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An oracle deck infused with Earth Spirit magic in each card,
created to mirror your heart's truth and help you tap into the
abundant healing energy of love "Your beautiful and bountiful heart
is a bridge for all that is sacred," says Ashley River Brant. "It
carries the keys for all the wisdom you seek, all that you desire
to create or become, and all the nourishment your soul needs in
this lifetime." Now this artist, spiritual medium, and medicine
woman brings you a potent transformative tool to help you come home
to the healing power of your heart with her new Messages from the
Heart of the Divine Oracle Deck. Every card in the Messages from
the Heart of the Divine Oracle Deck is charged with unique nature
magic. Each of these 44 cards is painted with plant and mineral
pigments, natural waters from the rivers, creeks, and oceans, and
flower essences to encode each card with a specific alchemy of
Earth Spirit healing. The accompanying guidebook provides you with
instructions on how to interact with the cards, sample spreads, and
rituals to help you engage more deeply with the card's message. By
working with this deck, you can increase your connection to your
innate healing powers and intuitive wisdom, see yourself more
clearly through the lens of your higher self, and feel more in
alignment with your true nature. You'll awaken the courage and
confidence you need to show up in the world as you truly are. "You
are actually the oracle," says Brant. "This deck simply offers
guidance for you to see that within yourself."
A Ceremony for Every Occasion has been written as a guide for
Pagans and non-Pagans alike who wish to celebrate the passing of
the seasons, the Wheel of the Year and who need a Rite of Passage
for different times in their life. These rituals are spiritual, at
the same time non-religious in the general accepted term. They can
be adapted and used in different parts of the World and with
different Deity, with a little work or simply used exactly as
written. This book is a practical, step by step guide, and contains
a basic list of all the items needed to take along to a ritual site
in order to perform the ceremonies. There are illustrations and
instructions on for instance 'how to make a set of Handfasting
Cords' with photos as a guide. Each chapter has an introduction
with points of interest about the season and the Deity associated.
LIMITED EDITION HARDBACKS TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF
RUDOLF STEINER'S BIRTH Rudolf Steiner Press is proud to publish a
new series of re-edited, re-typeset and re-designed editions of the
classic, authorised translations of Rudolf Steiner's four
fundamental works. Each volume of this series is printed in a
limited edition of 1,000 copies and sewn-bound in high-quality
cloth, finished with coloured end-papers and a marker ribbon. Given
his energetic involvement in practical initiatives and extensive
lecturing, Rudolf Steiner had little time to write books. Of those
he did write - belonging almost entirely to the earlier years of
his work - four titles form an indispensable introduction to his
later teaching: Knowledge of the Higher Worlds, Theosophy, The
Philosophy of Freedom and Occult Science. The anthroposophy of
Rudolf Steiner is not a theoretical system, but the results of
research based on direct observation. As Steiner's research was so
vast and conducted over such a long period of time, no single book
can be said to contain the whole of his spiritual teaching.
However, of all his books Occult Science comes closest. Steiner
even referred to it as 'an epitome of anthroposophical spiritual
science'. The book sets out, in systematic order, the fundamental
facts concerning the nature and constitution of the human being
and, in chronological order, the history of the universe and man.
Whereas the findings of natural science are derived from
observations made through the senses, the findings of spiritual
science, or anthroposophy, are 'occult' inasmuch as they derive
from direct observation of realities which are hidden to everyday
perception. And yet these elements of humanity and the universe
form the foundation of the sense world. A substantial part of
Occult Science is taken up with a description of the preliminary
training which is necessary to make such spiritual observations.
Although Occult Science is not all-inclusive, it is indispensable
to serious students who seek to master Rudolf Steiner's
extraordinary philosophy.
This book serves as an ideal foundation for teaching ascension
classes and presenting workshops. It covers an entire one- to
two-year program of classes.
The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of
the world-the "oneness hypothesis"-can be found in many of the
world's philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides
ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self
as fundamentally connected with other people, creatures, and
things. Such views present profound challenges to Western
hyperindividualism and its excessive concern with self-interest and
tendency toward self-centered behavior. This anthology presents a
wide-ranging, interdisciplinary exploration of the nature and
implications of the oneness hypothesis. While fundamentally
inspired by East and South Asian traditions, in which such a view
is often critical to their philosophical approach, this collection
also draws upon religious studies, psychology, and Western
philosophy, as well as sociology, evolutionary theory, and
cognitive neuroscience. Contributors trace the oneness hypothesis
through the works of East Asian and Western schools, including
Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Platonism and such
thinkers as Zhuangzi, Kant, James, and Dewey. They intervene in
debates over ethics, cultural difference, identity, group
solidarity, and the positive and negative implications of metaphors
of organic unity. Challenging dominant views that presume that the
proper scope of the mind stops at the boundaries of skin and skull,
The Oneness Hypothesis shows that a more relational conception of
the self is not only consistent with contemporary science but has
the potential to lead to greater happiness and well-being for both
individuals and the larger wholes of which they are parts.
Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try
to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to
foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these
techniques were called 'superstitious' by educated elites. For
centuries religious believers used 'superstition' as a term of
abuse to denounce another religion that they thought inferior, or
to criticize their fellow-believers for practising their faith
'wrongly'. From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, scholars
argued over what 'superstition' was, how to identify it, and how to
persuade people to avoid it. Learned believers in demons and
witchcraft, in their treatises and sermons, tried to make
'rational' sense of popular superstitions by blaming them on the
deceptive tricks of seductive demons. Every major movement in
Christian thought, from rival schools of medieval theology through
to the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, added
new twists to the debates over superstition. Protestants saw
Catholics as superstitious, and vice versa. Enlightened
philosophers mocked traditional cults as superstitions. Eventually,
the learned lost their worry about popular belief, and turned
instead to chronicling and preserving 'superstitious' customs as
folklore and ethnic heritage. Enchanted Europe is the first
comprehensive, integrated account of western Europe's long, complex
dialogue with its own folklore and popular beliefs. Drawing on many
little-known and rarely used texts, Euan Cameron constructs a
compelling narrative of the rise, diversification, and decline of
popular 'superstition' in the European mind.
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