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Book SynopsisOffering a practical guide to understanding and navigating relationships with the spirits of those who have passed, Daniel Foor, PhD, details how to relate safely and effectively with your ancestors for personal, family, and cultural healing. He provides exercises and rituals, grounded in ancient wisdom traditions, to help you initiate contact with your ancestors, find supportive ancestral guides, cultivate forgiveness and gratitude, harmonize your bloodlines, and assist the dead who are not yet at peace. He explains how to safely engage in lineage repair work by connecting with your more ancient ancestors before relating with the recently deceased. He shows how, by working with spiritually vibrant ancestors, individuals and families can understand and transform intergenerational patterns of pain and abuse and reclaim the full blessings and gifts of their bloodlines. By learning the fundamentals of ancestor reverence and ritual, you will discover how to draw on the wisdom of supportive ancestral guides, heal family troubles, maintain connections with beloved family after their death, and better understand the complex and interconnected relationship between the living and the dead.Trade Review“Ancestor reverence is one of the pillars of Yoruba traditional religion, and it is my pleasure to recommend this book on ancestral healing by my student (omo awo), Daniel Foor (Ifabo wale). Through numerous visits to our home in Nigeria, I have overseen his initiations to Ifa, Orisa, and the ancestral medium society (Egungun), and I know him to be a person of good character. I urge everyone to benefit from his guidance on ancestral reconnection. Remain blessed.” * Oluwo Falolu Adesanya Awoyade, Ode Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria *“Daniel Foor invites us on a journey to meet our ancestors, those we know about, those we have never imagined, and those who might like to talk with us. He draws not only on personal experience but also on the shared and tested relational practices of indigenous communities in Africa, North America, and elsewhere. This powerful book arises from years of work with groups and individuals so that as we read it we can benefit not only from the teaching but also from practical exercises. Ancestral Medicine offers a host of possibilities for our further reflection and practice.” * Graham Harvey, author of Animism: Respecting the Living World *“In traditional societies, ancestors are venerated and considered sources of wisdom even after they have left their physical bodies. In contemporary times, few children are conversant with their cultural and ethnic heritage, much less the lives, occupations, and even the names of those family members who passed on only a few decades earlier. In his remarkable book, Daniel Foor provides an antidote for this regrettable situation. Foor’s text and exercises provide numerous ways to make one’s progenitors a living presence--one that is inspirational, instructive, and, for many readers, transformative for themselves and their families.” * Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., coauthor of Personal Mythology *“As a priest of the Yoruba indigenous system known as Orisa (or, at times, Ifa in the form of its sacred oral literature), honoring and remembering one’s ancestors is both essential and transformative. Daniel Foor offers a multicultural perspective and practice that helps diverse individuals on their journey of spirit to grasp the liberating and empowering foundations of ancestral work.” * Nathan Lugo (Chief Aikulola Iwindara), Orisa Priest *“The illusion of isolation and its associated fear, fury, and shame of abandonment is the core wound in the heart of humanity. The cure is in turning our love and attention to the stream we rode here on. We are boats of flesh on a river of blood born to heal the ancestors, to be healed by them, and to know, reveal, and grow our souls . . . thus elevating the stream. This river is the salve of the soul, and Daniel Foor clearly knows this. His book Ancestral Medicine is soul medicine for all. The world needs it. Life applauds it. Read, enjoy, heal, and become!” * Orion Foxwood, author of The Candle and the Crossroads *“Daniel Foor illuminates a field that has too long been neglected in mainstream American culture: acknowledgment of the role our ancestors play in the lives of all of us. Blending his many years of study with a variety of spiritual teachers with meaningful practices he has developed for contemporary people, Foor offers a compendium for recognizing, working with, and honoring connections with our human ancestors--and in the process healing relationships with our family and ourselves. This book is profound, important, and deeply engrossing.” * Trebbe Johnson, author of The World Is a Waiting Lover *“This book is a real treasure and, the gods be praised, is highly practical. Crafted in thoroughness, wisdom, and deep sensitivity, Ancestral Medicine gives us keys to appreciating, coming to terms with, and even healing our ancestral wounds. More than all this, Daniel Foor calls us to carry the best of our past into the present and future, and to fully live in place and time in Earth-honoring and heart-open ways.” * C. Michael Smith, Ph.D., author of Jung and Shamanism in Dialogue *“Daniel combines extensive practical experience with intellectual rigor in his ancestral work, providing one of the best approaches out there today. I recommend his work to anyone interested in truly knowing themselves and gaining solid ground on their own spiritual path.” * Grant H. Potts, Ph.D., Lodge Master of Scarlet Woman Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis *“The author’s culturally inclusive approach adds much to this work, and his passion, clarity, and compassion make Ancestral Medicine invaluable to anyone interested in exploring personal healing, ancestor connections, remediation of family relationships, or healing and reclamation of one’s culture of origin.” * Bekki Shining Bearheart, LMT, cofounder of the Church of Earth Healing *“Ancestral Medicine is a work of great honesty and integrity. Clear instructions guide the reader in cultivating healthy and reciprocal relationships with ancestors of blood, place, and spiritual lineage. The approach builds on lineage gifts and strengths to heal ancestral rifts and burdens across the generations.” * Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching, authors of The Creative Art of Living, Dying, and Renewal *"As with any relationship -- from your relationship to yourself to those with family members and society at large -- connections take time to grow. So it is with our ancestral relationships. Ancestral Medicine can guide you in forming and keeping those relationships vibrant over the course of years, so that as we turn to our ancestors in times of need and joy, they will know they are lovingly remembered." * Susan Starr, Spiral Nature Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part One Foundations of Ancestor Work One My Personal Journey with the Ancestors Making Initial Contact • Family Research and Personal Healing • Learning and Teaching Ancestor Work Two Who Are the Ancestors? The Dead Are Not Dead • Family and Remembered Ancestors • Older Ancestors and the Collective Dead Exercise One: How Do You Feel about Your Ancestors? Three Spontaneous Ancestral Contact Dream Contact • Synchronicity • Waking Contact in Nonordinary States • Waking Encounters in Ordinary States Exercise Two: What Are Your Experiences with Your Ancestors? Four Ancestor Reverence and Ritual Common Intentions for Ancestor Rituals • Practices to Sustain Ancestral Connection Exercise Three: Ritual to Initiate Contact with Your Ancestors Part Two Healing with Lineage and Family Ancestors Five Family Research and Initiating Ancestral Healing Gathering What Is Remembered • Considerations before Working Directly with Your Ancestors • Choosing a Focus for Lineage Repair Work Exercise Four: Attuning to Your Four Primary Bloodlines Six Meeting with Ancestral Guides Ancestral Guides • Using Ritual to Contact Ancestral Guides • Ways to Deepen Relationships with Ancestral Guides Exercise Five: Seeking an Ancestral Guide Seven Lineage Ancestors and the Collective Dead Ancestral Lineage • Assessing the Lineage • Making Repairs with Older Lineage Ancestors Exercise Six: Getting to Know the Lineage Exercise Seven: Ritual to Assist Lineage Ancestors Eight Assisting the Remembered Dead Emotional Healing, Forgiveness, and Unfinished Business • Psychopomp, Elevation of the Dead, and Ancestralization • Work with the Very Troubled Dead and Related Spirits Exercise Eight: Ancestral Forgiveness Practice Exercise Nine: Soul Guidance for the Remembered Dead Nine Integration and Work with Living Family Prayer for Self, Family, and Descendants • Embodiment, Channeling, and Mediumship • Completing the Lineage Repair Cycle • Ancestor Work beyond the Lineage Repair Cycle Exercise Ten: Embody the Lineage and Offer Prayer for the Living Exercise Eleven: Harmonizing Your Four Primary Lineages Exercise Twelve: Ritual to Feast Your Family Ancestors Part Three Honoring Other Types of Ancestors Ten Ancestors and Place Home Is Where the Bones Are • Public Memorials and Monuments • Ancestors and the Natural World • Nine Suggestions for Honoring Ancestors of Place Exercise Thirteen: Cemetery Practice with Family Ancestors Exercise Fourteen: Ritual to Greet the Ancestors of a Place Eleven Affinity Ancestors, Multiple Souls, and Reincarnation Ancestors of Affinity • Multiple Souls • Reincarnation and Past Lives • Integration Work with Family, Place, and Affinity Ancestors Exercise Fifteen: Celebrating Ancestors of Vocation Exercise Sixteen: Harmonizing Ancestors of Family, Place, and Affinity Twelve Joining the Ancestors Preparing for Death • Funeral Rites and the Body after Death • Ritual Tending in the First Year after Death Exercise Seventeen: Conscious Participation in a Burial Exercise Eighteen: Ritual for the First Anniversary of a Death Appendix Distinguishing Talking with Spirits from Psychosis Notes Bibliography Index List of Figures Figure 5.1. Family pedigree chart Figure 5.2. Family pedigree mandala Figure 7.1. Layers of lineage through time Figure 9.1. Ancestral mandala

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2022 Eating the West Award! An accessible guide to time-honored Indigenous wisdom, healing recipes, and wellness rituals for modern life from an experienced curandera.In Earth Medicines, Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz, a curandera (or traditional healer) who is a Xicana with Tewa ancestry, combines Indigenous wisdom from many traditions with the power of the four elements. This modern guide is designed to support readers on their path to wellness with lifestyle practices and recipes perfected by Ruiz in her twenty-five years of training and working as a curandera. Ruiz teaches readers to be their own healers by discovering their own ancestral practices and cultivating a personal connection to the elements. These healing recipes and rituals draw on the power of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire—a reminder that the natural elements are the origins of everything and can heal not only our bodies, but the mind and spirit as well. In chapters organized by each element, readers will first find recipes and advice for:Promoting inner harmony through Hydrotherapy for Headache Relief, Mayan Tea to Calm the Mind, or Ginger Fire Honey ChewsNurturing beauty inside and out with Tepezcohuite Honey Mask, Salt of the Earth Deodorant, or Sweetwater Herbal Mouth RinseTaking care of the spirit by creating an ancestral altar, making loose incense, or performing a Mayan Bajo Steaming Ritual

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Book SynopsisLos patrones del pasado no tienen por qué definir tu futuro.Con décadas de experiencia en psicología, terapia sistémica familiar y práctica chamánica, el Dr. Steven Farmer revela cómo los rasgos físicos, emocionales, conductuales y mentales que heredamos influyen en nuestras relaciones, decisiones y bienestar general.Esta guía compasiva y práctica te ayudará a:? IDENTIFICAR los patrones que has heredado de tus ancestros.? SANAR heridas emocionales transmitidas de generación en generación.? ROMPER ciclos de adicción, trauma y disfunción familiar.? FORTALECER tu conexión con los ancestros y acceder a su sabiduría.? CREAR un legado de sanación para ti y tus descendientes.A través de una fusión enriquecedora de técnicas terapéuticas modernas y sabiduría ancestral, este libro traza un camino claro hacia la sanación de tu linaje. Ya sea que busques transformar un legado de dolor o reconectar con tus raíces, aquí encontrarás herramientas para convertir tu historia familiar en una fuente de fortaleza y resiliencia.Los momentos más difíciles de la vida pueden ser el comienzo de una profunda transformación.

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Book SynopsisMany people find themselves feeling stuck, unable to reach their goals. The same problems keep showing up in jobs and relationships no matter how much they try to make changes and overcome obstacles. What if the patterns that repeat in your life and relationships didn’t originate with you? The source of your challenges could be rooted in your family energy field--and the problematic patterns that arise in your life could be ancestral trauma calling out to be healed. Presenting a guide to releasing the family patterns that hold you back, Anuradha Dayal-Gulati, an energy practitioner specializing in ancestral and emotional healing, explores the energetic principles that govern your family lineage and the many ways your ancestral field can support you as well as how it can hold you captive. She explains how the experiences and wounds of your parents or grandparents as well as more distant ancestors can affect you and how, sometimes, themes reappear in a family for several generations in a row--patterns of financial distress, sibling rivalry, divorce, or conversely long happy marriages, good health, and good humour. The author provides exercises and tools--such as journal practices, visualizations, meditations, and mind mapping--that can help you recognize and release negative family patterns, explaining how you don’t have to know anything about your ancestors to bring about healing. She shares her own healing journey and her experience with family constellation therapy and explores in depth the use of flower essences to transform emotions and release generational trauma. She discusses the importance of honoring your ancestors, sharing suggestions about altar creation, prayers, and the Vedic ritual of Tarpanam. Teaching you how to recognize the patterns that manifest in your daily experiences, this guide shows how, by healing your ancestral roots, you can lift the unconscious, invisible barriers that keep you from creating the life you want.Trade Review“Anuradha Dayal-Gulati, Ph.D., has written a thoroughly engaging guide to gaining more contentment, fulfillment, and harmony in life. This gem of a book will make an important contribution to the emergence of new energy-based therapies. It is rare to find a guide to the gifts of the Earth, ancestors, and spirit that is so highly informative and heartfully lyrical.” * Dan Cohen, Ph.D., family constellation facilitator and author of I Carry Your Heart in My Heart: Fam *“Anu’s clear, concise, down-to-earth writing style and easy-tofollow exercises make her book one of the best for beginners, clients, and practitioners alike. Sharing her step-by-step process, she shows you how to find peace and contentment in your life by connecting to yourself, to your family energy field, to the Earth, and ultimately to the Source of all that is. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.” * Susan Ulfelder, ND, LMT, BCPP, RDH, traditional naturopath, doctor of integrative medicine, and foun *“This book seeks to outline an alternative path forward—one that involves healing one’s roots and forging a new path. To accomplish this, the book introduces two crucial concepts— family energy fields and flower essences—that complement familiar techniques to address family trauma, like therapy and essential oils.” * Foreword Reviews *“Heal Your Ancestral Roots offers a thought-provoking option for dealing with family issues, creating a path to a more fulfilling life.” * BlueInk Review *“A compelling, spirited guide that aims to help readers understand who they come from.” * Kirkus Reviews *"In this compassionate entry, personal development coach Dayal-Gulati charts a path for readers to heal from ancestral trauma. This entry takes a nuanced approach to addressing family suffering, and readers will find her advice actionable and cathartic. Dayal-Gulati’s wisdom will easily attract the spiritually inclined." * Publisher's Weekly *"This is an enlightening guide for anyone looking to uncover how family history and intergenerational suffering impact our lives today. I was grateful to learn about energy medicine through flower essences, family constellations, rituals, and ceremonies. Awareness is often a first step toward action. Dayal-Gulati offers a non-traditional path toward healing, and it requires openness to be honest and vulnerable. Healing family trauma requires deep internal work over time, and I am thankful for the lessons shared in this book." * Maileen Hamto, San Francisco Book Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Living Life in Full BloomDo You Have the Power to Change Anything? Part I: Healing My Roots 1 Why Heal Your Roots?Can You Inherit the Fate of Your Ancestors?Seeing PatternsFilling the Void What Happens When Your Ancestors Fail to Move On? What to Expect in This Book: The Journey Ahead 2 The Power of the Unseen The Dispensation of Hope The Arrival of Haripriya Leaving India3 From Fate to DestinyDiscovering Flower EssencesThe Threshold of Life and Death My Lifeline FindingMy Purpose4 Discovering Family Energy Fields What Is a Family Constellation? Whose Emotions Are We Carrying? Karma: The Law of Cause and Effect Part II: Healing Tools 5 Healing with Flower Essences How Essences Work Essences of Transformation How Long Should You Take Flower Essences For? 6 How to Honor Your Ancestors How to Set Up an Ancestral Altar The Power of PrayerPrayers to Release the Past Your Ancestors Wantto Connect with You Too How to Do Tarpanam Part III: Understanding Your Family Energy Field7 Rewriting Your Parental StoryThe Debt of Life: Parents Give and Children Receive How Trauma Affects Your Roots Understanding Your Parental WoundsRewriting Your Parental Story Releasing Your Unconscious Loyalty to Your Parents Connecting with Universal Unconditional Love 8. Parents Give and You Receive The Queen of StrengthsYour Unconscious Blocks to Receiving Honoring Our Parents The Energy of a Mother’s Love 9 Everyone Belongs in a Family Why Does This Happen? Our Hidden Legacies The Elephants in the Room Making Space for EveryonePart IV: The Journey Home 10 The Path Back to Yourself Karma and Grace Faith Takes You Beyond Synchronicity The Challenge of Building Faith 11 Connecting with Mother EarthWhat Does It Mean to Be Grounded?The Healing Power of Water 12 Let Your Life Blossom What Does It Mean to Honor Your Life or Yourself? Shifting Your Perspective Self-Care and Self-Compassion Blessings to Blossom Filling the Hole Within 13 The Four Pillars The Price of Belonging The Path of Transformation Connecting to the Flow of Love and Life From Sight to Insight AppendicesA: Some FAQs on Flower Essences B: Flower Essences and Essential Oils C: A Starter Kit of Flower Essences D: Five Flower Essence Formulas Formula #1: An Optimism Formula Formula #2: Boundaries Formula #3: Self-Love and Self-Worth Formula #4: Need Direction?Formula #5: Letting Go Glossary Resources List of Exercises Acknowledgments Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA positive and practical guide to discovering not only your family roots but also your purpose and the magical healing energy available through connecting with your ancestors. Your ancestors hold the key to your future, but how much do you really know about your past? Just knowing some of your family’s stories – where you come from and what makes you who you are – and working with those narratives can bring about positive change and help you feel empowered on many levels. Join best-selling author Kirsten Riddle and learn how to heal yourself through ancestral ties, and channel familial superpowers to manifest what you need now. Discover how to meet your ancestors and communicate with them through nighttime dreams. Learn about ancestral karma and uncover your inherited beliefs, often carried down through the generations subconsciously. Create an ancestral altar to honour and work with your ancestors. Be supported with ritual and practical techniques using herbs, crystals, candle magic, talismans and much more, all found in the Ancestral Magic toolkit. The past does affect the future, so why not enhance yours!

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to shamanic ancestor work, inspired by Huna and supported by guided rituals and exercises • Explains how to heal traumatic experiences and old blockages that are stored in the memory of your lineage • Includes Hawaiian teachings about spiritual and genetic ancestors and reveals how to bond with your spirit family, your Aumakua • Shows how unlocking the support of your ancestors enables you to shine your light fully Knowing your ancestral lineage is not only a matter of curiosity, your life path will unfold with much more ease if you are aware and in harmony with your origins. Exploring the heritage of your bloodline as well as the energy of your spiritual family, which we are often less aware of, opens you up to enormous potential for healing and self-development. This practical guide explains, in a clear and straightforward way, how the energy field of our ancestors influences our personal lives and how we can draw from their strength as well as liberate ourselves from burdens that have been carried over generations. It helps us to lift the veil of forgetting and allow ourselves to fully shine our light, supported by the souls that came before us, by making peace with past hurts and traumas. Drawing on the Huna Hawaiian shamanic tradition as well as other shamanic and energetic practices, the authors show how to connect with our Aumakua, our ancestors and higher self, which includes our close relatives, ancestors stretching back thousands of years, and our spiritual ancestors or karmic family. The authors offer practices to reconcile with our parents and spiritual family, uncover suppressed matters and family secrets, clear and charge our personal energy field and our family energy field, and awaken the potential of our bloodline. They explain how to perform an ancestor healing circle, carry out an ancestor release ritual, and offer blessings for children and grandchildren as well as providing meditative journeys to meet our ancestors, our spiritual family, and our spiritual roots in other realms. They also provide short case studies to illustrate how the rituals and exercises have worked for other people. By enacting ancestral healing, we can recognize who we are, where we come from, and truly fulfill our destiny in this life.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements by Jeanne Ruland Acknowledgements by Shantidevi Introduction by Jeanne Ruland Introduction by Shantidevi Preserving ancient knowledge Our ancestors as a mirror of timeless patterns of the soul Our genetic ancestors Seeing our parents in a new light The role of the family The resurfacing of supressed emotionsFamily secrets: The consequences of failing to honor family members Healing circles for your ancestors Parental blessing The important ritual of releasing and healing Your unique being Accept your life The bowl of light Our light-filled ancestors Our spiritual ancestors Aumakua--the lineage of our spirit ancestors Aumakua-Spirit-Family Meditation Completion and integration Reverberation Afterword by Jeanne RulandAfterword by Shantidevi About the authors Picture credits

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Book SynopsisAt a time and in a culture where science and technology have taken over from religious belief, when ethics are understood primarily in terms of aesthetic choice or legality, how are we to formulate moral principles to guide us in our daily lives? Though religion can certainly help in this, the Dalai Lama demonstrates that there are universal principles we can draw on which transcend the dilemma of belief or unbelief. And whilst many have been content to speak of spiritual matters as something mysterious or evanescent, the Dalai Lama explains his approach in terms that are as clear and concise as they are compelling. With wit, gentle good sense and with penetrating insight, the Dalai Lama shows how the truths that have stood the test of generations of practise can provide us with the tools to live happy, fulfilled and meaningful lives. In the process, it becomes apparent that he does not merely espouse the ''feelgood'' religiosity some accuse him of. The reader isTrade ReviewInvaluable ... A blueprint for an ethical way of life * DAILY TELEGRAPH *This is a book for our time * IRELAND ON SUNDAY *All the qualities he proposes are achievable and are things we could practice daily by showing just a little thought ... A clearly written and straightforward book which, I think, achieves its purpose of approaching ethics based on universal rather than religious principles * SPECTATOR *A clearly written and straightforward book... If we could only follow the Dalai Lama's advice to the world for a new millenium and cultivate a commitment to the principle of universal responsibility and experiment with unconditional love, not only would we * SPECTATOR *

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to working with the spirit world for Soul development. Sharing insights from her more than two decades of experience as a practicing medium and energy healer, Alexandra Leclere presents wisdom from the spirit world on the cycles of death, life after death, and rebirth and reveals how communicating with spirits can help you navigate daily life and support your Soul’s purpose. She explains how the Soul undergoes an Incarnation Planning Time before incarnating in a physical body, agreeing to the karmic responsibility of certain major events and key moments. Once incarnated, the Soul’s communication with the physical body is often clouded by current life events, pain from past-life experiences, and the Chatter Mind, which introduces anxiety and negative thoughts of past failures—all of which make it difficult to follow the Soul’s divine plan for this incarnation. Presenting spiritual journey work techniques, Leclere r

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Book SynopsisIn Earth Magic, Steven Farmer offers a unique synthesis of ancient spiritual practices and philosophies that have proven over millennia to help heal the spiritual causes of physical and emotional illnesses, augment personal power, enhance manifestation abilities, and encourage a balanced and harmonious relationship with our Earth. Although the foundation for Earth Magic is universal shamanic wisdom, you don’t need to have an interest in shamanism to benefit from its contents, as it expands beyond this topic to incorporate processes that are useful for all those with the sincere intention to heal themselves, others, and our planet.

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Book SynopsisRecent advances in a variety of scientific disciplines have revealed the limitations of the Newtonian-Cartesian model of the universe. One of the interesting aspects of this development is the increasing convergence of science and the perennial philosophy. The new research has led to a critical revaluation of ancient spiritual systems long ignored or rejected because of their assumed incompatibility with science.Here are Swami Muktananda on the mind. Swami Prajnananda on Karma. Swami Kripananda on the Kundalini. Ajit Mookerjee on the Kundalini. Joseph Chilton Pearce on spiritual development. Mother Teresa on love and service. Jack Kornfield on Buddhism for Americans. Fritjof Capra on the new paradigms. Rupert Sheldrake on morphic resonance. Karl Pribram on the holographic model. Claudio Naranjo on meditation, and more.The papers in this book were presented at the seventh Conference of the International Transpersonal Association held in Bombay. The ITA is a non-profit organization that brings together individuals of different nationalities, professions, and philosophical or spiritual preferences who share in the view that there is a fundamental unity underlying all of humanity and the material world.The cover photo is from the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art in the Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Book SynopsisConnecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores one's history and powerful events of the past in order to understand and resolve problems of the present. Constellations facilitator and author Francesca Mason Boring presents this therapeutic method in the context of cultures like the Shoshone, of which she is a member, that have seen the world through a prism of interrelationships for millennia. In Constellations work there is an organic quality that requires a discipline of non-judgment, one that is embraced in traditional native circles, where the whole truth of a person's life, roots, and trans-generational trauma or challenge is understood and included.   Mason Boring provides a transformational walk through the universal indigenous field— that place of healing and knowledge used by Native healers and teachers for centuries—by describing stories and rituals designed to help people with their particular struggles. These rituals, such as Facing the Good Men—designed to help women who have suffered abuse in relationships with men—reject Western notions of over-the-counter medication. Instead, they stress a comfortable environment whereby the client, with the help of a facilitator, interacts with people chosen to represent concepts, things, and other people. In Western culture the word medicine is thought of as a concrete object, but Mason Boring explains that indigenous cultures favor a process of healing as opposed to an itemized substance. She re-opens doors that have been closed due to the exclusion of indigenous technology in the development of many Western healing traditions and introduces new concepts to the lexicon of Western psychology.   A range of voices from around the world—leaders in the fields of systems constellations, theoretical physics, and tribal traditions—contribute to this exploration of aboriginal perspectives that will benefit facilitators of Constellations work, therapists, and human beings who are trying to walk with open eyes and hearts.

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Book SynopsisA practical and compassionate guide to physically, emotionally, and spiritually caring for the dying. Just as we might prepare a nest for one about to give birth, so can we lovingly prepare a nest for one who is dying. In this practical and compassionate guide, death doula educator Anne-Marie Keppel incorporates ancient and modern death doula techniques, mindfulness practices, and herbal support to show how anyone can physically, emotionally, and spiritually care for the dying, whether at home, in hospice, or even in the ICU. Seeking to demystify the dying process, she explains what the body physically undergoes during the end of life and shares techniques to physically care for the dying, including methods to assist bedridden individuals. She presents practices for emotional soothing, breathing techniques to reduce anxiety and pain, and ways to reduce stress during the active dying process. She shares ceremony and energetic boundary guidelines, Reiki and ancestral support techniques, and herbal care for nourishing and healing on a spirit level. Providing support for caregivers and loved ones as well, Anne-Marie explores self-care methods for moving with grief, ideas for “things to do” when there is nothing to do, and mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality. She also offers visualisations and techniques for talking with children about death and dying. Sharing glimpses into the world of spirit to reveal the poignancy of the dying process, the author shows that death is a sacred rite of passage we all experience.Trade Review“Anne-Marie uses the image of nest building to introduce ways to build protective circles of care for dying persons and their loved ones. Her writing is tender and loving. She draws on the insights of psychology, spirituality, and ancient wisdom and also includes a discussion of practical care issues stemming from her years of experience. It is refreshing to encounter an author sensitive to the need for literature on end-of-life issues to confront its rather privileged perspective and begin to address the cultural, class, gender, and racial disparities in end-of-life care. Death Nesting will be a valuable support for families facing the loss of a loved one.” * Judith L. Lief, Buddhist teacher, student and editor of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and author of *“Anne-Marie has gifted us with an informative, holistic, and comprehensive guide to tending to those who are in the dying season of their lives. The practical guidance, mindfulness practices, herbal recommendations, and storytelling offered in Death Nesting empower us to support one another to create a dying experience that reflects our unique lived experience.” * Aditi Sethi, M.D., hospice and palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, and executive director *“A resource guide that will transcend your view on death, dying, and how to be in companionship with Death. This beautiful, sensitive guide is filled with knowledge delivered with tenderness and takes the reader through a journey of learning about stages of death, ways caregivers can be supportive during the transition process, caregiver and client meditations, and calming practices. Anne-Marie has gently normalized a subject seldom addressed, so openly. Written for anyone who may be curious about death work, caregivers, and for all of us who will have that familiar, yet unfamiliar, knock on the door from the intimate stranger we call Death.” * Sonya-Prajna Patrick, Ph.D., death-tending doula, magick/conjure worker, and bone reader *“Anne-Marie’s way of navigating death and grief is intentional, nourishing, loving, meditative, and healing. With an attitude of humility and reverence for this sacred passage, her words evoke a sensuous experience for the reader, as she brings to life the essence of death doula service. I highly recommend Death Nesting to anyone interested in mindfully holding space for their loved one or for themselves through the process of death.” * Jade Brunel, founder of WAO Tea and author of Tea, Remembering the Essence of Life *“Death Nesting is a compassionate manual on approaching death consciously—both our own death and the deaths of those we love. Through the pages of this helpful book, death educator and doula Anne-Marie Keppel gives readers the tools needed to turn the end-of-life process into a beautiful and healing experience. Filled with love and spirit this is a book I will be recommending to my clients whether they are facing death or grieving the loss of a loved one.” * Salicrow, psychic medium and author of Spirit Speaker *“As explained in Death Nesting, dying can be a time of unknowing while also a journey best guided by deep wisdom and trust—both of which are bolstered by Keppel’s anecdotes and explanations. This mindfully constructed book of knowledge gently encourages readers to let go of rigid logic and control as well as embrace all that can be anticipated during the end of life, covering an array of topics from the ineffable to the highly practical and so much in between.” * Francesca Lynn Arnoldy, community doula and author of The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully *“Keppel’s heart-centered, community-based philosophy establishes her as a leader in the emerging holistic deathcare movement. I recommend Death Nesting to all aspiring death doulas, medical professionals serving in end-of-life spaces, hospice volunteers, and, most especially, home caregivers. This is a bedside companion for the tender journey as we walk one another home.” * Jade Adgate, death midwife and curator at the Farewell Library *“Anne-Marie offers loads of wise and practical guidance for helping, holding, and mindful presence through all that this passage brings for the doula, the dying, and for those who must let them go. Whatever your belief about the afterlife, whatever your previous experience with death and dying, this book invites you to the crossroads, where life meets death—a sacred place of deep gravitas, transformation, and remembrance.” * Fearn Lickfield, director of the Green Mountain Druid School and Dreamland Sanctuary *“This is the book those who gravitate toward or find themselves thrust into the death space need. Exploring age-old territory with fresh eyes, Anne-Marie Keppel has encapsulated for us the essence of active caring in full practical and loving description.” * Lee Webster, funeral reform advocate and director of New Hampshire Funeral Resources & Education *“Death Nesting is refreshing, enlightening, and captivating. It dares to talk deeply and thoroughly about a subject that’s barely touched in our society, yet it’s a reality that we are all going to have to deal with. This book gives the reader a thoughtful and human perspective on confronting death.” * Rafael Olivares, M.D., volunteer for Doctors of the World *Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered Practices of a Death Doula provides an excellent addition to a growing cannon of works revolving around the field of Death Care. Anne-Marie Keppel presents the subject in a practical yet engaging manner that draws the reader into awareness. This is a book that encourages active learning and participation on the part of caregivers and death doulas who seek to assist in the honorable act of being present and holding space for the dying. * Clio Arjana, FacingNorth.net *Table of ContentsForeword by Karen Wyatt, M.D. An Introduction to Death Nesting About This Book One Beyond Advance Directives Take NotesMore than Just Paperwork Two Preparing the Nest Establishing the Protective ShellPreparing the Inner NestCaregiving’s Inner CircleSecret NestingWeathering Our Dying Three Dying Is a Sensory ExperienceHearingSmellTasteSightTouch Four What the Physical Body Does during the Dying Process Aches and PainsTemperatureBreathing and Heart RateEating, Digestion, and EliminationHandwashingWound CareSponge BathingMoisturizingBedding and Lying in BedWhat to Pack in a Hospital Bag Five Mind, Spirit, and Emotion in the Dying Process Suggestions for Mental SoothingPsychedelics and Virtual Reality ListeningAncestor ComfortsTying Together a TimelineSleep, Rest, and SeparationTime, Space, and RhythmSpiritual SupportReiki for the DyingA Time for ShrinesSix Discomforts during Caregiving Expressing the Very DifficultWords Are Not Always What Is NeededWhen What Is Happening Is Against Your DesiresWhat to Do When There Is Nothing to DoLanguage Barriers in the Dying ProcessMedical Aid in DyingComing Upon an Accident or Sudden Death Seven Talking with Children about Death and Dying Tiny Deaths and Big DeathsA Child’s Tool KitPet and Animal Deaths Eight After the Last Breath Home Funerals and Body CareShould the DeadAttend Their Own Funerals?The Good FuneralHerbs for Remembrance and CeremonyMoving with GriefMeditation for Dissolving into the ElementsAppendix: The Ancient and Modern Death DoulaResources for Death, Dying, and Stretching Your MindAbout the AuthorIndex

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Book SynopsisThe wisdom of the Ancestors is brought to life in this deck which is based on beliefs and practices of a First Nations people that spans more than 160,000 years.Aboriginal Ancestral Wisdom Oracle has a unique method of exploring the same situation from various viewpoints, by including a light and dark message from the Ancestors on each card, all the while working between 4 different environments:Freshwater Wisdom represents our journey to seek clarity through the muddy waters and onto the clear fresh water downstream where everything becomes more transparent.Saltwater Wisdom represents our journey to the deepest depths of our wisdom and the closer we journey, the more evident our messages become.Desert Wisdom represents our knowledge which is hidden in plain sight, yet if time is taken to explore the situation as a whole, answers become more apparent.Rainforest Wisdom represents our ability to hide in the background while we assess our environment and ponder our next move. The light messages are confirmation that we are on the right path and offer words of wisdom and encouragement to continue on the journey, whereas the dark messages prompts us to consider things differently and explore other ways in which we could attain an alternative outcome.

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Book Synopsis?Hendrickson takes readers on a magical journey where they learn how to construct a personal Book of Shadows filled with ancestral wisdom.? ?Theresa Reed, author ofTwist Your Fate Most of us know our immediate family and maybe even a generation or two beyond, but few of us are attuned to those who lived earlier. Many of us have forgotten how to keep our own stories alive. This is where the ancestors come in and where this book begins.Ancestral Grimoire is a guide to reconnecting with your ancestors. It will show you how to access their unique wisdom?their magic!?and create your own personal ancestral grimoire, a spell book or Book of Shadows, unique to you and your heritage. Through divination, intuition, and sometimes a little luck, you will learn the magic of each ancestor and how you can use their gifts to make your life richer and more fulfilling. As you go through this book, you?ll save your ancestral work in a journal or loose-leaf binder that will become the place to store the stories, spells, rituals, and everyday life, lore, and legend of twelve of your ancestors. At the end of a year, you will hold a personal Book of Shadows with every bit of ancestral knowledge within its pages unique to you. No two will ever be alike. In an age when family storytelling has been lost, you will have created a legacy?and a life?that the ancestors could only dream of.

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Book SynopsisAfter more than twenty years as a professional horsewoman, and applying what she had learned to a half-wild husky dog, Ren Hurst decided to take a deep look into the nature of domestication and humanity’s relationship to other animals. She found that our own domestication--and our resultant disconnection from nature--is the root trauma for much of the human experience, perpetuated by our domestication of others. She then reverse-engineered the conditioning process that leads to domestication and discovered a practical roadmap for deprogramming and undomesticating yourself in order to heal trauma, restore connection, and reclaim the innate wisdom of wildness within. Sharing enlightening moments from her journey of taking in and connecting with her husky, Denali, the author explains how their growing relationship was testing her to her limits. Yet when she embraced the principles of unconditional love, she found the instinct and intuition necessary so she and the dog could understand one another and find their rightful places within the power dynamics of guardian and dependent. The author shows how, when there is emotional awareness and authentic leadership that links in with your own wild parts, an authentic relationship between human and animal--or between one’s self and another person--is possible. Looking at the domestication of humanity, the author explains the nature of trauma and disconnection from the perspective of emotional development. She unveils 13 principles of unconditional love for deprogramming yourself, healing the trauma of domestication, and restoring deep connection to inner guidance, your wild soul, and, ultimately, freedom. She also offers experiential practices to help you cultivate authentic, undomesticated relationships free of exploitation and codependency, whether with human or animal companions. Helping you reclaim the innate wildness within, Ren Hurst explores how to rewild your heart, receive guidance from your wild soul, and approach your life path with authenticity and emotional maturity.Trade Review“Transformation has a sound, and it’s the voice of Ren Hurst weaving words of wisdom back into the wild flute of our collective spine. Through gorgeous storytelling, Ren explores the devastation of domestication through rewilding experiences with animals. The Wisdom of Wildness reanimates deep inner passion for freedom, creation, and the embodied miracle of undomesticated life. This book is an invitation to feel it all AND cultivate lives of sanctuary!” * Amy Tuttle, wilderness and threshold guide, council facilitator, and arts and healing practitioner *“A brave and inspiring story that urges us to reclaim the innate wildness within. Ren’s 13 principles reflect her dedication to unconditional love and are a foundation for a new, wild, and true relationship not just with the animals we care for but with our authentic animal human selves.” * Fay Johnstone, shamanic herbalist, Reiki teacher, and author of Plant Spirit Reiki and Plants That S *“The Wisdom of Wildness is a brilliant journey of self-discovery. The magic in applying Sanctuary13 principles takes one deeper than imagined to be the conduit of light for oneself while interacting with all of creation, particularly being a conscious human walking the earth. Ren has an uncanny ability to invite the reader into their own infinite and innate wisdom if they are willing to embrace not only the divinity of who they are but the humanness as well. The magical words within this book will invite you to that place of what true self-love is.” * Franny Harcey, HTCP, Healing Touch certified practitioner and intuitive *“Who do we really want to be in this precious lifetime? Wanting is the first step; getting there amid the many pressures of modern life also takes know-how. Through her many years of experience and experiment to reveal what gets in the way of her own relationships with humans and animals, Ren is now able to offer us a pathway of 13 principles of intention and attention as an essential guide for transformation--what has been for her can now be available for each person willing to commit to such a journey of connection--a connection with oneself and with one another. The Wisdom of Wildness is an invitation to embark on a journey inward. For this life quest, these pages become a manual of guidance, as an elder companion would--being there alongside to help prepare, inspire, and support the call to journey deeper than before. Let these become your 13 agreements toward a life well lived. And in so doing, your life as a human being on this earth will meet your soul’s birthright.” * Krystyna Jurzykowski, council carrier, wilderness guide, cofounder of Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, an *“Ren Hurst has to be one of the most influential and visionary humans I’ve had the pleasure of encountering. Our conversations have continued to blow my crown chakra right open--and anyone who reads her books are bound to have their belief systems rattled in the most beautiful way. Ren delicately walks our egos through a complete transformation with her ideas on domestication, and those seeking to walk a path toward enlightenment will surely find that within her words.” * Brittany Quagan, M.S., LPC, licensed professional counselor and spiritual healer *Table of ContentsForeword by Sarah Byrden Introduction PART ONE: SEEK TRUTH1 Original Sin 2 The Wisdom of the Wild3 Goddess of Death 4 The Root of Separation5 Instinct 6 The Guardian Contract 7 Intuition 8 The Hidden Cost of DomesticationPART TWO: BE LOVE9 Inspiration 10 Rewild Your Heart 11 Initiation 12 Undomesticate Your Life 13 Incubation 14 Sanctuary 13First, Do No HarmControl Only What Is Yours to Control Expect NothingLove Is Not a Transaction Speak Only with Reverence Always Create a Space of InvitationHonor Every No Your Boundaries Are Your Responsibility Everyone Is Always Right Be Willing to Meet Your Own Needs Remember to Play Drop the Story Feel It All Recap15 Incursion 16 Restoring the Connection PART THREE: HAVE COURAGE 17 Integration 18 Reclamation 19 Infinite 20 The Wild Unknown Afterword by Jaye MarollaAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisA book to let you know you're not alone: the wisdom of the ages can guide us through the struggles of the present. The fate of our civilisation depends on whether ordinary people internalise the truth and beauty conveyed in the masterpieces of Western culture. Spencer Klavan, classicist and podcaster, defends that culture and explains why and how we must hand it on to the next generation. It has been proclaimed many times, but perhaps never more convincingly than now, when every news cycle seems to deliver further confirmation of a world gone mad. Is this the endgame? Have we come to closing time in the West? Author Spencer Klavan is a classicist, with a Ph.D. from Oxford, and a deep understanding of the West. His analysis: The situation is dire. But every crisis we face today, we have faced before. And we can surmount each one. Today’s “five essential crises” are: • The Crisis of Reality: Is there such a thing as objective truth—and even if there is, can “virtual reality” replace it? • The Crisis of the Body: Not just the “transgender” insanity, but the push for a “transhumanist” future • The Crisis of Meaning: Evolution—both biological and cultural—is a process of endless replication, of copying. But is there an original model that gives us an aspiration to aim for? Do our lives and actions have meaning? • The Crisis of Religion: Science has not eliminated man's religious impulse, but rather misdirected it—and wrongly dismissed the profound philosophical plausibility of Judeo-Christian revelation. • The Crisis of the Regime: Has America reached a point of inevitable collapse? Republican government was meant to end the destructive cycle of regimes rising and falling—but can it? Klavan brings to the West’s defence the insights of Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, and the Founding Fathers to show that in the wisdom of the past lies hope for the future. That wisdom can improve our own lives and the lives of those around us—and ultimately save the West.

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Book SynopsisA ?profound and inspiring? collection of ancient indigenous wisdom for ?anyone wanting the healing of self, society, and of our shared planet? (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma). A Penobscot Indian draws on the experiences and wisdom of the First Nations to address environmental justice, water protection, generational trauma, and more. Drawing from ancestral knowledge, as well as her experience as an attorney and activist, Sherri Mitchell addresses some of the most crucial issues of our day?including indigenous land rights, environmental justice, and our collective human survival. Sharing the gifts she has received from the elders of her tribe, the Penobscot Nation, she asks us to look deeply into the illusions we have labeled as truth and which separate us from our higher mind and from one another. Sacred Instructions explains how our traditional stories set the framework for our belief systems and urges us to decolonize our language and our stories. It reveals how the removal of women from our stories has impacted our thinking and disrupted the natural balance within our communities. For all those who seek to create change, this book lays out an ancient world view and set of cultural values that provide a way of life that is balanced and humane, that can heal Mother Earth, and that will preserve our communities for future generations.

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Book SynopsisFor 14,000 years, the Indigenous people of Southern New England survived and thrived despite experiencing extreme and dramatic climate and environmental changes. Like our present and near future, they faced dramatically warming temperatures that brought about a radical transformation in the climate, ecology, and biodiversity of their environment. Why were they successful? Despite enormous environmental challenges, they adapted and prospered because of their perception of and conscious relationship with every single living and non-animate element within their environment. Unlike our current society which views humanity as separate from nature and therefore free to exploit all of creation for our benefit, Indigenous people understood deeply that we humans are part of a web of interconnected and interdependent energy and consciousness within a Living Earth. They lived in spiritual harmony with all of creation honoring all its aspects with gratitude and a sense of reciprocity. If we embrace the perceptive and consciously interconnected view of all creation that has sustained Indigenous people for thousands of years, we can begin a transformation that will heal our relationship with the Living Earth for ourselves and future generations. The future of life on the planet is up to us.

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