Have you ever wondered? 1) Why there are only seven days in a week? Why not 8 or 6? Where/ how did this begin? 2) Why there are 12 months in a year? 3) Where did the classical "Hatha" yoga name originate from? Did you know? The seven days of the week were dedicated to the seven planets of our solar system and their names were given in Sanskrit on the name of 7 main planet s, which is still going on. Later these names moved to other cultures also. There are 12 zodiac signs the sun crosses during the year. So there were 12 months are decided in a year. Although energies of seven planets are flow... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling Wouldn't Ta ke Nothing for My Journey Now. Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she care s about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate pers onal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects. She tells us how a house can both hurt its occupants and heal them. She talks about Africa. She gives us a profile of Oprah.... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities, Armstrong examines the dimi nished impulse toward religion in our own time, when a significant number o f p... View More...
There will be no peace or solutions forthcoming while those who boast of fr eedom and democracy are intolerant of the views and culture of others livin g in their land. There can be no peace while political powers forbid the pr actice of freedom of speech. There will be no peace while men malign one another and distort the truth to win an election to public office, or while politicians conspire to enslave and imprison those who oppose or disagree with them; while men profess to be "righteous" yet deny the basic liberty of free thought and expression; while men prate of morals and idealism, yet... View More...
Do you really know what you want most in life? Even if you have all the success, fame and money you want, and the good health to enjoy it - are you happy and fulfilled? Why is it that we all find ourselves seeking something more from life - all the time? Now, a modern sage points out that each one of us, at some time or the other, has a taste of what that is: an uninterrupted experience of peace and harmony. He also shows how we can achieve this constant repose in our ordinary, hectic, daily living. This is what the seeking - most evidently, the spiritual seeking - is all about. Thus, Ramesh B... View More...
In this intimate treasury of wit and wisdom, Richard Bolles, author of the job-hunting bible WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?, explores the spiritual asp ects of finding one's place in the work world. For anyone who has ever wond ered how to make the most of their unique natural gifts, or how to find a v ocation that is both socially responsible and personally fulfilling, this e nlightening and empowering little volume provides immeasurable guidance. Or iginally appearing as an appendix in PARACHUTE, this book has led countless people through life's most difficult passages and is sure to inspire ... View More...
In The Meanings of Death, John Bowker offers a major contribution to debate s about the value of death and its place in both Western and Eastern religi ons. Examining the themes of friendship and sacrifice in the world's major religions, Bowker argues that there are points of vital contact with secula r understandings of death, and that religious and secular attitudes can sup port and reinforce one another. An affirmative recovery of the value of dea th is important in our response to bereavement, and in the treatment of the terminally ill. By indicating how value can be maintained at the limi... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A deluxe paperback edition: Thomas Cleary's brilliant translation of the sayings of Confucius presented in the order of the 64 classic I Ching hexagrams. View More...
A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Lee Coit was an advertising agency owner for many years. As a result of deep dissatisfaction with his personal life, he sold his business and embarked on a spiritual search for a Divine Source. Despite doubts and disappointments he was lead on a fantastic journey of spiritual awakening which covered more than 20 years and circled the globe. His discoveries give the reader new ways to think and act. He explains them in very practical terms. Illustrations from his own experiences make his books easy and fun to read. View More...
After Covington, a writing instructor at the University of Alabama, novelis t (Lizard) and freelance journalist, covered the trial of a preacher convic ted of attempting to murder his wife with rattlesnakes, he was invited to a ttend a snake-handling service in Scottsville, Ala. He found the service ex hilarating and unsettling; he felt a kinship with the people, for he was on ly two generations removed from the hill country of Appalachia. Of Scottish -Irish descent, the handlers are religious mystics who believe in demons, d rink strychnine and drape rattlesnakes around their bodies. Covingto... View More...
The renowned lawyer Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) was also an impassioned def ender of intellectual freedom, individual liberties, and social justice. In these wide-ranging essays, Darrow attacks beliefs in the inerrancy of th e Bible, the immortality of the soul, miracles, and heaven as being complet ely at odds with human experience and science. The life best lived, Darrow contends, is one that is ruled by reason, uncluttered by dogmatism, and aid ed by compassion for our fellow human beings. Essays include: "Why I Am An Agnostic," "The Myth of the Soul," "Absurdities of the Bible," "Voltaire,... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A preeminent scientist--and the world's most prominent atheist--asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicte d on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and ... View More...
A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has infl icted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing... View More...
Religion scholar Diana Eck is director of the Pluralism Project, which seek s to map the new religious diversity of the United States, particularly the increasing presence of Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim communities. In this te nth-anniversary edition of Encountering God, Eck shows why dialogue with pe ople of other faiths remains crucial in today's interdependent world -- glo bally, nationally, and even locally. She reveals how her own encounters wit h other religions have shaped and enlarged her Christian faith toward a bol d new Christian pluralism. Editorial Reviews Eck, a leader in interfa... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In The Quest Mircea Eliade stresses the cultural function that a study of t he history of religions can play in a secularized society. He writes for th e intelligent general reader in the hope that what he calls a new humanism "will be engendered by a confrontation of modern Western man with unknown o r less familiar worlds of meaning." "Each of these essays contains insights which will be fruitful and challenging for professional students of religion... View More...
A tight clean copy. Psychology and spiritual healing meet in this important book that explores the nature of the human psychological 'shadow.' Eminent psychoanalyst Carl Jung first used the term "shadow" to designate the dark side of the human p ersonality: the part of ourselves we try to hide from or deny. Paradoxicall y, denying our shadows leaves us stuck on our spiritual paths-a condition t hat V. J. Fedorschak identifies and addresses in this contemporary approach to spiritual psychotherapy. Tracing the development of the shadow from Fre ud through the present, The Shadow on the Path offe... View More...
