Margaret Duarte

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Transformational Literature – 20 Books that Enlighten and Entertain

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In a world riddled with fear, misunderstanding, and lost hope, I believe there is an audience for transformational literature that heals, empowers, and bridges differences.

So on this “Freebie Friday,” I’d like to introduce you to 20 books that enlighten as well as entertain.

Transformational Literature: Nonfiction

  1. When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions, Sue Monk Kidd
  2. Essential Spirituality: Seven Practices Common to the Great World’s Religions, Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.
  3. Recovering the Soul: A Scientific anf Spiritual Search, Larry Dossey
  4. Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis, Stranislav and Christina Grof
  5. The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, with Bill Moyers
  6. Man’s Search for Meaning, C Viktor Frankl
  7. Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening the Spirit in Everyday Life, Sam Keen
  8. Higher Creativity: Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough Insights, Willis Harman and Howard Rheingold
  9. Will and Spirit, Gerald G. May, M.D.
  10. Inner Knowing: Consciousness, Creativity, Insight, Intuition, edited by Helen Palmer

Transformational Literature: (Visionary) Fiction

  1. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
  2. The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure, James Redfield
  3. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach
  4. The Girl with No Shadow, Joanne Harris
  5. Keeping Faith, Jodi Picoult

Transformational Literature: Poety

  1. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
  2. The Best of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  3. The Gift, Hafiz
  4. Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
  5. Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth

And, because I couldn’t resist, I’m adding the bonus of introducing some inspirational films for your enjoyment.

Bonus:  Transformational Films

  1. The Life of Pi
  2. What the Bleep Do We Know?
  3. Dreams Awake
  4. The Way
  5. I Am

Tell Me More

If you are interested in learning more about transformation entertainment, visit:

  1.  GATE, the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment..  “Gate is the pioneering and leading nonprofit organization shepherding the emerging and rapidly expanding transformational entertainment and media genre and worldwide movement.”
  2. Wisdom Films.  Contemplative Media for Human Being.
  3. Spiritual Cinema Circle

As always, thanks for stopping by.

The Reporter of Good News,

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About Margaret Duarte

Former middle school teacher, Margaret Duarte, lives on a California dairy farm with a herd of “happy cows,” a constant reminder that the greenest pastures lie closest to home. Margaret earned her creative writing certificate through UC Davis Extension and has since published four novels in her “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series: Between Will and Surrender, Between Darkness and Dawn, Between Yesterday and Tomorrow, and Between Now and Forever. Her poem and story credits include SPC Tule Review; The California Writers Club Literary Review; finalist in the 2017 SLO Nightwriters Golden Quill Writing Contest; First Place winner for fiction in 2016, Second Place winner for fiction in 2018, Honorable Mention for fiction in 2019, and Gold winner for fiction in 2020 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS Book Awards Competition; 2019 California Author Project winner for adult fiction.

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  2. Margaret Duarte says

    I saw Life of Pi with my sister and we both agreed that it was a fantastic movie. Of course, seeing it in 3-D was an extra pleasure. The books I listed above all moved me, so it’s hard to pick a favorite. I believe that “When the Heart Waits” will appear to most readers.

  3. Rosi says

    Great list, Margaret. I will be checking some of these out. I have read a few, but a very few, on the list, and haven’t seen any of the movies yet.

  4. Margaret Duarte says

    Hi Rosi. A great start in nonfiction would be When the Heart Waits and Man’s Search for Meaning, and in fiction, The Girl with No Shadow. Easy reading and inspiring.