With over 120,000 copies sold, this unique contemporary work brings the timeless Tibetan Bardo teaching into current American culture and language, with 49 days of readings for someone who has died or who is preparing for the dying experience. This book has been and still remains an important tool for providing a spiritual service to a dying person as opposed to grieving, processing loss, or mourning for that person's passage. Front matter includes "Notes on the Labyrinth" (or the Bardo...) and other commentary by the author that provides insights for an American reader who wishes to provide this guiding service to a family member, spouse, friend, or anyone who is terminal. The reading instructions very clearly outline when and what to read, without any limitation of belief system--the practice is presented as non-denominational, not requiring Buddhist or Christian or Jewish prayers, but also not in conflict with any of these. A schedule of readings shows graphically how to carry out the full series of 49 days of readings, at approximately 10 to 20 minutes per reading. The book has been in use since 1974 in various editions, taught in university courses on Death & Dying and related subjects (it is referenced in a recent handbook of acting exercises, for example...), and used by hospice workers and nurses internationally. The American Book of the Dead is often referenced in discussions of the 1970's West Coast spiritual renaissance, and many of the baby boomer generation will recall it in circulation when they were in college or beginning their careers. Translated editions have appeared in Spanish and Greek languages, with editions in preparation in German, French, Italian, and Polish.There is a course available by correspondence and on the internet that gives additional training for readers who wish to pursue the practice of performing "Labyrinth Readings" or "Bardo guiding" as a service to others--beyond one's own family and personal network.

A programme of exercises to be carried out during daily life, 'the big 24'. These practices build upon one another to produce a wealth of data for awakening and to stimulate the inner essence.

A definitive series of talks by two acknowledged masters of consciousness exploration on uses of the flotation tank.

Beginning with a satirical romp through the archaeological Near East, this book proceeds to examine the subject of pschometry--reading encoded information from ancient artifacts.

Gold incorporates science fiction, magic realism, film references, humor and other linguistic devices to combat what he characterizes as the ignorance, selfishness, and sleep of the Trump mindset. Coincidentally, his writing also combats the sleep of the reader and suggests personal remedies and antidotes for apathy.

This transcendental guide provides clearly defined differences between the Organic Body, the Etheric Body, and the Astral Body and reveals in easy-to-understand language the basics of astral projection. Created with the beginner in mind, readers will quickly learn how to encounter parallel dimensions and how one might live there.

It is healing and uplifting. It is capable of stirring deep within our memory the accumulated experiences and wisdom gathered from many passages through the Bardos. It is knowledgeable and compassionate, gentle, comforting and nurturing. It restores dignity to the process of dying and illuminates the world with its radiance. The lyricism of the written word achieves grandiose heights and evokes divine inspiration. Just reading the prayer aloud can bring about profound purification. It is a priceless tool for voyagers who can use it for themselves or direct it to the benefit of others.

Perhaps best known for editing the popular post-World War II magazines "Galaxy Science Fiction" and "Beyond Fantasy Fiction," Horace L. Gold also wrote comic-book scripts for DC Comics and penned numerous pulp adventures and science-fiction stories. "Perfect Murders," a collection of seven of these stories, captures the timeless emotions evoked by pulp and science fiction for the twenty-first century. Though the main character is always called Gilroy, his identity shifts from story to story: the horserace handicapper fighting for his dame, the private eye sussing out the murderer, or the hard-boiled journalist exposing the mad scientist. And though Gold uses the traditional genres--time travel, Armageddon, science gone awry, murder, extraterrestrials--"Perfect Murders" is nothing less than a horrific, page-turning, fictional thrill ride engineered by one of the leading science-fiction writers and editors of the mid-twentieth century. The Bison Books edition is introduced by Gold's son, E. J. Gold, offering a new perspective on these classic stories.