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Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek

Alan Watts · Sounds True
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback

In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertainer was responsible for igniting the passion of countless...
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The Mood Book: Crystals, Oils, and Rituals to Elevate Your Spirit

Amy Leigh Mercree · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Manage your moods and change negatives into positives with this ritual-based guide to essential oils, meditations, mantras, crystal healing, and more. How are you feeling? The Mood Book wants to know! Organized into easy-to-follow sections based on your frame of mind, it contains powerful...
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An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America

Joseph Bottum · Image
Format: Hardcover

We live in a profoundly spiritual age--but in a very strange way, different from every other moment of our history. Huge swaths of American culture are driven by manic spiritual anxiety and relentless supernatural worry. Radicals and traditionalists, liberals and conservatives, together...
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The Illustrated Mahabharata: The Definitive Guide to India s Greatest Epic

Bibek Debroy · DK
Pages: 509
Format: Hardcover

An illustrated guide to India's greatest epic, which has shaped Indian thought for over 3,000 years, with stories from all 18 chapters, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Harivamsa.The Illustrated Mahabharata brings the world's longest epic to life. With more than 500 stunning images showcasing...
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Inside The Black Vault: The Government's UFO Secrets Revealed

Jr. Greenewald · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

The evidence in this book may not ultimately give you the "smoking gun" you are looking for on your journey, but I guarantee it will give you a box of bullets when you find it.In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings of the U.S. Government at the age of fifteen....
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The Weight of Ink

Rachel Kadish · Mariner Books
Pages: 575
Format: Paperback

WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion." - Toni Morrison Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women...
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Louisiana Haunted Forts

Elaine Coleman · Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Although there are numerous books about Louisiana, little information about the forts are included and none combines the forts with ghost stories. Louisiana has five distinct regions, and all have historic forts, ranging from French rule to Spanish, Confederate, Federal, and even Privateer....
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The Great Pyramid Hoax: The Conspiracy to Conceal the True History of Ancient Egypt

Scott Creighton · Bear & Co
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid--the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837--was forged * Includes evidence from the time of the discovery of the marks: Vyse's private field notes, surveys, facsimile drawings, and eye-witness testimony * Explains...
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12 Major World Religions: The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity's Most Influential Faiths

Jason Boyett · Zephyros Press
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

For billions of people, having a religious belief system provides purpose in life. For some, religion serves as a guide for moral behavior. Today's world is one in which our understanding of world religions is both understatedly important, as well as increasingly complex. After many...
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The Qur'an

M A Abdel Haleem · Oxford University Press
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

One of the most influential books in the history of literature, recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic, the Qur'an is the supreme authority and living source of all Islamic teaching, the sacred text that sets out the creed, rituals, ethics, and laws of Islam. Yet despite...
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Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

Raymond O. Faulkner · Barnes & Noble Publishing
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover

New Hardcover with dust jacket
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Impossible Truths: Amazing Evidence of Extraterrestrial Contact

Erich von Daniken · Watkins Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Impossible Truths showcases the classic, provocative von Däniken theories for a new generation. For more than four decades, Erich von Däniken has been elaborating his astounding thesis that the inhabitants of other planets have kept in contact with humanity since the earliest times and that...
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India: A History. Revised and Updated

John Keay · Grove Press; Rev Exp edition
Format: Print book

Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keays India A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient beginnings in the valley of the Indus to the events...
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The Books of Enoch: The Angels, The Watchers and The Nephilim:

Joseph Lumpkin · Fifth Estate, Incorporated
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback

Now buy this amazing volume for a special low price. The well known and acclaimed work of Dr. Joseph Lumpkin has been enlarged to include new research on the Books of Enoch, Fallen Angels, the Watchers, and the Nephilim. After presenting extensive historical backgrounds and brilliant translations...
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The Reflexology Healing Handbook: Release Your Inner Energy with Your Fingertips to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress and Promote Healing

DENISE WHICHELLO BROWN · Chartwell Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Reflexology is a simple, noninvasive, harmless, and natural way to achieve optimum health. Firm pressure is applied with the thumbs and fingers to reflex points which are located on all parts of the hands and feet. By applying pressure on these points, all the organs, glands and structures...
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