Essential Reading for Parents and Educators

Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul, Jane Roberts (1972, re-issued 1994)
           One of the most powerful of the Seth Books, Seth Speaks is an essential guide to conscious living. It clearly and powerfully articulates the furthest reaches of human potential and presents the concept that we are independent of our physical image and have access to intuitional knowledge and other dimensions of reality.  Seth Speaks has withstood the test of time and is still considered one of the the most dynamic and brilliant maps of inner reality and human potential available today.
           A good starting point in the works of Seth, anything by or through Jane Roberts is recommended.

The Intuitive Way: A Guide to Living from Inner Wisdom, by Penney Peierce. (1997). This book shows you how to enter a state of perceptual aliveness and integrate it into daily life to achieve greater natural flow. The Author synthesizes teachings from psychology, East-West philosophy, religion, metaphysics, and business. Simple and direct language, practical applications.

Pagan Parenting: Spiritual, Magical and Emotional Development of the Child, by Kristin Madden (2000). 

Wheels of Light: Chakras, Auras and the Healing Energy of the Body, by Rosalyn L. Bruyere (1994)
         A most impressive blend of extensive research and expert personal observation, this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in this subject. - Meditation Magazine
 

The Wise Child: A Spiritual Guide to Nurturing Your Child’s Intuition, by Sonia Choquette, PH.D. (1999) Author of The Psychic Pathway, Sonia offers a basic, easy to read guide, complete with activities, “tools”, and short stories from personal experience. Good suggestions for self-reflection and parenting practices to encourage intuitive expression.

What If You Can Change the World?, Linda Iribarren (2005)

Looking Deeper and Specific Topics
 

Birth

The Secret Life of the Expectant Mother: Nine Months of Mysterious Intuitions and Heightened Perceptions, by Carl Jones (1997)
         Presents compelling stories and dozens of practical exercises designed to develop intuition and strengthen the parent-child bond.

Soul-Trek: Meeting Our Children on the Way to Birth, by Elisabeth Hallett (1995)
         Outstanding research on pre-birth communication. http://www.light-hearts.com/soultrek.htm  

Spiritual Parenting

10 Principles for Spiritual Parenting: Nurturing Your Child’s Soul, Mimi Doe with Marsha Walch, Ph.D (1998)

Spiritual Intelligence: What We Can Learn from the Early Awakening Child, by Marsha Sinetar. (2000).

Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent, by David Spangler (2000)

My Kids Grow and So Do I: A Parents Toolbox for Practical Spirituality, by Johanna Van Zwet

Alternate Learning Styles

Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner, by Linda Kreger Silverman. Denver: DeLeon Publishing, 2002.

Are you Really too Sensitive?, by Marcy Calhoun Especially for parents of sensitive empathics.

Raising You Spirited Child, by Sheedy Kurchinka

The Radiant Child, by Thomas Armstrong (1985)
Mystical and transpersonal experiences in children. Especially helpful for parents of kids diagnosed with ADHD.

The Nature of Reality and Scientific Bases

The Field, The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe. Lynne McTaggart (2001)

Adventures in Consciousness: An Introduction to Aspect Psychology, by Jane Roberts (1975) Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 

Future Memory, by P.M.H. Atwater. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., 1999.

Psychic Skill Development

Your Aura & Your Chakras: The Owner’s Manual, by Karla McLaren. York Beach, ME: Weiser Books, 1998. 

Aura Reading Through All Your Senses, by Rose Rosetree. Chicago: Desktop Publishing Services, 1996. “. . . all the psychic senses are interrelated . . . you can receive info about the     aura through any of them, not just sight/clairvoyance.  It is an excellent book and has helped me a lot.”

The Heart of the Soul: Emotional Awareness, by Gary Zukav and Linda Francis. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 

Extraordinary Guidance: How to connect with Your Spiritual Guides, by Liza M. Wiemer, Peter Occhiograsso (1997)
     Opens doors to the soul. A  complete guide for readers of any religion, Extraordinary Guidance teaches how to contact the spiritual guides that watch over every soul and apply their  wisdom for practical results in your everyday life as well as for a richer spiritual life.

Learning to Communicate with Animals, Nature, Fairies and More

To Hear the Angels Sing: An Odyssey of Co-Creation with the Devic Kingdom, by Dorothy Maclean. Forres, Scotland: Findhorn, 1980.  

What the Animals Tell Me, by Sonya Fitzpatrick
         The author tells of her extensive experience working and communicating with pets and helps us all develop our innate telepathic skills to communicate with animals. I had great enjoyment reading this book. Children may enjoy having excerpts read to them. Llael

Stories of Psycho-Spiritual Experiences

The Secret Spiritual World of Children, Tobin Hart (2003) Urged on by his own child's "angel" experience, Dr. Hart spent five years interviewing children, parents, and adults as well as searching through the literature of the world's wisdom traditions. In this wonderful, accessible book he shares their inspiring stories from the young philosopher to the young clairvoyant. He makes the point that children truly are spiritual beings, just like every other human being, and offers tools for keeping this potential alive. A very confirming book, as well as great for grandparents.

 Children of the New Millennium: Children’s Near-Death Experiences and the Evolution of Human Kind, by P.M.H. Atwater, Lh.D. (1999)
Excellent suggestions and stories, well researched.  In my opinion it’s the best of recent works on recognizing children’s psi abilities.

Opening to the Infinite: Human Multidimensional Potential, by Alice Bryant Linda Seebach, MSW (1998) What of the children who fully access other dimensions yet whose parents do not  understand them and cannot help them adjust to this overwhelming flood of information that sets them apart? This book offers answers through interviews and research with multidimensionally aware individuals and it catalogs evidence  of the experience delving deeply into the many facets of the phenomena.

Foundational Reading (The Classics)

Magical Child, by Joseph Chilton Pierce(1977) Bantam Books
         Challenging just about every notion we have about child-rearing the author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg shows how we can raise children capable of learning everything - by rediscovering the astonishing capacity for creative intelligence that is built into human genes.

Magical Child Matures, by Joseph Chilton Pierce (1985) Out of print.  The book that helps you discover nature’s plan for our teenagers and ourselves.