrates the world of matter supporting telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, telekinesis, poltergeist phenomena, phantoms of the living and the dead, trance phenomena, automatic writing, and evidence of an etheric body | https://scskillman.com/tag/dr-raynor-johnson/ | ||
| Kagan, Annie | Afterlife of Billy Fingers | Tells her story about after death communications (ADC) with her brother Billy, who began speaking to her just weeks after his unexpected death | http://www.afterlifeofbillyfingers.com/blog/ | ||
| Krishna, Gopi (1903-1984) | Living with Kundalini and other books | kundalini awakening which first occurred in 1937 and stabilized roughly 12 years later into a full state of perennial enlightenment in around 1949 | |||
| LaBerge Stephen | Induce Lucid Dreaming, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Dreaming A Concise Guide | researched lucid dreaming for his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology at Stanford University,1980. Developed techniques to enter a lucid dream state at will, most notably the MILD technique (mnemonic induction of lucid dreams) | https://www.facebook.com/lucidityinstitute/ | ||
| Leland, Kurt | Multidimensional Human: Practices for Psychic Development and Astral Projection, Rainbow Body: history of chakra system, Menus for Impulsive Living, Otherwhere: Field Guide to Nonphysical Reality for the Out of Body Traveler, Music and the Soul | 32 practices for psychic and spiritual development, with supporting insights from Theosophy, the Seth Material, Robert Monroe and other astral explorers, and the author's personal experiences. | http://www.kurtleland.com/ | ||
| Lipton, PhD, Bruce H | Biology of Belief, Spontaneous Evolution, Wisdom of your Cells, Honeymoon Effect | principles of quantum physics integrated into understanding the cell’s information processing systems. this outer layer of the cell was an organic homologue of a computer chip, the cell’s equivalent of a brain | https://www.brucelipton.com/ | ||
| Margenau, Henry (1901-1997) | Miracle of Existence, Nature of Physical Reality | There are numerous possible futures. The mind and physical reality are connected. In super consciousness, all times are linked but humans are isolated by only having a small personal time slit through which they view. This leads us to reaction rather than ability to create. An entity not limited by time would not recognize evil. | |||
| McKnight, Rosalyn (1934 -2010) | Cosmic Journeys, Soul Journeys | Shares experiences of OBEs while associated with Robert Monroe. | |||
| McTaggart, Lynne | The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World | the human mind and body are not separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting with the vast energy sea. Shared dreams, Time as an artificial construct. Astronaut Ed Mitchell's experience. Zero Point Field. Humans emit photons | http://lynnemctaggart.com/ | ||
| Mitchell, Davis | Cloud Atlas | Six nested stories from the nineteenth century to a post-apocalyptic future. Each story references a document, movie, or tradition from a previous story to imply how we are all connected. | |||
| Monroe, Robert | Journeys Out of Body, Far Journeys, Ultimate Journey | Out of Body experiences. | https://www.monroeinstitute.org | ||
| Mulford, Prentice (1834-1891) | Your Forces and How to Use Them, Thoughts are Things | Written in 1888. Law of Attraction. Don't scatter thoughts around carelessly or it leads to loss of power and insomnia. Your spirit travels at night. Dreams are reality. Everyone can be psychic with exercise. You may be kept from success by low thoughts of those around you. | https://librivox.org/author/5660 | ||
| Pearl, Dr Eric | The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself, Solomon Speaks | Walked away from chiropractic after seeing miraculous healings | http://www.thereconnection.com/ | ||
| Pinborough, Sarah | Behind her Eyes | A suspenseful psychological thriller based on lucid dreaming and body switching | http://www.sarahpinborough.com | ||
| Radin, Dean | Entangled Minds, Supernormal, Conscious Universe | Chief Scientist at IONS. Experimental evidence for the existence of psi. Can yoga and meditation unleash our inherent supernormal mental powers | http://www.deanradin.com/ | ||
| Randles, Jenny | Time Storms: The Amazing Evidence of Time Warps, Space Rifts & Time Travel, Science and UFOs, Alien Contact, Psychic Detectives, Breaking the Time Barrier, Truth Behind Men in Black, Truly Weird, UFO Retrievals, The Afterlife, Star Children, Paranormal Source Book Supernatural Pennines | former director of investigations with the British UFO Research Association | |||
| Redfield, James | Celestine Prophecy, Tenth Insight, Twelfth Insight | Written in 1993. Sold over 23 million copies. Fiction of a history teacher who travels to Peru to interpret ancient scrolls about a prophecy of enlightenment. | http://www.celestinevision.com/ | ||
| Roberts, Jane | Seth Speaks, Nature of Personal Reality, Unknown Reality, Nature of Mass Events, Adventures in Consciousness, Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment, Dreams and Projections of Consciousness, Eternal Validity of the Soul, Nature of the Psyche, Conversations with Seth, Personal Sessions, Seth Material, The Way Toward Health, Early Sessions 1-9, Magical Approach | Channeling of Seth who speaks of our multidimensional reality and that we create our own reality | http://sethinstitute.org | ||
| Sahtouris, Elisabet | Earth Dance: Living Systems in Evolution | restructuring the economic and political forces of our human world from the ground up. the new biology now recognizes life has evolved, cooperatively and symbiotically rather than "red in tooth and claw." | http://www.sahtouris.com/INFO/ | ||
| Schucman, Helen and William Thetford | Course in Miracles | Channeling Schucman received from Jesus between 1965 and 1973. Three main volumes="Text", "Workbook" and "Manual for Teachers. everything involving time, space, and perception is illusory. that God is the only reality and all life we see it is actually one life | https://www.acim.org/ | ||
| Schwartz, Gary E, PhD | Super Synchronicity, Afterlife Experiments, the G.O.D. Experiments, Sacred Promise, Energy Healing Experiments | Soulphone plan for talking to diseased. | http://www.drgaryschwartz.com/ | ||
| Schwartz, Gary E and Linda G.S. Russek and Paul Pearsall (1942-2007) | Living Energy Universe, | All ideas are in the memory of the universe, everything and everyone is eternal and evolving, reincarnation | http://www.innerknowing.net/research.html | ||
| Sheldrake, PHD, Rupert | Presence of the Past, Morphic Resonance, Science Set Free, 7 Experiments that Could Change the World, The Sense of being Stared At, Dogs that Know when Their Owners are coming home. | Studied Biochemistry, Philosophy, History of Science. Studies parapsychology from the position of a biologist. | http://www.sheldrake.org/ | ||
| Stack, Rick | Out of Body Adventures; Seth Companion Book | Techniques for OBE, time travel and dreamwork | http://sethnet.org | ||
| Steiner, Rudolf (1861-1925) | How to Know Higher Worlds, Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path, The Work of the Angel in Our Astral Body, Cosmic Memory, Staying Connected (to diseased), Atlantis and Lemuria, The Inner Nature of Music and the Experience of Tone, A Way of Self Knowledge, The Four Temperaments and others | Had a natural spiritual ability as a child. Wrote approx 350 volumes in German (now translated) Founded Anthroposophical Society Doctor of Philosophy was awarded for a dissertation published later as Truth and Science | http://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/ | ||
| Sudman, Natalie | Application of Impossible Things | Memoir from near death experience | http://www.nataliesudman.com/ | ||
| Swanson PHD, Claude | Synchronized Universe, Life Force: The Scientific Basis | The life force is the torsion field | http://synchronizeduniverse.com/ | ||
| Tolle, Echart | Power of Now, Stillness Speaks, Realization of Being, Flowering of Human Consciousness, New Earth, The Art of Presence | Need to Separate Thinking from Awareness. "the primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it". | https://www.eckharttolle.com/ | ||
| Vitale, Joe | Zero Limits (Hawaiian System), Six Steps to Enlightment, At Zero, Hypnotic Writing, Attact Money Now, Secret Prayer, Attractor Factor, Prosperity Factor, Awakened Millionaire, The Key, Awakening Course | About using the Law of Attraction. Vitale had a role in the Secret movie. | http://www.drjoevitale.us/ | ||
| Walsh, Neale Donald | Conversations With God | A man who reached bottom, asked a question, and got an answer | http://www.cwg.org/ | ||
| Watson, Susan M | Conversations with Seth, Speaking of Jane Roberts, Remembering the Author of the Seth Material, Books 1 and 2. | In Conversations with Seth, Sue writes about the ESP classes she attended in which Jane Roberts channeled Seth. In Speaking of J Roberts, Sue writes her memoir of their friendship and work together in Elmira. | https://www.facebook.com/Susan-M-Watkins-104078291194/ | ||
| Wilbur, Ken | Integral Spirituality A Startling New Role for Religions, The Marriage of Sense and Soul, The Eye of Spirit, A History of Everything, A brief History of Everything. | Spiral Dynamics, looking at I and we from both the inside and outside. Challenges of humankind being at different stages of social and psychological development. | http://www.kenwilber.com/home/landing/index.html | ||
| Wilde, Sherry | Forgotten Promise | the story of her lifelong interaction with beings of another dimension….or world. | http://www.theforgottenpromise.net/ | ||
| Wimmer, Gary L | A second in Eternity, Lithomancy: The Art of Reading Stones | near death OBE in 1977 led to increased psychic ability | http://garywimmer.com/ | ||
| Ziewe, Jurgen | Multidimensional Man, Vistas of Infinity | About Out of Body experiences | http://www.vistasofinfinity.com/vistasofinfinity/Vistas_of_Infinity.html |