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Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead

Tosha Silver · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

A collection of spiritual lessons, anecdotes, and thoughts on the Divine's intervention in our lives, this brilliantly written and wonderfully entertaining book teaches us how to live purposefully and in line with the Force of Love."What if the Divine is constantly igniting roadside...
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The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation

Lodro Rinzler · Shambhala
Format: Book

From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar . . ., wisdom for "Generation Next" on how to make your work meaningful, satisfying, and of benefit to others. Does it ever seem that a lot of the people you work with are, well, jerks? This book is about how not to let work...
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A Ceremony Called Life: When Your Morning Coffee Is as Sacred as Holy Water

Tehya Sky · Sounds True
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

When we gather in ceremony - to welcome a newborn, celebrate a marriage, or bid farewell to those we've lost - we are fully present to our lives and in touch with the deep meaning that feeds our souls. Imagine how our lives might change if we brought the same loving attention to every...
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott · Riverhead Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book,...
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Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays: From Shofar to Seder

Matt Axelrod · Jason Aronson
Pages: 203
Format: Print book

Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations. There are many new students of Judaism, often potential converts or members of interfaith families who are seeking to learn more about the religion and its rituals. Unfortunately, many of the existing...
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The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade

Philip Jenkins · HarperOne
Format: Print book

The Great and Holy War offers the first look at how religion created and prolonged the First World War. At the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, historian Philip Jenkins reveals the powerful religious dimensions of this modern-day crusade, a period that marked a traumatic...
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up: Life-Changing Lessons from Heaven

Theresa Caputo · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

For fans of TLC's Long Island Medium and anyone interested in the big questions of life, death, and finding out what's important in between, New York Times bestselling author and medium Theresa Caputo shares the insights and lessons she's learned through her exceptional gift...
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Spellcasting: Beyond the Basics

Michael Furie · Llewellyn, 2016.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Spellcasting is an exploration of magical theory and practice, natural techniques that utilize spiritual forces. Join author Michael Furie as he provides lessons on manifestation work, self-awareness and meditation techniques, altered states of consciousness, connecting to the natural world,...
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Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East

Gerard Russell · Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD

Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated...
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Being Human in God's World: An Old Testament Theology of Humanity

J G McConville · Baker Academic
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

A Biblical Perspective on What It Means to Be HumanThis major work by a widely respected Old Testament scholar and theologian unpacks a biblical perspective on fundamental questions of what it means to be human. J. Gordon McConville explores how a biblical view of humanity provides a foundation...
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Discover Your Authentic Self: Be You, Be Free, Be Happy

Sherrie Dillard · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback

Embrace your authentic self and let your soul's light shine forth with guidance from 150 lessons meant to inspire, motivate, and teach. This empowering book helps you shed what is false and come to know, accept, and express your true self. With essays to uplift and engage you through...
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Tarot Beyond the Basics: Gain a Deeper Understanding of the Meanings Behind the Cards

Anthony Louis · Llewellyn Publications
Format: Book

Take your tarot reading to a higher level. With an emphasis on tarot's astrological influences and a number of detailed sample readings, Tarot Beyond the Basics shows the way to becoming an advanced practitioner. Here, Anthony Louis shares how-to instructions for working with reversals,...
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