Praxis Peace Institute

PREPARATION FOR THE PRAXIS CONFERENCE III � June 13-18, 2004
"The Alchemy of Democracy, Restoring Soul to Culture"

Participants at our previous conferences asked for a list of books that would help them prepare for co-creating the conference and realizing our stated goals. Our first list was prepared for the 2002 conference held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. That list is available under Past Conferences on this site.

Although we will update the list between now and the conference, this list is not meant to be an extensive bibliography. These are a few recommendations that have been suggested by our program committee and speakers. Please send your recommendations too!

BOOKS:
At the top of the list are books by our speakers. The most relevant titles are listed below, but you may also wish to read other books by these authors. For your convenience, we have also listed their websites.

CAROLINE CASEY
- Making the Gods Work for You
www.visionaryactivism.com

PETER COYOTE
- Sleeping where I Fall
www.petercoyote.com

RIANE EISLER
- The Chalice and the Blade
- The Power of Partnership
- Tomorrow's Children
www.partnershipway.org

MATT GONZALEZ
- The Green Manifesto (at www.mygreenmanifesto.com)
- Until When (an article in 3rd issue of Mesh on www.meshsf.com)
www.mattgonzalez.com

DAVID KORTEN
- When Corporations Rule the World
- The Post Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
www.davidkorten.org

TOM HAYDEN
- The Lost Gospel for the Earth
- Rebel
www.tomhayden.com

BARBARA MARX HUBBARD
-�Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of our Social Potential
www.evolve.org

FRED LUSKIN
- Forgive for Good
www.learningtoforgive.com

CORINNE MCLAUGHLIN AND GORDON DAVIDSON
-�Spiritual Politics
www.visionarylead.org

OCEAN ROBBINS
- Choices for our Future
www.yesworld.org

SWAMI BEYONDANANDA (Steve Bhaerman)
- Swami for Precedent: A 7-Step Plan to Heal the Body Politic and Cure Electile Dysfunction
- Duck Soup for the Soul
www.wakeuplaughing.com

LYNNE TWIST
- The Soul of Money
www.soulofmoney.org

WORKSHOP FACILITATORS (a partial list)

NATALIE ROGERS
- The Creative Connection
- Emerging Woman
www.nrogers.com

CHARLIE & LINDA BLOOM
- 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married
www.bloomwork.com
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ANODEA JUDITH
- The Chakra System
- Wheels of Life: A Journey Through the Chakras
www.sacredcenters.com

LARRY BARNETT
- The Bushiad and The Idyossey by Victor Littlebear
(at www.thebushiad.com)

ALLEN ROLAND
- Radical Therapy

TAPES:
�Change, Conflict and Resolution from a Cross-Cultural Perspective by Angeles Arrien
(set of four cassettes, available through Angeles Arrien's office: 415-331-5050)

�Other Relevant Books:
�A must reread: 1984 by George Orwell
�A Must Read: Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
The Cultural Creatives by Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson�

Peace:
�- On Dialogue by David Bohm
�- Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
�- The Courage for Peace by Louise Diamond

Economics:
- The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken
- Natural Step Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory and Hunter Lovins
- The Crisis of Global Capitalism by George Soros
- Beyond Globalization: Sharing a Sustainable Global Economy by Hazel Henderson
- Take it Personally by Anita Rodick

Environmentalism:
�- Biopiracy, the Plunder of Nature and Knowledge by Vandana Shiva
�- Beyond the Limits by Donella Meadows

Politics:
�- The Tao of Politics, edited and translated by Thomas Cleary
�- Power Politics by Arundhati Roy
- Blowback by Chalmers Johnson
-� New World Disorder: Another World is Possible by various authors. Published by New Mouth from the Dirty South, P.O. Box 19742, New Orleans, LA 70179. - Website: www.newmouthfromthesouth.com

�- The Soul of Politics by Jim Wallis
�- The Healing of America by Marianne Williamson
�- Wealth and Democracy by Kevin Phillips
- American Dynasty by Kevin Phillips
�- Fixing Elections by Steven Hill
�- How to Overthrow the Government by Arianna Huffington
- Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
- Moral Politics by George Lakoff

Psychology:
�- Kinds of Power by James Hillman
�- The Guru Papers by Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer
�- Forgive for Good by Fred Luskin
�- Faces of the Enemy by Sam Keen

Gender:
�- The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner
�- Men and the Water of Life by Michael Meade
�- The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism (1989) by Robin Moore

Philosophy:
�- The Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas
�- A Critique of Pure Tolerance by Herbert Marcuse, Robert Wolff, and Barrington Moore, Jr.
�- Eros and Civilization by Herbert Marcuse
- The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen

Media:
�- Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky
-� Wizards of Media Oz by Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen
�- Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Elliul

�History:
�- The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn (and updated versions)

Spirituality:
�- Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
�- Seeds of Peace by Sulak Sivaraksa
�- The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace by Jack Kornfield

For more information, please visit other conference pages on this website, or contact

Praxis Peace Institute
Georgia Kelly, Executive Director
Carolyn Bloom, Administrative Assistant
P.O. Box 523, Sonoma, CA 95476
Tel: 707-939-2973 * Fax: 707-939-6720
E-mail: [email protected]