Light Forest Podcast - Book List

What are podcast guests reading?

Across 23 episodes of conversations with podcast guests from around the world, these books have been mentioned, recommended, and referenced as sources of wisdom and knowledge. Enjoy!

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🪙 Money & Economics

When Corporations Rule the World — David Korten

The Cathedral and the Bazaar — Eric Raymond

Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom — Rajni Bakshi

The Future of Money — Bernard Lietaer

Rethinking Money — Bernard Lietaer

Debt: The First 5,000 Years — David Graeber

Pathways to Regeneration — Stephen DeMeulenaere & Scott Morris

Works by Kate Raworth

Works by John Fullerton

Works by Laura Storm

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🧘 Inner Journeys

The Myth of Normal — Gabor Maté

Applied Spirituality — Swami Agnivesh

Be Here Now — Ram Dass

The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle

The Politics of Being — Thomas LeGrand

Varieties of Religious Experience — William James

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) by Helen Schucman

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) — Lao Tzu

Works by Thich Nhat Hanh

Works by Osho

Works by Krishnamurti

Works by P.R. Sarkar

Works by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Works by Joanna Macy

Works by Gary Snyder

Works by Ram Dass

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🔄 Systems / Civilisation /Policy

Vivekananda and our Times — Rajni Bakshi

Mutual Aid — Peter Kropotkin

Integral Theory — Ken Wilber

Deschooling Society — Ivan Illich

Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being

Handbook on Global Philosophies for AI Ethics — Naresh Singh (editor)

Applied Spirituality and Sustainable Development Policy — Naresh Singh (lead editor)
Should Trees Have Standing? — Christopher D. Stone

Hospicing Modernity — Vanessa Machado De Oliveira

Global Natives — Lauren Razavi

Works by Johan Galtung

Works by Elise Boulding

Works by Jim Dator

Works by Emmanuel Wallerstein

Works by Michael Shapiro

Works by Michel Foucault

Works by Douglas Rushkoff

Works by Buckminster Fuller

Works by Ken Robinson

Works by Jim Bendell

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🌍 Indigenous/non-Western Worldviews

Sand Talk — Tyson Yunkaporta

Small is Beautiful — E.F. Schumacher

Braiding Sweetgrass — Robin Wall Kimmerer

Works by Martine Prechtel (teachings on myth, grief, and the sacred)

Works by Joanna Macy (teachings on deep ecology)

First Principles and First Values — Sakura Saunders (co-author)

The Green History of Religion — Anand Veeraraj

Works by Ibn Khaldun

Works by Margaret Mead

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💫 Sci-fi

Foundation Series — Isaac Asimov

Brave New World — Aldous Huxley

1984 — George Orwell