This book aims to answer one of the most deepest questions: How can the mind appear in the brain, which is itself “mindless”? The Society of Mind paints a surprisingly clear and enlightening picture of the inner workings of the mind. Reading every chapter of this book triggered “aha!” moments, and articulated concepts that I had a vague intuition of through meditation. The framework in this book fits beautifully with Culadasa’s mind-system outlined in The Mind Illuminated. If you’re interested in taking a deeper look at the nature of “sub-minds” (called “agents” in The Society of Mind), this is a must-read!

This book explores the complex and deep psychological foundations underlying myth, ideology and religion. If you’re puzzled as to why religion has been of such importance throughout history, or how individuals could join destructive ideologies such as Nazism or Stalinism, this book will open your eyes.

Maps of Meaning offers a deep analysis of the narratives that structure the western world, and of the dichotomy between the objective and subjective worldviews.

This book about the brain has forever changed the way I think about the mind and how it relates to the world.

In this book, the author explains how our two brain hemispheres create two fundamentally opposed realities. The implications of this division are far-reaching and profound, they explain the seeming disconnect between the arts and science, the evolution of philosophical trends and the changes in human behavior and pathology over time.

I’ve also written a (long!) full summary of The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: