Thea's Horse and Animal Communication Book List


Anderson, Allen and Linda. God's Messengers: What Animals Teach Us About the Divine. New World Library, 2003. ISBN 1-57731-246-5 (Testimonial stories about what animals offer us in terms of experiencing the divine in ourselves and our connection with all nature).

Anderson, Allen and Linda. Horses with a Mission: Extraordinary True Stories of Equine Service. New World Library, 2009. ISBN 978-1-57731-648-0 (Nice stories, a range of experiences, my friend Pauline Peterson whom I met at Epona has a story in here.)

Ball, Simpson and Howard. Emotional Healing for Horses and Ponies. The C.W. Daniel Company Ltd, 2001. ISBN#0-85207-354-2 (new standards of horse care, Bach Flower Remedies for horses)

Baylor, Bird and Parnall, Peter. The Other Way to Listen. Aladdin Paperbacks,1978. ISBN  978-0-689-81053-4 (Powerful illustrated story of an old man teaching a young girl how to listen to nature. Recommended for ages 6-9 but worth having on your shelf for yourself at any age.)

Blake, Henry.Thinking with Horses.Trafalgar, 1992. ISBN#0-943955-79-3(He's the first one I read that talked about ESP with horses as well as horse language translations as well as some good stories and fun pictures.)

Blake, Henry. Talking with Horses: A Study of Communication between Man and Horse. Coronet Books, 1975. (Excellent communication theory and experimentation with ESP and telepathy. Really grounded in the sense of training not teaching the horses anything but creating an understanding and trust between ourselves and the horses.)

Boersma, Patricia. Riding Into Your Mythic Life; Transformational Adventures with the Horse. New World Library, 2007. ISBN 978-1-57731-655-8 (This book focuses on practically exploring myth and partnership with horses. There are exercises to try and stories of other people's experiences as well as Patricia's. I really liked this book, Linda Kohanov works with mythic archetypes a lot so there were parallels with her work as well as role play and more theatrical applications and some very magical ideas.)
 
Boone, J. Allen. Kinship with All Life. Harper, 1954. ISBN#0-06-060912-5(Lest you think we're inventing all this stuff now this is a short, story of a man's connection with a dog and a fly with some social commentary and great discovery call it plain enjoyment and historical context)

Chernack McElroy, Susan. Animals as Teachers and Healers:True Stories and Reflections. Ballantine Books, 1997. ISBN#0-345-42117-5(This is a book of her reflections on how animals impact and interact in our lives in positive ways using her own personal stories and others written to her or found elsewhere. Came out at the same time as "The Tao of Equus", a good place to start if you're not that far out cause she'll take you further along in her next books if you want to go there)

Chernack McElroy, Susan. All My Relations: LIving with Animals as Teachers and Healers. New World Library, 2004. ISBN#1-57731-430-1(this is a wonderful book of  her experiences with animals stories in the tradition of Women Who Run with the Wolves, each followed by a reflection and meditation.)

Chernack McElroy, Susan. Animals as Guides for the Soul: Stories of Life Changing Encounters. Ballantine Wellspring, Random House Publishing, 1998. ISBN#0-354-42404-2(Just what it says in the title, more great stuff.)

Clemence Mews, Anna and Dicker, Julie. What Horses Say; How to Hear, Help, and Heal Them. Trafalgar Square, 2004. ISBN#1-57076-276-7(Animal communicator and healer communicating on behalf of horses)

Coates, Margrit. Horses Talking. Random House Publishing, 2005. ISBN#1-8441-3109-2(Animal communicator and healer)

Cummings, Peggy, with Diana Deterding. Connected Riding, An Introduction: Synchronizing Movement  of Horse and Rider for Ease and Maximum Performance. Primedia Enthusiasts Publications Inc., 1999. ISBN#0-9611314-9-7(I think Peggy drew from Centred Riding and TTeam and kept going to create Connected Riding. There are some excellent practices, explanations and traditional lesson translations so you can use her methods with your instructor.)

Funk, Constance D. Beauty from Brokenness; Bits and Pieces of My Journey into Wholeness. Publishing Works, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-1-933002-80-8 (A lovely personal, honest account of Connie's journey with her horse Chasta and beyond. Easy read, intimate and approachable.)

Grandin, Temple. Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior. Scribner, 2005. ISBN#0-7432-4769-8

Hayes, Captain M. Horace, FRCVS. Veterinary Notes For Horse Owners. Simon and Schuster, 1968.(excellent reference book, look things up by body system)

Hogan, Metzger and Peterson. Intimate Nature; The Bond Between Women and Animals. Fawcett Books, Ballantine Publishing, 1998. ISBN#0-449-00300-0 (an anthology of women's experiences with animals)

Irwin, Chris with Bob Weber. Horses Don't Lie: The Magic of Horse Whispering. Great Plains Publications, Ltd., 1998. ISBN#1-894283-02-3

Irwin, Chris with Bob Weber. Dancing with your Dark Horse: How Horse Sense Helps Us Find Balance, Strength and Wisdom. Marlowe and Co., 2005. ISBN 1-56924-387-5(Integrating who we are with how we ride, nice intimate, honest personal relating of his journey, limiting in its conventionality(horses only communicate thru their bodies) and focus on difference instead of similarity and truly inspiring in terms of the precision and detail of horsemanship)

Jensen, Derrick. A Language Older Than Words. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-931498-55-5 (A Challenging Read, not for the fainthearted or queasy and not horse specific although the approach to animal communication is unique and worthy. He relates his experiences of abuse as a child to the broader culture to demonstrate that the central belief in our culture "is that it is not only acceptable but desirable and necessary to bend others to our own will". The queasy reference is for his documentation of how horribly we've done this and also for his own honest and intimate portrayal of his experiences of abuse both indirectly through his affinity to nature and directly through his experiences with his father. Well, well worth the suffering and integral to my own exploration of dominance and the challenges to shifting beyond.)

Keiser Hassler, Jill. Beyond the Mirrors: A Study of the Mental and Spiritual Aspects of Horsemanship. Goals Unlimited Press, 1993. (good affirmation in terms of mind/body/spirit integration in horsemanship but "get over it" or be less than great attitude, in fairness there is "In Search of Your Image: A Practical Guide to the Mental and Spiritual Aspects of Horsemanship that I haven't read yet.)

Kimball, Cheryl. Horse Wise: Thinking Outside the Stall and Other Lessons I Learned from My Horse. Conari Press, 2004. ISBN1-57324-866-5(A woman's journey with horses and integrating "good horsemanship" in the rest of her life, short little read, didn't go far enough for me and enjoyable all the same.)

Kincade, Amelia.  Straight from the Horse's Mouth: How to Talk to Animals and Get Answers. New World Library, 2001. ISBN#1-57731-506-5(anecdotal, easy read, meditations and practices to develop your own interspecies communication abilities.)

Kohanov, Linda.  The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation Through the Way of the Horse,  New World Library, 2001. ISBN#1-57731-182-5(Reading this book was transforming for me. Excellent mix of science and anecdotal evidence along with a personal accounting of her healing thru horses)

Kohanov, Linda. Riding Between the Worlds: Expanding our Potential Through the Way of the Horse. New World Library, 2003. ISBN#1-57737-416-6(More mythology, some science and lesspersonal and still transformative.)

Kohanov, Linda illustrated by Kim McKelroy. Way of the Horse; Equine Archetypes for Self Discovery. New World Library, 2007. ISBN#10: 1-57731-513-8(oracle deck and book, AMAZING!)

Long, William J.. How Animals Talk: and Other Pleasant Studies of Birds and Beasts. Bear and Company, 2005. Originally published in 1919. ISBN#1-59143-056-9(This was great. A real woodsman of old talking new age animal sentience, intelligence and communication.)

MacKay, Nicci. Spoken In Whispers: The Autobiography of a Horse Whisperer. Fireside, 1997. ISBN#0-684-85298-5(fun autobiographical story of a woman becoming an animal communicator.)

Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff and Susan McCarthy. When Elephants Weep: the Emotional Lives of Animals. Delacorte Press, 1995.(really good scientific discussion of anthropomorphism and stories documenting the existence of emotion in animals.)

McCormick, Adele and McCormick, Marlene. Horse Sense and the Human Heart. 1997.(First one I read like it, they're a mother daughter team using paso finos to work with clients with mental illness.)

McCormick, Adele von Rust, Marlena Deborah and Thomas E.. Horses and the Mystical Path: The Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul. New World Library, 2004. ISBN#1-57731-450-6( A lovely weaving of their work with horses, the celtic celtic way and stories of their spiritual deepening and integration journey.)

Meagher, Jack. Beating Muscle Injuries for Horses: 25 Common Muscular Problems, Their Cause, Correction, Prevention. Hamilton Horse Associates, 1985.( A fabulous reference and can explain for you the hot spots or soreness you find and how to massage, excellent illustrations.)

Meeder, Kim. Hope Rising. and A Bridge Called Hope. Multnoma Books, Random House, 2003. ISBN#1-59052-269-9(horse rescue operation where horses are paired with young people called Ranch of Rescued Dreams)

Pike, Kathy. Hope...From the Heart of Horses; How Horses Teach Us About Presence, Strength and Awareness. Skyhorse Publishing, 2009. ISBN978-1-60239-660-9 (Kathy is a life coach who started her own process of healing with horses when returning to riding after a bad fall. She subsequently trained with Linda Kohanov at Epona. This is her story of healing and sharing that experience with others.)

Rashid, Mark. Consider the Horse, A Good Horse is Never a Bad Color, Horses Never LIe, Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse, and Horsemanship Through Life. Spring Creek Press, 1993, 1996, and 2000,  Johnson Books 2003, 2005 respectively.(Wonderful warm storytelling of his evolution as a horse trainer, develops theory of passive leadership.  In his last 2 books he's talking about integrating horsemanship and Aikido in all aspects of his life, instead of just with his work with horses. Beautiful, open and honest exploration of self. Talks about the horses teaching him things and calls it "wierd" to think that horses can have agenda for teaching people and know what they know but puts it out there anyway without trying to explain how it works or dismiss it cause he can't.)

Rector, Barbara, K.. Adventures in Awareness: Learning with the Help of the Horses. ISBN#1420853929  (Phenomenal woman, cofounder of NARHA and EFMHA. Good reference for horse therapy practicioners or mental health workers. Standards for professionalism.)

Resnick, Carolyn. Naked Liberty. Amigo Publications, 2005.ISBN#0-9658533-4-9(very interesting horse trainer memoir, growing up with wild horses, great blog as well and a great dvd "The Waterhole Rituals")


Rosenberg, Shelley R. My Horses, My Healers. Authorhouse, 2006. ISBN#1-4259-6638-1( a memoir of incest survivor healing herself through experience with horses and EFPD)

Schwader, Marilyn. Horse as Teacher; The Path to Authenticity. Clarity of Vision Publishing, 2009.(The first of a collaborative book series by authors who are working in the field of healing with horses. Good resource for finding a practitioner who might resonate with you and once again, good stories.)

Solisti-Mattelon. Conversations with Horse. Beyond Words Publishing Inc, 2003. ISBN#1-57178-157-9 (An inter-species communicator asks the "council of equines" questions and records their answers. Very short and interesting. Affirmed alot of my assumptions so I liked it alot. Available thru tteam website and new version with photos at Amazon.com.)

Soren, Ingrid. The Zen of Horseriding. Timewarner Paperback, 2002. ISBN#0-7515-3217-7(An interesting perspective that contains alot of elements of Centred Riding. A journal like account of a woman's experience learning to ride and integrating the process with her  knowledge of Zen spirituality and love of Henry Miller).

Strozzi, Ariana. Horse Sense for the Leader Within. Authorhouse 2004. ISBN#1-4184-2426-9(e) (memoir of EFPD faciitator with particular leadership orientation)

Swift, Sally. Centred Riding. Trafalgar, 1985. ISBN#0-312-12734-0 (Awareness of breath, grounding and centering in riding and using visualization to release instead of trying hard to let go. Cueing in ways that begin with the thought and don't interfere with the movement of the horse. How your horses will mirror in their bodies what is happening in yours. There are great instructors who travel BC.)

Tellington-Jones, Linda. Improve Your Horse's Well-Being: A Step-by-Step Guide to TTouch and TTeam Training. Trafalgar, 1999. ISBN#1-57076--133-7( Leading positions, massage techniques and exercises. Most non-dominant training methodology, all about having your horse relaxed and supporting proper movement thru your own. Good photos and explanations.)

Wanless, Mary. For The Good of the Rider.  Trafalgar, 1999. ISBN#1-57076-144-2(Like Linda Tellington-Jones or Sally Swift and great at explaining physiology.)

Webb, Wyatt. It's Not About the Horse: It's About Overcoming Fear and Self Doubt.(Good read, cowboy does people kind of thing, works out of Miravelle Spa in Arizona. )

Williams, Marta. Learning Their Language: Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature. New World Library, 2003. ISBN#1-57731-243-0(A become your own animal communicator book.)

Williams, Marta. Beyond Words: Talking with Animals and Nature. New World Library, 2005. (Stories of connecting with animals using intuitive communication techniques. She tells stories of her own connecting with animals, from other people attending her workshops and from the animals themselves and suggests some practices to try on your own.)

Wilson, Diane Lee. I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade. New York: HarperTrophy, 1998.(Fun young adult fiction novel about animal communication and being a heroine in your own life.)


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