The following references were used to develop the ideas found in the Western Tantra books, and these references are useful for those interested in the foundations of Western Tantric concepts.
Calder, Nigel. Einstein’s Universe. New York: Penguin Books, 1980.
Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Novato, CA: New World Library, 1999.
Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth. New York: Anchor Books, 1991.
Chaisson, Eric J. Cosmic Evolution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.
Cousins, Ewart. Bonaventure. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 1968.
English, Elizabeth. Vajrayogini, Her Visualizations, Rituals, and Forms. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1987.
Easwaran, Eknath. Nonviolent Soldier of Islam. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1999.
Evans-Wentz, W. Y., editor. The Tibetan Book of the Dead. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.
Genz, Henning. Nothingness, the Science of Empty Space. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1999.
Greene, Brian. The Elegant Universe. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.
Gyatso, Tenzin, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life. Translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, PhD. New York: Atria Books, 2002.
Hahn, Thich Nhat. Living Buddha, Living Christ. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1995.
Hahn, Thich Nhat. The Miracle of Mindfulness. Translated by Mobi Ho. Boston: Beacon Press, 1976.
Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. New York: Bantam Books, 1996.
Hey, Tony and Patrick Walters. The New Quantum Universe. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Holy Bible, St. Joseph Edition. New York: Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1963.
Huxley, Aldous. The Perennial Philosophy. New York: Harper Collins, 2004.
Kaku, Michio. Parallel Worlds. New York: Doubleday, 2005.
Keating, Thomas. Open Mind, Open Heart. New York: Continuum, 1995.
Keller, Helen. My Religion. San Diego: The Book Tree, 2007.
Khema, Arya. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1987.
Koch, Christof. Consciousness. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2012.
James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience. New York: The Modern Library, 1994.
Kraus, Lawrence M. The Fifth Essence, the Search for Dark Matter in the Universe. New York: Basic Books, 1989.
Lee, Chwen Jiuan and Thomas Hand. A Taste of Water. Burlingame, CA: Fr. Thomas Hand, Mercy Center, 1990.
Merton, Thomas. New Seeds of Contemplation. New York: New Directions Pub. Corp., 2007.
O’Donohue, John. Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom. New York: Cliff Street Books, 1997.
Randall, Lisa. Warped Passages, Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006.
Rinchen, Geshe Sonam. The Three Principle Aspects of the Path. Edited by Ruth Sonam. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1999.
Ruiz, Don Miguel. The Four Agreements. San Rafael, CA. Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997.
Smith, Huston. The Illustrated World’s Religions. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Smith, Huston. The World’s Religions. New York: Harper Collins, 1991.
Smolin, Lee. Three Roads to Quantum Gravity. New York: Basic Books, 2001.
Sogyal Rinpoche. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Edited by Patrick Gaffney and Andrew Harvey. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Steinhard, Paul J. and Niel Turok. The Endless Universe. New York: Doubleday, 2007.
Teasdale, Wayne. The Mystic Heart. Novato, CA: New World Library, 2001.
Tolle, Eckhart. A New Earth. New York: Plume, 2005.
Tolle, Eckhart. The Power of Now. Novato, CA: New World Library, 1999.
Tsongkhapa, Lama. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Vols. 1-3. Translated by The Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2000, 2002, 2004.
Tzu, Lao. Tao Teh Ching. Translated by John C. Wu. Boston: Shambala, 2006.
Tzu, Lao and Derek Lin. Tao Teh Ching: Annotated and Explained. Translated by John C. Wu. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths, 2006.
Wallace, B. Alan. Hidden Dimensions, the Unification of Physics and Consciousness. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.
Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1965.
Wolf, Fred Alan. Time Loops and Space Twists. San Antonio, TX: Hierophant Publishing, 2013.
Yeshe, Lama Thubten. Introduction to Tantra, a Vision of Totality. Edited by Jonathan Landaw. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2002.
Yeshe, Lama Thubten and Jonathan Landaw. Silent Mind, Holy Mind. Ulverston, Cambria, England: Wisdom Culture, 1978.
Yeshe, Lama Thubten. Universal Love. Edited by Nicholas Ribush. Boston: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, 2008.
Zopa, Lama Thubten. Transforming Problems Into Happiness. Edited by Ailsa Cameron and Robina Courtin. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1993.