In Flight of the Wild Gander, renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell-in his first collection of essays, written between 1944 and 1968-explores the individual and geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm's fairy tales to American Indian legends.
Originally published in 1969, this collection describes the symbolic content of stories: how they are linked to human experience and how they-along with our experiences-have changed over time. Throughout, Campbell explores the function of mythology in everyday life and the forms it may take in the future.
Included are some of Campbell's first groundbreaking essays: "Bios and Mythos" and "Primitive Man as Metaphysician," both of which examine the biological basis and necessity for story and mythology, and establish mythology as a basic function or fact of nature. Campbell's essay "Mythogenesis" turns from the natural and biological to the cultural and historical-the rise, flowering, and decline of a particular myth, a single American Indian legend. Campbell explores how the myth was born, as well as the personal experiences of the visionary medicine man through whose memory the myth was preserved.
This edition joins other reissues and previously unpublished works as part of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell.
This course will inspire you and enrich your understanding of the greatest spiritual masters that have ever lived.
Your guide is Dr. Kenneth Rose (Ph.D., Harvard University), an acclaimed expert in comparative religion. Under his tutelage, you’ll discover the lives and teachings of eleven holy persons throughout the ages and from around the world. Each of these legendary men and women helped bridge Eastern and Western spirituality. By examining their respective religious traditions, you will gain a deeper appreciation of world religions and interfaith dialogue. Dr. Rose will help you place these paragons of faith in their historical contexts, showing you how they came to be such extraordinary channels of spiritual power and wisdom. But this brilliantly taught course goes beyond merely identifying a collection of figures of historic and religious import.
Through their individual stories, you’ll also do the following:
-grasp the lifeblood of religions like Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism;
-examine the wisdom of both foundational figures (Aquinas, the Buddha) and modern spiritual masters (the Dalai Lama, Thomas Merton); and
-meet lesser-known men and women whose thought was ahead of their time.
The wisdom of each of these men and women is not only influential but also profound, moving, and beautiful. Through their words and actions, you will discover new ways to deepen your spiritual wisdom and knowledge of world religions. Orient yourself within the sublime tradition of mysticism as you take inspiration from the lives of Dr. Rose’s hand-picked Mystics, Sages, and Saints.
This audio book takes you further into the theories and history of Wiccan practices, in particular, the use of spells and your understanding of them. You'll discover more about how spells come together and how to increase the potency of their effects.
From listening to Advanced Wicca you'll progress in your practice exponentially. It goes into further detail about creating and working within your sacred space, understanding the energies that you work with, and how to harness the power of the elements and the moon in your spells.
Discover advanced love spells and how to tap into your magnetic force and condition your aura so that you radiate love and draw people to you. You'll discover how to use your Wiccan practice to strengthen your relationships. You'll also explore sex magic and how to utilise this powerful, raw energy in your spells.
Money spells are covered in detail, with explanations of the law of attraction and specific spells crafted to help you gain riches and increase prosperity.
Are you looking for a way to reduce stress? Are you interested in Chinese energy medicine? Would you like to learn meditation? Do you feel that seated meditation is quite boring? Are you looking for a more invigorating type of movement meditation that works your body as well as your mind and spirit? If yes, you should give qigong a try. Qigong, also spelled chi kung or chi gung, is a Chinese medical energy system that promotes health, flexibility, healing and spirituality through coordinated body postures, movements and breathing. You have probably heard of Tai Chi, which is often practiced by people interested in martial arts. Tai Chi, also known as Taiji Quan, is one style of qigong. Qigong offers a complete exercise system for the body and mind, incorporating slow, graceful, relaxed movements. Breathing is an important part of this system, and the movements and the breathing together combine to help you reach a meditative state. The aim is to let the Qi flow through all the channels of the body smoothly without any interruptions, thus removing all the devastating effects of stress, pollution, and diseases and restoring your body and mind to their original state. Interested? If Qigong seems to be what you have been looking for, then continue to read this guide.
This Angel Reiki audio book provides the knowledge and skills necessary to direct energy transferred through us from the archangels to administer healing - clearing our energy bodies with powerful angelic light. Not only will you gain an in-depth practical and theoretical knowledge but you will also learn how to start a career as an Angel Reiki Practitioner.
Despite our interest in the health of our physical bodies, the energetic health of our being is not as explicitly addressed. We often consider the health of our mental faculties and physical body as being independent of our energetic body, when it is this energy that interconnects each component of our makeup. This book discusses health in regards to energy, the clarity of which brings balance to the physical body, emotions, and mind providing a comprehensive insight into the fascinating world of Angel Reiki and the development, theories, and practical application of this holistic practice.
Do you believe that the planets and their interplay with our Earth influence our lives, whether past, present, or future? Do you believe that the positioning of the planets at the time of your birth actually determines the life you have led so far and the life you will have in the future? Do you wish there was a way to actually know how the positioning of the planets influences you and your life, and how you could use that knowledge to your advantage? If yes, then look no further because the answer lies in astrology. Astrology is the study of the patterns and relationships of the planets in motion and the earth. Astrologers believe it to be a science, although it falls more under the category of metaphysics, that is, it studies something which lies beyond the physical. In this audiobook, you will be able to learn what astrology is all about as well as about the different parts of your astrological horoscope or birth chart.
Can a loving relationship survive death? The Afterlife Revolution triumphantly says that it can.
After a near-death experience in 2004, Anne Strieber became an expert in afterlife studies and created an ingenious plan of contact which, to Whitley's amazement, she proceeded to carry out, starting just an hour and a half after she died.
As verified by famed afterlife researcher Dr. Gary Schwartz, who wrote the foreword, the Afterlife Revolution is among the most convincing stories of afterlife communication ever told, and is a ringing endorsement not only of the fact that we do not die, but also that the power of love can create an actual bridge between the physical and nonphysical worlds.
The book points the way to a new relationship between the living and, as Anne puts it, what you call the dead. Anne tells of her experience on the other side, saying that we are light, alive, and that enlightenment is what comes when there is nothing left of us but love. Her descriptions of the afterlife are brilliantly articulate and nuanced, at once deeply familiar and uniquely her own.
The Afterlife Revolution shows how to use basic tools such as what Anne describes as "objective love" combined with a simple but special form of meditation to build a relationship between physical and nonphysical worlds. It is intended to help us find that sweet point at which the souls of the living touch those of the dead. As Anne says, Mankind is divided, not so much between the sexes as between the living and what are called the dead. It isnt natural and it isnt necessary. We can become whole.
All of us have spirit guides watching over us and waiting for us to ask for their help. These spirit guides are there just for you, they have been especially chosen for you, and their only purpose to be around you is to help you grow spiritually or resolve a crisis situation you are in or help you fulfill your dreams. The only issue is that if you don't ask them, they won't be able to help. While some of these guides stay with you throughout your life, others appear in your life when you are struggling with specific aspects of your life or are trying to achieve certain goals. They may be spirits who have lived a physical life in the past or they may have always remained spirits and never have had acquired a physical form. It is possible that some of them are only there for you. Others may be guiding more than one person. They could also be deceased relatives of yours, but most likely they never had any blood relationship with you. They are neither male nor female, although you may perceive them as having one of the two energies. So, who are these spirit guides? How do they get in touch with you? How can you listen to them or talk to them or ask them for their help? What kinds of problems can they help you with? How can you contact them? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this audiobook.
Have you ever been able to witness a glow around another person? Have you ever looked into a mirror and seen a field of energy surrounding your body? If yes, you have already witnessed an aura. In the field of Intuition Medicine, this field of energy is simply called an aura and is believed to shield and protect your subtle non-physical body. The aura appears like a glow around your physical body. It protects your energy system from the harmful effects of the environment. You will notice an aura around every living being. The health and well-being of your aura will determine how happy, joyful, and peaceful you feel mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. It also affects how healthy or unhealthy your physical body is. If your aura is unhealthy, it will begin to have a negative effect on various aspects of your life. This is why you need to cleanse and heal your aura regularly to keep the energy flowing uninterruptedly and to keep yourself protected. This book will help you learn about what an aura is. It will tell you about how you can read the aura and heal it for a healthier and more joyful you.
Are you looking to improve your psychic abilities? Do you want to know the best course for your life in areas such as career and relationships? Instead of going to another psychic for a reading, would you like to do your own reading by tuning in to your own intuition and getting in touch with your own spirit guides? Maybe you would also like to do readings for others and even make it a profession? Maybe you would like to develop your psychic abilities and help yourself and others find the best course of action for your lives? The aim of this audio is to help beginners get started with the development of their psychic abilities. You will learn about the things you need to do center yourself. You will know how to connect to your spirit guides. Which tools should you be using - or should you not be using any? How do you go about choosing the tools of divination? You can do your own readings and resolve any confusion you may have about your career, finances, or relationships. You can help guide your loved ones, your friends, and your colleagues as well. You could make it a profession and become popular diviner in your neighborhood. So, let's just get started!
Some of the deepest questions of women's hearts are about beauty: an innate desire to decorate ourselves and our surroundings, and the struggle to feel beautiful. But these desires are often in direct conflict with values and beliefs that tell us fashion (or any form of creativity) is frivolous and vain, and may actually be a sin.
Jeanette Johnson, founder of popular style blog J's Everyday Fashion, shares her personal journey and the stories of other women, examining how we can best explore our quest for beauty while still honoring our faith and personal values and being responsible consumers. Jeanette delves into topics that many women grapple with: Is fashion selfish? Is it necessary? Does it dishonor our faith? With an in-depth look at issues like healthy self-esteem, modesty, and how fashion fits into the big picture, Jeanette offers practical, thoughtful insight, guiding every woman to conquer her fashion guilt and achieve "personal style with purpose."
Meet Mary Ann Winkowski. She is just like you. She is a married mother of two grown daughters. She lives in a suburban town in Ohio. She goes to church every Sunday.
And she sees and talks to ghosts.
Mary Ann's grandmother noticed her unusual ability when she was practically a baby. By the time Mary Ann was four years old, she was attending neighborhood funerals to broker communication between those who had died and their living loved ones. Word of her extraordinary abilities spread, and Mary Ann was soon accompanying her grandmother on "social calls," visits where Mary Ann would confront earthbound spirits who were sharing homes with the living. This ability stayed with Mary Ann through her adolescence into adulthood, and the stay-at-home mom eventually had a side business: paranormal consultant.
In this remarkable book, Mary Ann tells her incredible story. She talks about the difference between earthbound spirits and those who have crossed over; she tells you why spirits remain on the earthly plane and how long they have before their "White Light' disappears; she shares her most intriguing and infamous tales about the spirits she has encountered. And she divulges how to determine whether your house or your family is haunted-and what to do if there is a ghost around you.
Full of no-nonsense advice, amazing anecdotes, and practical tips for navigating a paranormal phenomenon that is at once unbelievable and awe-inspiring, WHEN GHOSTS SPEAK is a must-read for any person who has ever heard something go bump in the night.
