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A playful and profound intellectual journey into how chaos, mischief, and boundary-crossing fuel human creativity. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Trickster Makes This World.
- intellectually stimulating
- wondrous
- contemplative
- mischievous
- 01
The Gift
Lewis Hyde · 1999
A thoughtful, interdisciplinary meditation on the true nature of creativity and the cultural value of art as a gift rather than a commodity.
- 02
Mythos
Stephen Fry
A witty, theatrical raconteur breathes vibrant, tragicomic life into the ancient pantheon.
- 03
Parallel myths
J. F. Bierlein · 1994
A sweeping, accessible journey through the shared stories that have shaped the human psyche across time and cultures.
- 04
Myths to live by
Joseph Campbell · 1972
A sweeping, philosophical journey into the ancient stories that shape our modern souls.
- 05
Green grass, running water
Thomas King · 1993
A playful, mythic tapestry where creation stories and contemporary lives collide to rewrite history with a wry smile.
- 06
The spell of the sensuous
David Abram · 1996
A philosophical and poetic reawakening of the senses that invites you to converse with the living, breathing earth.
- 07
The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell · 1988
A fireside chat with a wise elder that reveals the hidden architecture of human storytelling and spiritual longing.
- 08
Troy
Stephen Fry
A grand, tragic epic told with the warmth, wit, and conversational ease of a master storyteller holding court at a dinner party.
- 09
Native Science
Gregory Cajete
A profound and grounding exploration of reality that bridges the physical and the spiritual through the lens of Indigenous wisdom.
- 10
The white goddess
Graves, Robert & Grevel Lindop
A dizzying, impassioned descent into the ancient, mythic roots of poetry and the divine feminine.
- 11
Gods Behaving Badly
Marie Phillips
A cheeky, chaotic romp that imagines ancient deities as the world's worst roommates.
- 12
Jambalaya
Luisah Teish
An earthy, vibrant invitation to reclaim ancestral magic and the divine feminine through storytelling and ritual.
