Reading Lists For Mid-Atlantic Students

LEVEL II READING LIST RECOMMENDATIONS

Healing Imagery and Music: Pathways to the Inner Self . Carol Bush, 1995, Rudra Press. (To order contact the author at carolbush3@cox.net )

Music Consciousness: The Evolution of Guided Imagery and Music . Helen Bonny, Ed. L. Summer, 2002, Gilsum , NH , Barcelona Publisher.

AMI Journal Vol. 1, 1992 - Includes articles by Mid-Atlantic Institute faculty: C.Bush, S.Stokes, and J. Borling. Also any other AMI Journal Vol. 1-9 (order from AMI at ami@nas.com

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Work. Robert Johnson, 1986, Harper and Row, NY .

How Can I Help? Stories and Reflections on Service . Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, 1985, Alfred Knopf, NY.

Communing with Music: Practicing the Art of Conscious Listening . Matthew Cantello, 2004, DeVorss and Co., CA.

The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness . Gary Zukov, 2001, Fireside Books, NY.

The Symbolic and the Real . Ira Progoff, 1963, McGraw Hill. (out of print but a real classic - find through www.amazon.com or used book stores )

 

LEVEL III REQUIRED READING LIST

Read at least four from each category, 15 books required. If you have books you would like to substitute, please clear with your advisor. 

*    Denotes required for the Module of that Topic 
* * Recommended for your reference library 

MUSIC 

Classical Music: 50 Greatest Composers and their 1,000 Greatest Works . Phil Goulding, Fawcett Columbine, 1992 

*    Communing with Music: Practicing the Art of Conscious Listening . Matthew Cantello, Devoss and Company, 2004 (Fundamentals of Music Module)

Emotion and Meaning in Music . Leonard Meyer, Univ of Chicago Press, 2002 

* * Guided Imagery and Music: The Bonny Method and Beyond . Ed. by Ken Bruscia, Barcelona Publishers, Gilsum, NH 2002 ( Compiled writings by GIM Fellows )  

* * Music and Consciousness: The Evolution of Guided Imagery and Music. Helen Bonny, Ed. Lisa Summer, Barcelona Publisher, Gilsum, NH, 2002 ( Compiled writings by GIM Fellows ) 

Music, the Brain and Ecstacy: How Music Captures our Imagination . Robert Jourdain,Perennial, 1998 

Music and Miracles . Ed. Don Campbell, Quest Books ( see Chapters on the Practice of GIM, written by GIM Fellows) 

* * Music and Your Mind, Listening with a New Consciousness . Bonny and Savery, 1990. (Helen Bonny's seminal book first written in 1973 - good for historical perspective and working with groups) 

Sounds of Healing . Mitchell Gaynor, Shambala, Boston, 1999  

The Nature of Music: Beauty, Sound and Healing . Maureen Draper, Riverhead Books, NY, 2001 

The Yoga of Sound: The Healing Power of Sound and Mantra . Russill Paul, New World Library, 2004 

Whose Afraid of Classical Music . Michael Walsh, Fireside Books, NY, 1989

The Tao of Music: Using Music to Change Your Life . John Ortiz

Music and the Soul: A Listeners Guide to Achieving Transcendent Musical Experiences. Kurt Leland 

IMAGERY 

Creative Visualization: Using Imagery and Imagination for Self-Transformation . Ronald Shone, Destiny Books, 1998 

* * Guided Affective Imagery: Mental Imagery in Short - Term Psychotherapy . Hanscarl Leuner, Thieme- Stratton, 1982 ( Excellent resource from person who influenced Helen Bonny as she evolved GIM) 

Imagery and Healing . Jeanne Acterberg, Shambala Press, 1985 

* Inner Work . Robert Johnson, Harper and Row, 1986 

Journeying: Where Shamanism and Psychology Meet . Jeannette M. Gagan, Ph.D., Rio Chama Publications, New Mexico, 1998 

Mind, Music and Imagery: Unlocking the Treasures of Your Mind . Stephanie Merritt, Aslan Publishing, 2nd edition, 1996 ( Helpful resource for creativity focus and GIM ) 

Psychotherapy through Imagery. Joseph E. Shorr

Anthology of Imagery Techniques. Anees A. Sheikh, editor  

MYTH 

A Primer of Jungian Psychology . Hall and Nordley, A Meridian Book 

* Awakening the Heroes Within: The Twelve Archetypes . Carol Pearson, Harper, San Francisco, 1991 ( Required reading prior to Myth and Archetype Module ) 

Ego and Archetype . Edward Edinger, Shambala,1992 (Jungian, easily readable) 

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine. Moore and Gilette, 1991 (Excellent for men ) 

Memories, Dreams, and Reflection . C.J. Jung, et.al ., Vintage Books Edition, 1984 ( A classic of Jung's memoirs ) 

The Hero and The Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands through the Power of Archetypes. Mark and Pearson, McGraw-Hill, 2001 

• The Power of Myth . Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers, Doubleday, 1988 ( Can use video/DVD presentation of the same material)
• The Mythic Imagination: The Quest for Meaning through Personal Mythology . Stephan Larson
• Women Who run with the Wolves: Myths and stories of the Wild Woman Archetype . Clarissa Pinkola Estes
• The Pregnant Virgin . Marion Woodman

TRANSPERSONAL 

* Adventure of Self Discovery . Grof, Suny Press, 1985 

Essential Spirituality . Roger Walsh, MD, Wiley Press, 2000 

* The Holotropic Mind. Stan Grof, Harper, 1993 

Integral Psychology; Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology and Therapy. Ken Wilber, Shambala, 2000. 

Meeting the Shadow . Ed. Zweig and Abrams, Tarcher, 1991 

* No Boundary . Ken Wilber, Shambala, Boston, 2001 


O ther Lives, Other Selves . Roger Woolger, Doubleday, 1987 (Past Lives) 

* Owning Your Own Shadow . Robert Johnson,Harper, San Francisco, 1991 (Required reading prior to the Transpersonal Module) 

* * Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision . Eds. Roger Walsh and Francis Vaughn, Tarcher/Putnam, 1993 (Many excellent contributers of the subject of the Transpersonal) 

Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality . Jorge N. Ferrer, Richard Tarnes, Suny Press, 2001 

* * Spiritual Emergency: When Spiritual Transformation Becomes a Crisis . Stan and Christina Grof, Tarcher, 1989 ( Excellent resource for handling unforseen spiritual related crisis ) 


GENERAL CATEGORY: BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND MEDIA 
Related to topics of Specific Client Issues, Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Dreams, Mind-Body Connection, Breathwork, Facilatators who work with NOS, etc 

* * AMI Journal, Vol I, 1991 - 2004 (Several articles by Mid-Atlantic Faculty) 
To order this and all AMI Journals, the professional publication of the Association for Music and Imagery, contact Jim Rankin at ami@nas.com

Co-Dependent No More : How to Stop Controlling Others and Start caring for Yourself. Melody Beatty, Hazelden Publications 

Dante's Path: A Practical Approach to Achieving Inner Wisdom . Schaub and Schaub, 2003

Dream Work: Techniques for Discovering Creative Power in Dreams. Jeremy Taylor, Paulist Press, 1983 (A classic) 

Finishing Strong . Ruth Scaggs, MMB Monograph with CD, 1997. 
(Good for GIM and addictions work, order from MMBMusic.com ) 

Healing the Child Within . Charles Whitfield, Health Communications 

Healing the Shame that Binds You . John Bradshaw, Health Communications 

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child. John Bradshaw, Bantam Books 

* How Can I Help? Ram Dass and Paul Gorman ( Excellent book on developing the quality of Presence) 

I Dreamed I was Normal: Realms of Autism (Using GIM  and MARI). 
Virginia Clarkson, MMB Music, St Louis, MO, 1998 

Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood . Wayne Muller, Simon and Schuster, 1992 ( Excellent for Inner Child Work ) 

Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine . Candace Pert, Touchstone, NY, 1999

Bones. Marion Woodman 

Psychotherapy  Networker , Periodical Magizine  
* * Articles: "The Body and Psychotherapy", July/Aug issue, Vol 28,No.4 2004 
               " Getting Comfortable with the Brain" Sept/Oct issue, Vol 28, No.5 2004 
( Can order or subscribe at www.PsychotherapyNetworker.org   - can read and get CEU's ) 

Ram Dass, Fierce Grace . A Film by Mickey Lemile, Zeitgeist Video, Available on DVD. (In the top five non fiction of 2002, it is "an engaging, poignant meditation on spiritualty, consciousness, healing and the unexpected grace of aging" - starring Ram Dass living after the event of his stroke) 


The Breathwork Experience: Exploration and Healing in Non Ordinary States of Consciousness. Hanford Meade Publisher, 1994 

• The Ethics of Caring: Nourishing the Web of Life in Our Professional Healing Relationships. Kylea Taylor, Hanford-Mead Publisher, 1995 (Required reading - excellent in discussing issues especially with the facilitator working with non- ordinary states) 
  
  The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe . Lynne McTaggert, Quill, Harper Collins, 2002 
  
  The Whole Mind: The Definitive Guide to Complimentary Treatments for Mind, Mood, and Emotion . Ed Lynette Bassman, New World Library, 1998 (Has a chapter dedicated to GIM by SJ Stokes and Carol  Bush  - good for explanation for new clients) 
  
  What the #$Bleep Do We Know!? , Lord of the Winds Film, Movie, and DVD available in 2005 (Creative film about human consciousness from the perspective of leading edge physics, spirituality, and the power of choice and co-creation) For more information go to www.whatthebleep.com
  
  Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life . Jon Kabett-Zinn, Hyperion, NY 1995

Memories, Dreams and Reflections . C.G. Jung, 1961.

Rituals of Healing: Using Imagery for Health and Wellness . Achterberg, Dossey and Kolkmeir