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Book SynopsisWhat do Hinduism and Yoga Philosophy have to say about ecology and the environment? Christopher Key Chapple provides an in-depth analysis of the traditional texts and ideas that relate to modern concerns and conversations in the environmental movement. Chapple explains what ancient Indian texts, including the Vedas and Upani?ads, tell us about the centrality of earth-awareness in early India. Chapple then also examines how contemporary eco-activists, such as Vandana Shiva, M.C. Mehta, and Sunderlal Bahuguna, are applying traditional teachings and methods to current environmental crises. Embodied Ecology highlights how Hindu and Yoga ideals can address pressing environmental problems including global consumerism, the proliferation of plastic waste, species extinctions, and climate change. Chapple offers insights on how Yoga ethics can help us create guidelines for the modern ills of over-consumption and how meditation practices can help foster a greater connection to the environment, as well as alleviate distress brought about by eco-anxiety. Under Chapple's guide, students will gain familiarity with primary Hindu texts describing methods for understanding and connecting with the five primary elements and learn Yoga practices and lifestyle changes that can be applied to bring about positive change on both a global and individual level.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWallace is a master, guiding our inquiry into consciousness in exciting new directions. Shift Thought-provoking and at times insightful, this volume raises many interesting philosophical issues and presents many useful references. Choice Anyone interested in understanding more about the mind and consciousness would enjoy reading this book. -- Marcia Howton Inquiring MindTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Meditation: Where It Started and How It Got Here 1. Who Am I? 2. The Origins of Contemplation 3. The Scientific Externalization of Meditation 4. Scientific Studies of Meditation Part II: Meditation in Theory and Practice 5. Practice: Attending to the Breath of Life 6. Theory: Coming to Our Senses 7. Practice: The Union of Stillness and Motion 8. Theory: Knowing and Healing the Mind 9. Practice: Behold the Light of Consciousness 10. Theory: Exploring the Nature of Consciousness 11. Practice: Probing the Nature of the Observer 12. Theory: The Ground State of Consciousness 13. Practice: Oscillating Awareness 14. Theory: Consciousness Without Beginning or End 15. Practice: Resting in the Stillness of Awareness 16. Theory: Worlds of Skepticism 17. Practice: The Emptiness of Mind 18. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Buddhism 19. Practice: The Emptiness of Matter 20. Theory: The Participatory Worlds of Philosophy and Science 21. Practice: Resting in Timeless Consciousness 22. Theory: The Luminous Space of Pristine Awareness 23. Practice: Meditation in Action 24. The Universe as a Whole 25. What Shall We Become? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA collection of 11 essays, which examine the Esalen Institute's roots, the place of its beliefs in American religious history, and its influence. It is suitable for those interested in the history of American religion as well as those who regard this place as the epicenter of the human potential movement.Trade Review"Esalen is on the edge. Located in Big Sur, California, just off Highway 1, Esalen is, geographically speaking, a literal cliff, hanging rather precariously over the Pacific Ocean. The Esselen Indians used the hot mineral springs here as healing baths for centuries before the European settlers arrived... Today the place is adorned with a host of lush organic gardens; mountain streams; a cliffside swimming pool; an occasional Buddha or garden goddess; the same hot springs now embedded in a striking multimillion-dollar stone, cement, and steel spa; and a small collection of meditation huts tucked away in the trees. These are grounds that both constitute the very edge of the American frontier and look due west to see the East..." --from the IntroductionTable of ContentsContents<\>Introducing Esalen Jeffrey J. Kripal and Glenn W. Shuck1. Human Potential Before Esalen: An Experiment in Anachronism Wouter J. Hanegraaff2. Sacred (and Secular) Self-Fashioning: Esalen and the American Transformation of Yoga Catherine L. Albanese3. Notes on the Prehistory of the Human Potential Movement: The Vedanta Society and Gerald Heard's Trabuco College Timothy Miller4. Reading Aurobindo from Stanford to Pondicherry: Michael Murphy and the Hindu Tantric Transmission (19501957) Jeffrey J. Kripal5. The Only Way Out Is In: The Life of Richard Price Barclay James Erickson6. Spirit and Shadow: Esalen and the Gestalt Model Gordon Wheeler7. Esalen and the Cultural Boundaries of Metalanguage Robert C. Fuller8. Michael Murphy and the Natural History of Supernormal Human Attributes Ann Taves9. From Sarx to Soma: Esalen's Role in Recovering the Body for Spiritual Development Don Hanlon Johnson10. Satan's Hot Springs: Esalen in the Popular Evangelical Imagination Glenn W. Shuck11. Esalen Institute, Essence Faiths, and the Religious Marketplace Marion S. GoldmanAfterword Michael MurphyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Powers of Prophecy is an original attempt to investigate the subject of medieval eschatological prophecies: how and in what circumstances they were written; how they circulated; what they told people about the future; and how they were received.Trade ReviewThe Powers of Prophecy is one of the most spellbinding studies I have read in a long time. Lerner as usual combines his mastery of the subject, superb research skills, and an exciting writing style to bring a little-known subject to life.... This is an important book for anyone who wishes to understand better the late medieval mind, who is fascinated by popular history, and for those who study the history of eschatology. It is also a book to be enjoyed by the serious scholar as well as by the general reader as it offers stimulating insights into the human mentality. * American Historical Review *This volume is a delightful and somewhat amazing picture of what happened to an eschatological prophecy written about 1240 concerning the Mongol invasion of Europe. Lerner's book is of serious interest to concerned laypeople as well as to medieval historians. * The History Teacher *Working as a sleuth, Robert E. Lerner has discovered and linked together many hitherto unknown renditions of what he calls the 'Cedar of Lebanon Vision,' a mysterious astrological prophecy originally recorded by an anonymous hand in 1239 in Hungary. * Speculum *

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Book SynopsisThis is a guide for taking control of your life and imbuing it with greater meaning and productivity. It is an action-based way of looking at the world that combines good, old-fashioned straight talk and the celebrated Japanese psychotherapies Morita and Naikan.

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Book SynopsisGet into the habit of being happy! We may all have different abilities, interests, beliefs and lifestyles, beliefs but there is one thing that we all have in common: We want to be happy! Happiness shows you how to be happy by adopting lifelong happiness habits that bring and fulfilment and pleasure to your days. These habits will help you manage life's inevitable ups and downs; consistent practice will develop your happiness abilities and help you live the happy life you want. Aristotle believed that happiness was comprised of pleasure and a sense of life well-lived. Today's research agrees, suggesting that happiness is defined by your overall satisfaction with your life as well as how you feel from day to day. This book shows you that happiness is a skill made up of a particular set of habits that you can bring in your life starting today. Identify your own, personal definition of happiness Learn why we need to Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 What Happiness Is 9 2 How to Be Happy: Find Purpose and Meaning 23 3 Step Out of Your Comfort Zone 61 4 How to Be Happy: Identify and Indulge in Small Pleasures 85 5 Happiness When Life Is Really Hard 117 6 How to Help Others Be Happy 139 Useful Websites and Books 159 About the Author 163 Index 165

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Book SynopsisThe message of modern physics is that physical reality has, at its frontiers, all the aspects of a transcendent order. At the foundation of things, elementary particles can exert instantaneous long-distance influences on each other, can be meaningfully said to have mind-like properties, and can exist in states which are, as Heisenberg wrote, “not quite real, but between the idea of a thing and a real thing.” Thus, just as dead atoms form living organisms and stupid molecules form intelligent brains, metaphysical entities form physical reality. This remarkable book clearly explains the concepts of quantum physics in order to show how science and spirituality are not separate.Trade Review"Schäfer's book . . . aims to show how some traditional religious and philosophical notions can be understood or redefined in terms of modern science. . . . One of the clearest introductory explanations of quantum mechanics on the market." —Quentin Smith, co-author of Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology"A clear and fascinating account of why the ideas of modern physics lead [Schäfer] to a transcendent view of the nature of reality." —Sir John Polkinghorne, president emeritus and Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge University"Lothar Schäfer's . . . claim that modern physics provides persuasive evidence of a universe permeated by mind is both challenging and vigorously argued." —John Brooke, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, Oxford University"In Search of Divine Reality . . . brings in elements of information and discussion that are extremely valuable and not easily found in other books." —Bernard d'Espagnat, professor emeritus of physics, University of Paris

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Book SynopsisThe go-to guide for self-care - an A to Z, mental health-centric handbook from asking for help to catching some zzz’s Self-care is everywhere - but sound-bites on this trendy subject tend to focus more on face masks and bubble baths than on its key objective: mental health. Now, top health writer Anna Borges is here to fix that in The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care. Formerly at BuzzFeed, Borges helped popularize the self-care movement in the first place, and her book distills the “self-care internet” into an A to Z list with over 200 entries - from soul-searching prompts to simple pick-me-ups. Readers can tailor their own routines by choosing among Borges’s strategies, which cover four distinctive realms of self-care: physical, mental, social, and spiritual. Drawing on real-world experience (her own and others) as well as expert advice, Borges empowers readers to take charge of their well-being. This beautifully illustrated guide is a one-stop shop for mind, body, and soul.

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Book SynopsisWhether you’re an astro-genius or just astro-curious, there’s absolutely something for you in this book. This unique, highly modern, and ultra-relatable approach to astrology as tested and loved by the Just Girl Project audience will bring their signature highly personal, introspective, yet also humorous voice to astrology. In the context of their relationships of all kinds, you'll get to know yourself better, find comfort and solidarity in others of your sign, and connect with new facets of your identity and relationships. Astrology helps you commit to your self-awareness so that you can better explore and embrace your connections with others. Find a deeper understanding of how you venture into love--your types, turn ons, turn offs, sexual compatibility--relate to your family, and connect with your closest friends. Celebrate the power of astrology with this adorable illustrated guide to the stars!Trade Review"If you’ve been struggling to learn astrology through dry books that overwhelm you with data, this magical creation could be the solution you’ve been wishing for upon a star! The words carry like a casual conversation with one of your besties, while providing insights as to why that Sagittarius you’ve been crushing on suddenly turned cold. It also takes the guesswork out of navigating your relationships, by providing information on how each sign loves and how to love them back. It’s a must-have for any astrology enthusiast!"--Renée Watt, writer, astrologer, and host of "The Glitter Cast"

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Book SynopsisPandora, 51, childless, and still beautiful, is attempting to come to terms with her husband's death. Having a history of being drawn to the esoteric, yet remaining a healthy sceptic, she reluctantly attends an evening of clairvoyance and raises a spirit who sets her on a new path...Transforming Pandora is Book One in the Pandora Series. The full series is: Transforming Pandora - Pandora Series - Book One - pISBN 9781780997452 - Roundfire - 2013; Squaring Circles - Pandora Series - Book Two -pISBN 9781782797050 - Roundfire - 2014; Pandora's Gift - Pandora Series - Book Three - pISBN 9781785351754 - Roundfire - 2015.Trade ReviewCarolyn writes with humour and warmth, conveying a real sense of time and place. The conversational, confessional, and just a bit barmy voice of the narrator manages to successfully incorporate the spiritual theme into the practical, down to earth, human world she inhabits - even for a sceptic like me! Her inventive and accomplished use of language and assured handling of the different elements of the story, make for a great read.--Lois Keith

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Book SynopsisWhen life has lost all meaning, what do you do? You grab whatever comes your way. This, in short, is Marie's story as drawn out of her memories, diaries and taped interviews. It takes the reader from Jerusalem to California, Paris, London and Turkey and is a very personal account. However, it also reflects a universal truth in which many will recognize their own story.

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Book SynopsisCatherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, married Charles II in 1662 and became the merry monarch's Restoration queen. Yet life for her was not so merry - she put up with the king's many mistresses and continuous plots to remove her from the throne. She lived through times of war, plague and fire. Catherine's marriage saw many trials and tribulations including her inability to produce an heir. Yet Charles supported his queen throughout the Restoration, remaining devoted to her no matter what. Outliving her husband, she ended up back in her home country and spent her final days as queen-regent of Portugal.

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Book SynopsisThis is it. There’s no better time than now. You’ve heard the whispers – perhaps the screams – of a life trapped somewhere between conditioning and resistance. In Your Vivid Life Shayne Traviss, Student of Life and Founder of VividLife.me - a global platform for personal development - shares his personal trials and triumphs while giving palpable advice on what worked for him, and what didn’t, in the hopes of helping you find your way. Split into 3 parts (Undoing Conditioning, Breaking Through Resistance and Radical Authenticity), each part contains practices, tools, and tried and tested self growth techniques alongside lessons learned from Shayne's own experience. In part 1 Shayne reveals how solitude, awareness, worth and environment can help release conditioning. Part 2 looks at connections, evolution, nourishment and play as the route to releasing resistance; and finally, through service, gratitude, movement and unconditional love, the road to a radically authentic life is revealed. Every section, every chapter, every word is an invitation to birth your truest self. Your life is speaking. It’s time you listen up. Your Vivid Life is a warm, inspirational self-help book that invites you to let go of conditioning, break through resistance and to live life ‘all in’.

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Book SynopsisWho on earth is that imaginary friend your child talks about? And talks to? Their own creation? A figment of a creative and fertile imagination? But what if? What if this friend is something we don't yet have a word for. A ghost? A Spirit Guide? An ancestor wanting to reach out to this sensitive and receptive child? And what about those dreams? Those images your child conjures from nowhere? Ones that no one could possibly 'dream up'? And what about the invisible friends who come to dinner? Recent research indicates that there is a strong possibility that imaginary friends could be a relative who passed away before the child was born. When Jade, my daughter was 3 years old, she always defiantly asserted that 'Sammy' was her brother. Could this be the child I lost in a miscarriage years ago? Some people dismiss the spirit world as jiggery-pokery. Others wait in the firm belief that loved ones who have passed over will be in contact. It seems that children up to the age of eight, are receptive to spirit contact. After this time the tangible, concrete world of logical strategies and mathematical equations sets in. As the child is challenging what they know, start to perceive and test boundaries, question their parents and, importantly, absorbs their peers' perspectives and opinions, some faculties may get lost. Or hidden away. Mediums, sensitives and their clients have evidence that the door to spirit contact can sometimes remain open into adulthood.Trade Review"As we live in an age of great awakening this book is going to be a welcome read by those needing a new map of parenting." Steve Nobel, A Director Of Alternatives, Author and Coach. "If Kylie's readable and fascinating book can make even a few parents more aware of the breadth, importance and validity of their children's perceptions then her worthwhile and careful research will not have been in vain." Ruth White, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Consultant, Channeller and Author of Working With Your Soul, Energy Healing For Beginners, Working With The Spirit Guides. "A must read for parents looking to expand their parenting on a spiritual level" Delphi Ellis, GMTV's Dreamologist. "Thanks to Kylie Holmes, we now have a book that can help us provide the love and support our children need so that these things become possible for them." Ross Heaven, Author of Plant Spirit Wisdom and Love's Simple Truths. "Simply written even a child could understand!" Becky Walsh, Author of Advanced Psychic Development and Haunted West End Theatres

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Book SynopsisWhen we blame desire for our dissatisfaction, we cut ourselves off from the best guidance we have for finding health and well being. There is wisdom in desire, though we have learned to ignore it. Trained to think and feel and act as if we were minds living in and over bodies, we tend to perceive our desires as unruly forces that we must control - or be controlled by. But our desires are us. They are what we are creating in the moment. When we learn to find and move with the wisdom they contain, we become who we can be, and unfold what we have to give. "What a Body Knows" illustrates how, in relation to three life-enabling desires - our desires for nourishment, physical intimacy and spiritual fulfillment. Food. Sex. Spirit.Trade Review"I simply cannot praise the book enough! The prose is positively brilliant. It is full of sparkling gems of insight and astonishing, concise yet profound formulations. The nature passages remind me of Annie Dillard. It is truly a remarkable achievement!" Miranda Shaw, Ph.D., Professor of Religion, University of Richmond, Author of Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism and Buddhist Goddesses of IndiaA"It has been a holistic pleasure to read this book, to live with this book. The book beckons its reader to live the text, to respond to reading the pages with all forms of movement: new life, change, growth and new, more evolved bodily consciousness. This text should have quite an impact on those lucky enough to read it. Bravo.A" Courtney Bickel Lamberth, Ph.D., Special Assistant to the Dean, Harvard CollegeA"LaMothe mixes descriptions of living as a mother, dancer, and writer at beautiful Hebron Hollow farm with reflections on all the desires that move her. It is such an affirming book, generous and welcoming of desire as a source of guidance for life!A" Kathleen Roberts Skerrett, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Grinnell College

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Book SynopsisThis is the first complete book about the Babylonian Kabbalah, which many people are talking about on the Internet. Assyria in Northern Iraq is the home of Palace Art from the Courts of the Assyrian Empire, where the Tree of Life was routinely shown on walls, tended by winged genies. It represented the King and the Land. It is also arguably a spiritual map and the basis of the Jewish Kabbalah, which was developed later. Many authors have asserted that the Kabbalah came from Egypt but this book shows that its early roots lie in Assyrian Court Art. There are also fascinating parallels to Asiatic Shamanism. All points to Asia, not Africa, as the home of the archetypal Sacred Tree image.

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Book Synopsis"I always thought I'd rather be dead than paralysed: One slip, one moment and everything changes..." Most of us live life in a safe zone but some individuals look over the edge. A few years ago, Karen Darke was on a rock-climbing expedition on sea cliffs in Scotland. She fell, and was paralysed. This is Karen's story about coming to terms with her lost of movement from the chest down and regaining the will to live. Out of her disability comes strength to embrace, challenge and transform it into an opportunity to learn and grow. It is also about the borderline between body and spirit. Karen is drawn into the world of faith healing and spirit surgeons in the Brazilian jungle. In testing these improbable claims she explores her own inner world and self whilst regaining her confidence. Combining wheels with wilderness, Karen escapes the city and embarks on an evermore daring series of adventures by hand-cycle, ski and kayak. Karen's story is inspiring and energizing; it will help everybody who reads it to respond positively, to overcome adversity, and to strive for their dreams.Trade Review"Karen's captivating story shines a bright light on the meaning of exploration, and on the limitless capabilities of the human spirit." Ranulph Fiennes, explorer "Karen Darke has overcome the restrictions of injuries that would have broken many others and discovered a life of challenge and adventure that most of us only dream about." Joe Simpson, mountaineer and author of Touching the Void

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Book SynopsisConquer your 2020 goals and aspirations! The Rule the World Planner 2020 will help you tackle it all: - track your to-do list - chase your ambitions and dreams - achieve your goals like a boss - ...all in a durable + chic spiral-bound book! The Rule the World Planner 2020 features: - Monthly and weekly dated calendar views - Self-care and habit trackers to be the best version of you - Budget planners and spending logs to manage your monthly finances - To-do lists to tackle your weekly responsibilities head-on - Space to write your goals and brainstorm strategies for success - Monthly dividers with artwork by independent artists and entrepreneurs - Gold spiral and lay-flat design so you can Rule the World--and look great doing it! The diary includes amazing art work in the planner from artists: Ilana Griffo (@ilanagriffo), Korie Herold (@theweekendtype), Alli Koch (@allikdesign), Shannon Roberts (@shannonroberts19), Tabitha Paige (@foxhollowstudios), and Sarah Simon (@themintgardener).Trade Review"As a busy, list-making, name-taking, gift-giving, goal-wrangling, always-on entrepreneur and human being, this planner really has helped me!" -- Kate Rowe, Entrepreneur and Blogger "I'm a person that needs (and loves) to write tasks and notes down on actual paper instead of in my phone and I especially love how there's room for all of it in this planner. It's been so helpful with keeping track of my never-ending to-do list and clearly organizing my priorities. Working as an entrepreneur I feel like my work and home life can often intertwine, so it's been incredibly useful to have a planner that has space for work projects and budget logs all together." -- Katie Vaz, Author and Illustrator

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