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Sacred Signs & Symbols: Awaken to the Messages & Synchronicities That Surround You

SHERRIE DILLARD · LLEWELLYN
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Everyone receives sacred signs, message, and synchronicities, but we don't always know how to notice and understand them. With Sacred Signs & Symbols, you'll develop intuitive awareness and discover how to interpret and invoke the messages and symbols that spirit sends your...
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Emerging Ritual in Secular Societies: A Transdisciplinary Conversation

Jeltje Gordon-Lennox · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

The growing absence of meaningful ritual in contemporary Western societies has led to cohesive research on the history of ritualizing behaviour in different cultures. The relatively new field of ritology, which includes neuroscience, anthropology, cultural psychology, psychotherapy and even...
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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

John Yates · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

A revolutionary, science-based approach to meditation from a neuroscientist turned meditation master, The Mind Illuminated is an accessible, step-by-step toolkit for anyone looking to start - or improve - their daily meditation practice.The book that bestselling meditation teacher Sharon...
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The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

Alan Watts · New World Library
Pages: 616
Format: Hardcover

Philosopher, author, and lecturer Alan Watts (1915-1973) popularized Zen Buddhism and other Eastern philosophies for the counterculture of the 1960s. Today, new generations are finding his writings and lectures online, while faithful followers worldwide continue to be enlightened by his teachings....
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The Crucible of Islam

G W Bowersock · Harvard University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most...
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Embracing the Journey: A Christian Parents' Blueprint to Loving Your LGBTQ Child

Greg McDonald · Howard Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A sympathetic, compassionate, and inspiring guide for parents, from the founders of one of the first Christian ministries for parents of LGBTQ children.Greg and Lynn McDonald had never interacted with members of the LGBTQ community until they discovered that their son was gay - and without...
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Radical Sacrifice

Terry Eagleton · Yale University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament,...
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Shapeshifters: Morphing Monsters & Changing Cryptids

NICK REDFERN · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

While most people think of shapeshifters as nothing more than the werewolves and vampires of mythology and pop culture, the truth is much more fascinating and dangerous. Shapeshifters are real, they come in all kinds and sizes, and they have existed for countless millennia. This enthralling...
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Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality

Anthony Aguirre · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Cosmological Koans invites the reader into an intellectual adventure of the highest order.Through more than fifty Koans -- pleasingly paradoxical vignettes following the ancient Zen tradition -- leading physicist Anthony Aguirre takes the reader across the world from West to East, and through...
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American Freemasonry: Its Revolutionary History and Challenging Future

Alain de Keghel · Inner Traditions
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Explores the American Masonic system and its strengths and failings * Examines the history of Freemasonry in the United States from the colonial era and the Revolutionary War to the rise of the Scottish branch onward * Investigates the racial split in American Freemasonry between black...
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Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards

Michelle Tea · HarperElixir
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

The beloved literary iconoclast delivers a fresh twenty-first century primer on tarot that can be used with any deck.While tarot has gone mainstream with a diverse range of tarot decks widely available, there has been no equally mainstream guide to the tarot - one that can be applied to any deck...
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Pause, Breathe, Smile: Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation Is Not Enough

Gary Gach · Sounds True
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Pause . . . breathe . . . smile. Three small words, yet each contains a universe of wisdom. Let the title be your guide in this inspiring book on awakening to the full depths of mindful living. The Pause is about setting our intention before we think, speak, or act - the ethical dimension...
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Sekhmet: Transformation in the Belly of the Goddess

Nicki Scully · Bear & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A shamanic ritual with the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet to bring about alchemical transformation at the deepest levels of your being* Details how to work with Sekhmet to transform your negative behavior patterns and character flaws into creative impulses and higher energies* Leads you through...
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People of the Book: An Interfaith Dialogue about How Jews, Christians and Muslims Understand Their Sacred Scriptures

Dan Cohn-Sherbok · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

What is the role of scripture in illuminating the lives of the faithful today? In this book, three experts in Judaism, Christianity and Islam respectively discuss and debate this question, by exploring the core messages of the Torah, Bible and Qu'ran. Taking a deeper look at the wide...
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The Lost Art of Resurrection: Initiation, Secret Chambers, and the Quest for the Otherworld

Freddy Silva · Inner Traditions
Pages: 275
Format: Print book

Reveals the radical ancient practice of living resurrection, in which initiates ritually died and were reborn into a state of higher consciousness * Explores living resurrection initiation practices from world cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Gnostic, Chinese, Celtic, and Native American...
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