• Discover the thoughts, history, and customs of the Shuar of the Amazon, as told in their own words.
• Tribe members explain their practices of shapeshifting and headhunting; the interdependence of humans and the environment; the role of ecstatic sex; their belief in war as a path to peace; and their faith in arutam, the life spirit.
Who are the pagans and what do they stand for? Why would some of the members of the best educated most materially comfortable generation of Americans look back to mystical traditions many millennia old? During the last few decades millions of people have embraced ancient philosophies that honour Earth and the spiritual power of each individual.
Illustrates how aspects can offer a profound depiction of an individual and his or her destiny.
• Contains comprehensive sections full of interpretations for every planetary combination.
• Concepts are explained through the use of actual birth charts and diagrams.
• A core textbook at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London.
A book of recipes, spells, and rituals for celebrating our connection to the Earth and her seasons.
• Redesigned to focus on all eight pagan holidays.
• Includes new spells, rituals, and meditations, as well as 80 vegetarian recipes.
• Written by practicing witch Cait Johnson, coauthor of Celebrating the Great Mother (12,000 copies sold).
We yearn for contact with departed loved ones. We miss them ache for forgiveness or closure and long for confirmation that there is life beyond physical death. In THE DREAMERS BOOK OF THE DEAD Robert moss explains that we have entirely natural contact with the departed in our dreams when they come visiting and we may travel into their realms.
From the Taoist point of view, good health depends upon the free flow of chi - healthy life-force energy - throughout the body. Taoists refer to healthy chi as good wind. When energy is trapped in the body it stagnates and becomes negative, manifesting in the symptoms of physical or emotional illness. Taoists call this negative energy sick or evil wind.
Spiritual seekers from many traditions have used darkness as a method for exploring hidden aspects of unconscious and super-conscious states, and for embracing the deeper recesses of the self.
"Snakes and Ladders", the popular children's game, is derived from the ancient Hindu game Leela, or Snakes and Arrows, which charts the ups and downs of the soul's path toward reunion with the Infinite. Snakes and Arrows was designed by the seers and saints of India as a tool for understanding the relationship of the individual self to the Absolute Self.
In Numerology for Healing, Michael Brill creates a unique approach to healing emotional and physical problems based on the life challenges and karmic lessons specific to your birthday and name.