This single-volume resource provides sound, up-to-date information and authoritative resources for research on the controversial topics of the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes and the effects of marijuana use on society. The use of marijuana has consistently been a highly controversial, polarizing, and emotional topic, so much so that social, cultural, and religious factors have largely influenced public opinion, legislation, and law enforcement's treatment of marijuana use. At the same time, much of the scientific information about the plant has largely been ignored in the policies and practices of the United States over the past 100 years. Marijuana: A Reference Handbook provides detailed coverage of the history and background of marijuana use in society, with special emphasis on the present day in the United States. It outlines the development of federal and state legislation with respect to marijuana use over the last century, focusing on changes that are taking place in the second decade of the 21st century, and examines the pros and cons of the use of marijuana for a variety of purposes. The book presents readers with unbiased, research-based information about the effects, benefits, and risks of marijuana use. Readers will also learn about the role of hemp across human history and about very recent legislative action on the use of marijuana for both recreational purposes and medical use. Provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the way in which marijuana has been treated in the nation's long-running "war on drugs" Presents arguments both for and against the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes Offers a variety of resources that readers can use for further study of the subject Contains a chapter with selections from important documents in the history of marijuana use, including laws and court cases that deal with the substance and its use and abuse

TREAT YOURSELF LIKE A GODDESS! Connect with your intuition and deepen your selfcare practice with The Sacred Self-Care Oracle. This whimsically illustrated deck will help you create rituals to nourish you on the deepest levels your soul is calling for, inviting you to ask: What do I need to feel centered and balanced today? How can I connect with my body's intuition? If I only have a short time for me this week, how should I spend it? Whether you find meaning in the cards alone or consult the in-depth guidebook for mantras, journal prompts, and additional guidance, this powerful healing tool for the modern spiritual seeker gives you permission to put self-care at the top of your to-do list.

Harness the magic of the cosmos with astrology-themed oracle cards   The Arcana of Astrology is a dreamy guidebook and deck of 54 oracle cards revolving around all things astrological. Author and artist Claire Goodchild created this deck as a tool to teach the archetypes of astrology, with art inspired by vintage star charts and cards featuring the zodiac signs, the 12 houses, and the planets, moon phases, and more. The term oracle encompasses all card decks used for divination, which are typically used as a way to get insight into a situation and tap into your intuition. But don’t be intimidated if you know nothing about astrology or oracle-reading—the 96-page guidebook teaches you everything you need to know about reading cards and applying their message to your life. With practice, The Arcana of Astrology will deepen your connection to the cosmos, to yourself, and to those around you.

This 52-card deck draws on ancient divination tools, including Norse runes, tarot and the I-Ching, to communicate answers, guidance and direction. Colette Baron-Reid has expertly blended elements of ancient divination tools into a sacred communication system: Wisdom of the Oracle. This 52-card deck and companion guidebook will allow you to interpret messages about all aspects of your life journey, with over 250 independent meanings that can speak to an unlimited number of circumstances. Imagery of animals, the elements of nature and other potent symbols will touch you deeply so that a soulful dialogue about your life can take place. The Wisdom of the Oracle Divination Cards are waiting for you to consult them so you may receive answers and know the way forward to peace, purpose, prosperity and love.

Practical Magic is a charmed introduction to the wonders of modern magic and mysticism, from crystals and astrology to chakras, dream interpretation, and, of course, a few spells! Focusing on three primary areas -- healing, magic, and fortunetelling -- this books provides the perfect primer for sophisticated dabblers, with inviting text and spell-binding illustrations. Clear introductions on trending topics, like herbal tonics and astrological charts, are paired with home remedies, hands-on instructions, and suggested rituals in a chic, stylish format that will capture the imaginations of good witches of all ages.

In this book the author describes the characteristics of the creatures of the zodiac, offering the reader an insight into their nature, contrasting each with its opposite and demonstrating the 12 to be an organic whole.;Avoiding the common popular astrological linking of a person to a particular constellation, he then shows these characteristics working on human nature, demonstrating how in social contexts they complement each other and can be used positively to strengthen a community of people.

For a new generation of seekers, a guide to illuminating the present with sparkling new clarity, catching a glimpse of the future -- and having a ball while doing it.

The popularity of books on I Ching, Tarot cards, and casting spells for love or success prove that even in this technological age, there is still a place for a little practical magic. For a generation used to gazing into their computer screens, Urea Silbey opens an enticing window on the possibilities that lie beyond the realities of our everyday lives.

Crystal Ball Gazing describes the different types of balls -- from ordinary glass spheres to those made of rose quartz, amethyst, and even precious stones -- and explains how to select a ball that harmonizes with one's spirit. Easy-to-follow instructions discuss how to read a ball, interpret its symbols, and apply its messages to such practical matters as healing, relaxation, and setting goals for the future.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a Palm Reader? Can they really see the future by looking at your hands? Or do they just make it up? Can they really look deep inside someone and know everything about that person? Kind of gives you the shivers, doesn't it? Reading Between the Lines is a true story about real people, who have decided to change their lives. Their journey begins with the Palm Reader. Not a fortune teller, but a gifted, trustworthy person, who, through her intuition, holds the key to uncover each person's truth. How do I find my Soulmate? Do I have a Guardian Angel? Will I be rich? Will I be happy? What is my Soul Purpose? The answers to these questions (and more) are found within the pages of this book. Reading Between the Lines is your passport into the secret lives of real people, where you will see yourself reflected in the pages as you laugh, cry, and share in this magical journey towards fulfilling your dreams.

Dragons are immensely powerful, creative, inquisitive and honourable beings, with enormous compassion and often a dry sense of humour. This ground-breaking oracle deck allows users to connect with 33 dragons, each with their own personality and way of helping us. Each of the 33 stunning cards represents one of the dragons, and an 80-page booklet profiles the dragons in detail, suggesting how to work with their energy. The Dragons are grouped in four clans: the Earth Walk Dragons, the empowering, who support us on our physical journey; the multi-dimensional Galactic Dragons, the connectors, who work out in the galaxies to raise our vibration; the Grand Master Dragons, shape-shifting spiritual teachers who seek us out when we have started to advance; and the Guardian Dragons, who work in pairs, balancing each other's energies like yin and yang and guiding us wherever we are on our spiritual journey. Rather than giving us straight answers, the dragons guide us as we begin to trust ourselves, our intuition and our inner wisdom. Working with the dragons, we notice when the Universe is answering our call, and then act upon it. As our spiritual growth deepens, we become more self-aware and release old belief patterns, behaviours and ways of being. The Dragons ask only that we be true to ourselves. There is no set way to use the cards - connect with the Dragons in the way that feels right to you, whether that is picking a Daily Guidance card for instant insight or using the spreads described in the booklet, such as the Month Ahead spread, defining your focus for the next four weeks, or the Spiritual Seeker spread, created to help you on your spiritual journey.

Unleash your inner monster and trick-or-treat your way into a connection with the most magical and scary night of the year: Halloween Festivals of the Dead like Halloween have been celebrated for thousands of years across many different world cultures. They serve to honor those who have passed and to celebrate death as a natural part of life and an opportunity to welcome in a new beginning. During Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival from which Halloween originates, the veil between this world and the next was believed to be at its thinnest and so since the very beginning, Halloween has been an occasion for effective & potent divination - a chance to connect with 'the other side' or get a glimpse into your future.

Now you can harness the eerie power of Halloween every night of year, encountering black cats, vampires, zombies, witches, werewolves, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, mummies & characters from the Mexican Day of the Dead tradition including Lady de los Muertos, exquisite candy skulls & more Each of the 35 richly illustrated cards has an accompanying meaning in the guidebook featuring rhyming couplets like those used in ancient storytelling as well as a message of divination for you based on an aspect of Halloween tradition.

This comprehensive book will guide you, step-by-step, into a life full of promise and change, where you can tap into the world's cosmic power to help you make decisions and fulfil your destiny. The first section, Ancient Wisdom, teaches age-old ways to determine character and trace one's passage through life. In section two, Earth Secrets, ancient practices and rites are rediscovered. Follow shamanism's wise teachings and use dream therapy and mandala for meditations. Finally, the Mysterious Arts are revealed in the third section. Find out what the mystical tarot deck and I Ching can tell you about the course of your life.

Marie Anne Lenormand is famous for being Napoleon Bonaparte's trusted card reader. Let the Sibila of the Salons guide your toward self-understanding and insight through this historically-inspired oracle deck. Includes a detailed instruction manual for understanding and working with this unique oracle. Hardbox kit of 32 cards with 192-pp. book.

This collectible box set combines Maia Toll's best-selling book, The Illustrated Herbiary, with a freestanding deck of 36 large gilt-edged oracle cards, along with a velvet carrying pouch so readers can always have plant wisdom on hand. For devotees of tarot, witchcraft, mysticism, botanicals, and beautiful art, this special edition makes a truly distinctive gift.

Do you have hidden wishes and desires that have been elusive since your youth? Now there is an inspirational oracle that will take you on an exciting adventure of self-discovery and enlightenment! Explore your unique gifts through 50 stunning oracle cards and a quick-and-easy guidebook with whimsical messages that will help you enhance your life and express your deepest feelings. Create a Mind Painting of your ideal selfsomeone who you would like to becomeand then ascend to unbelievable heights by developing your imagination. Talented people throughout the agesgreat thinkers, authors, poets, painters, and composershave shared wonderful creations with humankind, and you can too by developing the innate talents that slumber deep within your Soul. This is the place of wizards, magic, and fairies! Prepare to be inspired! Includes 50 art cards and full-color guidebook.

Predict your future, reveal your past and understand your personality, talents and secrets with the art of chiromancy. Palmistry is not just about the lines on the hands, but the hand as a whole is just as important. This book will introduce you to the four basic hand shapes within palmistry, explaining the different elements and their associated traits, and how to observe the palm's natural topography - the lines and markings and the mounts and plains. The Little Book of Palmistry will help you discover more about yourself and become more familiar with one of the oldest and most reliable of fortune-telling arts. SAMPLE QUOTE: 'If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.' - Thich Nhat Hanh SAMPLE FACT: The best time to read a palm is in the morning, not long after the subject has woken up from nocturnal slumber and before he has had anything to eat or drink. This is so because consumption of food and participation in physical activities leads to increased blood circulation, which does not allow the very fine lines along the palm to be noticed.

The history of Tarot Médiéval reads like an adventure novel. It was a French Tarot originally written by Francis Rolt-Wheeler and artist, Christian Loring, but published in the fateful year of 1939. Following the fall of France in June 1940, it seems not to have survived, and few copies of the original remain. Caitlín Matthews has translated and edited the Rolt-Wheelers text and written new material for this beautiful Tarot, whose art has been painstakingly restored by renowned artist Wil Kinghan. Tarot Médiéval has a luminous, dream-like, medieval setting, with fully illustrated 22 Major Arcana, 16 Court Cards, and 40 Pip cards in the suits of Cups, Swords, Sceptres (Wands), and Shekels (Coins). Each card explores the symbolic, initiatic, kabbalistic, numerological, astrological, and divinatory significances, to nourish the spiritual life. The historical and magical context of this extraordinary deck is rooted in the Oswald Wirth school of Tarot and Caitlín has provided new ways of using the cards which give meditational paths to explore it in a deeper way. This is a Tarot whose time has come and an inward adventure of a lifetime is waiting in the cards.

BOND - JAMES BOND. He's a global literary and entertainment phenomenon. But few know there is a hidden, esoteric side to Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming - and all those secrets are revealed here. Using the celestial language of astrology, RA RISHIKAVI RAGHUDAS charts Bond's course from Fleming's interest in metaphysics and his life as a British intelligence agent, to the creation of the Bond novels and then through the entire Bond movie franchise. We learn about the origin of 007's codename, how Fleming may have tricked the Nazis using astrology, why James Bond is the ultimate Scorpio archetype, and why he's a hero who remains relevant even as times change. We even find that the charts of all the actors who have played Bond are cosmically tied together! THE ASTROLOGY OF BOND - JAMES BOND is a treasure house of insight and delight for Bond fans everywhere. Written with style, wit and clarity, it's suitable even for those with little or no astrological knowledge. It's the definitive astro-guide to 007!

Inspired by one of the oldest and greatest epics known to man, the Mahabharata -- the oldest recorded document in existence -- is reflective of human errors and foibles, a triumph of good over evil. Heighten your awareness with this intriguing, original, first on the subject, 36-card deck and guidebook, which embody archetypes of the attributes of the human psyche born of emotions and feelings that recur periodically. A wide spectrum of emotions, dualities, miracles, philosophies, spirituality, and other elements are displayed. The rich and striking card images display concepts such as space travel, ancient sci-fi, elastic time, astral travel, visitations, and more. Its all here, and the otherworldly connections will spur you to expand your psyche. And you will witness the poetic beauty of ancient traditions as they transform the spiritual teachings presented in this powerful package.

Based on the fascinating mythology of the Nordic traditions, this 81-card divination deck brings the stories and characters of ancient Scandinavia to life. Artist Haukur "Hawk" Halldorsson's intricate pen and ink drawings are powerful representations of the most important characters and symbols of the Eddas, the ancient writings of the Norse. These cards, along with the convenient guidebook, are designed to be used for divination, guidance, and spiritual connection. Created by one of the greatest living authorities on Nordic spirituality, these cards are a welcome addition to those who desire a deeper relationship with Odin, Freyja, and the rest of the Nordic pantheon.

Does the Earth have a living energy system? How do you find a spring using a dowsing rod? What is the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui? Why are dragons associated with ley lines? Were sacred sites once placed on a global grid? Was a sophisticated geomancy practiced long ago? Written by six expert authors and illustrated with rare engravings, woodcuts, original drawings and diagrams, GEOMANCY is the ultimate guide to earth mysteries, exploring the hidden frontiers of ancient knowledge to uncover the lost history of our living planet.

Draconic astrology is an ancient technique which seems to have got lost in the mists of time somewhere between ancient Babylon and about 1950, when it suddenly resurfaced. It's a powerful tool that uncovers a person's actual life (or soul) purpose by shifting the Moon's natal North Node to 0 Degrees Aries, thus creating a Moon-based specialist destiny chart. But there's more to it than that....;Soul lies at the heart of draconic astrology, yet there is no agreement on what the soul is. It is a timeless and universal preoccupation of philosophers, mystics, authors - and just about everybody - as becomes evident in the wide variety of case studies used in this book to demonstrate the technique. The desire to find one's life purpose shows itself in those who apparently have everything - and those who have far less - and the motivation is the same no matter a person's race, gender, status, wealth, fame and occupation. Join Victor Olliver as he digs deeper into the charts of Britney Spears, Karl Marx, Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela and many more to discover just what is revealed in their draconic charts.