Discover the true meaning and the origins of the zodiac in E.R. Winstanley's new book, Pathways to the Zodiac. Why was it formed and by whom? Has the mystery about the architects of Stonehenge and other similar structures been solved? Does the Sphinx still remain an enigma? The deities of the ancient world made an indelible impact upon the lives of the various tribes who wandered throughout Mesopotamia and Europe. Their beliefs and rituals have been handed down through the centuries, from Melchizedek, the Lord of the Zodiac, to the Knights Templar and Freemasons, to the current era. We all have been linked together and follow the pathways of our ancestors through the creation of the zodiac.About the Author: E.R. Winstanley grew up in England and now resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/PathwaysToTheZodiac.html

SALES HANDLE: An investigative look at the myths, predictions, and truths behind the phenomenon that is 2012. HOW WILL THIS TITLE BE DISTINCTIVE: A guide to the guides, and an unraveling of many of the myths surrounding 2012, this title firmly grounds the mania in reality and gives loads of insight into the phenomenon and its background. Beautiful two color illustrations give readers a visual guide to the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the date. NOTABLE AUTHORS OF CONTRIBUTORS: Author Melissa Rossi is a respected author and journalist who has been published in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including Newsweek, Esquire,and Newsday. She is the author of the What Every American Should Know series. EXPERT INTRODUCTION: The book features an introduction by Bruce Scofield, professor of astronomy at University of Massachusetts and expert in the Maya, astrology, metaphysics, and more. Illustrations by artist James Noel Smith. SPEAK TO THE EXISTING TREND/DEFINE CUSTOMER: -Mass potential: the hype leading up to 12/21/2012 is huge, and is only going to get bigger! And more confusing! News stories about 2012-and those obsessed with the date-have already appeared in Playboy, Popular Science, New York Times Magazine, and more. - 2012 the movie released in theaters in Novemeber 2009 and increased awareness of the coming date immeasuably. -Doomsday is extremely popular. The History Channel has already featured several specials on 2012 and possible approaching 'end-times' scenarios given their popularity right now, and the ratings (and DVD sales) they get for this type of show: --Seven Signs of the Apocalypse (2009) --Armageddon (2004) --Armageddon: Exploring the Doomsday Myth --2012: Science or Superstition? --Doomsday 2012 (2009) --Nostradamus: 2012 (2009) --The Nostradamus Files (2009)

CELESTIAL EARTH is an investigation into the extraordinary 'transitional age' tha Humanity and the Earth are both experiencing in the present historical moment. Some of the issues presented: The 'Galactic Alignment' of 2012: the new world's age that many ancient prophecies foresaw as beginning now... it has indeed begun, triggering devastating climate changes and geological upheavals; New phenomena: spiritual beings visiting the earth & crop circles; 'spheres of light' travelling at supersonic speed and collective ascension into the numinous 'interstellar ether'; new senses of perception (etheric vision)& the coming of the 'Celestial Self'. Bisexuality and male-male love as a "beautiful way" in ancient times and the mystical-inziatic aspects of the Gay Eros; The meaning of 'Evil' and the function of 'pleasure' from a spiritual growth perspective and much ... much more.

In ill health following a stroke, Sir Walter Scott wrote Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft at the behest of his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart, who worked for a publishing firm. The book proved popular and Scott was paid six hundred pounds, which he desperately needed. (Despite his success as a novelist, Scott was almost ruined when the Ballantyne publishing firm, where he was a partner, went bankrupt in 1826.) Letters was written when educated society believed itself in enlightened times due to advances in modern science. Letters, however, revealed that all social classes still held beliefs in ghosts, witches, warlocks, fairies, elves, diabolism, the occult, and even werewolves. Sourcing from prior sixteenth- and seventeenth-century treatises on demonology along with contemporary accounts from England, Europe, and North America (Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi, for one), Scott's discourses on the psychological, religious, physical, and preternatural explanations for these beliefs are essential reading for acolytes of the dark and macabre; the letters dealing with witch hunts, trials (Letters Eight and Nine), and torture are morbidly compelling. Scott was neither fully pro-rational modernity nor totally anti-superstitious past, as his skepticism of one of the "new" sciences (skullology, as he calls it) is made clear in a private letter to a friend. Thus, Letters is both a personal and intellectual examination of conflicting belief systems, when popular science began to challenge superstition in earnest.

2011 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book is a manual for the attainment of knowledge of higher, more spiritual worlds. It opens new perspectives on the essential tasks of life. Not everyone can immediately achieve spiritual vision, but the discoveries of those who have it can be health-giving life nourishment for everyone. This process is facilitated by this manual. From 1899 until his death in 1925, Steiner articulated an ongoing stream of experiences that he claimed were of the spiritual world - experiences he said had touched him from an early age on. Steiner aimed to apply his training in mathematics, science, and philosophy to produce rigorous, verifiable presentations of those experiences. Steiner believed that through freely chosen ethical disciplines and meditative training, anyone could develop the ability to experience the spiritual world, including the higher nature of oneself and others. Steiner believed that such discipline and training would help a person to become a more moral, creative and free individual - free in the sense of being capable of actions motivated solely by love.

Jokes and Targets takes up an appealing and entertaining topic the social and historical origins of jokes about familiar targets such as rustics, Jewish spouses, used car salesmen, and dumb blondes. Christie Davies explains why political jokes flourished in the Soviet Union, why Europeans tell jokes about American lawyers but not about their own lawyers, and why sex jokes often refer to France rather than to other countries. One of the world s leading experts on the study of humor, Davies provides a wide-ranging and detailed study of the jokes that make up an important part of everyday conversation."

2011 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The author seeks to expose every conceivable type of human fad and fraud. The subject matter is divided into five chapters: one each for Fads, Fakes, Freaks, Frauds and Fools. Including the obvious manias chronicled elsewhere, the author treats such exotic subjects as "manufacturing Egyptian mummies," "gypsy charms," "the criminal diploma," and many varieties of fools. An encyclopedia of the human penchant for delusion and gullibility.

2011 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This book is a manual for the attainment of knowledge of higher, more spiritual worlds. It opens new perspectives on the essential tasks of life. Not everyone can immediately achieve spiritual vision, but the discoveries of those who have it can be health-giving life nourishment for everyone. This process is facilitated by this manual. From 1899 until his death in 1925, Steiner articulated an ongoing stream of experiences that he claimed were of the spiritual world - experiences he said had touched him from an early age on. Steiner aimed to apply his training in mathematics, science, and philosophy to produce rigorous, verifiable presentations of those experiences. Steiner believed that through freely chosen ethical disciplines and meditative training, anyone could develop the ability to experience the spiritual world, including the higher nature of oneself and others. Steiner believed that such discipline and training would help a person to become a more moral, creative and free individual - free in the sense of being capable of actions motivated solely by love.

2011 Reprint of 1935 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Unveiled Mysteries" describes an encounter between the author and St. Germain, an Ascended Master, virtually a God, who is able to manipulate the fabric of reality. The author, Guy Ballard, using the pen name "Godfr Ray King," describes a series of astral trips in time and space with St. Germain, to lost civilizations in South America and the Sahara, as well as well-stocked bunkers of the ancients in the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Mount Shasta. The author and St. Germain revisit past lives as citizens of Atlantis and Mu, and they turn out to be relatives. A final chapter mentions encounters with entities from Venus.

We are living in an age of monumental transformation, known as the shift. This is the hottest of topics, particularly with all the attention given to the ending of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. It is also one of the most misunderstood. In his latest book, "Prophesy, Challenge & Blessing - Visions of 2012 & the Shift," Jack Allis cuts through the confusion with a message that is simple, yet profound, echoing the ancient indigenous prophesies from cultures spanning the globe, including the Hopi and the Maya. This is an age when the old world is coming to its inevitable end, so a new world may be born. We can already see this playing out in our world, with the collapse of virtually all the structures of our civilized world. However, this does not have to be doomsday. The solution, again, comes from our indigenous relatives, who knew how to do the one thing we don't. This was to live sustainably in harmony with the forces of nature and with Mother Earth. A huge topic? A formidable task? Yes indeed, but Jack tackles it with eloquence and inspiration. It's up to us to reconnect with our heritage as spiritual beings. We are fully capable of this, but we must get to work.

The "New York Times" Bestseller
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New Jersey leads the country in corruption
"The Soprano State "details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters.
Where else would:
- A state attorney general show up after police pulled over her boyfriend who was driving without a valid license?
- A state senator and mayor of Newark (the same guy) spend thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money on a junket to Rio days before leaving office?
- A politically connected developer hire a prostitute to tape sex acts with his own brother-in-law and then send the tape to his sister?
Only in the Soprano State.

commemorating Sir Francis Bacon's 450th birth anniversary, the 20 and more contributors to THE VIEW BEYOND see a connection between Bacon's attempt to write the master plan of science, his esoteric interests, his supposed connection with Rosicrucianism, and the development of science and spirituality today.Division of the book is into four main sections. The first is about Bacon himself: John Henry on Bacon the scientist, Bacon the alchemist; Peter Dawkins on his 'Great Instauration' or programme for human advancement, Simon Bentley on his horoscope and Colum Hayward on his posthumous reputation.Section 2 develops the esoteric connection is represented by a diversity of authors including Tim Wyatt, who puts the main debate in a Theosophical context; Sylvia Francke on the role of Rudolf Steiner as a synthesizer and Nick Lambert on alchemy, The New Atlantis, and the esoteric. In section 3, Frank Perry writes on the seventh ray in art, seeing Bacon as standing at the head of this influence, and Richard Merrick writes on interference patterns in music and how they are building blocks of the universe itself. Section 4 is about science today, and breakthroughs in neuroscience as well as physics which bring into question the traditional model of materialism; it also examines the social responsibility of the scientist, which is inherent in Bacon's view of science as an activity of the state. In a final section, Kathleen Pepper writes on the Golden Age, Colum Hayward on the topic 'Beyond Materialism' and Steve Nation concludes with a review from the United Nations in New York of esotericism, science and spirituality today.

Admired at home and overseas for his humility, integrity and zeal for the Lord, Rev. Joseph Afodonko DODJRO is under a heavy and powerful anointing to set the captives free through the authority in the name of Jesus. His life changing spiritual warfare workshops, prophetic intercessions, breakthrough prayers, revival meetings, healing crusades, and sound biblical teachings, have brought new life and power into the lives of many in Canada, USA, and overseas. Reverend DODJRO believes that people must first be delivered from spiritual hindrances in order to fulfill their destiny, calling and ministry. He is called to minister total deliverance to the Body of Christ, the blood-bought children of the Most High God, through the power in the name of resurrected Son of the Living God. Turing Point Breakthrough Prayers is a remarkable impartation from his deliverance workshops series to bless thousands of believers who can now partake in his anointed teachings from the comfort of their home. You can get in touch with the servant of God through his ministry: Greater Works Evangelistic Ministries International, www.greater-works.org or by email: [email protected]

As soon as the armed man realized that iron and steel were the best defences for his body, he would naturally insist that some sort of a guarantee should be given him of the efficacy of the goods supplied by his armourer. This system of proving armour would be effected by using those weapons commonly in use, and these, in the early times, were the sword, the axe, the lance, the bow, and the crossbow. The latter seems to have been the more common forms of proof, though as late as the seventeenth century we have evidence that armour was proved with the "estramaon" or sword blow. -from "The Proof of Armour" Not a history of defensive armor but rather a guide to the actual making of armor, as well as the regulations that governed the artisans who made it, this is a fascinating-and practical-handbook on the production, selling, and wearing metal traditional medieval body armor. First published in 1912, this classic book-by British historian and author CHARLES JOHN FFOULKES (1868-1947), curator of London's Royal Armouries-draws on records of the time to detail the tools and appliances of the trade, the decoration and cleaning of armor, the use of leather and fabrics, and much more to offer a complete reference for readers of period fiction and history, wargamers, costumers, and anyone fascinated by the craft of the armorer. This replica of the 1912 edition is complete with all of the original diagrams, illustrations, and photos.

One in nine Americans will lose money as a victim of fraud
- Every man and woman in the country (and every child with an email address) will be targeted by professional fraudsters-multiple times.
- Seven out of every eight frauds go unreported.
- Most fraudsters will get away with their crime.
- Government agencies and crime watchdogs suggest that there could be up to $100 billion worth of fraud in this country in any given year.
A jaw-dropping expose of fraud in America today-who's doing it, how it's done, and how you can protect yourself-the world of fraud is laid bare: from personal finance and investment schemes to Internet scams and identity theft, to pyramid cons and the infamous Nigerian advance fee frauds.
Jeffrey Robinson gets inside the heads of the most notorious scam artists to uncover the psychological weapons they use to entice victims. With uncanny clarity and insight, he shows how to spot a scam and how to limit your exposure to fraudsters.
"There's a Sucker Born Every Minute" levels the playing field, arming consumers with the knowledge they need to combat even the most insidious conmen.
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The year 2012 is fast approaching. This is the time that scientists, prophets, and ancient scholars have predicted the world would end. However, this is also the year that is supposed to herald a Great Revealing. The anti-Christ, Illuminati, secret societies, and religious and government corruption will supposedly be exposed, allowing for the spiritual and physical transformation necessary to usher in a new spiritual age of peace and enlightenment. Discover beautiful insights into humanity's ancient journey of spiritual ascent, how the knowledge and wisdom of the past determined history and what lies in store in the years beyond 2012. Topics covered include: [Past civilizations, including the Egyptians, Mayans, and Aztecs [The anti-Christ and other false gurus [Secret societies and symbols [Alien warnings [And much more! Develop a clear understanding of the nature of humanity, where we came from, and where we are going in 2012 Enlightened.

There is probably not an Oklahoman or a visitor to Oklahoma who hasn't wondered about the meaning or origin of the names of many of the cities and towns and other landmarks. Those names mirror the 46th state's diverse culture and unique history. They sing with the beauty of American Indian languages, reflect the hope or earthy humor of early settlers, or ring with the energy of entrepreneurs. In some instances, the record documenting the birth of an Oklahoma place name no longer exists - if it ever did. In others, the "official" version varies from local legend - or is greatly enlivened by it Respected Oklahoma author Jim Etter examines both history and folklore - and that intriguing blend of both - in this work that results from his years as a journalist whose work has taken him to hundreds of Oklahoma communities where he talked with - and listened to - thousands of Oklahomans. The result is a book that is both informative and entertaining and quintessentially Oklahoman - part fact, part fiction and bigger and better than either.

After members of our armed forces bravely serve their nation, they sometimes come home to find themselves battling another enemy--within their own government. Using decades of case histories, statistics, and firsthand accounts, award-winning Washington journalist Martin Schram exposes a shocking culture of antagonism toward veterans by the very agency--the Department of Veterans Affairs--that was formed to serve them.

"Vets Under Siege" reveals the shameless lack of care shown to our young servicemen and -women, from recruiters' deceptions and a lack of armor in battle to shoddy, disgusting conditions at Walter Reed and other medical facilities, and looks back to examine the innumerable postwar battles our veterans have had to wage for proper treatment, from World War II to today. Martin Schram's bold bugle call, sounded on behalf of our nation's beleaguered servicemen and -women, lays bare a chilling pattern of institutional negligence, delay, and denial, and points the way forward with definitive solutions to a national disgrace.

On December 21, 2012 the human race will ascend to the 4th dimension...or die. The Mayans predicted it. The Egyptians encoded the date into the Pyramids. Modern science and astrology have proven it. And two mystics are about to reveal how you can survive it.

2009 reprint of 1919 edition. Creative Mind and Success is one of Holmes' earlier publications, and was intended as to guide to mental wellness and success. Like Holmes' other publications, notably Science of the Mind, this book demonstrates how positive thinking can enhance life. The focus, however, is more on financial success, as opposed to later works that deal primarily with spiritual well being. He was the founder of a movement known as Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, a part of the New Thought movement. His influence has remained considerable to this day.

As he did with the bestselling "The Freemasons," veteran journalist Jeffers delves into the complicated and mysterious origins of the Bilderberg Group, its evolution to a top-secret society, and its ultimate goal of world supremacy.