Philosophers, theorists, writers and such commentators use various yardsticks of measurement when trying to gauge the temperature and general well-being of the human condition. This book seeks to investigate the state of the human condition as it stands in the 21st century, thus far. To this end, the concepts of democracy and postmodernism are given much attention in this book. Several threats to 21st century democracy are examined, as 'real' world issues are highlighted as examples for you the reader to assimilate. This exercise exposes that some threats to democracy are underpinned by the factors of religion and religious fanaticism. This reality is shown to be an indication of a retarded state of human development, so metaphysical philosophy and postmodernism are proffered as concepts that encapsulate the ideological medicine that is necessary to remedy this state of retardation. The postmodern debate is therefore assessed, as this book seeks to further define postmodernism while trying to transform this intriguing and otherwise profound concept, into a more cognitively palatable philosophical construct. A metaphysical interpretation of postmodernism is given in an endeavour to reveal that postmodernism has an eclectic core that is, in part, spiritual in nature. Time graphs are provided, showing the developmental trajectory of both modernism and postmodernism, as they progress through time. It is hoped that these graphs serve to show even clearer, what is the real situation of societal evolution before and during the reign of postmodernism.

Humankind is at the point of taking the evolutionary leap towards a higher level of conscience and existence, where there will be only one law: Love. We are spiritual beings living a physical experience who have forgotten our origin. It is necessary to awaken from this amnesia, from this dream, which has displaced our conscience. Whoever connects with his inner wealth becomes enlightened; whoever feels the unity with the intimate Self, which provides an incommensurable and indestructible connection, is liberated from the illusion of the mind and remains in the true, in the real, in the valuable, in the sacred. How beautiful it is to be able to recognize that there exists a way of communicating between ourselves from Self to Self, from the divine which lies within me, with the divine part that is within you, with animals, with plants and with the Whole The inner encounter, from silence, is conscience liberated from thoughts, creating ineffable inner stillness and peace, which allows us to hear the voice of our own, individual Self.

Mitchell Newby and his wife, Janet, inherit his father's house where Mitch was brought up. Mitch does not believe in ghosts, and when he encounters a beautiful young lady walking in the house and gardens he is lost for an explanation, especially after she disappears in front of his eyes. Mitch's mother died on the property many years ago by drowning in the small lake at the end of the grounds. Mitch eventually uncovers the fact that his father was suspected of murdering her, but as there was no conclusive proof the case was dropped. Together with his friend, Peter, he researches the history of the house to find that there have been many unexplained sightings, and even an exorcism was conducted at one point during his childhood. How Mitch's marriage slowly falls apart, partly due to his preoccupation with the ghost, and he eventually solves the mystery surrounding his mother's death, forms the main thrust of the story that ends in tragic circumstances. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Bagot has been writing for many years. He commenced when he was in the Armed Services in Cyprus writing a regular column for the Forces newspaper. He continued while he was the Environmental Health Manager for a small Dorset Council and has carried on since his retirement in 2005. He has had two non-fiction books published on the arts of Judo and Aikido. He has lived in OEstersund, in north Sweden, with his wife, Marta, and their cat, Sappho, where the air is clear and the peaceful countryside is more conducive to his hobbies of writing, photography and fishing. He is currently living in Orebro in south Sweden where he and Marta have retired to be nearer to her family.

Life has a way of asking questions, and most times the answers are a pulse, one deep breath, and a moment with God. The book of MNIGC "My Name is God's Child" is book told of such moments. It follows 5 years, gazing into the insight of one man's soul determined to have a relationship short of sight, yet full of faith. This relationship develops a passage of paragraphs, incidents, and reason led into a walkway of having reached an acceptance worthy onto God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit .

The Book of Revelation tells of angels who fall from their heavenly estates. The Mayan calendar foretells the fall to some two hundred thousand years ago. The discord that followed sent repercussions to earth, arriving about nine thousand years ago when the first generation of the human race-Israel-emerged. By 4500 BC, an Agenda of a Snake from the fallen angels began to breed the biblical lines of Cain and Seth. Soon, the third generation emerged, and the conditions man calls good and evil began proliferating on the earth. Man's spirit commenced through the spirit of the angel Michael, but today it remains trapped within the human mind. Six thousand years ago, the angels Michael, Ra, Viracocha, and Ra Agenda came to earth to free man's spirit by attempting to prevent the creation of the human race. Unsuccessful, they left earth, bequeathing the Mayan calendar, which contains information about the five Ages, to the Mayan people. The Ra Agenda reemerged by 1948 as the mysterious UFO that defied the laws of reality. They have come to secretly assist mankind through the approaching shift in human consciousness scheduled to occur in the fifth Mayan Age of Aquarius in the year 2040.

A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous New England ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Set in New England's historic towns, charming old islands, and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. Yankee folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S.E. Schlosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet seaweed-covered phantom sailors and a ghostly black dog, hear otherworldly voices and things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.

The book give a detailed account of the life of a well sought after musician/executive up until the injury of the massive stroke is incurred. Several encounters with life and death are dealt with head on and there are lessons taught by the Most High that are priceless. You must be in it to win it because as you go through your situation you will definitely grow through your experience with God. The book deals with the issue of time. The hour is far spent and it is high time that you make a move now. Do not fall in the trap of thinking that you have all of the time in the world to make your move. I am here to tell you that you do not and the situation is more serious than you think.

Fed up with living life as an opinion of someone else? Throughout this book, readers will discover themselves, or at least what or who they aren't. There's no point in having spiritual answers if we can't stand ourselves, as we layer most things into our guilt and shame cycle, which we seem to like so much. Self-hatred is evident in many of us, from overeating to starvation; seeking and never finding that true love, leaving a trail of broken lives-our own included-shows us we are really seeking ourselves. Never really knowing why that would be, we ventured into the heart of the matter, literally: self-love. Where is it, what is it, and how come we don't have it? The reader is invited to discover how to reveal the power of love within and share it with others by the world's foremost authority-God. The dialogue between God and the book's authors provides insights into some of life's biggest questions and the human condition, not just on a personal level, but also on a global scale. Through these inspiring messages, this book exposes spiritual truths, while providing solutions that can be incorporated into the daily practice of everyday living, to bring a greater sense of peace and awareness to the reader. For more information, please visit our website: www.kissandtellproductions.com.

Madeleine McCann was nearly four years old when she disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal on May 3, 2007. Despite a massive joint investigation by the Portuguese and British police departments, Madeleine was not found. Reports of sightings of the young girl in Spain, the Netherlands, Morocco, Argentina, Austria, France, India, America, and Australia brought cruel moments of hope to her family, but her actual location-and fate-remained a mystery.

As the search for Madeleine reached a dead end in Europe, Salisu Suleiman, thousands of miles away in Africa, had developed an unusual approach that could overcome the limitations of modern investigative techniques and forensic science. Knowing that there were hundreds of people across the continent who claimed to be able perceive things in an alternative reality, he considered the possibility that one of them might be able to find Madeleine.

Embarking on this strange search, Suleiman meets the Seventh Mystic, who believes that he knows where Madeleine is. Through his gifts, the Seventh Mystic delivers what should be the answer to everyone's prayers: an address in Lisbon. Soon after that, a photograph of the suspects surfaces. But just when they think Madeleine's recovery is imminent, they face a seemingly insurmountable obstacle because no judge will authorize a search based on the visions of a psychic in a remote African settlement.

Was the mystic's information correct? Was Madeleine ever in house number nine? Is she still there? With the Seventh Mystic's visions left untried, many questions remain unanswered.

The Banchory Conspiracy is revealed in the diaries and journals of a catholic priest. It is 19th century England. The Pettarsons are the wealthiest aristocrats in the country. The priest is their pastor and confessor. The Banchory brothers, twins, have insinuated themselves into the good graces of the Pettarson family.eventually becoming the stewards and executors of their vast holdings. They are covert Satanists. Their association is a disaster for the family and the future of Christianity in Western Europe. The journals record the priest's desperate struggle to thwart their catastr-ophic plans. The author found the diaries and journals in a junk shop in Tavistaock, Devon, England They were in a rusty deed-box and in very poor condition.With great diffi-culty he has assembled them into an acceptable literary form.. The conspiracy is truth-based and until recently the journals could have been inspected at the author's home.. They seemed to have had an unpleasant and life threatening presence which the author felt was affecting his health and so he has destroyed them The author John Bender is a retired professional, now in his 89th year. He has observed the disasters of the 20th century which have followed on relentlessly from The Banchory Conspiracy. The reader must decide whetherThe Conspiracy has achieved its ambitions. In 2011 John Israel Bender published The Converso.

This is in essense a ghost story, the old fashioned kind but it does deal with other complex family issues Sarah Jones was a 6 year old little girl living with her family in an old house, that was the family's home in the town of Bristol, the southwest of England, set in 1974 to end of 1984. You will follow Sarah's chilly haunting memories of a ghost of a little girl Anna and her father, through Sarah's eyes as her experinces from the age of 6 become more apparent with sinister intentions. Sarah and her family will learn of the dark secrets this house holds, unknowing that a evil presense wants this secret to stay hidden and will do whatever it takes to keep it that way This is based on true events that accured to a family in an actual house This is one of the first of three books, a trilogy. Second is a prequel to the first set in 1860 - 1880 and the third a sequel to the first set in 1985 - 1991.

"Merlin's War: The Battle between the Family of Light and the Family of Dark" examines the fact that the history of the human race has been manipulated by a being so clever that we have had no idea he exists. In fact, he has hidden behind Lucifer-but Lucifer is not our devil. Much of what has been told to the human race has been designed to keep the truth at bay. Whose purpose did it serve to keep the human race unaware of its own origins and ignoring huge pieces of obvious evidence because there is no logical explanation for it? It certainly did not serve the human race.

Merlin is thought of by most humans as a simple embodiment of the wizard. "Merlin's War" reveals that he is much more; he is a powerful Creator God who is responsible for creating the human template and seeding life on the Earth. Moreover, Dracula is thought of as a fictional vampire, when he is, in fact, the being we call Satan, responsible for creating war and chaos on Earth and in other galaxies. There are two points of view to this story, and in order to be fair author Margaret Doner has agreed to tell both sides.

"Merlin's War "posits that it is time for the playing field to be evened out. The Family of Dark has been in control for too long; it's time for the Family of Light to move beyond the fear that has kept them enslaved.

Imagine if you could wake up each day confident that your decisions were going to create something great especially in every relationship. Imagine that you didn't have to keep doubting yourself or thinking you're missing out because of something you should be knowing, somebody else you should be, or other things you should be doing. Imagine getting out of bed feeling in control even though the day didn't go as planned. Can you imagine the relief? You always knew something was wrong, didn't you? This book activates a series of lightbulb moments as the dots begin to join up and the frustrating mess of situations now unravels with an exciting new confidence about yourself and your unique way to happiness. This book hands you a remarkable, mind-blowing, eye-opening revelation about men and women in your life, what they reveal to you about yourself, and how they are key to fulfilling your dreams and will have you falling completely in love with yourself. Be fascinated by who you are and discover your unique way to happiness. Discover a very selfish, ingenious way to speak to others and start an avalanche of favour rolling in your direction

If you have ever hoped that you could see or experience aspects of heaven while on earth, then Heaven 3.0 is the book for you Heaven has begun reigning down God's messages, glory, and revelation as every day circumstances allow people to witness God promises about heaven. Consider just two facts matched against God's promises: 1) every day in the world, over 770 people witness a glimpse of heaven through a near death experience, and 2.) Millions of people around the world have switched their religious beliefs based on a heavenly dream they experienced. Documented stories like these, allow humanity to touch heaven, and see another generational cycle of truth about heaven.

Heaven 3.0 allows readers to realize we are entering a 3rd generation of knowledge about the greatest place know to every person who has and will walk planet earth; and that place is called heaven.

Heaven 3.0 will challenge, delight, and inform every reader about their opportunity to enter into full view of God's promises. God informs us to watch for signs and wonders in the heavens (Acts 2:19) and that the Heavens would open up and rain down righteousness (Isaiah 45:8). Heaven 3.0 allows readers to enjoy the promise of heaven, and realize that the advances of the world are not just for physical things such as technology, media, and entertainment; but also for the things that pertain to the Kingdom of Heaven. Both Heaven, as well as earth advance, and the Author of Heaven 3.0 encourages you to see and believe in the advancement, while staying connected to scriptural truth. This advancement allows anyone who is willing to 'see and believe' that the common-ground and destiny called heaven, was prepared for people of every tribe, tongue, and nation.

This book is an understanding of how people's behavior controls our destiny. It is a study of what makes us as human beings do the things we do. It then studies and dissects what causes us to do the things we do and why. Once we understand what makes us tick, we can make the changes we desire to live the life we want to live instead of the life we are living. Living in love, peace, and Joy can be a challenge because of the way the world looks to us. Many people believe the world is happening to them. The truth, once understood from this powerful book, can be very freeing. The world isn't happening to you; it is coming from you. This will become your new reality once you understand the concepts and you take action on the exercises in the book. You have a unique opportunity to make changes in your life that will attract the abundance, love, peace, and joy we all desire in our lives. Personal development takes commitment, discipline, and patience, which are all qualities taught in this book. When you learn the principles and laws of the universe, everything you ever wanted in your life comes with ease and effortlessly. Make this book one of your sources for your personal growth and recognize this is not something that can be understood with your mind. You will either feel it with your heart or you are not ready for it yet. If that is the case, then put it down and pick it up in six months after you have had more experiences of suffering in your life. You see pain is a given; it will happen in all our lives at some point. Whether you suffer or not will be your choice. I have put handling the pain of life into an easy, step-by-step way to remove the suffering part so you can live a happy, more enjoyable life. This book will change your destiny if you choose to accept the challenges laid out in its pages. Don't let it pass you by. This is the life-changing book you have been waiting for.

As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear. Oregon is a state in which ghosts roam. Not only here on the coast but in the lush green inland regions as well. Oregon is the ninth largest state in the US, and is one of contrasts from the fertile Willamette Valley with its hundreds of wineries to its rugged coastline; from its twenty-two feet tall Pioneer statue, known affectionately as Gold Man, sitting atop the state capital in Salem to its ghost towns, Oregon is a state of stark beauty, hauntings and history. Ghosts linger for any number of reasons. Those who've stayed on in Oregon range from millionaires who refuse to move from their mansions, lonely cemetery inhabitants, those attached to local theaters, saloons and hotels to ladies of the evening who made the wrong life and death decisions. Their reasons for staying put are as varied as there are rose bushes in the state.