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A collection of more than fifty stories about witches from around
the world. There are tales of banshees, crones and beauties in
disguise from China, Siberia, the Caribbean, Armenia, Portugal and
Australia. The characters featured include Italy's Witch Bea-Witch,
Lilith, Kali, and Twitti Glyn Hec. Alluring women, enchantresses,
wise old ladies and bewitching women: they are all here and ready
to haunt, entice, possess, transform, challenge - and sometimes
even to help.
A guide to using ecstatic trance to connect with your ancestors,
rediscover your extrasensory powers, and reclaim the peaceful
nature of humanity
- Illustrates ecstatic trance postures to connect with the ancient
Nordic people, to journey to exact points in time, and to access
powers such as seeing into our future
- Explains how the coming new age of peace and veneration for
Mother Earth was predicted in Norse mythology as the rebirth of the
compassionate god Baldr
- Expands on the stories of the early Nordic gods and goddesses
from the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda
Connecting Norse mythology, ecstatic trance, the Universal Mind,
and the dawn of a new age of peace and veneration for Mother Earth,
Nicholas Brink reveals how we can use ecstatic and hypnotic trance
to learn more directly and deeply from our distant ancestors,
rediscover our extrasensory powers, and reclaim the original
magical nature of humanity. The imminent rebirth of a peaceful,
balanced, connected world was predicted in Norse mythology as the
return of Baldr, the gentle and compassionate Nordic god of truth,
healing, and rune work.
Illustrating ecstatic trance postures to connect with the ancient
Nordic people and their beliefs, to journey to exact points in
time, and to access specific powers, such as seeing into our
future, Brink explores humanity's evolving cycle of consciousness
from the era when the Great Mother goddess was the center of life
through the transition to the worship of power and physical
strength in the Bronze Age and the world of the Vikings. He
explores the coming return of Baldr and the imminent new age of
peace and respect for the earth. Through hypnotic divination, the
author expands the stories of the early Nordic gods and goddesses
from the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, in particular the
fertility deities of the Vanir, such as Freyr, Freyja, and Idunn,
who came before the warrior deities of the aesir, such as Odin,
Thor, and Loki. He details the epic battle of Ragnarǫk and the
birth, life, death, and rebirth of Baldr.
Brink shows how these ancient stories happen outside of time, in
the past, present, and future, thus Baldr's return is replayed in
our death-rebirth experiences of life, in each dawn, with each
spring, and now with the birth of a new age that we see happening
all around us. Through the power of trance at this time of rebirth,
we move full circle to reclaim the magic of the earliest times, the
times of the Garden of Idunn.
Continuing the journey begun in his acclaimed book "The Cosmic
Serpent," the noted anthropologist ventures firsthand into both
traditional cultures and the most up-todate discoveries of
contemporary science to determine nature's secret ways of knowing.
Anthropologist Jeremy Narby has altered how we understand the
Shamanic cultures and traditions that have undergone a worldwide
revival in recent years. Now, in one of his most extraordinary
journeys, Narby travels the globe-from the Amazon Basin to the Far
East-to probe what traditional healers and pioneering researchers
understand about the intelligence present in all forms of life.
"Intelligence in Nature" presents overwhelming illustrative
evidence that independent intelligence is not unique to humanity
alone. Indeed, bacteria, plants, animals, and other forms of
nonhuman life display an uncanny penchant for self-deterministic
decisions, patterns, and actions.
Narby presents the first in-depth anthropological study of this
concept in the West. He not only uncovers a mysterious thread of
intelligent behavior within the natural world but also probes the
question of what humanity can learn from nature's economy and
knowingness in its own search for a saner and more sustainable way
of life.
With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted
healer with fifteen years of professional experience observing
5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the first
in-depth study of the human energy field for people who seek
happiness, health and their full potential.
Our physical bodies exist within a larger "body," a human energy
field or aura, which is the vehicle through which we create our
experience of reality, including health and illness. It is through
this energy field that we have the power to heal ourselves.
This energy body -- only recently verified by scientists, but long
known to healers and mystics -- is the starting point of all
illness. Here, our most powerful and profound human interactions
take place, the precursor and healer of all physiological and
emotional disturbances.
"Hands of Light is your guide to a new wholeness. It offers:
- A new paradigm for the human, in health, relationship, and
disease
- An understanding of how the human energy field looks, functions,
is disturbed, healed, and interacts with friends and lovers.
- Training in the ability to see and interpret auras
- Medically verified case studies of healing people from all walks
of life with a variety of illnesses.
- Guidelines for healing the self and others.
- The author's personal and intriguing life adventure which gives
us a model for growth, courage and possibilities for expanded
consciousness
Written for those who are experiencing mental illness, or whose
loved ones are going through such episodes, or who are mental
wellbeing practitioners, this is a guide to the potentially
transformational experience of that which we label mental illness.
It explores the ancient concept of the "shamanic sickness", whereby
the prospective shaman underwent many years of mental distress as
part of their initiation, and looks at what this can teach us about
mental health. It argues that, in some cases, what we seek to
medicate could actually be a calling to a path of service and
healing. The book also explores our cultural biases around mental
illness. What we define as pathological, many cultures see as a
sign of being inspired and in touch with greater powers. It looks
at our uneasy relationship with altered states of consciousness and
how these might hold the key to healing many symptoms of mental
illness. Finally it looks at how we, as species, have come out of
balance in our relationship to nature and the devastating affect
this is having on our mental health. By learning from ancient
indigenous cultures who have remained in balance with the natural
world, this book looks at solutions to heal this modern imbalance
and find a way forward for the Earth and ourselves.
From Abracadabra to the now famous spells of the Harry Potter
series, magic words are no longer confined to the practices of
pagans, alchemists, witches, and occultists. They have become part
of the popular imagination of the Western world. Passed down from
ancient Babylon, Egypt, and Greece, these words and the rituals
surrounding them have survived through the millennia because they
work. And as scholar Claude Lecouteux reveals, often the more
impenetrable they seem, the more effective they are. Presenting a
wealth of material on magical words, signs, and charms, both common
and obscure, Lecouteux also explores the magical words and spells
of ancient Scandinavia, the Hispano-Arabic magic of Spain before
the Reconquista, the traditions passed down from ancient Egypt, and
those that have stayed in use until the present day.
Ayahuasca has gained significant popularity these days in cities
around the world. Why? What effect might ayahuasca be having on our
culture? Does this psychoactive brew, which seems to inspire
environmental action, simplified lifestyles and more communitarian
behaviour, act as an antidote to frenzied consumerist culture? In
When Plants Dream, Pinchbeck and Rokhlin explore the economic,
social, political, cultural and environmental impact that ayahuasca
is having on society. Part 1 covers the background; what ayahuasca
is, where it is found, and its cultural origins. Part 2 explores
the role and practices of the ayahuasquero in both Amazonian and
Western cultures. Part 3 examines the medicinal plants of the
Amazon, looking particularly at the ingredients in ayahuasca and
their therapeutic qualities, covering the most up-to-date
biomedical research, psychedelic science and psychopharmacology. It
also covers all the legal aspects of ayahuasca use. Lastly in Part
4 Pinchbeck and Rokhlin question the future of ayahuasca. When
Plants Dream is the first book of its kind to look at the science
and expanding culture of ayahuasca, from its historical use to its
appropriation by the West and the impact it is having on cultures
beyond the Amazon.
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