“Man has does nothing but invent God, so as to live without killing himself”1
“You are easily convinced you are just your bodies and there is no such thing as the soul, or if you do believe that the soul exists then you often do so blindly, according to religious dogmas rather than personal inquiry.”2
Non-Fiction
A History of Religious Ideas Vol 1
- comprehensive overview of world religions
- Jordan Peterson’s commentary on the Bible (video lecture series)
- explores the use of psychedelics within religion
Pagans The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity
- explores the pagan world’s transition to Christianity
- the apocryphal text of prophet Enoch
- overview of the prominent Catholic crusades
- explores the development of Christianity, i.e. the early Church period
- explores religion in Russia and the role religion plays in the Russian mind
Fiction
The following novels have religion/spirituality as a central theme: