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Hello!

Just wondering what books on spirituality or New Age topics that you've been reading. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I've been reading an interesting book called A Pilgrim in Aquarius and still working on The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

Feel free to share any books you've been reading!

I really like Linda Goodman. Especially her "Sun Signs" and "Love Signs." Right now, I'm reading her "Relationship Signs" which is really a handbook for making you and your partners' charts, and figuring out all aspects of compatibility. I think that book has been published by her children (or her daughter at least) after Linda died. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I have never read any of Linda Goodman's books. (And didn't know she died. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> ) Of course, her name is world renowned.

Do you need to know astrology pretty thoroughly to do her exercises? Does she teach synastry charts? It sounds fascinating!

I just received The Courage to Achieve: Why America's Brightest Women Struggle to Fulfill Their Promise by Betty Walker and Marilyn Mehr. A psychologist friend of mine has loaned it to me. I'd say it's a must-read for all women who plan on doing anything with their lives, motherhood included.

Welcome, myhands. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I've not heard of that book before. It sounds intriguing. Would you care to share some of the ideas brought forth in the book?

Hi Janet!

I just found your board here by following one of your links from our board! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I have a book I recently finished reading that I really loved though I don't know that it would specifically qualify as *New Age*. But it IS spiritual in nature and for that reason, I will tell you a bit about it.

It is called "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom, the author of "Tuesdays With Morrie". (Here is a link to read a bit more about it. Click on all the side links on the left side of the site:

http://www.albomfivepeople.com/

The premise of this story is about who a man meets 5 people in the afterlife and how each one is (and WAS) significant in this man's life on earth.

I finished this book a few weeks ago and although it's a small book, small enough to technically be able to read in one sitting, I found myself reading it slowly, and thinking about it alot, throughout.

Without giving anything away, I can say that it is crafted and structured in such a way that it jumps back and forth, between the past and present, with each chapter. But it is not confusing or unpleasant at all. I did find myself flipping back and forth a bit, to check on things, thoughts, details. Each *person* that Eddie (the main character, based on Albom's real Uncle Eddie) meets, has a lesson to impart, in addition to his story. Each has a story of how he or she has intersected Eddie's life at some point. Some parts of this novel were hard for me to read, sad, heartbreaking. Some parts made me laugh, some parts made me smile, some made me cry, really cry. But, I have to say, this is NOT a depressing book. Honest. It is thought-provoking and I am still thinking about it, days and weeks after putting it down. It is original and surprising.

If I had to sum it up in one concise way, I'd say his main point is that no one deserves to feel that his (or her) life is worthless. Ever. Everyone's life touches and impacts on someone else's in countless ways, ways we may never even know. And that's it.

I loved this book.
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Shelley

Shelley, hi! So nice to see you over here! I'm glad you found me. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

New Age is such a catch-all phrase. Really, anything spiritual or tied to humanity's evoloution can come under "New Age". (At least, it's the kind of "New Ager" that I am!)

I've not read Mitch's book, but have seen the title. It sounds right up my alley! Wow, I can't wait to read it. I'm glad you shared your experience with it.

I finished Alice Sebold's Lovely Bones not too long ago, and that book also flipped between past and present, heaven and Earth. A really, really good book. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

And now, I have another similar book to look forward to thanks to your recommendation!

Stop by anytime, Shelley. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Re: Linda Goodman "Relationship Signs"

No, you don't need to know anything, just very very basic knowledge. You don't even need to know where your planets are located or have any kind of a chart. She has tables at the end of the book that tell which planet is where based on time.


IMHO the best book by Linda Goodman is "Love Signs." It's just compatibility descriptions based on sign and gender.

Hi Janet. The Courage to Achieve was written by two women who graduated from a school in New York, The Hunter School, which was for gifted women. The authors, also psychologists, were drawn to the subject of female achievement, as the upper echlons of the workplace are overwhelmingly occupied by men. The authors wanted to discover why. So, they used their alma mater, The Hunter School for Women, to study patterns of achievement in women who, were of a select group. This group of women were accpted to the school on the basis of IQ. The required IQ for admission was a score which placed the testee in the top 2% of the general population. With such academic strength, one might speculate that these women would go on to have a higher level of achievement in the workplace than woman with normal IQs. Achievement levels between normal women and highly intelligent women were compared, and it was found that women in the higher group were no more achieved in the workplace. These were women who matched the boys grade for grade throughout the years, and at what point then, did their position change, and why. After extensive research, involving over a thousand women, a striking theme revealed itself in the Hunter group. That is, when these women were asked if they thought they were smart, they almost exclusively were unable to admit that they were intelligent and/or view their intelligence in a positive light. They said they felt they were normal, or that they were good at certain things, or they knew they were intelligent, but that they would hide it from others in order to avoid negative social consequences. Thus, this inability to recognize one's own intelligence, and frame it in a positive light, is considered the primary contributing factor to underachievement in women. If one does not have access to knowledge of her strength, she will not use it. Thus, this book is for all women of all backgrounds, and it taps into the underlying currents which have formed our lives without our awareness of them. I am still reading the book, and I can't wait to read more, because it is very solution-oriented as well. It's a truly great book.

Thanks, IQ!

Wow, the book sounds fascinating, my hands. This does not surprise me at all. I absolutely believe "If you think you can't, you won't". There is such power in how we label ourselves and our self-talk. For women, or anyone for that matter, to be empowered it's important to make sure the compass of power is within, and to dismantle tribal or societal beliefs that do not work, or are just plain limiting and false. (Such as the idea that smart women can't land a man because men only want dumb women who they can control. This idea was more from the last generation, but some still believe this...)

I hope I can get my hands on a copy of that book to review!