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A guide to supernatural, paranormal, folkloric, eccentric and,
above all, mysterious that has occurred on islands of Iona and
Staffa. It includes entries covering Iona's tombstones, simulacra,
standing stones, gargoyles, ruins, churches and archeological
curiosities which are complemented by more than sixty photographs.
Fear Dat New Orleans explores the eccentric and often macabre dark
corners of America's most unique city. In addition to detailed
histories of bizarre burials, ghastly murders, and the greatest
concentration of haunted places in America, Fear Dat features a
"bone watcher's guide" with useful directions of who's buried
where, from Marie Laveau to Ruthie the Duck Girl. You'll also find
where to buy the most authentic gris-gris or to get the best
psychic reading. The Huffington Post tagged Michael Murphy's first
book Eat Dat, about the city's food culture, the #1 "essential"
book to read before coming to New Orleans. New Orleans Living
called it "both reverent and irreverent, he manages to bring a
sense of humor to serious eating-and that's what New Orleans is all
about." In Fear Dat, Murphy brings similar insights and irreverence
to New Orleans voodoo, vampires, graveyards, and ghosts.
In whose genetic image were we made? From his first book The 12th
Planet on, Zecharia Sitchin has asserted that the Bible's Elohim
who said "Let us fashion The Adam in our image and after our
likeness" were the gods of Sumer and Babylon - the Anunnaki who had
come to Earth from their planet Nibiru. The Adam, he wrote, was
genetically engineered by adding Anunnaki genes to those of an
existing hominid, some 300,000 years ago. Then, according to the
Bible, intermarriage took place: "There were giants upon the Earth"
who took Adam's female offspring as wives, giving birth to "heroes
of renown." Sitchin is appealing to the Natural History Museum in
London to allow an internationally coordinated DNA extraction from
the skeletal remains of the goddess Puabi (discovered at the Royal
Tombs of Ur) in order to compare her genome to ours. As revealed in
Zecharia Sitchin's new book Puabi is a direct descendant of
extraterrestrial visitors to Earth. If tested, her bones could
reveal the DNA differences that represent our genetic Missing Link
- that small but crucial group of "alien genes" that upgraded us
from wild hominids to modern man some 300,000 years ago. . Reveals
the existence of physical evidence of alien presence on Earth in
the distant past . Identifies and describes the demigods, such as
Gilgamesh, descended from these visitors . Outlines the tests of
this physical evidence of alien presence that could unlock the
secrets of health, longevity, life and death
"In the pursuit of an understanding of Mary that is undertaken in
this book, it is clear that we are dealing with events beyond the
reach of our normal faculties. Without effort on our part and help
of some kind, Mary remains one more unsolvable mystery. In the
activity of our striving to be open and reverent in our devoted
pursuit of knowledge of these mysteries, we begin to tread the path
of the Marian Way of Heart Knowledge." -- from the Foreword The
Marian Way of Heart Knowledge guides the reader into and through
the mystery of Mary as she appears in the New Testament, especially
her composure and openness to life --- both its gifts and its
sorrows. Reilly argues that these holy mysteries are not allegory,
poetry, or simple fantasy. Rather, they are facts that can be known
and experienced by everyone. This book also draws upon the wisdom
of Rudolf Steiner as shared in The Philosophy of Freedom, arguing
that it is possible for knowledge itself to become organically
alive. This is an inspiring book which reveals how devotion and
thinking with the heart -- the Marian way of heart knowing -- can
guide us on our path toward true freedom.
Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of
what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind
relates to the rest of what we consider reality. For millennia,
philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted
answers, perhaps none more meaningful today than those offered by
neuroscience and by Buddhism. The encounter between these two
worldviews has spurred ongoing conversations about what science and
Buddhism can teach each other about mind and reality. In Mind
Beyond Brain, the neuroscientist David E. Presti, with the
assistance of other distinguished researchers, explores how
evidence for anomalous phenomena-such as near-death experiences,
apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, experiences
associated with death, and other so-called psi or paranormal
phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition-can
influence the Buddhism-science conversation. Presti describes the
extensive but frequently unacknowledged history of scientific
investigation into these phenomena, demonstrating its relevance to
questions about consciousness and reality. The new perspectives
opened up, if we are willing to take evidence of such often
off-limits topics seriously, offer significant challenges to
dominant explanatory paradigms and raise the prospect that we may
be poised for truly revolutionary developments in the scientific
investigation of mind. Mind Beyond Brain represents the next level
in the science and Buddhism dialogue.
Discover the secrets of the ancient temples, the sacred geometry
that gave rise to the world's most awe-inspiring cathedrals and the
cryptic ceremonies of the modern-day Freemasons. Thousands of years
ago, people began to notice that certain structures had beneficial
effects on the crops that sustained their lives. A body of
traditional lore evolved, guiding the priests and priestesses of
ancient tribes in the use of architecture and ceremonies that made
use of wholly natural magical effects. The Temple of Solomon was
only one of many ancient structures that drew on the temple
tradition, and its secrets and traditions have been passed along
from the Knights Templar to the Freemasons. Join John Michael Greer
as he rebuilds a body of lost knowledge that's been used to
accumulate and direct energy throughout history...and can be used
again today.
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