Suggested Reading Material

Books that TOOL recommends you read

Behold the Protong! 

by Stanislav Szukaslsi

This artist/sculptor created and wrote more by age 30 than DaVinci did his

whole life. Any collection of works you can find by this man is well worth

the effort.

Love and Sleep and AEGYPT 

by John Crowley

John is a master of layering patterns and synchronicities. In these books

he explores the possibilities of there being many histories to the world.

And the Ass Saw the Angel 

by Nick Cave

This is a twisted beautiful story of a mute, persecuted boy's view of the

world outside a self-righteous religious community.

The Wasp Factory 

by Iain Banks

A macabre look at an adolescent's feeling that something is missing.

Squeak the Mouse 

by Massimo Mattioli

Sexual, homicidal rodents. Nothing more but certainly no less.

Nothing In This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are 

by Bob Frissell

Sacred geometry and the evolution of human consciousness. I think this is

a very important book in helping us understand our connection with the

universe through mathematics.

Earth 

by David Brin

A frightening look at one possible future for man.

Art and Physics 

by Leonard Shlain

Diary Of A Genius 

by Salvador Dali

It's always interesting to slip into an overly creative person's thoughts.

Interior Design with Feng Shui 

by Sarah Rossbach

Setting up your environment in order to take advantage of all available

energies.

Archaic Revival 

by Terrance McKenna

Enlightening perspectives on hallucinogens and culture.

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The Age Of Reason 

by Thomas Paine

Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 0879752734

Holy Blood, Holy Grail 

by Michael Baignet,

Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln

Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. ISBN: 0440136482

What The Buddha Taught 

by Walpola Rahula

Publisher: Grove Press ISBN: 0802130313

Fourth Way 

by P. D. Ouspensky

Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0394716728

Four Treatises Of Theophratus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelus 

by Paracelus

Publisher: John Hopkins Univ. ISBN: 0801855233

The Origin Of Satan 

by Elaine Pagels

Publisher: Vintage Books ISBN: 0679731180

Dune 

by Frank Herbert

Publisher: Ace Books ISBN: 0441172717

One Hundred Years Of Solitude 

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 0679444653

Crime and Punishment 

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press ISBN: 0192823582

Black Spring 

by Henry Miller

Publisher: Grove Press ISBN: 0802131824

American Psycho 

by Bret Easton Ellis

Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0679735771

Hellboy: The Lost Army 

by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics ISBN: 1569711852

(Also check out Hellboy on Dark Horse Comics)

High Priest

by Timothy Leary

Publisher: Ronin Publishing ISBN: 1914171801