Mind, body, spirit Books

Book SynopsisFor an external observer, hatha yoga appears to be an entirely physical process. Many people nowadays to asanas and pranayama merely for mainting good health and correcting certain defects of the functioning of the body.

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Book SynopsisThe renowned Zen master and peace activist introduces a Buddhist approach to practicing authentic love in our everyday lives In this eye-opening guide, Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh offers timeless insight into the nature of real love. With simplicity, warmth, and directness, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom—explaining how to experience them in our day-to-day lives. He also emphasizes that in order to love in a real way, we must first learn how to be fully present in our lives, and he offers simple techniques from the Buddhist tradition that anyone can use to establish the conditions of love.  Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, is an internationally known author, poet, scholar, and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr.

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Book SynopsisA step-by-step guide to engaging powerful angelic assistance to overcome challenges and manifest your desires• Explains specifically how to initiate contact with angels and spirit guides, how to recognize their signs, and how to appeal to your guardian angel • Reveals the various forms angels take, from archangels to guardian angels, their strong desire to assist us, and how they can help you find your soul’s purpose • Shares real stories of angelic assistance for common problems, from financial matters to emotional and physical healing to finding new love after heartbreak Even if you are unaware of their presence, angels are always available to help you. If you have experienced a lucky break or happy coincidence, it was most likely orchestrated by your guardian angel. And, as Robbie Holz reveals, if we give angels permission to enter our lives, if we ask for their help in navigating life’s many challenges, their assistance is much more profound and effective. In this step-by-step guide to calling on angels and benevolent spirit guides, Holz explores how to initiate and nurture your angelic relationships and engage their powerful assistance to overcome struggles and manifest your desires. She explains the various forms angels take--from archangels to guardian angels, their strong desire to help us, and how the angelic realm assists humanity. The author reveals specifically how to contact angels and spirit guides, how to recognize their signs, and how to differentiate between guidance from your own mind and from the angels. She provides exercises and guided meditations to help strengthen your intuition and develop a closer connection to your celestial team. Sharing real stories of angelic assistance, Holz shows how our celestial guides can help with financial matters, job searches, and dealing with difficult people. They can help those who need physical and emotional healing as well as offer relief from stress, anxiety, fears, self-doubt, self-hatred, and depression. Your spiritual team can aid in mending damaged relationships and finding love after heartbreak, helping you to open your heart once again. They can also support you in discovering your soul’s purpose, accelerating conscious evolution, and shifting into the love-based fifth dimension. By engaging your angelic team, you will have access to a powerful and unlimited source of help that is always on call and always ready to work miracles on your behalf.Trade Review“If you have never met your angels, this inspirational book will help you to do so. Robbie Holz also shares many true life-affirming stories, demonstrating exactly how the angels can guide and assist you in every area of your life. This is a book to read and keep.” * Diana Cooper, author of A New Light on Angels and Angels of Light Cards *“Robbie Holz’s awareness of Divine Source shines through in her book Angels in Waiting. She’s captured the true essence of the celestial realm and shares in an easy-to-read manner. This book is a perfect companion to help you see, know, and feel your angels and their light upon your path. A must-read for spiritual awareness!” * Margaret Ann Lembo, author of The Essential Guide to Everyday Angels *“Angels in Waiting is a gem: pure treasure for seekers who wish for guidance and succor from above. In it, author Robbie Holz shares clear understanding and practical exercises that can bring the reader easily into a place of openness that will allow the angelic assistance that is here for all of us to express in meaningful down-to-earth ways. Accessible and clear, bringing the sacred into daily life, this book will surely be a go-to for many who are on the threshold of awakening to the beauty that is life, the angels, and themselves!” * Kathryn Hudson, author of Inviting Angels into Your Life and Discover Your Crystal Family *“There is great comfort in knowing that there is a guardian angel and a celestial board of advisors assigned to you from birth. One step remains: asking for their help. Angels in Waiting shows you exactly how to take that step. Your life is about to change dramatically!” * Cheryl Benton, author of the novels Can You See Us Now? and Can You Hear Us Now? *“This practical book will transform your life. Let Angels in Waiting show you, step by step, how to engage powerful help from guardian angels and spirit guides in ways that allow you to overcome struggles and achieve desires.” * Mayet Leilani, mystic, shaman, writer, singer, and master of conscious sound *"All in all, Angels in Waiting is an uplifting book that will help you to attune yourself to communication with your guardian angel and spirit guides. The authors’ approach is practical and down to earth, while simultaneously filled with a supportive, divine energy thorough as well. It’s the perfect book for those just learning about guardian angels. Those who already have a relationship with their angel will surely benefit also from reading it, as the case studies are inspirational and the wisdom of Holz and Katz is generously shared. This book is a small blessing that can most certainly lead to big transformations." * Alanna Kali, Musing Mystical *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Unlocking the Door to Your Angels1 Welcome to the Celestial Plane 2 Interacting with the Spirit World 3 Tools of the Soul 4 Turning Struggles into Successes 5 Walking a Healing Path 6 Help in Challenging Situations 7 Overcoming Self-Hatred8 Finding Your Ultimate Purpose APPENDIX The Dimensions ExplainedGlossary Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisA shadow deck that addresses the darker and more challenging aspects of life, helping to reveal the light within for individuals who do not easily fit into particular slots or categories. Dark Magick Oracle is a tool for unravelling the mysteries of life and exploring deeper levels of being and personal evolution. This shadow deck addresses the darker and more challenging aspects of life, the difficult and sometimes inconvenient feelings and emotions and the less-popular choices. It is a deck for individuals who do not easily fit into particular slots or categories. This oracle is also ideal for adults who are healing their inner child by revisiting events, feelings and impressions left from their earlier years to assist in living a more empowered and positively adjusted life. Every card comes with a spell or ritual and suggestions for a daily personal magickal practice to heal and process life's lessons.

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Book SynopsisThere are qualities we all yearn to experience in our lives—peace, simplicity, grace, connection, clarity. Yet these qualities evade us because each of them arises from an experience of wholeness, and we live in a culture that enforces divisions within each of us. In Radical Wholeness, Philip Shepherd shows the countless ways in which we are persuaded to separate from the body and live in the head. Disconnected from the body’s intelligence, we also disconnect from the wholeness of the present. This schism within us is the primary source of stress not just in our personal lives, but for the systems of the planet.Drawing from neuroscience, anthropology, physics, the arts, myth, personal stories and his experiences helping people around the world to experience wholeness, Philip Shepherd illuminates what true wholeness means and offers practices designed to help readers soften into the intelligence of the body. Radical Wholeness is a call to action: to recover wholeness and experience a new way of being.

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Book SynopsisThe late Florence Scovel-Shinn, by profession an artist and book illustrator, taught metaphysics in New York for many years. She was a popular, friendly and informal teacher blessed with enormous insight.

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Book SynopsisRecord and reflect on your daily meditation practice with this guided reflection journal. Embrace inner peace and discover the full benefits of your meditation routine. By recording your thought patterns, reflecting on your feelings, and tracking how meditation affects your mood and life, this 90-day mindfulness journal will help you create your ideal meditation habit. Each spread of this wellness journal includes space to record daily mantras, intentions, challenges, moods, and activities on your journey to improve your overall well-being. The perfect meditation or self-care gift for women and men, this mindfulness log creates a personal diary that will allow you to save those insights for years to come and cultivate a more balanced life. Additional details: Ideal 5.75” x 8.25” size and durable flexibound format offer plenty of writing space while being small enough to travel easily Easy to write on archival paper takes pen and pencil nicely with 184 lined, acid-free pages Deluxe design with vegan leather cover, foil accents, removable cover band, and helpful ribbon marker make for a lasting keepsake Delicate illustrations inspired by meditation encourage a calming mindset and lovely backdrop for deep reflection Journal simply with guided meditation prompts, lists, and mood trackers that make it easy to check in with yourself morning and night and relieve stress Build your collection: Meditation is part of Insight Editions’ successful line of Inner World guided journals, including Gratitude, Mindfulness, Calm, Self-Care, Recharge, Connection, and more

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to angels and how they can help improve our daily lives. In this 2-CD set, Diana Cooper introduces you to the Angels and explains how they can help improve your daily life. She shares Angel stories and explores how to meet your Angel, increase your confidence, and heal your heart. She also includes a guided meditation for visiting the Archangels’ chambers.

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Book SynopsisA guide to creating miracles in your own life through the power of thought Following in the footsteps of a little-known group of esoteric seekers from the late-nineteenth century who called themselves “the Miracle Club,” Mitch Horowitz shows that the spiritual “wish fulfillment” practices known as the Law of Attraction, Positive Thinking, “the Secret,” and the Science of Getting Rich actually work. Weaving these ideas together into a concise, clear formula, with real-life examples of success, he reveals how your thoughts can impact reality and make things happen. In this “manual for miracles,” Horowitz explains how we each possess a creative agency to determine and reshape our lives. He shows how thinking in a directed, highly focused, and emotively charged manner expands our capacity to perceive and transform events and allows us to surpass ordinary boundaries of time and physical space. Building on Neville Goddard’s view that the human imagination is God the Creator and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s techniques for attaining personal power, he explores the highest uses of mind-power metaphysics and explains what works and what doesn’t, illuminating why and how events bend to our thoughts. He encourages readers to experiment and find themselves “at the helm of infinite possibilities.” Laying out a specific path to manifest your deepest desires, from wealth and love to happiness and security, Horowitz provides focused exercises and concrete tools for change and looks at ways to get more out of prayer, affirmation, and visualization. He also provides the first serious reconsideration of New Thought philosophy since the death of William James in 1910. He includes crucial insights and effective methods from the movement’s leaders such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Napoleon Hill, Neville Goddard, William James, Andrew Jackson Davis, Wallace D. Wattles, and many others. Defining a miracle as “circumstances or events that surpass all conventional or natural expectation,” the author invites you to join him in pursuing miracles and achieve power over your own life.Trade Review"Treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today's raised-voice discussions." * Washington Post *“The most honest and insightful book on positive thinking to appear in decades—also the best.” * Richard Smoley, author of The Deal: A Guide to Radical and Complete Forgiveness *“The American lineage of mind metaphysics, or positive thinking, takes a beating from both the religious right and the intellectual left, who seem to share in little other than this fear and loathing of the possibility that we might actually be able to imagine ourselves into other realities, histories, and humanities. This same tradition has recently lacked a real intellectual voice willing to answer these too-certain critics and tackle some of the most difficult questions around this astonishing possibility, including the problem of suffering and just how this might all work. Not anymore. Enter Mitch Horowitz. Enter The Miracle Club. I wish every leader in the human-potential movement would read this book.” * Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion at Rice University *“At a time when quantum physicists dare to say things like, ‘Our intentions in the future create the past causes of the present,’ a reappraisal of spiritual beliefs (and philosophical theories in general) is clearly in order. It is such a critical assessment that Mitch Horowitz proposes in this book: the values and visions that inspired America assumed that ‘greatness’ should be measured not only in terms of material riches but of human progress. The lesson is important and timely.” * Jacques Vallée, computer scientist, venture capitalist, and author of The Edge of Reality *“It is rare that I find a book that still strikes me as both fresh and true. Horowitz single-handedly reenergizes the New Thought genre, giving it a much-needed update. The Miracle Club moves the reader far beyond the simple promise of wealth and happiness; it moves us to consider what those words actually mean. The Miracle Club then gives readers the tools to begin building their lives anew and the wise conviction to create a genuine life which fulfills self-potential and serves others.” * Regina Meredith, host of Open Minds and creator of ReginaMeredith.com *“As part of my scientific work, I study the relationship between mind and matter under strictly controlled laboratory conditions. I’ve found that those who laugh the loudest about the ‘power of affirmations’ will often ask me, but only after drinking a few beers and in hushed tones, ‘Seriously, do thoughts really influence reality?’ I respond by saying that based on the results of hundreds of published scientific experiments, it appears that yes, they really do. But that’s not what they want to know. They’re asking if their thoughts affect their reality in their everyday lives. To answer that question, there’s only one way to find out--try it yourself. For the clearest and most eminently rational description of exactly how to test the power of your thoughts, there is simply no better choice than Mitch Horowitz’s The Miracle Club.” * Dean Radin, Ph.D.,author of Real Magic *“Mitch is a contemporary Diogenes without the cynicism, a Socrates minus the coyness, a Kierkegaard with a happier spirit, an everyman’s philosopher who roams freely among the world’s great ideas, especially those that have been forgotten, hidden, or otherwise dismissed. The world needs his voice and insights now more than ever.” * Greg Salyer, president and CEO of the University of Philosophical Research *“An erudite and impassioned call for a deeper understanding of the positive-thinking movement. Mitch Horowitz, historian, scholar, and New Thought practitioner, states his case in this beautifully written and eminently practical book. A wonderful read for those familiar with the tenets of New Thought and those who are just embarking on its study and application.” * Paul Selig, author of I Am the Word: A Channeled Text *“Mitch’s critical new thinking brings a welcome discipline and honesty to fields too often redolent of fool’s gold. One hopes both critics and advocates of New Thought read this book; they need to. But bring a knapsack. There’s more than a pocketful of miracles here.” * Gary Lachman, author of Dark Star Rising *"Horowitz affirms that every human being has the innate ability to bend reality toward a particular result, and that we are always using this power for good or for ill whether we are aware of it or not. Encouraging exploration, he provides understanding, exercises, and tools to make our visualizations, affirmations, and prayers effective." * Kristine Morris, Foreword Reviews *“Mitch Horowitz practices what he preaches.” * Guideposts *"Already hailed as a modern classic...Horowitz is among the most articulate and authoritative voices in the fields of alternative spirituality, occult and esoteric history...Horowitz comes across as the real deal: he is an authentic 'adept mind' and he knows his stuff." * BoingBoing *"I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I have, and finish it with many pages of ideas and methods you have taken from it, ripe for trial and experience." Use the ideas you encounter, don’t simply establish a metaphysical bank account of possible future beneficial actions." * Walter Mason, New Dawn Magazine *Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE A USEFUL IDEA CHAPTER TWO POWER TO THE PEOPLE CHAPTER THREE YE ARE GODS CHAPTER FOUR METHODS IN MIND POWER CHAPTER FIVE HOW TO MAKE A MIRACLE CHAPTER SIX METAPHYSICS AND MORALITY CHAPTER SEVEN WORKING CLASS MYSTIC The Example of James Allen CHAPTER EIGHT THE ETHIC OF GETTING RICH CHAPTER NINE WHY THE CRITICS ARE WRONG CHAPTER TEN MIRROR MAN The Centrality of Neville Goddard CHAPTER ELEVEN WHY IT WORKS Toward a Theory of Affirmative Thought AFTERWORD THE MIRACLE CLUB An Invitation to YouCREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX

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Book SynopsisAn insightful guide for consciously bringing compassion and love into your life Every person is born with the capacity to love. Over time, however, many of us have built barriers within ourselves as a reaction to painful experiences, and following these, we often develop fears, beliefs, and behaviors that keep these barriers firmly in place. The primary lesson in life is to learn to love, and this starts right on our doorstep. Often it is self-doubt and feelings of unworthiness that hold us back from experiencing all the love around us. Only when we start to love and accept ourselves with all that we are can we love others freely and fully. Learning to love requires an intention to change and a willingness to take action. Once we understand how to work with our doubts and fears and learn how to change our beliefs and behavior, our barriers will melt away and we spontaneously open up to connect deeply and harmoniously with the full flow of the river of life. In this simple yet insightful guide, Eileen Caddy and David Earl Platts detail the down-to-earth practicalities of exploring feelings, attitudes, beliefs, and past experiences that block us from loving and from receiving love. The teachings in the book are based on popular workshops that Eileen, co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation Community, and David facilitated for years in and outside Findhorn. Many of the underlying principles and techniques originate in the system of psychosynthesis, devised by Roberto Assagioli. Learning to Love invites you to make a free and informed choice to bring more love into your life, and then helps you implement this choice step-by-step with confidence and joy. Table of ContentsPreface What Is the Findhorn Foundation? Introduction 1 Choosing to Allow 2 Choosing to Feel Safe 3 Choosing to Trust 4 Choosing to Be Honest and Open 5 Choosing to Be Aware 6 Choosing to Accept 7 Choosing to Be Free 8 Choosing to Take Action 9 Choosing to Change 10 Choosing to Love Unconditionally Recommended Reading About the Authors

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Book SynopsisHumanity has always used symbols-material objects used to denote difficult, abstract concepts-to describe thoughts and feelings, or to protect secret truths from common knowledge. This concise A-Z guide is a fascinating work of reference that brings to light all the symbols and symbolisms of the world, many aspects of which have been lost to time, including Freemasonry, the Kabbalah, the tarot, astrology, alchemy, Zoroastrianism, and ancient cultures from Egypt to Japan.

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Book SynopsisAnother stunning novel by the author of The Alchemist.Aleph marks a return to Paulo Coelho's beginnings. In a frank and surprising personal story, one of the world's most beloved authors embarks on a remarkable and transformative journey of self-discovery.Facing a grave crisis of faith, and seeking a path of spiritual renewal and growth, Paulo decides to start over: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the world. On this journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia, he will again meet Hilalthe woman he loved 500 years beforean encounter that will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, through past and present, in search of himself.Aleph is an encounter with our fears and our sins; a search for love and forgiveness, and the courage to confront the inevitable challenges of life.Trade Review‘His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.’THE TIMES ‘One of the few to deserve the term Publishing Phenomenon.’INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ‘Coelho’s writing is beautifully poetic but his message is what counts…he gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.’DAILY EXPRESS ‘Paulo Coelho is a literary superstar’ THE IRISH TIMES ‘A beacon of spiritual enlightenment’ THE BIG ISSUE

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Book SynopsisCrafted with all the skills that have made his previous books bestsellers, The Book of Secrets will be essential reading for Deepak Chopra's huge number of followers worldwide, and also appeal to everyone searching for the meaning of life, and looking for answers to the questions: Who Am I? Where Did I Come From? and Why Am I Here? Each of the fifteen chapters discusses a 'secret' - such as: The World Is In You; Transformation Is Not The Same As Change; Death Is Conquered By Dying Every Day; Everything Is Pure Essence. Chopra believes that 'Every life is a book of secrets ready to be opened', and that the only way to discover the answers to these secrets is to delve inside yourself, and cease to be a mystery to yourself. Only by going to 'the still point inside' can you see life as it really is.Trade Review"This inspiring book contains food for thought for anyone looking for answers to life's big questions... If you plan to work on your spiritual life over the festive season, this is one for your Christmas stocking" * Health and Fitness *The rock star of the new spirituality * Guardian *The poet-prophet of alternative medicine * Time *Undoubtedly one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time * Mikhail Gorbachev *

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Book SynopsisThe human heart forms the essential link between body and spirit. In Heart Open, Body Awake, master somatics teacher Susan Aposhyan presents a simple yet richly detailed four-part practice to experience this link in all its unfolding wonder: opening our hearts, feeling our bodies, allowing ourselves to move and be moved, and connecting with the world in its fullness. Aposhyan weaves together insights from a range of scientific, psychological, and spiritual traditions to present a practical path toward embodied spirituality. Beautiful anatomical illustrations help readers to visualize the body systems, processes, and movements described in the book. Through the practices offered in Heart Open, Body Awake, your sense of spiritual wellness can become as near and palpable as your sensitive, beating heart.

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Book SynopsisRock On is the crystal healing book for spiritual seekers who love to bend the mainstream rules and walk their own path. Whether you are an energy healer, a crystal lover, or simply a spiritual rebel with an open mind and an open heart, Rock On will teach you how to easily overcome life's everyday hurdles and heal yourself and those around you, using the power of crystals. Covering all aspects of crystal healing, from the scientific to the esoteric, and featuring 40 detailed crystal body layouts, Rock On is the definitive reference guide for those wanting to learn more about the hands-on side of crystal healing from a Master Crystal Healer with a fresh and unique perspective. If you are interested in all the hype about sparkly rocks but aren't sure about spiritual woo-woo, read Rock On's introduction and you won't be able to put the book down!

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Book Synopsis''Drawing on perceptive insight and profound wisdom, Jonathan Hoban reveals how the simple act of walking can displace our minds from a place of chaos to tranquil calm, and makes a beautiful and inspiring case for walking with your wolf.'' - Dr Mithu Storoni, author of Stress-ProofNature is our greatest healer.It''s time to start walking and reclaim the wildness in all of us.When did you last take a walk? Not a stroll to the shops, or to the pub, but a walk that got you energised, stimulated your senses, allowing you to de-stress? If the answer is that you''d love to walk, but don''t have the time, there really are more reasons to get outside than you might think.When we walk we find the space to process our feelings and we begin to have the courage to be vulnerable and honest with ourselves. Walking awakens the intuition that helps us face up to our difficulties and walk alongside them, enabling us to find positive solutions to ouTrade ReviewJonathan Hoban challenges us to use nature as a setting for reconsidering our lives and our stresses. He asks us to 'walk alongside our difficulties' giving ourselves the physical and mental space to look at ourselves anew and to decide what we really need. For that commute to work, or indeed for that break on the park bench, I commend his book.Combining therapy with nature and activity isn't new. In the late 1900s, Sigmund Freud walked with certain of his patients around the Ringstrasse, Vienna's grand, tree-lined boulevard. But what if you have no therapist or kindred spirit to accompany you? Jonathan Hoban's original, inspiring and powerful book fills the gap. Deftly blending science, his own narrative and his experience as a therapist, he is at our side as we find a way of engaging with and being healed by nature. Like the wolf in the book's title, we can reconnect with our own elemental lupine instincts which are so often repressed in our stressful and artificial world - both a wolf's wildness as well as its sociability and need to be part of a pack. Follow in Hoban's easy to apply footsteps and you will never walk alone again.

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Book SynopsisThe No.1 bestselling author reveals life-changing strategies to help you demolish fear, seize control, and reach your full potentialThe wall. Sooner or later we all hit it. The wall can be anything. It could be your lack of motivation, it could be your fear of leaving your comfort zone, it could be the aimlessness that comes from not having set yourself the right goals, it could be that you spend too much time with people who undermine you.What all these things have in common is that they're holding you back. They're the things that are stopping you from reaching your true potential, from getting the most you can out of your life.In this straight-talking inspirational book, Ant Middleton identifies twenty obstacles that are standing in our way, and offers common-sense, practical solutions to each of them. He shows the reader how they too can break through that wall and start becoming the best version of themselves.

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Book SynopsisIt''s time to discover the power of emotional choice, with the author of Number One bestseller Awaken Your Power WithinDo you find yourself dwelling in unhelpful emotions like fear, anxiety and overwhelm?Endlessly chasing something intangible to help you feel ''enough''?What if a life of greater ease and joy is available to you?In his new book The Freedom Within, bestselling author and health coach Gerry Hussey gives us a remarkable insight into the truth about human emotions: how they shape every aspect of our lives and how every emotion we hold is either enabling or disabling us, healing or hurting us.From understanding the impact of early childhood experiences, family dynamics and unconscious beliefs, to discovering how to unlock our emotional triggers and establish healthy boundaries, this transformative guide shows us how we can redirect our energy from a place of emotional pain to one of power and begin living with i

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Book SynopsisOrphaned in her early teens and shuttled between abusive foster homes, Tatiana Forero Puerta found herself in her early twenties in New York, haunted by the memories of her tumultuous youth and suicidal. Following emergency hospitalisation, she was advised by her doctor to take up yoga. Over days, weeks, months and then years, she embraced yoga''s honesty and discipline - delving more deeply into its wisdom, literature and, vitally, its practice. In so doing, yoga healed her scars, opened her soul to forgiveness and allowed her to reconcile herself with a past that had threatened to snuff out her life. YOGA FOR THE WOUNDED HEART is an unsparingly honest memoir of a childhood lost and of courage and resilience gained. It''s, also, an exploration of the fundamentals of yoga - as a technology that focuses our awareness; as a practical application of mindfulness and attention to what is really going on in our lives and bodies and as a vehicle for the body to guide the mind and heart toward healing.

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Book SynopsisA guide to invocations, rituals, and histories at the intersection of magic and feminism, as informed by history''s witches--and the sociopolitical culture that gave rise to them.When you start looking for witches, you find them everywhere. As seekers and practitioners reclaim and restore magic to its rightful place among powerful forces for social, personal, and political transformation, more people than ever are claiming the identity of "Witch." But our knowledge of witchcraft and magic has been marred by erasure, sensationalism, and sterilization, the true stories of history''s witches left untold.Through meditations, stories, and practices, authors Risa Dickens and Amy Torok offer an intersectional, contemporary lens for uncovering and reconnecting with feminist witch history. Sharing traditions from all over the world--from Harlem to Haiti, Oaxaca to Mesopotamia--Missing Witches introduces readers to figures like Monica Sjoo, HP Blavatsky, Maria Sabina, and Enheduanna, shedding light on their work and the cultural and sociopolitical contexts that shaped it. Structured around the 8 sabbats of the Wheel of the Year, each chapter includes illustrations by Amy Torok, as well as invocations, rituals, and offerings that incorporate the authors'' own wisdom, histories, and journeys of trauma, loss, and empowerment. Missing Witches offers an inside look at the vital stories of women who have practiced--and lived--magic.

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Book Synopsis?Awakening Osirisis a perennial, a classic in the combined realm of Egyptology, spirituality, and pure literary achievement.? ?Kathleen McGowan,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Expected One ?Awakening Osiris is not only a translation and a book of Egyptian religion, but also a spiritual work that will serve many Pagans as a prayer book of sorts, a book of meditations?something not to be read and left on the shelf, but to return to repeatedly.? ?Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of Spirits A beautiful and engaging rendering of The Egyptian Book of the Dead that reveals the soul and spirit of Egypt The Egyptian Book of the Dead is one of the oldest and greatest classics of Western spirituality. With Awakening Osiris, Ellis has transformed the ancient stories told through hieroglyphs for modern readers and approaches the Book of the Dead as a profound spiritual text capable of speaking to us today. These writings suggest that the divine realm and the human realm are not altogether separate; they remind us that the natural world?the substance of our lives?is fashioned from the stuff of the gods. This edition replaces the previous edition (ISBN978-0933999749) and contains a new introduction and study guide by the author.

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Book SynopsisA transmission of healing prayers, affirmations, and activated messages from an ancestral empath, medical intuitive, spiritwalker, and mystic• Offers transformational writings that actively transmit the author’s healing wisdom and spiritual support, guiding the reader through the abyss and into the light hidden within • Includes affirmations that address trauma, depression, grief, anger, and revelation; awaken individual spiritual paths; provide solace and protection; and contribute to the collective evolution of humanity and the earth An ancestral empath, medical intuitive, spiritwalker, psychic channel, and modern-day mystic, Laura Aversano comes from an ancient lineage of Sicilian adepts, and seers. Displaying the strongest characteristics of her lineage in centuries, she has been communicating with the spirit world since childhood and is also trained in the divine mysteries of esoteric Christianity, in plant medicine and shamanism by indigenous elders, and in many modes of hands-on therapy. As a daily healer with limitless compassion, Laura works with a long waiting list of the physically, mentally, and spiritually wounded. Even at a distance and in absentia with clients and in words to readers, she miraculously lets each person’s destiny work for itself. Contact with her sometimes seems as if nothing happened; then the astonishing takes place. In this collection of inspired prayers and powerful affirmations, the author actively transmits her healing wisdom and spiritual support, guiding the reader through thoughts and emotions into the uncharted territory of the unknown, through the abyss and into the light hidden within. Addressing trauma, depression, grief, anger, and revelation, her words awaken individual spiritual paths, provide solace and protection, and contribute to the collective evolution of humanity and the earth. Sending healing vibrationally as well as through the written word, her activated prayers and affirmations affect change invisibly but profoundly. Reading her words will leave you forever transformed, initiated into the spiritual path of light, even in times of darkness.Trade Review“Laura Aversano’s words are sacred chants that resonate through octaves and octaves of sound and light, awakening a thousand spirit guides through special melodies that whisper in the temple of our inner ears how to walk with the spirits and discover the secrets of our unique divine nature.” * John Beaulieu, N.D., PH.D., speaker, composer, pianist, and author of Human Tuning *Table of ContentsForeword by Richard GrossingerPreface Light Calling from the Abyss ForgivenessCourage and Grace The Pause Balance Reconciliation Changes of Worlds Healing Voices from the Pandemic

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Book SynopsisHave you ever realised you're dreaming-inside your dream? If so, you've experienced a lucid dream. Lucid dreaming, also known as conscious dreaming, is simply knowing that you're dreaming while being able to remain in the dream without waking. And by learning to stay aware inside your dreams, you can learn more about yourself, the world, and the universe than you ever imagined! In this exciting guide, lucid dreaming expert Andrew Holecek offers a step-by-step approach for developing and honing the skills necessary to awaken to these dazzling dreamscapes-and the amazing truths to be discovered there. This engaging workbook blends ancient wisdom with modern knowledge to teach you the science behind lucid dreaming, the benefits of practising this visionary art, and a variety of ways to induce these remarkable dreams.Use this wonderous workbook to:*Experience unexplored passions*Discover the richness of your inner world*Learn from your subconscious*Develop your talents while you sleep*Go beyond the bounds of your waking life With these exercises and meditations, you'll embark on an incredible journey to explore the deep inner space of your dreaming mind and learn how to take control of your dreams to guide them toward the experiences you want to have. You'll also learn about the stages of lucid dreaming, how they interconnect, and how the spiritual aspects of dreaming are related to life and death.Lucid dreaming can take you to places you've never been before-and this book has everything you need to start having these astounding dreams tonight.

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Book SynopsisTune into the unique energy vibrations of numbers to decode your true purpose and enhance every aspect of your life.Do you have a lucky number? Ever wondered why you’re instinctively drawn to some numbers more than others? This fascinating insight into the world of numerology explains why—and how to make those numbers work for you. Explore some of the different systems of numerology—Pythagorean, Chaldean, and Vedic—and learn how numbers can help you to attract positive energy and abundance into any area of your life and manifest the best version of yourself, from getting that prized job promotion to seeking out a soul mate. Identify your Power Number to decipher the traits and talents that will help you navigate the highs and lows of life. Together with your Life Path Number and your Destiny Number, this sacred combination provides everything you need to grow, attain your goals, and fulfill your destiny. Through practical exercises, meditations, activities, rituals, and much more, you can work with your numbers to create, shape, and heal your world.

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Book SynopsisCrystals help you get into vibrational alignment with the universe, making them potent tools for manifesting what you want in life. Whether you are looking to attract love, prosperity or new opportunities for success, there is a crystal that can help.In Manifesting with Crystals, Judy Hall, one of the world's bestselling authors on crystals, teaches you how to use crystals to enhance your manifestation practice. The law of attraction works based on the principle that like attracts like - crystals, which already have powerful vibrational energies of their own, can magnify and focus your intention. You will learn how to sense the energy of crystals and choose the right ones to work with for manifesting and you will find inspiring visualizations, affirmations, rituals and layouts to help you connect to your crystal. Included are detailed profiles for more than seventy crystals which have special manifesting properties, such as - Malachite- Angel's Wing Calcite- Agate- Aurora Quartz- Mystic Topaz- Citrine- and MohawkiteBeautifully illustrated throughout, this book reveals the crystals and special techniques that can help you bring about positive change in your life. With this book and your crystals, you can make your dreams become a reality.

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Book Synopsis'A spectacular guide to the inner world and relationships; it dispels myths, grounds you in transformative truth and reconnects you to your power' Yung Pueblo'This masterpiece will take you from pain to freedom' Nedra Glover TawwabRelationships have the ability to infuse our lives with the magic of intimacy and connection. But often we can find ourselves chasing unavailable love, putting other's needs before our own all the while abandoning the one who needs us most - ourselves. From Sheleana Aiyana, spiritual writer and founder of Rising Woman, comes a transformational inner-work journey to heal lifelong relationship patterns and reclaim power over your life. Becoming the One is your invitation to make peace with your past, stand in your worth and find your way home to yourself.Trade ReviewSheleana Aiyana has created a clear bridge between personal healing and improving our relationships. Becoming the One is for you if you want to live more fully and experience love at a greater level of harmony. This is a spectacular guide to the inner world and relationships; it dispels myths, grounds you in transformative truth, and reconnects you to your power. -- Yung Pueblo, New York Times bestselling author of InwardSheleana guides you on the journey of reclaiming yourself and defining your life. This masterpiece will take you from pain to freedom. Reading Becoming the One will help you understand the process and power of healing. Sheleana has created a must-read for people who seek to heal childhood wounds. -- Nedra Glover Tawwab, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find PeaceAn extraordinary gift that illuminates the path to wholehearted self-acceptance ... Sheleana is a wise woman, a compassionate and clear-eyed guide, a visionary, and a teacher in the true sense of the word. I'd follow her up any mountain. -- Harriet Lerner, New York Times bestselling author of The Dance of Anger and Why Won’t You Apologize?Sheleana is one of those rare writers whose poetic wisdom touches deep into your soul. Her words will lead you back to yourself in a way that will feel more authentic than ever before. Enjoy this beautiful odyssey back to YOU. -- Dr. Shefali Tsabary, New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent and A Radical AwakeningBecoming the One is a gift to every human being who's on their journey of healing and coming home to themselves. May all those who need this tender wisdom on their healing journey find their way to Sheleana Aiyana and this powerful book. -- Dr Scott Lyons, founder of The Embody Lab

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Book SynopsisWhere do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? These questions form the title of an 1897 painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin. He knew he was pushing the limits of human knowledge by asking them. He also knew they are not new questions. Our ancestors began to ask them on the African savannah. The Roman poet Lucretius posed them in his long poem On the Nature of Things, written just before the Christian era. He sought natural explanations for the behaviour of matter, without recourse to gods. But he also knew that the world we see is largely a creation of our mind. Since then, science has answered most of his 'how' questions, almost to the point of offering us a 'Theory of Everything'. But Gauguin's 'why' questions remain largely unanswered. They require a personal response from us, without which, as Lucretius intuited, nothing can be joyous or lovely. In The Stupendous Story of Us, we consider the narrative from all angles: our mastery of the realm of things, our exploration of our inner world, and our connectedness to each other. The pace is frantic because life is short, knowledge is infinite, and the challenges ahead are pressing.

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Book SynopsisAn astonishing sequel to the first two installments of The Unknown Stigma 1 (The Mystery) and 2 (The Resurrection) by Ryuho Okawa, the internationally renowned prolific author of over 3,000 titles on religious truth, personal growth, political philosophy, and economic prosperity. The protagonist, Agnes, journeys through the universe and encounters a mystical world unknown to humankind by accompanying a figure identified as her "Father". Discover what awaits Agnes beyond this mysterious world... The story develops into a revelation of the secrets of the cosmos, including the criteria for universal justice. Also revealed is the hidden cause behind the chaos that struck Earth's Seventh Civilization, which has infiltrated many spheres of society, including some world religions. The Laws of the Universe are about to begin. By reading this novel, you will journey to the unknown world, navigating beyond the mystical veil through the eyes of Agnes.

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Book SynopsisCalled through her dreams by the Priestesses of Isis, Tricia McCannon set out on a spiritual journey into the Mysteries of the Goddess. After a fateful encounter with a high initiate of the ancient Fellowship of Isis, she began researching the history of Judaism and Christianity to find out how and when the Divine Feminine became lost. She discovered a forgotten age when the Creator was honored as female and humanity lived in peaceful societies completely free of war. She shows how we can return to an age of peace and celestial light if we work to bring the masculine and feminine energies of the world back into balance. Sharing her journey into the heart of the Divine Mother, McCannon details her initiation into the Fellowship of Isis, a process rich with ceremony, ritual, and myths of the Goddess from ancient Egyptian, Celtic, Greek, Hebrew, and Native American traditions. She reveals the many archetypes of the Goddess, including Isis, Ishtar, Brigit, and the Black Madonna, can become our allies for self-transformation. She explores how Mysteries at the heart of Christianity that have remained hidden for nearly 2,000 years and how the Gnostic goddess Sophia is tied to the Second Coming, Mary Magdalene, and the Female Christ. She reveals the lost teachings of Jesus about the Divine Mother and Father and about the Divine Daughter and Son. McCannon takes us on a journey to awaken the creative power of the Divine Feminine within each of us. Equipped with the teachings of the Goddess, we gain the mastery to overcome the deeply rooted masculine-feminine imbalance of the patriarchy and to embark into the future as Homo Luminous, beings of light.Trade Review“Tricia McCannon’s scholarly approach and stunning discoveries allow us to see in a new light the Divine Sophia’s role in the process of awakening humanity. Truly illuminating.” * William Henry, author of Lost Secret of the Watchers *“Born with the gift of inner sight and hearing, the author takes us on an initiation into the Sacred Teaching of the Goddess. Full of ancient wisdom, metaphysical teachings, religious history, and mythology, we’re encouraged to open our hearts and minds to the Eternal Mother.” * Christine Page, M.D., author of The Healing Power of the Sacred Woman *“This book reveals the unique place of the Isis tradition and the true purpose and significance of Mary Magdalene. Thoroughly researched and very readable, this book draws the reader into the fascination and deep symbolism of this subject: a wonderful book to enjoy and treasure.” * Stuart Wilson, coauthor of Power of the Magdalene *“Tricia has done it again. She writes for a new time, and the glorious homecoming of Sophia, the wisdom of the essential feminine essence. Travel with this world renowned teacher to the heart of the mysteries of the quantum field where the great masters dwell and return with newfound knowledge, purpose, clarity and love.” * Alan Steinfeld, founder of NewRealities.com *“I strongly recommend a close reading of Tricia McCannon’s book. Her personal journey reveals the suppression of the divine feminine aspect within the world’s religions and may well point the way to a more truthful, equitable, and peaceful future.” * Jim Marrs, New York Times best-selling author *“This book is a revelation for the soul and the missing link to help us end the dark agendas of the patriarchy. It is an incredible and brilliant piece of work. Read this book!” * Laura Eisenhower, founder of Cosmic Gaia Sophia Seminars *“This powerful and transformative book is the proverbial cracking of the Cosmic Egg. Incredibly well researched and emotionally moving, this book has the power to bring us all to a new paradigm for world healing.” * Colin Tipping, author of Radical Forgiveness *“A remarkable initiation into the Wisdom Circles of the Divine Feminine. From the first chapter I was hooked. An outstanding contribution to the field of spirituality and personal enlightenment.” * Robert Perala, author of The Divine Architect *“Tricia McCannon uses the powerful synthesis of personal revelation and scholarly research to create a gateway for personal contact with the Divine. Simply called, it is the eternal story of the Sacred Feminine.” * Peter Canova, award-winning author of Pope Annalisa *“Through this book we find the missing piece of the Divine Feminine that can heal us, awaken us, and transport us to a higher reality. Brilliant!” * Burge Smith-Lyons, author of Conversations That Make a Difference *“Masterfully written, this book guides the curious reader gently along the author’s own exciting spiritual journey, from traditional Christianity to the evolution of Homo luminous, our next stage in the course of evolution.” * David Ryback, Ph.D., ABPP, coauthor of Dreams That Come True *“Tricia McCannon writes in the true spirit of the Divine Feminine, which reverberates through every chapter of her entrancing book.To travel through her words is a deep pleasure.” * Peter Roth, founder/director of the Heart River Center for Intuitive Healing *“This book is a journey into the deepest meaning of the Christ story, the lost wisdom teachings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, and the true meaning of the Path of Mastery. It holds you spellbound from beginning end!” * Jennifer Walton, Ph.D.,psychologist and film producer *"McCannon details her initiation into the Fellowship of Isis and through her story and in-depth research she takes us on a journey to awaken the creative power of the Divine Feminine within each of us. Equipped with the teachings of the Goddess, we may move into the futures as Homo luminous, or beings of light, and re-establish an age of harmony and balance." * Watkins Mind Body Spirit, Spring 2016 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One The Departure 1 A Priestess of Isis 2 The Magic House by the Grove 3 The Feather of Truth Part Two The Journey 4 The Great Medicine Circle and the Four Gates of Heaven 5 The Circle Convenes 6 Rewriting Religious History 7 Goddesses in Hebrew History 8 Footprints of the Mother 9 The Four Male and Female Polarities 10 Immanence and Transcendence 11 The Directions of Time and Space 12 The Goddess and the Descent into the Underworld 13 Jesus and the Lost Gospels 14 The Many Faces of Mary the Eternal One 15 The Lost Teachings of Jesus 16 The Teachings That Must Be Suppressed 17 The Divine Daughter and Son 18 Mary Magdalene and the Divine Sophia 19 In the Name of God Part Three The Return 20 Calling Down the Goddess 21 The Hero’s Journey 22 The Power of Archetype 23 A Return to the Circle Glossary of Goddesses and Gods Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the latest developments from the flourishing field of modern psychedelic psychotherapy • Examines the therapeutic potential of expanded states, underground psychedelic psychotherapy, harm reduction, new approaches for healing individual and collective trauma, and training considerations • Addresses challenging psychedelic experiences, spiritual emergencies, and the central importance of the therapeutic relationship • Details the use of cannabis as a psychedelic tool, spiritual exploration with LSD, micro-dosing with Iboga, and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD Exploring the latest developments in the flourishing field of modern psychedelic psycho-therapy, this book shares practical experiences and insights from both elders and newer research voices in the psychedelic research and clinical communities. The contributors examine new findings on safe and skillful work with psychedelic and expanded states for therapeutic, personal, and spiritual growth. They explain the dual process of opening and healing. They explore new approaches for individual inner work as well as for the healing of ancestral and collective trauma. They examine the power of expanded states for reparative attachment work and offer insights on the integration process through the lens of Holotropic Breathwork. The contributors also examine the use of cannabis as a psychedelic tool, spiritual exploration with LSD, microdosing with Iboga, treating depression with psilocybin, and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. Revealing diverse ways of working with psychedelics in terms of set, setting, and type of substance, the book concludes with discussions of ethics and professional development for those working in the field as well as explores considerations for training the next generation of psychedelic therapists.Trade Review“Training compassionate and effective therapists is the key to scaling psychedelic-assisted therapy. Psychedelics and Psychotherapy will contribute to the training of tens of thousands of therapists who will be able to treat millions of people.” * Rick Doblin, Ph.D., executive director of MAPS *“There is a revolution happening in mental health. Read and Papaspyrou have gathered together the world’s experts on various medication-assisted psychotherapies to explain how these molecules facilitate transformational experiences.” * Julie Holland, M.D., author of Good Chemistry *“A remarkable collection of sophisticated psychedelic therapists and integration specialists sharing new methods, new models, and theoretical underpinnings for both. What makes this volume invaluable is the wide range of solutions that the writers have come up with for helping and healing. There is a richness of ideas and case histories here, and no matter what your orientation is, you’re going to learn many other ways your own work might go.” * James Fadiman, Ph.D., microdose researcher, author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide *“This authoritatively written and beautifully illustrated book explores perfectly the complexities and benefits of interweaving these disparate subjects into a platform of hope for our patients with unremitting mental disorders. A highly recommended read for practitioners, patients, and anyone with a keen eye on the contemporary development of psychedelic culture and medicine.” * Ben Sessa, MBBS, MRCPsych, chief medical officer at Awakn Life Sciences, Inc., and psychedelic thera *“This new book provides a rich education for those seeking wisdom about the deepest varieties of psychotherapy.” * Robin Carhart-Harris, Ph.D., head of Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London *“As psychedelic drugs reintegrate themselves back into our lives how are we, in turn, to reintegrate them? This timely book will serve as a roadmap to those who walk this path, bringing together indigenous cultural knowledge and modern psychotherapeutic thinking to illustrate an ancient process of deepening inner awareness that so many feel has such contemporary potential to heal.” * James Rucker, Ph.D., honorary consultant psychiatrist at the South London *“This edited collection of articles by seasoned experts in psychedelic- assisted therapy fills a critical gap. This book covers what every therapist needs to know in order to be competent in helping clients integrate their psychedelic experiences.” * David Lukoff, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Sofia University *“A valuable collection of experiential discoveries and research findings. A guide for those who would fathom how the competent use of psychedelics may facilitate healing and illumine the dynamics and mysteries of human consciousness.” * William A. Richards, Ph.D., author of Sacred Knowledge *“This groundbreaking volume is essential reading for all practitioners in the healing professions, especially those whose primary focus remains the biological facets of mental health. A paradigm shift--toward a deeper model of the human being recovering the soul, the feminine, and our need for a profound sense of social belonging and embeddedness in nature--is absolutely essential. Our multifaceted crisis can only be resolved through the kind of integrative approaches advanced here: those that start from the inner dimension and its corresponding outer expressions.” * David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, program director at the Scientific and Medical Network *“I could not be more appreciative for the publication of Psychedelics and Psychotherapy. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in maximizing the healing potential of expanded states of consciousness and is a MUST for anyone considering the path of becoming a psychedelic therapist, sitter, or guide. These are the wise voices of dedicated and well-seasoned practitioners.” * voices of dedicated and well-seasoned practitioners.” Diane Haug, MA, LPCC, senior staff membe *“An important book that unites the current vogue for medical application of psychedelics with the deeper spiritual understanding of humanity as interconnected, which is denied by the illness model of mental well-being. Psychedelics are identified as a means to face and heal the inner pain behind mental breakdown, and the theme is illustrated from a variety of therapeutic perspectives--using multiple ways of exploring expanded consciousness--the whole enlivened by the inclusion of artwork arising from the process.” * Isabel Clarke, consultant clinical psychologist, and author of Madness, Mystery and the Survival of *“This rich, brilliant anthology is a must-read resource for anyone interested in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, covering areas such as preparation and integration, the use of evocative music, mandala drawing, bodywork, and archetypal astrology.” * Renn Butler, author of Pathways to Wholeness and The Archetypal Universe *“Read and Papaspyrou have years of experience in the field of healing with expanded states of consciousness and, with keen observation of what is needed as psychedelics enter the mainstream, have chosen wise authors and essential topics to include in this book. Psychedelics and Psychotherapy reflects the multi-dimensional experience of both client and therapist in psychedelic therapy and the subtle issues that arise. This book is essential reading for those just joining this important healing work. Veterans in the field will appreciate the skillful articulation of the differences between psychedelic therapy and ordinary therapy, especially regarding training, ethical awareness, presence, and supervision in supporting the inner healing intelligence of clients in the therapeutic alliance.” * Kylea Taylor, LMFT, author of The Ethics of Caring *“A wonderful mind-expanding book that has renewed my compassion, enthusiasm, and curiosity for the therapeutic experience. Authors with deep experience write beautifully about the transformative nature and process of psychedelic therapy.” * Rachel Gibbons, psychoanalyst, group analyst, consultant psychiatrist, and organizational consultant *“An important, timely, and rich collection that should interest anyone with a serious interest in psychedelics.” * Jeremy Narby, anthropologist and author of The Cosmic Serpent *“Research and reports of users in this field are gaining increasing awareness, yet the voice of those therapists who offered therapy is seldom heard. A rich, thorough resource of practitioners awaits the reader; collectively, they represent hundreds of years of experience in this growing field.” * Manuel Aicher, psychotherapist *Table of ContentsFOREWORDPsychedelics as a Pathway to the Self by Gabor Maté PREFACE Into the Deep: Integrating Psychedelics and Psychotherapy The Opening Circle 1 On the Therapeutic Stance during Psychedelic PsychotherapyAndrew Feldmar 2 Ayahuasca and Psychotherapy Rachel Harris 3 Impact of Personal Psychedelic Experiences in Clinical PracticeJerome Braun 4 Psychedelics in Private Practice: The Highs and Lows of Integration Maria Papaspyrou5 Daimonic Experience and the Psyche’s Archetypal Self-Care System Scott Hill 6 The Healing Potential of Challenging Psychedelic States Tim Read7 The Weekend Workshop: Group Therapy with Psychedelics Friederike Meckel Fischer 8 Underground Psychedelic PsychotherapyLisa Marie Jones 9 Preparation and Integration in Holotropic Breathwork Marianne Murray 10 Set and Setting, Facilitator Presence, and Bodywork Holly Harman 11 Holotropic Breathwork and MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy with Trauma SurvivorsIngrid Pacey 12 Cultivating Inner Healing Intelligence through MDMA-Assisted PsychotherapyShannon Carlin 13 Therapeutic Use of MDMA for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Recovering the Lost Good ObjectsJo O’Reilly and Tim Read 14 Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy: Path of Gentle PowerDaniel McQueen 15 Iboga: Lessons from the Bwiti Tradition and Therapeutic UseSvea Nielsen 16 Transformational Coaching, Psychedelic Therapy, and Addiction Deanne Adamson 17 The Deep Dive into Bufo alvarius (5-MeO-DMT)Natasja Pelgrom 18 Art Therapy and Psychedelic Integration Bruce Tobin 19 Integration Using Mandalas: A Personal Perspective John Ablett 20 Harm Reduction, Peer Support, and the First Steps of Integration Nir Tadmor 21 Psychedelic Peace Building: Relational Processes in Ayahuasca Rituals of Palestinians and IsraelisLeor Roseman 22 Celestial Integration: Psychedelics and Archetypal Astrology Becca Tarnas 23 The Challenges of Integrating an Extreme Psychedelic Journey Christopher Bache 24 Training Psychedelic TherapistsRenee Harvey25 Psychedelic Psychotherapy Supervision: Shared Learning and Reflective Practice Tim Read, Michelle Baker-Jones, Sven Kimenai, Jonny Martell, Roberta Murphy, Ashleigh Murphy-Beiner, Rosalind Watts 26 Toward an Ecology of Ethics Maria Papaspyrou The Closing Circle Contributor Biographies Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates the extent to which the truth of psi has been tacitly acknowledged and exploited. This book also sifts the data for tantalizing hints of how mind and matter are linked. It looks ahead to the inevitable social, economic, academic, and spiritual consequences of the mass realization that mind and matter can influence each other.Trade ReviewRadin is a mix of curiosity, scholarship, technical expertise, and sly wit. -- New York Times Magazine Looking through The Lost Symbol, it seems that the "new" topic that will benefit from "the Dan Brown effect" is Noetic Science... parapsychology researcher Dean Radin is at the Institute of Noetic Science - these "heretical science" topics are likely to generate much debate. -- MSNBC's Cosmic Log

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Book SynopsisThe now classic work on Buddhism and business from the foremost American teacher of Tibetan Buddhism—reissued in a tenth anniversary edition with compelling case studies that showcase its principles in action around the globe.With a unique combination of ancient and contemporary wisdom from Tibetan Buddhism, The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their personal and professional lives. The book is presented in three layers. The first is a translation of The Diamond Sutra, an ancient text of conversations between the Buddha and his close disciple, Subhuti. The second contains quotes from some of the best commentaries in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. And the third layer, the main text, is the practical application of Buddhist philosophies to the world of business, based upon Geshe Michael Roach''s seventeen-years of experience as an employee of the Andin International Diamond Corporation, a company that grew during his tenure from four employees to a world leader in the jewelry industry. Roach’s easy style and spiritual understanding make The Diamond Cutter an invaluable source of timeless wisdom for those familiar or unfamiliar with Tibetan Buddhism. His focus on practical personal and business applications has resonated with and changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals the world over since its original publication.

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Book SynopsisDeep within our subconscious lie the answers to life's challenging questions. This 36-card deck is designed to bring this knowledge into your conscious mind to be used as a healing guide to overcome internal and external conflict and embrace your true path. We all contain limitless potential for growth and enhanced well-being. Let these cards empower and inspire you on your journey so you can discover the riches of life that await you. Tennessee Charpentier is an art visionary; her paintings carry themes of spiritual, mystical, and inner awareness.

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Book SynopsisDespite popular belief, saints do not come just from the Christian tradition, but from all walks of life and all spiritual traditions, and are active, supernatural beings that can offer both physical assistance and spiritual guidance. This title explores the world of saints and the miraculous powers they have to help us when we need it most.

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Book SynopsisA first-hand exploration of how to consciously step out of your body and navigate the Quantum Akashic Field • Details a step-by-step process of engaging extrasensory, out-of-body travel • Examines the quantum landscape of the Akashic Field, meetings with spirit guides, and descriptions of out-of-body experiences from the author’s personal journal and from world spiritual traditions, including the Bible and the Baghavad Purana • Explores current theories about the science of consciousness and sensory perception, including discoveries from quantum physics, and how these discoveries align with the traditional wisdom of shamans, dowsers, and mystics Physicists have recently discovered a whole quantum-based reality, a multidimensional world where all potentials simultaneously exist. Called the Akashic Field by systems scientist Ervin Laszlo, it is the same quantum reality that mystics, shamans, and dowsers have been exploring for thousands of years through astral travel, spirit journeying, and energy work. Revealing how to gain awareness of the Quantum Akashic Field through conscious out-of-body experiences (OBEs), Jim Willis shares fascinating firsthand accounts taken from the detailed OBE journals he has kept for nearly 10 years, alongside analysis of recent discoveries in quantum physics and wisdom from the world’s spiritual traditions. He details his own experiences with a wide variety of astral beings, spirit guides, landscapes, laws, and activities that he encountered in the Quantum Akashic Field. Drawing on scientifically-based principles that underlie the very nature of biological life, he explains how the brain is an organizer, not a producer, of consciousness. He explores the difference between dreams, visions, and OBEs and powerful ways to harness the imagination. Detailing a step-by-step process centered on safe, simple meditative techniques, Willis shows how to bypass the filters of your five senses while still fully awake and aware and engage in extrasensory, out-of-body travel. Sharing his journey to connect with universal consciousness and navigate the quantum landscape of the Akashic Field, he reveals how conscious OBEs allow you to penetrate beyond normal waking perception into the realm of quantum perception.Trade Review“The Quantum Akashic Field is open for exploration to all who develop a systematic strategy of meditation and creative imagination. By sharing his own out-of-body experiences, recorded through the years in his personal journals, Jim Willis serves as our guide into that world of mystery and revelation.” * George Noory, host of Coast to Coast AM *“Jim Willis, through a combination of modern science and very personal experience, manages to produce a veritable DIY guide for anyone interested in out-of-body experience (OBE). This book should cause the steadfast nonbeliever to admit that there is at least a scientifically based possibility that the OBE phenomenon is plausible and provides validation as well as explanations and encouragement for those who have experience with OBEs. If ever there was a successful explanation for the inexplicable, this book is it.” * Gerry Bailey, computer scientist, systems engineer, and OBE practitioner *“Willis weaves together science, metaphysics, and cultural references in a thoughtful exploration of the out-of-body experience. Using his fascinating and highly symbolic personal experiences, he gently but logically guides us to see that OBEs are a natural part of our spiritual development. This book is a great summary of the basics, with inspiring personal examples, encouragement, and practical guidance that is both useful for the beginner and a valuable refresher for those looking to enhance their experience. * William Buhlman, author of Adventures Beyond the Body *“Another brilliant book by Jim Willis. How he manages to make complex concepts so easily accessible, I don’t know. Read it at your own risk!” * Elyn Aviva, PhD, MDiv, author of The Question: A Magical Fable *“Combining cutting-edge theories, mysticism, and personal narratives, Jim Willis provides a fascinating overview of the out-of-body experience. Willis seamlessly makes connections between such diverse topics as perception, consciousness, philosophy, shamanism, and quantum physics, which challenges readers to look beyond their present assumptions about who and what they really are.” * Paul J. Leslie, author of The Art of Creating a Magical Session *“This is a very dangerous book. With his ability to tell a good story, Jim Willis can draw you right out of your body and into the astral planes. So, if you choose to read it, don’t say you haven’t been warned.” * Gary White, PhD, coauthor of the Powerful Places guidebook series *“Accessing the fabled Akashic records has always been a curiosity of mine, and in his book The Quantum Akashic Field Jim provides a fun and easy-tounderstand guide for exploring this sacred domain.” * Cliff Dunning, host and producer of Earth Ancients podcast *“Jim Willis has written a wonder-filled, magical book. Thoroughly acquainted with the theoretical principles of the new physics and how they relate to the problem of consciousness, he offers sage practical advice on how to achieve a conscious out-of-body experience and navigate the challenging terrain of nonordinary states of consciousness. . . . Marinated in the narrow, intellectualistic rationalism of our mainstream Western culture and an equally narrow and dogmatic fundamentalist form of Christianity, Willis shares how he managed to free himself from these mental prisons and experience ever-wider, more expansive and inclusive states of awareness.” * Joseph M. Felser, Ph.D., author of The Way Back to Paradise and The Myth of the Great Ending *“This is an entertaining account of the author’s exploration of the Akashic Field. Jim Willis shows us how we can gain awareness of this quantum-based reality through conscious out-of-body experiences. Although these experiences feel supernatural, they are rooted in simple, scientific principles…”Table of ContentsPART ONEThe Theory Theory Introduction ONE Dreams and Visions How do sleeping dreams and waking visions differ from OBEs? How do we differentiate between them? TWO Moving Out of Body in Full Consciousness What is the nature of an OBE? What physically happens when our consciousness “leaves” our bodies? THREE Spirit Guides and Helpers Do entities from other dimensions really exist? Can we actually meet them? Why do they care about us?FOUR Encountering the Bizarre: A Cosmic TheoryWhat to expect during your first OBE. A Quantum Akashic Field guide. FIVE Three Lines of EvidenceIs there evidence other than subjective experience that OBEs are real? PART TWOThe Practice The Practice SIX First ExplorationsHow to engage your first OBE. SEVEN Staying Grounded Remaining calm and keeping your “feet on the ground” while your consciousness goes exploring. EIGHT Advanced Explorations Negotiating the Quantum Akashic Field. NINE Back to Earth OBEs are important to personal growth. How do we apply our new knowledge of reality? Can this knowledge change the world? TEN Summing It All Up A summary of all we have learned. Converting Theory to Practice.Further Reading Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe first step-by-step guide to the techniques of Kaula Tantra, the practical yogini path to enlightenment. Written in the 8th century by the sage Matsyendranatha, the Kaulajnananirnaya Tantra records the secret erotic and magical practices of the Yogini Kaula tradition, a tradition focused on practical methods for attaining enlightenment. Although the text contains roughly 60 practices, it was written in a “twilight language” that obscures the secret principles that make the techniques work. It is the role of a master to awaken the initiate to the esoteric meaning of the practices within the text. Revealing the practices and secret principles of Kaula Tantra with permission from his Himalayan tantric yogini master Lalita Devi, Daniel Odier explains each erotic and magical technique of Kaula in depth. Providing a complete translation of the Kaulajnananirnaya Tantra from Sanskrit, he connects each practice to the text by Matsyendranatha and offers vivid stories of his initiation into the practices. He explores techniques from the complete mystical method that the yogini have been transmitting directly for millennia, such as how to open the nadis, the body’s energy channels. He details Kaula techniques for acquiring siddhis—magical powers such as the ability to hear far away things or appear in several places at once—as well as sacred protection and black magic practices. The author explains how the Kaula practices are related to the 8 Red Goddesses, who can each be found within the 8 chakras and each represent a different aspect of the Royal Path of Shakti. He shares a system of illuminating visualisations to integrate the body of the practitioner with vibration (spanda) and consciousness until there is no difference between the inner world and the cosmos. Presenting the first step-by-step guide to the techniques of Kaula Tantra, Odier details the practical yogini path to enlightenment and offers a direct transmission through the liberating power of the written word.Trade Review“The illuminating visualizations give readers a viable spiritual path to face and overcome disease, difficulties, and even death and to truly taste the amrita of the Kaulas. This wondrous book is a sacred invitation into divine embodiment of the Kaula yogini mysteries of the cosmos. A must-read and invaluable guide of never-before-revealed ancient yogini wisdom.” * Laura K. Amazzone, author of Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power *Table of ContentsPART I Practices Practice 1 The Emergence of Tattvas Practice 2 The Body on FirePractice 3 The Five Elements Practice 4 The Lingam as Pure Consciousness Practice 5 The Dancing Flames of the Nadis Practice 6 Luminous Shakti Practice 7 The Hive Practice 8 The Garland of Letters Practice 9 Asceticism and Pleasuring Practice 10 Lunar Nectar Practice 11 The Three Moons Practice 12 The Flux of Lunar Nectar in the Chakras Practice 13 The Flood Divine Practice 14 The Chakras Practice 15 Lineage Yoga Practice 16 Amrita, the Divine Nectar Practice 17 The Color BlackPractice 18 The Lunar River Practice 19 The Sahaja Mothers, the Heart Practice of the Yoginis Practice 20 The Eight Chakras Practice 21 The Eight Red Goddesses and the Chakras Practice 22 Eternal Substances Practice 23 Dietary Prescriptions Practice 24 Freedom Practice 25 Hamsa Practice 26 Samadhi of the Heart and the Rainbow Body Practice 27 The Throat and the God of Love Practice 28 Sweating Milk Practice 29 Breathing and the Nose Chakra Practice 30 The World in Oneself Practice 31 Not Water, Not Fire, Not Earth, Not Air, Not Ether Practice 32 The Colored Spheres Practice 33 The Worship of Devi Practice 34 Orgasmic Pleasuring and the Wheels Practice 35 The Skulls Practice Practice 36 Kaliki Yogini Practice 37 The Subtle Centers Practice 38 Vatuka, Protector of the Teachings Practice 39 The Music of the Infinite Body Practice 40 The Yoga of Looking with Your Skin Practice 41 Worship of the Kaula Shakti Practice 42 Shakti’s Animal Forms Practice 43 The Dance of the Red Yoginis PART II The Kaulajnananirnaya Tantra Patala One Patala Two Patala Three Patala Four Patala Five Patala Six Patala Seven Patala Eight Patala Nine Patala Ten Patala Eleven Patala Twelve Patala Thirteen Patala Fourteen Patala Fifteen Patala Sixteen Patala Seventeen Patala Eighteen Patala Nineteen Patala Twenty Patala Twenty-One Patala Twenty-Two Patala Twenty-Three Patala Twenty-Four Conclusion Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA woman's journey to understanding how witchcraft can heal us, reconnect us with nature, and keep us magical in an age of disbelief. After Jennifer Lane reached breaking point in her fast-paced office life and suffered stress-related illness, she set out to rediscover the solace and purpose that witchcraft had given her as a teenager. The Wheel is an immersive, engaging read - exploring the life long draw of witchcraft and our vulnerability to toxic working environments and digital demands. In her year long journey Jennifer explores ancient festivals and rituals, and visits fellow pagans and wild landscapes, in search of wisdom and peace. For those who are sick at heart of noise, anger and disconnection, The Wheel is full of wise words, crackling rituals and natural beauty. This is a quest to discover how to live fully connected to the natural world while firmly in the twenty-first century.Trade Review'In short - it's a book that has grabbed me by my very core and inspired me to make some long-awaited changes in my own life. Also, she's really funny and has a fantastic cat. What else could you need? More than a spiritual guide for modern-day witches, this book calls for all of us to pay more attention to the world around us ... Jennifer's passion for this subject emanates from the page, pulling the reader in so that we begin to look at the trees around us through her eyes, with that child-like sense of wonder. It's a joyous and magickal experience.' The Folklore Podcast 'Jennifer Lane’s writing is sincere, tender and rich with wonderment, empowering her readers to resist a conventional existence and look deeper into the heart of nature.' Tiffany Francis, author of Dark Skies 'Jennifer Lane casts a kind a contrary nature spell over her readers, full of glitter and acorns, fire and firecrests.' Derek Niemann, Guardian

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