A guide to meditative breathing practices in Western religions and how these practices provide a direct experience of God *; Reveals how Western spiritual traditions, such as the Book of Genesis, the Jewish teachings of ruach, and the poetry of Rumi, contain hidden instruction for meditative breathing practices *; Explains how breathing practices can bring all of us, including Christians, Muslims, and Jews, closer to a direct experience of the palpable presence of God *; Provides guidelines and best practices for meditative breathing through a personal journal of the author's own meditative retreat Surprised by the number of attendees from Western spiritual traditions at his Buddhist retreats, Will Johnson wanted to understand what drew them to this type of spiritual experience.
One of the most articulate and biblically grounded voices of the Radical Reformation, Peter Riedemann was only twenty-three when he penned this impassioned confession of faith in the gloom of a sixteenth-century Austrian dungeon.
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.
Shirley describes her family, and their early struggles, the trials and tribulations she went through during the Civil Rights movement, her early singing career, and her callilng to become a pastor and concert performer.
You have been called to ministry with young peoplethose journeying through adolescence and those emerging from their teenage years to find themselves navigating the unpredictable and full-of-firsts years of their twenties and thirties.
In einer Zeit, in der religiöse und kulturelle Unterschiede oft als Hindernisse wahrgenommen werden, bietet "Frieden durch Vielfalt" einen erfrischenden und tiefgehenden Blick auf die Möglichkeiten des harmonischen Miteinanders.
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.
*; 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.
As we read this book we will gain insights into what the bible has to say about: creation, who the Sons of God are; how the Nephilim came to be and how they re-emerged after the flood; why Noah got drunk, why God 'hated' Esau and more.
Este libro recorre la Iglesia española de los siglos XIX y XX deteniéndose en diez episodios: una guerra(Independencia), una institución (Inquisición), una restauración (Compañía de Jesús), un tipo sacerdotal (el cura liberal exaltado), una desamortización (de bienes culturales), una devoción (Corazón de Jesús), un santo (José María Rubio), un régimen político (segunda república), una noble tarea (cultura católica) y un sector del clero (los religiosos).
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 beautifully evocative account of one man's odyssey to discover authentic and unbroken magical traditions in the East and reawaken them in the West *; Details the author's encounters with the Naga Babas, his initiation into their tradition, and his experience at the Kumbh Mela, the largest spiritual gathering on Earth *; Shares the similarities he discovered between the teachings of the Indian tradition and the Western traditions of magic, alchemy, and pagan pantheons *; Introduces a wide cast of characters, including Goa Gil, the world-renowned guru of the Goa techno-trance scene, and Mahant Amar Bharti Ji, a ';raised-arm Baba,' who for more than 40 years has held up one arm in devotion to Shiva Beautifully detailing his spiritual pilgrimage from West to East and back again, in the age of strife known as the Kali Yuga, Aki Cederberg shares the authentic and unbroken magical traditions he experienced in India and Nepal and how his search for a spiritual homeland ultimately led him back to his native Europe.
An insider's account of the journey to become an ayahuasquero, a shaman who heals with the visionary vine ayahuasca *; Details the author's training and life as a curandero using ayahuasca medicine, San Pedro cactus, tobacco purges, psychedelic mushrooms, and other visionary plants *; Offers first-hand accounts of miraculous healing where ayahuasca revealed the cause of the illness, including how the author healed his mother from liver cancer *; Shows how ';ayahuasca tourism' symbolizes the Western world's reawakening need to connect with the universal life force For more than 20 years American-born Alan Shoemaker has apprenticed and worked with shamans in Ecuador and Peru, learning the traditional methods of ayahuasca preparation, the ceremonial rituals for its use, and how to commune with the healing spirit of this sacred plant as well as the spirit of the San Pedro cactus and other sacred plant allies.
This beautiful presentation ofBlessed Names and Characteristics of Prophet Muhammad draws the reader nearer to the Prophet through contemplation and reflection of his names, their meaning and how each shapes our daily lives.
Reveals the secret teachings of the Khwajagan, the Masters of Wisdom of Turkish Sufism *; Provides biographies for the entire lineage of teachers in the Naqshbandi order, such as Yusuf Hamdani, the first recognized Khwajagan, and Baha' al-Din Naqshband, from whom the Naqshbandi order of Sufis took its name *; Shows that this spiritual path focuses on expanding awareness of the heart to reach God-consciousness *; An essential guide for understanding Itlak Yolu, the Sufi path of Absolute Liberation, and fana', Annihilation in God Almost one thousand years ago a new and powerful nexus of spiritual transmission emerged in Central Asia and lasted for five centuries, reaching its culmination in the work of the Khwajagan, or ';Masters of Wisdom.
In this sixth and final volume in the Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, Geshe Tashi Tsering brings his familiar, helpful approach to the esoteric practices of Buddhist tantra.
