⚡ Modern Gods

Fiction and nonfiction exploring divinity reimagined for the present day—ancient deities walking among us, or new forms of worship born from modern obsessions.

Candle & Crow

by Kevin Hearne • 2024

Two lethal curses force a Scottish sigil agent to build a god of cheese and whisky.

4.34

3k+

🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Mythological Satire 🕊️ Reformed Deity

Candle & Crow 89%

Two lethal curses force a Scottish sigil agent to build a god of cheese and whisky.

by Kevin Hearne 2024

4.34

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Mythological Satire 🕊️ Reformed Deity

Mistborn

by Brandon Sanderson • 2016

Kelsier dies, wakes in a misty realm, and refuses to fade, plotting to save his world.

4.31

102k+

👻 Afterlife Fantasy 🕵️‍♂️ Heist Fantasy ⚡️ Temporary God

Mistborn 89%

Kelsier dies, wakes in a misty realm, and refuses to fade, plotting to save his world.

by Brandon Sanderson 2016

4.31

102k+ ratings

👻 Afterlife Fantasy 🕵️‍♂️ Heist Fantasy ⚡️ Temporary God

Shades in Shadow

by N.K. Jemisin • 2015

Imprisoned gods and cunning survivors clash in a dark fantasy of power, pain, and self-definition.

4.05

3k+

⛓️ Imprisoned Deity 🌑 Godpunk ⚖️ Gods And Mortals

Shades in Shadow 88%

Imprisoned gods and cunning survivors clash in a dark fantasy of power, pain, and self-definition.

by N.K. Jemisin 2015

4.05

3k+ ratings

⛓️ Imprisoned Deity 🌑 Godpunk ⚖️ Gods And Mortals

The Dark Prophecy

by Rick Riordan • 2017

A mortal Apollo must seize a dark Oracle's prophecy before an undead emperor executes his friends.

4.10

143k+

🏛️ Mortal Gods 🌆 Modern Mythology 🏠 Found Family

The Dark Prophecy 88%

A mortal Apollo must seize a dark Oracle's prophecy before an undead emperor executes his friends.

by Rick Riordan 2017

4.10

143k+ ratings

🏛️ Mortal Gods 🌆 Modern Mythology 🏠 Found Family

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman • 2001

A grieving ex-con drives for a one-eyed grifter raising an army of forgotten gods.

4.10

995k+

🏚️ Forgotten Gods 🛣️ Road Trip Odyssey 👻 Dead Wife Returns

American Gods 88%

A grieving ex-con drives for a one-eyed grifter raising an army of forgotten gods.

by Neil Gaiman 2001

4.10

995k+ ratings

🏚️ Forgotten Gods 🛣️ Road Trip Odyssey 👻 Dead Wife Returns

Small Gods

by Terry Pratchett • 1992

A god as a tortoise, a boy who hears him, and a church that burns doubters.

4.32

135k+

🎭 Religious Satire 🤝 God And Mortal Duo ⛓️ Oppressive Theocracy

Small Gods 88%

A god as a tortoise, a boy who hears him, and a church that burns doubters.

by Terry Pratchett 1992

4.32

135k+ ratings

🎭 Religious Satire 🤝 God And Mortal Duo ⛓️ Oppressive Theocracy

Strange Rites

by Tara Isabella Burton • 2020

Americans didn't quit religion. They replaced church with SoulCycle, fandom, and social justice.

3.88

2k+

🇺🇸 American Religion 📊 Sociology Of Religion 🌱 Secular Spirituality

Strange Rites 88%

Americans didn't quit religion. They replaced church with SoulCycle, fandom, and social justice.

by Tara Isabella Burton 2020

3.88

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Religion 📊 Sociology Of Religion 🌱 Secular Spirituality

Man Is Not Alone

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1951

Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.

4.41

690

🕊️ Philosophy Of Religion ✡️ Jewish Theology 🌌 Wonder And Awe

Man Is Not Alone 88%

Meaning is discovered, awe is required, and God needs us as much as we need God.

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1951

4.41

690 ratings

🕊️ Philosophy Of Religion ✡️ Jewish Theology 🌌 Wonder And Awe

Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence

by A. Severan • 2021

Postmodernism erased transcendence. Metamodernism rebuilds it, but only inside art's frame.

4.23

🏛️ Cultural Theory 🎭 Postmodernism 🌊 Metamodernism

Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence Summary

Metamodernism and the Return of Transcendence 88%

Postmodernism erased transcendence. Metamodernism rebuilds it, but only inside art's frame.

by A. Severan 2021

4.23

43 ratings

🏛️ Cultural Theory 🎭 Postmodernism 🌊 Metamodernism

The Broken Kingdoms

by N.K. Jemisin • 2010

A blind artist who sees magic shelters a wounded god while a killer hunts immortals.

4.14

40k+

🖤 Fallen God 🏛️ God Politics 💫 Mortal And Divine Love

The Broken Kingdoms 88%

A blind artist who sees magic shelters a wounded god while a killer hunts immortals.

by N.K. Jemisin 2010

4.14

40k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen God 🏛️ God Politics 💫 Mortal And Divine Love

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman • 2017

From ice and fire, the Norse gods built a world they already knew would burn.

4.10

345k+

🪓 Norse Myth Retelling 🦊 Trickster Tales ⚡ Inevitable Prophecy

Norse Mythology 88%

From ice and fire, the Norse gods built a world they already knew would burn.

by Neil Gaiman 2017

4.10

345k+ ratings

🪓 Norse Myth Retelling 🦊 Trickster Tales ⚡ Inevitable Prophecy

A Secular Age

by Charles Margrave Taylor • 2007

Modern unbelief required building a new self, a new society, and a new kind of time.

4.27

2k+

💡 History Of Ideas ⛪ Secularization Theory 🌫️ Disenchantment

A Secular Age 88%

Modern unbelief required building a new self, a new society, and a new kind of time.

by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007

4.27

2k+ ratings

💡 History Of Ideas ⛪ Secularization Theory 🌫️ Disenchantment

7 Secrets from Hindu Calender Art

by Devdutt Pattanaik • 2011

The gods on Indian walls are a visual code. Read the symbols, unlock the philosophy.

3.72

510

🎨 Hindu Iconography 🔍 Decoding Mythology 🕉️ Hindu Philosophy

7 Secrets from Hindu Calender Art Summary

7 Secrets from Hindu Calender Art 88%

The gods on Indian walls are a visual code. Read the symbols, unlock the philosophy.

by Devdutt Pattanaik 2011

3.72

510 ratings

🎨 Hindu Iconography 🔍 Decoding Mythology 🕉️ Hindu Philosophy

The Prophets

by Abraham Joshua Heschel • 1962

The prophets saw injustice as a wound in God himself, not just a human failure.

4.40

1k+

🧱 Biblical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Tradition 🤝 Divine-Human Relationship

The Prophets 87%

The prophets saw injustice as a wound in God himself, not just a human failure.

by Abraham Joshua Heschel 1962

4.40

1k+ ratings

🧱 Biblical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Tradition 🤝 Divine-Human Relationship

All That Is in God

by James E. Dolezal • 2017

God without parts, without change, without time: classical theism's case against a God who needs us.

4.47

986

📖 Doctrine Of God 🏛️ Classical Theism 🔓 Open Theism

All That Is in God 87%

God without parts, without change, without time: classical theism's case against a God who needs us.

by James E. Dolezal 2017

4.47

986 ratings

📖 Doctrine Of God 🏛️ Classical Theism 🔓 Open Theism

Sunbringer

by Hannah Kaner • 2024

To stop a fire god's return, a godkiller must defend the tyrant she swore to kill.

3.87

23k+

🗡️ Gods As Weapons ⛓️ God-Human Bond 🫂 Found Family

Sunbringer 87%

To stop a fire god's return, a godkiller must defend the tyrant she swore to kill.

by Hannah Kaner 2024

3.87

23k+ ratings

🗡️ Gods As Weapons ⛓️ God-Human Bond 🫂 Found Family

None Like Him

by Jen Wilkin • 2016

Ten attributes of God that dismantle our drive to control and invite us into humble rest.

4.52

14k+

🌌 God'S Attributes 👑 Sovereignty Of God 🙇 Fear Of The Lord

None Like Him 87%

Ten attributes of God that dismantle our drive to control and invite us into humble rest.

by Jen Wilkin 2016

4.52

14k+ ratings

🌌 God'S Attributes 👑 Sovereignty Of God 🙇 Fear Of The Lord

The Crisis of the Modern World

by René Guénon • 1927

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

4.09

2k+

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History

The Crisis of the Modern World 87%

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

by René Guénon 1927

4.09

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History

Letter to a Christian Nation

by Sam Harris • 2006

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

3.99

43k+

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil

Letter to a Christian Nation 87%

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

by Sam Harris 2006

3.99

43k+ ratings

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil

Trapped

by Kevin Hearne • 2012

A Druid's apprentice needs her binding rite. The gods have turned Olympus into a trap.

4.27

46k+

🏛️ Mythological Mashup ⚔️ God Slayer 🧙 Mentor And Apprentice

Trapped 87%

A Druid's apprentice needs her binding rite. The gods have turned Olympus into a trap.

by Kevin Hearne 2012

4.27

46k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Mashup ⚔️ God Slayer 🧙 Mentor And Apprentice

The Experience of God

by David Bentley Hart • 2013

The God most atheists reject was never the one classical theology actually proposed.

4.25

2k+

🏛️ Classical Theism 📚 Philosophical Theology 🔗 Arguments For God

The Experience of God 87%

The God most atheists reject was never the one classical theology actually proposed.

by David Bentley Hart 2013

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Theism 📚 Philosophical Theology 🔗 Arguments For God

Against the Machine

by Paul Kingsnorth • 2025

The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.

3.95

3k+

🏛️ Critique Of Modernity ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🌳 Spiritual Ecology

Against the Machine 87%

The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.

by Paul Kingsnorth 2025

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Critique Of Modernity ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🌳 Spiritual Ecology

The Satanic Bible

by Anton Szandor LaVey • 1969

Satan as symbol, sin as sacrament, self as sovereign: the book that made indulgence a religion.

3.42

15k+

😈 Modern Satanism 🍷 Carnal Philosophy 🧍 Individualist Ethics

The Satanic Bible 87%

Satan as symbol, sin as sacrament, self as sovereign: the book that made indulgence a religion.

by Anton Szandor LaVey 1969

3.42

15k+ ratings

😈 Modern Satanism 🍷 Carnal Philosophy 🧍 Individualist Ethics

Wayward Sky

by Devon Monk • 2022

A spirit and his vampire wife hunt a spell book on Route 66 to live again.

4.39

269

🛣️ Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Love

Wayward Sky 87%

A spirit and his vampire wife hunt a spell book on Route 66 to live again.

by Devon Monk 2022

4.39

269 ratings

🛣️ Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Love

Transcendence and Rebellion

by Michael G. Manning • 2019

A godlike entity threatens existence; a family of seers forges a magical prison to cage him.

4.48

1k+

🏰 Epic Family Saga 🔮 Burden Of Foresight ⚡ Mortals Vs Gods

Transcendence and Rebellion 87%

A godlike entity threatens existence; a family of seers forges a magical prison to cage him.

by Michael G. Manning 2019

4.48

1k+ ratings

🏰 Epic Family Saga 🔮 Burden Of Foresight ⚡ Mortals Vs Gods

God

by Dan Barker • 2016

Twenty million dead in a flood, children dashed on rocks: the Bible's God, read plainly.

3.90

838

📖 Biblical Criticism ⚡ Divine Violence 📚 Bible As Literature

God 87%

Twenty million dead in a flood, children dashed on rocks: the Bible's God, read plainly.

by Dan Barker 2016

3.90

838 ratings

📖 Biblical Criticism ⚡ Divine Violence 📚 Bible As Literature

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy

by Tracy L. Bealer • 2012

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

3.55

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Neil Gaiman and Philosophy 87%

What Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Derrida would make of Neil Gaiman's gods, graveyards, and dreams.

by Tracy L. Bealer 2012

3.55

92 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Comics Studies 📖 Philosophy Of Fiction

Loving the City

by Timothy J. Keller • 2016

Four ways the church engages culture. Each is half-right, each is dangerous. The center is ancient.

4.28

242

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🏗️ Urban Ministry 🌍 Post-Christian Society

Loving the City 87%

Four ways the church engages culture. Each is half-right, each is dangerous. The center is ancient.

by Timothy J. Keller 2016

4.28

242 ratings

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🏗️ Urban Ministry 🌍 Post-Christian Society

The Secret Doctrine

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1888

Humanity predates mammals. A hidden history of distinct humanities shaped by planetary spirits.

3.93

2k+

🕉️ Modern Theosophy 🌟 Western Esotericism 🌌 Occult Cosmology

The Secret Doctrine 87%

Humanity predates mammals. A hidden history of distinct humanities shaped by planetary spirits.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1888

3.93

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Modern Theosophy 🌟 Western Esotericism 🌌 Occult Cosmology

7 Secrets Of Shiva

by Devdutt Pattanaik • 2011

Shiva's symbols are not myths but a map: seven doorways from animal fear to infinite consciousness.

4.02

5k+

🛕 Hindu Mythology 🏛️ Deity Archetypes 🕉️ Non-Dual Philosophy

7 Secrets Of Shiva 87%

Shiva's symbols are not myths but a map: seven doorways from animal fear to infinite consciousness.

by Devdutt Pattanaik 2011

4.02

5k+ ratings

🛕 Hindu Mythology 🏛️ Deity Archetypes 🕉️ Non-Dual Philosophy

The Stillborn God

by Mark Lilla • 2007

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

3.60

289

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy

The Stillborn God 87%

Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.

by Mark Lilla 2007

3.60

289 ratings

⛪ Political Theology 🏛️ Secularization 🇩🇪 German Philosophy

Diagnosing And Changing Organizational Culture

by Kim S. Cameron • 2005

Misplaced awe is the root of every sin. Grace alone can recapture it.

3.95

454

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🪵 Modern Idolatry ✨ Awe And Wonder

Diagnosing And Changing Organizational Culture Summary

Diagnosing And Changing Organizational Culture 87%

Misplaced awe is the root of every sin. Grace alone can recapture it.

by Kim S. Cameron 2005

3.95

454 ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🪵 Modern Idolatry ✨ Awe And Wonder

City of Stairs

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41k+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City

City of Stairs 87%

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2014

4.10

41k+ ratings

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City

The Desecration of Man

by Carl R. Trueman • 2026

Modern identity is built on desecration: transgressing limits once sacred to prove we are gods.

4.58

464

🧑 Theological Anthropology ⛪ Cultural Christianity 🕰️ Modernity And Religion

The Desecration of Man 87%

Modern identity is built on desecration: transgressing limits once sacred to prove we are gods.

by Carl R. Trueman 2026

4.58

464 ratings

🧑 Theological Anthropology ⛪ Cultural Christianity 🕰️ Modernity And Religion

Outgrowing God

by Richard Dawkins • 2019

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

4.06

6k+

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism

Outgrowing God 87%

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

by Richard Dawkins 2019

4.06

6k+ ratings

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism

The Day the Revolution Began

by N.T. Wright • 2016

The crucifixion was a revolution, not a transaction. God overthrew the powers enslaving the world.

4.30

2k+

✝️ Atonement Theology 📖 Biblical Theology ⚔️ Powers And Principalities

The Day the Revolution Began 87%

The crucifixion was a revolution, not a transaction. God overthrew the powers enslaving the world.

by N.T. Wright 2016

4.30

2k+ ratings

✝️ Atonement Theology 📖 Biblical Theology ⚔️ Powers And Principalities

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

by Satyarth Nayak • 2022

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

4.39

2k+

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas Summary

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas 87%

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

by Satyarth Nayak 2022

4.39

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance

A God That Could be Real

by Nancy Ellen Abrams • 2015

What if God isn't a creator but a creation, emerging from collective human consciousness right now?

3.71

276

🧪 Science And Religion 🌊 Emergence Theory 🧠 Collective Consciousness

A God That Could be Real 87%

What if God isn't a creator but a creation, emerging from collective human consciousness right now?

by Nancy Ellen Abrams 2015

3.71

276 ratings

🧪 Science And Religion 🌊 Emergence Theory 🧠 Collective Consciousness

Doctor Strange and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2018

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

4.27

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

Doctor Strange and Philosophy 87%

How a surgeon's shattered hands open a portal to virtue ethics, quantum mind, and dirty choices.

by Mark D. White 2018

4.27

44 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🦸 Comic Book Studies 🎭 Virtue Ethics

God and Stephen Hawking

by John C. Lennox • 2011

Stephen Hawking claimed the universe created itself. A mathematician finds the logical flaw.

4.12

1k+

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🔬 Science And Religion 🌌 Cosmic Fine-Tuning

God and Stephen Hawking 87%

Stephen Hawking claimed the universe created itself. A mathematician finds the logical flaw.

by John C. Lennox 2011

4.12

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🔬 Science And Religion 🌌 Cosmic Fine-Tuning

The Hammer of Thor

by Rick Riordan • 2016

When Thor's hammer vanishes, Magnus Chase tracks it to a giant's wedding and a trickster's trap.

4.29

131k+

🏔️ Norse Myth Adventure 🌆 Modern Mythology 🤝 Found Family

The Hammer of Thor 87%

When Thor's hammer vanishes, Magnus Chase tracks it to a giant's wedding and a trickster's trap.

by Rick Riordan 2016

4.29

131k+ ratings

🏔️ Norse Myth Adventure 🌆 Modern Mythology 🤝 Found Family

The Son of Neptune

by Rick Riordan • 2011

An amnesiac demigod must free Death from a giant in Alaska to save a Roman camp.

4.40

676k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🧠 Amnesia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Son of Neptune 87%

An amnesiac demigod must free Death from a giant in Alaska to save a Roman camp.

by Rick Riordan 2011

4.40

676k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🧠 Amnesia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

by Rick Riordan • 2017

Dead at sixteen, Magnus wakes in Valhalla: son of a god, with a wolf to bind.

4.52

4k+

🏙️ Modern Myth Quest 🌳 Norse Pantheon 🫂 Found Family

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Summary

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 87%

Dead at sixteen, Magnus wakes in Valhalla: son of a god, with a wolf to bind.

by Rick Riordan 2017

4.52

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Modern Myth Quest 🌳 Norse Pantheon 🫂 Found Family

The End of Faith

by Sam Harris • 2004

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

3.89

44k+

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity

The End of Faith 87%

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

by Sam Harris 2004

3.89

44k+ ratings

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity

The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha

by Amish Tripathi

Blue-throated by a strange elixir, a mountain chief becomes the prophesied savior of a rigid empire.

4.23

3k+

🕉️ Indian Mythology Retelling 🔱 Mythic Fantasy ⚗️ Science Meets Myth

The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha Summary

The Secret of the Nagas & the Immortals of Meluha 87%

Blue-throated by a strange elixir, a mountain chief becomes the prophesied savior of a rigid empire.

by Amish Tripathi

4.23

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Indian Mythology Retelling 🔱 Mythic Fantasy ⚗️ Science Meets Myth

Star Mother

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2021

Bearing the Sun's star, she wakes centuries later with a hunted demigod as her only guide.

4.12

13k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy ✨ Cosmic Romance ☀️ God Romance

Star Mother 87%

Bearing the Sun's star, she wakes centuries later with a hunted demigod as her only guide.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2021

4.12

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy ✨ Cosmic Romance ☀️ God Romance

Hammered

by Kevin Hearne • 2011

To survive Odin's wrath, a Druid assembles a crew of immortal misfits to kill Thor.

4.21

57k+

🏛️ Mythology Mashup ⚡ Norse Gods 🗡️ Motley Crew Heist

Hammered 87%

To survive Odin's wrath, a Druid assembles a crew of immortal misfits to kill Thor.

by Kevin Hearne 2011

4.21

57k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythology Mashup ⚡ Norse Gods 🗡️ Motley Crew Heist

Sadhguru

by Arundhathi Subramaniam • 2010

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

4.45

1k+

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality

Sadhguru 87%

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010

4.45

1k+ ratings

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality

A Short History of Myth

by Karen Armstrong • 2005

We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.

3.69

7k+

📚 Comparative Mythology 📜 Religious History ✨ Sacred Experience

A Short History of Myth 87%

We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.

by Karen Armstrong 2005

3.69

7k+ ratings

📚 Comparative Mythology 📜 Religious History ✨ Sacred Experience

The Dancing Universe

by Marcelo Gleiser • 1997

Creation myths were not wrong turns. They were the first cosmology, and physics is their heir.

4.22

550

🏛️ History Of Cosmology 📜 Creation Myths 🙏 Science And Religion

The Dancing Universe 87%

Creation myths were not wrong turns. They were the first cosmology, and physics is their heir.

by Marcelo Gleiser 1997

4.22

550 ratings

🏛️ History Of Cosmology 📜 Creation Myths 🙏 Science And Religion

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