A blessed Solstice and approaching Yule! This year especially, I am experiencing resonance to Crone’s calling for deep rest, play, and nourishment during this middle winter season. What better way than to spend time outdoors in the cold or cozied up with a pot of tea and a good book. These past few weeks, there hasn’t been a day where I haven’t received requests for my recommendation for a book on [insert mystic/wellness topic]. Though I am a believer that there is no greater truth than our own personal understanding gained through experience, there exists published bodies of work that can assist us as we walk down our life’s winding path. Books (printed or audio) can function as confirming friends and compassionate teachers.
It’s been over a year since I last published a post on my recommended readings. Again, the titles below are not in any way comprehensive nor complete. Note they may not necessarily be new/recent publications. They are simply a list of helpful, even challenging books that have stretched and nourished me in one way or another. I also have included, a brief (though likely limited) summary accompanying each title.
The Beauty Chef Cookbook by Carla Oates …because healthful eating can be pleasurable and nourishing to all our senses. The most practical and most frequently used cookbook in my home for a while now.
Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer …because we all need to radically self-celebrate.
Human Tuning: Sound Healing with Tuning Forks by John Beaulieu …because everything is vibration.
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés …because Jungian psychology, stories and images, and the power of the rewilding are pure medicine. Give yourself time to digest her words.
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand …because it’s time to shift many of our restrictive paradigms towards money and embrace that money is good.
Material Girl, Mystical World: The Now Age Guide to a High-Vibe Life by Ruby Warrington …because she is a distant sister from another mister and total IT girl of mysticism and spirituality. Bonus is that Ruby doesn’t take herself too seriously. (While you’re at it, give her a follow on Insta and tell her I sent ya!)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuvai Noah Harari …because it’s valuable to shift out of our individuality and see our species as a collective over time.
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson …because the notion of a woman’s body bouncing back overnight after birthing a baby is a harmful, bullshit ideal.
A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings by Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi, Coleman Barks …because a few, simply strung words can transport you to another world.
Crystals: The Modern Guide to Crystal Healing by Yulia Van Doren …because we all have a skeptical friend who is now drawn to crystals. This is an excellent intro book, written by the modern queen of crystals.
Love Is In The Earth: The Crystal and Mineral Encyclopedia by Melody …because some of us want to get deeper into with stones and glossing summaries aren’t enough. My personal fave for a resource book.
I love Dick by Chris Kraus …because through her feminist humour, she faces her own narcissism and experiences transformation with only imagination as the conduit.
Gene Keys by Richard Rudd …because it’s always helpful to gain insight on our life’s path. This book requires a fair amount of study commitment to experience its full benefits and is not for the faint of heart.
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf …because …just because.
Please check your local bookstore for these reads. We also recommend Abe Books in the US and Banyen Books in Canada.
A blessed and restorative Solstice and Yule season!
Big love,
Mimi Young
founder + shamanic intuitive
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