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You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter

Dr. Joe Dispenza · Hay House, Inc.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Throughout history up until present, many cultures have traditionally experienced the effects of verifiable healings, along with hexes, curses, witchcraft, voodoo, and other mysterious phenomena. These effects-many of which were elicited by unscientific means-were brought about by the beliefs...
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Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity

Dianna Anderson · Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover

Dianna Anderson offers a fresh approach to the purity conversation, one that opens a new dialogue with the most influential Christian authors of her generation. Anderson's new sexual ethics draw on core biblical principles and set a standard for today's Christians that may be as influential...
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Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Does Bible Prophecy Say About World Events Today?

Michael Youssef · Worthy Publishing
Format: Book

In our post-9/11 world, Westerners in general--and Christians in particular--remain targets of Islamic terrorism. From the White House to 10 Downing Street, radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood are appeased and allowed to operate freely in the West. In a world that cries out for peace,...
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Agents of the Apocalypse: A Riveting Look at the Key Players of the End Times

David Jeremiah · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Who Will Usher in Earth's Final Days?Are we living in the end times? Is it possible that the players depicted in the book of Revelation could be out in force today? And if they are, would you know how to recognize them?In Agents of the Apocalypse, noted prophecy expert Dr. David Jeremiah...
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Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females

Serinity Young · Oxford University Press
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover

From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women...
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The Urban Monk: Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks to Stop Time and Find Success, Happiness, and Peace

Pedram Shojai · Rodale
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

We all struggle to discover satisfaction and contentment in the modern world and yet the more technology we use, the more things seem to get worse. What are we all missing? What will it take for us to find our centers? Pedram Shojai shares how the calmness of Zen masters is attainable in today's...
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Public Zen, Personal Zen: A Buddhist Introduction

Peter D. Hershock · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and “zen” is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition—from...
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A Religion of One's Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World

Thomas Moore · Gotham; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and trusted spiritual adviser offers a follow-up to his classic Care of the Soul. Something essential is missing from modern life. Many who've turned away from religious institutions - and others who have lived wholly without religion - hunger...
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Finding Peter: A True Story of the Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life after Death

William Peter Blatty · Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! For those who have lost a loved one to that liar and fraud named Death. So reads the dedication of William Peter Blattys Finding Peter, a deeply moving memoir that tests the bounds of grief, love, and the soul. Blatty, the bestselling author and Oscar Awardwinning...
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Tending the Heart Fire: Living in Flow with the Pulse of Life

Shiva Rea · Sounds True; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

"We are created in rhythm, kept alive in rhythm, evolve through rhythm. Tides, breath, and blood flow in rhythm. We are born into a universe of currents, and our heart is the great conductor of the body, orchestrating our flow."   The mystical foundations of all the world's...
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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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Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives

Jim B. Tucker · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Dr. Tucker, in a follow-up to his book Life Before Life, explores American cases of young children who report memories of previous livesA first-person account of Jim Tucker's experiences with a number of extraordinary children with memories of past lives, Return to Life focuses mostly...
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The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism

Kazuaki Tanahashi · Shambhala
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating in-depth study of one of the most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts--by the renowned modern translator.The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen practitioners, it is also studied extensively...
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Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart: Rewriting the Ten Commandments for the Twenty-first Century

Lex Bayer · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover

Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart asks an essential question for the 45 million Americans who self-identify as nonreligious: "So, you don't believe in God; now what?" This question is increasingly important, as one-third of young adults under the age of thirty consider themselves...
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