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Books

• Engage: Exploring Nonviolent Living , Laura Slattery, Ken Butigan, Veronica Pelicaric and Ken Preston-Pile. -- "a revised and expanded version of From Violence to Wholeness. Full of stories, exercises and resources, Engage is a workbook to learn, study and practice the nonviolent options available to us. It offers a guide for groups on how to take action for justice and peace in the midst of war and injustice."
• Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution and Epistemology, by Gregory Bateson -- in this collection of papers, Bateson addresses "biological evolution, adaptation, ecology, art, arms races, social organization, communication, cultural transmission, learning, play, fantasy, films, character and personality, and, more generally, the nature and pathologies of thinking and epistemology, of culture, and of a great class of integrative processes which he eventually called 'mind.' But he dealt with these phenomena in terms of a coherent and increasingly integrated set of highly abstract concepts influenced mostly by theories of communication and by cybernetics.(Robert I Levy, Roy Rapport, "Obituary)"
• The Chalice and The Blade -- "the international bestseller that has changed the lives of millions of women and men worldwide. It describes a way of life based on equality, nonviolence, and harmony with nature-"a partnership way" that was the basis of prehistoric Goddess-worshiping societies and offers a model for developing a sustainable and equitable future."
• The Spiritual Activist: Pracitices to Transform your life, Your Work, and Your World, by Claudia Horowitz. "Practical guide to individual and social transformation through spirituality and faith. It will help you to make opportunities to slow down, to build stronger relationships at home and at work, and to embrace the world around you."
• Working Inside Out: Tools for Change, by Margo Adair. “A valuable resource in remembering the interconnectedness of the personal, spiritual and political. It is full of tools that empower individuals to change their own lives and in doing so challenge the social order and change the world around them.” — Starhawk

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