A team of international experts presents the history, recent developments, and controversies in the intriguing study of near-death experience. Experts from around the world share the history and current state of near-death experience (NDE) knowledge. They explore controversies in the field, offer stories from their research, and express their hopes for the future of investigation into this fascinating phenomenon. As modern medical techniques for resuscitation advance, NDEs are more frequently reported. These include more than the popular notions of moving through a tunnel or seeing a light. They also include people, once revived, knowing things their knowledge of which can't currently be explained. As The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation makes clear, great controversy exists in the medical and psychological fields concerning NDEs. Are they caused by physiological changes in the brain, or are they biological reactions to oxygen loss or impending death? Are they a product of changing states of consciousness? Or are they caused by something else altogether? All of these ideas and more are discussed in this unique and comprehensive volume.

If you've ever got involved in a Twitter spat, been targeted by a nasty troll, or worried about walking home alone late at night, this book will give you the energetic arsenal you need to align yourself with positive outcomes and ward off negativity and danger. Since time immemorial spiritual traditions have given us tools to enhance personal protection. Here you will learn how to work with charms, symbols, chakras and talismans and your own energy field to empower yourself and create your own luck. Also included are comforting rituals and ideas that ensure you deal with conflict and anxiety appropriately, feel in control of your reactions and enjoy the sense of personal power and protection that comes as a result.

Richard West didn't want to be psychic. He tried, over the years, to ignore the voices that he heard, and the gentle prods that he received from a higher place. He became accustomed to a certain "knowing" about people and events before they happened, and used this to good advantage in his life, first as a custom officer and later as a successful businessman. In the end, Richard couldn't avoid the persistent nudging and as his life unfurled, his reticence became less and his inquisitiveness grew. "The Reluctant Psychic. More Case Files " is a follow-on from the first book, giving a more in-detail look at the scope of work that arrives at his door, on a daily basis, as a healer, Dowser and ghost buster. It is a varied, often unexpected mixture of science and the esoteric disciplines, and covers subjects such as remote dowsing and ghost busting at a distance, which will no doubt leave the reader more than a little intrigued In addition to his work as a practical healer, Dowser, and Geopathic Stress consultant, his bulging case files are full of ghost stories, both funny and poignant, that he has collected in the course of his work around the world. This book contains more of these stories, explanations and case studies, that give a glimpse into his special world, of which you will want you to know more

All three books of Francis Barrett's superb compendium of occult thought are presented in this single volume, complete with the original charts and illustrations. Commencing with Magic, we are offered a comprehensive accounts of its capabilities and the tools needed for its use. Natural magic is defined, as are the many philters and potions which may be created and imbued with its essence. Various historical examples of magicians who had, for good or ill, gained public notice for their practices are given. The later chapters meanwhile concern the properties of magical stones such as the legendary Philosophers Stone, and the arcane arts of combining creatures of nature, and the sometimes monstrous results. The Magus itself is termed the Celestial Intelligencer; beginning with a basic account of the four elements, we traverse each in more detail before delving into the more esoteric practices. The symbolism of numbers and of the astronomical bodies of the heavens are detailed, sometimes with charts.