Wisdom School Resources

Please note: These texts and a/v materials are your recommended reading and viewing. You do not need to complete all of them for this course, but we recommend you buy or download what you can for your own library.

READING & VIEWING Assignments will be made week-by-week as we progress. new videos, audios and texts may also be introduced.

If you have any trouble affording books, please contact us at info@amichen.com … NOTE: I have included Amazon as a link because it is often most convenient internationally. However, when you can, please order from Bookshop.org and support independent booksellers.

Books and audio-visual: Spiritual and Personal Grounding

The Missing Link: Reflections on Philosophy and Spirit, Sydney Banks

The Enlightened Gardener, Sydney Banks

The Enlightened Gardener Revisited, Sydney Banks

You Are That, Gangaji

Our Responsibility for Peace,* Gangaji

*Note: this book is no longer available. Ami will make excerpts available to the group.

The Work of This Moment, Toni Packer

Full Stop, John Wheeler

*Note: this book is also hard to find. I include a PDF file here.

“The Great Illusion” video, Sydney Banks

“Separate Realities” video, Sydney Banks

See link above for most long form Sydney Banks videos

Island of Knowledge, Sydney Banks

Books and audio-visual: Social and Global-Ecological Issues

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, Naomi Klein

“Deep Adaptation,” academic paper on the state of the climate crisis and what we face, Jem Bendell, University of Cumbria

Climate: A New Story, Charles Eisenstein

The Corporate Problem, Natural Resources Defense Council

“Kiss the Ground” documentary, Netflix

“13th” documentary, Netflix

“Crip Camp,” documentary, Netflix

“HomeGrown Hate” a documentary from ABC News (Here on YouTube)

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide, by Carol Anderson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

In the US, order from Bookshop.org to support independent bookstores.

“Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock,” documentary about the indigenous resistance to oil pipelines at Standing Rock, North Dakota

“A Different American Dream,” about oil and fracking wells on native land in the Dakotas.

Spiritual-Philosophical Addressing Global Issues

Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth, Edited by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

(PDF download version—only if you cannot afford, please!)

“Finding Lightness of Being in the Midst of Climate Chaos,” Ami’s Medium Essay

Eckhart Tolle on the Wisdom of the Planet

Dialogue with Gangaji on the 2016 Election and Activism, Ami’s Medium Essay

“Taking Responsibility” video from Gangaji