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Reviews for 02/03/09

 

 

Make Your Creative Dreams Real, SARK

 

 

Let this book be your haven, guide, fairy godmother, or map for making your creative dreams real. It's a "paper lantern" to illuminate your path. Your dreams glow in the dark even if you don't ever tend to them. They will wait for you. I know this from my experiences as a recovering procrastinator and perfectionist. My dreams waited for me -- now you can begin to make your creative dreams REAL!

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) is an author/artist and acclaimed teacher on the subject of creativity. She was featured on the PBS series Women of Wisdom and Power. She is a recovering procrastinator and perfectionist who practices what she teaches and lives in a Magic Cottage in San Francisco with her "fur husband" cat, Jupiter. You can visit her websight at planetsark.com or her special websight for this book at makeyourcreativedreamsreal.com.

 

 
 
 

 

Peaceful Action, Open Heart, Thich Nhat Hanh

 

 

The Lotus Sutra is one of the most revered Mahayana texts, yet there are very few commentaries on it available in English. In this book, renowned Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh explores the Sutra’s main theme — that everyone has the capacity to become a Buddha and that the Buddha nature is inherent in everything — while emphasizing that Buddha-nature is the basis for peaceful action. Hanh interprets the Sutra with his signature depth of vision, lucidity, and clarity, showing how both individuals and nations can use its wisdom to solve the many problems facing the world today. Invoking a wide range of current topics, from the threat of terrorism to the degradation of the environment to the Palestinian-Israeli crisis, he challenges the U.N. to change from an organization to an organism working for peace and harmony. In doing so, he demonstrates the practical application of this sacred text to today's most pressing issues.

 
 

 

Quantum Change Made Easy, Resonance Repatterning Bks., Chloe Faith Wordsworth

 

 

Quantum Change Made Easy, and the nine universal principles it describes, puts the secrets to how life really works right in the reader's hands. The book introduces a dynamic system, known as Resonance Repatterning(TM), for unlocking full potential. Quantum Change Made Easy offers both theory and practical applications. Quantum Change Made Easy shows readers how to change what doesn't work in their lives into a breakthrough opportunity for personal transformation, self-healing and achieving the best. Readers will learn about and experience universal principles as part of a proven system for personal growth. They will learn such principles as: every person is an energy being, living in a sea of vibrating frequencies; all change begins at the quantum level, where frequencies and resonance rule; everything has a frequency including back pain and stress at work; the frequencies you resonate with determine the life you live; when you change the frequencies you resonate with, you change your experience of life. Quantum Change Made Easy includes an introduction to resonance and Resonance Kinesiology, to unconscious patterns and their Repatternings, and to a worldwide range of energy modalities including sound, light and color, breath, movement, energetic contacts and fragrance, all illustrated with case histories and made accessible through exercises at the end of each chapter.

Chloe Faith Wordsworth, the founder of the Resonance Repatterniing system for self-healing, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UCLA. She has a Masters Degree in English Literature, and is a Five Element acupuncturist. She has trained thousands of people in the Resonance Repatterning system, and is President of the Resonance Repatterning Institute. She has written eleven training manuals used by students and practitioners alike. The Resonance Repatterning system evolved as the result of Chloe's clinical practice when she began to ask why one modality or energy healing system would work well for one person, and then not at all for another person with a similar symptom.

 

 

Crystal Healing, Katrina Raphaell

 

Volume two of the Crystal Trilogy further refines the practical applications of crystal therapeutic techniques.  To facilitate a complete understanding of the specific techniques described, Crystal Healing is strikingly illustrated with detailed color photographs.  Step-by-step instructions encourage an understanidng of all you need to know to reap the benefits emanating through crystals and stones.  This invaluable guide enables the lay person and professional to use crystals and healing stones for soul activation, complete healing and expansion of consciousness.   In addition to the information in Volume I, this book will help activate hidden potential and open up a world of light into your light.

PS.  This is the Volume that has the information on "The EarthKeepers"!

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The Untethered Soul, IONS / NHP, Michael A. Singer

 

Divided into five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of us live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of "unconditional happiness." Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.

 

Michael A. Singer received a master's degree in the economics from the University of Florida in 1971. During his doctoral work, he had a deep inner awakening and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established yoga and meditation center where people of any religion or set of beliefs can come together to experience inner peace. Through the years, Singer has made major contributions in the areas of business, the arts, education, healthcare, and environmental protection. He has previously authored two books on the integration of Eastern and Western philosophy: The Search for Truth and Three Essays on Universal Law: Karma, Will and Love.

 

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Encyclopedia of Spirits, Judika Illes

 

Enter the World of Spirits!

The Encyclopedia of Spirits is a comprehensive and entertaining A to Z of spirits from around this world and the next. Within these pages meet love goddesses and disease demons, guardians of children and guardians of cadavers. Discover Celtic goddesses and goddesses of the Kabbalah, female Buddhas, African Powers, Dragon Ladies, White Ladies, Black Madonnas, the Green Man, the Green Fairy, lots and lots of ghosts, djinn, mermaids, fairies, and more. From the beneficent to the mischievous, working with these spirits can bring good fortune, lasting love, health, fertility, revenge, and relief. Discover:

     

  • The true identities of over one thousand spirits (as well as their likes and dislikes)

     

  • How to communicate with specific spirits for your own benefit

     

  • How to recognize these spirits when they manifest themselves

     

  • The mythological and historical events associated with specific spirits

     

  • The colors, days, numbers, and astrological signs associated with specific spirits

The Encyclopedia of Spirits also provides an overview of the role of spirit communication throughout history and a general guide to working with spirits. No matter what your life's problems or desires, this book can guide you to the right spirits who can help fulfill your dreams. For the spiritual adept, the amateur, or the simply curious, the Encyclopedia of Spirits will inform, inspire, and delight.


Born in New York City, Judika Illes is an independent scholar and has spent her life researching a broad spectrum of the magical arts, including astrology, mythology, the Kabbalah, Egyptian mysteries, and spiritual and healing traditions from all over the earth. Illes is the author of the Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, and Pure Magic.

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