The Cell Of Self-Knowledge Seven Early English Mystical Treatises Printed By Henry Pepwell In 1521
Sacred Simplicity How Spiritual Minimalism Restores Peace in a World of Excess.
The Miracles Among Us
From Fox News Senior Medical Analyst and Clinical Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Health, Dr. Marc Siegel, comes a collection of powerful, true-life stories of healing, faith, and surprise.Almost everything a doctor sees can be explained scientifically. Almost.Drawing from his extensive experience as a physician, Dr. Marc Siegel explores the profound and often mysterious intersection between faith and medicine. He shares riveting stories of patients who have experienced remarkable recoveries, challenging the boundaries of medical science. These narratives highlight not only the resilience of the human body, but also the inexplicable moments when intuition and foresight play a crucial role in healing.Doctors see more than just patients who are cured against all odds.From a rabbi who somehow knew a carpenter's infant son had a heart problem, to an NFL player's amazing survival from a rare kind of cardiac arrest, these stories bolster the belief there is a higher power at work.Miracles Among Us reminds us that God's love has the capacity to surprise us even in our darkest moments. Whether you are a healthcare professional, a patient, or simply someone intrigued by the mysteries of medicine, this book provides an enlightening exploration of how miracles manifest in everyday life.
The Tent of the Meeting
The unique design of the Tent of the Meeting (or Tabernacle of Moses as its is also known) which was built strictly according to God's instructions, clearly illustrates how God proposed to provide man with a permanent means of salvation. From the moment it was designed and constructed by those gifted by God, the Jews had before them the key to the complete plan of salvation.This book looks at the layout of the tabernacle court and tent to discover all the information necessary to explain why the Messiah had first to come as a suffering servant and how, through understanding God's word, it is possible for any member of the human race to become spiritually alive to God and enter into a real and dynamic relationship with Him. It explains in detail why the virgin birth was vital to the sinlessness of the Messiah, and why the temple curtain was rent in two from top to bottom at the time of the Messiah's death on the cross. Covering the scripture from Genesis to Revelation, this book takes the reader from the moment of Adam's creation, through the fall, the calling of Abram and the development of the nation of Israel under Moses and entering into the Promise Land. It details how the design of the tabernacle and its services were meant to bring the Jews into an intimate and spiritual relationship with their God. The arrival of the Messiah, His life, teaching and cruel death was all foretold in its design.This book is a revelation of truth providing the seeker after truth with more answers than questions. The rabbi who commissioned the work has describes is as awesome, stressing that it inspired in him both awe and wonder.
The God Who Created Us
If we do not know who God is, how can we worship Him, or even get to know Him in any meaningful way? It is in our created nature, our spiritual DNA, to want to worship something much bigger than ourselves, to understand the purpose of our life here on this earth, so it is in our own interests for us discover for ourselves just who God is and how we should relate to Him. For Christians the basis of our search for any knowledge of God must be concentrated in the Bible. Indeed, the whole purpose of this book is just that. Searching through the Bible to give us the best understanding of the God who created us so that we can properly worship Him and, most important of all, relate to Him and serve Him. Throughout my life I have been intrigued with God, indeed He has increasingly become central to my life so that I now have a passion to pass on all that I have discovered about Him to others.
Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness
"Wise and beautiful, an offering of great depth." --Alice Walker "This is a book for our time, a treasure trove of good medicine for the soul." --Parker Palmer Each day brings news of worsening ecological, political, and social upheaval. None of us individually can solve the intersecting crises we face; we are not meant to. Yet each of us carries a vital gift for these times. As we navigate the collapse of a world built on domination and division, we can engage in the birthing of new possibilities, finding strength in our belonging to a wholeness that is ancient, infinite, and eternal. Combining the insightful analysis of a longtime grassroots activist with the compassion of a seasoned spiritual guide, Liza J. Rankow shows readers how to live with purpose and meaning, not just in spite of the rising tide of calamities around us, but as our response to them. With an approach to liberation inspired by "mystic activists" from various faith and cultural traditions, Soul Medicine for a Fractured World offers an integrative path toward healing and social transformation, rooted in our kinship with one another, the Earth, and all of life. Rich with practical application, the book includes questions for reflection as well as an array of spiritual and healing practices to help readers put the ideas shared into embodied action.
10-8 (On Duty)
In "10-8 (On Duty)", Steven W. Chism opens his heart and shares the spiritual insights he's gained throughout his life. By drawing parallels to Jesus' use of storytelling to convey spiritual truths, Chism explores fundamental queries such as "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" His stories are filled with the raw honesty and vulnerability of a man who has witnessed both the best and worst of humanity. Let this book be your guide as you embark on your own spiritual journey and discover profound meaning in the everyday moments.About the Author: Steven W. Chism brings 23 years of law enforcement experience to his writing, including roles as a field lieutenant, school resource officer, K-9 officer, and chief of police. He is a certified law enforcement instructor, a father of six, and "Peepaw" to four. Alongside his wife Christie, he enjoys life as an empty nester in Arkansas, playing guitar in his church band, and cheering on his beloved St. Louis Cardinals.
Contemplate
"An engaging and alluring introduction to what contemplation is, why we need it, and how to go about doing it." -Fr. Hugh Feiss, OSB, monk of Monastery of the Ascension in Jerome, Idaho and scholar of medieval monasticism "We have a contemplation problem," and here's what to do about it.Jacob Riyeff draws on 1,600 years of contemplative tradition in the West to show how humans are contemplative beings, what it means to contemplate in different areas of life, and how embracing a contemplative life can help lead anyone to a fuller experience of self, world, and communion with the Divine.This is a volume of "spiritual theology," using theological principles and understandings but exploring how to apply those principles and understandings to shape one's daily living. Drawing on the ways that John Cassian, St. Benedict, Gregory the Great, William of Saint-Thierry, Dame Gertrude More, and others shaped and passed on the Christian inheritance, Contemplate brings this directly to bear on contemporary social and cultural situations. It seeks to answer the question, what does the contemplative tradition of the Latin west have to offer Christians living post-industrial, digitally-saturated, ecologically fraught lives?This book is first in a new series, "Beyond Our Instincts" succinct, multi-disciplinary, countercultural stances in an environment that sells us the idea that happiness is whatever you want now. These authors--all scholars of religion who are also religiously involved--suggest there are more important things, including some we may have forgotten. Coming in future publishing seasons: *Join (being together; refusing too much solitariness) *Imagine (on opting out of technique-obsessed culture) *Wait (the lost value of open questions and not-knowing)
Let's Meet the GOD
What if meeting God has nothing to do with temples, rituals, or belief-and everything to do with how we live, act, and respond each day?In Let's Meet the God, Sandeep J. Chavan redefines divinity through the lens of Behavioral Spirituality, a framework born from his larger philosophy of Universal Energy Dynamics (UED). Rather than searching for God in distant heavens or dogmatic traditions, Chavan invites readers to rediscover the divine as the stillness beneath all consequences-the silent field behind every ripple of emotion, ego, and thought.Across four transformative parts, the book reveals how the ancient quest for God was never about worship but about alignment: Rethinking the Divine - moving beyond form and faith to understand God as structured stillness.Ripple, Ritual, and Reality - decoding how rituals were once designed to dissolve disturbances within.The God Within Behavior - exploring ego, karma, dharma, sin, and morality as field dynamics.Meeting God Without Dying - learning how awareness, stillness, and acceptance bring peace before death.Chavan presents God not as a supreme overseer but as the balance inherent in existence itself. Through simple metaphors, philosophical reflections, and practical guidance, he transforms complex spiritual and scientific ideas into accessible wisdom for modern readers.The book concludes with a series of appendices-daily practices, reflection guides, and cross-tradition parallels-offering readers a practical path toward inner alignment. It draws from the essence of Vedanta, Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, and Taoism while remaining entirely universal and non-dogmatic.In an age of noise and division, Let's Meet the God brings spirituality back to its source: silence, self-awareness, and responsibility. It does not preach faith-it teaches observation. It does not ask for belief-it calls for balance.If you have ever questioned the nature of God, life, and consequence, this book will not give you ready-made answers. It will help you rediscover the stillness where all answers already exist.God never left. The frequency was always here. We just forgot to listen.
Phenomenology of the Sacred
In this work, Prabhuji explores phenomenology, one of the most influential philosophical movements of the twentieth century. He traces its development from Husserl, with his analysis of the intentional constitution of phenomena, which requires bracketing-by means of the epoch矇 and phenomenological reduction-the thesis of the natural attitude in order to describe experience as it is given. With Heidegger, phenomenology is reinterpreted as the method of fundamental ontology: an inquiry into the meaning of Being through the analytic of Dasein. Michel Henry shifts the focus to the self-affection of Life, understood as an immanent and non-intentional manifestation, invisible to the world's mundane and intentional phenomenality. Jean-Luc Marion radicalizes the principle of givenness and thematizes saturated phenomena, as part of an expansion of the method that some critics have called the "theological turn."On this basis, Prabhuji presents his Retroprogressive Phenomenology, an expanded phenomenology that inquires into revelation and the sacred, understood as the radiance of a primordial light before which consciousness opens in a receptive and meditative disposition. This perspective transforms our relationship with the world: consciousness and light are interwoven in the manifestation of Being, making perception and cognition possible. Likewise, he proposes light as the origin, principle, and ground of experience.
Spiritual Transformation
"This book is a luminous, grounded, and deeply empowering guide for anyone ready to move beyond old patterns and step fully into their soul's true path. Dr. K. Narayan speaks not just to the mind but to the heart and Higher Self. His wisdom is clear, loving, and rooted in real experience-and the energetic transmissions come through every word.If you're feeling called to rise, to serve, to heal, and to remember who you truly are-start here. This is more than a book. It's a roadmap to freedom, joy, and spiritual maturity. And it's written with humility, brilliance, and love."-Sonia ChoquetteAuthor of Trust Your Vibes and Ask Your GuidesSpiritual Transformation offers a profound yet practical guide to reclaiming inner peace, purpose, and unshakable joy. This book presents a 12-step journey designed to awaken your highest potential, break free from limiting patterns, and align with a life of divine fulfillment.Each step is a milestone on the path to spiritual liberation: Step 1: Upgrade Your Beliefs - Identify and reprogram beliefs that hold you back from spiritual empowerment and abundance.Step 2: Accelerate Your Spiritual Evolution - Learn about the stages of spiritual evolution and how to accelerate your growth.Step 3: Detoxify and Disconnect - Release toxic habits, relationships, and patterns to create space for alignment with your highest life.Step 4: Channel Higher Energies - Learn to harness universal life force energy for spiritual growth and healing.Step 5: Cultivate Daily Spiritual Practice - Build rituals that deepen your connection to your inner wisdom and your Higher Self.Step 6: Align with Soul Purpose - Discover your unique mission and live a life of meaning and impact.Step 7: Grow and Take Risks - Step beyond fear and comfort to embrace expansion and new possibilities.Step 8: Honor Your Time, Attention, and Money - Shift from scarcity to sacred stewardship of your resources.Step 9: Transform Your Health - Heal your body as a temple through energy, nutrition, and holistic wellness.Step 10: Transform Your Relationships - Cultivate deeper connections through love, boundaries, and conscious communication.Step 11: Pursue Joy - Make delight, play, and gratitude a daily practice.Step 12: Serve - Experience the ultimate fulfillment by contributing to the world with love.Blending timeless wisdom with modern insights, real-life stories, and actionable exercises, Spiritual Transformation is more than a book-it's a roadmap to living with freedom, joy, and divine purpose. Whether you're seeking healing, clarity, or a deeper connection to your soul, this guide will illuminate the path to your highest life.
Death Grip on the Pommel
John Myerson is a powerful shamanic healer whose patients know him as a calm and protective presence. What they don't realize is the long struggle he's had to overcome an instinctive tendency toward violence and rage. This book tells the story of his work as a warrior, to attack only wisely, to overcome the fear he faced in dealing with himself, and to achieve an evolving understanding of the balance needed in order to love as well as to strike out. As his story unfolds, he shares what he's learned about discipline and recounts the stories of others he's worked with and learned from along the Way. Finally, he tells of facing his own nature and fear that leads to being given what some might call grace.Fascinating as his own story, Death Grip on the Pommel also offers insight and suggestions to others who seek to learn their own nature, both the light and the shadow sides, to achieve balance, and to move toward connection with an energy and Way of Being beyond themselves.John Myerson has given us a gift with this book, Death Grip on the Pommel. In it he traces his own journey from dark warrior to lightness and ultimately to balance and acceptance. This journey is one that we all should--and with Myerson's guidance-can take, even if we start from what he calls the light. The case studies and his personal experience can help us through our own journeys toward acceptance of who and what we are-just as we are.-Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of StrategyProfessor of ManagementBoston CollegeDeath Grip on the Pommel is the riveting Odyssey of a gifted shaman-warrior-healer learning the power and relationship of warrior energy and loving energy: discovering the balance between Doing (Yang) and Being (Yin); learning how to love and release from a posture of strength, not weakness; refining the path of discipline and realizing how to transcend resistance. This book, illustrated not only by the author's amazing story but also by actual case files, is a gripping read that is bound to keep you fascinated to the end.-Paul GallagherAuthor of Drawing Silk: Masters' Secrets for Successful Tai Chi Practice
Words from the Water's Edge
Words from the Water's Edge: The Mystical Writings of Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee is a vast and comprehensive anthology of a lifetime's work as well as a deeply personal telling of the author's own spiritual journey. Spanning more than three decades of teachings, this book of hand-picked sayings from selected writings, interviews, and some never before published works, shares wisdom from Vaughan-Lee's three distinct and interrelated focus areas: Sufism, oneness and the interdependence of life, and Spiritual Ecology--a call to know and relate to the Earth as a sacred being. Throughout, Vaughan-Lee seamlessly weaves in the story of one soul's journey, including the sorrows, ecstasy, and ultimately the love at the foundation of his life and path. Whether through personal reflections or general teachings, the book compels readers to embrace the Original Instructions that can align humanity at this time of cultural and ecological upheaval. Relevant to the committed spiritual seeker as well as to anyone searching for meaning, Words from the Water's Edge provides inspiration and guidance for how to live in--and beyond--"these broken times." Specific chapters explore topics such as the transformative power of love on the spiritual path, ways in which the Earth grows and changes in harmony with human consciousness, and how we can collectively respond to the Earth's need for relationships of care amidst the current climate crisis. For those familiar with Vaughan-Lee's recent work, they will recognize a tone of sorrowful acknowledgement of humanity's missed opportunities for cultural regeneration and spiritual evolution. However, Words from the Water's Edge includes timely guidance on how to take responsibility for a future grounded in spiritual awareness and in harmony with planetary forces beyond even the Earth. Vaughan-Lee has always been a master of sharing truths relevant to many people at many times, and this book is no exception. At its heart, however, is a deeply personal story of devotion to the Real that has unfurled itself throughout one mystic's lifetime of service. "These sayings leave traces of a lifetime walking between the worlds, holding a thread that has taken me into the beyond of the beyond, as well as back to the simple bliss of my garden, the red-tailed hawk sitting on a branch outside my window. And the ocean remains just over the hill, as wild and endless as the empty spaces in the heart, and the silence that has always called to me."--Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Dancing on the Edge of the Earth
In 1978 my wife and I left America to take the gospel to peoples living in primitive regions of Indonesian Borneo who had never heard of Jesus. At that time I had known Jesus for two years and had not finished reading the Bible. I had not led a Bible Study or taught Sunday School, but with my bullhorn had preached the gospel on the streets of Southern California. We had no training for missions, no mission agency or church to send or support us. I had no idea what we were going to do after arriving in Indonesia---except to trust the Lord. And God opened doors for us to "dance on the edge of the earth" for nearly nine years. By His grace we led to Christ many souls bound in the grip of witchcraft, idol-worship, and false religion. We saw many people miraculously healed and set free from demons. We made disciples and planted churches. This is the account of the unusual challenges and the mountain peaks we experienced as we followed our Messiah Jesus to the ends of the earth.
Dancing on the Edge of the Earth
In 1978 my wife and I left America to take the gospel to peoples living in primitive regions of Indonesian Borneo who had never heard of Jesus. At that time I had known Jesus for two years and had not finished reading the Bible. I had not led a Bible Study or taught Sunday School, but with my bullhorn had preached the gospel on the streets of Southern California. We had no training for missions, no mission agency or church to send or support us. I had no idea what we were going to do after arriving in Indonesia---except to trust the Lord. And God opened doors for us to "dance on the edge of the earth" for nearly nine years. By His grace we led to Christ many souls bound in the grip of witchcraft, idol-worship, and false religion. We saw many people miraculously healed and set free from demons. We made disciples and planted churches. This is the account of the unusual challenges and the mountain peaks we experienced as we followed our Messiah Jesus to the ends of the earth.
Heart of a Stranger
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "A story that begs to be told. . . engrossing." --The Washington Post From the first Asian American to be ordained as a rabbi, a stirring account of one woman's journey from feeling like an outsider to becoming one of the most admired religious leaders in the world Angela Buchdahl was born in Seoul, the daughter of a Korean Buddhist mother and Jewish American father. Profoundly spiritual from a young age, by sixteen she felt the first stirrings to become a rabbi. Despite the naysayers and periods of self-doubt--Would a mixed-race woman ever be seen as authentically Jewish or chosen to lead a congregation?--she stayed the course, which took her first to Yale, then to rabbinical school, and finally to the pulpit of one of the largest, most influential congregations in the world. Today, Angela Buchdahl inspires Jews and non-Jews alike with her invigorating, joyful approach to worship and her belief in the power of faith, gratitude, and responsibility for one another, regardless of religion. She does not shy away from difficult topics, from racism within the Jewish community and the sexism she confronted when she aspired to the top job to rising antisemitism today. Buchdahl teaches how these challenges, which can make one feel like a stranger, can ultimately be the source of our greatest empathy and strength. Angela Buchdahl has gone from outsider to officiant, from feeling estranged to feeling embraced--and she's emerged with a deep conviction that we are all bound to a larger whole and mission. She has written a book that is both memoir and spiritual guide for everyday living, which is exactly what so many of us crave right now.
The Evolution Of Religion
A piercing exploration of why humans believe reissued for a new age. Lewis Richard Farnell s landmark Anthropological Study of Religion returns, restored and reborn by Alpha Editions. In clear, compelling prose, The Evolution of Religion traces the development of religious thought from animistic roots and totemic practice through myth, ritual, polytheism, and the rise of ethical monotheism. Farnell combines field observations, comparative history, and philosophical inquiry to map the cultural evolution of religion, revealing how beliefs, institutions, and ceremonies shaped and were shaped by societies across human history. Readers will find lucid chapters on the origins of religious practices, religion and society, the anthropology of spirituality, and a rigorous religious evolution analysis that remains provocative today. Historically significant and literary in tone, this Lewis Richard Farnell book stands as a cornerstone in the history of religion and religious anthropology. Originally out of print for decades, this edition has been meticulously restored for today s and future generations retyped, proofed, and packaged with care. More than a reprint, it is a collector s item and cultural treasure: ideal for casual readers curious about the development of religious beliefs and for classic literature collectors and scholars of the anthropology of spirituality. Whether you study the development of religious beliefs, the origins of religious practices, or the broader anthropology of religion, this republished classic offers indispensable insight into the evolution of religion.
God Rescues His People
Within the book of Exodus are two fascinating story streams: The life of Moses, chosen from birth and put through a specific course of training to prepare him for his future leadership role. At a bush that burned but was not consumed he very reluctantly accepted God's commission to return to Egypt. This book charts the progress of Moses in his tentative steps to fit into the role God had given to him and how his confidence before the Pharaoh grew and his trust in and increasing intimacy with God became the stuff of legends. Once in the wilderness, it was Moses task, with God's help, to develop them into a functioning nation. The remarkable establishment of a new, structured nation which was born out of sacrificing a lamb. Initially a rabble that was driven out of Egypt in the early hours of the morning, only to be faced with the sea before them and Pharaoh's troops being them. Then the miraculous parting of the sea and the drowning of the Pharaoh and his army. We find out why the Pharaoh had to die. It is an inspirational book that leads the reader through the testing and trials as they adjust to the freedom from the work master's whip, and try the patience of both Moses and God. It also explains why Sinai is so vitally important to Israel then and now, and their progress though the nation's training in the wilderness under the fatherly and caring leadership of Moses. A fascinating and inspirational book with valuable teaching for all believers!
God's Promises for Women
Bestselling God's Promises(R) with more than 15 million sold--now available in New International Version(R). Nothing sets our minds and hearts at ease like the promises of God from His Word. For more than 25 years, the bestselling God's Promises line has put those promises at reader's fingertips. Now a new version offers those words of comfort and hope for women from the New International Version. The promises are grouped by topic, offering hope for times such as feeling overwhelmed, waiting on God, needing to know God's views on forgiveness, or growing spiritually. Whatever the need, whatever the question, God's Word answers with a promise. Features & Benefits: This bestselling series now features Scripture chosen just for women from the New International Version(R)Over 15 million copies sold in the God's Promises(R) lineEvery life situation is covered with Scripture, and this book gives readers biblical truths for every needConvenient resource filled with life-changing assurances for women
