Into the Mystic is a contemporary spiritual autobiography written from a mystical perspective that introduces the reader to the hidden life of twentieth-century Canadian mystic, Olga Park. The book consists of a series of vignettes and poems written by the author and by Park as well as some illustrations of Park's own spiritually inspired artistic creations. It explores the relation of the female spiritual seeker to her wisdom teacher, guru, and spiritual mentor, and addresses timeless questions about the relation of time to eternity, the nature and emergence of consciousness, direct mystical experience etc. in a contemporary Canadian context. The book synthesizes memoir, spiritual autobiography, biography, personal narrative, and poetry in an innovative way.

This 2004 book is an accessible introduction to the full range of the philosophy of William James. It portrays that philosophy as containing a deep division between a Promethean type of pragmatism and a passive mysticism. The pragmatist James conceives of truth and meaning as a means to control nature and make it do our bidding. The mystic James eschews the use of concepts in order to penetrate to the inner conscious core of all being, including nature at large. Richard Gale attempts to harmonize these pragmatic and mystical perspectives. This introduction is drawn from and complements the author's much more comprehensive and systematic study The Divided Self of William James, a volume that has received the highest critical praise. With its briefer compass and non-technical style this introduction should help to disseminate the key elements of one of the great modern philosophies to an even wider readership.

This 2004 book is an accessible introduction to the full range of the philosophy of William James. It portrays that philosophy as containing a deep division between a Promethean type of pragmatism and a passive mysticism. The pragmatist James conceives of truth and meaning as a means to control nature and make it do our bidding. The mystic James eschews the use of concepts in order to penetrate to the inner conscious core of all being, including nature at large. Richard Gale attempts to harmonize these pragmatic and mystical perspectives. This introduction is drawn from and complements the author's much more comprehensive and systematic study The Divided Self of William James, a volume that has received the highest critical praise. With its briefer compass and non-technical style this introduction should help to disseminate the key elements of one of the great modern philosophies to an even wider readership.

The Light of His Beauty: Recounting the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (may God's peace and blessings be upon him) is a beautifully illustrated children's biography that imparts a spirit of love and reverence for the Messenger of God and his pure parents. There is a twofold moral in this book: (1) love for the Prophet who is the light of Allah, and (2) love for his pious parents which, in turn, teaches children to respect their own father and mother. This lovely book has been commended by Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Mehded Maryam Sinclair, and Nabila Hanson.

* Shares 159 short exercises and practices to tap instantly into your subconscious mind and receive answers to your most important questions * Explains how to dialogue with and understand the imagery and metaphors that arise during these practices * Offers powerful practices to discover your areas of "stuckness" and quickly clear them, thus releasing past traumas and ancestral patterns and freeing the flow of the imagination for enhanced creativity and joy in life In this step-by-step guide to kabbalistic practices to connect with your natural inner genius and liberate the light within you, Catherine Shainberg reveals how to tap instantly into the subconscious and receive answers to urgent questions. This method, called the Kabbalah of Light, originated with Rabbi Isaac the Blind of Posquieres (1160-1235) and has been passed down by an ancient kabbalistic family, the Sheshet of Gerona, in an unbroken transmission spanning more than 800 years. The modern lineage holder of the Kabbalah of Light, Shainberg shares 159 short experiential exercises and practices to help you begin dialoguing with your subconscious through images. The images that pop up during these practices are unexpected and revelatory, and she discusses how to open them to greater understanding. At first, they may show you aspects of yourself you don't like. But seeing them serves as both a diagnosis and a direct path to transformation. Fast and simple, the practices can help you discover your areas of "stuckness," release past traumas and ancestral patterns, free the imagination, and open the way to the bliss promised us in the Garden of Eden. Beginning this fertile dialogue with your inner world leads you to uncover your soul's purpose and manifest your dreams in this world. Once your inner dream world and outer reality have merged, you will be able to see your superconscious--your soul's blueprint--and experience the ecstatic illumination of a heart-centered life.

The twelfth century CE was a watershed moment for mysticism in the Muslim West. In al-Andalus, the pioneers of this mystical tradition, the Mu'tabirun or 'Contemplators', championed a synthesis between Muslim scriptural sources and Neoplatonic cosmology. Ibn Barrajan of Seville was most responsible for shaping this new intellectual approach, and is the focus of Yousef Casewit's book. Ibn Barrajan's extensive commentaries on the divine names and the Qur'an stress the significance of God's signs in nature, the Arabic bible as a means of interpreting the Qur'an, and the mystical crossing from the visible to the unseen. With an examination of the understudied writings of both Ibn Barrajan and his contemporaries, Ibn al-'Arif and Ibn Qasi, as well as the wider socio-political and scholarly context in al-Andalus, this book will appeal to researchers of the medieval Islamic world and the history of mysticism and Sufism in the Muslim West.

God hides behind the simplest of daily activities; finding Him is a matter of total surrender to His will. That's the message of this 18th-century inspirational classic. Its encouragement to "live in the moment," accepting everyday obstacles with humility and love, has guided generations of seekers to spiritual peace.

Including a textually long but spiritually endless journey toward insan al-kamil the perfect human this fourth volume approaches Sufism through the middle way, an approach that revives the legacy of the Prophet Muhammad. With an awareness of the social realities of the 21st century, concepts such as tranquility, the truth of divinity, life beyond the physical realm, the preserved tablet, the glorified attributes, and the beautiful names are delicately explained.

Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, 580 to 500 B.C.E., believed certain numbers held souls and incredible magical power... and one of those numbers happens to be 13.

Were the miracles performed by a mysterious Marian apparition at Fatima, Portugal, beginning on May 13, 1917 on each 13th day of the month until October 13, 1917, about a future solar event? Lewis has discovered that on October 13, 1917, the sun day danced in the sky and fell toward earth to the horror of 70,000 thousand people in Fatima, but not one witness described a golden sun. In fact, the sun aberrations were described as a huge stainless steel disc with a sharp edge.

Lewis theorizes the sun was a huge spacecraft and the Lady was an extraterrestrial who imparted a dire warning to humanity. The three secrets given to the three Fatima children by the Lady should have been released to the world by Vatican in 1960, but they weren't. Why? Did the message contain a catastrophic event or the truth that extraterrestrials exist and have an agenda for humanity?

Lewis further explores the spiritual war taking place on our planet now and how the number 13 is an occult number used by the Illuminati to wage their war against the Light.

Some of the strange synchronicities of 13:

- From May 13, 1917 through October 13, 1917 three children of Fatima, Portugal received three prophesies from a Marian apparition. Since 1917 the Vatican has refused to release the prophecies. Why?

- On October 13, 1917 over 70,000 people at Fatima witnessed the sun fall from the sky and spin wildly. The sun was described as a plate of dull silver with a sharp edge. Oddly, not one astronomer noted anything usual with the sun that day.

- On March 13, 1997, thousands witnessed the largest mass sighting of UFOs ever seen in modern times over Phoenix, AZ, known as the "Phoenix Lights." The City of Phoenix was named after the phoenix bird which is connected to the sun. Was this another message of the solar event?

- On August 13, 2001 one of the largest UK crop circle formations in recorded history was created with 409 spiral circles (409 totals 13) perhaps by extraterrestrials.

- On May 13, 2008 Vatican astronomer Father Funes stated that intelligent beings could exist in outer space. Was this a hint about the Fatima message?

- On March 13, 2013 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope, a date that also equals 13. He chose the name Francis I from the 13th century saint Francis of Assisi. Find out why this Pope may not be the benevolent person he conveys to the world. Learn why 13 is a number closely linked throughout his life and why he should be known as POPE 13.

- Several mass killings took place in the United States on dates associated with the number 13. Were the killings part of mind control and evil agenda? - On May 13, 2013 four X-Class flares exploded from the sun, which is the exact month and day the children of Fatima were visited by two angelic beings in 1917. Although the sun has been strangely quiet, NASA predicts the sun's magnetic poles are set to flip any time. Could this solar event cause a mega flares aimed at earth that could take down the entire electrical grid? Note: On November 13, 2013 the U.S., Mexico and Canada had a grid-down preparedness drill.

"Coincidence? "Not in your life These odds are astronomical," says Lewis. "Thirteen may be the key to Earth's destiny."

The Origin of Sufism; Self Criticism; Reflection; Privacy & Seclusion; Heart; Hope or Expectation; Asceticism. People follow the Sufi path when they sense that Islam has a deeper dimension. The resulting self-purification leads to this inner dimension of Islamic rituals, a deeper understanding of the Divine acts, and a greater knowledge and love of Him. After this, God draws the novice to Himself. With the help of a spiritual guide, the novice begins the life-long journey back to God. This continual process of spiritual development along a path of the innate human poverty, helplessness, and powerlessness before God is undertaken in the knowledge that everything comes from God. Each novice does what is necessary to grow spiritually, and God bestows the appropriate blessings and stations. The highest aim of creation and its most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God. The most radiant happiness and sweetest bounty for jinn and humanity is love of God contained within the knowledge of God; the purest joy for the human spirit and the purest delight for the human heart is spiritual ecstasy contained within the love of God. Indeed, all true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God. And Sufism is the school where people can realise the highest aim of creation. Approximate running time: 360 minutes

What is Sufism? Reaching true belief in Gods Divine Oneness and living in accordance with its demands; Heeding the Divine Speech (the Quran), discerning and then obeying the commands of the Divine Power and will as they relate to the universe (the laws of creation and life); Overflowing with divine Love and getting along with all other beings in the realisation (originating from divine Love) that the universe is a cradle of brotherhood; Giving preference or precedence to the well-being and happiness of others; Being open to love, spiritual places and associating with people who encourage the avoidance of sin and striving in the way of God; Being content with permitted pleasures, and not taking even a single step toward that which is not permitted; Struggling continuously against worldly ambitions and illusions, which lead us to believe that this world is eternal. Approximate running time: 660 minutes

Can ecstatic experiences be studied with the academic instruments of rational investigation? What kinds of religious illumination are experienced by academically minded people? And what is the specific nature of the knowledge of God that university theologians of the Middle Ages enjoyed compared with other modes of knowing God, such as rapture, prophecy, the beatific vision, or simple faith? Ecstasy in the Classroom explores the interface between academic theology and ecstatic experience in the first half of the thirteenth century, formative years in the history of the University of Paris, medieval Europe's "fountain of knowledge." It considers little-known texts by William of Auxerre, Philip the Chancellor, William of Auvergne, Alexander of Hales, and other theologians of this community, thus creating a group portrait of a scholarly discourse. It seeks to do three things. The first is to map and analyze the scholastic discourse about rapture and other modes of cognition in the first half of the thirteenth century. The second is to explicate the perception of the self that these modes imply: the possibility of transformation and the complex structure of the soul and its habits. The third is to read these discussions as a window on the predicaments of a newborn community of medieval professionals and thereby elucidate foundational tensions in the emergent academic culture and its social and cultural context. Juxtaposing scholastic questions with scenes of contemporary courtly romances and reading Aristotle's Analytics alongside hagiographical anecdotes, Ecstasy in the Classroom challenges the often rigid historiographical boundaries between scholastic thought and its institutional and cultural context.

This is the fourth in an influential series of volumes on mysticism edited by Steven T. Katz, presenting a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each presents a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religion. This new volume explores how the great mystics and mystical traditions use, interpret, and reconstruct the sacred scriptures of their traditions.

Readers interested in Sri Aurobindo's life, poetry, philosophical thought, or spiritual practice can now find a great many resources to help them gain a deeper insight into this towering figure of twentieth-century India-one of the great triad that consists of Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, and Sri Aurobindo. Given the large amount of literature now in existence, to wrestle with Sri Aurobindo's works and vision can take a lifetime. The question will always be, where to start to discover the measure of this man? How to begin to comprehend something of the great arc of life and spirit experienced by this extraordinary seer, thinker, poet, and mystic? These essays on the significance of Sri Aurobindo's six major works provide an excellent starting point for retracing his spiritual vision. They help us in so many ways to understand what he saw with such strength and conviction: how the historical evolution of cosmos, life, and history form one grand synthesis and symphonic whole. Aurobindo, the revolutionary turned yogi, was a puzzle to his contemporaries and remained one to later generations. This is probably still true today. But puzzles are there to be solved. These essays can help to do that. They dissolve some of the enigmas that surround Sri Aurobindo, even though not answering all our questions. They provide much substance for thought and further discussion, and invite us to gain a deeper familiarity with one of the great minds of modern India, whose inspiring spiritual message can transform one's life and help to change the world. -Ursula King from the Foreword

Dear Ones, There are many revelations that flow out of the Hebrew Text and onto the pages of Dr. Akiva Gamliel's book, Gematria And Mysticism In GENESIS. The reader will be introduced to truths not discussed among the religions of the world. I invite you to watch this short video of Dr. Akiva Gamliel Belk discussing Gematria. https: //www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201804737095628 The cost of this book is a small investment for what the reader will learn. The Gematria in my husband's book is deep and intense, inspiring and extremely interesting. Dr. Akiva Gamliel has provided a Gematria Chart in the beginning of the book plus a glossary in the back to assist those who are not acquainted with Gematria / Biblical numbers. Gematria And Mysticism In GENESIS is more than just a book. It's an exploration of Biblical truths. The reader will not want to put Dr. Akiva Gamliel book down. In addition Dr. Akiva Gamliel shares additional information on B'nai Noach Torah Institute's learning Blog specifically about this book. Readers are invited to join in with comments and questions. Hebrew in the Bible unveils answers to many mysteries. The entire Bible is founded upon Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The truths that flow out of these five books of the Bible and into other Books of the Bible is amazing. The conundrum is different than within the rest of the Bible. Why? There is a system of Hebrew Letters which each have a numerical value that have the power to reveal many new things to us. The numerical values can reveal many interesting and mystifying relationships within the Hebrew Letters, Words, Phrases etc. of the First Five Books. Over decades of study and research Dr. Akiva Gamliel has recorded many signs written in this book. He has gathered, compiled and organized years of discovery into this mystical book for us to learn, enjoy and share. Many years can pass between one discovery to another which forms a bridge between two discoveries. Revelations are the product of many bridges. Enclosed in this book are some of these special relationships. There is a special sweetness in sharing a Torah Gematria / Sign during a wonderful warm Friday evening Shabbat meal or on another occasion. Dr. Akiva Gamliel welcomes your study of this book at: http: //www.bnti.us/bnti_blog/bible-courses/gematria-and-mysticism-in-gene-1/ If you have any questions please contact a staff member at: [email protected] May our Creator Bless each of us... Blessings, Love, Health, Prosperity, Kindness and Peace, Revi Belk