- anthropology, history
- Jim Woods at Herrett Museum, Twin Falls (with thanks to Janie Brumbach, RIP)
- The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin
- The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff
- Earth in Upheaval, Immanuel Velikovsky
- Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
- Where White Men Fear to Tread, Russel Means
- Prosper Waukon, Winnebago entrepreneur
- Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization, John Zerzan
- psychology
- Magical Child Matures, Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Birth Without Violence Frederick Leboyer
- The Primal Scream, Arthur Janov
- Mass Psychology of Fascism, Wilhelm Reich.
- Fury on Earth, Myron Sharaf, biography of Wilhelm Reich
- Pleasure, Alexander Lowen, a faithful student of Reich
- Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries, Alice Miller
- philosophical and spiritual traditions
- my parents, John and LouAnn, and brother, Paul
- Atlas Shrugged, etc, Ayn Rand, preceptor
- Tantric Hinduism with guru, Purna Steinitz
- In Search of the Miraculous, Ouspensky (Gurdjieff’s basic teachings)
- radical orthodox Christianity with DeWaynn Rogers (late legal counsel, enigma, and possibly Teacher of the Age)
- animism from nature, books (above), elders (scoutmaster Jack Asher; godfather and mentor, John Boyer), extended family, and friends
- health
- my parents
- initiated into Natural Hygiene by Frederic Patenaude
- Do You Really Need Eyeglasses?, Marilyn B. Rosanes-Berrett
- Fit for Life, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
- Science and Fine Art of Natural Hygiene, Herbert Shelton
- The 80/10/10 Diet, Dr Douglas Graham
- Introduction to Human Technology and Human Technology, William Arthur Evans (thanks to friend, Sterling Voss, for finding this rare work)
- design and art
- my parents and brother
- grandelder and grandmaster craftsman and engineer, Jack Nuckols
- childhood teacher, Steve Parks (Horizons School, Twin Falls)
- accompanist and mentor, Willetta Warberg
- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
- The Natural House, Frank Lloyd Wright
- Selected Poems, Robert Bly
- BuckyWorks, Jay Baldwin (about Buckminster Fuller)
- experiences
- 1 week of humane society at Sawtooth Methodist Church Camp, Idaho, Joanie Williamson, director, 1985
- 3 months enraptured, Idaho, 1987
- 23 days fasting in California desert, 1991
- hundreds of hours since 1986 in conversation with mentor and godfather, John Boyer, especially 1991-93
- 1 week at Rainbow National Gathering, Idaho, 2001
- 60-hour darkroom retreat supported by Harold, Oregon, 2006
- 10 days in audience of Advaita grandmaster, Arnaud Desjardins, Montana, 2007
- 8 seconds in dreamtime with elder, Adrian Wolfe, Oregon, 2008
- 18 months with the Maya at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, 2011
- 2 months of life-altering sex, Sweden, 2012