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The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton
Classics paperback Shamanism is an essential work on the study of
this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the
modern study of the history of religion, Mircea Eliade surveys the
tradition through two and a half millennia of human history, moving
from the shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia-where
shamanism was first observed-to North and South America, Indonesia,
Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade
illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give
primacy of place to the figure of the shaman-at once magician and
medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet.
Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and
ethnology, Shamanism remains the reference book of choice for those
interested in this practice.
At the threshold that divides the elemental and etheric worlds, Are
Thoresen encounters two spiritual entities - Vidar and Balder,
'guardians of the threshold' - whose task is to protect the
spiritual border from uninitiated intruders. Building on previous
reports, Encounters with Vidar offers startling new esoteric
teachings, gleaned - through processes of spiritual knowledge -
from these enigmatic gods. Here, Vidar and Balder emphasize the
importance of clairaudience as opposed to clairvoyance (the latter
particularly being open to attack from adversary beings). Through
the process of working with the communications, the author begins
to experience a transformation of his head chakras, leading to an
awakening of 'spiritual ears'. Whilst clairvoyance is like reading
the holy script, clairaudience is akin to hearing the holy script,
he learns. --- Amongst the wealth of fresh insights revealed here
are the 'fourth aspect of the soul' (or 'time-karma-Christ'); the
task of eurythmy today; the whereabouts of the contents of the
School of Spiritual Science; and the work of 'Vulcan beings' and
other planetary entities. Thoresen offers reflections on his
travels to western England (with its connections to Troy) and
southern Spain (with its legacy of Moorish occupation). His
intention is not to create new dogmas or beliefs, but to testify to
the living reality of metaphysical dimensions of reality - and
humanity's latent ability to access them.
A guide to integrating indigenous thinking into modern life for a
more interconnected and spiritual relationship with our fellow
beings, Mother Earth, and the natural ways of the universe. There
is a natural law-a spiritual intelligence that we are all born with
that lies within our hearts. Lakota spiritual leader Doug Good
Feather shares the authentic knowledge that has been handed down
through the Lakota generations to help you make and recognize this
divine connection, centered around the Seven Sacred Directions in
the Hoop of Life: Wiyohinyanpata-East: New Beginnings
Itokagata-South: The Breath of Life Wiyohpeyata-West: The Healing
Powers Waziyata-North: Earth Medicine Wankatakab-Above: The Great
Mystery Khuta-Below: The Source of Life Hochoka-Center: The Center
of Life Once you begin to understand and recognize these strands,
you can integrate them into modern life through the Threefold Path:
The Way of the Seven Generations-Conscious living The Way of the
Buffalo-Mindful consumption The Way of the Community-Collective
impact
A contribution to current theological and ecclesiological thought.
Originally published in 1948. Moses Maimonides was one of the most
powerful philosophers of the Middle Ages. The philosophical basis
which he elaborated for Judaism had a profound influence on
mediaeval Christian thinkers. This volume describes the full
background of Maimonides's thinking in its twelfth-century
historical and religious context.
Originally published 1867. This volume describes not only the basic
tenets of the Sufis but also the Ahl i wahdat which was a branch of
Sufism. The author's use of a Persian manuscript treatise by 'Aziz
bin Mohammed Nafasi' is an indispensable tool, particularly because
the author did not merely translate it but gave a clearer and more
succinct account of the system. The volume contains an Appendix
containing a glossary of allegorical and technical terms in use
among Sufiistic writers.
Sufism, the mystical movement within Islam, has, in a thousand
years of history has powerfully influenced the life, art and
literature of the Muslim peoples. It has supplied the element of
personal devotion and direct apprehension of Divine Realities which
the more formal and practical character of orthodox ritual tended
to overshadow. Originally published between 1950 and 1987, the
volumes in this mini-set include works by A J Arberry, Henry
Corbin, Rom Landau, Seyyed Hossein Nasr.
Many business executives are increasingly becoming workaholic
human-doings, longing to be full and integrated human-beings. They
aspire to live with integrity, where their thoughts, values, words
and deeds are in harmony. The problem is that they don't know how
to do so in a business world that is increasingly characterised by
complexity, turbulence and greed. Leading with Wisdom provides food
for thought for people dealing with these challenges. It contains
stories and reflections of 31 inspiring and compassionate business
leaders who care about what is truly important in life and who
integrate this awareness and sensitivity into their leadership.
Leaders who search for meaning, purpose and fulfilment both in the
external world of business and in the internal world of
consciousness and conscience. Leaders whose leadership is a natural
expression of their hearts, minds and souls. In other words,
leaders who lead from a spiritual basis. Such perspectives on
leadership are not yet mainstream. Greed, prestige and power appear
to still be prime motivating forces for leaders of the world's
larger corporations. In spite of 25 years of globalisation, poverty
is still devastatingly ubiquitous in many parts of the world. In
striking contrast, the compensation packages of top leaders in
business, particularly in the West, have skyrocketed, reaching
levels that would have been considered impossible only a decade
ago. What is clearly needed is a change in the mind-set, values and
principles of our leaders, as well as of those who finance our
enterprises, and of those who teach and mentor our future leaders.
At the very minimum, what is needed is an expansion of the concept
of 'success' so that it transcends the prevailing myopic focus on
short-term financial gains. It can be argued that this rampant
greed is gradually being tamed, not just by laws, but also by
social and ethical norms. In the last two decades there has been an
amazing and uplifting focus on such perspectives as business
ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. But
when leaders are questioned as to why they and their organisations
should promote this new and expanded sensitivity to corporate
responsibility, their 'default' answer typically is that it is
profitable - an efficacious means to promote classical business
ends of increasing earnings and share prices. But how and why
should such an expanded concept of leadership develop? What should
provide the motivation for our leaders to find their way in an
increasingly complex business world by using a compass that points
not only to a pot of gold, but also to a path to deeper meaning and
purpose in business? This book does not provide answers in the form
of proposals as to new rules or laws or moral injunctions. Rather
it provides a collage of perspectives in the form of stories of
highly respected and successful executives who have integrated
their spiritual search into their leadership so as to be "whole"
people - leaders whose thoughts, words and deeds are in harmony
with their most fundamental truths and longings, both at work and
in their private lives. These stories tell of an emerging culture
where business becomes a primary domain for both individual and
organisational spiritual growth. Leading with Wisdom:
Spiritual-Based Leadership in Business portrays an emerging global
culture. This ground-breaking book offers the experiences and
perspectives of 31 top executives from 15 countries in 6
continents. It is based on extensive personal interviews. These are
business people who express from first-hand experience what it is
like to lead a business from a spiritual basis. They tell amazing,
down-to-earth, real-life stories about how spirituality and
rationality can go hand in hand in leadership and life. Their words
of wisdom demonstrate that executives who lead from a spiritual
basis can achieve success, recognition, peace of mind and
happiness, while at the same time serving the needs of all those
affected by their leadership. Written in an engaging style, where
the special "voice" of each leader is heard, this book will be
profoundly valuable to business leaders at every level and for all
people who want to lead with integrity from a spiritual basis.
In this volume Henry Corbin emphasizes the differences between
the exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam. He also reveals that
whereas in the West philosophy and religion were at odds, they were
inseparably linked, at least during this period, in the Islamic
world.
A valuable section of notes and appendices includes original
translation of numerous Sufi treatises.
More activities to tap into the strength of your clients' spiritual
beliefs to achieve therapeutic goals. The Therapist's Notebook for
Integrating Spirituality in Counseling II is the second volume of a
comprehensive two-volume resource that provides practical
interventions from respected experts from a wide range of
backgrounds and theoretical perspectives. This volume includes
several practical strategies and techniques to easily incorporate
spirituality into psychotherapy. You'll find in-session activities,
homework assignments, and client and therapist handouts that
utilize a variety of therapeutic models and techniques and address
a broad range of topics and problems. The chapters of The
Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling II
are grouped into four sections: Models of Therapy Used in
Integrating Spirituality; Integrating Spirituality with
Age-Specific Populations: Children, Adolescents, and the Elderly;
Integrating Spirituality with Specific Multicultural Populations;
and Involving Spirituality when Dealing with Illness, Loss, and
Trauma. As in Volume One, each clinician-friendly chapter also
includes sections on resources where the counselor can learn more
about the topic or technique used in the chapter-as well as
suggested books, articles, chapters, videos, and Web sites to
recommend to clients. Every chapter follows the same easy-to-follow
format: objectives, rationale for use, instructions, brief
vignette, suggestions for follow-up, contraindications, references,
professional readings and resources, and bibliotherapy sources for
the client. The Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality
in Counseling II adds more useful activities and homework
counselors can use in their practice, such as: using religion or
spirituality in solution-oriented brief therapy "Cast of Character"
counseling using early memories to explore adolescent and adult
spirituality cognitive behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive
disorder age-specific clients such as children or the elderly
multicultural populations and spirituality dealing with illness,
loss, and trauma recovering from fetal loss creative art techniques
with caregivers in group counseling and much more! The Therapist's
Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling II provides
even more creative and helpful homework and activities that are
perfect for pastoral counselors, clergy, social workers, marriage
and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, Christian
counselors, educators who teach professional issues, ethics,
counseling, and multicultural issues, and students.
Picturing the life story of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, a premier Muslim
mystic and the original Whirling Dervish, the images in three
extant manuscripts of Aflaki's Wondrous Feats of the Knowers of God
provide a unique way to interpret the text. Part One: History and
Context provides the medieval Anatolian historical setting; the
broad contours of literary and artistic works of Islamic
Hagiography; and the specific details of the three manuscripts to
be explored. Part Two: Text and Image proposes a method for
interpreting a hybrid literary-visual document as a grand narrative
of the Family Rumi at the inspirational and ethical core of a
virtuous community: flourishing within a complex Muslim society
under divine providence. Pictures in the three manuscripts were
produced by studios of painters under the patronage of major late
16th-century Ottoman sultans. The result of their efforts is a kind
of 'visualised hagiography' uniquely capable of suggesting
distinctive and often surprising twists on the narratives,
enhancing the text with images of striking beauty and rich detail.
In our contemporary post-modern world, popular forms of
spirituality are increasingly engaging with notions of
re-enchantment - of self and community. Not only are narratives of
re-enchantment appearing in popular culture at the personal and
spiritual level, but also they are often accompanied by a pragmatic
approach that calls for political activism and the desire to change
the world to incorporate these new ideas. Drawing on case studies
of particular groups, including pagans, witches, radical faeries,
post-modern tourists, and queer and goddess groups, contributors
from Australia, the UK and North America discuss various forms of
spirituality and how they contribute to self-knowledge, identity,
and community life. The book documents an emerging engagement
between new quasi-religious groups and political action,
eco-paganism, post-colonial youth culture and alternative health
movements to explore how social change emerges.
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The Prophet
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Kahlil Gibran; Introduction by Daniele Nunziata; Notes by Daniele Nunziata
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First published in 1923, The Prophet is a collection of twenty-six
poetic fables that centre around the prophet Al Mustafa, who,
boarding a boat in the city of Orphalese, where he has lived for
many years, prepares to sail home. On the voyage Al Mustafa is
approached by a group of travellers, with whom he discusses deep
topics - love, friendship, passion, pain, religion - and The
Prophet becomes a manual and spiritual guide. This edition features
the original illustrations prepared by the author, as well as an
introduction by Dr Daniele Nunziata, which introduces the great
work for a new generation.
The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective explores the soul loss
that results from personal, collective, and transgenerational
trauma and the healing that unfolds through reconnection with the
sacred. Personal narratives of disconnection from and reconnection
to Jewish collective memory are illuminated by millennia of Jewish
mystical wisdom, contemporary Jewish Renewal and feminist theology,
and Jungian and trauma theory. The archetypal resonance of the
Exodus story guides our exploration. Understanding exile as
disconnection from the Divine Self, we follow Moses, keeper of the
spiritual fire, and Serach bat Asher, preserver of ancestral
memory. We encounter the depths with Joseph, touch collective grief
with Lilith, experience the Red Sea crossing and Miriam's well as
psychological rebirth and Sinai as the repatterning of traumatized
consciousness. Tracing the reawakening of the qualities of eros and
relatedness on the journey out of exile, the book demonstrates how
restoring and deepening relationship with the Sacred Feminine helps
us to transform collective trauma. This text will be key reading
for scholars of Jewish studies, Jungian and post-Jungian studies,
feminist spirituality, trauma studies, Jungian analysts and
psychotherapists, and those interested in healing from personal and
collective trauma. Cover art: 'Radiance' by Elaine Greenwood
Mircea Eliade descibed shamanism as the primal religion of
humanity, the 'archaic technique of ecstasy'. The books of
best-selling author Carlos Castaneda made it part of popular
culture. Since the 1960s shamanism has continued to attract the
attention of scholars, artists, writers and the general public. The
most intriguing aspect of this religion is the ability of shamans
to enter into contact with spirits on behalf of their communities.
The first eighteenth-century explorers of Siberia dubbed shamanism
a blatant fraud. Later, academic observers stamped it as 'neurotic
delusion'. In the 1960s shamans were recast as 'wounded healers',
who sacrifice their lives for the spiritual well being of their
communities. Many current writers and scholars treat shamanism as
ancient wisdom that has much to teach us about true spirituality.
This anthology tells the story of shamanism in Eurasia, North and
South America, Africa and Australia. It brings together for the
first time fifty-six articles and book excerpts by anthropologists,
psychologists, religious scholars and historians, illustrating the
variety of views on this subject.
Examine the questions of how, what, and why associated with
religiousness and spirituality in the lives of older adults! New
Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality
explores new ways of thinking about a topic that was once taboo but
that has now attracted considerable attention from the
gerontological community. It examines various approaches to
methodology and definition that are used in the study of religion,
spirituality, and aging. In addition, it explores the ways that
gerontological research can highlight the role of religion and
spirituality in the lives of older adults. The first section will
introduce you to new ways of thinking about research methodology
and data analysis that can be applied to studying the complexity of
older adults' religious/spiritual practice and beliefs. You'll
learn several approaches to the study of phenomena that are both
personal and also deeply embedded in community. The second section
addresses issues of definition, exploring important questions that
call for critical reflection, such as: What are we studying? What
social and psychological influences shape our thinking about
definition? and Do the definitions used by gerontologists match
those held by older people? The final section moves the study of
religion, spirituality, and aging beyond a focus on health and
mortality to examine well-being more broadly in the context of the
life experiences of older adults. Here is a small sample of what
you'll learn about in New Directions in the Study of Late Life
Religiousness and Spirituality: structural equation modelinga
statistical method designed to capture the dynamics inherent in the
passage of time feminist qualitative methods for studying spiritual
resiliency in older women spirituality as a public health issue the
differences between groups of older people in the way they define
religion and spirituality the psychosocial implications of two
types of religious orientationdwelling and seeking older women's
responses to the experience of widowhood and to the question of
whether their religious beliefs were affected by the experience how
social context influences our decisions and our interpretations of
people's religious beliefs, behaviors, and experiences the ways
that people caring for a spouse with dementia rely on religious
coping a model that delineates three different ways people relate
to God in copingand a study that asks whether these types of coping
produce different outcomes for caregivers how people adjust to
bereavement as a function of their beliefs about an afterlife
Sundar Singh (1889-1929), an Indian holy man, was raised in a
wealthy Sikh family. At sixteen he left his home to live as a
sadhu, or wandering holy man. His beggar-like existence, his
intense devotion, his mystical encounters with Jesus, and his
simple parables became the stuff of legends. His parables and
meditations probed the essence of the gospel, calling listeners to
awareness and compassion. When he disappeared during a journey to
Tibet, millions mourned his passing.
Based on lectures given in 1927, this book is a fine introduction
to Dr. Thind's teachings. It is easily understood by and popular
with young people, as well as more advanced students of Eastern
Religions. A few of the chapter titles are: How to Find Out What
You Are Best Suited For; Evolution - Passing From Lower to Higher
Births; Consciousness - An Inward Knowledge; and Aum - The Sacred
Hum of the Universe.
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