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Existential Psychology:
Staring at the Sun
Irvin D. Yalom
Courageous and inspiring book that discusses the fear of death in us and how we can use
awareness of the finality of our lives to enrich it.
*Easy read
When Nietzche Wept
Irvin D. Yalom
Novel about a (fictitious) relationship between Nietzche and Freud. Explains Nietzche’s thinking
and character as well as the birth of psychotherapy in very entertaining fiction.
*Easy Read
The Spinoza Problem
Irvin D.Yalom
Novel about the life of Baruch Spinoza, (the Jewish seventeenth-century philosopher), in parallel
with the story of Alfred Rosenberg (the main author of racial policy for the Third Reich.)
*Easy Read
Awareness:
Awareness
Anthony de Mello
(Doubleday)
Very sharp and confronting insights into living and being human. Blows away illusions like
cobwebs.
*Needs concentration
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
(Pocket Books)
Moving account of the insights into human nature, which helped Frankl (a psychiatrist) to survive
the concentration camps.
*Not a difficult read