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100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory RabassaISBN 0060919655 (0-06-091965-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Years of Solitude'Book summary:"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing squad. In between, he recounts such wonders as an entire town struck with insomnia, a woman who ascends to heaven while hanging laundry, and a suicide that defies the laws of physics:
A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendía house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano José, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Úrsula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.
"Holy Mother of God!" Úrsula shouted.The story follows 100 years in the life of Macondo, a village founded by José Arcadio Buendía and occupied by descendants all sporting variations on their progenitor's name: his sons, José Arcadio and Aureliano, and grandsons, Aureliano José, Aureliano Segundo, and José Arcadio Segundo. Then there are the women--the two Úrsulas, a handful of Remedios, Fernanda, and Pilar--who struggle to remain grounded even as their menfolk build castles in the air. If it is possible for a novel to be highly comic and deeply tragic at the same time, then One Hundred Years of Solitude does the trick. Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect is literary pentimento, with sorrow's outlines bleeding through the vibrant colors of García Márquez's magical realism. Consider, for example, the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar, whom José Arcadio Buendía has killed in a fight. So lonely is the man's shade that it haunts Buendía's house, searching anxiously for water with which to clean its wound. Buendía's wife, Úrsula, is so moved that "the next time she saw the dead man uncovering the pots on the stove she understood what he was looking for, and from then on she placed water jugs all about the house."
With One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez introduced Latin American literature to a world-wide readership. Translated into more than two dozen languages, his brilliant novel of love and loss in Macondo stands at the apex of 20th-century literature. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Powerby Marvin Meyer, Richard SmithISBN 0060655844 (0-06-065584-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power'Book summary:This provocative collection of rites, spells, amulets, curses, and recipes of the early Coptic Christians documents Christianity as a living folk religion resembling other popular belief systems - something quite different from what theo-logical and doctrinal traditions have led us to believe. Like The Nag Hammadi Library, this extraordinary collection of little known incantatory texts radically alters our perception of Christianity as primarily a highly theological and orthodox tradition. These texts and illustrations show that the folk practices of the earliest Christians are quite similar to the day-to-day beliefs and rituals of spirituality that imbue indigenous primal religions and popular religion generally. Placing these previously unknown ancient texts in historical context and explaining their significance, Marvin Meyer and Richard Smith also reveal the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the Christian teaching practice. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs from the original ancient documents and containing a plethora of rituals, curses, and spells, Ancient Christian Magic is the practical and liturgical companion to the narrative and theological texts of The Nag Hammadi Library. [via]
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The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean Worldby Marvin MeyerISBN 0060655763 (0-06-065576-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World'Book summary:Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more immediate to the concerns of people living in an increasingly cosmopolitan ancient world. These experiences were provided by the mysteries, religions that flourished particularly during the Hellenistic period and were secretly practiced by groups of adherents who decided, through personal choice, to be initiated into the profound realities of one deity or another. Unlike the official state religions, in which people were expected to make an outward show of allegiance to the local gods, the mysteries emphasized an inwardness and privacy of worship within a closed band of initiates.
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In this book, Marvin W. Meyer explores the sacrifices and prayers, the public celebrations and secret ceremonies, the theatrical performances and literary works, the gods and goddesses that were a part of the mystery religions of Greece in the seventh century B.C. to the Judaism and Christianity of the Roman world of the seventh century A.D.More editions of The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World:
Anybody Out There?by Marian KeyesISBN 0061240850 (0-06-124085-0)
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The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, Ufos, Evolution, Shamanism, the Rebirth of the Goddess, andby Terence K. McKenna, SattyISBN 0062506137 (0-06-250613-7)
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In these essays, interviews, and narrative adventures, McKenna takes us on a mesmerizing journey deep into the Amazon as well as into the hidden recesses of the human psyche and the outer limits of our culture, giving us startling visions of the past and future.
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Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our Worldby Carol S. PearsonISBN 0062506781 (0-06-250678-1)
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"The heroic quest is about saying 'yes' to yourself and in doing so doing, becoming more fully alive and more effective in the world&The quest is replete with dangers and pitfalls, but it offers great rewards: the capacity to be successful in the world, knowledge of the mysteries of the human soul, and the opportunity to find and express your unique gifts in the world".
In this bold and original work, Carol S. Pearson shows that the heroic quest isn't just for certain people under special circumstances. Exploring the many heroic paths available to each of us, at every point in our lives, her innovative program enables us to live heroically by activating and applying twelve archetypes in our lives.
This companion to the best-selling 'The Hero Within' outlines twelve archetypal patterns that can aid inner development and the quest for wholeness.
'These archetypes are inner guides that can help us:'
" prepare for the journey, by learning how to become successful members of society
" embark upon the quest, by becoming initiated into the mysteries of the human soul; and
" return to transform our lives as a result of claiming our uniqueness and personal powerWriting for individuals seeking to realise their full potential and professionals engaged in empowering others, Pearson shows how journeys differ by the age, gender, and cultural background of the seeker, and how archetypes help awaken the capacities of our psyches. A unique diagnostic test, the Heroic Myth Index, and exercises are included to help us understand and awaken our inner guides.
CAROL S. PEARSON, Ph.D., is president of Meristem, a nonprofit organisation offering training and consultation in professional development and personal growth. She is the author of 'The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By' and co-author of 'The Female Hero in American and British Literature' and 'Educating the Majority: Women Challenge Tradition in Higher Education'
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A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Scienceby Michael SchneiderISBN 0060926716 (0-06-092671-6)
Softcover, Perennial
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But It's No SecretMichael Schneider leads us on a spectacular, lavishly illustrated journey along the numbers one through ten to explore the mathematical principles made visible in flowers, shells, crystals, plants, and the human body, expressed in the symbolic language of folk sayings and fairy tales, myth and religion, art and architecture. This is a new view of mathematics, not the one we learned at school but a comprehensive guide to the patterns that recur through the universe and underlie human affairs. A Beginner's Guide to Constructing, the Universe shows you:
- Why cans, pizza, and manhole covers are round.
- Why one and two weren't considered numbers by the ancient Greeks.
- Why squares show up so often in goddess art and board games.
- What property makes the spiral the most widespread shape in nature, from embryos and hair curls to hurricanes and galaxies.
- How the human body shares the design of a bean plant and the solar system.
- How a snowflake is like Stonehenge, and a beehive like a calendar.
- How our ten fingers hold the secrets of both a lobster and a cathedral.
- And much more.
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Blossom of Bone: Reclaiming the Connections Between Homoeroticism and the Sacredby Randy P. ConnerISBN 0062502573 (0-06-250257-3)
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Blue and Brown Booksby Ludwig WittgensteinISBN 0061312118 (0-06-131211-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue and Brown Books'Book summary:These works, as the sub-title makes clear, are unfinished sketches for Philosophical Investigations, possibly the most important and influential philosophical work of modern times. The 'Blue Book' is a set of notes dictated to Witgenstein's Cambridge students in 1933-1934: the 'Brown Book' was a draft for what eventually became the growth of the first part of Philosophical Investigations. This book reveals the germination and growth of the ideas which found their final expression in Witgenstein's later work. It is indispensable therefore to students of Witgenstein's thought and to all those who wish to study at first-hand the mental processes of a thinker who fundamentally changed the course of modern philosophy.
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The Book of the Secretsby Bhagwan S. RajneeshISBN 0060905646 (0-06-090564-6)
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Brave New Worldby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0060850523 (0-06-085052-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brave New World'Book summary:When the novel "Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future.
Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy. He scrutinizes threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion, and explains why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them. "Brave New World Revisited" is a trenchant plea that humankind should educate itself for freedom before it is too late. [via]
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Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefsby Steve HagenISBN 0060730579 (0-06-073057-9)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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Care of the Soul: A Guide to Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Lifeby Thomas MooreISBN 0060922249 (0-06-092224-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Care of the Soul: A Guide to Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life'Book summary:Care of the Soul is considered to be one of the best primers for soul work ever written. Thomas Moore, an internationally renowned theologian and former Catholic monk, offers a philosophy for living that involves accepting our humanity rather than struggling to transcend it. By nurturing the soul in everyday life, Moore shows how to cultivate dignity, peace, and depth of character. For example, in addressing the importance of daily rituals he writes, "Ritual maintains the world's holiness. As in a dream a small object may assume significance, so in a life that is animated by ritual there are no insignificant things." This is the eloquence that helped reintroduce the sacred into everyday language and contemporary values. [via]
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Dialogues With Silence: Prayers & Drawingsby Thomas Merton, Jonathan MontaldoISBN 0060656034 (0-06-065603-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dialogues With Silence: Prayers & Drawings'Book summary:Though best known for his spiritual writings, Thomas Merton also made drawings, whose Eastern-style brushwork have a meditative power rivaling that of his finest prayers. In Dialogues with Silence, these (mostly unpublished) drawings--of human figures, churches, the crucifixion, and abstract forms--are paired on pages with the texts of his well-known prayers. Editor Jonathan Montaldo's introduction to this volume asserts that Merton, the author of classics including The Seven Storey Mountain, became a:
witness for his generation of the way out of self-defeating individualism by tracking anew the boundaries of that ancient other country, whose citizens recognize a hidden ground of unity and love among all living things.
He might have added that, for Merton, one direct escape from individualism was the act of loving other individuals, an aspect of Merton's character that shines clearly in the many portraits here. Notably, the most arresting of these images is a face without features. It hovers next to a prayer that begins, "O God, my God, why am I so mute?" --Michael Joseph Gross [via]More editions of Dialogues With Silence: Prayers & Drawings:
Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to the Unexplored Depths Withinby Eric Butterworth, Nadine EpsteinISBN 0062501151 (0-06-250115-1)
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The Discovery of Chocolateby James RuncieISBN 0060959436 (0-06-095943-6)
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The Ending of Timeby David Bohm, J. KrishnamurtiISBN 0060647965 (0-06-064796-5)
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Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk & Writerby Thomas Merton, Jonathan MontaldoISBN 0060654775 (0-06-065477-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligenceby Joseph Chilton PearceISBN 006250732X (0-06-250732-X)
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The Eye of the Storm: Living Spiritually in the Real Worldby Kenneth LeechISBN 006065208X (0-06-065208-X)
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Gnosis on the Silk Road: Gnostic Texts from Central Asiaby Hans-Joachim KlimkeitISBN 0060645865 (0-06-064586-5)
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0060853972 (0-06-085397-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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The Great and Secret Showby Clive BarkerISBN 006093316X (0-06-093316-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great and Secret Show'Book summary:In the little town of Palomo Grove, two great armies are amassing; forces shaped from the hearts and souls of America. In this New York Times bestseller, Barker unveils one of the most ambitious imaginative landscapes in modern fiction, creating a new vocabulary for the age-old battle between good and evil. Carrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Show is a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller.
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The Great Initiates: A Study of the Secret History of Religionsby ±Edouard Schur±EISBN 0060671254 (0-06-067125-4)
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The Holotropic Mind: The Three Levels of Human Consciousness and How They Shape Our Livesby Stanislav Grof, Hal Zina BennettISBN 0062503677 (0-06-250367-7)
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How to Interpret Your Horoscopeby Judith LeachISBN 006080436X (0-06-080436-X)
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Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth Her Stories and Hymns from Sumerby Diane Wolkstein, Samuel Noah KramerISBN 0060908548 (0-06-090854-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inanna: Queen of Heaven and Earth Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer'Book summary:A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade [via]
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The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Chingby Terence McKenna, Dennis McKennaISBN 0062506358 (0-06-250635-8)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching'Book summary:A thoroughly revised edition of the much-sought-after early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching. [via]
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The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God Their Meaning in the Christian Lifeby Aiden Wilson TozerISBN 0060684127 (0-06-068412-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God Their Meaning in the Christian Life'Book summary:Love and faith are at home in the mystery of the Godhead. Let reason kneel in reverence outside.
A true classic of faith and devotion, The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer attempts to restore the majesty and wonder of God in the hearts and minds of all Christians. Informative and inspiring, this remarkable and important work shows us how we can rejuvenate our prayer life, meditate more reverently, in order to more deeply understand God and experience His presence in our daily lives. The Knowledge of the Holy is a superb aid to strengthening and deepening the spiritual life by returning the towering Christian concept of God to the center of the religious mind.
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Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernaturalby Uri Shulevitz, Howard SchwartzISBN 0062507796 (0-06-250779-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural'Book summary:Once upon a time in the city of Tunis, a flirtatious young girl was drawn into Lilith's dangerous web by glancing repeatedly at herself in the mirror. It seems that a demon daughter of the legendary Lilith had made her home in the mirror and would soon completely possess the unsuspecting girl. Such tales of terror and the supernatural occupy an honored position in the Jewish folkloric tradition.
Howard Schwartz has superbly translated and retold fifty of the best of these folktales, now collected into one volume for the first time. Gathered from countless sources ranging from the ancient Middle East to twelfth-century Germany and later Eastern European oral tradition, these captivating stories include Jewish variants of the Pandora and Persephone myths and of such famous folktales as "The Fisherman and His Wife," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and "Bluebeard," as well as several tales from the Middle Ages that have never before been published.
Focusing on crucial turning points in life--birth, marriage, and death--the tales feature wandering spirits, marriage with demons, werewolves, speaking heads, possession by dybbuks (souls of the dead who enter the bodies of the living), and every other kind of supernatural adversary. Readers will encounter a carpenter who is haunted when he makes a violin from the wood of a coffin; a wife who saves herself from the demoness her husband has inadvertently married by agreeing to share him for an hour each day; and the age-old tale of Lilith, Adam's first wife, who refused to submit to him and instead banished herself from the Garden of Eden to give birth to the demons of the world.
Drawn from Rabbinic sources, medieval Jewish folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral tradition, these stories will equally entrance readers of Jewish literature and those with an affection for fantasy and the supernatural. [via]More editions of Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural:
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Linda Goodman's Love Signsby Linda GoodmanISBN 0060968966 (0-06-096896-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Linda Goodman's Love Signs'Book summary:A master astrologer provides fundamental and practical insight on the power of love in this world-famous and sensational-selling (more than 800,000 copies sold) guide.
Can a Gemini man find happiness with a Virgo woman? Will it be smooth sailing or perpetual fireworks for the Scorpio female and the Libra male? Linda Goodman's Love Signs offers compelling insight and advice for every zodiac sign --and the compatibility of each with all eleven others. Lively, entertaining, and informative, this book will help you better understand your mate and your relationship.
From your finances to your lover's secret hopes, from your guirky habits to what you'll fight about, from avoiding war to making peace, this book will tell you what to expect and what to look out for. Whether you're embarking on a first date or are seriously involved, Linda Goodman's Love Signs will help you open up the lines of communication and unlock the power of your relationship.
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Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations With Frederick Buechnerby Frederick BuechnerISBN 0060698640 (0-06-069864-0)
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A Live Coal in the Seaby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0060652861 (0-06-065286-1)
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Lost Christianity/a Journey of Rediscoveryby Jacob NeedlemanISBN 006066102X (0-06-066102-X)
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Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationshipby John WelwoodISBN 0060927976 (0-06-092797-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship'Book summary:Unlike other guides that focus on how to make relationships work, this groundbreaking book teaches couples how their relationships can make their lives work. Combining the practical advice of Harville Hendrix with the spiritual guidance of Thomas Moore, it shows couples how their relationships can help them discover their sacred selves in such chapters as "The Power of Truth-Telling", "The Inner Marriage", "Men In Relationship" and "Soulwork and Sacred Combat". Along the way, it provides a wealth of practical guidance on how to deal with difficult problems and includes lively dialogues from Welwood's workshops that dynamically illustrate his core ideas.
Men and women are searching for deeper meaning and purpose in their everyday lives and relationships. Love and Awakening fills this need. It is a book couples will want to read together. [via]
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Love In The Asylumby Lisa CareyISBN 0060937432 (0-06-093743-2)
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The Man in the Black Coat Turnsby Robert BlyISBN 006097186X (0-06-097186-X)
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A Manual for Livingby EpictetusISBN 0062511114 (0-06-251111-4)
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Meister Eckhartby Meister EckhartISBN 006130008X (0-06-130008-X)
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[via]In a modern translation by Raymond B. Blakney, here are the essential writings of Meister Eckhart, the celebrated 14th Century German-born Dominican philosopher, mystic, and spiritual master, including his famous, brilliantly reasoned defense against charges of heresy during a local Franciscan-led Inquisition. Perhaps the most daring and profound Christian philosophy in the history of Western mysticism, the writings and teachings of Meister Eckhart at once challenge and inspire all who wish to deepen their experience of God.
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Meister Eckhart: Selections From His Essential Writingsby Spiritual Classics HarperCollins, Emilie Griffin, Bernard McGinn, John O'Donohue, Edmund ColledgeISBN 0060750650 (0-06-075065-0)
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Monastery: Prayer, Work, Communityby M. Basil PenningtonISBN 0060664959 (0-06-066495-9)
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Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art, and Tarotby Vicki NobleISBN 0062510851 (0-06-251085-1)
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Mules and Menby Zora Neale HurstonISBN 0060916486 (0-06-091648-6)
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The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianityby Hyam MacCobyISBN 0062505858 (0-06-250585-8)
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Network of Thoughtby Jiddu. KrishnamurtiISBN 0060648139 (0-06-064813-9)
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Nothing Special: Living Zenby Steve Smith, Charlotte Joko BeckISBN 0062502565 (0-06-250256-5)
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Nurslings of Immortalityby Raynor Carey JohnsonISBN 0060902620 (0-06-090262-0)
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One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel García MárquezISBN 0060740450 (0-06-074045-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'Book summary:"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing squad. In between, he recounts such wonders as an entire town struck with insomnia, a woman who ascends to heaven while hanging laundry, and a suicide that defies the laws of physics:
A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendía house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano José, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Úrsula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.
"Holy Mother of God!" Úrsula shouted.The story follows 100 years in the life of Macondo, a village founded by José Arcadio Buendía and occupied by descendants all sporting variations on their progenitor's name: his sons, José Arcadio and Aureliano, and grandsons, Aureliano José, Aureliano Segundo, and José Arcadio Segundo. Then there are the women--the two Úrsulas, a handful of Remedios, Fernanda, and Pilar--who struggle to remain grounded even as their menfolk build castles in the air. If it is possible for a novel to be highly comic and deeply tragic at the same time, then One Hundred Years of Solitude does the trick. Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect is literary pentimento, with sorrow's outlines bleeding through the vibrant colors of García Márquez's magical realism. Consider, for example, the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar, whom José Arcadio Buendía has killed in a fight. So lonely is the man's shade that it haunts Buendía's house, searching anxiously for water with which to clean its wound. Buendía's wife, Úrsula, is so moved that "the next time she saw the dead man uncovering the pots on the stove she understood what he was looking for, and from then on she placed water jugs all about the house."
With One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez introduced Latin American literature to a world-wide readership. Translated into more than two dozen languages, his brilliant novel of love and loss in Macondo stands at the apex of 20th-century literature. --Alix Wilber [via]
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One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gregory Rabassa, Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0060883286 (0-06-088328-6)
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It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing squad. In between, he recounts such wonders as an entire town struck with insomnia, a woman who ascends to heaven while hanging laundry, and a suicide that defies the laws of physics:
A trickle of blood came out under the door, crossed the living room, went out into the street, continued on in a straight line across the uneven terraces, went down steps and climbed over curbs, passed along the Street of the Turks, turned a corner to the right and another to the left, made a right angle at the Buendía house, went in under the closed door, crossed through the parlor, hugging the walls so as not to stain the rugs, went on to the other living room, made a wide curve to avoid the dining-room table, went along the porch with the begonias, and passed without being seen under Amaranta's chair as she gave an arithmetic lesson to Aureliano José, and went through the pantry and came out in the kitchen, where Úrsula was getting ready to crack thirty-six eggs to make bread.
"Holy Mother of God!" Úrsula shouted.The story follows 100 years in the life of Macondo, a village founded by José Arcadio Buendía and occupied by descendants all sporting variations on their progenitor's name: his sons, José Arcadio and Aureliano, and grandsons, Aureliano José, Aureliano Segundo, and José Arcadio Segundo. Then there are the women--the two Úrsulas, a handful of Remedios, Fernanda, and Pilar--who struggle to remain grounded even as their menfolk build castles in the air. If it is possible for a novel to be highly comic and deeply tragic at the same time, then One Hundred Years of Solitude does the trick. Civil war rages throughout, hearts break, dreams shatter, and lives are lost, yet the effect is literary pentimento, with sorrow's outlines bleeding through the vibrant colors of García Márquez's magical realism. Consider, for example, the ghost of Prudencio Aguilar, whom José Arcadio Buendía has killed in a fight. So lonely is the man's shade that it haunts Buendía's house, searching anxiously for water with which to clean its wound. Buendía's wife, Úrsula, is so moved that "the next time she saw the dead man uncovering the pots on the stove she understood what he was looking for, and from then on she placed water jugs all about the house."
With One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez introduced Latin American literature to a world-wide readership. Translated into more than two dozen languages, his brilliant novel of love and loss in Macondo stands at the apex of 20th-century literature. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Other Bible: Jewish Pseudepigrapha, Christian Apocrypha, Gnostic Scriptures, Kabbalah, Dead Sea Scrollsby Willis BarnstoneISBN 0060815981 (0-06-081598-1)
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The Other Bible provides a rare opportunity to discover the poetic and narrative riches of this long-suppressed literature and experience firsthand its visionary discourses on the nature of God, humanity, the spiritual life, the world around us, and infinite worlds beyond this one. [via]
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The Pictorial Key To The Tarotby Arthur E. WaiteISBN 0060689455 (0-06-068945-5)
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creekby Annie DillardISBN 0060953020 (0-06-095302-0)
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The Pope and the Heretic: The True Story of Giordano Bruno, the Man Who Dared to Defy the Roman Inquisitionby Michael WhiteISBN 0060933887 (0-06-093388-7)
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The Presence of Other Worlds: The Psychological/Spiritual Findings of Emanuel Swedenborgby Wilson Van DusenISBN 0060688262 (0-06-068826-2)
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The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Lifeby Thomas MooreISBN 0060928247 (0-06-092824-7)
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With his lens focused on specific aspects of daily life such as clothing, food, furniture, architecture, ecology, language, and politics, Moore describes the renaissance these can undergo when there is a genuine engagement with beauty, craft, nature, and art in both private and public life.
Millions of readers who found comfort and substance in Moore's previous bestsellers will discover in this book ways to restore the heart and soul of work, home, and creative endeavors through a radical, fresh return to ancient ways of living the soulful life. [via]
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Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Bodyby Riane EislerISBN 006250293X (0-06-250293-X)
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Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body- New Paths to Power and Loveby Riane Tennenhaus EislerISBN 0062502832 (0-06-250283-2)
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The Secret of the Golden Flower: The Classic Chinese Book of Lifeby Thomas ClearyISBN 0062501933 (0-06-250193-3)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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Seeker After Truth: A Handbook of Tales and Teachingsby Idries ShahISBN 0060672579 (0-06-067257-9)
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Stalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Jewish Mystical Mastersby Rodger KamenetzISBN 0060642327 (0-06-064232-7)
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Storming Heaven: Lsd and the American Dreamby Jay StevensISBN 006097172X (0-06-097172-X)
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Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualismby Barbara WeisbergISBN 006075060X (0-06-075060-X)
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The Tao Is Silentby Raymond M. SmullyanISBN 0060674695 (0-06-067469-5)
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This is more than a book on Chinese philosophy. It is a series of ideas inspired by Taoism that treats a wide variety of subjects about life in general. Smullyan sees the Taoist as 'one who is not so much in search of something he hasn't but who is enjoying what he has.'
Raymond M. Smullyan, an internationally known mathematical logician.
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Testament of Devotionby Thomas R. KellyISBN 0060643617 (0-06-064361-7)
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I have in mind something deeper than the simplification of our external programs, our absurdly crowded calendars of appointments through which so many pantingly and frantically gasp. These do become simplified in holy obedience, and the poise and peace we have been missing can really be found. But there is a deeper, an internal simplification of the whole of one's personality, stilled, tranquil, in childlike trust listening ever to Eternity's whisper, walking with a smile into the dark."
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Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurtiby J. KrishnamurtiISBN 0060648805 (0-06-064880-5)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0060955724 (0-06-095572-4)
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Walden and Civil Disobedienceby Henry David ThoreauISBN 006080615X (0-06-080615-X)
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The Way of Wyrdby Brian BatesISBN 0062500848 (0-06-250084-8)
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The Zahir: A Novel Of Obsessionby Margaret Jull Costa, Paulo CoehloISBN 0060825219 (0-06-082521-9)
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The Zahir: A Novel of Obsessionby Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 0060832819 (0-06-083281-9)
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The Zahir: A Novel Of Obsessionby Paulo CoehloISBN 0060831316 (0-06-083131-6)
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