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Personal Development

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Books for Artists

Guides to enhance personal creativity

The Artists Way by Julia Cameron (2002)

http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Spiritual-Creativity-Anniversary/dp/1585421464/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187446190&sr=1-2

Coaching the Artist Within by Eric Maisel (2005)

http://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Artist-Within-Musicians-Creativity/dp/1577314646/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187446280&sr=1-1

Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher (2006)

http://www.amazon.com/Refuse-Choose-Revolutionary-Program-Everything/dp/B000S6MFDG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187451088&sr=1-1

How to Think Like Da Vinci by Michael J. Gelb (2000)

http://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Leonardo-Vinci/dp/0440508274/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187619685&sr=1-1

Art Escapes by Dory Kanter (2003)

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Escapes-Inspirations-Discovering-Creativity/dp/1581803079/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187446399&sr=1-1

The Power to Write by Caroline Joy Adams (2003)

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Write-Writing-Workshop-Book/dp/1573248096/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187446502&sr=1-1

Nexus Resources

Guides on some of the topics featured on the Nexus Page of this site

Guide to the I Ching by Carol Anthony (1998)

http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Ching-Carol-K-Anthony/dp/0960383247/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187447339&sr=1-1

Tarot for Your Self by Mary Greer (2003)

http://www.amazon.com/Tarot-Your-Self-Workbook-Transformation/dp/1564145883/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187446916&sr=1-1

The Book of Alchemy by Francis Melville (2006)

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Alchemy-Secrets-Alchemists-Transform/dp/0764154621/ref=sr_1_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187447005&sr=1-1

Science of Breath by Yogi Ramarcharaka (1905)

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Breath-New-Yogi-Ramacharaka/dp/1594627789/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187448667&sr=1-1

Hatha Yoga and Yogi Philosophy by Yogi Ramacharaka (1904)

Read the book online at this site!http://www.geocities.com/thehiddengate/Library/Yogi_R/hatha_yoga_toc.html

Divine Proportion by Priya Hemenway (2005)

http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Proportion-Phi-Nature-Science/dp/1402735227/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3578409-7337742?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187622033&sr=1-1

A Work Place for Higher Being

Learning Centre for Creativity and Higher Understanding

Personal Development

The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka (2007)

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (2004)

Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck (2002)

A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace (1996)

Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore (2005)

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (2001)

Emotional Clearing by John Ruskan (2006)