Melissa’s Book List—
Care and feeding for the soul, spirit, heart and mind.
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Melissa Furuseth, M.A.
Psychotherapist
720.253.5138
melissa@JungianSoulwork.com
Updated February 2008
PSYCHOLOGICAL-SPIRITUAL REFLECTION/MEMOIR THAT MIGHT JUST JUMP RIGHT UP AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
Gilbert, Elizabeth, Eat, pray, love.
Bolen, Jean, Shinoda, Crossing to avalon: A woman’s midlife pilgrimage.
Chidvilasananda, Gurumayi, Courage and contentment: A collection of talks on spiritual life.
Coelho, Paolo, The alchemist.
Castaneda, Carlos, The teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui way of knowledge.
Millman, Dan, Way of the peaceful warrior.
Goldberg, Natalie, Long Quiet Highway.
Hall, Donald, Without.
Houston, Jean, A mythic life: Learning to live our greater story.
Jung, Carl, G., Memories, dreams, reflections.
Lewis, C. S., A grief observed.
Matthiessen, Peter, The snow leopard.
Paris, Ginette, Wisdom of the psyche.
Prechtel, Martin, Secrets of the talking jaguar.
Shulman, Alix Kates, Drinking the Rain.
Swami Muktahnanda, Play of Consciousness.
Whyte, David, The heart aroused: Poetry and the preservation of the soul in corporate America.
Yogananda, Paramahansa, Autobiography of a yogi.
YUMMY FICTION: INSPIRING, JUICY:
Burns, Olive Ann, Cold sassy tree.
Goldberg, Natalie, Banana rose.
Cisnero, Sandra, The house on mango street.
Houston, Pam, Cowboys are my weakness.
Houston, Pam, Waltzing the cat.
Kidd, Sue Monk, The secret life of bees.
Hendriks, Judith Ryan, Isabel’s daughter.
Hendriks, Judith Ryan, Bread alone.
James, P.D., The murder room.
King, Laurie, R., Folly.
King, Laurie, R., Night work.
Kingsolver, Barbara, Animal dreams.
Mapson, J., Hank and Chloe.
Richmond, Michelle, The year of fog.
Rowling, J.K., Harry Potter and the deathly hallows.
Shakespeare, William, Hamlet.
Roth, Phillip, Exit ghost.
Tan, Amy, The bonesetter’s daughter.
Unger, Lisa, Beautiful lies.
POETRY & RADICAL POETICAL WRITING THAT'LL MOVE YOU:
Brandenburg, J., Brother wolf: A forgotten promise.
di Prima, Diane, Loba.
Griffin, Susan, Woman and nature: The roaring inside her.
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Peace is every step.
Kenyon, Jane, A hundred white daffodils.
Mountain Dreamer, Oriah, The invitation.
O’Donohue, John, Anam cara.
Rilke, Rainer, Maria, The best of Rilke.
Rumi, Jalaladin, translated by Coleman Barks, The essential Rumi.
JUNGIAN & ARCHETYPAL PSYCHOLOGY: FOR A TRIP TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL & BACK:
Abrams, J and Zweig, C., Meeting the Shadow: The hidden power of the dark side of human nature.
Bly, Robert, Iron John.
Bond, D. S., Living myth: Personal meaning as a way of life.
Campbell, Joseph, The power of myth.
Estes, Clarissa, P., Women who run with the wolves: Myths and stories of the wild woman archetype.
Guggenbuhl-Craig, A., Marriage: Dead or alive?
Hillman, James, Re-visioning psychology.
Hillman, J., Dream animals.
Hillman, J. & Ventura, M., We’ve had a hundred years of psychotherapy and the
world is getting worse.
Johnson, Robert, She.
Johnson, Robert, He.
Johnson, Robert, We.
Johnson, Robert, Owning your own shadow.
Moore, Thomas, Care of the soul: A guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in
everyday life.
Murdock, Maureen, The heroine’s journey: Women’s quest for wholeness.
Needleman, Jacob, Money and the meaning of life.
FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY: AUTHENTIC, SUBVERSIVE, POWERFUL VOICES:
Starhawk, The spiral dance: A rebirth of the ancient religion of the great goddess.
Starhawk, The Earth path: Grounding your spirit in the rhythms of nature.
Walker, Barbara, The woman’s encyclopedia of myths and secrets.
Melissa Furuseth, M.A., Psychotherapist ::: 720.253.5138 ::: melissa@JungianSoulwork.com