My Reading List

What’s Kyle been reading? Find out below!

Religion/Spirituality 

Martin, M. (2015). The submerged reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics.

Powell, R. (2000). The most holy Trinosophia and the new revelation of divine feminine. SteinerBooks.

Bulgakov, S., & Bulgakov, S. N. (1993). Sophia, The Wisdom of God: An Outline of Sophiology. SteinerBooks.

Cleveland, C. (2022). God is a Black woman. HarperCollins.

Prower, T. (2018). Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Swan, L. (2022). Forgotten Desert Mothers, the: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women; 2nd Edition. Paulist Press.

Easwaran, E. (2007). The Bhagavad Gita. Nilgiri Press.

Reho, J. H. (2017). Tantric Jesus: The Erotic Heart of Early Christianity. Simon and Schuster.

Galawdewos. (2018). The life of Walatta-Petros: A Seventeenth-Century Biography of an African Woman, Concise Edition. Princeton University Press.

Andrews, T. (2010). Animal speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Wildman, T. M. (2021). First Nations version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament. InterVarsity Press.

Young, F. (2018). A history of Anglican exorcism: Deliverance and Demonology in Church Ritual. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Carmichael, A. (2015). Carmina Gadelica Hymns and Incantations - Scholar’s Choice Edition.

LaBorde, S. (2012). Circle of the Sun: Rites and celebrations for Egyptian Pagans and Kemetics. Lulu

RavenWolf, S. (2011). Solitary Witch: The Ultimate Book of Shadows for the New Generation. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Robinson, J. J. M., Smith, R., & Project, C. G. L. (1996). The Nag Hammadi Library in English. BRILL.

Dass, R., & Das, R. (2010). Be love now: The Path of the Heart. Harper Collins.

Dass, R. (2010). Be here now. Harmony..

Vandestra, M. (2018). Tales of Rabia Al-Adawiyya the Great Female Muslim Sufi Saint from Basra. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

Chodron, T. (2013). Don’t believe everything you think: Living with Wisdom and Compassion. Shambhala Publications.

Chodron, T. (2001). Buddhism for Beginners. Shambhala Publications.

Chodron, T. (2016). Good karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering. Shambhala Publications.

Easwaran, E. (2010). The Upanishads: The Classics of Indian Spirituality.

Vines, M. (2014). God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-sex Relationships. Convergent.

Lipski, A. (1977). Life and teaching of śrī ānandamayī mā. Motilal Banarsidass Publishe.

The Dhammapada. (2010). Penguin UK.

Malbrough, R. T. (2014). The magical power of the Saints: Evocation and Candle Rituals. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Hutcheson, C. T. (2023). Llewellyn’s complete book of North American folk magic: A Landscape of Magic, Mystery, and Tradition. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Towler, S. (2017). Tales from the Tao: The Wisdom of the Taoist Masters. Watkins Media Limited.

Cross, J. A. (2021). American Brujeria: Modern Mexican American Folk Magic. Weiser Books.

O’Loughlin, T. (2011). The Didache: A window on the earliest Christians. SPCK.

Kempis, T. À. (2013). The imitation of Christ. Penguin UK.

Authors, V. (2008). Holy Bible (NIV). Zondervan.

Laozi. (1972). Tao Te Ching.

Authors, V. (2023). Tanakh & Talmud. Good Press.

Bonaventure, S. (1852). The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Smith, K. (2022). Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity. Univ of California Press.

CM, V. J. O. (2001). Saints of Africa. Our Sunday Visitor.

Anonymous (2014) The watchful mind: Teachings on the Prayer of the Heart. SPCK Publishing.

Brandenburg, L. D. (2019). Journey to joy: Reflections on the 7 Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary (black and White Version).

Vaudoise, M. (2019). Honoring your ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Salva, H. (2022). Espiritismo: Puerto Rican Mediumship & Magic. Weiser Books.

Benedetti, M. D. H. (1998). Earth and spirit: Medicinal Plants and Healing Lore from Puerto Rico. Verde Luz.

Begg, E. (2017). The cult of the Black Virgin. Chiron Publications.

Winston-Allen, A. (2010). Stories of the Rose: The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Ages. Penn State Press.

Warner, M. (2016). Alone of all her sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary. Oxford University Press.

Belloni, A. (2019). Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna: Chants, Music, and Sacred Practices of the Great Goddess. Simon and Schuster.

Pagliarulo, A. (2023). The Evil Eye: The History, Mystery, and Magic of the Quiet Curse. Weiser Books.

Hooper, R. (2012). Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings. Hampton Roads Publishing.

Norman, D. (2023). Burn a black candle: An Italian American Grimoire. Watkins Media Limited.

Jewel, J. (1825). An apology for the Church of England.

Richards, J. (2019). Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia. Weiser Books.

Bray, J. (2021). Deliverance: As seen on THIS MORNING - Everyday investigations into the supernatural by an Anglican priest. Hachette UK.

Dugan, E. (2012). The Enchanted Cat: Feline Fascinations, Spells and Magick. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Starr, M. (2013). Showings of Julian of Norwich: A New Translation. Hampton Roads Publishing.

H, L. (2023). Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir. Icon Books.

Harvey, A. (1997). Teachings of the Christian Mystics. Shambhala Publications.

Knowles, J. A. (1907). St. Brigid, Patroness of Ireland.

Stehlin, K. (2017). Who are You, O Immaculata?

Muse, S. (2017). Treasure in earthen vessels.

Fahrun, M. (2018). Italian Folk Magic: Rue’s Kitchen Witchery. Weiser Books.

Fox, M. (2011). Christian Mystics: 365 Readings and Meditations. New World Library.

Paintner, C. V. (2020). Earth, our original monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature. Ave Maria Press.

Paintner, C. V. (2018). The soul’s slow ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred. Ave Maria Press.

Paintner, C. V. (2022). Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal. Sorin Books.

Glahn, S. L. (2023). Nobody’s mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament. InterVarsity Press.

Yogananda, P. (2009). The essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda. Crystal Clarity Publishers.

Safi, O. (2018). Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition. Yale University Press.

Mathewes-Green, F. (2009). The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer That Tunes the Heart to God. Paraclete Press.

Damascene. (1999). Christ the Eternal Tao. Saint Herman Press.

Cameron, P. J. (2010). Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces. Franciscan Media.

Steiner, R. (2003). ISIS Mary Sophia: Her Mission and Ours : Selected Lectures and Writings. SteinerBooks.

Reps, P., & Senzaki, N. (1998). Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings. Tuttle Publishing.

Moore, T. (1998). The soul of sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love.

Keating, T. (2002). Open mind, open heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel. A&C Black.

Boswell, J. (2013). Same-Sex unions in premodern Europe. Vintage.

Durham. (1995). Miracles of Mary: Apparitions, Legends, and Miraculous Works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. HarperCollins Publishers.

Newell, J. P. (2022). Sacred Earth, sacred soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World. HarperOne.

Cheng, P. S. (2011). Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology. Church Publishing, Inc.

Bolz-Weber, N. (2019). Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex). Convergent Books.

Tadej, & Brotherhood, S. H. O. A. (2009). Our thoughts determine our lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica.

Of, K. (1979). The Orthodox Way. St Vladimir’s Seminary Press.

De Montfort, S. L. (1993). The secret of the Rosary. TAN Books.

Aquinas, S. T. (2002). Aquinas’s shorter summa. Sophia Institute Press.

Leloup, J. (2002). The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Simon and Schuster.

Leloup, J. (2005). The Gospel of Thomas: The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus. Simon and Schuster.

Eckhart, M. (2009). The complete mystical works of Meister Eckhart. Herder & Herder.

Miravalle, M., & Miravalle, M. I. (2003). “With Jesus”: The Story of Mary Co-redemptrix. Mark I. Miravalle, S.T.D.

Hart, D. B. (2019). That all shall be saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation. Yale University Press.

Hart, D. B. (2023). The New Testament: A Translation. Yale University Press.

Lebedev, S. (2001). Consoler of suffering hearts : the life, counsels and miracles of Eldress Rachel, visionary of Russia.

Porphyrios. (2005). Wounded by love: The Life and the Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios.

Muller, B. (2022). The Contemplative Tarot: A Christian Guide to the Cards. St. Martin’s Essentials.

Moses. (2012). Holiness: Is It Attainable Today?

Kalvelage, F. M. (2000). Marian Shrines of Italy. Academy of the Immaculate.

Beith, M. (2004). Healing threads: Traditional Medicines of the Highlands and Islands. Birlinn Publishers.

Helvin, N. (2019). Slavic Witchcraft: Old World Conjuring Spells and Folklore. Simon and Schuster.

Freeman, P. (2021). Celtic spirituality: An Introduction to the Sacred Wisdom of the Celts. St. Martin’s Essentials.

Yogananda, P., & Kriyananda, S. (2022). God as Divine Mother: Wisdom and Inspiration for Love and Acceptance.

Tutu, D. (2009). An African prayer book. Image.

McKenzie, T. (2014). The Anglican Way: A Guidebook. Rabbit Room.

Lama, D., & Tutu, D. (2016). The Book of Joy. Random House.

Champagne, B., & McCurtten, J. (2022). Good people go to hell, bad people go to heaven. Page Publishing Inc.

Shakespeare, S. (2009). Prayers for an inclusive church. Church Publishing, Inc.

Starhawk. (2013). The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature. Harper Collins.

Bass, D. B. (2022). Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. HarperOne.

Spencer, R. (2022). The church and the Pope: The Case for Orthodoxy.

Ortlund, D. C. (2021). Gentle and lowly.

Kempis, T. A., & Thomas. (2017). Imitation of Mary. Catholic Book Publishing Corporation.

Pramuk, C. (2015). At play in creation: Merton’s Awakening to the Feminine Divine. Liturgical Press.

Merton, T. (2003). When the trees say nothing: Writings on Nature. Ave Maria Press.

Fox, M. (1991). Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth. Harper Collins.

Press, O. U. (1993). The 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Oxford University Press.

Papadopoulos, S. G. (1999). The Garden of the Holy Spirit: Elder Iakovos of Evia.

Lewis, C. S. (2009). Mere Christianity. Harper Collins.

Order, G. (2008). The gospel of our Mother God: The Scriptures of the World’s First Faith. CreateSpace.

Srinivasan, A. V. (2011). Hinduism for dummies. John Wiley & Sons.

Crisis, K. (2020). Italian Magic: Secret Lives of Women.

Rupp, J. (2004). Prayers to Sophia: A Companion to the Star in My Heart. Sorin Books.

Rupp, J. (2004b). The star in my heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom. Sorin Books.

Cruz, J. C. (2015). Relics. TAN Books.

Schipflinger, T. (1998). Sophia-Maria: A Holistic Vision of Creation. Weiser Books.

Koltuv, B. B. (2005). Amulets, talismans, and magical jewelry: A Way to the Unseen, Everpresent, Almighty God. Nicolas-Hays, Inc.

Middleton, H., & Mantzaridis, G. (2011). Precious vessels of the Holy Spirit: The Lives and Counsels of Contemporary Elders of Greece. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

Bowler, K., & Richie, J. (2023). The lives we actually have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days. National Geographic Books.

Cunningham, S. (2012). Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Fox, M. (2020). The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times.

Lutz, A. F. (2003). Stories of the Child Jesus from Many Lands. Sophia Institute Press.

Cock-Starkey, C. (2021). Lore of the wild: Folklore and Wisdom from Nature. Nature’s Folklore.

Damascene, & Damascene. (2003). Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works. St. Xenia Skete Press.

Rose, S. (1980). The Soul after death: Contemporary “after-death” Experiences in the Light of the Orthodox Teaching on the Afterlife. Saint Herman Press.

Connell, J. (2004). Queen of the Cosmos: Interviews with the Visionaries of Medjugorje. Paraclete Press.

Wood, M. (2017). The Saint Colman Prayer Book: A Prayer Book for the Orthodox Western Rite. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

Francis, M. M. (2006). But I have called you friends: Reflections on the Art of Christian Friendship. Ignatius Press.

Brunke, D. B. (2022). Shadow animals: How Animals We Fear Can Help Us Heal, Transform, and Awaken. Simon and Schuster.

McNichols, W. H., & Starr, M. (2014). Mother of God similar to fire. Orbis Books.

Douglas-Klotz, N. (2010). Prayers of the cosmos: Reflections on the Original Meaning of Jesus’ Words. Harper Collins.

Swan, E., & Wilson, K. (2018). Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance. Front Edge Publishing.

Martinez, L. M. (2003). Secrets of the interior life. Sophia Inst Press.

Johnson, J. E. (2013). Divine communion: A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy. Church Publishing, Inc.

Monastery, H. T. (1994). Book of Akathists: To Our Saviour, the Mother of God and Various Saints. Book of Akathists.

Lambertson, I. E. (2008). Book of Akathists II: To Our Saviour, the Holy Spirit, the Mother of God, and Various Saints. Book of Akathists.

Johnson, M. (2010). Letters to Saint Lydia: A Novel.

Eddy, M. B. (1894). Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

Clayton, D., & Lawler, L. M. (2014). The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying in the Home. Sophia Institute Press.

Salvucci, C. R. (2021). The little Office of Baltimore: Traditional Catholic Daily Prayer. Tan Books.

Rotelle, J. E. (2019). Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Catholic Book Publishing.

Merton, T. (2004). The way of Chuang Tzu. Shambhala Publications.

Recluse, S. T. T. (1996). The path to salvation: A Manual of Spiritual Transformation. St. Xenia Skete Press.

Hildegard, S. (1998). Hildegard von Bingen’s Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing. Inner Traditions

Fox, M. (1987). Hildegard of Bingen’s Book of Divine Works: With Letters and Songs. Simon and Schuster.

Rumi. (2020). The Love Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili. Wellfleet.

Rumi. (2020b). The Spiritual Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili. Wellfleet.

Mathewes-Green, F. (2013). Mary as the early Christians knew her: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts. Paraclete Press.

Nĕmec, L. (1986). The Infant Jesus of Prague: Prayers to the Infant Jesus for All Occasions with a Short History of the Devotion.

Whitehouse, B. S. (2022). Seasons of Wonder: Making the Ordinary Sacred Through Projects, Prayers, Reflections, and Rituals: A 52-week devotional. Convergent Books.

Rubin, R. B. (2016). The Complete Jewish Study Bible: Illuminating the Jewishness of God’s Word. Hendrickson Publishers.

Cole, S., Ronan, M., & Taussig, H. (1996). Wisdom’s Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration. Rowman & Littlefield.

Aldredge-Clanton, J. (2004). In search of the Christ-Sophia: An Inclusive Christology for Liberating Christians.

Ashe, G. (2008). The Virgin: Mary’s Cult and the Re-Emergence of the Goddess. History Press.

Cselényi, I. (2017). The maternal face of God?: Explorations in Catholic Sophiology. Angelico Press / Sophia Perennis.

Heppenstall, A. (2015) The Book of Uncommon Prayer: Liturgies and Prayers Exploring Inclusive Language and Biblical Imagery of the Feminine Divine and the Natural World. Augsburg Books.

Pitre, B. J. (2018). Jesus and the Jewish roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah. Image.

Peterson, E. H. (2006). The Message Bible: New Testament.

Omv, E. B. (2017). Total Consecration through the mysteries: Meditations to Prepare for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary. Sophia Institute Press.

Convent, H. A. (1989) The life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos: Viewed and Treated Within the Framework of Sacred Scriptures, Holy Tradition, Patristics and Other Ancient Writings, Together with the Liturgical and Iconographic Traditions of the Holy Orthodox Church. Holy Apostles Convent Press. 

Staff, H. B. (2019). CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible. B&H Publishing Group.

Nelson, T. (2008). The Orthodox Study Bible: Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today’s World. Thomas Nelson.

Luther, M. (2003). On Christian Liberty. Fortress Press.

The Song of the Goddess: The Devi Gita: Spiritual Counsel of the Great Goddess. (2012). State University of New York Press.

Tomberg, V., & Bruce, R. H. (2011). Christ and Sophia. SteinerBooks.

Peters, J. (2023). The Full Moon Yearbook: A year of ritual and healing under the light of the full moon. David and Charles.

Inserra, R. (2024). The world of Italian folk magic: Magical and herbal cures from the wise women of Italy. Simon and Schuster.

De Mello, A. (1995). The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello. Image.

De Mello, A. (1984). Sadhana: A Way to God. Image.

McDonald, K. (2011). How to meditate: A Practical Guide. Wisdom Publications.

Margala, S. (2019). Powerful Catholic prayers, sacramentals, and devotionals. Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Wildman, T. M. (2021). First Nations version: An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament. InterVarsity Press.

Solovyov, V., & Jakim, B. (2014). Sophia, God and a Short Tale about the Antichrist: Also Including at the Dawn of Mist-Shrouded Youth. Angelico Press/Semantron.

Merton, T. (1958). Thoughts in solitude. Macmillan.

Social Work Skills 

Siegel, J. A. (2011). Disrupted childhoods: Children of Women in Prison. Rutgers University Press.

Winston, S. M., & Seif, M. N. (2017). Overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts. New Harbinger  Publications.

Bodhipaksa. (2019). This difficult thing of being human: The Art of Self-Compassion. Parallax Press.

Ellis, A. (2010). The myth of self-esteem: How Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Can Change Your Life Forever. Prometheus Books.

Guzman, L. (2020). Essential art therapy exercises: Effective Techniques to Manage Anxiety, Depression, and Ptsd. Rockridge Press.

Benner, D. G. (2015). The gift of being yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery. InterVarsity Press.

Shershun, E. (2021). Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook: Somatic Skills to Help You Feel Safe in Your Body, Create Boundaries, and Live with Resilience. New Harbinger  Publications.

McKay, M., Wood, J. C., & Brantley, J. (2019). The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance. New Harbinger  Publications.

Menakem, R. (2017). My grandmother’s hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Central Recovery Press.

Hutchison, E. D., & Charlesworth, L. W. (2020). Essentials of human behavior: Integrating Person, Environment, and the Life Course. SAGE Publications.

Cournoyer, B. (1996). The Social Work Skills Workbook. Brooks Cole.

Moore, T. (2022). Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations. HarperOne.

Dore, J. (2021). Tarot for change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance and Growth. Hay House, Inc.

Ryan, C., & Jetha, C. (2021). Sex at dawn: how we mate, why we stray, and what it means for modern sexuality. Scribe Publications.

Hershfield, J., & Corboy, T. (2020). The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. New Harbinger  Publications.

Barrett, L. F. (2017). How emotions are made: The Secret Life of the Brain. HarperCollins.

Dillon, R. S., & Marsoobian, A. T. (2018). Criticism and compassion: The Ethics and Politics of Claudia Card. John Wiley & Sons.

Weston, N. K. (2020). Anxiety, trust, and gratitude.

Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2016). "They say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing. W. W. Norton.

Chang, V. N., Decker, C., & Scott, S. T. (2012). Developing helping skills: A Step-by-Step Approach. Cengage Learning.

Cook, E. (2018). The Marriage Counseling Workbook: 8 Steps to a Strong and Lasting Relationship. Althea Press.

Stern, M. J. & Axinn, J. (2018). Social welfare: A history of the American response to need (9th ed.). Pearson.

Breshears, E.M., & Volker, R.D. (2013). Facilitative leadership in social work practice. New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Tolle, E. (2004). The power of now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. New World Library.

Knaus, W. J., & Ellis, A. (2012). The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-by-Step Program. New Harbinger  Publications.

Lpc, M. J. M. (2022). Rebuilding trust: Guided Therapy Techniques and Activities to Restore Love, Trust, and Intimacy in Your Relationship. Zeitgeist.

De Mello, A. (2021). Stop fixing yourself: Wake Up, All Is Well. Simon and Schuster.

De Mello, A. (1990). Awareness: Conversations with the Masters. Image.

McDonald, K. (2011). How to meditate: A Practical Guide. Wisdom Publications.

LGBTQ+ 

Prower, T. (2018). Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Dawson, J. (2015). This book is gay. Sourcebooks, Inc.

Nini, H., & Treadwell, N. (2020). Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s. 5 Continents Editions.

Galawdewos. (2018). The life of Walatta-Petros: A Seventeenth-Century Biography of an African Woman, Concise Edition. Princeton University Press.

Reho, J. H. (2017). Tantric Jesus: The Erotic Heart of Early Christianity. Simon and Schuster.

Vines, M. (2014). God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-sex Relationships. Convergent.

H, L. (2023). Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir. Icon Books.

Moore, T. (1998). The soul of sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love.

Boswell, J. (2013). Same-Sex unions in premodern Europe. Vintage.

Cheng, P. S. (2011). Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology. Church Publishing, Inc.

Bolz-Weber, N. (2019). Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex). Convergent Books.

Ryan, C., & Jetha, C. (2021). Sex at dawn: how we mate, why we stray, and what it means for modern sexuality. Scribe Publications.

Waite, S. (2014). Butch Geography: Poems. Tupelo Press.

Swan, E., & Wilson, K. (2018). Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance. Front Edge Publishing.

Johnson, J. E. (2013). Divine communion: A Eucharistic Theology of Sexual Intimacy. Church Publishing, Inc.

Lester, T. P. (2002). Gender nonconformity, race, and sexuality: Charting the Connections. Univ of Wisconsin Press.

Greenberg, S. (2004). Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition. Univ of Wisconsin Press.

Cultural Humility/Cultural Competence 

Cleveland, C. (2022). God is a Black woman. HarperCollins.

Okubo, J. (2020). Tales of East Africa: (African Folklore Book for Teens and Adults, Illustrated Stories and Literature from Africa). Chronicle Books.

Siegel, J. A. (2011). Disrupted childhoods: Children of Women in Prison. Rutgers University Press.

Galawdewos. (2018). The life of Walatta-Petros: A Seventeenth-Century Biography of an African Woman, Concise Edition. Princeton University Press.

Beck, M. G. (2003). Heroes and heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend. Graphic Arts Books.

Andrews, T. (2010). Animal speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Geronimo. (2011). Geronimo: The True Story of America’s Most Ferocious Warrior. Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Wildman, T. M. (2021). First Nations version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament. InterVarsity Press.

Carmichael, A. (2015). Carmina Gadelica Hymns and Incantations - Scholar’s Choice Edition.

LaBorde, S. (2012). Circle of the Sun: Rites and celebrations for Egyptian Pagans and Kemetics. Lulu

Cross, J. A. (2021). American Brujeria: Modern Mexican American Folk Magic. Weiser Books.

Hutcheson, C. T. (2023). Llewellyn’s complete book of North American folk magic: A Landscape of Magic, Mystery, and Tradition. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Vaudoise, M. (2019). Honoring your ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration. Llewellyn Worldwide.

Salva, H. (2022). Espiritismo: Puerto Rican Mediumship & Magic. Weiser Books.

Benedetti, M. D. H. (1998). Earth and spirit: Medicinal Plants and Healing Lore from Puerto Rico. Verde Luz.

H, L. (2023). Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir. Icon Books.

Pagliarulo, A. (2023). The Evil Eye: The History, Mystery, and Magic of the Quiet Curse. Weiser Books.

Norman, D. (2023). Burn a black candle: An Italian American Grimoire. Watkins Media Limited.

Richards, J. (2019). Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia. Weiser Books.

Fahrun, M. (2018). Italian Folk Magic: Rue’s Kitchen Witchery. Weiser Books.

Beith, M. (2004). Healing threads: Traditional Medicines of the Highlands and Islands. Birlinn Publishers.

Helvin, N. (2019). Slavic Witchcraft: Old World Conjuring Spells and Folklore. Simon and Schuster.

West, H. B. (2022). Remarkable women of the Outer Banks. Arcadia Publishing.

Sledge, J. (2019). Haunting the Outer Banks: Thirteen tales of terror from the North Carolina coast. Gravity Well Books.

Koltuv, B. B. (2005). Amulets, talismans, and magical jewelry: A Way to the Unseen, Everpresent, Almighty God. Nicolas-Hays, Inc.

Weaver, R. H., Weaver, C., Hansen, J. W., & Strubhar, L. E. W. (2012). Be your own doctor: An Informative Guide to Herbal Home Health Care.

Park, L. S. (2010). A long walk to water: Based on a True Story. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Wildman, T. M. (2021). First Nations version: An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament. InterVarsity Press.

Science/Climate Crisis

Kimmerer, R. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions.

Carson, R. (2002). Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Paintner, C. V. (2020). Earth, our original monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature. Ave Maria Press.

Newell, J. P. (2022). Sacred Earth, sacred soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World. HarperOne.

Starhawk. (2013). The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature. Harper Collins.

Merton, T. (2003). When the trees say nothing: Writings on Nature. Ave Maria Press.

Fox, M. (1991). Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth. Harper Collins.

Cock-Starkey, C. (2021). Lore of the wild: Folklore and Wisdom from Nature. Nature’s Folklore.

O’Connell, C. (2021). Wild rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves. Chronicle Books.

Jones, L. (2020). Losing eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild. Penguin UK.

Feminism/Divine Feminine 

Crisis, K. (2020). Italian Magic: Secret Lives of Women.

Rupp, J. (2004). Prayers to Sophia: A Companion to the Star in My Heart. Sorin Books.

Rupp, J. (2004b). The star in my heart: Experiencing Sophia, Inner Wisdom. Sorin Books.

Martin, M. (2015). The submerged reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics.

Powell, R. (2000). The most holy Trinosophia and the new revelation of divine feminine. SteinerBooks.

Bulgakov, S., & Bulgakov, S. N. (1993). Sophia, The Wisdom of God: An Outline of Sophiology. SteinerBooks.

Cleveland, C. (2022). God is a Black woman. HarperCollins.

Swan, L. (2022). Forgotten Desert Mothers, the: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women; 2nd Edition. Paulist Press.

Pramuk, C. (2015). At play in creation: Merton’s Awakening to the Feminine Divine. Liturgical Press.

Yogananda, P., & Kriyananda, S. (2022). God as Divine Mother: Wisdom and Inspiration for Love and Acceptance.

Lebedev, S. (2001). Consoler of suffering hearts : the life, counsels and miracles of Eldress Rachel, visionary of Russia.

Leloup, J. (2002). The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Simon and Schuster.

Durham. (1995). Miracles of Mary: Apparitions, Legends, and Miraculous Works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. HarperCollins Publishers.

Schipflinger, T. (1998). Sophia-Maria: A Holistic Vision of Creation. Weiser Books.

Cameron, P. J. (2010). Mysteries of the Virgin Mary: Living Our Lady’s Graces. Franciscan Media.

Steiner, R. (2003). ISIS Mary Sophia: Her Mission and Ours : Selected Lectures and Writings. SteinerBooks.

Paintner, C. V. (2022). Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal. Sorin Books.

Glahn, S. L. (2023). Nobody’s mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament. InterVarsity Press.

Starr, M. (2013). Showings of Julian of Norwich: A New Translation. Hampton Roads Publishing.

H, L. (2023). Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir. Icon Books.

Knowles, J. A. (1907). St. Brigid, Patroness of Ireland.

Stehlin, K. (2017). Who are You, O Immaculata?

Benedetti, M. D. H. (1998). Earth and spirit: Medicinal Plants and Healing Lore from Puerto Rico. Verde Luz.

Begg, E. (2017). The cult of the Black Virgin. Chiron Publications.

Winston-Allen, A. (2010). Stories of the Rose: The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Ages. Penn State Press.

Warner, M. (2016). Alone of all her sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary. Oxford University Press.

Belloni, A. (2019). Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna: Chants, Music, and Sacred Practices of the Great Goddess. Simon and Schuster.

Bonaventure, S. (1852). The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Vandestra, M. (2018). Tales of Rabia Al-Adawiyya the Great Female Muslim Sufi Saint from Basra. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

Connell, J. (2004). Queen of the Cosmos: Interviews with the Visionaries of Medjugorje. Paraclete Press.

McNichols, W. H., & Starr, M. (2014). Mother of God similar to fire. Orbis Books.

Johnson, M. (2010). Letters to Saint Lydia: A Novel.

Hildegard, S. (1998). Hildegard von Bingen’s Physica: The Complete English Translation of Her Classic Work on Health and Healing. Inner Traditions

Fox, M. (1987). Hildegard of Bingen’s Book of Divine Works: With Letters and Songs. Simon and Schuster.

Mathewes-Green, F. (2013). Mary as the early Christians knew her: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts. Paraclete Press.

Cole, S., Ronan, M., & Taussig, H. (1996). Wisdom’s Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration. Rowman & Littlefield.

Aldredge-Clanton, J. (2004). In search of the Christ-Sophia: An Inclusive Christology for Liberating Christians.

Ashe, G. (2008). The Virgin: Mary’s Cult and the Re-Emergence of the Goddess. History Press.

Cselényi, I. (2017). The maternal face of God?: Explorations in Catholic Sophiology. Angelico Press / Sophia Perennis.

Heppenstall, A. (2015) The Book of Uncommon Prayer: Liturgies and Prayers Exploring Inclusive Language and Biblical Imagery of the Feminine Divine and the Natural World. Augsburg Books.

Pitre, B. J. (2018). Jesus and the Jewish roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah. Image.

Omv, E. B. (2017). Total Consecration through the mysteries: Meditations to Prepare for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary. Sophia Institute Press.

Convent, H. A. (1989) The life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos: Viewed and Treated Within the Framework of Sacred Scriptures, Holy Tradition, Patristics and Other Ancient Writings, Together with the Liturgical and Iconographic Traditions of the Holy Orthodox Church. Holy Apostles Convent Press. 

The Song of the Goddess: The Devi Gita: Spiritual Counsel of the Great Goddess. (2012). State University of New York Press.

Tomberg, V., & Bruce, R. H. (2011). Christ and Sophia. SteinerBooks.

Order, G. (2008b). The gospel of our Mother God: The Scriptures of the World’s First Faith. CreateSpace.

Peters, J. (2023). The Full Moon Yearbook: A year of ritual and healing under the light of the full moon. David and Charles.

Solovyov, V., & Jakim, B. (2014). Sophia, God and a Short Tale about the Antichrist: Also Including at the Dawn of Mist-Shrouded Youth. Angelico Press/Semantron.

Classics/Mythology

Beck, M. G. (2003). Heroes and heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend. Graphic Arts Books.

Okubo, J. (2020). Tales of East Africa: (African Folklore Book for Teens and Adults, Illustrated Stories and Literature from Africa). Chronicle Books.

Golding, W. (2012). Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber.

Shakespeare, W. (2021). Hamlet.

Orwell, G. (2009). Animal farm: A Fairy Story. HarperCollins.

Meyer, M. J. (2010). Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird: New Essays. Scarecrow Press.

Shakespeare, W. (1973). Romeo and Juliet. Castrovilli Giuseppe.

Twain, M. (2015). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Open Road Media.

Yoshitani, Y. (2020). Beneath the moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World. Ten Speed Press.

Heaney, S. (2007). Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition. National Geographic Books.

Shakespeare, W. (1994). A midsummer night’s dream. Oxford University Press.

Miller, A. (1992). The Crucible. Heinemann.

Lowry, L. (2014). The giver. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Twain, M. (2010). The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Collector’s Library.

Shakespeare, W. (1898). Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Macbeth.

Homer. (2003). The Odyssey. Penguin UK.

Melville, H. (2010). Moby Dick. ABDO Publishing Company.

Tolkien, J. R. R., & Gordon, E. V. (1925). Sir Gawain & the Green Knight.

Lewis, C. S. (2002). The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. HarperCollins.

Lutz, A. F. (2003). Stories of the Child Jesus from Many Lands. Sophia Institute Press.

Reynolds, J., & Kiely, B. (2015). All American Boys. Simon and Schuster.

Philosophy

Reps, P., & Senzaki, N. (1998). Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings. Tuttle Publishing. 

Martin, M. (2015). The submerged reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics.

Steiner, R. (2003). ISIS Mary Sophia: Her Mission and Ours : Selected Lectures and Writings. SteinerBooks.

Tadej, & Brotherhood, S. H. O. A. (2009). Our thoughts determine our lives: The Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

Aquinas, S. T. (2002). Aquinas’s shorter summa. Sophia Institute Press.

Nietzsche, F. (2010). The gay science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs. Vintage.

Irwin, W. (2015). The free market existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism. John Wiley & Sons.

Ivanhoe, P. J., & Van Norden, B. W. (2005). Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Second Edition). Hackett Publishing.

Fung, Y. (1948). A short history of Chinese philosophy. Simon and Schuster.

Lama, D., & Tutu, D. (2016). The Book of Joy. Random House.

Fromm, E. (2013). The art of loving. Open Road Media.

Fox, M. (2020). The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times.

De Mello, A. (1990b). Awareness: Conversations with the Masters. Image.

McDonald, K. (2011). How to meditate: A Practical Guide. Wisdom Publications.


Poetics 

Martin, M. (2015). The submerged reality: Sophiology and the Turn to a Poetic Metaphysics.

Kaur, R. (2015). Milk and honey. Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Kaur, R. (2020). Home body. Simon and Schuster.

Kaur, R. (2017). The Sun and her flowers. Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Carmichael, A. (2015). Carmina Gadelica Hymns and Incantations - Scholar’s Choice Edition.

Merton, T. (1977). The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton. New Directions Publishing.

Flowers, E. (2020). Hot comb. Drawn & Quarterly.

Waite, S. (2014). Butch Geography: Poems. Tupelo Press.

Barry, L. (2002). One Hundred Demons.

Solovyov, V., & Jakim, B. (2014). Sophia, God and a Short Tale about the Antichrist: Also Including at the Dawn of Mist-Shrouded Youth. Angelico Press/Semantron.