New books, films, Web sites, and organizations that address these topics are being created all the time. Below are some resources that I feel have stood the test of time and offer the most unique information on the topics.
Amazon.com is a great place to review the content of my recommendations.
Books
The Nature of Giftedness
The Creative Imperative, Charles Johnston
Daborowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration, Sal Mendaglio, editor
The Gifted Adult, Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
Gifted Children, Ellen Winner
Gifted Grown Ups, Mary Lou Kelly Strezewki
I’m Not Crazy, I’m Just Not You, Roger Pearman & Sarah Albritton
Intelligence Reframed, Howard Gardner
Culture and Evolution
Albion's Seed, David Hackett (the seeds of our cultural heritage)
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain
American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips
The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, David Jay Brown
The Cultural Creatives, Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson
The Eye of Spirit, Ken Wilber *
The Hidden Dimension, Edward Hall *
The Last American Man, Elizabeth Gilbert
Luminous Ground, Christopher Alexander
The Magical Child, Joseph Chilton Pearce *
The Mission of Art, Alex Grey (very strange but also valuable)
Mothers of Invention, Drew Gilpin Faust (exquisite portrait of cultural trauma)
My Name Is Chellis and I Am in Recovery from Western Civilization, Chellis Glendinning
Please Understand Me, David Keirsey (a guide to understanding your differences from the culture)
Political Mind, George Lakoff (how our brain is designed to make links between concepts - limiting thinking)
2012, Daniel Pinchbeck (very misguided, but some of the key concepts about cultural breakdown have value)
Evolution
Emptiness, Clive Hazell
Films
Examples of Gifted Individuals
First Person Singular, I.M.Pei
My Architect
Tides and Rivers: Andy Goldsworthy working with time
Culture and Evolution
The Matrix
911 In Plain Site - Documentary (how cultural expectations limit what we perceive)
Organizations
National Society for the Gifted and Talented
SENG - Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
Gifted Adults
Hoagies Gifted Education
Metagifted Education Resource Organization
Keirsey Personality Test
Talent Development Resources
Formless Mountain (very cerebral - but an excellent model for evolution)
