Beastie [bee-stee]: The overarching spirit of any species of insect, reptile, bird, mammal, or mythical creature that exists or has ever existed; also known as an animal totem or spirit animal. "From an ancient perspective, everything-including all natural things, like rocks, flowers, trees, insects, birds, and mammals-is alive and infused with conscious energy or spirit," writes Sarah Seidelmann. If you're one of the many people looking to reconnect with the creativity, wisdom, and vital energy of the natural world, here is a fantastic guide for tapping into the power of animal totems, or "beasties." The Book of Beasties invites you to explore why certain animals show up in your life-and what teachings they may be trying to share. Packed with information, illustrations, and traditional and modern insights into the unique qualities of different beasties, The Book of Beasties teaches you about: * Guest Beasties: how certain beasties enter your life to give you messages or assistance you need just when you need them * Core Beasties: meet the guiding beasties who are your lifelong companions, friends, and helpers * Beastie Relationships: tips and techniques for deepening your relationship with beasties and becoming more receptive to their support * Beasties A-Z: an expansive compendium of individual beasties and their unique qualities-including bats, wolves, elephants, salmon . . . even unicorns and dragons! "A message brought by a beastie may be about beauty or family or work," teaches Sarah. "It might offer you guidance on a prickly problem. Or it might make you smile just when you need it." Whether you're a long-time shamanic practitioner or simply curious about what secret messages your favorite animal might have for you, The Book of Beasties is an ideal resource for discovering the wild and wonderful world of spirit animals.

Crystals have been used for divination and healing since ancient times. Their powerful intrinsic energies can serve as mirrors to reveal your true path and link you to the part of yourself that is all-seeing and all-knowing. This beautiful Oracle is designed to help guide you on your life path, to connect you to your higher, intuitive self and to give you incredible, profound and often surprising insights into your past, present and future. THIS ORACLE CONTAINS:* 50 stunning crystal cards that radiate the very essence of the stones, enabling you to access rare and powerful crystal vibrations instantly. * An accompanying full-colour handbook featuring 50 detailed crystal profiles and practical advice on how to choose layouts, focus your questions and use the cards for deeper personal healing and transformation.

T. Lobsang Rampa was preordained to be a Tibetan priest, a sign from the stars that could not be ignored. When he left his wealthy home to enter the monastery, his heart was filled with trepidation, with only a slight knowledge of the rigorous spiritual training and physical ordeal that awaited him . . . .
This is his story, a hauntingly beautiful and deeply inspiring journey of awakening within Chakpori Lamasery, the temple of Tibetan medicine. It is a moving tale of passage through the mystic arts of astral projection, crystal gazing, aura deciphering, meditation, and more, a spiritual guide of enlightenment and discovery through the opening of the all-powerful, the all-knowing . . . .
"Fascinates the reader!" -- Miami Herald

El tema de los fantasmas, lo desconocido, lo sobrenatural o paranormal a muchos nos causa curiosidad, a otros, temor. Muchos piensan que los fantasmas son un mito porque no les ha tocado de cerca o por el temor a lo desconocido. Otros opinan que son una realidad, porque nos ha tocado vivirlo de alguna manera: una puerta que se cierra sin que nadie la haya tocado, un escalofrio que recorre nuestro cuerpo sin explicacion alguna, un olor que te recuerda a alguien muy cercano pero que ya no esta en el plano terrenal y asi sucesivamente. Para otros es simplemente una fantasia inventada por personas que lo que desean es publicidad. Lo cierto es que existe un hilo muy delgado que nos une con el mundo de los espiritus. La autora Blanca A. Torres en este, su segundo libro, nos relata historias veridicas tanto personales como de personas amigas a las que les toco su cita con el mas alla. Personas comunes y corrientes que jamas pensaron experimentar un suceso que los marcaria para siempre. La visita a un hospital puede ser un encuentro con lo desconocido, una casa embrujada habitada por espiritus puede causarte alguna tension, hablar por telefono con una persona fallecida puede ser perturbador, una reina de belleza que se sube a un taxi y se baja sin pagar y un hotel encantado son algunas de las historias que nos hace pensar que la vida no termina con el proceso de la muerte.

The Essential Guide to Crystals is an authoritative, superbly illustrated book that displays crystals in all their dazzling beauty and reveals every aspect of their ancient, mysterious power. It covers the many ways in which crystals can be used to heal our spirit and otherwise enhance our life. An introductory section presents a historical overview and then gives guidance on techniques such as crystal healing and meditation, the use of amulets and birthstones, and working with crystals that correspond to our auras, chakras or reflexology points. The Essential Guide to Crystals guides readers through how to build up and maintain a collection. The second and main section of the book gives an in-depth profile of over 100 crystals, arranged according to colour groups. For each crystal there is a full-colour photograph, with descriptive text and reference notes on appearance, healing properties and other practical uses, as well as associated myths and legends. Key words identify each crystal so you can pick the stone to suit your needs, whether your purpose is cleansing, soothing or energising. The Essential Guide to Crystals is the perfect gift for any crystal lover, healer or collector.

As portals between the physical and spiritual planes, the chakras offer unparalleled opportunities for growth, healing, and transformation. Anodea Judith's classic introduction to the chakra system, which has sold over 200,000 copies, has been completely updated and expanded. It includes revised chapters on relationships, evolution, and healing, and a new section on raising children with healthy chakras. Wheels of Life takes you on a powerful journey through progressively transcendent levels of consciousness. View this ancient metaphysical system through the light of new metaphors, ranging from quantum physics to child development. Learn how to explore and balance your own chakras using poetic meditations and simple yoga movements--along with gaining spiritual wisdom, you'll experience better health, more energy, enhanced creativity, and the ability to manifest your dreams. Praise: "Wheels of Life is the most significant and influential book on the chakras ever written."-- John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga

From horoscopes to telekinesis to the Shroud of Turin, much of what is popularly accepted as a mystical or paranormal phenomenon is, in fact, bunk. Henri Broch's charged deconstruction of these and other acts reveals the hucksterism of pseudoscience.

Broch provides a scientific explanation for what many accept as supernatural or psychic. He explains how some tricks, such as bending silverware with the mind, actually work. He details plausible, scientifically grounded alternative explanations for others, such as dowsing, which is the practice of finding by nonscientific means hidden veins of water, gems, metals, and other materials under the earth. Broch's hands-on experiments demystify the mysterious and explain the inexplicable.

Featuring a foreword by Nobel laureate Georges Charpak and translated from French by Bart K. Holland, this persuasively argued and firmly scientific book exposes some of history's most persistent bamboozling. Be forewarned, you may never be taken in again

Paul Norton and Tracy Hall are an ordinary couple, with an extraordinary story to tell. They are psychics and mediums. In The Spirit of Love they reveal their own journeys as mediums and share some of the amazing communications they have been privileged to convey. Paul Norton was just 19 when he realised that he was in touch with the spirit world. His father had been trying to connect with him before he committed suicide. Soon after, he started to work as a professional medium, touring theatres and giving private readings. Disillusioned that her spirit friends had not warned her that her brother was about to commit suicide, grieving medium Tracy Hall decided that she no longer wanted to use her own gifts to help others. Months later, she went to see Paul Norton at a spiritualist meeting. Through Paul, Tracy's brother told her not to give up her work and that help was on it's way. Soon after, Paul invited Tracy to work with him. Together they embarked on a journey of spiritual discovery that also led to a blossoming relationship. The Spirit of Love shares the moving story of how fate brought them together, and is full of amazing and uplifting stories about their work.