Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal Books

Book Synopsis'Everyone is a moon and has a dark side he never shows to anybody.' Mark Twain There is great beauty and power in darkness. In a world where everything seems to be shallow and on show, here is a chance to delve deeper into your divination and receive more complete guidance. By stepping into the realm of the monsters and the things that go bump in the night, what if what seems scary and dangerous is actually a torch leading us out of the darkness into divine wholeness? Explore the famous and rare entities of the 'dark' so your own life can be illuminated. From the iconic Medusa, to mermaids, Valkyries, vampires and the selkies and sibyls you can find illumination by the deep, dark and dangerous. Stunning images and the mythos and ancient stories of the world's deep, dark and dangerous creatures, Goddess and Gods, heroes and shadows. Understand the sacred duality of dark and light to better balance your Self, with aligned plants and crystals for each cards to increase the effectiveness of your workings.

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Book SynopsisEver wondered if your intentions, prayers or wishes have a real, calculable effect on the world? Here, from Lynne McTaggart, groundbreaking author of The Field', comes riveting accounts of scientific investigations and real case histories with evidence that we are all connected and our intentions can be harnessed as a collective force for good.For the last 40 years renegade scientists, experimenting with the limits of quantum physics, have made seemingly impossible discoveries. 1966: a lie-detector expert accidentally discovers that plants can read thoughts. 1982: meditating Buddhist monks in the Himalayas turn their bodies into a human furnace. 1994: a psychologist''s experiments reveal a stream of light flowing from healers during healing.These events form part of an extraordinary scientific story and revolutionary discovery that thought is a thing that affects other things.In The Intention Experiment, Lynne McTaggart, author of the international bestseller The Field, joins forces wTrade ReviewPrevious praise for The Field: "This important book…makes a good case that we are on the verge of another revolution in our understanding of the universe-perhaps even greater than the one that heralded the Atomic Age." Arthur C. Clarke "Fascinating, provocative, and highly readable….One of the most thought-provoking reads of [the year]." The Ecologist

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Book SynopsisThis out-of-this-world kit for sci-fi lovers is loaded with special effects! It includes: -3-inch diameter spaceship, equipped with a hinged cockpit dome from which a curious alien peers, and featuring multiple light and sound effects: By opening the cockpit dome and pressing the alien''s head, sound of spaceship engine plays, followed by eerie pre-abduction music. Six blue lights around the spaceship flash in rotation. Additionally, two bright LED lights beneath the ship glow, casting a beam of light in search of a specimen to abduct. When the spaceship is hovered in close proximity to the cow, a magnetically powered abduction occurs which simultaneously prompts new light and sound effects. Lights beneath the ship flash and music changes to a pulsating sound with intermittent cow mooing. When cow is abducted and alien head is pressed again, sound of the spaceship flying away plays, concluding your invasion and shutting off the spaceship. -Miniature cow and faux grass mound -Transparent display stand to hover spaceship over cow when not invading the countryside -32-page book, The Cow Abduction Chronicles, featuring full-color illustrations

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Book SynopsisWritten by Israel Regardie in 1932, this text is a comprehensive guide to the Qabala and its complex symbolism. This new edition includes annotations, a critical commentary, explanatory notes, suggested exercises and daily affirmations.

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Book SynopsisBuilt at the end of the last ice age, the mysterious stone temple complex of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is one of the greatest challenges to 21st century archaeology. As much as 7,000 years older than the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge, its strange buildings and rings of T-shaped monoliths--built with stones weighing from 10 to 15 tons--show a level of sophistication and artistic achievement unmatched until the rise of the great civilizations of the ancient world, Sumer, Egypt, and Babylon. Chronicling his travels to Göbekli Tepe and surrounding sites, Andrew Collins details the layout, architecture, and exquisite relief carvings of ice age animals and human forms found at this 12,000-year-old megalithic complex, now recognized as the oldest stone architecture in the world. He explores how it was built as a reaction to a global cataclysm--the Great Flood in the Bible--and explains how it served as a gateway and map to the sky-world, the place of first creation, reached via a bright star in the constellation of Cygnus. He reveals those behind its construction as the Watchers of the Book of Enoch and the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian tradition. Unveiling Göbekli Tepe's foundational role in the rise of civilization, Collins shows how it is connected to humanity's creation in the Garden of Eden and the secrets Adam passed to his son Seth, the founder of an angelic race called the Sethites. In his search for Adam's legendary Cave of Treasures, the author discovers the Garden of Eden and the remains of the Tree of Life--in the same sacred region where Göbekli Tepe is being uncovered today.Trade Review“Andrew Collins has not only written the definitive explanation of Gobekli Tepe, but he has probably explained one of the most important mysteries of all time: Where and how did modern humans evolve? This is a masterpiece of work that brings ancient history to life.” * Gregory Little, author of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Mounds & Earthworks and ed *“Here is an author to watch. Here is someone interested in the truth who will take us there at all costs.” * Rand Flem-Ath, coauthor of Atlantis Beneath the Ice *“Göbekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods by Andrew Collins is a comprehensive interpretation of the oldest advanced temple complex on Earth. Like Pompeii emerging from volcanic ash in 1599, Göbekli Tepe’s last moments were preserved by back-fill 10,000 years ago that totally preserved it as a museum of early prehistory. The extraordinary raised reliefs, pictograms, and pillars—many over twenty-feet tall and weighing many tons—tell the story of a forgotten culture from 11,500 years ago. World-renowned for his explorations of the prehistoric Middle East, Collins weaves together archeological, anthropological, astronomical, and spiritual aspects of Göbekli Tepe. His insights of Paleolithic sky-to-Earth cultic practices open our minds to Eden in the early Neolithic. In my own books, I have theorized that a series of cataclysms around 13,000 to11,500 years ago devastated Earth and traumatized our ancestors. Collin’s insights into this ancient site constructed by humans who were most likely recovering from post-cataclysmic trauma are compelling. This clear and correct interpretation of Göbekli Tepe offers even more! He draws our minds even deeper back 17,000 years to the Solutrean phase to describe human cultural development before the cultural regression. Göbekli Tepe awakens ancient memory to process deeply hidden trauma, from the past because it is a faithful and accurate depiction of the Paleolithic advanced culture. A must-read for anybody who wants to know the real story before “history” began.” * Barbara Hand Clow, author of Awakening the Planetary Mind: Beyond the Trauma of the Past to a New Er *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Dating System UsedIllustration Credits Introduction by Graham HancockPrologue In Quest of AngelsPart OneConstruction1 A Lifetime’s Work 2 Monumental Architecture 3 Frozen in Stone 4 Strange Glyphs and Ideograms Part TwoCosmos5 Gateway to Heaven 6 Window on Another World 7 Turned toward the Stars 8 The Path of Souls 9 Cult of the Vulture 10 Cosmic Birth StonePart ThreeCatastrophobia11 The Hooded Ones 12 Fear of the Fox’s Tail 13 Cosmic Trickster 14 From a Fox to a Wolf 15 Twilight of the Gods 16 The Wolf Progeny 17 A Dark Day in Syria 18 AftermathPart FourContact19 The Reindeer Hunters 20 Swiderian Dawn 21 The Solutrean Connection 22 Obsidian Obsession 23 The Bingöl Masters 24 Wolf Stone Mountain 25 Saviors of the World 26 Strange-Looking People Part FiveConvergence27 In the Garden of Eden 28 The Fountain of Paradise 29 The World’s Summit 30 Rise of the Anunnaki 31 The Making of Humankind 32 The Coming of the Watchers 33 Mountain of the Watchers 34 Walking with Serpents Part SixCompletion35 A Quiet Corner of Eden 36 The Red Church 37 The Secrets of Adam 38 As Angels Ourselves 39 The Return to Eden 40 A Trip to Paradise 41 Göbekli Tepe Revisited 42 A Loss of Innocence Appendix Useful Dates Notes Bibliography About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisScholars have long believed that the first civilization on Earth emerged in Sumer some 6,000 years ago. However, as Michael Tellinger reveals, the Sumerians and Egyptians inherited their knowledge from an earlier civilization that lived at the southern tip of Africa and began with the arrival of the Anunnaki more than 200,000 years ago. Sent to Earth in search of life-saving gold, these ancient Anunnaki astronauts from the planet Nibiru created the first humans as a slave race to mine gold--thus beginning our global traditions of gold obsession, slavery, and god as dominating master. Revealing new archaeological and genetic evidence in support of Zecharia Sitchin’s revolutionary work with pre-biblical clay tablets, Tellinger shows how the Anunnaki created us using pieces of their own DNA, controlling our physical and mental capabilities by inactivating their more advanced DNA--which explains why less than 3 percent of our DNA is active. He identifies a recently discovered complex of sophisticated ruins in South Africa, complete with thousands of mines, as the city of Anunnaki leader Enki and explains their lost technologies that used the power of sound as a source of energy. Matching key mythologies of the world’s religions to the Sumerian clay tablet stories on which they are based, he details the actual events behind these tales of direct physical interactions with “god,” concluding with the epic flood--a perennial theme of ancient myth--that wiped out the Anunnaki mining operations. Tellinger shows that, as humanity awakens to the truth about our origins, we can overcome our programmed animalistic and slave-like nature, tap in to our dormant Anunnaki DNA, and realize the longevity and intelligence of our creators as well as learn the difference between the gods of myth and the true loving God of our universe.Trade Review“Throughout the ‘educated’ world the idea of ancient alien intervention is pushing serious academics out of their ivory towers. Michael Tellinger is at the forefront, along with Zecharia Sitchin and Erich von Daniken, bringing us information that will eventually change the way we see ourselves and our place in the cosmos. If you think you knew about DNA manipulation, the Anunnaki, or their secret mission on Earth, you need to read this book and take the next step. This is truly an amazing book that has been well researched.” * Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide, January 2013 *“If you have ever wondered about the age-old questions concerning the human race: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? Answers may be found in Michael Tellinger’s book Slave Species of the Gods. Clearly written, it’s a fast and gripping read that covers everything from biology, science, and history to religion, mythological gods, and ancient astronauts. Don’t miss this one.” * Jim Marrs, author of Rule by Secrecy, Alien Agenda, and Crossfire *“Michael Tellinger’s groundbreaking work presents evidence that challenges all the conventional major assumptions about human origins and history. Emerging into our true power and significance cannot happen until we realize we are not the pinnacle of God’s creation, not even among the creatures of this Earth.” * MíCeál Ledwith, D.D., LL.D., coauthor of The Orb Project *“Even if you don’t agree with the conclusions Michael Tellinger draws from the evidence he presents--and I don’t!--this is a well-researched, well-written, and thought-provoking book on a controversial subject, and I applaud it as a contribution to the debate about the mysterious origins of humanity.” * Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods *“An intriguing, well-researched survey, this comes from a scientist, researcher and widely recognized talk show guest.” * Midwest Book Review, February 2013 *“...a gripping read that you’ll be excited to share with friends.” * Capt. Hugh T Alkemi, Entheoradio, August 2013 *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Animal Behavior 2 The Cell 3 The Brain 4 A Journey Back in Time 5 The Genome: Human Software Program 6 Panspermia 7 Planet X 8 Human Nature 9 Gold: The Endless Obsession 10 Instant Civilization and Sumer 11 The Wrath of god 12 Slaves and Spies 13 World Religions: The Great Slave Maker 14 Myths and Lies: The Living gods 15 The Mystery of Jesus and Other Prophets 16 The Story of Humankind Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading Index

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Book SynopsisAs her wedding to the vampire king of America approaches, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, goes up against an ancient evil set on destroying all she holds dear.

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Book SynopsisEmphasizing the primary importance of Hermetism in Renaissance thought, Yates demonstrates that Bruno was at once a rational philospher and a magician - burned at the stake - with an unorthodox religious message. Her acclaimed study gives an overview not only of Renaissance humanism but of its interplay - and conflict - with magic and occult practices.

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Book SynopsisReveals the profound influence of the Denisovans and their hybrid descendants upon the flowering of human civilization around the world • Traces the migrations of the sophisticated Denisovans and their interbreeding with Neanderthals and early human populations more than 40,000 years ago • Shows how Denisovan hybrids became the elite of ancient societies, including the Adena mound-building culture • Explores the Denisovans’ extraordinary advances, including precision-machined stone tools and jewelry, tailored clothing, and celestially-aligned architecture Ice-age cave artists, the builders at Göbekli Tepe, and the mound-builders of North America all share a common ancestry in the Solutreans, Neanderthal-human hybrids of immense sophistication, who dominated southwest Europe before reaching North America 20,000 years ago. Yet, even before the Solutreans, the American continent was home to a powerful population of enormous stature, giants remembered in Native American legend as the Thunder People. New research shows they were hybrid descendants of an extinct human group known as the Denisovans, whose existence has now been confirmed from fossil remains found in a cave in the Altai region of Siberia. Tracing the migrations of the Denisovans and their interbreeding with Neanderthals and early human populations in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas, Andrew Collins and Greg Little explore how the new mental capabilities of the Denisovan-Neanderthal and Denisovan-human hybrids greatly accelerated the flowering of human civilization over 40,000 years ago. They show how the Denisovans displayed sophisticated advances, including precision-machined stone tools and jewelry, tailored clothing, celestially-aligned architecture, and horse domestication. Examining evidence from ancient America, the authors reveal how Denisovan hybrids became the elite of the Adena mound-building culture, explaining the giant skeletons found in Native American burial mounds. The authors also explore how the Denisovans’ descendants were the creators of a cosmological death journey and viewed the Milky Way as the Path of Souls. Revealing the impact of the Denisovans upon every part of the world, the authors show that, without early man’s hybridization with Denisovans, Neanderthals, and other yet-to-be-discovered hominid populations, the modern world as we know it would not exist.Trade Review“Collins and Little are the perfect team to address one of humanity’s greatest enigmas. . . . From giant skeletons to the mysterious mound builders of ancient America, this team assembles the lost pieces of the human time line.” * Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, award-winning New York Times bestselling author and documentary film director *“Andrew Collins and Greg Little are two of the most respected writers in the ancient mysteries subject. They team up to provide a comprehensive account of the enigmatic Denisovans and their impact on the emergence of modern human society. If they are correct in their findings, as I very much suspect they are, then they have discovered a missing chapter in our knowledge of the emergence of civilization, both in the ancient world and--as I put forward in my own book America Before--in the Americas.” * Graham Hancock, author of the New York Times bestseller America Before *"Tracing the migrations of the Denisovans and their interbreeding with Neanderthals and early human populations in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas, the authors explore how the new mental capabilities of the Denisovan-Neanderthal and Denisovan-human hybrids greatly accelerated the flowering of human civilisation over 40,000 years ago. They show how the Denisovans displayed sophisticated advances, including precision machined stone tools and jewellery, tailored clothing, celestially-aligned architecture, and horse domestication. Without early human's hybridisation with Denisovans, Neanderthals, and other yet-to-bediscovered hominid populations, the modern world as we know it would not exist." * Nexus Magazine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: The Return to Göbekli Tepe by Andrew Collins PART ONE OLD WORLD COSMOGENESIS By Andrew Collins 1 The Comet Hunters 2 Flight of the Vulture 3 Cult of the Skull 4 Complex Hunter-Gatherers 5 Journeys of the Soul 6 The Solutrean Connection 7 Invaders from the East 8 The Wind Horse People 9 Shaft of the Dead Man 10 Across the Ice 11 The Birth of Brünn Man 12 The Rise of Homo předmostensis 13 Hybrid Human Origins 14 The Chancelade Discovery 15 The Denisovan Horizon 16 The First Americans 17 The Coming of the Thunder People 18 Descended from Giants 19 The Shamanic Civilization PART TWO AMERICAN GENESIS By Gregory L. Little 20 Ever-Changing Beliefs about the Ancient History of the New World 21 From Folsom to Clovis to 1997 22 The Collapse of Clovis-First23 Ancient DNA 24 South America 25 From the First North Americans to the Giants and Mounds 26 Ancient American Migrations: Solving X--the Unknown 27 Göbekli Tepe and Mound Builder Beliefs: Cygnus, Orion, Scorpius, and the Milky Way Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book of The Earth Chroniclesseries.Trade Review"One of the most important books on Earth's roots ever written." * East West Journal *"Sitchin is a zealous investigator into man's origins . . . a dazzling performance." * Kirkus Reviews *"Sitchin's works are outstandingly different from all others that present this central theme. His linguistic skills in the languages of antiquity and his pursuit of the earliest available texts and artifacts make possible the wealth of photographs and line drawings appearing in his books from tablets, monuments, murals, pottery, and seals." * Rosemary Decker, historian and researcher *"Read this book to see from a perspective not often offered. Read it to expand your picture of our tiny existence. And beyond that, just enjoy the theorizing and information provided. There are few places that you can find such a compilation." * News Worth World in Perspective, Oct 2007 *" . . . an array of evidence to support the assertion that the earth had been visited by ancient alien astronauts in its past. Sitchin based his conclusions on the written records of Sumer, the "sudden civilization" that sprang up virtually overnight in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley of modern Iraq." * American Buddhist Journal, Feb 2009 *" . . . [supplies] an array of evidence to support the assertion that the earth had been visited by ancient alien astronauts in its past. Sitchin based his conclusions on the written records of Sumer, the 'sudden civilization' that sprang up virtually overnight in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley of modern Iraq. . . . he found an astonishing array of facts that could be corroborated by modern research. What he found was literally mind boggling in 1976, and it remains so today." * Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal, Feb 2009 *“Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling. The 12th Planet presents documentation for a radical new theory which, by answering some age-old questions, merely widens the ripples in the pool. (As the author notes, “If the Nefilim . . . created Man on Earth, who created the Nefilim?”) * Library Journal *“For thousands of years priests, poets, and scientists have tried to explain how man was created. . . . Now a recognized scholar has come forth with a theory that is the most astonishing of all.” * United Press International *Table of Contents Author's Note Prologue: Genesis 1 The Endless Beginning 2 The Sudden Civilization 3 Gods of Heaven and Earth 4 Sumer: Land of the Gods 5 The Nefilim: People of the Fiery Rockets 6 The Twelfth Planet 7 The Epic of Creation 8 Kingship of Heaven 9 Landing on Planet Earth 10 Cities of the Gods 11 Mutiny of the Anunnaki 12 The Creation of Man 13 The End of All Flesh 14 When the Gods Fled from Earth IS Kingship on Earth Sources Index

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Book SynopsisChris Morton and Ceri Thomas have journeyed all over the world meeting people who could tell them about the crystal skulls, including the indigenous peoples, psychics, archaeologists and scientists. This text reveals their acquired knowledge from the travels.

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Book SynopsisOn July 16, 1965, a massive alien spacecraft from the Zeta Reticuli star system landed at the Nevada test site north of Las Vegas. Following a plan set in motion by President Kennedy in 1962, the alien visitors known as the Ebens welcomed 12 astronaut-trained military personnel aboard their craft for the 10-month journey to their home planet, Serpo, 39 light-years away. In November 2005, former and current members of the Defense Intelligence Agency--directed by Kennedy to organize the Serpo exchange program--came forward to reveal the operation, including details from the 3,000-page debriefing of the 7 members of the Serpo team who returned after 13 years on the planet. Working with the DIA originators of the Serpo project and the diary kept by the expedition’s commanding officer, Len Kasten chronicles the complete journey of these cosmic pioneers, including their remarkable stories of life on an alien planet, superluminal space travel, and advanced knowledge of alien technologies. He reveals how the Ebens presented the U.S. with “The Yellow Book”--a complete history of the universe recorded holographically, allowing the reader to view actual scenes from pre-history to the present. He explains how the Ebens helped us reverse-engineer their antigravity spacecraft and develop technology to solve our planet-wide energy problems--knowledge still classified. Exposing the truth of human-alien interaction and interplanetary travel, Kasten reveals not only that the Ebens have returned to Earth eight times but also that our government continues to have an ongoing relationship with them--a relationship with the potential to advance the human race into the future.Trade Review“I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book. Kasten has cast the bright light of scholarship on a subject that cries for understanding and will change our world and everything that we have come to believe about ourselves and our place in the universe. The shocking truth is, we are not alone and have never been alone.” * Robert O. Dean, Command Sgt. Major, U.S. Army, retired *“Len Kasten’s work is abundant ad infinitum with similar and truthful mind bending revelations known only to insiders; this is a monumental accomplishment. No Ufology’s library is complete without Secret Journey to Planet Serpo. The book is a masterpiece!! Rating: 5 Stars all the way.” * Art, UFOs, and Supernatural Magazine, August 2013 *“Secret Journey to Planet Serpo was a ‘mind-blower’ for me. A well-written, easy read, with numerous b&w illustrations and 27 colour plates, I think it will test your powers for discerning its credibility and make you begin to wonder what else of monumental importance is being withheld from the citizens of earth.” * Alan Glassman, New Dawn, November 2013 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One Prelude 1 Germany 2 Antarctica 3 Roswell 4 Los Alamos 5 Kingman 6 Kennedy Part Two Project Crystal Knight 7 Selection and Training 8 The Landings 9 The Voyage 10 Arrival 11 Adjustment 12 Confrontation 13 A Police State 14 Feast, Fun, and Death 15 Exploration 16 The Return Part Three Epilogue 17 Eben Technology 18 The Movie Appendices 1 Team Training Curriculum 2 Supplies and Equipment 3 Serpo Statistics 4 Serpo Planetary Motion and Time Measurement Comments 5 The Eben Energy Device: The Crystal Rectangle 6 The Eben Propulsion System 7 Eben Religious Beliefs 8 The Defense Intelligence Agency by Victor Martinez 9 Deep Space Probes 10 Back-Engineered Alien Craft: A Disclosure Project Statement 11 Excerpt from President Reagan’s Briefing of March 1981 12 A Framework for Public Acclimation 13 Serpo Team Debriefing Film Narration

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis solid book is not about the "electronic voice phenomenon" but something far more ancient and eerie. Marczenko has been fascinated by the motif of voice calling people from woods, books, masks, statues, rocks and other unlikely objects. When the Egyptian sailor Thamus passed the island of Paxi, he heard a voice call him by name, shouting "Great Pan is dead!" Whose voice it was remains an enduring mystery, as recorded by Plutarch when the truth of Thamus's tale was investigated by the court of Tiberius. Ever since he had a similar experience of his own, the subject occupied Marczenko's research, resulting in this intelligent and engaging written study. It is full of amazing and disturbing accounts, from all eras up to the present. Some of these otherworldly voices seem enticing, some deceitful, some threatening, some prophetic, some sought by divination and others unbidden ... all disturbing in diverse ways. Some have been entire conversations. Whether they are spontaneous hallucinations, unconscious vocalisations or something more mysterious and numinous, they have never been discussed and analysed in such engrossing detail before. Bob Rickard, Fortean Times

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Book SynopsisDiscover your soul purpose by harnessing your own energy and accessing the world beyond in this expert guide from the world-famous psychic medium and author of The Happy Medium.Everyone on earth has a purpose for being here, but it can be difficult to discover.

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Book SynopsisA unique, hand drawn compilation of vibrant tarot cards. We are spiritual beings, interacting with the spiritual realm every day. The veil has been torn and Mystical Realm Tarot has been created to be intentionally straight forward in relaying archetypal and symbolic messages to captivate the enquirer, while also displaying a concise narrative. The beautiful images are hand illustrated by Lisa Porter who has chosen to feature a variety of historical eras, which adds interesting layers of visual content, without misinterpreting the traditional tarot meaning. Many of the characters in this tarot are more inclusive, so more relatable to a diversity of readers.

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Book SynopsisWhat begins as a test of bravery or a sleepover activity—chanting in front of a mirror, riding an elevator alone, taking pictures in the dark—can become something . . . dangerous.The most spine-chilling games based on urban legends from around the world: Centuries-old games such as Bloody Mary, Light as a Feather, and Stiff as a Board are detailed alongside new games from the internet age, like The Answer Man, a sinister voice that whispers secrets to whoever manages to contact him with a cellphone.• Features step-by-step instructions, historical context, and the stakes for each game—including objective, risk level, reward, and additional warnings• Includes chilling and dark illustrations throughout that intensify the mysteries of each game• Discover a variety of dangerous games including ones you can do in a group or on your ownA guide to summoning spirits, divining the future, and invoking the supernatural.• Author Lucia Peters has been featured online at The Toast, Bustle, and other sites. She also runs The Ghost In My Machine, a website where she spooks readers with stories of the strange and unusual• Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark is the ideal gift for anyone looking for a late-night thrill—but beware who, or what, may come out to play

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Book SynopsisDelve into electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) as you read and listen to ghosts in Massachusetts. Real voices from 15 real investigations, recorded throughout Massachusetts, from men, women, and even children, communicate like never before. Most are recorded in stunning clarity! Hear a ghostly voice at Cordage Park, in Plymouth, saying the words, One teacher..., while another voice from Salem''s Inn at Washington Square argues, The devil make you live long, while another replies, No, he won''t! Feel a chill as you listen to the incredible admission of murder from a spirit at the Fearing Tavern in Wareham, that confesses, Hey Ashford, I killed Grandpa Ash Take an adventure combining new recording technologies with old-world beliefs that supports the idea that there is life after death!

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Book SynopsisParanormal expert Theresa Cheung shares 101 of the most mysterious and spooky true stories of hauntings from around the world together with the latest afterlife science and research, providing fascinating insight into our never-ending love affair with ghosts.Belief in ghosts is surprisingly common worldwide. Mysterious glowing orbs, unexplained chills, things that literally go bump in the night: signs of paranormal activity have reportedly surged during the pandemic. As have specialist investigators, organised ghost hunts, eerie podcasts, TV shows and reports of everyday hauntings. Sharing the details of some well-known and particularly mysterious hauntings together with some less-well-known tales and personal stories from her readers and listeners, Theresa explores these ghostly encounters through four categories of hauntings: residual, poltergeist, inhuman and intelligent. With an introduction to modern parapsychology

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Book SynopsisWill Storr is a feature writer and travel journalist based in south London. His work has appeared in a wide range of titles including The Times, Observer, Daily Mirror, The Face, Arena, High Life, Q, Zoo and Loaded.For more information, please visit Will's website at willstorr.comTrade ReviewIn the investigative mode of Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux, Storr makes the perfect companion for travels in the paranormal - highly amusing, thought-provoking and downright scary in equal measure * Zoo magazine *Starting as a light-hearted romp full of small-town losers who've read too much Stephen King, it soon morphs into a more thoughtful investigation... funny, engaging and genuinely frightening, it makes you wonder if all those horror movies you watched as a teenager had it right after all * Arena *Storr interviews everyone from mediums to monsterologists and recounts the lot in a simple, yet evocative style that makes this book hard to put down, even if you don't believe in the paranormal * Big Issue *A very amusing way to scare yourself stupid * Independent on Sunday *This award-winning writer is at the vanguard of the new British journalism. A taut, fascinating and funny book * Herald Sun (Australia) *

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Book SynopsisThis powerful collection of stories of the supernatural combines L.T.C. Rolt''s writing talent with his unparalleled knowledge of Britain''s industrial heritage to produce tales of real mystery and imagination. This haunting anthology takes the reader on a journey from Cornwall to Wales and from the hill country of Shropshire to the west coast of Ireland. ''The House of Vengeance'', set in the Black Mountains of South Wales, tells what happens when a walker becomes lost and disorientated as the mist falls, while in ''The Gartside Fell Disaster'' an old railwayman recounts the terrible night when the ''Mountaineer'' came to grief. Alongside these are twelve other tales of elemental fears and strange and inexplicable happenings. First published in 1948, this enduring collection will appeal to all those who, like Tom Rolt, are passionate about the backdrop of our industrial landscape and will delight and terrify anyone who loves a good old-fashioned ghost story.

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Book SynopsisThose averse to magic need not apply... The perfect novel for Halloween!Trade ReviewMcKay's prose is, as always, superb - the descriptions enchanting, the narrative arcs compelling, the characters dear (or deliciously sinister, as the case may be) * TORONTO STAR *In this weighty, wonderful novel, McKay takes a sidelong glance at misogyny through a veil of witches, ghosts, and other mystical entities in 1880 New York.... Skillful worldbuilding, fascinating characters, and a suspenseful plot make McKay's novel an enchanting, can't-put-down delight * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review *

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Book SynopsisFrom an award-winning artist, a beautifully mysterious guide to conducting seances and communing with the spirits in our conscious and unconscious lives. As long as people have lived, they have longed for wisdom and comfort from those who have died. In The Book of Séances, artist, author, and witch Claire Goodchild takes readers on a journey through the historical landscape of spiritualism and guides questers through safe practices for cultivating a connection with the other side. The Book of Séances details the four types of spiritual encounters, teaches us how to protect ourselves, and breaks down the different tools -- from spirit boards and tarot to dominoes and charms -- that are essential for opening a bridge to the afterlife. Whether conducting solitary or group séances, this book offers a way to safely glimpse beyond the veil. Through her evocative writing and singular art, Claire provides a comprehensive history of the séance, alongside an immersive guide to accessing and communing with the spirit world. The Book of Séancesprovides hauntingly lovely signposts into our own personal mythology as revealed through our conscious and unconscious lives.

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Book Synopsis· Explains how Akhenaten was the last pharaoh entrusted with the sacred and ancient alien knowledge of stargates, free energy and antigravity technologies. · Reveals how the Brotherhood of the Snake, a secret society of reptilian aliens, sought to destroy Akhenaten and suppress the sacred knowledge of the pharaohs. · Explores the original purpose of the pyramids to transmit energy to expand consciousness and how they were decommissioned after the Great Flood. The sophisticated civilisation of ancient Egypt arose seemingly overnight, complete with advanced levels of art, agriculture, astronomy and physics. Then, with the death of Pharaoh Akhenaten, much of this higher knowledge was lost or suppressed. But evidence of this former Golden Age, the alien visitors behind its rise and those behind its decline, still exists, some of it in plain sight. Examining the purposefully obscured reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Xaviant Haze explains how they represent the last dynasty with access to the sacred knowledge of stargates, free energy and antigravity technologies, knowledge handed down from an advanced interstellar race in the remote past. He reveals how the reptilian race known as the Shemsu Hor infiltrated the Egyptian priesthood and banking systems and formed the Brotherhood of the Snake, a secret society set on destroying Akhenaten's flourishing kingdom and suppressing the sacred knowledge of the pharaohs. Haze examines the evidence of aliens in ancient Egypt, such as the reptilian beings depicted in the Temple of Hathor, Thutmose III's alien encounter and the spaceship hidden at Abydos. He shows how Akhenaten and his family are always portrayed with elongated skulls and explores the connection between ancient aliens and Mars, including the Martian materials used in Egyptian monuments. He explains the original purpose of the pyramids to transmit uplifting energy throughout the planet, to help expand consciousness and explores how they were decommissioned after the Great Flood of prehistory. He reveals how the original builders of the pyramids foresaw humanity's fall from the Golden Age and strategically encoded these magnificent structures to wake humanity from the depths of the Dark Ages.Trade Review“A unique contribution to the extensive literature on Egyptology, adding an extraterrestrial element, along with helpful cross cultural comparisons.” * Michael A. Cremo, author of Forbidden Archeology *“Our fascination with history, with who we are and where we came from, drives the quest for knowledge that Xaviant Haze displays in this stunning culmination of his own years of intense research and inquiry. Delving in to the ancient Egyptian culture, Haze questions our assumptions of human history with new and innovative ideas of how the advancement of knowledge may have occurred, and who or what was behind it. . . .This book is a guided tour of a civilization that continues to intrigue and define the entire human race. Aliens in Ancient Egypt is highly recommended reading for those who want to know how the distant past can shape the present--and the future--of humanity.” * Marie D. Jones, author of Viral Mythology: How the Truth of the Ancients Was Encoded and Passed Down *“Contains powerful evidence that advanced beings (ABs) were the creators of Egypt’s highly developed civilization before the worldwide cataclysm of 11,500 BP. This intervention narrative involving a space-traveling species is well documented, written with intelligent and logical reasoning. The reader will never again accept the human story found in conventional textbooks. The author deftly weaves recent discoveries in archaeology with 21st-century theories in energy, genetics, astronomy, reincarnation, and space travel--raising the possibility that the next advanced civilization in our galaxy will be human.” * Paul Von Ward, author of We’ve Never Been Alone *“Aliens in Ancient Egypt presents an interesting, entertaining, and instructive overview of diverse references that suggest the presence of nonhuman influences on human development in ancient times. Xaviant Haze does a great job of helping us see Egyptian textual passages with fresh eyes, in particular through his comparisons to the writings of ancient India and the first-contact experiences of primitive tribal groups in more recent times.” * Laird Scranton, author of The Science of the Dogon *“This fascinating book shines a spotlight onto arguably the most mysterious period of ancient Egyptian history and asks some profound questions about the origins of this culture’s sacred knowledge and the true identity of their gods. Packed with intriguing theories, this book will appeal both to those with an interest in ancient mysteries and to believers in extraterrestrial visitation.” * Nick Pope, Ministry of Defense UFO Project, 1991–1994 *“This line of research is new thinking and will help us look deeper into our past and true human origins.” * Jason Martell, founder of XFacts.com and author of Knowledge Apocalypse *“In Aliens in Ancient Egypt, Xaviant Haze lays out the proof for alien intervention in such a manner the evidence becomes irrefutable. We have been waiting for this book for a long time.” * Jay Weidner, renowned filmmaker, hermetic scholar, and author of The Mysteries of the Great Cross of *“Aliens in Ancient Egypt is a thought-provoking study that may indeed help many seekers of alternative wisdom and reality fulfill their quest. This latest work by Xaviant Haze is set to light the fuse of even more controversy, and that in itself is a very good thing!” * Pat Regan, author of UFO: The Search for Truth *“Xaviant Haze writes a fascinating inquiry into mankind’s distant past. This book should be in the library of every serious researcher!” * Steven Myers, author of Lost Technologies of the Great Pyramid *“A much-needed, new, and fresh exposé regarding the alien mysteries of ancient Egypt.” * Mike Bara, author of Ancient Aliens on the Moon and coauthor of Dark Mission *“The history of ancient Egypt, though having been studied intensely for more than 100 years, has generally ignored the mysterious representations of elongated skulls, especially those of Akhenaten, the Amarna family, and Osiris. In Aliens in Ancient Egypt, Xaviant Haze explores this perplexing phenomenon and the possible connection between the royal bloodlines of Egypt with off-planet visitations in the distant past.” * Brien Foerster, coauthor of The Enigma of Cranial Deformation *“Aliens in Ancient Egypt authored by Xaviant Haze. is de facto, a rich and authoritive source of information, and a learning tool that should be considered by colleges and universities, and added to their curriculum and research libraries.” * Art, UFO, & Supernatural Magazine, November 2013 *“Best book of the Month. You should read the book with an open mind; it is well-structured, intelligently written, and above all, an eye-opener.” * Art, UFOs & Supernatural Magazine, January 2014 *“A must for any new age collection strong in ancient history, and for Egyptian history holdings!” * Diane Donovan, Editor, The Midwest Book Review, February 2014 *Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1 The Golden Age 2 Pyramids of the Band of Peace 3 Astronauts in Antiquity 4 Close Encounters of the Sun Disks and Sky Cults 5 Hathor of the Pleiades 6 Reptoids and the Shemsu Hor 7 Close Encounters of Thutmose III 8 Akhenaten versus the Brotherhood of the Snake 9 The Enigma of Elongated Skulls 10 Slow Disclosure 11 Get Your Ass to Mars! 12 Eternal Clones, Mummies, and Hybrids 13 Secret Space Odyssey 14 Polymer Science, the Giza Plateau, and the Building Blocks from Mars Notes Recommended Reading Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisNick Cook is one of the UK's leading defence analysts. Formerly the Aviation Editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, the world's premier military affairs journal, he has also written for newspapers around the world.He is the author of The Hunt For Zero Point, a non-fiction bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in London.Trade ReviewClassic sleuthing journalism - I couldn't put it down * New Scientist *Cook relates his investigations in splendid cloak-and-dagger style with low-lit X-files scenes of secret meetings and nervous witnesses * Guardian *An extraordinary investigation into avaition's greatest mystery * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisCrop circles are the finest, most beautiful and original art forms of modem times, and they are totally mysterious. Behind the crop circle phenomenon is an evident purpose. Some intelligence, human, alien or spiritual, is in the process of communication. It is exposing us to a course of re-education, beginning with the symbols of sacred knowledge and wisdom. The most striking evidence for this view is the amazing formation that appeared at Crooked Soley in Wiltshire on the 27th August 2002. Clearly expressed in its design are certain numerical symbols that are known esoterically as the 'Keys to Creation'. They are also keys to that universal science associated with the Holy Grail. From time to time it is revealed again, and when that happens, culture and the human spirit are renewed and life on earth is restored to its natural state as a reflection of paradise.

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Book SynopsisIn the top corner of the window a pale, milky-white wisp is rising almost to the top of our ten-foot ceiling. I am startled but not afraid. Mostly, I am engrossed; I have never seen anything like this before (or since) and it fascinates me.Dennis Waskul writes these linesabout his first-hand experience with the supernaturalin the introduction to his beguiling book Ghostly Encounters. Based on two years of fieldwork and interviews with 71 midwestern Americans, the Waskuls' book is a reflexive ethnography that examines how people experience ghosts and hauntings in everyday life. The authors explore how uncanny happenings become ghosts, and the reasons people struggle with or against a will to believe. They present the variety and character of hauntings and ghostly encounters, outcomes of people telling haunted legends, and the nested consequences of ghostly experiences. Through these stories, Ghostly Encounters seeks to understand the persistence of uncanny experiences and beliefs in gTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 The Trouble with Ghosts2 Ghostly Reason3 Ghostly Topology4 Ghostly Legends5 Ghostly SpeculationsAppendix: Methods and DataReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisNeuroscientist David E. Presti, with the assistance of other researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena—such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition—can influence the Buddhism-science conversation.Trade ReviewBeginning with the unsettling title and continuing through chapters that take an empirical approach to exploring near-death experiences, reincarnation, mediums, and apparitions, Mind Beyond Brain asks the reader to set aside preconceptions and deeply-held assumptions in order to understand the depths of human consciousness. An engaging read, sure to give a healthy intellectual prod to even the most committed physical materialist. -- Rich Ivry, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of California, BerkeleyMind Beyond Brain embraces and celebrates the natural sciences and their materialist frameworks but also suggests that our understanding of the natural almost certainly needs to be expanded, greatly, and that the physicalist frameworks may not be the final answer to our deepest and most difficult questions about subjectivity, mind, or consciousness. Presti is a perfect narrator, host, and guide here. He strikes a wonderful balance between embracing and celebrating the advances of the sciences and wanting them to go further still. -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought, Rice UniversityThis book could open important doors for any thinking person today. It courageously provides important philosophical critiques of the dominant physical materialist worldview along with a great deal of well-documented, challenging counter-evidence drawn from all-too-neglected fields of psychological research. It is a compelling read for anyone who realizes that the acknowledgement of the active role of 'mind' (whatever it is, we all have one, and we need to get to know it better!) in nature is indispensable for the revolutionary paradigm shift that science requires to break through its current deadlock, presiding over the great extinction facing our planet and our sentient selves. -- Robert Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia UniversityMind Beyond Brain explores the implications of empirical evidence challenging the prevailing view that the mind is simply a function of the brain. This timely book places the issue within the ongoing dialogue between science and Buddhism and reinstates the spirit of open-minded, radical empiricism that has always characterized science and Buddhism at their best. With their discussions of compelling evidence, examined with rigorous logic, the eminently qualified authors of this book point the way forward to catalyzing the first true revolution in the mind sciences. -- B. Alan Wallace, President, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness StudiesAcademics, both in and outside the fields of neuroscience and Buddhism, who are interested in psi phenomena will find this publication accessible and reader-friendly, though not reductionistic in content. * Reading Religion *This fine book should be widely read and debated as we try to formulate a radical new perspective where mind is a central part of nature rather than an epiphenomenon of neural processes. This will lead to a new and constructive relationship between science and spirituality. * Paradigm Explorer *Serve[s] a useful purpose on two fronts (academic and lay-oriented), and it deserves attention from readers on both sides. * Journal of the Society for Psychical Research *This is a fascinating. . . book that treads the boundaries between science and mysticism in an enlightening way. * Magonia Review of Books *Readers who are interested in science, mind, and psi phenomena will find Mind Beyond Brain to be both fascinating and accessible. -- Renee L. Ford, Rice University * Nova Religio *Table of ContentsForeword, by Geshe Tenzin Wangyal RinpochePrologue: Deepening the Dialogue, by David E. Presti and Edward F. Kelly1. Scientific Revolution and the Mind–Matter Relation, by David E. Presti2. Near-Death Experiences, by Bruce Greyson3. Reports of Past-Life Memories, by Jim B. Tucker4. Mediums, Apparitions, and Deathbed Experiences, by Emily Williams Kelly5. Paranormal Phenomena, the Siddhis, and an Emerging Path Toward Reconciliation of Science and Spirituality, by Edward F. Kelly6. An Expanded Conception of Mind, by David E. PrestiNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisA new synthesis and expansion of the groundbreaking Seth teachings The Seth books, channeled by the late Jane Roberts in the 1970s, galvanized a whole generation of spiritual explorers. The entity known as Seth turned familiar mystical concepts into a radically new framework and introduced little known truths, including a unique understanding of how we create our own reality with our conscious beliefs. But in important ways, the Seth information hit a temporary dead end, especially through confusion about just what creating your own reality means. After nearly 5 decades exploring Seth’s ideas, along with many other spiritual approaches, John Friedlander, a member of Jane Roberts’s original Seth classes in 1974, has reframed the groundbreaking Seth teachings, recentering them in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions. He synthesizes Sethian teachings with an eclectic variety of concepts, schools, and influences, from aura reading, healing, and interpersonal engagement as taught by Lewis Bostwick, to Buddhism, reincarnation, karma, and the Theosophical practice of the seven planes, to conscious dying, nondual awareness, multipersonhood, and communication theory. Sharing engaging discussions from his classes, the author examines how you do create your own reality, but that no one controls reality, which is spontaneous and surprisingly creative. By recentering Seth in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions Friedlander reveals many ways to support the meaningful engagement of life as it is, bringing more pleasure not just to what is easy, but even to your tensions and contradictions.Trade Review“Often when I’m going through something painful my dad will email me some John Friedlander wisdom that supposedly corresponds to my plight. I’m always a bit wary (dads!), but Friedlander has such a wildly inclusive and expansive creative and spiritual vision that it’s impossible not to feel called in, comforted, and braver for having read him. All the quotes my dad sent me are in this book; I hope it helps you in your time of transformation as it helped me.” * Miranda July, filmmaker, artist, and writer *“Take a seat. Open this book. Settle back and transform into a student of the universe within the outstanding chamber of cosmic truth Recentering Seth. Everything we must know about this world and beyond is described within these enlightening pages, from the structure of our energetic system to ways to deal with our emotions. Your guide, a multidimensional being with the originality and authority evocative of Seth, channels through John Friedlander to invite you deeper and further into the divine revelation that is life itself. Radiating profundity throughout, simply put, this is a powerful book about life.” * Cyndi Dale, intuitive, healer, and author of The Subtle Body *“Given the abstract nature of the Etheric and Astral realms, Friedlander has made the numinous remarkably easy to understand. His approach to intuition and channeling is both fluid and confident, rooted in years of teaching. He manages to create a resilient ecosystem of practices that will withstand the test of time, rather than a rigid set of rules liable to quickly fall out of fashion. Friedlander’s world is one where psychicism is not a superpower reserved for the elite but a subtle skillset anyone is free to develop. This book is a gift that has the magical ability of reminding the reader that they, too, are a gift.” * Sophie Strand, poet, historical fiction writer, and author of The Flowering Wand *“In the mental atmosphere in which our minds are immersed, the psychosphere, there exists useful information for those adventurers with the courage to believe. This Multipersonhood channel source called Seth has, does, and will continue to help us answer fundamental human questions: Who am I? Why am I here? Through John Friedlander’s lawyer mind we learn that synchronicities offer clues to how we participate in the creation of our own realities.” * Bernard D. Beitman, M.D., author of Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences *“If you have ever suffered and experienced pain, this book is for you. Drink in the pages. Their healing salve illuminates the human psyche with gold. Friedlander’s way of literary kintsugi comforts the brutality of illusion with medicine for the soul. Relatable and personal, the universal qualities of his autobiographical offerings sublimely weave a north star into the creases of our lived experience and consciousness.” * Rachel Wolfe, MFA, artist *Table of ContentsEditor’s Foreword: The Big Picture by Richard GrossingerPreface PART ONE A JOURNEY THROUGH CORE CONCEPTS 1 How I Teach 2 Shoulds, Have Tos, and Oughts 3 Polarity, Flow, and the Center of the Head 4 Experience, Pain, and Joy 5 Personality, Soul, and Atman6 Reincarnation, Time, and Will Ives 7 The Driver8 Creating Reality and Dying Consciously9 Spacious Intellect 10 The Universe Optimizes Experience 11 Addressing Fierce Aspects of Reality12 Overdetermination 13 Matching Your Crown 14 Life Is Meaningful Rather Than Real 15 Probabilities 16 The Dream State17 Change History18 Cats and Dogs 19 Camouflage Self and MultipersonhoodPART TWO A SETHIAN APPROACH TO REALITY AND BEINGNESS 20 Nondual Awareness, Duality, Enlightenment, and Suffering 21 Seth 22 Story-Telling23 The Origin of Individuality 24 Multipersonhood PART THREE DESIRE, ANGER, NEUTRALITY, AND BELIEFS 25 Desire and Difficult Conversations 26 Anger 27 Neutrality 28 Whose Energy Is It?29 Grounding Cord 30 Clearing Karma and Other Energies 31 Moving Pictures between the Astral and the Physical-Etheric 32 Creating Reality 33 Coordinate Points 34 Prophecy and MiraclesPART FOUR PICTURES 35 Difficult Conversations 36 Boundaries and Matching Pictures 37 Evil 38 Further Relationships between the Astral and Etheric PART FIVE THE SEVEN PLANES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PERMANENT SEEDS 39 Planes of Consciousness 40 Permanent Seeds41 The Etheric 42 Soul and Atman Consciousness Conclusion: End of Class Glossary Sample Exercises Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the riddle of life asked from the perspective of the near-death experience. It begins with knowledge recently acquired through scientific research, and goes on to consider the role of direct experience in answering our questions about the nature of the human soul and spirit in relation to the cosmos.Drawing on the work of Michael Sabom and Rudolf Steiner, this is an insightful exploration of a fascinating human experience.

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Book SynopsisLooking at the history of Whitby and how Count Dracula has become so linked to the area.

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Book SynopsisAn enormous compendium of magical knowledge, and one of the most trusted reference works ever published on the Cabala, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition

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Book SynopsisIn this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new theories of sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology and quantum mechanics, she looks at how the nature of the senses inform an individual's view of the world, and how language both reflects and constructs that view. Examining the 'whys' and 'hows' of the senses, and the role of language, Olga Bogdashina challenges common perceptions of what it means to be 'normal' and 'abnormal'. In doing so she shows that autism can help to illuminate our understanding of what it means to be human, and of how we develop faculties that shape our cognition, language, and behaviour. In the final chapter, she explores phenomena often associated with the paranormal - including premonitions, telepathy and déjà vu - and shows that these can largely be explained in natural terms. This book will appeal to anyone with a personal or professional interest in autism, including students and researchers, clinical practitioners, individuals on the autism spectrum and their families, teachers, speech and occupational therapists, and other professionals.Trade ReviewOlga Bogdashina beautifully presents the case for autism being, essentially, a difference in the way we process sensory information... it is refreshing to read a book where an academic freely speaks her mind, and this is a valuable book to have towards the ongoing explanation of what autism is and how to see the world through our eyes. -- Asperger UnitedRecognition of difference is, in essence, what this brave book is about. The author, who has worked extensively in the field of autism as a teacher, lecturer and researcher, and has an adult son with autism, draws on ideas from a wide range of disciplines, finding, for instance, that explanations for some of the peculiarities of sensory perception in autistic people can be found in works of anthropology and philosophy dating back a century or two... Autism isn't always about having deficits or having less; sometimes it is about having more. I was particularly interested in the section showing how autistic people can actually 'resonate' with their surroundings much more than 'normal' people can... At the end of this stimulating and highly readable book, Bogdashina comes back to the restricting stance of the official scientific community, which is "so opposed to anything conceived as supernatural that those who genuinely try to understand these (not necessarily supernatural but yet unexplained) phenomena are afraid to speak out... She makes a plea for more open-mindedness and for a greater willingness to learn from autism about different ways to experience the world around us.` -- Human GivensWhether your interest in autism is personal or professional, this magnificent book will appeal to you. The author Olga Bogdashina has worked widely on matters to do with the condition. She is a teacher, researcher and lecturer. She lectures around the world. She was recently in Inverness and is an inspiring and motivational speaker. She's the director of the first day centre for autistic children in Ukraine. She also has a grown-up son with autism ... Bogdashina unpacks all our assumptions about the 'real' world. She asserts that 'neurotypicals' (non-autistic people) are restricted – "the verbal determines and confines their thinking" ... I endorse every word of the blurb – read this book and you'll learn a lot about autism – but more importantly you'll learn about yourself. -- Anne Stormont, Write Enough blogThe book makes use of the personal experiences of autistic people, including Temple Grandin and Donna Williams. Their own words help illustrate a vibrant world that many non-autistic people are cut off from. Bogdashina also delves into the studies and reports of many established scientists, both to support her own statements and to offer alternative viewpoints. While her writing is lovely and inspiring, it is always based in scientific methodology and reflects her respect for scientific process. While other educators and researchers will find much to ponder on this book, Bogdashina's writing is also accessible to readers without advanced degrees. Even when dealing with complex subject matter, her writing is lucid and engaging. Readers looking for answers about autism will find Bogdashina's books fresh and useful; anyone interested in the questions of consciousness and experience will find it riveting. -- ForeWord ReviewsBrilliantly, Olga weaves together science and real life experiences of people with autism bringing the reader to a greater understanding of how sensory differences can bring people with autism to the edges and beyond of neurotypical perception. This book has my highest recommendation for anyone wanting to learn more about sensory awareness and perception for people with autism - as well as for themselves. -- Stephen Shore, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education at Adelphi University and internationally known author, presenter, and consultant on issues related to autism.This is an entrancing read and an excellent reflection of Dr. Bogdashina's wide range of interests. It is to her credit as an academician that she draws upon such varied subjects as philosophy and quantum mechanics to illustrate her thought process and call into question different aspects of our individuality. -- Manuel Casanova, Gottfried and Gisela Kolb Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, University of LouisvilleOlga Bogdashina's book is a magnificent and much-needed account of the nature of sensory differences in autism, full of fresh, fascinating and perceptive insights. -- Adam Feinstein, autism researcher, Autism Cymru, and editor of Looking UpThis book gives an interesting and theoretical insight into different sensory experiences of individuals with autism spectrum disorder. The key points are about the difficulties individuals have with 'filtering' stimuli, and how this leads to sensory deprivation. The author links in experiences of individuals with autism to reinforce the key points and help make the information more accessible. -- Speech & Language Therapy in PracticeIn Autism and the Edges of the Known World, Bogdashina demonstrates in a compelling way how autism can provide us with rich, irreducible clues about how we are able to comprehend the world as it is and communicate that knowledge effectively in language. Her encyclopaedic acquaintance with the subject, both in terms of empirical research and theoretical reflection, is vertiginous in its detail and illuminating in its depth. Autism, with its sensory deficits and distortions, provides us with a uniquely valuable prism for rendering the mystery of all 'creaturely knowing' as a subtle dialectic between that which is primordially close and that which sublimely different. -- Dr Ian Kenway, Director of the Centre for the international Study of Cyberethics and Human Rights, Cardiff UniversityWill open a few minds to the idea of neurodiversity in the way autistic brains function and appreciation for some of the extraordinary abilities that the autistic individual has to offer society...For any professional who works with autistic individuals and researchers in the field of autism this is a must read book! It explains a perspective that, thus far, is pretty much ignored. As an occupational therapist specializing in sensory integration, as well as an adult on the autism spectrum, I feel that Dr. Bogdashina makes a lot of sense. -- Making Sense of Autism, LLCAutism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivites, Language and the Constructed Reality blends science and the experiences of people with autism in a fine survey considering traditional ideas of sensory perception and how they pertain to the autism experience. Linguistics, philosophy, science and health alike blend in a wider survey of how the sense and language interact differently in the autistic individual - and how autism can help foster new concepts of what it means to be human. -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Foreword by Theo Peeters. Introduction. 1. Sensory Realities. 2. Filtering Model 3. Side-Notes: A Few Questions to Ask. 4. Gestalt Perception. 5. Sensory Perceptual Development. 6. Hidden Agenda of Language. 7. Non-Verbal Communication. 8. Sensory Hypersensitivities. 9. Side-Notes: Before We Go Further. 10. Extrasensory Realities in Autism. End Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this second edition of over 230 ghostly photographs from photographer Tim Scullion, view 114 brand-new images and read seven new chapters that bring the hauntings of Williamsburg, Virginia, alive. Continue along Scullion's paranormal odyssey to capture and describe each apparition and the historical and paranormal background of the eighteenth-century houses and buildings afflicted to see what new observations have sprung forth from the world behind the curtain. Scullion has learned the secret to consistently capturing the city's ghostly apparitions on camera. You will see images that are beautiful, ugly, horrifying, and bizarre, and that defy explanation. Are they ghosts, aliens, angels, or demons? Take a look via digital technology as you peer into a new world of the improbable, the unexplained, the impossible, and the biggest mystery of our existencelife after death!

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Book SynopsisPrepare to step over to the dark side with this sinister selection of occult stories Have you heard the tale of the black-eyed children? What about the monster that eats your dreams? Do you know about the witches that summon the dead? This spine-chilling compendium of strange and supernatural happenings from across the globe is essential reading, whether you're an occult enthusiast or simply curious.Filled with mind-bending stories of dark magic, terrifying hauntings and unexplained phenomena, the world of the occult has left us fascinated and fearful since ancient times. Spellbinding, mysterious and hidden from view, occult practices offer a way to uncover the secret knowledge of the universe, but beware: some say this knowledge comes at a price... Explore this rich history of magic and intrigue, as well as occult rituals and esoteric philosophies that continue today. Stories of the Occult looks at:- Hauntings- Unexplained deaths- Witchcraft- Mythical creatures and much more. Delve into this book and see what you can discover. By the end, you may not know what to believe!

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