Contemporary non-Christian and para-Christian cults and sects

Following the journey of Andre Breton, the leader of the Surrealist movement, into exile during the Second World War, the author of this book traces the trajectory of his thought and poetic output from 1941-1948.

Discover the art of spell casting to add some magick to your daily life.

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries secular French scholars started re-engaging with religious ideas, particularly mystical ones.

This book examines the relationship between transcendence and immanence within Christian mystical and apophatic writings.

Perfect for readers who seek understanding of how they fit into the universe, Rikki West's vibrant memoir follows her journey of confronting hidden assumptions and childhood trauma on the way to finding her life's vibrant, living truth.

This book offers various perspectives on children's spirituality and its relation to life and values education from diverse socio-cultural and educational contexts.

This innovative book offers an original insight into the context and times of St Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) as well as exploring her contemporary relevance from the perspective of some of the foremost thinkers and scholars in the Teresian field today including Professors Julia Kristeva, Rowan Williams and Bernard McGinn.

Many have used the term 'tragic' to refer to African American religious and cultural experience.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the compatibility of palliative care with the vision of human dignity in the Catholic moral and theological traditions.

This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult.

This book offers various perspectives on children's spirituality and its relation to life and values education from diverse socio-cultural and educational contexts.

How-and why- were UFOs so prevalent in both conspiracy theories and the New Age milieu in the post-Cold War period?

This study provides an alternative to the postmodern tradition of writing about the city by exploring spatialized constructions of gender and spiritual identity through an integrative framework based on insights from Bachelard's topoanalysis, psychogeography, feminist cultural theory and comparative literature and religion.

The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple incidents of mass violence involving certain groups.

Misunderstanding Cults provides a uniquely balanced contribution to what has become a highly polarized area of study.

Anthropologists have long sought to engage and describe foreign or "e;alien"e; societies, yet few have considered the fluid communities centered around a shared belief in alien beings and UFO sightings and their effect on popular and expressive culture.

"e;Russell King has written the most definitive account of this grand American saga.

The Gheranda Samhita - A Treatise on Hatha Yoga by Sris Chandra Vasu is an ancient and authoritative text that provides readers with profound insights into the practice of Hatha Yoga, offering guidance on physical postures, breath control, and the path to inner well-being.

Awaken your life with the God and Goddess and discover the magick of the Wiccan wayGet ready to take a journey to a mystical place where anything can happen--an adventure into the realm of witchcraft, magick, and empowerment.

This book demonstrates that numerous prominent artists in every period of the modern era were expressing spiritual interests when they created celebrated works of art.

Since the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'.

As one of the fastest growing Pagan traditions, Feminist Wicca appeals to many through its emphasis on the deep interconnectedness of life and its focus on the woman's religious experience.

Religion in the contemporary west is undergoing rapid change.

At once controversial and intriguing, Spiritualism has spread from the United States to become a global movement.

The ancient world as a whole believed in the existence of a world of spirits beyond, or alongside, the visible, tangible world.

***'A new constellation of astrology guru' - Vogue***Nobody's future is written in the stars, but we can use the stars to help write our future.

Cults and New Religions Aren't Hard to FindThey're in your neighborhood .

Originally published in 1992, Channeling is a comprehensive bibliography on the subject of channeling.

Like Barbara Kingsolver's brilliant Demon Copperhead, a Pulitzer Prize winner, All Saved Great and Small transports the reader deep into the heart of rugged Appalachia, a part of the country not understood by most people.

Critical attention to the Victorian supernatural has flourished over the last twenty-five years.

This book explores the place of the body and embodied practices in the production and experience of grace in order to generate transformative futures.

Cinema, Religion and the Romantic Legacy surveys the ways in which notions of religion and spirituality have impinged upon the cinema.

The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements covers key themes such as charismatic leadership, conversion and brainwashing, prophecy and millennialism, violence and suicide, gender and sexuality, legal issues, and the portrayal of New Religious Movements by the media and anti-cult organisations.

New religious movements-commonly known as cults-are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years.

Focusing on our complex relationship with technology, The machine and the ghost explores our culture's continued fascination with the spectral, the ghostly and the paranormal.

Although research on contemporary pilgrimage has expanded considerably since the early 1990s, the conversation has largely been dominated by Anglophone researchers in anthropology, ethnology, sociology, and religious studies from the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Northern Europe.

Zorba the Buddha is the first comprehensive study of the life, teachings, and following of the controversial Indian guru known in his youth as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and in his later years as Osho (19311990).

Neither power nor morality but both.

Critical spirituality is a way of naming a desire to work with what is meaningful in the context of enabling a socially just, diverse and inclusive society.

The Twelfth Insight is the fourth book in the hugely successful Celestine series.

This book delves into the critical question of how counseling can help individuals navigate and resolve these struggles.

Following the journey of Andre Breton, the leader of the Surrealist movement, into exile during the Second World War, the author of this book traces the trajectory of his thought and poetic output from 1941-1948.

This book is the first of its kind, addressing key issues in the teaching and learning of spirituality and spiritual care in the context of nursing and midwifery practice.

MacKenzie King did it, so did Susanna Moody.

Learn to respond effectively and appropriately to spiritual needs in a health care setting Spirituality, Health, and Wholeness: An Introductory Guide for Health Care Professionals explores the principles of spiritual care as applied to clinical practice.

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