anthropology, history
- Jim Woods at Herrett Museum, Twin Falls (with thanks to Janie Brumbach, RIP)
- The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin
- Earth in Upheaval and Worlds in Collision, Immanuel Velikovsky
- Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
- Where White Men Fear to Tread, Russel Means
- Prosper Waukon, Winnebago entrepreneur and ambassador
- Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization, John Zerzan
psychology
- The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff (also anthropology)
- Summerhill, A S Neill, genius British headmaster
- Magical Child Matures, Joseph Chilton Pearce and here
- Birth Without Violence Frederick Leboyer
- The Primal Scream, Arthur Janov
- Mass Psychology of Fascism, Wilhelm Reich, great master of psychology
- Fury on Earth, Myron Sharaf, biography of Wilhelm Reich
- Pleasure, Alexander Lowen, student of Reich. Packed with insight and highly readable.
- Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries, Alice Miller
philosophy
- my parents, John and LouAnn, and brother, Paul
- Atlas Shrugged, etc, Ayn Rand, preceptor
- Tantric Hinduism with my former guru, Purna Steinitz
- In Search of the Miraculous*, PD Ouspensky (GI Gurdjieff’s basic teachings)
- The Bible as law, with DeWaynn Rogers (late legal counsel, enigma, and possibly Teacher of the Age)
- “Total Onslaught”, a lecture series by Walter Veith on Christianity, the Bible as it is, and Satan’s rule of the world through Rome.
- Dr Bill Warner, master expositor of Islam
- Our Universal Journey, George Kavassilas + YouTube interviews
- animism from nature, books (above, especially by Quinn), elders (scoutmaster Jack Asher; godfather and mentor, John Boyer), extended family, and friends
health
- my parents, always keenly interested in diet and health
- hygiene
- initiated into hygiene by Frederic Patenaude, author of The Raw Secrets, which I edited and co-published.
- Do You Really Need Eyeglasses?, Marilyn B. Rosanes-Berrett
- Fit for Life, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
- Science and Fine Art of Natural Hygiene*, Herbert Shelton
- The 80/10/10 Diet, Dr Douglas Graham
- Introduction to Human Technology and Human Technology, William Arthur Evans (also psychology) Thanks to friend, Sterling Voss, for finding this rare work.
design, art
- my parents and brother
- grandelder and grandmaster craftsman and engineer, Jack Nuckols
- childhood schoolteacher, Steve Parks (Horizons School, Twin Falls)
- accompanist and mentor, Willetta Warberg
- mentor, John Boyer
- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
- The Natural House, Frank Lloyd Wright
- Selected Poems, Robert Bly
- The Romantic Manifesto, Ayn Rand (indispensable!)
- Design for the Real World Viktor Papanek
- BuckyWorks, Jay Baldwin (about Buckminster Fuller)
- Breathing Walls, George Swanson, et al
experiences
- 1 week of peaceful society at Sawtooth Methodist Church Camp, Idaho, Joanie Williamson, director, 1985
- 3 months enraptured, Idaho, 1987
- 23 days fasting in California desert, 1991
- hundreds of hours since 1986 in conversation with mentor and godfather, John Boyer, jeweler, especially 1991-93, Idaho
- 1 week of fresh, rich society at Rainbow National Gathering, Idaho, 2001
- 56-hour dark retreat, supported by Harold, Oregon, 2006
- 10 days in audience of Advaita master, Arnaud Desjardins, Montana, 2007
- 8 seconds in dreamtime, with Adrian Wolfe, Oregon, 2008
- 18 months with the Maya of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, 2011
- 2 months of life-altering sex, Sweden, 2012