Most complete guide of instructions for manipulation of points/zones you will ever find in 6 laminated pages. Organized by anatomical system and then by organ being affected, and what ailment the manipulation would address. This guide is a companion to our anatomical mapping of zones available as a guide as well as a poster. Suggested ......
Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends
Philadelphia is known for many things: brotherly love, Revolutionary War history, passionate sports fans, cheesesteaks, and Rocky are merely a few of them. But the Founding Fathers didn't just walk the streets of Philadelphia 200 years ago, many still walk here...or so the story goes. Along the streets of Philadelphia you can find the ghosts of ......
The first book to present mindfulness and yoga-based treatment for dysregulated, consumption-oriented disorders Mindfulness and yoga-based approaches as beneficial supplements to traditional mental health paradigms are well supported by empirical research. While numerous texts have examined these approaches for treatment of depression, anxiety, ......
This collection includes voices and perspectives from prisoners, former prisoners, scholars, and activists to examine the invisible and closed system of incarceration that characterizes the massive U.S. prison industry. The book explores the role of writing in carceral settings, including material realities, ethics, and social justice.
This collection includes voices and perspectives from prisoners, former prisoners, scholars, and activists to examine the invisible and closed system of incarceration that characterizes the massive U.S. prison industry. The book explores the role of writing in carceral settings, including material realities, ethics, and social justice.
Among our country's treasures are its colleges and universities, meccas of culture and higher learning--and paranormal activity. Haunted Colleges and Universities, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings at colleges and universities, will leave readers delightfully frightened.
Master Zhongxian Wu explores WuDao through systematic instruction of select practices from the legendary Dai Family Style XinYi Martial Arts School. This DVD includes detailed instructions and explanations of select XinYi movements, and a full, uninterrupted practice. With a bonus feature demonstrating the martial arts applications, it provides a ......
In his unprecedented account of the way of martial arts, Master Zhongxian Wu explores WuDao through systematic instruction of select practices from the legendary Dai Family Style XinYi Martial Arts School. Traditional Chinese martial arts embody the richness and depth of Daoist philosophy, and their disciplined practice is an effective way to ......
Drawing on his more than 40-years of experience in paranormal investigation, the author uses on-site examinations, lab experiments, and other detective methods to uncover the facts behind some of the world's most incredible miracle claims.
From the most ancient times, people have experienced apparent contact with spirits of the dead. Some have awakened to see a ghost at their bedside or encountered a spectral figure gliding through a medieval castle. This book presents a serious investigation into one of the most persistent and perplexing mysteries of all time - do ghosts exist?
In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one’s point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as "magic" or positively as "theurgy." This has led to numerous problems of interpretation, ......
Who Believes, Why They Believe, and Why It Matters
Angels, ESP, psychics, ghosts, communicating with the dead, UFOs - these are just some of the astounding phenomena accepted as valid by a substantial proportion of the public. This title explores paranormal beliefs as a social phenomenon - who believes, why, and what are the consequences?
Chungliang Al Huang is the founder of Living Tao Foundation, an international cultural-arts network for lifelong learning, and the director of the Lan Ting Institute, a cross-cultural study and conference center at the sacred and historic Wu Yi Mountain, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the People's Republic of China, and at Gold Beach on the ......
If legend, and eyewitness accounts are to be believed, since ancient times we have shared our planet with various 'man-beasts'. From the Abominable Snowman to Zombies, these creatures have managed to terrify and enthrall us in equal measure. This work takes us on a journey into the shadowy world of the 'man-beast' and whether they truly exist.
This book is a response to the author's young son once asking, 'Where on earth is heaven?' For Jonathan Stedall, what lies behind this question has motivated his long career as a distinguished documentary director. He has worked with some of the most original and thoughtful minds of our time. His films about Tolstoy, Gandhi, Jung, the educational ......
"This is one of the meanings of the Mystery of Golgotha: the attainment of the unity of humanity from within. Externally, human beings are becoming more and more different. The result will be not sameness but difference over the Earth, and human beings must exert all the more force from within to attain unity" --Rudolf Steiner (lecture 4) In this ......
Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness
The key developments in 20th-century physics, such as the uncertainty principle and the butterfly effect, support the notion that God or a universal mind acts upon material reality. This book provides an incisive analysis of popular theories that seek to link spirituality to physics. It challenges many popular notions of God and spirituality.
A Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies, for Man as Well as Animals: Of Their Virtue and Efficacy in Healing Diseases, etc
Johann Georg Hohman's Long Lost Friend compiled practical uses of mysterious folk magic and rural home remedies rooted in medieval Europe. First published in America in 1820, these methods derive from Christian theology and shamanistic practices often credited to German immigrants. The chapbook exposes the spells, charms, benedictions, ......
Designed as a cover to cover read which leaves the reader with a working knowledge of the human brain from its first evolution 2 billion years ago to the present day. A light-hearted look at the brain aimed at a lay audience. It especially focuses on the neurobiology of emotional intelligence and in many ways is the neurobiological explanation of ......
A collection of articles which explores pseudoscience and strange religious beliefs. This book covers a range of topics - including UFOs, rainmaking, ghosts, the Big Bang, ESP, Oral Roberts, as well as the early history of spiritualism and bizarre 'trance channelling' cults.
Carlos Castaneda meets Jack Kerouac in an unforgettable true story: a metaphysical quest for the Grail through initiation and inner vision....Disillusioned with his life as an entrepreneur in the mid-1980s, Richard Leviton closed down his business and headed for the ancient Celtic town of Glastonbury, England, on a quest for meaning. Arriving on ......
"Perception of the idea within the actual is the true communion of the human being" --Goethe Religious ritual is often seen as a way of bringing divine influences down into the material world. In this profound and stimulating work, Rudolf Steiner and Friedrich Benesch introduce the idea of "reverse ritual"--a way that each of us can raise our ......
Do you have a supernatural soul? If you think you do, have you asked yourself why you think so? How we answer these questions affects what we believe about ourselves and how we live our lives. This book examines these issues from the diverse perspectives of neuroscience, biblical scholarship, the history of ideas, and quantum physics.
Looks at science as a dogmatic attempt to explain phenomena in prefabricated and often constrictive terms. This title intends to recount hundreds of strange situations that the author felt eluded scientific explanation - from black rain to six-legged lambs - many of which were reported in mainstream scientific publications.
The willingness of people to believe in magical icons, mystical relics, and miraculous pictures (like the Image of Guadalupe) is almost as curious as these phenomena themselves. This book confronts such strange events, powers, and objects as the Shroud of Turin, bleeding or weeping statues, burning handprints, and liquefying blood.
This sweeping study of mysticism by Jess Hollenback considers the writings and experiences of a broad range of traditional religious mystics, including Teresa of Avila, Black Elk, and Gopi Krishna. It also makes use of a new category of sources that more traditional scholars have almost entirely ignored, namely, the autobiographies and writings ......
The well-known Russian author looks at the historical validity of Atlantis and its ongoing effects on our present-day life, especially regarding its parallels to our own seemingly suicidal behavior.