Acem Meditation Books and CDs

Inner Strength - Free Mental Attitude in Acem Meditation
(2nd edition)
by Are Holen

Read this book on the Free Mental Attitude- the most comprehensive book on this central aspect of Acem Meditation.

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Acem Meditation- an introductory Companion
by Are Holen and Halvor Eifring

A comprehensive description of Acem Meditation, for the first time collected in full in English. Practitioners of Acem Meditation will welcome this new book.

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Acem Meditation: Entspannung, Stille, Innere kraft
by Are Holen and Ole Nygaard (Hrsg)

This is a book in German with texts by several different authors. Among the topics covered are the stream of conciousness, the free mental attitude, comparison with other meditation practices, science and meditation, psychological, medical and philosophical views on meditation.

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Other books on Acem Meditation

Several other books on Acem Meditation have been published in Norwegian. Have a look at our Norwegian site for more information.

Stillhetens psykologi (The Psychology of Silence, 6th edition, Dyade forlag, Oslo 1989) has been translated into Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Chinese (China and Taiwan editions). The book is edited by Acem´s founder Are Holen, MD, PhD.

Are Holen (ed.): Stress - arbeid - kjærlighet (Stress - work - love), Dyade forlag, Oslo 1997
Are Holen (ed.): Meditasjon på norsk (Norwegian Meditation), 2nd ed., Dyade forlag, Oslo 1989
Are Holen (ed.): Bedre hverdag (Better Life), Dyade forlag, Oslo 1984

Dyade Publishing
Acem runs the publishing company Dyade forlag, which has also published books on other cultural and social topics, including the following:

Ole Gjems-Onstad: Bli hørt - tal bedre (Make yourself heard - improve your speaking, Oslo 1999)
Ole Gjems-Onstad: Personlig produktivitet (Personal productivity, Oslo 1994)
Ole Gjems-Onstad: Studieglede (The Joy of Studying, Oslo 1990)
Carl Henrik Grøndahl: Teater mot teater (Theatre against Theatre, Oslo 1985)

Dyade forlag also publishes the quarterly periodical Dyade, with articles on psychology, philosophy, society, culture, and meditation. Articles are written in Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish.