Sources for further exploration

If anybody is interested in anything I've written so far, there is a wealth of further information out there. I tend to go for the type that turns up in books,- real material books,- so that I can write all over them.

I would most strongly recommend reading "What We May Be" by Piero Ferrucci. In fact, if I were in government, every household would receive a free copy of this book. Half an hour at the beginning of each school day would be given over to reading it and trying some of the exercises it recommends. In fact, if there's only one book you read in the rest of your life, make sure it's this one. Not that I've any strong feelings one way or another.

If you then want to go on, and read up further, try Karen Armstrong's "The Case for God". This woman is brilliant, and very readable (though not as readable as "What We May Be")

I would also recommend Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi's "The Way of Kabbalah", He has written several books with very similar titles, but I think that this is definitely the best one to start with.

Another favourite - the book that started me off down this track to begin with- is Kenneth Walker's "Gurdjieff, A Study of His Teachings".

After that, Christians would probably appreciate Father Thomas Keating's "Open Mind, Open Heart"
and Muslims might like Idries Shah's "The Sufis" though you don't have to be a Christian or Muslim to appreciate either or both..

For the intellectually adventurous (and possibly masochistic) I would recommend Jenny Wade's "Changes of Mind", as well as Ken Wilber's "No Boundary" and "Integral Spirituality"

Some websites which might lead you to interesting discoveries are as follows:

http://integrallife.com/

http://www.kabbalahsociety.org/

http://www.sophian.org/index.html

What books and websites would others recommend?