Alternative belief systems

For Christians, practicing Ubuntu means entering deeply into the compassionate, forgiving love of Gospel.

The first complete historical and philosophical investigation into the ';invisible fraternity' of the Rosicrucians *; Contains the latest research on the origins of the Rosicrucian movement *; Presents the ties between Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and the Templars *; Written by a ';perfected' Knight of the Rose Croix and the Pelican (18th degree, Ancient and Accepted Rite) For nearly 400 years, incredible myths and stories have been woven around the ';invisible' Brothers of the Rose Cross, the Rosicrucians.

An insider's view of the inner workings and prevalence of spirit possession in our modern world *; Provides practical techniques for preparation, safety, aftercare, and aborting harmful possessions *; Reveals the forms of ritual possession present throughout the world--including Uganda, Nepal, Korea, Bali, Greece, Turkey, Scandinavia, and France Drawing Down the Spirits presents an insider's view of the inner workings, sacred traditions, and prevalence of spirit possession existing in our modern world.

A look at the metaphysical experiences that shaped the lives and work of 24 great men and women from the Renaissance to modern times *; Chronicles the changing relationship with God, nature, and spirituality from the 16th century to the 20th century *; Includes encounters with the paranormal of Ben Johnson, Isaac Newton, Mary Shelley, Leo Tolstoy, Doris Lessing, and Winston Churchill What role did the esoteric thought of Swedenborg play in the creative output of Honor de Balzac?

A practical guide to pathworking and other esoteric techniques from the ancient mystery schools predating Christianity *; Explains the dynamics of both group ritual and solo practice *; Shows that temples of high magic are not mere physical structures but inner edifices created by sustained meditative practice *; Explains why this practice is sometimes called the Yoga of the West Before the advent of Christianity, early civilizations had, at the heart of their spiritual traditions, mystery schools that offered a corpus of training methods in what is now called magic.

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Arching Backward is the story of an American woman who found herself suddenly and violently immersed in a mystical initiation for which she was not consciously prepared.

A comprehensive overview of the Western perennial tradition--the hermetic tradition and the ancient earth wisdom of shamanic indigenous peoples*; Provides practical exercises to reawaken mystical awareness and reconnect with the ancient mystery traditions of our ancestors*; Reveals how earth wisdom and high magic complement one anotherIn Walkers Between the Worlds, the authors reveal the development of both these traditions that were never far beneath the surface of Western culture and how they complement each other.

*; A celebration of the journey of African-American women toward a new spirituality grounded in social awareness, black American tradition, metaphysics, and heightened creativity.

*; Matthew Fox's comprehensive translation of Meister Eckhart's sermons is a meeting of true prophets across hundreds of years that results in a spirituality for the new millennium.

A visionary ecopsychologist examines the rift between human beings and nature and shows what can be done to bring harmony to both the ecosystem and our own minds.

Clean, sustainable energy solutions from the geniuses of our past and the visionaries of our future *; Explores five great but nearly forgotten minds of the past--John Worrell Keely, Nikola Tesla, Viktor Schauberger, Royal Raymond Rife, and T.

A comprehensive dictionary of sacred and magical gem lore that draws on the rarest source texts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages *; Reveals the healing and magical virtues of familiar gemstones, such as amethyst, emerald, and diamond, as well as the lore surrounding exotic stones such as astrios, a stone celebrated by ancient magicians *; Examines bezoars (stones formed in animals' bodies) and ';magnets' that attract materials other than metal *; Based on ancient Arabic, Greek, Jewish, and European sources, ranging from the observations of Pliny the Elder to extremely rare texts such as the Picatrix and Damigeron's Virtue of Stones Our ancestors believed stones were home to sacred beings of power, entities that if properly understood and cultivated could provide people protection from ill fortune, envy, and witchcraft; grant invisibility and other magical powers; improve memory; and heal the sick from a wide variety of diseases.

The search for the real historical person known as John the Baptist and the traditions that began with him *; Explores why John the Baptist is so crucially important to the Freemasons, who were originally known as ';St.

A step-by-step guide to working with the spirits of ancient northern Europe *; Explains how to build relationships with Earth, Sun, Moon, Plants, Animals, Water, Fire, Craft, Air, and the Ancestors through 83 practical exercises *; Explores the role of altered states in spirit work *; Outlines the ancient cultural rules and taboos to avoid spiritual debt or offense We are all surrounded by spirits.

The role of music in the evolution of humanity *; Reveals how a hierarchy of initiates, evolved spiritual intelligences, and devas actively influenced the musical compositions of geniuses to transmit great truths through music *; Explores the influence of the classical composers Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, and Strauss--from Beethoven's influence on the creation of psychoanalysis to Chopin's musical influence on the emancipation of women Composer and author Cyril Scott explores the role of music in the evolution of humanity and shows how it has pushed human evolution forward.

The inspiration and insight of these Gnostic writings can become a companion on your own spiritual journey.

This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion.

A powerful and thought-provoking look at "e;reunions"e; of all kinds as roads to remembering and re-membering ourselves.

This practical book leads us into a spirituality of passion that leads to compassion--coming to our senses in every meaning of the phrase.

A spiritual guidance system with rituals to tap into and manifest feminine divine energy through the Motherpeace deck*; Contains over 20 rituals, exercises, and readings that integrate tarot with spiritual practice, rites, and celebrations *; Demonstrates how Motherpeace cards may be used to improve health, relationships, and personal insight; celebrate holidays; and commune with the divine forces of the universe *; By the cocreator of the Motherpeace deck (more than 200,000 copies sold) First printed during the crest of the women's spirituality movement, the Motherpeace deck created a sensation as a multicultural tarot designed specifically for women.

In Magdalene's Lost Legacy, author Margaret Starbird decodes the symbolic numbers embedded in the original Greek phrases of the New Testament--revealing the powerful presence of the feminine divine.

Did a highly advanced civilization exist in prehistory?

Indigenous leaders and other visionaries suggest solutions to today's global crisis *; Original Instructions are ancient ways of living from the heart of humanity within the heart of nature *; Explores the convergence of indigenous and contemporary science and the re-indigenization of the world's peoples *; Includes authoritative indigenous voices, including John Mohawk and Winona LaDukeFor millennia the world's indigenous peoples have acted as guardians of the web of life for the next seven generations.

Utilizing the healing power of breath to change consciousness *; Explains how to enter altered states of consciousness, increase paranormal abilities, and resolve old traumas using breathwork *; Introduces the Five Cycles of Change that bring about major life shifts and how to work with them *; Includes 70-minute audio download of chakra-attuned rhythms to play during the journey Incorporating psychospiritual tools with her Shamanic Breathwork practice, Linda Star Wolf shows how to spiritually journey in the same way shamans entrain to the rhythms of drums or rattles using the breath, either alone or together with music.

Margaret Starbird's theological beliefs were profoundly shaken when she read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, a book that dared to suggest that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalen and that their descendants carried on his holy bloodline in Western Europe.

In an era that has reclaimed many aspects of the feminine, Margaret Starbird's The Woman with the Alabaster Jar stands out as a courageous exploration of the scorned feminine in the Western religious tradition.

A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150-year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution *; Shows how thousands of giant skeletons have been found, particularly in the Mississippi Valley, as well as the ruins of the giants' cities *; Explores 400 years of giant finds, including newspaper articles, first person accounts, state historical records, and illustrated field reports *; Reveals the Stonehenge-era megalithic burial complex on Catalina Island with over 4,000 giant skeletons, including kings more than 9 feet tall *; Includes more than 100 rare photographs and illustrations of the lost evidence Drawing on 400 years of newspaper articles and photos, first person accounts, state historical records, and illustrated field reports, Richard J.

The first English translation and examination of secret Japanese writings dating from the paleolithic to classical eras *; Examines four suppressed and secret texts to discover the deeper truths beneath Japanese mythology *; Introduces evidence of ancient civilizations in Japan, the sacred geometry of primitive times, and claims of a non-Earthly origin of the Emperors *; Explores how these texts convey the sacred spiritual science of Japan's Golden Age with parallels in ancient India, Europe, and Egypt In Japan there are roughly two dozen secret manuscripts originally dating back to the paleolithic era, the age of heroes and gods, that have been handed down by the ruling families for centuries.

Discover how to navigate the spiral energy patterns of the Universe for spiritual advancement and conscious evolution *; 2019 Coalition of Visionary Resources Silver Award *; Explains how the cycles of the 13 spirals of Universal energy and the 20 spirals of Earth energy interact on each calendar day as well as provides a Pleiadian perspective on how they influence us and the events in our lives *; Offers practical examples of how you can consciously use the energies prevalent on a given day to your personal, spiritual benefit *; Shares cosmic wisdom teachings from the Pleiadian group known as Laarkmaa Modern science has finally confirmed an essential component of the Pleiadian teachings: Our Universe is not linear; it moves in spirals.

New evidence showing that the earliest origins of human culture, religion, and technology derive from the lost world of the Denisovans *; Explains how Gbekli Tepe and the Giza pyramids are aligned with the constellation of Cygnus and show evidence of enhanced sound-acoustic technology *; Traces the origins of Gbekli Tepe and the Giza pyramids to the Denisovans, a previously unknown human population remembered in myth as a race of giants *; Shows how the ancient belief in Cygnus as the origin point for the human soul is as much as 45,000 years old and originally came from southern Siberia Built at the end of the last ice age around 9600 BCE, Gbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey was designed to align with the constellation of the celestial swan, Cygnus--a fact confirmed by the discovery at the site of a tiny bone plaque carved with the three key stars of Cygnus.

A guide to connecting with the wisdom and energies of ancient Africa and awakening the lion-hearted spiritual warrior within *; Reveals the wisdom and love of the White Lions of Timbavati, who have returned to help us remember our divine origins *; Explores how to reconnect to our original roots in Africa hidden deep within our DNA and remember our sacred contract to guard and protect the natural world *; Offers shamanic journeys to connect with African power animals as well as the energetic hologram of the 31st meridian, the spine of Mother Earth It was predicted by indigenous tribes in Africa that when the White Lions return to their sacred lands in Timbavati we would be in a time of evolutionary and spiritual awakening.

Discover your soul's purpose by following the shamanic path of the heart *; Explains how to engage your heart's navigational guidance system to access your spiritual core directly and find your life purpose and spiritual identity *; Includes shamanic practices to meet your power animals, consult with spirit guides, embark on journeys in the spirit world, slay your inner dragons of self-sabotage and fear, clear emotional wounding patterns, and find your personal spirit song *; Offers case studies and troubleshooting help for common pitfalls and obstacles on the heart-centered shamanic path *; Includes access to 4 guided audio journeys narrated by the author Each of us has a vision for our lives, our soul's purpose awaiting release in our hearts.

Rediscover the lost ancient mystery teachings of the Cosmic Womb *; 2017 Nautilus Silver Award*; Explains how each of us has a holographic blueprint of the Womb of Creation, our spiritual Womb*; Offers practices to help awaken your spiritual Womb, experience the Womb of God within, and activate the Womb's sacred magic of creation and manifestation*; Looks at the power of the moon and its connection to sacred Womb Consciousness*; Explores how the lost Womb mystery teachings were encoded in folk and fairy tales, the legends of the Holy Grail, and the traditions of Mary Magdalene and Sophia*; Includes access to three guided Womb Awakening audio journeysThe Ancients lived by a feminine cosmology of creation, where everything was birthed and dissolved through a sacred universal Womb.

Reveals how the Rothschild Banking Dynasty fomented war and assassination attempts on 4 presidents in order to create the Federal Reserve Bank*; Explains how the Rothschild family began the War of 1812 because Congress failed to renew a 20-year charter for their Central Bank as well as how the ensuing debt of the war forced Congress to renew the charter*; Details Andrew Jackson's anti-bank presidential campaigns, his war on Rothschild agents within the government, and his successful defeat of the Central Bank*; Reveals how the Rothschilds spurred the Civil War and were behind the assassination of LincolnIn this startling investigation into the suppressed history of America in the 1800s, Xaviant Haze reveals how the powerful Rothschild banking family and the Central Banking System, now known as the Federal Reserve Bank, provide a continuous thread of connection between the War of 1812, the Civil War, the financial crises of the 1800s, and assassination attempts on Presidents Jackson and Lincoln.

Eyewitness accounts of Rolling Thunder's remarkable healings, legendary control over the weather and animals, and inspiring teachings*; Includes accounts of Rolling Thunder by his grandson Sidian Morning Star Jones, Stanley Krippner, Alberto Villoldo, Larry Dossey, William Lyon, Jean Millay, John Perry Barlow, Stephan Schwartz, Ed Little Crow, Leslie Gray, Oh Shinna Fast Wolf, Jrgen Kremer, and David Sessions, among others*; Shows how his teachings and powers have transcended his death and how many of his climate change predictions have come to passOne of the most celebrated and controversial Native American medicine men of the 20th century, Rolling Thunder (1916-1997) was known for his remarkable healings and for his ability to call on the forces of Nature, typically in the form of thunder clouds.

Restore your relationship with your soul, break through patterns of dysfunction, and learn to hear the intuitive wisdom of your soul's whisperings*; Explores shamanic tools, modern psychotherapy techniques, and ancient indigenous practices, such as the Native American medicine wheel*; Explains how to differentiate between your Inner Critic and the whisperings of your soul*; Details the Five Cycles of Change that we spiral through on our life's journey of transformation, detailing what to do if you become stuck in one of the cycles*; Includes access to 5 audio journeys Addressing humanity's paradigm shift from linear consciousness to shamanic consciousness, Linda Star Wolf and Nita Gage explore how the art of soul whispering can help each of us understand why we experience our lives the way we do and shift from healing our wounds to embracing the process of transformation.

Use ecstatic trance to journey to the time of Beowulf and learn first hand the ancient magic of the early Nordic people *; Reveals a hidden side to the epic of Beowulf through the perspective of Queen Wealhtheow *; Shows how Grendel respected and would not harm Queen Wealhtheow because she practiced the ancient magic of the Mother Goddess Freyja *; Explains how the magic practices of Queen Wealhtheow provide a blueprint for our emergence from the warlike nature of the past millennia into a time of peace and compassion for our Great Mother Earth Using the altered state of ecstatic trance to access the memories of the Universal Mind, Nicholas Brink takes us back to ancient Scandinavia, to the time of the epic of Beowulf, the oldest piece of literature written in the English language.

A step-by-step guide to animal communication, connecting with your primal mind, and immersing yourself in Nature*; Includes exercises for learning how to become invisible within Nature, sense hidden animals, and communicate with wild animals and birds*; Explains how to approach wild animals and form friendships with them*; Details the intuitive awareness of our hunter-gatherer ancestors and their innate oneness with NatureAnimals and plants are in constant communication with the world around them.

*; Examines how integrating important alchemical images with Gaian science can offer insights into our interconnectedness with Gaia *; Looks at how the four components of the living earth--biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere--mesh with the four elements of alchemical theory and the four functions of consciousness as understood by depth psychology *; Offers guided meditations and contemplative exercises to open your receptivity to messages from the biosphere and help you connect more deeply with Gaia During the scientific revolution, science and soul were drastically separated, propelling humanity into four centuries of scientific exploration based solely on empiricism and rationality.

A firsthand, behind-the-scene account of the controversies surrounding modern explorations at Giza *; Investigates the recent scandals at Giza and claims of secret excavations and tunneling inside the Great Pyramid *; Reveals the historical evidence in support of secret chambers in the Great Pyramid and beneath the Great Sphinx *; Exposes the secret agendas behind the latest explorations on the Giza plateau Since 1993 Robert Bauval has been embroiled in the many controversies involving the search for the lost treasures of the pyramid builders and the quest for the legendary Hall of Records of Atlantis.

A step-by-step tour through our spiritual home in the Pleiades *; Recounts the author's spiritual trials to reach the highest levels of her soul's celestial mansion and her encounters with immortal wisdom teachers such as White Buffalo Woman, Taliesin, Mother Mary, and Grandmother Spider *; Includes lessons to help jettison fear and jealousy so we can continue our ascension to higher consciousness *; Offers a prophetic glimpse into the future of life on Earth, how our planet is the key to conscious evolution, and humanity's divine role as Keepers of Earth Inviting each of us to discover our spiritual home in the higher realms, Mary Beben provides a visionary tour of the celestial mansion of her family in the Pleiades, a home she inhabited prior to this incarnation on Earth.

Connecting with nature and nature beings to help heal us and the Earth *; Provides experiential practices to communicate with nature and access the creative power of the Earth *; Shares transformative wisdom teachings from conversations with nature beings, such as Snowy Owl, Snake, Blackberry, Mushroom, and Glacial Silt, exploring the role of each in bringing balance to the planet Nature and the Earth are conscious.

*; Explains how to awaken your spiritual Womb to find strength within and how to reclaim your softness and vulnerability as a feminine superpower *; Explores Earth Magic, the Moon Mysteries, Flower of Life teachings, Dragon wisdom, the shamanic powers of grief, the feminine archetypes of the Witch and the Priestess, and powerful goddesses from around the world *; Reveals sacred spaces in the world where the power of the Goddess lives on The Womb is the seat of our primal power and intuition--our ';wild knowing.

*; Traces the course of Atlantean civilization through its three empires, as well as the colonies and outposts formed by its survivors in Egypt, Gbekli Tepe, India, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, and North and South America *; Shows how pyramids and other megalithic monuments testify to the survival of a ';Sacred Science' of Atlantean origin and how this Sacred Science provided the foundation for esoteric traditions and secret societies throughout the ages *; Draws on more than 500 ancient and modern sources and the author's own personal exploration of hundreds of archaeological sites Exploring more than 100,000 years of Earth's history, Marco Vigato combines recent discoveries in the the fields of archaeology, geology, anthropology, and genetics with the mystery teachings of antiquity to investigate the true origins of civilization.

*; Presents interviews with ten contemporary practitioners of spirit marriage, exploring how the relationship developed and the opportunities and challenges *; Discusses the author's own spirit marriage, including her awakening as an erotic mystic and her encounters with her Faery beloved *; Explains how to cultivate a spirit marriage, sharing precautions and practices to spiritually prepare yourself and navigate the potential challenges of spirit marriage Exploring the phenomenon of the spirit spouse or spirit lover--an entity to which a human is psychically bonded--Megan Rose, Ph.

*; 2022 Nautilus Silver Award *; Award Winner in the Spirituality: General category of the 2021 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest *; Explains how Mary was born into a lineage of powerful women who cultivated and passed on the ability to consciously conceive elevated beings *; Includes a complete translation of the Infancy Gospel of James and reveals the hidden codes it contains relating to the practice of miraculous conception *; Shows how Mary was trained and initiated in the ';womb mysteries' and reveals the esoteric techniques she used to conceive Jesus Delving into one of the Virgin Mary's forgotten gospels, the Infancy Gospel of James, Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso, Ph.

A powerful story of spiritual awakening, reconnection with Nature, and rekindling of ancestral wisdom *; Details the author's encounters with ancestral spirits and animal teachers, such as Coy-Wolf, and profound moments of direct connection with the natural world *; Shows how ancestral connections and intimate communications with Nature are not unique or restricted to those with indigenous cultural roots *; Reveals how reconnection with ancestors and the natural world offers insight and solutions for the complex problems we face We are but a few generations removed from millennia spent living in intimate contact with the natural world and in close commune with ancestral spirits.

A guide to harnessing the ancient power of hieroglyphs *; Reveals hieroglyphs as magical tools for manifesting ideas in the material world *; Offers in-depth interpretations of 60 hieroglyphs and guidelines for understanding them as words of power, oracles, and dream symbols *; Explains how to create your own hieroglyph cards and amulets and use them for divination, meditation, and manifestation work Words are magic.

Reveals the tradition of goddess worship in early Judaism and how Jesus attempted to restore the feminine side of the faith *; Provides historical and archaeological evidence for an earlier form of Hebrew worship with both male and female gods, including a 20th-century discovery of a Hebrew temple dedicated to both Yahweh and the warrior goddess Anat *; Explores the Hebrew pantheon of goddesses, including Yahweh's wife, Asherah, goddess of fertility and childbirth *; Shows how both Jesus and his great rival Simon Magus were attempting to restore the ancient, goddess-worshipping religion of the Israelites Despite what Jews and Christians--and indeed most people--believe, the ancient Israelites venerated several deities besides the Old Testament god Yahweh, including the goddess Asherah, Yahweh's wife, who was worshipped openly in the Jerusalem Temple.