This contributed volume provides case studies from around the world that feature a convergence of indigenous and western knowledge in an attempt to understand complex socio-ecological systems. The book provides an understanding of socio-ecological systems in an ethical space using a 'Decoloniality' approach (i.e. untangling the production of knowledge from a primarily Eurocentric episteme). The work presented here integrates and merges indigenous knowledge with western science, thereby building on the strengths of each in service of understanding these systems. The editors of this volume approach indigenous communities and scientists as equal knowledge-holders and, in doing so, contributes towards improved understanding of socio-ecological systems and interactions in cross-cultural contexts. This volume will be of interest to scientists, instructors, students and policy makers across disciplines such as environmental sciences, social sciences, interdisciplinary studies, cultural studies, ethnobotany, anthropology and plant genetic resources.

Answer patients'questions about botanical supplements quickly and easily This informative book is a compendium of detailed scientific research on 34 of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Its coverage of pharmacological studies on the main medicinal plants used in clinical practice and sold in pharmacies in the Western world is more extensive than any other publication of monographic reviews available. The way Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition. is organized (standardized topic formats are used in each monograph) makes it easy for you to locate relevant information quickly and to compare corresponding sections between different entries. This book is an invaluable tool for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals who need detailed, scientifically accurate information on appropriate use, safety, dosages, and similar issues related to botanical dietary supplements. Each entry in Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition. covers botanical data (classification and nomenclature, common names, geographic occurrence, and botanical characteristics), plus: history and traditional uses chemistry therapeutic applications pre-clinical studies clinical studies recommended dosages safety profiles (including toxicology) side effects and contraindications drug interactions and special precautions safety recommendations during pregnancy and lactation This extensively referenced volume includes appendixes with information on the major provisions of DSHEA (the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) and on the criteria and procedures for assessing the quality of botanical products.

Make a spiritual connection to nature with real, raw, natural incense The Incense Bible is a comprehensive guide to the spiritual meaning of real, raw, natural incense and how to use it in prayer, meditation, or simply in creating a home environment to reconnect with divinity and nature. This unique book examines the spiritual and ritual uses of pure incense (not sticks, cones, or synthetic mixtures), explores our attraction to it, and explains how we can use it at home to increase wellness. Filled with easy-to-use references and easy-to-understand technical information, the book also looks at the use of incense in health and medicine, a history of its use in a variety of countries and cultures, and various types of raw incense, including eucalyptus, sandalwood, sweet grass, agarwood, frankincense, and myrrh. The Incense Bible examines aspects of spirituality and religion, health and medicine, botanical medicines, ethnobotany, and history of real incensenot the low-quality, processed, synthetic fragrances most people think of as incense. This enlightening and entertaining book, written in everyday language and filled with photgraphs, examines why incense appeals to our sense of smell, of adventure, and of spiritual and physical well-beingand has for centuries. The book looks at the use of incense for purifications and cleansings, creative inspiration, meditation, worship and prayer, for inducing dreams and sleep, to improve learning and problem solving, and as a perfume for clothes, hair, and body. Topics examined in The Incense Bible include: types of raw incense, including balsam, cedar, mugwort and moxa, and white sage safety how the sense of smell works the link between taste and scent scent and memory allergies and sensitivities oils and flower essences for healing how to make incense incense materials and symbols the use of incense in Egyptian, Greek, and Roman times, in Buddhism and Shamanism, in Israel, in the Catholic Church, in Native American sweat lodges, and in the African rainforest and much more! The Incense Bible is an essential resource for anyone interested in health and natural medicine, botanical medicines, and ethnobotany, and for anyone seeking to express their spirituality by reconnecting to nature

Make a spiritual connection to nature with real, raw, natural incense The Incense Bible is a comprehensive guide to the spiritual meaning of real, raw, natural incense and how to use it in prayer, meditation, or simply in creating a home environment to reconnect with divinity and nature. This unique book examines the spiritual and ritual uses of pure incense (not sticks, cones, or synthetic mixtures), explores our attraction to it, and explains how we can use it at home to increase wellness. Filled with easy-to-use references and easy-to-understand technical information, the book also looks at the use of incense in health and medicine, a history of its use in a variety of countries and cultures, and various types of raw incense, including eucalyptus, sandalwood, sweet grass, agarwood, frankincense, and myrrh. The Incense Bible examines aspects of spirituality and religion, health and medicine, botanical medicines, ethnobotany, and history of real incensenot the low-quality, processed, synthetic fragrances most people think of as incense. This enlightening and entertaining book, written in everyday language and filled with photgraphs, examines why incense appeals to our sense of smell, of adventure, and of spiritual and physical well-beingand has for centuries. The book looks at the use of incense for purifications and cleansings, creative inspiration, meditation, worship and prayer, for inducing dreams and sleep, to improve learning and problem solving, and as a perfume for clothes, hair, and body. Topics examined in The Incense Bible include: types of raw incense, including balsam, cedar, mugwort and moxa, and white sage safety how the sense of smell works the link between taste and scent scent and memory allergies and sensitivities oils and flower essences for healing how to make incense incense materials and symbols the use of incense in Egyptian, Greek, and Roman times, in Buddhism and Shamanism, in Israel, in the Catholic Church, in Native American sweat lodges, and in the African rainforest and much more! The Incense Bible is an essential resource for anyone interested in health and natural medicine, botanical medicines, and ethnobotany, and for anyone seeking to express their spirituality by reconnecting to nature

Answer patients'questions about botanical supplements quickly and easily This informative book is a compendium of detailed scientific research on 34 of the most popular dietary supplements used in North America and Europe. Its coverage of pharmacological studies on the main medicinal plants used in clinical practice and sold in pharmacies in the Western world is more extensive than any other publication of monographic reviews available. The way Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition. is organized (standardized topic formats are used in each monograph) makes it easy for you to locate relevant information quickly and to compare corresponding sections between different entries. This book is an invaluable tool for pharmacists, physicians, and other health care professionals who need detailed, scientifically accurate information on appropriate use, safety, dosages, and similar issues related to botanical dietary supplements. Each entry in Botanical Medicines: The Desk Reference for Major Herbal Supplements, Second Edition. covers botanical data (classification and nomenclature, common names, geographic occurrence, and botanical characteristics), plus: history and traditional uses chemistry therapeutic applications pre-clinical studies clinical studies recommended dosages safety profiles (including toxicology) side effects and contraindications drug interactions and special precautions safety recommendations during pregnancy and lactation This extensively referenced volume includes appendixes with information on the major provisions of DSHEA (the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) and on the criteria and procedures for assessing the quality of botanical products.

Another dangerous red tide adventure is launched when Roland and Eric Borg accept an assignment from their mysterious secret service benefactor. The daughter of an influential tycoon has been abducted under strange circumstances, and their combined unorthodox skills are requested. Their mission takes them to Texas, where they are stunned to discover that the ruthless criminal behind it all is a lot more than they had at first believed. The match of some old DNA to some recent forensic evidence connects the monster to over two hundred abductions. This discovery launches the pair into a chilling investigation, with ramifications that stretches their entire concept of life. Erik has the fighting skills of a born warrior, and the telepathic Telesphorus is an unusually resourceful cat, but it is Roland's alien inheritance and his powerful paranormal talents which cements them together as a cohesive and formidable trio. The fabric of time and space are stretched into other realities, as Roland's alienity works frantically to protect them from marauding ruthless criminals, and an adversary with skills to match their own.

When Roland accompanied his fellow journalist to Portland for a long weekend break where his friend also had a secretive interview arranged, he was totally unprepared for the events which subsequently unfolded. His friend's investigative meeting unleashed a set of consequences which brought fear and death in and around the city, and Roland was propelled right into the midst of it. As he ran and hid in the city to elude these sadistic killers, and the violence which had shattered his peaceful existence, the mounting danger sent him into a flight where he was dragged into a dark underworld of greed, sex and violence. Fear and desperation causes the young journalist to develop latent and strange psychic and paranormal abilities which assist him in his struggles against his assailants, but his inexperience in this dark subsistence soon threatens his sanity and his life. His subsequent friendship with an aggressive blond Norseman and a rambunctious cat might make for an unholy and unlikely alliance, but they are both well suited to assist him to cope and survive in this threatening lifestyle, and slowly the bond between them develops into a formidable force.

As the young disoriented Simon Hadley finally gets a grip onto his repressed sorcery skills, he puts all of his efforts into finding his missing friends. As he reunites them all into their former tight union and they strive to avoid recapture, they also realize that they have to move rapidly to somehow limit the growing power of their adversaries. Although Ithamar, the black modern-day sorcerer is now dead, the wealthy and ruthless cartel that had been allied with him, had achieved unbelievable political power throughout the western world with their contrived imposition of the widespread Anti-terrorist Treaty Authority. With the Authority hell-bent on extending their grip even further afield, it is apparent that the growing confrontation with the Middle Eastern alliance could shortly explode into a devastating nuclear war, so time is not on their side. As events escalate out of control, the remnants of the ancient forces with which Simon is bonded, now intervenes to him assist him to escape this turmoil. Unfortunately this assistance proves to be a mixed blessing, as they are caught up in events akin to their own ancient history, but where magic prevails alongside the other forces of nature. Here they are again confronted with the rise of a familiar black sorcery, where Simon's own significant magic may be their only hope. As they struggle to prevail, Simon realizes that they have followed the ancient footprints left by the alien Carzars, and he begins to contemplate that perhaps all of what has happened to him could well have been due to some grand plan devised by these extraterrestrials in antiquity.

Simon the Sorcerer is content in his home at Torstein Tower and has little interest in the affairs of the High Kingdom. The powerful magic of Haadis and the ancient installations of the Carzar aliens, provide him with countless and rewarding days of study. Now as a sorcerer of considerable power, he faces pleas from King Bradicus to assist the High Kingdom in repelling a barbaric invasion from the Divine Union in the south which is being led by the evil and ruthless Godchild Sorcerer. Previous unpleasant events leave him hesitant to intervene, until two major incidents again reshape his thinking. First through an engineered twist of time, his understanding of reality is shattered when he finds himself in the presence of the most omnipotent creature to ever exist in the universe; and secondly he is later exposed to an evil species so horrendous and powerful that the whole fabric of the galaxy is threatened. Now he also understands the origins and the motives of the Godchild invader, and he is no longer reluctant to come to the aid of the High Kingdom. Unfortunately his assistance becomes restricted as greater forces move against him, but with the help of his closest friend Duke Paul and his access to the font of magic, he moves forward to confront what lies ahead.

In 1282, Carlos de Tanez becomes the head of one of Portugal's most influential and wealthiest noble families. It was a time of change and discovery and Carlos takes advantage of this change, and sails out on a voyage of discovery that takes him around Cape Horn and into the Pacific and to eventually discover the virgin lands of what was later to be known as New Zealand. Gathering male workers and women as slaves from the Americas and the Pacific islands, he finally abandons them all into four small settlements in the two main islands of the future New Zealand, before setting sail to return to Europe, thereby providing the ancestors of the Maori people. The young Castilian Juan Kupez was only sixteen when he joins the expedition. Taken from a depressing life of drudgery and derogation, he eagerly grasps at the opportunity, and his bright and friendly disposition quickly establishes his personality and worth amongst his fellow adventurers. Unfortunately he also has to cope with the animosity of a youth only slightly older than himself, and this changing relationship presents him with growing challenges and conflicts which begin to shape his future. After a series of mishaps and near disasters out in the Pacific, Juan returns to their New Zealand base where he is reunited with his adversary, and where human relationships are strained, twisted and explored.