The Metaphor of the Monster offers fresh perspectives and a variety of disciplinary approaches to the ever-broadening field of monster studies. The eclectic group of contributors to this volume represents areas of study not generally considered under the purview of monster studies, including world literature, classical studies, philosophy, ecocriticism, animal ethics, and gender studies. Combining historical overviews with contemporary and global outlooks, this volume recontextualizes the monstrous entities that have always haunted the human imagination in the age of the Anthropocene. It also invites reflection on new forms of monstrosity in an era epitomized by an unprecedented deluge of (mis)information. Uniting researchers from varied academic backgrounds in a common effort to challenge the monstrous labels that have historically been imposed upon "the Other," this book endeavors above all to bring the monster out of the shadows and into the light of moral consideration.

Step beyond the veil that separates our physical world from the world of spirits with renowned author, Kalila Smith, as she uncovers the mysteries of the afterlife. Follow her spiritual journey as she tries to discover if life really does continue after the physical death. For over twenty years, she investigated the paranormal, but when she lost her daughter, she began to question everything she once knew and believed. Grief-stricken, she delved into the mysterious world of spirits to find solace. Her daughter then reached out to her from the other side with messages of love and hope. This book is for all who have wondered: Are after death communications real or do we imagine them?

The phenomena of ghosts and hauntings are very real experiences that more and more people are encountering every day. It is their true cause and nature that is the ongoing mystery. In Paranormal Investigations, author Chad Stambaugh discusses the process of trying to find that one piece of evidence that could prove, without a doubt, that ghosts are real.

"Paranormal Investigations" shows both the beginner and the professional when and how to correctly operate the different types of equipment integral to a paranormal investigation-cameras, camcorders, voice recorders, digital video recorders, EMF detectors, dowsing rods, pendulums, and more. In addition, Chad breaks down, step by step, the correct procedures for conducting both public and private investigations, including how to deal with clients, what to look for, how to look for it, and how to document an investigation.

Through this detailed guide, Chad works toward creating paranormal unity among those who research the events or phenomena that science can't or won't explain.

A mysterious text, describing some secrets of our world and life hidden deeply in the darkest corners of human souls. WARNING! - The book contains subliminal messages that can cause insomnia.

For over fifty years an incident near Roswell, New Mexico, has sparked the imaginations of UFO enthusiasts. Did the military recover a crashed "flying saucer" there, along with several extraterrestrial bodies? Has the government gone to great lengths to hide the evidence? Over time these speculations have reached the status of unquestionable truths in the minds of many ufologists.
In this definitive study of the Roswell incident, longtime UFO researcher Karl T. Pflock-who is convinced that some UFO reports are real alien sightings-concludes, after an exhaustive investigation, that no alien craft or bodies were ever found at Roswell. Pflock admits at the outset that he too once strongly believed there might be something to the Roswell alien stories, and he describes how he then came to discover the whole truth. Using formerly classified records he proves that the U.S. government has absolutely no physical evidence of aliens, shows how critical weather data completely refute key claims of Roswell believers, and explains why the case now rises and falls on the testimony of just one witness, who cleverly manipulated leading investigators and continues to do so today.
Pflock's intensive research and access to once-classified documents-including facsimilies of important formerly classified documents, 28 witness affidavits, and the entire Pratt-Marcel interview transcript-make this book must reading even for UFO buffs-believers and skeptics alike- who feel they know everything about Roswell.

From the phantom pig at the Minnesota State Fair to the ghostly gangsters of the Wabasha Street Caves, St. Paul bristles with haunted history. Let the spectral usher of the Mounds Theatre show you to your seat as Chad Lewis reveals why the bits of St. Paul's past that insist on intruding on the present deserve to have their stories told. By the time the lights come back on, you will be convinced that sometimes the strangest things have happened in the dorm room upstairs . . . or the table next to you at your favorite restaurant...or even in your own backyard.

"I deem Susan as being authentic because she draws information from her experience with Angels rather than from literature, imagination, or hearsay. What scholars and scientists can do is stop quibbling and study the affects Angels have in the lives of people they touch." Peter Roche de Coppens, Ph.D./East Stroudsburg University * * * "From one word to the next I was zapped into a new way of thinking about Angels and the need to be a witness to God's work in our daily lives." Brookshire Lafayette Founder/Host - Lov923FM.com -and- LATALKLIVE.com * * * "This book is an intimate encounter with Sue and God. At the end of this reading experience you will have a different view of how God tries to speak if we will only listen " Deacon Claudette Dyches, Author, Walking Through the Storm: My Story of Conquering Cancer * * * Susan Reynolds is Co-Founder of The Follow Me Foundation and formerly Calling All Angels. She completed studies in Theology/Scripture and Pastoral Studies, is a Secular Franciscan, and hosts Angel Talks. She is married to Deacon Jerry, has a son Michael, and is Grandmother of Anthony and Alyssa. Susan resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In this witty, erudite, and thoroughly researched book, art historian John Moffitt discusses the popular iconography depicting alleged extraterrestrial (ET) visitors and the widespread appeal of this New Age craze as a mass cultural phenomenon. A thorough skeptic, Moffitt is interested in kitschy ET portraiture, not as evidence of aliens among us, but for what this imagery reveals about contemporary culture. By brilliantly placing the present cultural moment in historical context, he demonstrates how typical portrayals of aliens reflect long-running (even ancient) cultural motifs.

Whether we realize it or not, among ET's precursors are the ecstatic maenads of ancient Greek art, early depictions of Christ in Byzantine icons, the religious visions shown in 15th-century Spanish paintings, and the popular images of witches and incubi from the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, in our postmodern space age, these timeless figures of imagination and art have taken on the otherworldly trappings of alien creatures. By the same token, centuries-old beliefs, whether in nature gods and goddesses, demons, witches, Satan, or saints, have evolved into the current New Age mythology that often surrounds the stories and pictures connected with aliens. Fueled by a huge entertainment industry, mass media, and the relentless profit drive of capitalism, alien imagery has become ubiquitous, and in the process the line between fantasy and reality ever harder to discern.

This sweeping and above all entertaining perusal of popular culture presents a sophisticated yet very accessible and often funny dissection of our current obsession with the possibility that "we are not alone."

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 .

For the past thirty-fi ve years, Dr. Barbara Pomar has guided her clients on journeys into their past lives. "Confessions of a Regressionist" presents both her personal account of her work with clients working to reverse past decisions to change the present and future and the theories behind the practice.

For some, the very existence of past lives, let alone the ability to reconnect with them, is a point of spirited debate. Even so, Dr. Pomar has helped many to come to their own conclusions about the validity of this technique. Now, she guides readers on using her techniques to live more fully or mold their destinies. She also discusses theories on why and how past-life regression is possible.

If you've ever struggled with how the possibility of past-life regression fits within your faith, Dr. Pomar off ers advice on how to evaluate your conflict. If you are a regressionist, Dr. Pomar's work can help you realize that by helping your client, you also help past and future generations as well. If you've ever considered meeting with a regressionist, Dr. Pomar explains how this sort of experience can help you live more fully in the present, with joy, confi dence, and prosperity-by releasing or neutralizing memories of harmful events.

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.

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.

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.