I absolutely love a good spiritual book, especially a book that can change your life in some way. Even better if you want to read it and then go back to it for those juicy ‘pearls’ that contain spiritual awakening moments.
When they change your perception in an instant or you get those aha moments, that you can understand why you went through a trauma or abuse that made no sense to you at the time.
All of these books have at one point or another shaped my life into being a spiritual teacher that helps people with their spiritual awakening and their spiritual connection to the invisible spiritual realm.
First of all , decide what is it you want from the book! Read the introduction on Amazon as it is so easy to read an extract of the book to see if it fits with what you are looking for. Or visit your local bookshop as nothing more exhilarating than the smell of freshly made books, obviously coming from an author, as I have a love of books!
Whatever it is you are looking for within a spiritual book, here is a collective few that will really help you on your journey of your spiritual awakening. I have read all of these books at some point in my life and ask some of my clients to read some of them to help them on their spiritual journey.
I hope you get as much enjoyment out of these spiritual books and there is new ones within this list that maybe you had no idea were available. Please also comments which spiritual book had a beautiful effect on your life or that aha moment of inspiration or understanding.
A brief outlay of all the books for you for ease of access,
Although you will know some of these spiritual books, there are new releases within this list that are close to my heart. I hope they become close to your heart also. Here goes….. I advise you to sit down, have a nice cuppa and chill as you read these insightful and hopeful books that really can change your life, perception and spiritual awakening!
Stepping into your power and allowing the freedom of your soul to express who you truly are. I wrote this book detailing how my life and clients lives were impacted by implementing the spiritual and energy techniques within this book.
How these techniques helped me to release the past and embrace my spiritual awakening.
Also, FREE hypnosis and meditations for releasing fear, journey to the true self, visiting the Akashic Records for your soul name and purpose, release the wounds of the inner child, and an automatic writing meditation.
The empath is a healing force that only gets stronger and stronger the more we know of our healing abilities. How life is really a growth tool to allow us to experience the many levels of emotions, identities, personalities, and behaviours that we portray to the World. How we display these different levels to the World really leaves me in awe.- Ann Varney|An Empath’s World To Freedom
The Celestine Prophecy is one of those books that I have given to some of my clients for them to read or even watch the film for them to understand energy.
James Redfield has created a masterpiece of an adventure in the Peruvian anarchy of religion trying to seize the secrets of ancient times.
He masterfully tells the story of a high school teacher losing his job, and reaching a crossroads in his life. When fate takes him to Peru to search or the missing ninth scroll to a set of eight ancient manuscripts that are rumored to reveal the future of mankind.
“We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions…this especially applies to what we used to call bad things…the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.”
― James Redfield| The Celestine Prophecy
A brilliant manifestation teaching from Esther and Jerry Hicks through the Teachings of Abraham, whom Esther channels beautiful inspiring lessons for mankind from a non-physical being.
If you want to manifest your desires in an easy fulfilling way that is rightfully yours. This is the book for you.
‘Abraham’ helps you understand the influence you have on your relationships, career, finances, health issues and so much more…
Powerful process to help you manifest a powerful positive life which is your birthright.
If you have the ability to imagine it, or even to think about it, this Universe has the ability and the resources to deliver it fully unto you, for this Universe is like a well-stocked kitchen with every ingredient imaginable at your disposal. And within every particle of this Universe is that which is wanted and the lack of it.
This perspective of abundance, and the lack of it, is the environment in which focus is possible-and focus activates the Law of Attraction.
If you do not have the ability to know what you do want, you will not have the ability to know what you do not want. And without the ability to know what you do not want, you could not know what you do want. And so, it is through your exposure to life experience that your natural preferences are born. – Esther & Jerry Hicks| Ask and it is give
If you want to unlock the infinite power, wisdom and energy of the universe. This book will help you not only see the magic but help you with the vibrational energy field that resides in all of us.
But it will help you release the past to make way for the future self and manifestations.
Taylor has a wonderful way of explaining the Akashic Records and the power they hold.
“The Akashic Records can be defined as a vibrating field of information about the energetic and natural worlds, about your own soul and eternal existence, and about every soul consciousness throughout time.
The records span eternity and hold every bit of Universal information – from wisdom of ancient societies to the discoveries yet to be made in the quantum physical world.” – Sandar Anne Taylor| The Akashic Records Made Easy
I absolutely love this book as it is my all time favourite, especially the film. This is my go to book/film to make me feel blessed with life.
As Gilbert takes you on a journey that Julia Robert plays beautifully as she takes a year out and just travels to find herself and just be.
A medicine man forecasts the life in her future, when what he says comes true. She goes on a journey to seek him out to learn from him, and him her.
Gilbert takes you to Italy, where she heals her soul, India to find herself and Bali where she finds true love, even though she was not looking for it.
Impressive writing and storyline as it helped me travel more and just be within the world.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…” Elizabeth Gilbert | Eat Pray Love
This is a practical guide to your dreams with the laws of potentiality, giving, karma cause and effect, least effort, intention and desire, detachment, dharma or purpose in life.
Chopra writes in an easy matter of fact way that anyone can understand how theses laws when put into practice, can enhance your life.
“The Continual Expansion of Happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals; therefore, Success can be seen as the “ability to fulfill desires with effortless ease”
“The ultimate true success would be the miraculous” – Deepak Chopra| The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
At a very stressful time in my life, this book saved me going into serious meltdown. As I read the chapters of spiritual enlightenment I knew that when we really are in the present as Tolle describes as the power of now.
The past or future no longer has an effect on us, if we stay in the present moment.
Great book if you feel stuck within your life. As this will help you become unstuck, and allow you to see that there is a lesson in even the most adverse circumstances.
“Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.”
― Eckhart Tolle| The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
A wonderful step by step guide into becoming supernatural. This book explains how many ‘normal’ people heal extraordinary dis-eases.
The wonder of this book is that you delve into the science of meditation and the different modalities to change the electromagnetic field into a different energy. Therefore changing our lives in a very big way.
Dispenza will scientifically prove to you his methods with thousands of case studies of people having the nirvana experience and changes within their lives.
“The only way we can change our lives is to change our energy — to change the electromagnetic field we are constantly broadcasting. In other words, to change our state of being, we have to change how we think and how we feel.”
― Dr Joe Dispenza| Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon
Although this is not classed as a spiritual book, it certainly has many spiritual connotations within the book that will help not just single parents, but many other people too.
Clark is a beautiful creative writer with a generous wit sprinkled throughout the book. She has many single parents telling their story of how they became successful, as well as her own humorous journey.
This book gives you simple exercises to help you know yourself better and release what no longer serves you, whilst aligning you with your own potential.
“The majority of us unconsciously spurt out self-admonishing words on a daily basis. We are constantly bombarding ourselves with reminders of our weaknesses, and our failures. As a result we get into the habit of thinking this is the normal way to speak to ourselves. At what stage does that become acceptable?” – Paula Love Clark | The 7 traits of a highly successful single parent.
This is one of the very first spiritual books that made an impact on my life. I have gave this book to many people over the years to help them understand how they can contact their Spiritual guides.
Chitty has beautiful way of explaining what the inner world is and how to access it. She has some beautiful meditations and visualisations within the book that help you with a deeper connection to spirit.
This book is a must if you are just starting out on your spirit, journey!
“Second sight is often to describe the abilities of psychics and mediums, but taken literally it explains how you can first experience a visual connection with spirit” – Dorothy Chitty|Are You Psychic? Contacting your spirit and animal guides
Animal Spirit Guides is a beautiful book that can give you advice about the animals that you see within a shamanic journey, or in your living life.
Farmer is a psychologist and shamanic teacher with decades of experience. In this easy to use handbook for identifying and understanding your power animals and animal spirit helpers.
A reference book that I go to often to help me better understand the power of the animals around us and within us.
“There are four major ways in which you can get messages from the spirit world: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and cognitive. As your receptivity to the spiritual dimension opens and develops, you’ll discover that one of these pathways is the strongest and feels the most natural.” –Stephen Farmer|Animal Spirit Guides
I use this book for referencing with my clients and as informative advise to vital issues in the modern world.
Eastern Body, Western Mind brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics and applying the chakra system to important modern social realities and issues such as addiction, codependence, family dynamics, sexuality, and personal empowerment.
Judith uses the inherent structure of the chakra system as a map upon which to chart our Western understanding of individual development. Each chapter focuses on a single chakra, starting with a description of its characteristics and then exploring its particular childhood developmental patterns, traumas and abuses, and how to heal and maintain balance.
” Eastern body, Western mind focuses on vital issues in therapy today: addiction, codependence, physical and sexual abuse, family dynamics, character structures, personal development, feminism, male emancipation, sexuality, politics, and spirituality. It integrates techniques from bioenergetics to visualisation, depth psychology to spiritual practice”- Anodea Judith|Eastern Body, Western Mind, Psychology and the chakra system as a path to the self
A great manifestation book, that empowered a belief within me of how easy manifestation is and I put it to practice with great results as I discuss in ‘An Empath’s World To Freedom’
Rhonda Byrne is a great storyteller as is all the great manifestation ‘gurus who are featured within the book, such as Bob Proctor, Lisa Nichols, Dr Joe Vital etc
Byrne takes you on a magical journey of the great secrets revealed of law of attraction and abundance and how to bring it into your life with ease.
Do not worry at all about negative thoughts, and do not try to control them. All you have to do is begin to think good thoughts each day. Plant as many good thoughts as you can in each day. As you begin to think good thoughts you will attract more and more good thoughts, and eventually the good thoughts will wipe out the negative thoughts altogether.
May the joy be with you. – Rhonda Byrne|The Secret
I have read this book many times and gave so many people this book as I have The Secret and many others.
This is a magical book that gives you 28 days of gratitude exercises that take you into the feeling of gratitude.
Byrne explains why gratitude is essential for our every day life to live the life we only dream of.
Great miracles can happen with this book, if you proceed with gratitude right until the end. Watch the magic come into your life regardless of where you are at in this moment.
The Magic formula:
Gratitude must become a way of life, must impregnate our cells & subconscious mind.
“When you are grateful to be the person in the mirror, feelings of dissatisfaction, discontentment, disappointment, or I am not good enough completely disappear. The circumstances also change for the better. -ve feelings about yourself cause the greatest damage in your life, because they are more powerful than any feelings about anything or anyone else.” – Rhonda Byrne|The Magic
FROM ZERO TO HERO…YOUR SECRET MAP TO A RICH LIFE
What is your true calling and why aren’t you already living it?
Imagine if there was a map that showed you step by step how to get from where you are now to your true calling and the life you were born to live—the most brilliant, rich, fulfilling, and dazzling life you could ever dream of. You are holding in your hands such a map. Hero is the map for your life.
By following the journeys of twelve of the most successful people on the planet today, you’ll learn how to use your inner powers to overcome obstacles and to make impossible dreams come true. You’ll be inspired to find your own calling and start taking the steps toward making the life of your dreams an everyday reality.
Be the hero you are meant to be.
“Your calling may be something that you have daydreamed about something about being or doing or something that may never happen.” – Rhonda Byrne| Hero
If you have devoted your life to the inner journey, or your first journey into the exploration of the self, Singer takes you on a beautiful journey.
Discover how to put an end to the habits that keep you stuck in your life. Releasing the emotions that limit your consciousness.
Singer shows you how to tap into traditional meditations and mindfulness to develop your consciousness, to release painful thoughts and memories that keep you from self-realisation and happiness that is rightfully yours.
Daily steps to unleash the inner energy and free yourself from the habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit your consciousness.
Allowing you to be crystal clear of your inner being to a life of freedom.
“The highest spiritual path is life itself. If you know how to live daily life, it all becomes a liberating experience. But first you have to approach life properly, or it can be very confusing. To begin with, you have to realize that you really only have one choice in this life, and it’s not about your career, whom you want to marry, or whether you want to seek God. People tend to burden themselves with so many choices. But, in the end, you can throw it all away and just make one basic, underlying decision: Do you want to be happy, or do you not want to be happy? It’s really that simple. Once you make that choice, your path through life becomes totally clear.” – Michael A Singer|The Untethered Soul
Millions of people around the world have incorporated Native American philosophy into their everyday lives. This classic bestseller that has been around for nearly 40 years, is still going strong.
This wonderful book gives you teachings and techniques of the Medicine Wheel of the Shamanic culture.
You do not need to be enthralled in the shamanic culture to get the best of this book.
Wonderful read and tools for anybody who wants to be part of the medicine power that is around all of us. If you are training in the Shamanic field, this book is a must!
As you travel around the wheel, you should strive to learn as much as you can about the totems any place that you stand, so you are always growing more knowledgeable about those who share the earth with you. When you stand in the place of a different moon, you have the capacity to take on the characteristics of the totems for that moon and learn from them.” – Sun Bear and Wabun|The Medicine Wheel Earth Astrology
This is a unlike any other self-transformation book as Whitecloud takes you on a journey and dispels the usual approach of you need fixing or relying on mystical approaches to get ahead in life.
Whitecloud shows you it is your level of creativity and action that gets you the self-transformation. Through the realms of consciousness via meditations and journeys into the inner realm of consciousness that is responsible for your reality and outcomes in life.
Whitecloud takes you through five steps to your natural success with understanding, and listening as you prepare to follow through your emotions to consciousness to get a true result for your soul
“You shouldn’t assume that where you are in life means anything about your power. Just because you might be stuck or struggling in some area of your life, or not getting ahead as well as you’d like, is not a reflection of your potential. It’s not personal. It’s structural. It just means that you haven’t got the big picture, the right perspective.“- William Whitecloud|Secrets to natural success, five steps to unlocking your genius
Another beauty from Whitecloud, as he tells the story of the magician within you and what it really takes to find your treasure.
An extraordinary book that takes the character on a financial and marital traumatic journey to transform difficult situations.
A wonderful storyline that will keep you enthralled in the story.
“I tried to reflect on the dramas within my life. I couldn’t. They were nothing I could even remotely relate to. The magnetic force of the bliss surrounding me was too potent to let me be affected by such petty issues.” – William Whitecloud|The Magicians Way, What it really takes to find your treasure.
Although it may not be classed as a spiritual book, it certainly is a bestseller for self development and spiritual awakening.
My book of Psycho-cybernetics is so old and tattered and no wonder as this book is still going strong, even though it was first published in 1960.
A thoroughbred of a book that takes you on a scientific yet simple and practical self-development book.
Maltz classically gives you techniques for the sub-conscious mind to use your unconscious power that lies within in.
“Hold a picture in yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye and you will be drawn toward it… Picture yourself vividly deafened and that alone will make victory impossible..Picture yourself vividly winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.” – Maxwell Maltz|Psycho Cybernetics, A new technique for using your subconscious power.
A book for the entrepreneur in you that will help you master your relationships, bring together your dream teams and nail your projects.
Vishen Lakhiani guides you into becoming the spiritual master which is the buddha. The badass is the change maker that can create, build, code, write, invent, lead, and disrupt the status quo.
This book helps you integrate these into your skillset with ease.
“Attracting the allies you need is not a logical process. Be inspirational when you communicate. Use emotion. Dry mission statements are ineffective. Speak from the heart.” – Vishen Lakhiani|Buddha and the Badass, the secret spiritual art of succedding
Michael Harner is one of the godfathers of Shamanism as he has written many books from his anthropologist background. A pioneer of this ancient culture who provides practical guidance to healing art of Shamanism.
Another timeless classic that was first published in 1980, teaching you about the shamanic journey, different states of consciousness, power animals connections, restoring your power, releasing human intrusions that keep you stuck in life, and powerful journey practices.
If you are a student of shamanic healing, this book is a must.
“Now you are ready for your first experiential exercise in shamanism. This will be a simple journey of exploration down through the tunnel into the lower world. Your only mission will be to traverse the tunnel, see what lies beyond, and then return.” – Michael Harner|The way of the shaman
I love Jen Sincero’s style of writing with just saying it how it it is. She shows you how to stop doubting your greatness and start living a truly awesome life.
She takes you on a journey of self discovery and claiming your inner badass, whilst tapping into your greatness.
Why procrastination and overwhelm is dramatical and easy to get out of once you know how. Making a decision to just go and do it!
“All that matters is what’s true to you, and if you can stay connected to that without straying, you will be a mighty superhero.” – Jen Sincero|You are a badass, how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life.
Not for the faint hearted, as Jeremy Narby takes you on a journey of The Cosmic Serpent and the secret knowledge of DNA.
He becomes intrigued in the knowledge of the plants and biochemistry as they communicate directly with him and others through the use of hallucinogens.
Although his initial scepticism, he became obsessed to collect evidence on diverse subjects of molecular biology, shamanism, neurology and ancient mythology.
Allow Narby to take you with him on this powerful discovery of the indigineous and shamanic and Egyptian people.
“Each living being is constructed on the basis of the instructions written in the informational substance that is DNA. A single bacterium contains approximately ten million units of genetic information…” – Jeremy Narby| The Cosmic Serpent, DNA and the origins of knowledge
Barbara hand Clow channels the Pleiadians in this enthralling book. She describes a huge cosmic drama that is functioning within the nine dimensions simultaneously.
A Pleiadian goddess, Satya reveals the leap of evolution at the end of the Mayan calendar.
A mind-blowing book of alchemy, dimensions, photon bands, Kundalini, energy, manifestation, and the power within all of us.
“If you humans could begin to figure more things out… We want that because enlightened humans in the past, made homes in temples for us.” – Barbara Hand Clow| The Pleiadian Agenda, A new cosmology for the age of light
Another one of my favourites that I have given to many people as Diana Cooper helps you to learn the codes and spiritual laws of life on earth.
These laws include law of life, creation, higher awareness, and higher frequency. Which has many laws within each of these which include law of abundance, intention, responsibility, karma, resistance, gratitude, faith and so much more…
“Earth is a place of learning where our lessons are presented to us by making our outside world an exact reflection of our inner world.” Diana Cooper|A little light on the spiritual laws
Hundreds of thousands have read Heal your body and have found it a great reference tool for themselves and their clients.
The late Louise Hay explains how our attitude to life and the language we speak can cause our ailments.
She teaches simple yet effective techniques that takes you on a discovery of your patterns to your ailments, that can reveal so much about yourself!
“Right here and right now in our minds. It does not matter how long we have had negative p[atterns, or an illness, or a rotten relationship, or lack of finances, or self-hatred, we can begin to make a change today.” – Louise Hay|Heal Your Body
This wonderfully small book packs a punch. It includes spells, magical tips, tricks, rituals and witchy meditations that will enhance your secret to success, love, luck, money, work, and relationships.
“To attract money to your home, eat something containing basil on Thursdays – add some salad, curry or risotto, or drink herbal tea. Also, pay bills and settle debts on a Thursday. This is the best time to deal with money worries.” Silja|The Green Wiccan Spell Book, A compendium of magical knowledge
This book has been with me for many years and I have also bought this book for many of my friends, especially the ones who want to learn Tarot.
A wonderful book to teach you of the Tarot, either beginner or advanced. As it gives you the ideas behind the symbolism of the Tarot cards and your readings.
This book will help you get the most out of your Tarot deck.
“Three of Wands Upright: The successful birth of an enterprise. Cooperation.” Anthony Louis| Tarot, Plain and simple
This is another one of those books that you will use for reference. Jose Silva was revolutionary before his time as he was able to scientifically prove that using the mind and your energy, you could achieve anything, regardless of age or gender.
This book is based on a 4-day course pioneered by the late Jose Silva, this life transformative book is packed with techniques that teach people how to overcome tension, bad habits, illness, emotional insecurity, and the creative visualisation process to manifest what you desire.
Probably one of the most important books and techniques you will ever need.
“The mental techniques not only teach persons how to relax the mind and body., as do other approaches such as bio-feedback and Transcendental Meditation, but they go one step beyond. They teach persons how to function mentally when they are a t a relaxed level.” – Jose Silva|The Silva Mind Control Method, The revolutionary program by the founder of the world’s most famous mind control course.
A sixth generation Shaman, shares his shamanic keys to help tap into the inner realm of your personal power.
Shaman Durek is the Shaman to the celebrities and Spirit hacking is a completely different look on shamanism with biohacking energy fields.
He takes you on different exercises to come out of your darkness and be ‘Lit’ into your very own self-love infusion.
“When we evolve through love, we make deliberate choice to take responsibility for our experience here on Earth. responsibility means the ability to show up with love.” – Shaman Durek|Spirit Hacking, Shamanic keys to reclaim your personal power, transform yourself and light up the world.
This book is a continuation of workshops that Dr Maria Nemeth travelled the world facilitating. Twenty years of experience is packed into this book.
This is a revolutionary book that is packed with wisdom and experiential techniques that get results.
it will help you not only achieve your personal goals but also your monetary goals too.
A must read for taming those dragons that are driven by behaviour and deprivation and scarcity.
Easy to follow exercises and meditations, worksheets, and other interactive material. Be guided to financial success and manifestation.
“Authentic action concentrates and amplifies the energy of money.” – Maria Nemeth|The Energy of Money, A spiritual guide to financial and personal fulfilment.
This is a beautiful small book that my son bought me many years ago for my Christmas. It helps you with your passion, mission, profession and vocation.
This is a beautifully written book that is the Japanese way of living a long life as it brings joy and meaning to your life every day with ikigai. The secret to a long and happy life.
While sustained, intense stress is a known enemy of longevity and both mental and physical health, low levels of stress have been shown to be beneficial.’ – Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles| Ikigai, The Japanese Secret to a long and happy life.
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I love to mix old books with new as some of these books are over 60 years old and are still going strong, helping many people in the world.
I hope that this review has helped you and there is maybe some of your favourite books that you can tell me about!
Hi, Ann here,
I am a spiritual author of An Empath’s World To Freedom as detailed above and How To Become A Superhero which helps children unto age 12 years with their mental health. I am also a spiritual teacher and business coach and create online certified spiritual digital programs.