epub |eng | | Author:Peter Rollins

The Idol and the Icon Theologically speaking, one might say that the Turn and the Prestige testified to within Christianity signal the disappearance of the idol and the appearance of ...

epub |eng | 2017-02-21 | Author:Bulkeley, Kelly [Bulkeley, Kelly]

Lucrecia’s dreams have large amounts of both friendly and physically aggressive social interactions. Of the few references to sexuality, none of them relate directly to Lucrecia; they all involve the ...

mobi |eng | 2016-10-10 | Author:Raymond F. Paloutzian

7. Conversion, Deconversion, and Spiritual Transformation 217 sufficient to lead the best life they can personally; the other half think they also must bring others into their religion (WIN/Gallup International, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Laycock, Joseph P.;

Reenchantment without Delusion How are we to account for White Wolf’s strange relationship with “real” magicians, vampires, and faeries? How do fiction and reality begin to converge? Eliade suggested that ...

epub |eng | | Author:Mark Alpert

Chapter Sixteen The police car cruised down Second Avenue. The driver’s eyes gazed at me from the rearview mirror. “Want me to turn on the air conditioning? You look like ...

epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Ferrer, Jorge N.; [Ferrer, Jorge N.;]

CONCLUSION In this chapter, I situated Grof’s consciousness research in the context of the modern study of mysticism. On the one hand, Grof’s findings hold the promise to settle one ...

epub |eng | 2018-10-21 | Author:Steve Austin [Austin, Steve]

I live my life in the -ish. We eat healthy-ish, home-cooked meals nearly every night. We raise our children to behave but don’t expect them to be robots, devoid of ...

epub |eng | 2019-06-23 | Author:Melvin Konner

IN UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW, Richard Dawkins recalls “trying gently to amuse a six-year-old child at Christmas time by reckoning up with her how long it would take Father Christmas to ...

mobi |eng | 2011-05-17 | Author:Morinis, Alan [Morinis, Alan]

All of this might lead you to conclude that the ultimate form of generosity is giving from a loving heart. Rabbi Simcha Zissel tells us this, and more. He looks ...

epub |eng | 2011-05-14 | Author:Robert L. Moore [Moore, Robert L.]

THE MAGICIAN What about the magician? The magician doesn't sit on a throne like a king and give out blessings, and he doesn't accept mission impossible like a warrior and ...

epub |eng | | Author:Loch Kelly

GLIMPSEAwareness Yoga In yoga training, one is taught how to move the body to feel renewed, refreshed, balanced, and unified. Here, we will learn to move awareness for the same ...

epub |eng | 2008-09-03 | Author:Handbook of Religion & Mental Health (1998)

Psychosocial Outcomes. While recognizing how the religious connotations of the 12-step program have remained an obstacle for many potential participants and clinicians, Peteet (1993) examined the positive effects of the ...

epub |eng | 2019-04-12 | Author:Gael McCool

“Denied the comforting blanket of illusory permanence and absolute truth, we have the opportunity and obligation to do something extraordinary: to see the world as it is, and to understand ...

epub |eng | 2018-06-12 | Author:Rupert Sheldrake

Ritual Sacrifice Until recently, some traditional societies practiced human sacrifice, which is now banned by law everywhere. But it still happens, and is now called ritual murder. In 2006, in ...

epub |eng | | Author:Ben Connelly

Organ / Sense Base Consciousness Sense Object Eye Eye Consciousness Sight Ear Ear Consciousness Sound Nose Nose Consciousness Smell Tongue Tongue Consciousness Taste Body Body Consciousness Touch Manas Mano / ...