Category: Mysticism

Metaphysical books that describe the experiences of mystics, saints, and psychics including visions and revelations.

A New World, by Whitley Strieber and Dr. Jeffrey Kripal

If you were around and reading metaphysical books back in the 1980s, you are probably familiar with Communion: A True Story, Whitley Strieber’s 1987 account of what he calls “the visitors:” bizarre, unpredictable beings that intruded into his life and subjected him to many years’ worth of bizarre, unpredictable, and even traumatizing experiences. It was …

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Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East, by Baird T. Spalding

Many many years ago, when we first encountered Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, by Baird T. Spalding, we were entranced. Imagine: it’s 1890. A team of scientists and researchers set off into the Himalayas. And they start meeting mysterious men who demonstrate extraordinary powers and eagerly impart ancient Oriental truths. It’s …

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The Holographic Universe, by Michael Talbot

There’s nothing particularly new about the notion that the building blocks of reality is consciousness. But what Michael Talbot shows us, in The Holographic Universe, is that this assertion has a scientific explanation. Drawing on the work of physicist (and Einstein protegé) David Bohm and neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, Talbot makes the case that we, and …

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