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more about books I read: my top picks
Jan. 4th, 2007 07:52 pmNonfiction first.
Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone
Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle
Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Terrence McKenna, Food of the Gods
Elaine Morgan, The Descent of Women
Walter F Otto, The Homeric Gods
Elizabeth Wayland Barber, When They Severed Earth from Sky
Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone
Her memoir was like a female straight David Sedaris who cooks instead of smokes. Well ok not quite that funny but pretty close. Plus, you know, recipes.
Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle
Psychology and sociology of "evil," hierarchies, and how power corrupts.
Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Terrence McKenna, Food of the Gods
Elaine Morgan, The Descent of Women
These three books are basically about evolution. The first two posit different theories about religion and the origin of consciousness, and the latter introduces the "aquatic ape" theory.
Walter F Otto, The Homeric Gods
Elizabeth Wayland Barber, When They Severed Earth from Sky
Two books that try to make sense of myths. The former puts Greek myth/religion into context, the latter shows that myths are most likely a coded form of oral history.
