The Institute Library

Gathered by candlelight.

A reading parlor for the soul's revolution. Books, recordings, and music — arranged on warm wooden shelves, lit by lantern, and offered to you in the order you are ready to receive them.

Pull up a chair. Stay a while.
Books Print · Ebook · Sample
Video Talks · Interviews · Teaching
Music & Meditations Listen · Download · Queue
Four rooms of the library

Arranged by doorway, not by genre.

Wherever you are on the journey, there is a shelf for you. Begin with what is drawing you. The books will wait.

Foundations — The Map & The Six Landmarks
4 volumes
The Warrior's Evolution of Love
The Warrior's Evolution of Love
Dr. Diana Smith · 2024
The foundational volume. Six landmarks, one map, nine voices.
The Fire That Clears
Volume II
The Fire That Clears
Dr. Diana Smith · 2025
On anger, truth, and the landmark of Reckoning.
The Mercy That Holds
Volume III
The Mercy That Holds
Dr. Diana Smith · 2025
On grief, tenderness, and the landmark of Accompaniment.
Purple — Love Forged
Volume IV
Purple — Love Forged
Dr. Diana Smith · Forthcoming
Where Fire and Mercy integrate. The final landmark.
Practice & Journaling — Workbooks & Field Guides
4 volumes
The Reckoning Journal
Field Guide 01
The Reckoning Journal
Dr. Diana Smith · 2025
Ninety prompts for walking the first three landmarks honestly.
Letters to the Younger Self
Field Guide 02
Letters to the Younger Self
Dr. Diana Smith · 2024
A slow-practice workbook for the landmark of Accompaniment.
The Integration Pages
Field Guide 03
The Integration Pages
Dr. Diana Smith · 2025
For the season after reckoning, before returning.
Morning & Evening
Daily Companion
Morning & Evening
Dr. Diana Smith · 2024
A year of two-minute practices, bound in linen.
Stories & Memoir — The Nine Voices
3 volumes
Nine Walks Home
The Study
Nine Walks Home
Dr. Diana Smith · 2023
The nine original interviews that became the map.
A Heuristic Study
Capella · 2016
A Heuristic Study of Self-Forgiveness
Dr. Diana Smith · 2016
The original dissertation. Peer-reviewed. Free to download.
Letters from the Parlor
Essays · 2024
Letters from the Parlor
Dr. Diana Smith · 2024
A year of essays, written by lantern-light for the Institute's readers.
Children's Library — For the Younger Traveler
3 volumes
The Little Peacock
Ages 4–8
The Little Peacock
Dr. Diana Smith · 2024
A picture book about the feathers we hide and the ones we are learning to unfold.
The Lantern Keeper
Ages 7–10
The Lantern Keeper
Dr. Diana Smith · 2025
A middle-grade fable about being the one who holds the light.
I Am Sorry, Me
Ages 9–12
I Am Sorry, Me
Dr. Diana Smith · 2025
A journal for children learning to speak tenderly to themselves.
A book is a lantern you carry into the room where you used to be afraid of the dark.
from Letters from the Parlor
Beyond the shelves

The library also speaks, and sings.

The Institute's audio room and video parlor sit across the hallway. Dr. Diana's taught talks, the nine original voice interviews, Institute meditations, and commissioned music — all gathered in the same lantern-light as the books.

Enter the Audio & Video room Music & Meditations