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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects
Welcome to a world of subversive literature filled with magical
wisdom and the decoding of the occult. In this volume, author
Azazel Rama explores the ancient secrets of astral travel and
reveals a doorway to the multiverse of endless potential. He then
reveals how the heretical views of science and nature can slay the
dragon of religion with common sense. This is not a self-help
seminar filled with happy sunshine, nonsense codes, and false
rainbows; this is a journey into the forbidden. "The Church of the
Free Mind" has opened its gates, and within this Holy Temple no
messiah shall be said to exist.
Written as a diatribe against words, this is the true philosophy
of a snake swallowing its own tail. Behold the self-consuming god
that exists within the flesh and souls of all living beings. Embark
upon a spiritual exploration of a higher order of freedom as it
relates to an unconsciously connected society of human animals, and
learn the moral codes of Mother Nature as she echoes a sense of
natural law through the depths of our collective being. This
collection of essays proposes a way to enter a new cycle of human
understanding.
Geraldine Cummins's fourth book, The Road to Immortality written in
1932, is a series of communications allegedly from F. W. H. Myers,
the eminent psychologist and psychical researcher, who departed
from the earth plane in1901. Communicating from the 'other side'
Myers gives us a glorious vision of the progression of the human
spirit through eternity. In the Introduction Beatrice Gibbes
described the method of communication employed by Cummins. "She
would sit at a table, cover her eyes with her left hand and
concentrate on "stillness." She would then fall into a light trance
or dream state. Her hand would then begin to write. In one sitting,
Gibbes stated, Cummins wrote 2,000 words in 75 minutes, whereas her
normal compositions were much slower-perhaps 800 words in seven or
eight hours." Gibbes added that she witnessed the writing of about
50 different personalities, all claiming to be 'dead, ' and all
differing in character and style, coming through Cummins' hand.
Communicating through Cummins, Myers stated: "We communicate an
impression through the inner mind of the medium.... Sometimes we
only send the thoughts and the medium's unconscious mind clothes
them in words." Speaking of God Myers explains; The term God means
the Supreme Mind, the Idea behind all life, the Whole in terms of
pure thought, a Whole within which is cradled the Alpha and Omega
of existence as a mental concept. Every act, every thought, every
fact in the history of the Universes, every part of them, is
contained within that Whole. Therein is the original concept of
all. Now considered a classic in afterlife literature, The Road to
Immortality takes us on a journey we may all repeat some day, and
with Myers as our guide, the journey is spectacular.
Since WW II, 'channeling' has largely replaced older styles of
mediumship in the movement loosely known as the New Age. Yet the
two are intimately related. As both historical chronicle and
metaphysical critique, The Spiritist Fallacy, together with its
companion volume, Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion, is a
valuable study of New Age origins. Guenon takes the 'spirit
manifestations' of the Fox sisters in Hydesville, New York (in
1847) as his starting-point, but while accepting the reality of
many such 'manifestations', denies that they represent the spirits
of the departed. He sees them, rather, as fostering belief in a
kind of rarefied materialism, as though the 'spirit of the
deceased' were no more than an invisible, quasi-material body, and
death no more than a 'shedding' of the physical body while the
'spirit' remains otherwise unchanged-a belief widespread today in
popular culture. The author demonstrates how various 'spirit
philosophies' are little more than reflections of their own
milieux-'English spirits' being conservative and denying
reincarnation, 'French spirits' accepting reincarnation and
espousing progressivist or revolutionary ideas, etc. antiquity with
haunted houses suddenly, in the 19th century-and within five years
of their appearance-spawned an international pseudo-religious
movement, speculating that certain magicians (possibly from the
Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor) may have intentionally produced the
Hydesville phenomena by actively projecting hidden influences upon
the passive psyches of their mediums. The mutual influence of
Spiritism and Theosophy, and the adverse affects of 'spirit
entities' upon many mediums, are also covered in considerable
detail. The Spiritist Error is both an expose of 'unconscious
Satanism' and a highly useful critique of the false ideas of the
afterlife which are so prevalent in our time.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
There are over 600 New Religious Movements (NRMs) in Great Britain
alone, and more than 2000 in the United States. A Reader in New
Religious Movements aims to provide an introduction to the main
teachings of a selection of these organizations, focusing on those
which are well-established in the West. The contemporary - and in
some cases controversial -- NRMs covered include The Unification
Church, The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, The
Family, Osho, Soka Gakkai International and the Western Buddhist
Order.
....In the unending definement of this book I honestly believe that
people will find out soon enough what will happen to them when the
moment of life's ending comes along, but it is my duty as both a
dying patient, and as a woman of religion, to tell others who may
not know, and to explain the best of my ability the atrocities that
actually occured in this place.... ....Unlike most of the general
masses I can hear many other pulses of life, but this all comes
from knowing God and the child within as she absorbs the building
tensions and rechannels that energy into a rightful and God-fearing
direction, hence creating a fullfilling existence regardless if
that same individual is hurting or is at peace....
The doctor said, "Don't try it -you could die on the operating
table." A scary thought, but the alternative was worse
""Something very ancient and very new is being presented here Gary
Stamper is bringing together many disciplines, much experience,
fine scholarship, and good writing style too.""
-Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and author of "Wild Man to Wise Man" and
"Adam's Return"
""Gary Stamper has done a masterful job of pulling together
various integral and visionary shamanic approaches to assist the
change that is greatly needed for not only men of all ages but also
for the masculine that is ready to be activated within us all.""
-Linda Star Wolf, author of six books, including "Visionary
Shamanism: Activating the Imaginal Cells of the Human Energy Field"
"Awakening the New Masculine "is a brave, exciting and significant
contribution to one of the most important aspects of our time- the
birth of a New Sacred Masculine capable of being fiercely and
tenderly protective of the world and human life.""
-Andrew Harvey, Author of "The Hope a Guide to Sacred Activism"
"Awakening the New Masculine" is a bridge from the first wave of
the mythopoetic men's movement of the last twenty-five years to
what is only now beginning to emerge. Gary Stamper points the way
to the second wave of men's work with humor, intelligence, and the
kind of compassion that holds men accountable-daring, insisting,
and giving them the tools they need to step up to a new way of
being men.
You're going to awaken to the real possibility of becoming the
man you've always known you could be, stepping into the truth of
who you are in your fullness, cultivating potentials that have
called to you, bringing your full presence and awareness to every
moment for yourself, your loved ones, and the planet.
New Religious Movements: A Guide for the Perplexed examines the
phenomenon of new faiths and alternative spiritualities which has
become a feature of the contemporary world. Those interested in the
spiritual dimension to life are no longer limited to the major
world faiths, but can draw upon a rapidly-expanding range of new
religions. Some of these are derived from the major religions, some
are a re-working of ancient traditions, while others signify a
completely new departure in spiritual experience. This book
analyses the concepts we use to discuss new religions, and surveys
a range of different movements which were established in the second
half of the 20th century. Paul Oliver explores the organization of
the movements, and the psychological aspects of life within them;
the distribution of power and authority within movements; the
position of women in relation to such organizations, and finally,
the nature of the evolution and expansion of such movements in
relation to post-modern society. This book is ideal for students
wishing to understand the more perplexing elements of this
contemporary phenomenon. >
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