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The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life

SAKYONG MIPHAM · Harmony
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Cutting through all the white noise, chatter, and superficiality our cell phones and social media cause, one of Tibet's highest and most respected spiritual leaders offers simple and practical advice to help us increase our attentions spans, become better listeners, and strive to appreciate...
 
 
Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking

Einat Admony · Artisan
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

With Shuk, home cooks everywhere can now inhale the fragrances and taste the flavors of the vivacious culinary mash-up that is today's Israel. The book takes you deeper into this trending cuisine, through the combined expertise of the authors, chef Einat Admony of Balaboosta and food...
 
 
Love in the Void: Where God Finds Us

Simone Weil · Plough Publishing House
Pages: 134
Format: Paperback

Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God.Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today's spiritual seekers? Was it her social radicalism, which led her to renounce...
 
 
Ultimate Bible Guide

Kendell H. Easley · Holman Reference
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover

If you've been wanting to get a better handle on the Bible this helpful reference book pulls the sweeping story, the timeline, the key terms, and much more into a clear, concise, yet surprisingly comprehensive summary of biblical information. What's the main idea of each Bible...
 
 
I Ching, Plain & Simple: The Only Book You'll Ever Need

KIM FARNELL · Hampton Roads Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is a mix of Taoist and Confucianist philosophies that has evolved over many centuries and may be the oldest book in existence. Its main philosophy is that nothing is static and everything changes over time, so our task is to adjust to the ebb and flow of changing...
 
 
Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100

Max Dashu · Veleda Press
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback

In this compelling exploration of language, archaeology, and early medieval literature, Max Dashu illuminates hidden cultural heritages. She shows that the old ethnic names for "witch" signify 'wisewoman, ' 'prophetess, ' 'diviner, ' 'chanter, '...
 
 
Everything Is Here to Help You: A Loving Guide to Your Soul's Evolution

Matt Kahn · Hay House, Inc.
Pages: 203
Format: Hardcover

Everything Is Here to Help You offers an emotionally supportive way to shift out of the inner war of ego, and into the illuminated presence of your soul.In this book, spiritual teacher and intuitive Matt Kahn redefines the spiritual path for the modern-day seeker, and offers original, innovative...
 
 
Handbook of Scientology

James R Lewis · Brill Academic Pub
Pages: 620

The Handbook of Scientology brings together a collection of fresh studies of the most persistently controversial of all contemporary New Religions. In recent years, increasing scholarly attention has been directed at the Church of Scientology, resulting in a small tsunami of new scholarship....
 
 
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,...
 
 
Divrei Mishkan T'filah: Delving into the Siddur

Richard S Sarason · CCAR Press
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback

This long-awaited collection of essays on Mishkan T'filah by Rabbi Richard Sarason, PhD, serves as a commentary on our prayerbook. Drawing on Dr. Sarason's deep knowledge of liturgy, these essays teach about Mishkan T'filah specifically and about prayer in general.
 
 
And Breathe: The Complete Guide to Conscious Breathing for Health and Happiness

Rebecca Dennis · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

The next step beyond the yoga and mindfulness trends: a program dedicated to the art of conscious breathing with techniques to combat stress, boost energy, and improve overall healthIf you've ever heard anyone tell you to "just breathe" when you are stressed or even just...
 
 
Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition

Omid Safi · Yale University Press
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover

This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original translations At a time when the association of Islam with violence dominates headlines, this beautiful collection offers us a chance to see a radically...
 
 
Moon Power: Lunar Rituals for Connecting with Your Inner Goddess

Simone Butler · Fair Winds Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

With Moon Power, women can connect with the primal, feminine lunar power.There was a time when the feminine and her guiding light, the Moon, were all-powerful. Men were seen primarily as consorts to the Great Goddess, as embodied in every woman. In these peaceful, agrarian societies, primal...
 
 
The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology

Lilian Calles Barger · Oxford University Press
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

On November 16, 2017, Pope Francis tweeted, "Poverty is not an accident. It has causes that must be recognized and removed for the good of so many of our brothers and sisters." With this statement and others like it, the first Latin American pope was associated, in the minds of many,...
 
 
Embodied Enlightenment: Living Your Awakening in Every Moment

Amoda Maa · Reveal Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

In Embodied Enlightenment, contemporary spiritual teacher Amoda Maa Jeevan dispels the outdated view of a transcendent enlightenment and instead presents a new, feminine expression of awakened consciousness for all - one that is felt and known through what our everyday lives are made of: our emotions,...