An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth *; Reveals the numerical code by which the ancients maintained high standards of art and culture *; Sets out the alchemical formulas for the fusion of elements and the numerical origins of various sacred names and numbers *; Describes the rediscovery of knowledge associated with the Holy Grail, through which the influence of the Heavenly Order is made active on Earth The priests of ancient Egypt preserved a geometrical canon, a numerical code of harmonies and proportions, that they applied to music, art, statecraft, and all the institutions of their civilization.
The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi*; Presents Rumi's most heretical and free-form poems*; Includes introductions and commentary that provide both 13th-century context and modern interpretationAfter his overwhelming and life-altering encounters with Shams of Tabriz, Rumi, the great thirteenth-century mystic, poet, and originator of the whirling dervishes, let go of many of the precepts of formal religion, insisting that only a complete personal dissolving into the larger energies of God could provide the satisfaction that the heart so desperately seeks.
An investigation into the ancient technologically advanced artifacts amassed by Father Carlo Crespi and how they offer proof of Atlantis in South America *; Includes photos and descriptions of the strange machines and beautiful artifacts that once comprised the ';Crespi Treasure' *; Connects Crespi's treasures to readings by Edgar Cayce and Annie Besant's descriptions of Atlantean colonies in Ecuador *; Reveals the nuclear war between the Atlanteans and the Aryans and the radioactive evidence left behind in the Bahamas and Pakistan In 1923 an Italian priest, Father Carlo Crespi, came to Ecuador as a missionary.
The classic follow-up to the bestselling The Crack in the Cosmic Egg *; Explains the process of acculturation and the mechanisms that create our self-limiting ';cosmic egg' of consensus reality *; Reveals how our biological development innately creates a ';crack' in our cosmic egg--leaving a way to return to the unencumbered consciousness of childhood *; Explores ways to discover and explore the ';crack' to restore wholeness to our minds and reestablish our ability to create our own realities In this classic follow-up to his bestselling The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Joseph Chilton Pearce explains the process of acculturation and the mechanisms that create our self-limiting ';cosmic egg' of consensus reality.
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality.
From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality.
Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson.
Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson.
'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.
As David Ovason shows, eclipse have always marked turning points in history and in the lives of individuals: the foundation of Rome, the crucifixion, the saving of the live of Christopher Columbus, the foundation of Washington DC, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and even the future fall from grace of President Clinton are among Ovason's many examples.
'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.
Mayan daykeeper Hunbatz Men reveals the multi-calendar system of the Maya that guided the lives of his ancestors and how it can guide us today *; The first book to reveal the secrets of the Mayan Pleiades calendar: the Tzek'eb *; Explains how the Maya used their astronomical knowledge to guide their lives on Earth The Mayan Calendar has taken on special prominence with the imminent arrival of 2012, a date that many claim is the end of that calendar.
A practical guide for inviting the wisdom of Mary Magdalene into everyday life *; Provides a unique workbook for use in the spiritual pathwork of Magdalene Circles *; Includes wisdom stories, guided meditations, journaling questions, and essays by Margaret Starbird, author of The Woman with the Alabaster Jar *; Designed for those involved in Magdalene Circles and those interested in applying the sacred feminine wisdom of the Goddess to their lives Women's circles have been called a ';revolutionary-evolutionary movement hidden in plain sight' by Jean Shinoda Bolen and have been hailed as capable of affecting global change.
A new translation and analysis of one of the most controversial of the apocryphal gospels *; Emphasizes an initiatic marriage between the male and female principles as the heart of the Christian mystery *; Bears witness to the physical relationship shared by Jesus and Mary Magdalene *; Translated from the Coptic and analyzed by the author of the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (over 90,000 sold The mainstream position of the Christian church on sexuality was perhaps best summed up by Pope Innocent III (1160-1216) when he stated that ';the sexual act is so shameful that it is intrinsically evil.
A kaleidoscopic story of myth, Spiritualism, and the Victorian search for Utopia from one of the brightest and most original non-fiction writers at work today.
"e;While there is now no lack of books which regale the English reader with selections from the Talmud, tales from the Talmud and wise sayings of the Rabbis, there is no work which attempts a comprehensive survey of the doctrine of this important branch of Jewish literature.
Parmi les personnages et les thèmes de la Bible souvent exploités dans l’art, la littérature, les réflexions philosophique, théologique, politique et liturgique, le roi et la royauté se taillent la part du lion : par exemple, l’institution de la royauté en Israël, Saül le roi fou, le jeune David qui devient le roi selon le cœur de Dieu, Salomon le roi sage, les deux royaumes d’Israël et de Juda, la reine Jézabel et bien d’autres rois encore, accompagnés de prophètes qui les conseillent et les critiquent, le roi Hérode, mégalomane et massacreur d’enfants, mais aussi grand bâtisseur, l’espérance de la venue du Messie, celui qui a reçu l’onction royale, Jésus le Messie des chrétiens, nommé dans le Nouveau Testament roi des Juifs ou roi des rois.
'Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source'Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interpretation, and the only dream-book to have survived complete from Graeco-Roman times.
'Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source'Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interpretation, and the only dream-book to have survived complete from Graeco-Roman times.
The following passage from the biography of Arsene Darmesteter, prefixed to Volume I of his Reliques Scientifiques, deserves quotation, both on account of its criticism of Emanuel Deutsch's brilliant article on the Talmund, which originally appeared in the quarterly review for October, 1867, and as an illustration of the phenomenon, often noted in the scientific world, that investigators, wholly independent and perhaps in ignorance of each other, publish work of similar import simultaneously, though the phase of the subject presented may have been completely neglected up to that time.
