Genres
children's literature
essays
fiction
humor
lives (biographies)
memoir
parable
photography
poetry
practice
prayers
proverbs
quotations (books of)
sacred text
sermons (and inspirational talks)
stories

Subjects
advertising
architecture
art
astrology
business
computers
cultural criticism
dance
economics
education
esoteric
film
government
history
journalism
law
mind
music
mythology
romance
science fiction
supernatural
technology
theater
theology

Occasions
all occasions
baptism
bar mitzvah
bat mitzvah
beginnings
celebrations (personal
or communal milestone)
day
night
morning
bedtime
mealtime
religious seasons
seasons
religious holidays
holidays
facing difficulties
funeral
pregnancy
birth
adoption
baby naming
birthday
coming of age
initiation
graduation
leaving home
weddings
divorce
moving
transitions

Life Stages and Relationships
life (general)
ageism
ancestors
breakups
caregiving
childhood
children
circles
clergy
college
conscious aging (elders)
death
difficult people
dying
elders
enemies
family
fathers
friendship
generations
glbt (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender)
grandparenting
high school
intimacy
marriage and partnerships
men
mentoring
middle age
mothers
neighbors
parenting
relationships
retirement
sharing
siblings
singles
soulmates
small groups
strangers
women
youth (adolescence)

Body/Everyday World
abortion
abuse
addiction
adultery
adventure
AIDS
air
animals
bathing
bioethics
body
body practices
brain
breath
burnout
caregiving
change
choices
chores
clothing
clutter
coaching
colors
comfort
communication
conversations
crafts
creativity
diet (eating)
disabilities
dreams
drugs
drumming
eating
eating disorders
earth
elements
energy
errands
exercise
eyes
faces
failure
feng shui
fire
flowers
food
gardening
gender
gossip
habits
hands
harm
healing
health
hearing
hobbies
home
hospitals
illness
imagery
intuition
Japanese arts
journals
language
laughter
legacy
leisure
libraries
longevity
martial arts
medicine
memory
mental illness
ministry
money
moon
nature
nursing homes
pain
past
pets
place
plants
present (time)
reading
relaxation
rhythm
secrets
seeing
senses
sensuality
sexual politics
sexuality
singing
sleep
slowing down
slowness
smiling
sound
speech
speed
sports
stress
success
suicide
sun
therapy
things
time
touch
toxins
transitions
travel
voice
walking
washing
'weather
wilderness
wind
work
writing
yoga

Emotions/Personal Qualities
altruism
ambition
anger
anxiety
apathy
appreciation
arrogance
attitude
being stuck
betrayal
blame
boredom
boundaries
caring
character
charity
control
courage
courtesy
curiosity
cynicism
depression
denial
desire
despair
disappointment
emotions (general)
empathy
entitlement
envy
fame (celebrity)
fear
generosity
gentleness
greed
grief
guilt
happiness
hatred
honesty
humility
hypocrisy
idealism
imperfection
indifference
individuality
integrity
jealousy
judgment
limits
loneliness
loyalty
lust
negativity
opportunities
optimism
paranoia
patience
perfectionism
perseverance
pleasure
praise
prejudice
pride
procrastination
projections
regret
resentment
resilience
resistance
respect
responsibility
risk
sadness
self-discipline
self-esteem
selfishness
shame
sloth
spontaneity
strength
tolerance
virtues
vulnerability
worry
wounds

Cultural/Political
activism
African-Americans
bullying
capitalism
celebrity
cities
citizenship
civil rights
civility
class
climate change
collaboration
common good
community
competition
conflict resolution
conformity
conscience
conservatives
consumerism
cooperation
cosmology
crime
criminal justice
cross-cultural
culture
death penalty
democracy
demonstrations
dialogue
disasters
dissent (civil disobedience)
domestic violence
duty
dystopias
ecology (science of it)
economic inequality
entertainment
environment (problems)
equality
espionage
ethics
evolution
extraterrestrials
fanaticism
future
genocide
globalism
guns
heroism
homelessness
humanity
human rights
hunger
immigration
indigenous peoples
Internet
leadership
lying
materialism
media
military
nonviolence
nuclear threats
oppression
outsiders
patriotism
pollution
pluralism
police
politics
poverty
power
prisons
privacy
progress
progressives
protestors
racism
rape
rebellion
recession
refugees
restorative justice
revenge
security
slavery
social justice
social media
social problems
solidarity
stealing
sustainability
survival
surveillance
taxes
television
terrorism
texting
torture
trends
unemployment
unions
veterans
victims
violence
volunteers
waste
water
war
wealth
weapons
world

Religious/Spiritual
Themes and Terms
religion
spirituality
children's spirituality
everyday spirituality
integral spirituality
interspirituality
women's spirituality

ablutions
abundance
acceptance
adab
adoration
affirmations
afterlife
altars
amends
angels
apocalypse
asceticism
atheist
attachment
authenticity
awakening
awareness
awe
balance
belief
Bible
blessings
bodhisattva
bowing
Buddha
calling
candles
chakras
challenges
channeling
chanting
church
coincidence
commitment
communion of saints
comparisons
confession
congregations
consciousness
consequences
contemplation
contentment
covenant
crazy wisdom
creation
creed
crisis
dark night of the soul
darkness
darshan
demons
desert
desert fathers
destiny
detachment
devil
dharma
dignity
discernment
discipleship
distraction
diversity
divinization
dogma
doubt
dualism
effort
ecstasy
ego (false self)
emptiness
enlightenment
epiphanies
equanimity
eros
evil
expectations
fasting
flow
fool
free will
freedom
fundamentalism
gathas
gift (grace)
God
Goddess
goodness
guides
gurus
harm
harmony
Hasidism
heart
heaven
hell
holiness
Holy Spirit
human nature
hymns
incense
icons
identity
idolatry
ignorance
illusion
image of God
immanence
impermanence
incarnation
inspiration
intention
interbeing
interdependence
Jesus
Kabbalah
karma
Kingdom of God
kneeling
knowledge
koans
labyrinths
laity
learning (study)
Lectio Divina
letting go
light
literacy
little
loss
lovingkindness
luck
magic
mantra
martyrdom
meditation
mercy
merit
mindfulness
ministry
miracles
mirror
mistakes
mitzvah
monasticism
monotheism
morality
mountains
Muhammad
mysticism
names of God
nihilism
nirvana
not knowing
obedience
obstacles
occult
oceans
offerings
opposites
others
pantheism
parables
paradox
passion
path
pausing
perceptions
perspective
pilgrimage
practice
prayers
prayer beads
precepts
presence
promise
prophets
prostration
providence
purification
purpose
questions
rebirth
receiving
reconciliation
redemption
reflection
reframing
reincarnation
religious symbols
remembrance
renewal
renunciation
repentance
repetition
resurrection
retreats
revelation
right livelihood
river
ritual
rule of life
Sabbath
sacramentalism
sacraments
sacred places
sacred texts
sacrifice
saints
salvation
sanctification
sangha
seeds
seekers
self (true self)
self-growth
sensuality
separation
serenity
sermons
service
signs
simplicity
sin
solitude
soul
Spirit
spiritual direction
spiritual emergencies
stones
suffering
spiritual journeys
spiritual literacy
supernatural
support
surrender
symbols
synchronicity
tears
threshold
tikkun
totem
tradition
transcendence
trees
trust
truth
uncertainty
understanding
values
vigils
vocation
vows
waiting
welcoming
wholeness
will (determination)
wisdom
witness
worship