Meru suggested reading list

MERU FOUNDATION READING LIST

This partial list of recommended books was originally compiled in 1993, and updated in 2001.
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THE REFLEXIVE UNIVERSE, Evolution of Consciousness: Author: Arthur M. Young.; Publisher: Robert Briggs Assoc. 1976 ISBN 0-440-05924-0; Everything you would ever want to know about the torus (doughnut shape).; Cosmology, philosophy and physics. Highly recommended; Click here to order this book online from Codys Books; .
SYNERGETICS, Volumes 1 & 2: Author: R. Buckminster Fuller.; Publisher: Macmillan Vol. 1: 1975 - ISBN 0-02-541870-X; Vol. 2: 1979 - ISBN 0-02-541880-7; Fuller's magnum opus. Cosmology and geometry. Superb; difficult to read; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books; .
SEFER YETZIRAH, The Book of Creation, In Theory and Practice: Author: Aryeh Kaplan; Publisher: Sam Weiser 1990 ISBN 0-87728-726-0; Perhaps the only credible translation and discussion available in English.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE CIPHER OF GENESIS, The Original Code of the Qabala as Applied to the Scriptures: Author: Carlo Suares; Publisher: Shambala 1970 (Eng.) ISBN 0-87773-141-1; A unique and insightful presentation; valuable even with errors in details.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE WISDOM IN THE HEBREW ALPHABET,: Author: Michael L. Munk; Publisher: Artscroll Mesorah 1983 ISBN 0-89906-194-X; Traditional and authoritative Jewish presentation. Important Appendix.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE GEOMETRY OF ART AND LIFE: Author: Matila Ghyka; Publisher: Dover 1977 ISBN 0-486-23542-4; Introduction to the Golden Mean; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE DIVINE PROPORTION, A Study in Mathematical Beauty: Author: H. E. Huntley; Publisher: Dover 1970 ISBN 0-486-22254-3; Introduction to the Golden Mean; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
QUANTUM REALITY, Beyond the New Physics,: Author: Nick Herbert, Ph. D.; Author: Anchor Doubleday 1987 ISBN 0-385-23569-0; Excellent presentation of the relationship between physics and consciousness.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
PHYSICS AS METAPHOR: Author: Roger Jones, Ph. D.; Publisher: Univ. of Minnesota 1982 ISBN 0-8166-1916-6; An important perspective on physics and philosophy; readable and satisfying; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books; .
THE BOOK OF LETTERS, A Mystical Alef-Bet: Author: Lawrence Kushner; Publisher: Harper & Row 1975 ISBN 0-06-064900-3; Introductory primer on the Hebrew alphabet. Beautifully hand written.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
KABBALAH, The Way of the Jewish Mystic: Author: Perle Epstein; Publisher: Shambhala 1988 ISBN 0-87773-438-0; One of the best introductions to Kabbalah.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE EMPEROR'S NEW MIND, Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics: Author: Roger Penrose; Publisher: Houghton Mifflin 1989 ISBN 0-19-851973-7; Comprehensive presentation of mind, physics and artificial intelligence.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE PATH OF THE KABBALAH: Author: David Sheinkin, M.D.; Publisher: Paragon House 1986 ISBN 0-913757-69-1; An excellent introduction to Kabbalah; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books; .
THE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE IN ABRAHAM ABULAFIA: Author: Moshe Idel; Publisher: SUNY Press 1988 ISBN 0-88706-553-8; Detailed academic treatment of some works of one of the greatest kabbalists.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE ZOHAR IN MOSLEM AND CHRISTIAN SPAIN: Author: Ariel Bension; Publisher: Hermon Press, N.Y. 1932, 1974 ISBN 0-87203-046-6; Jewish, Christian and Moslem teachings in the golden age of Kabbalah; .
THE TREE OF LIGHT, A Study of the Menorah: Author: L. Yarden; Publisher: Cornell Univ. Press 1971 ISBN 0-8014-0596-3; The history of the Menorah - The Tree of Light and the Tree of Life.
CHAOS, Making a New Science: Author: James Gleick; Publisher: Viking 1987 ISBN 0-670-81178-5; One of the best (readable) introductions to Fractals and Chaos theory.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
SERPENT IN THE SKY, The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt: Author: John Anthony West; Publisher: Harper & Row 1979 ISBN 0-06-014581-1; Coherent, open, inclusive, but not kooky, presentation of Egyptian teachings.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE FOURTH DIMENSION, A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes: Author: Rudy Rucker; Publisher: Houghton Mifflin 1984 ISBN 0-395-39388-4; Readable illustrated introduction to understanding higher dimensional geometry.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
SENSITIVE CHAOS, The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air: Author: Theodor Schwenk; Publisher: Schocken Books 1976 ISBN 0-8052-3636-8; One of the best presentations of dynamic forms in nature available. Many illustrations.; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
CATASTROPHE: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World: Author: David Keys; Publisher: The Ballantine Publishing Group ISBN 0-345-40876-4; Hardcover - 343 pages (1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE GEONIM OF BABYLONIA AND THE SHAPING OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH CULTURE: Author: Robert Brody; Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; ISBN: 0300070470; Hardcover - 384 pages (March 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
ALPHABETIC LABYRINTH: The Letters in History and Imagination: Author: Johanna Drucker; Publisher: Thames & Hudson; ISBN: 0500280681; Paperback - 320 pages 1 Pbk Ed edition (March 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE CODE BOOK: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography: Author: Simon Singh; Publisher: Anchor Books; ISBN: 0385495323; Paperback - 410 pages (August 29, 2000); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory: Author: Brian Greene; Publisher: Vintage Books; ISBN: 0375708111; Paperback - 448 pages (February 29, 2000); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
ENDOPHYSICS: The World As an Interface: Author: Otto Rossler; Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co; ISBN: 9810227523; Library Binding - 200 pages (July 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE END OF TIME: The Next Revolution in Physics: Author: Julian B. Barbour; Publisher: Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0195117298; Hardcover - 371 pages (January 2000); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE HAND: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture: Author: Frank R. Wilson; Publisher: Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679740473; Paperback - 416 pages (September 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
HAND AND MIND: What Gestures Reveal About Thought: Author: David McNeill; Publisher: University of Chicago Press; ISBN: 0226561348; Paperback - 558 pages (December 1995); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
TIME'S ARROW & ARCHIMEDES' POINT: New Directions for the Physics of Time: Author: Huw Price; Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0195117980; Paperback - 320 pages (September 1997); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE SELF-AWARE UNIVERSE: How Consciousness Creates the Material World: Authors: Maggie Goswami, Richard E. Reed, Amit Goswami (Contributor), Fred Alan Wolf; Publisher: J P Tarcher; ISBN: 0874777984; Paperback Reprint edition (March 1995); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE FABRIC OF REALITY: The Science of Parallel Universes-And Its Implications: Author: David Deutsch; Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 014027541X; Paperback - 400 pages (August 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
HYPERSPACE: A Scientific Odyssey: Author: Michio Kaku; Publisher: Anchor; ISBN: 0385477058; Paperback - 100 pages (March 1995); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE LIVING TORAH IN HEBREW:: Author: Aryeh Kaplan; Publisher: Moznaim Pub Corp; ISBN: 0940118726; Hardcover (June 1981); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
CRACKING THE BIBLE CODE: Author: Jeffrey Satinover; Publisher: William Morrow & Co; ISBN: 068815994X; Paperback - 368 pages Reprint edition (June 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE INNER MEANING OF THE HEBREW LETTERS: Author: Robert M. Haralick; Publisher: Jason Aronson; ISBN: 1568213565; Hardcover - 360 pages (September 1995); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE LIVING ENERGY UNIVERSE: Authors: Gary E. R. Schwartz, Linda G. S. Russek; Publisher: Hampton Roads Pub Co; ISBN: 1571741704; Hardcover - 289 pages (October 31, 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
DELTA: A Paradox Logic (Series on Knots and Everything, Vol 16): Author: Nathaniel Hellerstein; Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co; ISBN: 9810232438; Hardcover (March 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
DIAMOND: A Paradox Logic (Series on Knots and Everything, Vol.: Author: Nathaniel Hellerstein; Publisher: World Scientific Pub. Co.; ISBN: 9810228503; Hard Cover (January 1997)
MIRACLES OF MIND: Exploring Nonlocal Consciousness and Spiritual Healing: Authors: Russell Targ, Jane Katra; Publisher: New World Library; ISBN: 1577310977; Paperback - 352 pages 2 edition (June 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
GÖDEL, ESCHER, BACH: An Eternal Golden Braid: Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter; Publisher: Basic Books; ISBN: 0465026567; Paperback - 777 pages 20th anniv edition (January 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
ISAAC NEWTON: The Last Sorcerer: Author: Michael White; Publisher: Perseus Press (Helix Books); ISBN: 073820143X; Paperback - 416 pages (April 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
AN IMAGINARY TALE: Author: Paul J. Nahin; Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691027951; Hardcover - 274 pages (August 24, 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
TRIGONOMETRIC DELIGHTS: Author: Eli Maor; Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691057540; Hardcover - 248 pages (March 30, 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
e: The Story of a Number: Author: Eli Maor; Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691058547; Paperback - 232 pages (April 1998); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
A HISTORY OF PI: Author: Petr Beckmann; Publisher: St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 0312381859; Paperback - 200 pages 19 edition (August 1976); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
SUPERSTRINGS: And the Search for the Theory of Everything: Author: F. David Peat; Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing; ISBN: 0809242575; Paperback; Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
KABBALAH: The Way of the Jewish Mystic: Authors: Perle Besserman, Perle S. Epstein; Publisher: Shambhala Pubns; ISBN: 0877734380; Paperback - 171 pages Reprint edition (April 1988); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
GEOMETRY AND THE IMAGINATION: Authors: David Hilbert, S. Cohn-Vossen; Publisher: Chelsea Pub Co; ISBN: 0821819984; Hardcover Reprint edition (October 1999); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE BOOKS OF CONTEMPLATION: Medieval Jewish Mystical Sources: Author: Mark Verman; Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr; ISBN: 0791407195; Hardcover (February 1992) (Suny Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK — LIGHTS OF PENITENCE, LIGHTS OF HOLINESS:: Translator: Ben Zion Bokser; Publisher: Paulist Press; ISBN: 080912159X ;; Paperback - 415 pages (July 1978); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
SEFER YETZIRAH: The Book of Creation: Author: Aryeh Kaplan (Editor); Publisher: Samuel Weiser; ISBN: 0877288550; Paperback - 424 pages Revised edition (May 1997); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE BAHIR: Translator: Aryeh Kaplan; Publisher: Samuel Weiser; ISBN: 0877286183; Paperback - 240 pages (September 1990); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE HANDBOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHT, Vol. 1: Author: Aryeh Kaplan; Publisher: Moznaim Publishing Corporation. ISBN 0-940118-49-1; Coll. Trade Cloth - 307p. (March 1979); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE HANDBOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHT, Vol. 2: Author: Aryeh Kaplan.; Publisher: Moznaim Publishing Corporation. ISBN 0-940118-79-3; Coll. Trade Cloth - 396p.(December 1993); Click here to order this book online from Cody's Books
THE BOOK OF HEBREW SCRIPT: Author: Ada Yardeni; Publisher: Carta. (Jerusalem, 1997)

Books Out of Print as of December 2000:

THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE NAME: An Introduction to Classical Kabbalistic Theology: Author: Stephen G. Wald; ASIN: 1555402429; This title is out of print.
SPIRALS: From Theodorus to Chaos: Author: Philip J. Davis, Walter Gautschi, Arieh Iserles; ASIN: 1568810105; This title is out of print.

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