The 65 Most Significant Psychospiritual Books of the 20th Century
Simply the Best:
The 65 Most Significant Psychospiritual Books of the 20th Century
by Charles H. and Anne A. Simpkinson
Year
Author
Title
1901
Richard Bucke
Cosmic Consciousness: A Study of the Evolution of the Human Mind
1902
William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature
1922
Martin Buber
I and Thou
1927
Sigmund Freud
The Future of an Illusion
1933
Carl G. Jung
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
1936
The Rev. Anton T. Boisen
The Exploration of the Inner World: A Study of Mental Disorder and Religious Experience
1944
Aldous Huxley
The Perennial Philosophy
1946
Rabbi Joshua Liebman
Peace of Mind
1946
Paramahansa Yogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi
1949
Joseph Campbell
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
1950
Karen Horney
Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self Realization
1951
Carl Rogers
Client Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory
1952
Norman Vincent Peale
The Power of Positive Thinking
1953
Rollo May
Man’s Search for Himself
1953
Fulton J. Sheen
Life is Worth Living
1955
Gordon Allport
The Individual & His Religion
1958
Erik Erikson
Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History
1959
Viktor E. Frankl
Man’s Search for meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy
1959
Erich Fromm
Psychoanalysis and Religion
1960
Gabriel Marcel
The Mystery of Being
1961
Carl G. Jung
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
1961
O. Hobart Mowrer
The Crisis in Psychiatry and Religion
1961
Alan W. Watts
Psychotherapy East & West
1964
Abraham Maslow
Religions, Values and Peak Experiences
1965
Alberto Assagioli
Psychosynthesis
1966
Phillip Reiff
Triumph of the Therapeutic: The Uses of Faith After Freud
1966
Agnes Sanford
The Healing Gifts of the Spirit
1969
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
On Death and Dying
1969
Charles Tart
Altered States of Consciousness
1970
Ram Dass
The Only Dance There Is
1971
Aurobindo Ghose
The Synthesis of Yoga
1972
Sheldon Kopp
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!
1972
Mircea Eliade
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
1972
Virginia Satir
People Making
1973
Ernest Becker
The Denial of Death
1973
Jerome D. Frank
Persuasion and Healing: A Comparative Study of Psychotherapy
1975
Fritjof Capra
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
1975
James Hillman
Re-Visioning Psychology
1975
Ira Progoff
At a Journal Workshop
1975
Laurens van der Post
Jung and the Story of Our Time
1976
ed. Helen Schucman
A Course in Miracles
1976
The Rev. Morton Kelsey
The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation
1976
Heinz Kohut
The Restoration of the Self
1977
Ken Wilber
The Spectrum of Consciousness
1978
M. Scott Peck
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
1979
Ana Marie Rizzuto
The Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study
1980
David Bohm
Wholeness and the Implicate Order
1980
Michael Harner
The Way of the Shaman: A Guide to Power and Healing
1980
Roger Walsh & Frances Vaughan
Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision
1981
James Fowler
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning
1981
Edward Hoffman
The Way of Splendor: Jewish Mysticism and Modern Psychology
1981
Alice Miller
The Drama of the Gifted Child (formerly titled Prisoners of Childhood)
1981
Eugene Gendlin
Focusing
1982
Marion Woodman
Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride
1985
Robert Belllah et al.
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
1986
Ken Wilber et al.
Transformations of Consciousness: Conventional and Contemplative Perspectives on Development
1988
The Rev. Thomas Berry
Dream of the Earth
1988
John Bradshaw
Healing the Shame That Binds You
1988
Stanislov Grof
The Adventure of Self Discovery
1990
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
1990
Robert Bly
Iron John: A Book about Men
1992
Clarissa Pinkola Éstes
Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories About the Wild Woman Archetype
1992
Thomas Moore
Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life
1993
Jack Kornfield
A Path With Heart: A Guide Through the Promises and Perils of Spiritual Life
1995
Mark Epstein
Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective
Source: “Simply the Best,” by Charles and Anne A. Simpkinson, Common Boundary, January/February, 1999, pp. 32-37. Excerpt re-published with the permission of Dr. Charles H. Simpkinson, 2006.
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