Other religions and spiritual beliefs

The year 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat - what will this mean for you?

This book began with a simple question: when readers such as us encounter the term magic or figures of magicians in early modern texts, dramatic or otherwise, how do we read them?

This volume brings together works by established and emerging scholars to consider the work and impact of Bhai Vir Singh.

This book began with a simple question: when readers such as us encounter the term magic or figures of magicians in early modern texts, dramatic or otherwise, how do we read them?

This volume brings together works by established and emerging scholars to consider the work and impact of Bhai Vir Singh.

This book brings attention to the understudied and often overlooked question of how curricula and classroom practices might inadvertently reproduce exclusionary discourses and narratives that omit or negate particular cultures, histories, and wisdom traditions.

This volume explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories that transcend time, space, and boundaries transmitted historically from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts.

Black magic, occult practices and witchcraft still evoke huge curiosity, interest and amazement in the minds of people.

Black magic, occult practices and witchcraft still evoke huge curiosity, interest and amazement in the minds of people.

Beyond Compare is a remarkable work that offers a commentary on spiritual learning for the twenty-first century rooted in two classic texts from the Hindu and Christian traditions: the Essence of the Three Auspicious Mysteries by r Vednta Deika and Treatise on the Love of God by St.

*; Shares insights from herbalism, ecology, neurobiology, psychology, Irish history, and magical tradition to show how to tap into the flow of communication from the wild world*; Explores the seven principles of animist herbalism and the ancient Irish understanding of the ';three cauldrons' of the body, showing how they can be applied to the practice of modern herbalism*; Introduces thirteen important plant and fungi allies and provides simple practices for deepening your connections with wild plants and your ancestorsTo our ancestors, the wild world around them was filled with meaning, guidance, and insight.

Bridging the mystical and the scientific for Maximum Medicine*; 2024 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold and Silver Awards in separate categories*; 2024 Nautilus Silver Award*; Shows how applying shamanic and energy medicine techniques alongside allopathic medicine can shift your health and allow you to increase your life force*; Reveals how to sense the energy body in order to understand imbalances and develop greater control over your health*; Looks at new ways of viewing health challenges and visualizing the potential for healing using symbolic medicine wheels and the Andean symbol of the ChacanaFor more than 20 years, Dr.

A practical guide to using flowers in magical practice*; Provides detailed instruction on every stage of the harvesting, crafting, and practical use of flower magic potions, including a comprehensive herbarium of all the flowers that may be used*; Discusses what type of flower and form of flower magic is best for specific enchantments and rituals in the areas of love and sex magic, healing and focusing, and protection*; Looks at the physical and spiritual gifts of bees and the importance of bee culture in Druidic flower magicFlowers are found in magic traditions around the world, from those in ancient Egypt, China, and India to the traditions of the Norse and Native Americans.

An initiatory and practical guide to creative alchemy*; Shares hermetic and alchemical techniques for liberating creative expression and looks at the zodiacal and planetary timing of creative operations*; Explains how to work with and transmute alchemical energies for increased levels of insight, intuition, and imaginative expression*; Explores the connections between Surrealism and alchemy, as well as the rich and complicated symbolism of alchemical artIn this initiatory guide to the Hermetic art of alchemy, artist Marlene Seven Bremner reveals how the alchemical opus, the Great Work, offers a practical means for liberating the authentic creator within and attaining gnosis, or true self-knowledge.

This interdisciplinary book combines digital technology with Eastern philosophy to examine how the concept of Zhongyong in Confucianism can be used to coordinate digital technology with sustainable agriculture.

Zimbabwe has invested in women's emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women's leadership in Africa.

Los conocimientos del Culto Xangô de Recife que sirven de base para lo que se indaga a lo largo de las páginas de Santos y Daimones.

This book explores stage conjuring during its "e;golden age,"e; from about 1860 to 1910.

This book explores stage conjuring during its "e;golden age,"e; from about 1860 to 1910.

Zimbabwe has invested in women's emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women's leadership in Africa.

The book is a collection of essays and anecdotes that explore the existence and activities of demons and evil spirits.

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

Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged western understandings of man s place in the world.

Devil worship, black magic, and witchcraft have long captivated anthropologists as well as the general public.

How might we envision animism through the lens of the anthropology of anthropology ?

Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists.

Belief in magic and particularly the power of witchcraft was once a deep and enduring presence in popular culture.

Neither power nor morality but both.

Spiritualism emerged in western New York in 1848 and soon achieved a wide following due to its claim that the living could commune with the dead.

This life is a gift from existence, to be lived and enjoyed.

This first Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or "e;Scripture on Great Peace,"e; documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism's origins.

When over 900 followers of the Peoples Temple religious group committed suicide in 1978, they left a legacy of suspicion and fear.

Moving beyond the usual interpretations of this classic Chinese text that of using it as an indicator of what to do next or attempting to predict the future Osho is using the Tao Te Ching as Lao Tzu intended: to ignite the flame of individual awareness and insight.

';Dear Asha, why is this happening to me?

A hungry ghost in old Beijing meets his match in a crafty boy.

';[An] inspiration.

Yogananda was one of the most significant spiritual teachers of the 20th century.

World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resourcePacked with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and politics behind the world's most controversial resource.

Take a step back in time to the origins of Japan's creation myth--told here for the very first time in illustrated form.