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The practice of listening to subtle, inner sounds during meditation
to concentrate and elevate the mind has a long history in various
religions around the world, including Islam, Christianity,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Today there are a number
of new religious movements that have made listening to the inner
sound current a cornerstone of their teachings. These groups
include the Radhasoamis, the Divine Light Mission, Eckankar, the
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), MasterPath, the
Sawan-Kirpal Mission, Quan Yin/Ching Hai, Manavta Mandir, ISHA, and
a number of others. In this study we provide a historical and
comprehensive overview of these movements and how they have
incorporated listening to the inner sound as part of their
spiritual discipline. We are particularly interested in the
distinctive and nuanced ways that each group teaches how to listen
to the inner sound current and how they interpret it in their own
unique theologies.
Are divisive political forces the source of the historical
persistence of racism and its alarming recurrence in contemporary
society? Or are there also subtler, more intractable reasons for
racism's irrational power and historical persistence? This
collection of essays takes the study of racism into a radically new
direction----that of unconscious fantasies and
identities----offering perspectives from a variety of leading
figures in many fields.
This thesis describes the development of a new technique to solve
an important industrial inspection requirement for a high-value
jet-engine component. The work – and the story told in the thesis
– stretches all the way from the fundamentals of wave propagation
in anisotropic material and ultrasonic array imaging through to
device production and site trials. The book includes a description
of a new method to determine crystallographic orientation from 2D
ultrasonic array data. Another new method is described that enables
volumetric images of an anisotropic material to be generated from
2D ultrasonic array data, based on measured crystallographic
orientation. After extensive modeling, a suitable 2D array and
deployment fixtures were manufactured and tested on in situ turbine
blades in real engines. The final site trial indicated an order of
magnitude improvement over the best existing technique in the
detectability of a certain type of root cracking. The Development
of a 2D Ultrasonic Array Inspection for Single Crystal Turbine
Blades should be an inspiration for those starting out on doctoral
degrees as it shows the complete development cycle from basic
science to industrial usage.
This thesis describes the development of a new technique to solve
an important industrial inspection requirement for a high-value
jet-engine component. The work - and the story told in the thesis -
stretches all the way from the fundamentals of wave propagation in
anisotropic material and ultrasonic array imaging through to device
production and site trials. The book includes a description of a
new method to determine crystallographic orientation from 2D
ultrasonic array data. Another new method is described that enables
volumetric images of an anisotropic material to be generated from
2D ultrasonic array data, based on measured crystallographic
orientation. After extensive modeling, a suitable 2D array and
deployment fixtures were manufactured and tested on in situ turbine
blades in real engines. The final site trial indicated an order of
magnitude improvement over the best existing technique in the
detectability of a certain type of root cracking. The Development
of a 2D Ultrasonic Array Inspection for Single Crystal Turbine
Blades should be an inspiration for those starting out on doctoral
degrees as it shows the complete development cycle from basic
science to industrial usage.
Jaime, a young professional surfer poised on the brink of fame,
makes a single error of judgment that sends him spiraling to the
dark side of his soul. Overcoming his mistake and climbing out of
the quicksand of addiction will require the strength of a champion,
and the heart of a warrior. In his struggle to return to greatness,
Jaime must come to terms with the root of his problems, and the
environment that has shaped him, as he learns new ways of living
and being of service to others. Christopher Lane's third book and
first work of fiction, The Ocean Mafia takes us on an intense,
thrilling ride through the surfing subculture. In the process, it
illuminates our capacity to create happiness or suffering through
the choices we make. An enjoyable read for all ages, it combines
suspense and spirituality, action and humor, and offers a map for
navigating life's changing tides.
Real-life stories with adventurous, spiritual, humorous,
inspirational, and positive themes.
Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (b. 1935) is best
known for his critically and commercially successful films The
French Connection and The Exorcist. Unlike other film
school-educated filmmakers of the directors' era, Friedkin got his
start as a mailroom clerk at a local TV station and worked his way
up to becoming a full-blown Hollywood filmmaker by his thirties.
His rapid rise behind the camera from television director to Oscar
winner came with self-confidence and unorthodox methods. Known for
his gritty and auteurist style, Friedkin's films tell the story of
a changing America upended by crime, hypocrisy, the occult, and
amorality. Although his subsequent films achieved varying levels of
success, his cultural impact is undeniable. William Friedkin:
Interviews collects fifteen articles, interviews, and seminars
spanning Friedkin's career. He discusses early influences, early
successes, awards, and current projects. The volume provides
coverage of his directorial process, beliefs, and anecdotes from
his time serving as the creative force of some of the biggest films
of the 1970s and beyond-from his early days in Chicago, to his
run-ins with Alfred Hitchcock, to firing guns on set and witnessing
an actual exorcism in Italy. Through previously unpublished and
obscure interviews and seminars, the story of William Friedkin's
work and life is woven together into a candid and concise
impression for cinephiles, horror junkies, and aspiring filmmakers
alike. Readers will gain insight into Friedkin's genius from his
own perspectives and discover the thoughts and processes of a true
maverick of American cinema.
Why does passion bewilder and torment so many Victorian
protagonists? And why do so many literary characters experience
moments of ecstasy before their deaths? In this original study,
Christopher Lane shows why Victorian fiction conveys both the
pleasure and anguish of intimacy. Examining works by Bulwer-Lytton,
Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he
argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that
were undermining the utilitarian ethos of the Victorian age.
Lane discredits the conservative notion that Victorian literature
expresses only a demand for repression and moral restraint. But he
also refutes historicist and Foucauldian approaches, arguing that
they dismiss the very idea of repression and end up denouncing
psychoanalysis as complicit in various kinds of oppression. These
approaches, Lane argues, reduce Victorian literature to a drama
about politics, power, and the ego. Striving instead to
reinvigorate discussions of fantasy and the unconscious, Lane
offers a clear, often startling account of writers who grapple with
the genuine complexities of love, desire, and friendship.
Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (b. 1935) is best
known for his critically and commercially successful films The
French Connection and The Exorcist. Unlike other film
school-educated filmmakers of the directors' era, Friedkin got his
start as a mailroom clerk at a local TV station and worked his way
up to becoming a full-blown Hollywood filmmaker by his thirties.
His rapid rise behind the camera from television director to Oscar
winner came with self-confidence and unorthodox methods. Known for
his gritty and auteurist style, Friedkin's films tell the story of
a changing America upended by crime, hypocrisy, the occult, and
amorality. Although his subsequent films achieved varying levels of
success, his cultural impact is undeniable. William Friedkin:
Interviews collects fifteen articles, interviews, and seminars
spanning Friedkin's career. He discusses early influences, early
successes, awards, and current projects. The volume provides
coverage of his directorial process, beliefs, and anecdotes from
his time serving as the creative force of some of the biggest films
of the 1970s and beyond-from his early days in Chicago, to his
run-ins with Alfred Hitchcock, to firing guns on set and witnessing
an actual exorcism in Italy. Through previously unpublished and
obscure interviews and seminars, the story of William Friedkin's
work and life is woven together into a candid and concise
impression for cinephiles, horror junkies, and aspiring filmmakers
alike. Readers will gain insight into Friedkin's genius from his
own perspectives and discover the thoughts and processes of a true
maverick of American cinema.
The dramatic untold story of how Norman Vincent Peale and a handful
of conservative allies fueled the massive rise of religiosity in
the United States during the 1950s Near the height of Cold War
hysteria, when the threat of all-out nuclear war felt real and
perilous, American minister Norman Vincent Peale published The
Power of Positive Thinking. Selling millions of copies worldwide,
the book offered a gospel of self-assurance in an age of mass
anxiety. Despite Peale's success and his ties to powerful
conservatives such as Dwight D. Eisenhower, J. Edgar Hoover, and
Joseph McCarthy, the full story of his movement has never been
told. Christopher Lane shows how the famed minister's brand of
Christian psychology inflamed the nation's religious revival by
promoting the concept that belief in God was essential to the
health and harmony of all Americans. We learn in vivid detail how
Peale and his powerful supporters orchestrated major changes in a
nation newly defined as living "under God." This blurring of the
lines between religion and medicine would reshape religion as we
know it in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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