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Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want

DEBORAH CASTELLANO · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Are you ready to revolutionize your magical practice? Glamour is a feminine occult art that can be used by all genders and encourages you to look at Witchcraft through a different lens than most traditional paths. Learn how to take what makes you exciting and interesting to others and use it as leverage...
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There's More to Life Than This: Healing Messages, Remarkable Stories, and Insight About the Other Side from the Long Island Medium

Theresa Caputo · Atria Books; First Edition edition
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 how she discovered her gift and her many encounters with Spirit.Beloved...
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Stress Beyond 50: Tools & Wisdom For A Healthier, Longer Life

Joan Vernikos PhD · Independently published
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

How many of you have ever been on a Roller Coaster? Did you love it? Was it Fun? or were you terrified? One person's stress is another one's fun. Were you on a Roller Coaster in the last year? Stress at one point of your life may be fun, and fear at another. What has changed? Not the Roller...
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic

Owen Davies · Oxford University Press
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover

This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Beginning with the invention of writing in the ancient world, the author explores a wide range of magical beliefs and practices, the rise of the witch trials,...
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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible

A.N. Wilson · Harper
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship...
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Introduction to Islam

Tariq Ramadan · Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights, or slavery, Muslims today are expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is-or is not. But little opportunity exists, either in the media or in society as a whole, to describe Islam. In simple, direct language, An Introduction...
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This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom

Martin Hägglund · Pantheon
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A profound, original, and accessible book that offers a new secular vision of how we can lead our lives. Ranging from fundamental existential questions to the most pressing social issues of our time, This Life shows why our commitment to freedom and democracy should lead us beyond both...
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Why I Am a Hindu

Shashi Tharoor · Scribe US
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Opening with a frank and touching reflection on his personal beliefs, he lays out Hinduism's origins and its key philosophical concepts -- including Vedanta, the Purusharthas, and Bhakti -- before focusing on texts such as the Bhagadvagita. The 'Great Souls', or key individuals of Hinduism,...
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Crystals Beyond Beginners: Awaken Your Consciousness with Precious Gifts from the Earth

Margaret Ann Lembo · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Deepen your knowledge of crystals, gemstones, and rocks and learn how to put their power to work for you. Margaret Ann Lembo guides you in using these amazing tools to take your practice to the next level. Crystals Beyond Beginners helps you draw upon your foundation of crystal work to improve...
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Natural Rest for Addiction: A Radical Approach to Recovery Through Mindfulness and Awareness

Scott Kiloby · Non-Duality
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Freedom from addiction is available in the one place that's the most difficult for an addict to be - the present moment. In Natural Rest for Addiction, non-duality teacher and addiction specialist Scott Kiloby offers his Natural Rest program for finding recovery from substance abuse...
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Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence

Jim Willis · Visible Ink Pr
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Where do we come from? What are the origins of modern civilization? Do the world's pyramids, the Nazca Lines, Easter Island statues, and other enigmatic structures, archaeological wonders, and geographic anomalies contain evidence of ancient gods?Sifting through the historical and archaeological...
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Zen beyond Mindfulness: Using Buddhist and Modern Psychology for Transformational Practice

Jules Shuzen Harris · Shambhala
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

An effective new approach to Buddhist practice that combines the rigor of traditional meditation and study with the psychological support necessary for practice in modern life.Zen teacher Jules Shuzen Harris argues that contemporary American Buddhists face two primary challenges: (1) "spiritual...
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How the Bible Became Holy

Michael L Satlow · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

In this sweeping narrative, Michael Satlow tells the fascinating story of how an ancient collection of obscure Israelite writings became the founding texts of both Judaism and Christianity, considered holy by followers of each faith. Drawing on cutting-edge historical and archeological...
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

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Theology Questions Everyone Asks: Christian Faith in Plain Language

Gary M. Burge · IVP Academic
Format: Print book

Everyone has questions about God and what matters most in life. When we ask those questions, we are asking about theology. Isn’t talk about God really a guessing game?What good is the Old Testament?How can we have free will if God controls everything?The virgin birth. Really?What does...
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