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Psychics, Healers, & Mediums: A Journalist, a Road Trip, and Voices from the Other Side

Jenniffer Weigel · Hampton Roads Publishing Company
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Since the dawn of time, people have been fascinated by those who claim to have extraordinary psychic abilities. The fascination has reached a fever pitch with the rise of modern media.It is safe to say that many of these folks are either extraordinary frauds or extraordinarily deluded....
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The Gospel According to the Universe: ...Six Days and Counting

Edward J Harvey · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 243
Format: Paperback

The pattern of Creation indicates that God created matter and energy to inevitably form the intricate outcomes of Creation - not a haphazard, randomly inevitable mechanistic outcome, but one that God was totally guiding to his intended directional outcomes. Thus, the inevitableness of the energy/matter...
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Yoga's Healing Power: Looking Inward for Change, Growth, and Peace

Ally Hamilton · Llewellyn
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

"I have practiced yoga nearly twenty years now, and I appreciate the spiritual and healing aspects of my practice as much, if not more, than the physical. Thank you Ally Hamilton and Yogis Anonymous for providing both the physical challenge, and the tools for healing and balance in my life....
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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Natalie Goldberg · Shambala
Pages: 198
Format: Print book



The all-time best-selling writer's handbook turns thirty.

With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid...
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Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions

Phil Zuckerman · Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

David Brooks, The New York TimesAs secularism becomes more prominent and self-confident, its spokesmen have more insistently argued that secularism should not be seen as an absence — as a lack of faith — but rather as a positive moral creed. Phil Zuckerman, a Pitzer College sociologist,...
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Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food

Roger Horowitz · Roger Horowitz
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Kosher USA follows the fascinating and surprising journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system. Drawing on episodes from the lives of the author's own family, it traces how iconic products such as Coca-Cola and Jell-O tried to become kosher; the contentious...

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The Big Book of Practical Spells: Everyday Magic That Works

Judika Illes · Weiser Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Practical, inspirational, and comprehensive, The Big Book of Practical Spells is a useful tool and resource for beginners and experienced devotees of the magical arts. Here in one majestic volume is a basic introduction to magic; a psychic glossary; a primer on the four elements, colors,...
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Haunted Bridges: Over 300 of America's Creepiest Crossings

Rich Newman · Llewellyn Worldwide
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Restless Spirits and Supernatural Thrills More than 300 bridges with eerie phenomenon that span space and time Across the country hundreds of bridges harbor some of the creepiest paranormal activity known to man. Invisible hands reach out and touch unsuspecting travelers. Residual ghosts...
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The Religion of Democracy: Seven Liberals and the American Moral Tradition

Amy Kittelstrom · Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

A history of religion's role in the American liberal tradition through the eyes of seven transformative thinkersToday we associate liberal thought and politics with secularism. When we argue over whether the nation's founders meant to keep religion out of politics, the godless side...
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On Living

Kerry Egan · Riverhead Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A hospice chaplain passes on wisdom on giving meaning to life, from those taking leave of it. As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn't offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she discovered...
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Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick

Daniel Herman · Lehigh University Press
Pages: 215
Format: Book

In Moby-Dick's wide philosophical musings and central narrative arch, Daniel Herman finds a philosophy very closely aligned specifically with the original teachings of Zen Buddhism. In exploring the likelihood of this hitherto undiscovered influence, Herman looks at works Melville is either...
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The C2D1 Haunting: The companion to the award winning film, Please Talk With Me.

Tim Shaw · CITA Ventures
Pages: 155
Format: Print book

In the winter of 1985, strange occurrences began to transpire inside Erie Hall on the college campus at Geneseo, New York. Over a period of several months, a number of the students would have their lives forever altered by a series of paranormal events. Apparitions sighted, strange voices...
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Siddhartha's Brain: The Science of Enlightenment

James Kingsland · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

By the longtime Guardian science journalist, a groundbreaking exploration of the science of enlightenment and mental wellness, illuminated by twin perspectives, ancient and modern: the spiritual wisdom of Siddhartha Gautama and the revelations of today's scientists, who are confirming...

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