MysticalExperience.org: Mysticism and Mystical Experience

I have organized a suggested reading list, which contains books I believe are valuable to all students of spiritual and mystical experience and are available via Amazon. I shall be adding to it all the time. 

Consciousness and Mind

• Beauregard, M., & O’Leary, D. (2007). The spiritual brain. Harper Collins: Canada.

• Bucke, R. M. (1900). Cosmic consciousness: A study in the evolution of the human mind. Cosimo Classics.
• D’Aquili, E. G., & Newberg, A. B. (1999). The mystical mind: Probing the biology of religious experience. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 
• James, W. (1902). Varieties of religious experience: A study in human nature. New York: Longmans, Green.
• Stace, W. T. (1960). Mysticism and philosophy. New York: Lippincott.

Spirituality and Spiritual Experience 

• Batson, C. D., Schoenrade, P., & Ventis, W. L. (1993). Religion and the individual: A social psychological perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
  
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• Cardeña, E., Lynn, S. J., & Krippner, S. (Eds.). (2000). Varieties of anomalous experiences. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Koss-Chioino, J.D. & Hefner, K. (Eds.) (2006). Spiritual transformation and healing: Anthropological, theological, neuroscientific, and clinical perspectives. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.
• Paloutzian, R. F., & Parks, C.L. (Eds.) (2005). Handbook of religion and spirituality. New York: Guilford.
• Tacey, D. (2004). Spirituality evolution: The emergence of contemporary spirituality. Brunner, Routledge.

Psychiatry and Spirituality

• Cook, C. Powell, A., Sims, A. (2009). Spirituality and psychiatry. Royal College of Psychiatrists Press, London.
• Coyte, M. E., Gilbert, P., & Nicholls, V. (2007). Spirituality, values and mental health: Jewels for the journey. Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Mijares, S. (Ed.) (2005). Psychospiritual clinician’s handbook: Alternative methods for understanding and healing mental disorders. Haworth Press. 

Shamanism

• Campbell, J. (1971). The hero with a thousand faces (2nd ed.). New York: Bollingen Series XVII. Princeton University Press.
• Eliade, M. (1974). Shamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy. Trans. T. W. Princeton. NJ, Princeton University Press.