Books for spiritual development and unlocking one's abilities?

[onelove]

I have been going to through amazon and looking up some books on shamanism, channeling, paganism, chakras, ect. But I am confused as to which one is right for me. I am a novice soon to be 19 year old college student that is really attracted and excited to subjects such as these. And I want to learn and evolve spiritually so that it may benefit my everyday life. And who knows maybe this will be my job in the next 5 years. Thank you!

Infinite Love,

Jason

[CFTraveler]

Hey Jason. "The right books" depend on your personality and what moves you. I can give you all kinds of titles for all kinds of purposes, and some may not be 'right' for you.
What I could consider a great work about overall spirituality is a book that is not about practices in particular, but on metaphysical theory and paradigm-changing about reality and 'what we're here for'. But most younger male practitioners tend to be more interested in the 'how to' than into the 'why'. So you tell me what kinds of things you already looked at, what you didn't like, and I can think of titles to recommend to you.

[onelove]

Hey Jason. "The right books" depend on your personality and what moves you. I can give you all kinds of titles for all kinds of purposes, and some may not be 'right' for you.
What I could consider a great work about overall spirituality is a book that is not about practices in particular, but on metaphysical theory and paradigm-changing about reality and 'what we're here for'. But most younger male practitioners tend to be more interested in the 'how to' than into the 'why'. So you tell me what kinds of things you already looked at, what you didn't like, and I can think of titles to recommend to you.

Hey CFT, I am interested in books of as you said about the metaphysical theory and paradigm as a foundation knowledge...but also I'm interested in more specific books about changing one's life through utilizing their own hidden abilities such as seeing energy/aura, remote viewing, and self-healing.

[GMAN12]

If I may jump in and ask what is your intent regarding the use of the abilities?

[Tutor]

this is a link not only to the works of Florence Scovel Schinn, but to a mega compiling of authored works...Sacred Texts.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/nth/shinn/

the link to IONS; Institute on Noetic Sciences: http://www.noetic.org/library/search/?q=metaphysics&section=&submit=Go

I Love God, Ishwar.com: http://www.ishwar.com/

World Scripture; Comparative Anthology: http://www.unification.net/ws/

there are some great research websites to investigate and read from, to determine your ilk before ya spend gobs of money at amazon.

[Tutor]

If I may jump in and ask what is your intent regarding the use of the abilities?

You first....

[onelove]

If I may jump in and ask what is your intent regarding the use of the abilities?

my dads friend is a buddhist practitioner in acupuncture and he has these abilities where he can see a person aura / energy andhe doesn't need to ask what kind of illness you have to know what you have. He is able to see right through you and determine your illness right away. because through much of my life I've been through so much pain I want to learn these abilities so that I may help other people and help myself As I am still going through much illnesses.in addition I am still in college right now and I'm not sure what I want to do but I know what I really I want to do is to be like him and be a energy healer.

[journeyman]

Since's this is an AP forum i can start with "Astral Projection - The Out Of Body Experience" by Denning & Philips as a well "goes together" with Robert Bruce's works.

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa - Books On Occult Philosophy
Franz Bardon's works
Takuan Soho - The Unfettered Mind
Yagyu Munenori - The Life Giving Sword
Wilhelm Reich's Works
Israel Regardie's Works
H.P. Blavatsky's Works
Karl Von Eckarthausen - The Cloud Upon The Sanctuary
John Michael Greer - The Complete Picatrix
- Tao Te Ching
William Walker Atkinson (Yogi Ramacharaka) - The Science Of Breath
Translations of the Emerald Tablet of the Hermes Trimegistus
- Kybalion
Michael Harner - The Way of the Shaman
Other spectacular authors
Eliphas Levi, Austin Osman Spare, A.E Waite, MacGregor Mathers, Dion Fortune(Violet Firth), C.W Leadbeater, Carl Gustav Jung, Donald Tyson, Francis Barrett

!-> Most of the above books are free and Sacred-Texts.com and Hermetics.org has great archives.

Other General
Works on Sufism, works of old greek philosophers.