Other religions and spiritual beliefs

The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world.

2025 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARDS WINNER: EUROPEAN HISTORYIn June 1609, two judges left Bordeaux for a territory at the very edge of their jurisdiction, a Basque-speaking province on the Atlantic coast called the Pays de Labourd.

The Mormon Culture of Salvation presents a comprehensive study of Mormon cultural and religious life, offering important new theories of Mormonism - one of the fastest growing movements and thought by many to be the next world religion.

One Palm Sunday, Echo Bodine prayed to be granted a better understanding of worlds beyond this one, and three days later she found herself on an amazing voyage.

Explores the deep, internal work necessary for the effective practice of tai chi*; Reveals the Taoist principles that gave birth to the Yang-style tai chi forms*; Shows how tai chi can circulate powerful healing energies through the bodyTaoist adepts developed tai chi as both a martial art and a way to cultivate their physical body, energy body, and spirit body.

The first book in English to apply ancient Japanese Shinto traditions to daily spiritual fulfillment.

Hereis your guide to creating rituals that not only nurture your mind and body but also nourish your intuition and your inner divinity with witchcraft, spellwork, the phases of the moon, and more.

Originally published in 1979.

Religious culture is an important keyword for understanding rapidly changing East Asian society, especially China, Japan, and Korea.

Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and "e;zen"e; is now part of the global cultural lexicon.

This accessible guide to the development of Japan s indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto s enduring religious identity.

Buddhism and Taoism remain vibrant and prominent in Singapore's religious landscape.

During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting.

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.

Tribal societies in India observe a diverse set of religious practices which are a quintessential part of their community life.

In October 2018, a white supremacist murdered eleven Jewish worshipers and wounded six others at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the deadliest attack on Jews ever perpetrated in the United States.

From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the social, political and military life in Japan.

Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, is the highest meditative practice of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connecting the sacred and the secular.

A reflection on the diverse ways Western humanity has attempted to escape its frightening historyThis book reflects on Western humanity's efforts to escape from history and its terrors-from the existential condition and natural disasters to the endless succession of wars and other man-made catastrophes.

Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have a profoundly philosophical dimension.

A hands-on method to heal the waters of Gaia using powerful elixirs created with a sacred altar and consecrated crystals *; Reveals, step by step, the shamanic rituals and techniques to prepare crystal homeopathic elixirs to heal the waters of the Earth *; Explains how to create a sacred water altar in your home for elixir preparation as well as program the crystals used with healing intentions *; Includes shamanic journey meditations to connect with ancient water spirits and infuse your water-healing work with sacred intention When Hurricane Floyd ravaged the North Carolina coast in 1999, Kathryn Ravenwood--living thousands of miles away in Seattle--was called by Spirit to help heal the toxic waters left behind.

This book explores the symbiotic relationship that exists between African spirituality and ethics.

The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world.

Fire Under My Feet seeks to expose the diverse, significant, and often under-researched historical and developmental phenomena revealed by studies in the dance systems of the African Diaspora.

Beginning with the medieval period, this book collates and reviews first-hand scholarship on Muslims in the Middle East and South Asia, as noted down by eminent British travellers, sleuths and observers of lived Islam.

A detailed account of the transformation of consciousness and discovery of life's purpose brought on by peyote *; Shows how peyote and other visionary plants do not distort reality but gloriously unveil it, pulling the mind out of its cosmic slumber and revealing our unity with all life *; Explains the necessity when working with peyote to remain the master of one's mind and consciously work on oneself *; Examines how modern society's revulsion to sacramental plants and other consciousness expanders is deeply rooted in Western philosophy Charles Duits was caught in the grip of a dead-end existential and spiritual crisis.

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology.

In Ireland, the link between place and myth is strong, and there is no more enlightening way to understand the rich tapestry of Irish mythology, and its relationship to our true history, than by reading the landscape.

Dont mistake mere words to be the meaning of the teachings.

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Navigate the world's belief systems with this faith-filled resource!

Memory and Urban Religion in the Ancient World brings together scholars and researchers working on memory and religion in ancient urban environments.

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.

Jainism is arguably the most non-violent and austere religion in the world.

Examining early Chinese ritual discourse during the Warring States and early Western Han Periods, this book reveals how performance became a fundamental feature of ritual and politics in early China.

The Divine Mother is known by many names and takes many forms.

Yongming Yanshou ranks among the great thinkers of the Chinese and East Asian Buddhist traditions, one whose legacy has endured for more than a thousand years.

Witchcraft, Witch-hunting, and Politics in Early Modern England constitutes a wide-ranging and original overview of the place of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the broader culture of early modern England.

Since time immemorial indigenous people have engaged in legal relationships with other-than-human-persons.

A visionary guide to safely using psilocybin mushrooms to tap in to the wisdom of Nature and reconnect humanity to the biosphere *; Explores the ecopsychological effects of wild psychedelic mushrooms, including enhanced biophilia, expanded awareness, eco-shamanic encounters, and access to the ancient wisdom that binds all life on Earth *; Examines the most recent scientific studies on psilocybin in the U.

Although our moral lives would be unrecognisable without them, roles have received little attention from analytic moral philosophers.

What is sacrifice?

Originally published in 1979.