Mitch Walker

• Gay Liberation at A Psychological Crossroads (Mitch Walker, 2009)
• The Revolutionary Psychology of Gay-Centeredness in Men; Three Short Essays:
  • The Archetype of Gay-Centeredness in Men (Mitch Walker, 1999)
  • The Revolutionary Challenge of Gay-Centered Inner Work (Mitch Walker, 1999)
  • A Recent Gay-Centered History Lesson (Mitch Walker, 1999)
• Contradictory Views on Radical Faerie Thought (Mitch Walker, 1997) (From White Crane Journal, Fall 1997 #34 : FAIRIES)
• A New Jungian Theory Of Male Homosexual Personhood: Individuation As Gay (Mitch Walker, 1991)
• Visionary Love - A Spirit Book of Gay Mythology (Mitch Walker, 1980)
• The Problem of Frankenstein (Mitch Walker, 1977)
• The Double: An Archetypal Configuration (Mitch Walker, 1976)

Institute for Uranian Psychoanalysis

• The Man Who Loved Frankenstein (Douglas Sadownick, 2007)
• Crisis of Conscience in the Gay 90's (Douglas Sadownick, 1999)
• Age of the Uranians (Douglas Sadownick)
• Harry Hay's Essentialism (Douglas Sadownick With Chris Kilbourne)
• How the Star Wars Saga Evokes the Creative Promise of Homosexual Love (Roger Kaufman)
• Heroes Who Learn to Love Their Monsters (Roger Kaufman)
• The Secret History of the Radical Faeries (Douglas Sadownick)
• Nietzsche's Gay Liberation (Douglas Sadownick)

Gay Spirituality

• Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning, Mark Thompson, Ed.
  The first and still the best single anthology on the subject, including material about Walt Whitman, Edward Carpenter, Harry Hay, Mitch Walker, etc.
• Gay Soul : Finding the Heart of Gay Spirit and Nature., Mark Thompson, Ed.
  The interview with Mitch Walker is particularly relevant.
• The Soul Beneath the Skin, David Nimmons
  This book is really more sociology than spirituality, but it’s written in an enjoyable and accessible way and does a nice job of describing the laudable attributes of modern gay men, with some research to support his ideas.

Gay History / Literature

• Homosexuality & Civilization, Louis Crompton
  This is a carefully researched and documented exploration of homosexuality from Ancient Greece up to the 19th century, covering horrible homophobia as well as wonderful love, including some coverage of Asian cultures. A little dry and dense, but if you like history, it’s the classic on the subject.
• Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century, Graham Robb
  A good companion to the Crompton book, covering mostly 19th century in England and the U.S. Like the above, carefully researched but a little bit more fun to read.
• Myth and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love, Christine Downing
  This unique book could be in both the gay psychology and Jungian psychology sections below. A very nicely written exploration of gayness in Freud, Jung, and ancient Greek mythology.
• The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature, Byrne R. S. Fone, Ed.
  A wonderful collection of homoerotic poetry and prose through the ages, with helpful introductions to the major writers.
• Symposium, Plato
  The story of a drunken party where the Greek men all pontificate on love, focusing mostly on same-sex romantic love. It’s quite entertaining, with amazing insights we haven’t caught up with yet.

Gay Psychology

• The Velvet Rage, Alan Downs
  Written by a gay therapist in Santa Fe, does a nice job of discussing gay male psychology.
• Men’s Dreams, Men’s Healing, Robert Hopcke
  A good introduction to a gay Jungian approach.
• Same-Sex Love and the Path to Wholeness, Robert Hopcke et al, Ed.
  From a Jungian perspective, the only anthology so far that is devoted in a positive way to gay love. A series of essays, some better than others, but all have their heart in the right place. You might want to read some of the basic Jungian stuff below before reading this.
• Being Homosexual, Richard Isay
  A psychoanalyst describing his theory in accessible terms about how sons fall in love with their fathers during the oedipal phase (4-6 years old), and the effects when the father does not handle this well.
• Becoming Gay, Richard Isay
  Same author as above, a more personal discussion of his efforts to bring a gay-affirmative approach into psychoanalysis, and how homophobic the field was until recently.
• Assaults to the Self: The Trauma of Growing Up Gay, Blum and Van Pfetzing

Jungian Psychology

• Memories, Dreams, Reflections, C.G. Jung
  Jung’s autobiography, by far his most accessible work, providing a very interesting introduction to his ideas and how they developed.
• Man and His Symbols, C.G. Jung
  Man and His Symbols is the last work undertaken by Carl Jung before his death in 1961.
• Ego and Archetype, Edward Edinger
  A fascinating, classic introduction to Jungian psychology. A lot of Christian and literary references.
• Inner Work, Robert Johnson
  A very basic, clearly written how-to book on dream analysis and “active imagination.”
• The Inner World of Trauma, Donald Kalsched
  A much more clinical, involved discussion of the “persecutor/protector complex” that people who’ve had trauma develop, with references to fairy tales and psychoanalytic ideas. For the most part, well written, though you might find it a little dense with multiple references to different theories.

General Psychology

• Healing the Shame That Binds You, John Bradshaw
  The book that defined “toxic shame,” and offers good summaries of many psychological ideas, as well as practical techniques for inner work.
• Freud and Beyond, Stephen Mitchell and Margaret Black
  This is a unique book that elegantly describes all the major psychoanalytic theorists in a concise and clear manner. May be very helpful in getting a better understanding of early childhood dynamics with your mother especially, but father also.
• Self-Agency in Psychotherapy: Attachment, Autonomy, and Intimacy, Jean Knox
• The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origings of Human Emotions, Jaak Panksepp
• The Healing Power of Emotion, Diana Fosha