Book Studies for Deep Thinkers and those with High IQ

Magnison thank you for the suggestion.

I also love Asimov. Although I don't think his work is quite what the OP is looking for.

Has anyone read the Foundation Series?


I've always wondered if something similar to what goes on in those books is happening right now. Is
The last one (4th?) in the series was my favorite if I remember correctly.

I love un-PC!


Here is a short list of some of my very favorites….

In Dubious Battle, Steinbeck

Atlas Shrugged, Rand

The Ominous Parallels, Piekoff

Origins of the 4th World War, Nyquist

Behold a Pale Horse, Cooper

The Conspirators, Al Martin

A Bright Shining Lie, Van (great read on the truth of vietnam conflict)

House of Morgan, Chernow

Crito

The Dictionary and the Madman

Herodotus

The South was Right, Kennedy

Redneck Manifesto

Gargantua and Pantegruel, Rebelais

i just opened this thread thinking i could ask if anyone knew of any astrological fiction -not to mention that for the past couple of days i've been thinking over the nature of the Universe being a well-oiled machine, and reverse-engineering being like a kind of byproduct of that
lol i am quite chuffed to see similar notions traversing the thread so far X)

Prometheus Rising

Author Robert Anton Wilson
ISBN 1-56184-056-4

Prometheus Rising is a book by Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1983. It is a guide book of "how to get from here to there", an amalgam of Timothy Leary's 8-circuit model of consciousness, Gurdjieff's self-observation exercises, Alfred Korzybski's general semantics, Aleister Crowley's magical theorems, Sociobiology, Yoga, relativity, and quantum mechanics, amongst other approaches to understanding the world around us, and claiming to be a short book (under 300 pages) about how the human mind works and how to get the most use from one. Wilson describes it as an "owner's manual for the human brain"

Highly recommend this one.

Lol..

This coming from someone who can proofread his original post correctly.

You fit right in and you don't even know it.

Robert Monroe. His 3 books.

did you ever visit deoxy.org?

I've decide to try a moderated book discussion and started a thread here:

Thread: MODERN ESOTERIC, by Brad Olsen - Moderated Book Discussion for Critical Thinkers

I have that book. The guy is an agent. Check out Dave Eager of Out of Darkness, Into the Light

A book club discussing the process of creating book clubs.

Hello there, friend. Glad to see someone with real intelligence and an open mind here on GLP. I've already read a few responses re: your request, and the ones who posted how things have changed here on GLP since 2012 are bang on. HOWEVER, sometimes a few of us intellectual types do drift through now and then and post our thoughts and observations.

Re: book choices - my all time fave esoteric and metaphysical choices are H.P. Blavatsky's THE SECRET DOCTRINE, Volumes I and II, ISIS UNVEILED (same author), Volumes I and II, and THE URANTIA BOOK. All of these books blend the metaphysical, scientific and esoteric symbols, metaphors, observations, what have you, and will really keep a person reading AND THINKING for many many moons. These books may be hard to find or out of print, but there are some sources which have excerpts of the books, or outright links to where the book passages can be read.

Another fave book of mine, while we are on the topic, is H.L. Cornell's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICAL ASTROLOGY, which is a really good read for those interested and knowledgeable in Astrology. This man wrote this book in 1933, and he also used the book in his practice as a Dr. for healing processes. H.P. Blavatsky - a woman, wrote her tomes in 1888 - which was simply astounding for that time in history, as men were the usual holders of writing all things metaphysical and esoteric during these times. Her books are even now regaled highly in the metaphysical and esoteric fields, so if you want to start a reading club here on GLP with ANY of those titles, please do so; I only hope that when you do, I will 'tune in' and do a passing return here to help discuss these wonderfully written and thoroughly researched books!

Cudos and hats off to you for bringing more enlightenment to GLPers. It might not be easy, but I can promise you it will be highly interesting and even may have a dash of FUN thrown into the mix.

HAPPY READING TO ALL!

"The Seven Mysteries of Life" by Guy Murchie

Best book ever written.

Thank you for leaving a comment and some book suggestions. I have Blavatsky's "The Secret Doctrine" volume I in my collection though I haven't read it through. I also am aware of Isis Unveiled. I have not heard of "Encyclopedia of Medical Astrology." Thank you for that!

It would be great if you joined us on the Modern Esoteric thread as you obviously would have some insight into the subject matter.

Thanks again!

Thank you for the suggestion. I'll check that out and possibly add that to my growing "to read" list which is already longer than any human can read in a lifetime. LOL Thanks again!

For those of you still interested in participated in a moderated book study with other critical thinkers, please go here:

Thread: MODERN ESOTERIC, by Brad Olsen - Moderated Book Discussion for Critical Thinkers

Book topic scheduled to start Friday unless we already have everyone who is going to participate in which case we can start sooner.

Book Discussion for Deep Thinkers???

I'd suggest having a discussion on "What your most important discoveries and experiences have been?

I've found that people telling me of their their insight, knowledge and experiences are far more insightful than a book.

Many books are filled with fake fluff.. they search hot topics and then write a fantasy book on that.. like Near Death Experiences.

Many have real life experiences that have not written a book, or even talked about it.

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks for your input and I understand if book discussions are not for you. Having said that, I find that book discussion offer plenty of opportunity for people to share their personal insights and opinions as they discuss the topic presented. A nice benefit of a book is that authors generally spend time laying out an argument in the most logical order they can to convince their readers of their position rather than bouncing around all over the place as free form discussion often does. For me, a discussion group on a book provides the best of both worlds. A logically ordered argument with the allowance for some free form discussion around it using the book as a guide to keep the discussion from getting too far off track.

Reading it now.

Love the part about Mary Baker Eddy and Zen.

Why don't you this thread you want, Perdido? Seems to me that is a too-well-trodden path, wide and deep here, but there may be others who haven't been down it. This is actually, as Robert Frost would say, the path less traveled.

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Lay off the meth.

Yes, eternal validity of the soul...If you do venture into it, I would skip the first chapter or so, where Jane Roberts discusses who Seth is and all about how the channeling came into being...It's a bit too much info for me, though I understand their reasons for wanting to make the whole topic as transparent as possible.

As for you tube surfing, my favorites are Abraham Hicks, Bashar and Jason Silva.

I'm pretty much like you...where in info comes from isn't that important, for the most part, but if it's makes good logical sense and resonates with me then I'm very open to it...especially if there's no contradictions to subjects that quantum physics and other sciences that we at least feel we understand to a certain degree.

Knowledge gives birth to more knowledge and questions...it's unending...Ya just can't get to the bottom of it, or the top...lol.

Just when you think you have it all figured out along comes a new piece that makes you go back and readjust your opinions and beliefs.

We will never know it all and we will never get it all done...such is the nature of infinity~!

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Agreed! Being able to admit one is wrong and/or re-evaluating everything you've been told or were led to believe even if it was self taught) is a hallmark of a truth seeker. Too often we all view our beliefs as what makes us fundamentally who we are so to challenge our beliefs is to invalidate us as a human being in some way. I think the more enlightened one becomes the more they are able to accept they may be wrong and not feel threatened if they have to adjust. We have all been lied to. Why should we be ashamed if we hold false beliefs now? Instead, admit you may be wrong about something and re-adjust when need by and allow others to do the same.

I'm off my soap box. Thanks for sharing!

Tomorrow I will be posting a new thread to start discussing the first section of the book Modern Esoteric by Brad Olsen. The first section is titled "Author's Karma Statement" and while small contains a ton of topics to begin discussing.

At the moment I tend to make the thread below be a sort of index /table of contents where the original post is constantly updated with links to the various section threads as we discuss them. That way you can always come back here to see where we are on the discussion.

Thread: MODERN ESOTERIC, by Brad Olsen - Moderated Book Discussion for Critical Thinkers

I suspect some "drive by" traffic from people who read the thread and can't help but comment on it even though they are not reading the book. I want to allow some of that but the focus will always be on the book and those reading it. If drive by posters start making a big disruption over things that could have been resolved had they actually read the book, I reserve the right to start removing those posts. Again, the focus is on the book and those taking the time to read it. I will also remove posts that are offensive, abusive, or disrespectful. Lastly, I will attempt to limit beating a dead horse and remove posts if it offers no real new point of discussion.

Looking forward to the start of a fun discussion!

The book discussion has begun. Please see the starting post for this thread and follow the link to the book study introduction and table of contents for discussion threads.

Yes, the Foundation Series is one of the best ever. Not much to offer because it must be experienced to appreciate and spoilers would be a shame.

Wish that RAW had lived a little longer. His world view is so political, and it colors all his commentary. Some is so lame.

Still, gems in that book, and in some ways it is superb. It would be worth the time just for the introductions to so many other writers, and his brilliant synthesis of their major concepts.

some parts of this thread are like:

"I'm a deep thinker!"

"You wouldn't say that if you were a deep thinker!"

"You're the shallow one."

"You are!"

"Mom!"

and the Op is like "Don't make me come back there!"

That's fairly funny. Thanks for posting