Life-affirming and lyrical writings for inspiration and meditation, from saints and sages of the Christian, Hindu, Sufi, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions.
The term "e;spiritual transmission"e; refers to the passing of the state of enlightenment from teacher to student, which takes place in many spiritual traditions.
Practical Mysticism in Islam and Christianity offers a comparative study of the works of the Sufi-poet Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) and the practical teachings of the German Dominican, Meister Eckhart (c1260-1327/8).
This book focuses on women's important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality.
Shi`i Ismaili Muslims are unique in following for centuries a living, hereditary Imam (spiritual leader), whom they believe to be directly descended from the Prophet Muhammad.
A view into the sophisticated and highly advanced civilization that preceded the world of the pharaohs *; Presents historical evidence of the civilization ruled by the ';gods' that the Egyptians claimed preceded their own *; Explains who these prehistoric people were, what happened to them, and why they built a series of pyramids along the west bank of the Nile River Traditional Egyptologists have long resisted the notion that the architectural achievements of the Ancient Egyptians required the existence of a much more sophisticated technology than would have existed at that time.
WILD MEDICINE FOR APOCALYPTIC TIMES This Witchs devotional is a collection of nature-inspired prayers, mythic incantations, stories, and pagan poetry that can be enjoyed slowly or all at once.
For this new anthology, Anthony Bonner has chosen central texts from his acclaimed two-volume compilation Selected Works of Ramon Llull (Princeton, 1985).
Newton's heretical yet equation-incisive writings on theology, spirituality, alchemy, and prophecy, written in secret alongside his Principia Mathematica *; Shows how Newton's brilliance extended far beyond math and science into alchemy, spirituality, prophecy, and the search for lost continents such as Atlantis *; Explains how he was seeking to rediscover the one true religion that existed prior to the Flood of Noah, when science and spirituality were one *; Examines Newton's alternate timeline of prehistory and his study of prophecy through the Book of Revelations, including his prediction of Apocalypse in the year 2060 Isaac Newton (1643-1727) is still regarded by the world as the greatest scientist who ever lived.
Life is a Pilgrimage is an inspiring and thought provoking selection of the discourses sent by Sufi teacher Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan to his students from 1983 to 2004.
A fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion written for a broad, interdisciplinary audience Sacred languages have been used for foundational texts, liturgy, and ritual for millennia, and many have remained virtually unchanged through the centuries.
At the core of the Christian faith lies the spiritual journey to the heart of ultimate reality, or Goddescribed by some mystics as a dazzling darkness.
The nine essays that make up this volume provide cutting-edge studies of how sacred tradition is given new expression through vision and interpretation.
Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Druidismus – eine Reise, die von den mystischen keltischen Ursprüngen bis hin zur modernen International Grand Lodge of Druidism führt.
A history of yoga's transformation from sacred discipline to exercise program to embodied spiritual practice *; Identifies the origin of exercise yoga as India's response to the mania for exercise sweeping the West in the early 20th century *; Examines yoga's transformations through the lives and accomplishments of 11 key figures, including Sri Yogendra, K.
The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus.
*; Explains how a Vampyre is not a blood-sucking mythical figure but a shaman who is skilled in gathering, using, and storing energy for magical power and personal liberation *; Reveals how to gather and store energy from the world around you and shares magical techniques, manifestation methods, and practices to utilize the energy you have collected *; Looks at servitors and familiars, vampyric runes, dream architecture, money magick practices, and sex magick techniques as well as advanced practices such as healing with vampyric magick In this initiatory guide, Don Webb explains how to learn from the myth of the vampire to gather, use, and store energy for magical power, manifestation, and personal liberation.
An inside account of the Chinese invasion of Tibet told through the voices of three persecuted monks*; 2024 International Book Award Nonfiction - Creative Category*; Shares the true story of three monks' heroic escape from occupied Tibet and the subsequent rebirth of the Bn religion in exile*; Introduces Bn, Tibet's oldest religion, and a traditional way of life extinguished by foreign occupation*; Reveals details of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet and the exodus of thousands of Tibetans to neighboring countriesProviding an inside view into the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the tenets of Bn, one of the world's oldest but least known religions, this book chronicles the true story of three Bn monks who heroically escaped occupied Tibet and went on to rebuild their culture through incredible resilience, determination, and passion.
A journey from Burning Man to the Akashic Field that suggest how 5-MeO-DMT triggers the human capacity for higher knowledge through direct contact with the zero-point field *; Examines Bufo alvarius toad venom, which contains the potent natural psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT, and explores its entheogenic use *; Proposes a new connection between the findings of modern physics and the knowledge held by shamans and religious sages for millennia The venom from Bufo alvarius, an unusual toad found in the Sonoran desert, contains 5-MeO-DMT, a potent natural chemical similar in effect to the more common entheogen DMT.
This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the perspective of literary and cultural studies.
A rebel angel's observations from her half-million years on Earth and her perspective on the spiritual journey of her human charge *; Explains the hidden motivations behind Lucifer's angelic rebellion 203,000 years ago and watcher Georgia's participation in it *; Explores the benevolent intentions of the Multiverse both in quarantining our planet to contain the rebellion and in now allowing our return *; Describes how the coming spiritual transition will be gentle and our future positive More than two hundred millennia ago the high angel Lucifer launched a revolution among the angelic hierarchy, which led to the quarantine of 37 planets, including our own, from the rest of the Multiverse.
This broad-ranging study, the first full-length investigation of conceptions of faith and trust in the Judeo-Arabic tradition, explores a family of related conceptsfaith (imn, emunah), conviction (itiqad), and trust/reliance (tawakkul/ittikl)in Saadya, Baya, Halevi, Maimonides, Abraham Maimonides, and the Egyptian pietist circle of Abraham he-asid.
*; Develops the concept of the metaverse, the ';transcendental universe,' composed of additional hidden dimensions operating in parallel with space and time*; Integrates and maps the theories of consciousness developed by Carl Jung, David Bohm, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and other scientists*; Offers the reader a path into the hidden dimensions through detailed maps of psyche, mind, and cosmosThe "e;metaverse"e;as this wider universe is now coming to be knownis rooted in one interconnected consciousness that encompasses space and time as well as previously unknown dimensions only recently detected.
Delve into the mysteries of The Egyptian Book of the Dead, a timeless collection of spells, rituals, and myths that illuminate the ancient civilization's profound understanding of life, death, and the afterlife.
