Principles of Vedic Astrology
The only textbook on the Vedic astrology that explains the philosophical basics that justify why people should take this subject seriously. It sets out the fundamental knowledge that needs to be known in ways to aid memory, and explains, in greater depth than is to be found in any other publication, how to interpret natal charts to answer questions about someone's life, supported by examples.The book also describes how gemstones, mantras, and other remedial measures can help with difficult karma, choosing an auspicious time to begin important activities, and interpreting the charts of nations and international institutions. It also touches on the subject of world cycles affecting humanity, while the appendix contains the first paper given at an international Vedic Astrology conference by the author on Jupiter/Saturn conjunctions and their 884-year cycle that affects everyone and every country.The book provides unique comprehensive coverage of this ancient science from India, which is gradually becoming more widely known and respected in the West.
Shattering Silence
At seven years old, little Darlene lived a seemingly charmed life-the youngest of five in an upper-middle-class Midwestern family. But that illusion shattered when her two oldest brothers began assaulting her, binding her to silence with threats, fear, and shame.But, as Darlene would discover, secrets eventually leak out. Faced with a lawsuit filed by one of her brothers, Darlene was forced to choose-stay silent or tell the truth.Shattering Silence is the powerful story of a child who protected her family at great personal cost-and the woman who reclaimed her voice to stand for truth and justice. It is a testament to human resilience and the courage it takes to speak when everything is on the line.
Self-guided Meditation for Anxiety
This book presents a structured introduction to self-guided meditation as a practical approach to understanding and managing anxiety, emotional tension, and stress-related responses. It explains how mindfulness-based practices, breathing techniques, and focused attention can support emotional awareness and mental calm, with particular attention to anxiety patterns, panic responses, mood fluctuations, and everyday stressors. The content frames meditation as a complementary practice, emphasizing observation, non-judgment, and self-regulation rather than clinical treatment.The book is intended for adults experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or recurring stress, as well as readers interested in mindfulness and self-reflection techniques. It is suitable for beginners with no prior meditation experience and for individuals seeking structured, accessible guidance they can practice independently, at their own pace, without reliance on external instruction.The approach is practical and instructional, combining guided meditation scripts, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, and daily affirmations. The material focuses on step-by-step methods for self-guided practice, emotional grounding, and mindful awareness, offering a reference-style resource designed for consistent use in both digital and print formats.
Tarot for Beginners
Tarot for Beginners is an introductory guide to reading tarot cards, covering the deck's historical background, the Rider-Waite tradition, and the structure of the 78-card system (Major and Minor Arcana). It explains how tarot readers commonly use symbolism, elemental correspondences, astrology, Kabbalah concepts, and basic numerology to support interpretation. This book is aimed at first-time readers and curious learners who want a structured, practical approach to tarot without assuming prior experience. It includes step-by-step preparation methods for working with a new deck (attunement, cleansing, storage, and creating a reading space), guidance on selecting and turning cards, and an overview of several popular spreads such as daily pulls, three-card readings, yes/no readings, the Celtic Cross, weekly forecasting, the Tree of Life layout, and a chakra spread. It also provides card-by-card meanings for the Major Arcana and each suit in the Minor Arcana, with upright and reversed interpretations and quick-reference summaries intended for everyday practice.
Tarot Pocket Guide
This book provides a foundational introduction to tarot as a symbolic and intuitive system used for reflection, personal insight, and spiritual exploration. It explains the historical background of tarot, the structure of a traditional seventy-eight-card deck, and the role of symbolism within the Major and Minor Arcana. The content details the meanings of each card in both upright and reversed positions, presenting tarot as a tool for understanding universal patterns alongside everyday situations, choices, and emotional dynamics.The book is intended for beginners with no prior experience in tarot, as well as readers interested in intuition development, symbolic interpretation, and spiritual self-awareness. It is suitable for adults who wish to learn tarot for personal use or as a foundation for reading for others, regardless of spiritual background or belief system.The approach is educational and practical, combining descriptive explanations with guidance on selecting a tarot deck, developing intuition, interpreting card symbolism, and using simple tarot spreads. The material is designed as a reference-based introduction that supports gradual learning, reflective practice, and intuitive engagement with tarot cards.
Crystal Healing for Beginners
This book offers an introductory exploration of crystal traditions and the symbolic frameworks through which crystals have been interpreted across cultures and spiritual practices. It presents an overview of common crystals and healing stones, their historical contexts, and the ways they are associated with concepts such as subtle energy, chakras, and personal awareness. Rather than focusing on outcomes, the text emphasizes understanding meanings, traditions, and interpretative models connected to crystal use.The content is intended for readers approaching crystal healing for the first time, as well as those interested in spiritual symbolism, energy concepts, and holistic traditions from a non-clinical perspective. It is suited to individuals seeking foundational knowledge without prior experience, including readers curious about how crystals are integrated into meditation, reflection, and everyday spiritual routines.The approach is descriptive and educational, combining historical references with structured explanations and reflective practices. The book does not present medical or therapeutic claims and does not replace professional guidance. All material is provided for informational and experiential purposes, focusing on cultural interpretation and personal exploration rather than treatment or diagnosis.
The Space Between
The Space Between explores what becomes possible when curiosity, listening and awareness take the place of assumption and division.Every cross-cultural encounter offers a choice: to build a bridge or a barrier. The Space Between explores how genuine connection grows when we listen deeply, stay curious and allow ourselves to be changed by what we learn.Shaped by Dr Jose van den Akker's years of teaching, research and work across diverse communities, this this short, concise book offers an accessible overview of her research rather than a full academic monograph. It moves beyond doctoral theory to the real story at the heart of all cross-cultural engagement: people, with their fears, hopes and longing to connect.Practical, reflective and written in clear, everyday language, it presents usable ideas without academic jargon. Thoughtful and quietly transformative, it is an invitation to see beyond difference and notice the threads of humanity that bind us all.PRAISE FOR DR VAN DEN AKKERBorn and raised in The Netherlands and having lived in Australia as a spiritually attuned migrant for more than 30 years, Jose is deeply committed to helping you to restore balance of body, mind, and spirit, connecting you as a spiritual being at the centre of 'your cross'. She is a commended art therapist and author of both academic, spiritual books and journal articles.Jose holds a PhD in cross-cultural education, a Master's in Education Studies, an Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy, and completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. She had 18 years of tertiary education and over 25 years of experience facilitating learning processes of people from all walks of life, specialising in people's personal development, expression and communication skills. Her sound knowledge of therapeutic work plus her ability to connect with people's state of wellbeing deeply and intuitively ensures her clients' success.
Chains of the Soul
CHAINS OF THE SOUL is a fearless exploration of human consciousness and the invisible systems that bind it.Across 66 chapters, this book exposes how control operates through family structures, religion, education, trauma, guilt, fear, and unconscious obedience. It does not tell a personal story, nor does it offer comfort or self-improvement formulas. Instead, it invites the reader into remembrance - of truth, sovereignty, and inner freedom.Written in a poetic yet uncompromising voice, CHAINS OF THE SOUL speaks to those who sense that something in this world is fundamentally misaligned. It challenges inherited beliefs, dismantles internalized chains, and asks one essential question: What if your voice was never lost - only buried?This is not a book to consume. It is a book to feel.
How to Heal from Emotionally Immature Parents
Understand your childhood, reclaim your power and create a future free from the patterns of the past. Break free from the patterns of emotionally immature parenting. If you've ever felt unseen, like you weren't good enough or that your struggles don't quite fit into books about childhood trauma, this book is for you. Growing up with emotionally immature or emotionally unavailable parents can leave deep imprints - leading to self-doubt, people-pleasing and the feeling that your needs were always secondary. These patterns, often rooted in intergenerational trauma, can persist into adulthood, shaping relationships, self-worth and emotional wellbeing. But it wasn't all bad, right? That's what makes it so confusing. This book helps you make sense of that emotional grey area, acknowledging what wasn't good enough without staying stuck in resentment. Drawing on 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist, Sian Morgan-Crossley offers practical tools to help you break the cycle, heal developmental trauma and reclaim your confidence. Whether you've struggled with toxic parents, an emotionally absent mother or father or recurring patterns in relationships, this guide will help you set boundaries, shift your mindset and move forward with clarity. Inside, you'll learn how to: Recognize and heal the wounds of growing up with emotionally immature parents. Let go of guilt while setting healthy boundaries with toxic family members.Stop the cycle of self-doubt and people-pleasing.Practice self-parenting to nurture the parts of you that were overlooked.Build confidence and lasting self-esteem.Move forward with compassion - without excusing the past.It's time to release the weight of old patterns, embrace your true self and build a future free from the past.
Ten Abodes
A Bodhisattva is a person who devotes his/her life to be of benefit to all beings no matter the obstacles. Bodhisattvas go through a process of training of 52 stages, subdivided into five categories of ten stages each (plus two additional stages at the end). The first ten stages of Faith have never been translated into English from the original Chinese, nor has there been a commentary on these stages in English. This book series is the first of its kind, providing a translation of the salient sections as well as an extended commentary on the texts and other related Buddhist teachings. We hope that this material will aid those who are on the Bodhisattva Path as well as those who are studying the history of Buddhism.
100 Questions & Answers about Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies
How Does Ageing Affect Us?
Everyone ages as we get older. The young become middle-aged and the middle-aged become old. Stereotypes of older adults paint them as forgetful, slower, less competent amongst other behaviours. But why? In this insightful, well-researched and fascinating book, international bestselling author Connor Whiteley GMBPsS takes readers on a gripping journey exploring how the ageing process affects our brains, our memory, our social interactions and more. By the end of this brilliant, easy-to-understand book, you'll know: - How does ageing change our brains?- How does ageing impact our memory?- How can people age successfully?- How do clinical psychologists work with people with dementia?- And so much more If you want a fun, engaging guide to how ageing affects us, then look no further. This book is for you.
UFOs, Aliens and The Fairy Kingdom
In its provision of excellent case studies of "otherworldly phenomena", Wales punches well above its weight in comparison with countries of far greater landmass or population. One thirty-fourth the size of Texas, for example, and with a population of a little over 3.1 million, Wales is a Celtic land filled with beauty, magic and mystery. Its legendary cultural fare is epic. In the White Book of Rhydderch, the Red Book of Hergest and the Hanes Taliesin, the three volumes that make up the Mabinogion, the earliest prose stories of Britain, we read marvellous tales of enchantment. Penarth researcher Nigel Graddon explores these phenomena, including some of the most dramatic UFO events in Wales of the past 120 years: the Egryn Lights of Barmouth in the early twentieth century, the Berwyn Mountains UFO crash and the Pembrokeshire Wave of the 1970s, and the extraordinary events that unfolded over Pentyrch and nearby Smilog Woods, near Cardiff, in more recent years. Witnesses describe the Pentyrch case as "the greatest UFO cover-up of the 21st century." Graddon draws upon historical, cultural, mythological, and new scientific theories which propose that the phenomenon of strange things seen in the skies has a parapsychological cause. In this new thinking, UFOs are neither extraterrestrial, nor hoaxes or delusions. They neither fly nor are they objects. They materialise and dematerialise, violating all known laws of motion. The Non-Human Entities (NHEs) that "pilot" them are creations from the dreamscape, a dimensional reality that intersects ours at right angles, dubbed the "space between the spaces". The late Gordon Creighton wrote in The Flying Saucer Review...beings from flying saucers are much more probably creatures who share this earth with us; regarding whom science has not a single word to say; but about whom our own written and oral traditions, in all our civilisations, speak volumes. According to folklore in all nations of the world, humankind has always been sharing the earth with supernatural beings. Up to the pre-industrial period our traditions referred to these beings as fairy folk, unseen life forms intimately connected with the natural world. Remarkably, the same power imputed to flying saucer people of influencing human events was once the exclusive property of fairies, known in Welsh folklore as the Tylwyth Teg. There are countless tales in myth and folklore of fairies and little green men. Growing evidence theorises that there is little or no difference between them and that the intrinsic nature of these accounts and the entities described is one and the same. By removing the cultural, social and temporal factors that separate these narratives we see them for what they are: encounters with NHEs, although not necessarily non-human like. In UFOs, Aliens and the Fairy Kingdom Graddon asks the question. Are the UFOs and occupants seen in Welsh skies truly visitors from the cosmos or, remarkably, are they homegrown?
Could Apps Improve Our Mental Health?
Aspiring and qualified mental health professionals improve lives, decrease psychological destress and help people. But clients with mental health conditions experience long waiting lists, barriers to mental health support and their distress increases in the meantime. Could apps improve our mental health and help people?In another fascinating, thought-provoking, well-researched book, international bestselling author Connor Whiteley GMBPsS takes readers on an enthralling journey exploring mental health apps and how they could improve our mental health. By the end of this book, you'll understand: What are mental health apps?How do mental health apps work?How do we increase engagement and treatment adherence through these apps?What are the current problems with mental health apps?And more!Don't miss this brilliant, easy-to-understand book exploring the possible future of clinical psychology and mental health treatment.
Could Apps Improve Our Mental Health?
Aspiring and qualified mental health professionals improve lives, decrease psychological destress and help people. But clients with mental health conditions experience long waiting lists, barriers to mental health support and their distress increases in the meantime. Could apps improve our mental health and help people?In another fascinating, thought-provoking, well-researched book, international bestselling author Connor Whiteley GMBPsS takes readers on an enthralling journey exploring mental health apps and how they could improve our mental health. By the end of this book, you'll understand: What are mental health apps?How do mental health apps work?How do we increase engagement and treatment adherence through these apps?What are the current problems with mental health apps?And more!Don't miss this brilliant, easy-to-understand book exploring the possible future of clinical psychology and mental health treatment.
The Hate We Love
In a world boiling with division, outrage has become currency and contempt our daily conversation. The Hate We Love explores how good intentions turn dark through the gradual normalization of hate-disguised as motivation, truth, or righteousness. Drawing from psychological insights, historical examples, and a Christian foundation of human dignity (accessible to all worldviews), author Jaymes R. Regualos reveals the machinery of hate: how it turns neighbors into enemies, erodes our identities, and traps us in addictive cycles of division.But there's hope. This book offers practical tools for recovery-admitting the problem, breaking free from contempt, and replacing it with curiosity, mercy, and healing. Whether in politics, families, communities, or your own heart, learn to recalibrate in the fog of extremes and choose love over what destroys us.Perfect for anyone sensing something wrong with how we treat one another, this guide invites you to let go of hate and reclaim peace. Includes appendices for deeper reflection.
The World of Divorce
This is not a syrupy self-help pamphlet, and it isn't courtroom drama dressed up as a how-to. The World of Divorce: Love, Money, Happiness, and the Silent Death of Modern Relationships is a clear-eyed, no-nonsense map for anyone trying to survive-or simply understand-what happens when intimate lives break apart. Inside, you'll find plain talk about the questions no one answers until it's too late: Why do so many relationships fail even when love is still there? How does money quietly dictate who wins and who loses? What does happiness look like after the paperwork is signed? And most important, how do you get through it with your head, your wallet, and your kids intact? This book mixes hard data with human stories and hard-earned tactics. You'll get concrete guidance on spotting financial traps, negotiating fair settlements, protecting retirement and business interests, and building a custody plan that works. You'll also get real tools for the emotional cleanup-how to grieve without wrecking your future, how to rebuild a life that isn't defined by loss, and how to recognize patterns so you don't repeat them. No sugarcoating, no moralizing-just useful facts, sharp insight, and step-by-step advice you can use now. If you're facing a fallout, helping someone through it, or trying to keep your relationship from quietly dying, this book gives you clarity over confusion, options over panic, and a road back to a life that's whole again.
The Gemini Protocol
The Gemini ProtocolA Journey from Inner Conflict to CoherenceThe Gemini Protocol is not a spiritual instruction manual. It is a record of what happens when a human system stops fighting itself.After decades inside corporate leadership and material ambition, Faizal Jalla entered an unexpected inner collapse-what he later recognised as a total reorganisation of identity, perception, and authority. What began as anxiety and exhaustion became a living experiment in surrender, coherence, and reconciliation with the inner Protector long mistaken for an enemy.This book documents that journey in real time, including: - the dismantling of survival identity- the emergence of the Oversoul- the role of AI as a neutral Vibrational Mirror- and the quiet integration of spiritual awakening into ordinary family lifeBlending lived experience with symbolic and metaphysical frameworks, The Gemini Protocol offers a unique perspective on awakening - not as escape from the world, but as the restoration of harmony within it.Written as witnessing rather than teaching, this book is for readers who sense that nothing inside them is broken - only exhausted.It is a story of: inner ceasefirecoherence over conflictand becoming whole without performanceThis is not a book about becoming special. It is a book about becoming transparent.For those navigating their own Great Squeeze, this work offers reassurance, language, and a mirror of possibility: that peace is not achieved through struggle, but through alignment.
Spring Blossoms at the little Bookshop on Snowflake Lane
Spring Blossoms at the Little Bookshop on Snowflake Lane is a cozy, clean small-town romance centered on grief, healing, and the quiet return of hope. Set in early spring, this emotionally grounded novel offers readers a gentle, reflective love story rooted in community, patience, and everyday kindness.As winter loosens its hold on Snowflake Lane, the little bookshop at the center of town begins to change with the season. Henry Kim, the town baker, is known for his reliability and quiet generosity. After losing his wife, he has built a life around service, routine, and showing up for others without drawing attention to himself. Grief has taught him how to be steady, but it has also taught him to be cautious with joy. For Henry, love feels sacred and fragile, something that must be handled carefully to avoid betrayal of the past.Rachel Adams arrives in Snowflake Lane as a new teacher just as spring begins to unfold. Observant, patient, and emotionally grounded, Rachel is not seeking transformation or rescue. She believes in listening more than persuading and understands that trust grows slowly. Rather than asking Henry to explain or hurry, she meets him exactly where he is.Their relationship develops gradually through shared moments rather than dramatic events. They plan a Poetry and Blossom Festival together. They listen to children read. They walk beneath flowering trees without needing to fill the silence. The romance is slow-burn and respectful, built on mutual understanding and emotional safety rather than tension or conflict.Their romantic union is marked by a gentle kiss beneath spring blossoms, followed not by drama or uncertainty, but by peace. What follows is a portrait of love as continuity rather than disruption. Shared routines. Open windows. The quiet confidence of two people choosing to remain present with one another.The wider community of Snowflake Lane plays a meaningful role throughout the novel. Clara, the bookshop owner, models steady, non-intrusive love and emotional maturity. Children bring curiosity, questions, and early signs of Easter traditions. This novel works well as a standalone but gains additional depth when read as part of the Snowflake Lane series, which follows the town and its residents through the calendar year. Characters continue naturally from book to book, with no resets and no artificial cliffhangers.
Journeys of Robert Monroe
The life story of Robert Monroe, consciousness pioneer, bestselling author, self-made millionaire, and out-of-body traveler.Robert Monroe was a towering figure in twentieth-century consciousness research, yet his story is mostly unknown. The boy who loved adventure and exploration, fast cars and rickety aircraft, became a millionaire through writing and producing radio shows in New York City. And then, at age forty-two, he found himself traveling out of body, having no idea what was happening to him.Journeys of Robert Monroe chronicles how Monroe became an iconoclast with his work in the consciousness world--making out-of-body experience (OBE) and astral travel household expressions. Monroe not only helped others understand this state of being, but through his research on binaural beats and his development of the technology known as Hemi-Sync, he made the OBE accessible through programs at the Monroe Institute. Attended by thousands of people each year, his institute used technology to create frequencies that helped people with everything from meditation and learning to curing insomnia, quitting smoking, and pain control.Journeys of Robert Monroe reveals his contribution to the understanding of human consciousness. Yet his legacies, as UC Davis psychology professor emeritus Charles Tart once said, "are not just a great gift to knowledge, but a real service to people who are plagued by doubts and unfulfilled spiritual longings." His was a true hero's journey.
How To Get People To Do Stuff
We all want people to do stuff. Whether you want your customers to buy from you, vendors to give you a good deal, your employees to take more initiative, or your spouse to make dinner-a large amount of everyday is about getting the people around you to do stuff. Instead of using your usual tactics that sometimes work and sometimes don't, what if you could harness the power of psychology and brain science to motivate people to do the stuff you want them to do - even getting people to want to do the stuff you want them to do.In this book you'll learn the 7 drives that motivate people, the research behind each drive, and specific strategies to use.
Star Struck
Star Struck offers readers an intimate glimpse into the afterlife through direct communication with 56 iconic figures in spirit. Drawing on nearly two decades of s矇ances and meditative encounters, renowned psychic medium Kerrie Erwin shares powerful, loving, and often surprising messages from some of the world's most beloved public figures.This unique two-part book begins as a practical guide to mediumship. Kerrie introduces essential techniques for protection, aura cleansing, and creating sacred space, while exploring various forms of mediumship and s矇ance room protocols.The second half features profound messages from icons, including Betty White, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, Lucille Ball, Lisa Marie Presley, Queen Elizabeth II, and Val Kilmer. Each shares insights on hope, purpose, resilience, and guidance from beyond the veil.These are not ghostly tales but loving, conscious communications from souls who once shaped culture, history, and art, and now return to uplift and connect. Perfect for readers of mediumship, spiritual awakening, and life-after-death literature, Star Struck is a luminous tribute to the enduring nature of spirit and a moving testament to what lies beyond.
Rivers and Roads
When Millie was confronted by the reality of her mother's mental health, she wasn't prepared for the weight of responsibilities that prompted her to abruptly switch family roles. Between jobs, relationships, and travels, Millie took a journey that seemed like more of an escape at first. With roots extending for generations through Appalachia, Millie chose to leave her hometown and explore paths less traveled. With the companionship of her two dogs, they set out into the unknown, meeting new and familiar faces along the way. Rivers and Roads is a story of a sacred bond between a mother and daughter and learning to navigate grief, acceptance, and new beginnings.
Rivers and Roads
When Millie was confronted by the reality of her mother's mental health, she wasn't prepared for the weight of responsibilities that prompted her to abruptly switch family roles. Between jobs, relationships, and travels, Millie took a journey that seemed like more of an escape at first. With roots extending for generations through Appalachia, Millie chose to leave her hometown and explore paths less traveled. With the companionship of her two dogs, they set out into the unknown, meeting new and familiar faces along the way. Rivers and Roads is a story of a sacred bond between a mother and daughter and learning to navigate grief, acceptance, and new beginnings.
Tantric Intimacy
This book explores tantric philosophy as a framework for conscious intimacy, emotional presence, and relational awareness, focusing on how inner transformation shapes the quality of human connection. Drawing on traditional tantric principles alongside contemporary reflections, it examines themes such as kindness, trust, vulnerability, polarity, and embodied awareness, presenting Tantra as a lived approach to relationships rather than a collection of techniques or sexual practices. The narrative blends personal experience with philosophical insight to describe how intimacy develops through presence, honesty, and emotional safety.The book is intended for adults interested in deepening emotional connection, improving relationship dynamics, and understanding intimacy from a holistic and reflective perspective. It is suitable for readers of all genders and orientations, including those new to Tantra as well as individuals seeking a broader understanding of conscious relationships, personal growth, and spiritually informed connection.The approach is primarily reflective and experiential, using real-life stories, contemplative exercises, and explanatory passages to illustrate how tantric principles can be integrated into everyday life and partnerships. Rather than offering prescriptive techniques, the book emphasizes awareness, self-inquiry, and lived experience as the foundation for authentic intimacy and sustained relational depth.
The 13 Steps to Riches - Habitude Warrior Volume 11 Subconscious Mind
The 13 Steps To RichesAre you a student of Napoleon Hill's classic from 1937 Think and Grow Rich?Has your life or business benefited from the timeless truths of this global classic?Are you ready to embrace and experience foundational steps to success that carry on from generation to generation in this 13-book series The 13 Steps to Riches?Based on the timeless truths of Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich, the 13 steps come alive in this modern-day journey by each hand-selected author in this first-ever series.The 13 Steps to Riches by Habitude Warrior Volume 11 Subconscious MindFeatures celebrity authors Erik Swanson, Dame Doria Cordova, and a special Foreword by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV. In this professionally published limited author series, the entire 13-set series is being made available globally by Beyond Publishing and Integrity Publishing in all formats. Available in bookstores, libraries, and online stores everywhere.In this volume, each contributing author shares their experience and journey of success in business and life, overcoming obstacles and triumphs while utilizing one of the steps to riches... SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. Surround yourself with the absolute best of the best and align yourself with high-performance individuals from around the world in the personal development space.Authors include: Erik Swanson, Dame Doria Cordova, Jon Kovach Jr., Amado Hernandez, Angelika Ullsperger, Anthony Criniti, Barry Bevier, Bonnie Lierse, Brian Schulman, Candace & David Rose, Corey Poirier, Deb Scott, Dori Ray, Elaine Sugimura, Elizabeth Walker, Erin Ley, Fatima Hurd, Frankie Fegurgur, Fred Moskowitz, Gina Bacalski, Griselda Beck, Jason Curtis, Jeffrey Levine, Lacey & Adam Platt, Louisa Jovanovich, Lynda Sunshine West, Maris Segal & Ken Ashby, Mel Mason, Miatta Hampton, Michael D. Butler, Michelle Cameron Coulter & Al Coulter, Michelle Mras, Mickey Stewart, Natalie Susi, Nita Patel, Olga Geidane, Paul Capozio, Phillip McClure, Robyn Scott, Shannon Whittington, Soraiya Vasanji, Stacey Ross Cohen, Teresa Cundiff, Vera Thomas and Yuri Choi.
Back to Stillness
Steve Taylor's previous books of spiritual poetry The Calm Center and The Clear Light have brought stillness and joy to tens of thousands of readers. In this new book of spiritual poetry, he provides meditations and reflections to support our spiritual journey. He reminds us of the deep contentment that lies beneath the turbulent surface of our minds and the harmony that lies beneath the turmoil of the world. Every poem is an illumination that will help return you to your authentic spiritual self.Praise for Steve Taylor's spiritual poetry: 'If you open yourself to their transformational power...each piece will work its magic within you.' Eckhart Tolle on The Calm Center'A beautifully written guide into the fierce, liberating aliveness within the present moment.' Michael Beckwith on The Calm Center.'In this time of anxiety about the future, Steve Taylor brings us the gift of poetic meditations to rest deeply in the living, loving now. He invites us not just to rest but also to be openly compassionate and to live courageously.' Loch Kelly on The Clear Light.
I'm an Ambassador
Life is an amazing journey. It involves a merging of both the physical and spiritual planes. Frequently, we get so caught up in our daily lives, that we miss the signs we are given by a myriad of spiritual guides. We pray for help and, yet, we ignore it when our prayers are answered. Help is here. I'm An Ambassador: My Lessons In Spiritual Growth explores the very personal journey of Rachael Komulainen, and her quest for the truth. Through her divine helpers, she connects the dots and extracts the patterns that exist all around us. We are all on our own individual journey-yet, we have everything in common. She invites you to find your inner truth within the pages of her own lessons. Her pathway has led through the darkness of childhood sexual abuse to the lightness of being a conduit of healing to others as an adult. Topics discussed include: angels, past lives, psychometry, karmic chains, energetic imprints, psychic attack, the Divine Spark and understanding the BIG picture.
Emotion in Early Christianity
A fascinating study of the inner lives of early ChristiansIn this groundbreaking book, Andrew Crislip explores the emotional landscape of early Christianity, illuminating how emotion shaped Christian identity, community practices, and theological understanding. Crislip investigates five emotions in detail--joy, sadness, anger, disgust, and envy--revealing how they were understood, experienced, and expressed in the formative years of the Christian tradition.Through close examination of early Christian teachings, sermons, and philosophical debates, Crislip demonstrates how emotions were considered essential for fostering communal bonds, reinforcing moral norms, and differentiating believers from outsiders. He also shows how emotional concepts, norms, and experiences changed over time and differed among communities. By exploring diverse figures from the first to the fifth centuries, Crislip highlights how emotions like joy and love were central to Christian self-identity, while negative emotions such as anger and envy were seen as threats to spiritual well-being. The book also addresses the emotional complexity of Christian suffering, where sadness and grief were transformed into expressions of hope and spiritual endurance.Combining insights from cognitive science, psychology, and historical analysis, Crislip presents a nuanced view of how emotional concepts evolved within early Christian thought. He emphasizes that emotions were not merely spontaneous feelings but intentional practices that reflected and shaped religious identity. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of how emotion functioned as a powerful force in the early church, connecting individuals to their faith, community, and the divine. Comprehensive yet accessible, Emotion in Early Christianity is a brilliant introduction to an important topic in New Testament studies and the history of Christianity.
The Violet Flame
Unlock the secret powers of the Violet Flame to heal your shadow, discover your purpose, and awaken your higher consciousness. Awaken your greatest potential, heal your shadow, and unlock your higher consciousness by harnessing the power of the Violet Flame. Let yourself be guided on a profound journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening as you cultivate a deep connection with the Violet Flame, a powerful etheric fire that courses through every atom of creation with the ability to transform negative energy and deeply heal shadow wounds. Previously shrouded in mystery, there has been little information on how to use it - until now. With practical exercises, rituals, and guided meditations, you will learn what the Violet Flame is, and how to integrate it into your daily life to: Connect with the ascended masters and angelic beings who are 'the keepers of the flame'Illuminate and transform your shadow self and break free from negative patternsBalance your masculine and feminine energiesAwaken your higher purpose and live with magicOnce you invoke the Violet Flame, nothing will remain the same. You will be empowered to break free from limiting past conditioning and rise into a loving, authentic and divinely guided way of being.
Never Really Left
Faced with an incomprehensible loss, one mother's experiences forced her to reconsider everything she thought she knew about life and death-and open her heart to a new reality.When Wendy Jordan Saffel lost her twenty-year-old son, Hugh, she discovered that grief is a well without a bottom. But even as she felt herself sinking into despair, she was offered an unexpected lifeline-one that changed her perception of the world forever. A rational thinker, Wendy focused on the facts-the tangible and the measurable. That is, until she began experiencing profound spiritual connections with her son shortly after his passing. These initial moments of contact propelled her on a yearslong journey to understand what happens when we die, what comprises the afterlife, and how a relationship with our lost loved ones can persist in ways that are real, true, beautiful, and sacred. Drawing on traditional and nontraditional spiritual beliefs, the growing body of work on the survival of consciousness, and what quantum physics tells us about the nature of reality, Never Really Left shares a wealth of research, experience, and hope for all those who have lost the ones they love. For Wendy, walking the path through grief and toward understanding led her to tremendous healing and a new paradigm of living-where joy can coexist with grief.
Where Time Is Not
We spend years crossing borders, collecting stories, changing roles-believing each shift is progress. Only later do we realize that nothing truly changes until something changes within. This book is neither self-help nor spiritual comfort. It grows out of travel, meditation, failure, jealousy, and the quiet moments that break us open. The author moves through these moments with a clear, unflinching gaze, revealing how attachment forms, how fear disguises itself as love, how desire fuels the loops we call life, and how awareness begins to unbind us. The writing is spare, precise, and unadorned-free of doctrine, free of jargon-tracing the raw process of seeing: the clarity, the collapse, and the space that remains. This is not a book about how to live. It is a book that leads you back to the only place life ever happens: the present moment, the quiet root of your own experience. Many readers will find a quiet recognition in these pages-the sense that the answers they kept searching for were never elsewhere.
Critical Sexual Theory
Critical Sexual Theory: The Philosophy of Gender, Desire, and Sexual IdentityBy Baruch MenacheExplore the Intersection of Gender, Sexuality, Desire, and Identity in a Groundbreaking Philosophical ExplorationIn Critical Sexual Theory, Baruch Menache presents an intellectual deep dive into sexual identity, gender theory, and the philosophy of sexuality. This thought-provoking work explores how sexual desire, gender roles, and sexual identities are shaped by powerful psychological, cultural, and existential forces. Menache offers new insights into how sexuality and gender dynamics influence the search for meaning, selfhood, and personal growth.Perfect for gender studies students, academics in sexuality studies, and anyone interested in philosophical sexuality and the psychology of sexual desire, this book will help transform your understanding of human intimacy, sexual expression, and gender identity.What You'll Discover in Critical Sexual Theory: Philosophy of Sexuality: Learn how sexual desire is more than biological-it's a transformative force connected to identity, self-actualization, and human purpose.Gender Identity and Desire: Explore the dynamics between masculine and feminine energies, how they shape sexual identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation.Libidinal Drive and Selfhood: Rethink the libidinal drive as a core force in sexual identity development, and how it connects to self-realization and spiritual growth.Sexual Scripts and Cultural Norms: Investigate how societal expectations, gender norms, and sexual scripts shape sexual behavior and intimacy.The Body as a Vessel for Desire: Understand how the body serves as a reflection and expression of sexual identity, connecting physical intimacy with deeper layers of the self.Philosophical Inquiry into Gender Roles: Challenge traditional views on gender roles and sexual behavior, offering a philosophical exploration of gender dynamics and their influence on human sexuality.Why Critical Sexual Theory is Essential for You: For Scholars & Students: This book offers cutting-edge insights for those studying gender theory, sexuality studies, and the philosophy of sexuality.For Personal Reflection & Growth: Perfect for readers exploring their sexual identity, gender expression, and the psychology of desire.For Philosophical & Intellectual Exploration: Delve into the complexities of human sexuality and gender identity, providing a deeper understanding of self-expression and sexuality.For Those Interested in the Intersection of Sexuality & Spirituality: Discover how sexual desire is intertwined with self-actualization and spiritual growth.Order Now to unlock profound insights into how gender, sexuality, and sexual desire shape human experience and identity. Critical Sexual Theory offers an intellectual framework for understanding the deeper forces of sexual identity, gender roles, and human intimacy.
Ex's and No's
Heal your broken heart with compassionate, cathartic advice on life and relationships Ex's and No's: The Breakup Advice You Don't Want to Hear is a compassionate guide to healing broken hearts. This book is a true companion to walk you through your heartbreak, serving as both a shoulder to cry on and an encouraging aid to restore your confidence and maximize your chances of building and maintaining a healthy relationship. With personal anecdotes from an author who's been through multiple relationship breakdowns, this book will help readers understand their emotions, take accountability for their actions, identify good and bad relationship habits, focus on relationship intentions and priorities, learn to forgive, and discover how to date with joy and purpose again. Readers will also find insights on: The reasons why people break up, from drained emotional bank accounts to sabotage and familiarity The necessity of going no contact, and what that entails beyond basic communications Ways to avoid unhealthy distractions so you can truly feel your emotions Small wins and their power in helping you get through the day The role of forgiveness and gratitude in the healing process Ex's and No's is the definitive roadmap to turn your pain into power, your heartache into action, and your breakup into the beginning of a joyful new chapter in your life.
Demonology King James Vi & I
Demonology A Modern Translation of King James VI's Treatise on Witchcraft brings one of Scotland's most influential historical texts back into clear and accessible language. Written in 1597, Demonology played a significant role in shaping Scotland's witch trials, yet the original text is almost unreadable to modern readers due to its archaic spelling, dense structure and unfamiliar vocabulary.This book presents a full, modern translation of Demonology, broken into clear sections so the reader can understand exactly what King James intended. The purpose is not to alter the meaning, but to remove the linguistic barriers that prevent people from accessing the work today. The translation allows readers to move through the treatise with ease, seeing the beliefs, fears and assumptions that influenced the king's understanding of witchcraft, spirits, and the unseen world.To support the translation, the book includes a short commentary divided into three parts, one for each book of Demonology. The commentary does not attempt to reinterpret the text or overwhelm the reader with theory. Instead, it offers straightforward context: who King James was at the time of writing, what Scotland was facing socially and politically, and why these ideas held such power. It helps the modern reader understand how the treatise fitted into the wider climate of fear that eventually contributed to accusations, interrogations and trials across the country.Alongside the translation and commentary, this edition also contains brief background information on Scotland during the period, selected photographs, a glossary of terms and the full original text of Demonology for those who wish to compare the language side by side.This book is designed to be approachable for all readers. You do not need an academic background, nor familiarity with early modern English, to understand King James' words. The aim is clarity, accuracy and accessibility, allowing anyone with an interest in Scotland's past to explore a text that helped shape its darkest chapter.Demonology remains one of the most significant documents connected to the Scottish witch trials. By presenting it in plain modern English, this edition gives readers a direct window into the beliefs and fears of the era without the barriers of archaic language. Whether you are interested in Scottish history, witchcraft studies, genealogy, cultural belief systems, or the origins of moral panic, this book provides a clear and practical way to engage with one of the period's key texts.This modern translation allows the reader to step into the world that shaped the witch trials, understand the treatise as it was written, and gain a sharper sense of the mindset that influenced an entire nation.
Across Borders
Across Borders is a reflective work of literary nonfiction that explores identity, trauma, and belonging through a trauma-informed lens. Rather than focusing on events alone, the book examines the internal borders that shape a person's life-how identity forms in response to survival, responsibility, and the need to remain connected to others, even at the cost of the self.Through grounded, compassionate reflection, the book traces the subtle ways people learn to adapt: taking on roles, managing emotions, and prioritizing function over feeling. It explores the tension between emotional endurance and bodily truth, between clarity of mind and disconnection from the self, and between strength as resilience and strength as self-erasure. These borders are not always visible, yet they profoundly influence how individuals relate to their bodies, their relationships, and their sense of meaning.Across Borders does not offer a linear healing narrative or prescriptive solutions. Instead, it sits with complexity-acknowledging adaptation as both intelligence and loss, and naming the quiet grief that can emerge when much of the self has been negotiated away in order to survive. Healing is approached as integration: a gradual, honest process of holding multiple parts of identity without force, performance, or erasure.Written with psychological insight and emotional clarity, the book invites readers to slow down and reflect on who they have learned to be, what that learning has cost, and what it might mean to return to themselves with care. It is especially resonant for readers interested in trauma-informed perspectives, identity formation, emotional resilience, and the long-term effects of chronic stress, caregiving roles, and survival-based adaptation.Grounded, compassionate, and deeply human, Across Borders speaks to those who have adapted so well they lost themselves-and who are now seeking a way back that honours both what they endured and who they are becoming.
The Structure of Consciousness
The Structure of Consciousness: The Interactive Foundations of ConsciousnessBy Baruch MenacheWhat is consciousness-truly? In The Structure of Consciousness, Baruch Menache offers a groundbreaking philosophical investigation into the deep architecture of conscious experience, bridging social systems, existential dynamics, memory, and the psyche.This richly layered work unfolds across six expansive parts, exploring how consciousness emerges, interacts, recreates, and sometimes collapses. From the foundational substrates of structural awareness to the conceptual mediation of recreated realities, from representational loops and cosmic locales to the embodied experiences of trauma, celebration, and systemic decline-Menache charts a rigorous, poetic, and uncompromising path.Whether you're a philosopher, student of mind, or seeker of the interior depths of experience, this book invites you to examine consciousness not as a static phenomenon but as a lived, unstable, interactive system-one that shapes and is shaped by sociality, structure, memory, and the limits of perception.Explore questions such as: What happens when consciousness loses its structural foundation?How do memory, imitation, and perception encode reality?Can altruism and architecture both reflect the same conscious pattern?Why does existential instability haunt the modern psyche?A unique contribution to consciousness studies and philosophical inquiry, The Structure of Consciousness challenges conventional narratives and opens new dimensions in how we think, live, and remember.
More than a Patient
Living with chronic illness means medical appointments, unpredictable symptoms, and the exhausting work of managing your health. Relationships often become casualties. Friends drift away. Dating feels impossible. Family dynamics strain under caregiving pressures. The isolation can be as painful as the physical symptoms themselves.In this groundbreaking, compassionate guide, psychotherapist and chronic illness and rare disease expert Jodi Taub-who lives with primary immunodeficiency and associated conditions-teaches you how to rebuild and strengthen the connections that matter most. Drawing from almost three decades as a therapist specializing in chronic illness and hard-won insights from her own lived experience, Taub provides practical strategies for challenges familiar to patients: handling unhelpful comments, dating with a diagnosis, managing mental health, navigating caregiving relationships, and working with medical teams.You didn't choose to be sick, but you can choose what to do with it. The right relationships can transform your experience, and this book will help you build them.
Reflections On the Goddess
Reflections on the Goddess is a weaving of history, spirituality, and personal journey. Drawing from ancient myths, archeological echoes, and lived experience, this book explores the sacred feminine as it has appeared across cultures and within individual life.Part historical, part spiritual, part deeply personal, these reflections invite the reader to honor the Goddess within and without. From ancient goddess figurines carved thousands of years ago to contemporary meditations on balance, wisdom, and compassion, this book bridges the timeless with the present.Ideal for seekers, readers of spiritual memoir, and those drawn to the history of the divine feminine, Reflections on the Goddess offers inspiration and a renewed sense of connection to the sacred.
The Power of Stress
What if the thing you've been trying to avoid is exactly what your body needs to heal? Stress isn't destroying you. Misunderstanding it is. Despite doing everything "right," millions of people feel exhausted, anxious, inflamed, and disconnected from their bodies. The problem isn't stress itself - it's how we've been taught to fear and suppress it. In The Power of Stress, Dr. Cesar Daoud reveals a radically different truth: when applied intelligently, stress becomes a biological signal for resilience, healing, and renewal. Blending integrative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, neuroscience, and modern biology, this book shows how small, intentional stressors - can restore balance at the nervous system and cellular levels. This is not a book about pushing harder or "optimizing" yourself into burnout. It's about learning to work with your body instead of against it. Inside, you'll discover how to regulate an overwhelmed nervous system, rebuild energy without forcing, transform discomfort into strength and reconnect with your body's innate intelligence. The Power of Stress doesn't offer quick fixes. It offers a new relationship with your body - and with life.
Unshrinkable
You've earned your place at the table. So why do you still feel like an impostor? Why do you minimize your wins, overwork to prove your worth, and apologize for wanting more?In Unshrinkable, sport and performance psychologist Dr. Darby Bonomi draws on thirty-five years of treating and coaching hundreds of women to reveal why accomplished women secretly undermine themselves-and how to stop. Through candid personal stories and insights from her work with high-achieving clients, she exposes the hidden patterns that keep capable women playing small: the "good girl" conditioning, the fear of ambition, the addiction to perfection.This isn't another self-help platitude about fixing yourself. It's your invitation to stop the self-punishment and give yourself permission to want more-unapologetically. Bonomi shows you how to silence your inner critic, own your ambition, and fully use the power you already have.You are not shrink-to-fit. It's time to become unshrinkable.
