A carousel of books written by sannyasins, published in the past 18 months.
To know more about the books and to get the links from where they can be purchased (and gifted), click on the title. Happy reading, and playing, over the festive days!
Tarot Cards
The Sacred She Tarot
by Ma Deva Padma
The Sacred She Tarot and Guidebook is a unique and timely creation that resonates with an all-inclusive voice of the divine feminine. She represents the womb that supports all, and this is not just a deck for women. It’s not a feminist deck that excludes men but rather a deck that embodies the Earth itself, echoing many voices calling out for change, coming together, respecting Nature, and what it means to be human. More…
Poetry
Miniskirts in the Waste Land
by Pratibha Castle
These poems resonate because they describe life as it is. They give a sense of how the eternal can slip into the world of time, of how, if one looks even in the midst of the mundane, there is magic. More…
Starfall in the Temple
by Prartho Sereno
There is so much courage needed to be a poet; first of all in the submission of feelings and insights dragged from the deep dark cellar of the unconscious to the bright light of public scrutiny and secondly to trust that the warm spoken word that was invented to travel from mouth to ear will survive the passage to black ink on paper… More…
To Hills and Waterfalls: a Californian in Calderdale
by Madhuri ZK Akin
I was invited 10 years ago to come to this beautiful, rather hidden valley in the English Pennines… Naturally, I have been writing poems during this time – about any and everything, but often about what I saw on my walks, or while lying in bed looking out the window at the always-alive sky. More…
Flying Lady with Cat
by Madhuri ZK Akin
A coffee-table book
Certainly there is much here for cat-lovers to enjoy, but ultimately it is for anyone who knows how to live, love – and laugh! More…
The Teenage Poems and what I have learned since
by Madhuri ZK Akin
Both in her teenage poems and in her mature musings, Madhuri’s words cut like knives, don’t you think? She doesn’t flit about the surface: she dives DEEP! More…
A Triptych of Birds & A Few Loose Feathers
by Pratibha Castle
These poems are invitations to look through the clear eyes of one whose heart has been broken open and the caged birds have been set free. More…
Novels
Lord Jim at Home
by Dinah Brooke (Pankaja)
Pankaja discovers that one of the novels she had written pre-sannyas has been re-published, receiving accolades the likes of “a daring writer long overdue for reappraisal.” More…
Alien Humanity
by S D Anugyan
This is a terrific, extremely unique novel that I couldn’t put down.
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The Unsuitable Bride
by Ma Yoga Girisha’s (Pamela McGarry)
Absolutely beautiful, capturing the very essence of India – the sights, the sounds and the smells – and transports her readers to a land both exotic and hostile. It made me want to keep turning pages until the very end. More…
Prelude to Disclosure
by Nirvan (Richard M Santoro)
The story in this book is very fun and interesting and very current for our times. But it is the myriad of contexts that it takes place within that make it unique and a “must read”. More…
The Sex Oracle and the Sacred Wisdom
by Anup Henrikki Takarautio
This story is an interesting illustration of Osho’s credo that there is no enlightenment unless we first come to terms with our sexuality. More…
Memoirs / Essays
Mystics & Miracles
by Swami Anand Arun
This collection captures many precious jewel-moments from Arun’s life, little-known facts about his Master Osho, as well as about a pantheon of well-known gurus.
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Fumbling Towards Freedom: Initiations on the Path of Awakening
by Rajyo Allen
Despite the pain we feel while reading some of the passages, it is generally a joyful, colourful and sometimes humorous read. Her writing style is swift and natural, honest and naked, raw and to the bone, and as her recountings run off the pages you hardly notice that, inevitably, you have again gone past your bedtime. More…
Still… Here and Now: Growing Wings in Osho’s Garden
by Arjava Petter
This is a playful, loving, happy person, and his understanding of his luck at meeting Osho runs through the whole book like a river. More…
Seeing, Watching, Living with the Master and Being at Home
by Ma Yoga Neelam
This is a book I hope every Osho Lover will read! And I also hope this book will be made into a film which will offer a really inspiring understanding of Osho, the Man, and the Master. More…
My Lucky Book – Being Lucky
by Ma Deva Kalpana
A deeply-felt, harrowing and sensate memoir, disguised under a minimalist, deadpan delivery. More…
Osho: A Mystic of Love
by Swami Chaitanya Keerti
A compilation of articles on a variety of subjects published in Indian newspapers over a few years. The author shares with thousands of readers the most significant insights of his beloved master and shows them ways to raise their consciousness to live a life of love and meditation, creativity and celebration. More…
Memoirs / Meditation / Therapy
Two Souls, Tandem Journeys: Our Adventures with Love, Deafness and Autism
Roshani Shay Curtis, Ph.D.
I always knew that I wanted to write the story of our lives together, Tarun’s and mine. We were forced to be something like pioneers in the 1960s, when most doctors hadn’t even heard of autism… More…
Getting Along with Rusty: Horses, Healing and Therapeutic Riding
by Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett, MSW (aka Kavita)
There are so many useful lessons running through the book, all written in a clean and simple style. It’s one of those books I’m sure I will dip back into again and again. More…
When Life Stops: Trauma, Bonding and Family Constellation
by Svagito Liebermeister
The book reflects Svagito’s many decades as an Osho therapist, specializing in his own unique blend of two contemporary approaches to treating Trauma – Somatic Experiencing and Family Constellation. More…
Who is in? Beyond Self-image
by Avikal E Costantino
A wonderful resource for everyone who seeks to deeply connect to the moment, and increase their awareness and understanding of themselves. More…
From Esalen to Pune: Osho and the Path of Humanistic Transpersonal Psychology
by Vikrant Sentis
In his book, a Chilean psychotherapist and Osho sannyasin, chronicles the birth and development of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology, and their physical, creative expression through the Human Potential Movement. He also traces the simultaneous rise in the West of intense interest in Eastern religions, and the eventual meeting of psychotherapy with meditation and spirituality, particularly through the revolutionary vision of the Indian mystic Osho. More…
Osho’s Mystic Rose Meditative Therapy
by Leela Itzler
This book gives many clues as to why the Mystic Rose is so unique and profound – and so valuable in the world today. Leela explains why she feels Osho made the group so long and intense, and why this is so necessary to break through the repression and the energetic blocks we all have. More…
Movement is Medicine: The Potential for Self-Renewal is in Your Bones
by Suresha Hill, EdS, HSE, DOMTP
Volume 8 unravels what happens that can be seen under a microscope, at the nano-molecular level, and explains how it gets messed up and what we can do to turn it around into a balanced, integrated whole again. More…
Farewell to Song Mountain
by Veena Schlegel
This is not a travel book nor another sannyas memoir nor an elegy – although it is perhaps all of those at times – but is written with such a light, lyrical touch that even if you know almost nothing of Zen, by the end you may feel you have touched upon its heart. More…
This is a compilation of reviews and introductions of books in English language by sannyasin authors that have been published during this time period – of which we are aware of. Authors are always welcome to submit their news.
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