Kabbalah, and Jewish mysticism A great
contemporary introduction to Kabbalistic thought, told
in parables and stories of Rabbi Cooper's personal experience.
Cooper tells us about the mystical meanings of the branches
of Judaic Tree of Life, creation, angels, evil, death
and life after death and more.
Joseph Campbell theorized that all myths and epics
are linked in that they are cultural manifestations
of the universal need of the human psyche to explain
social, cosmological, and spiritual realities. This
book examines myth and it's relationship to our modern
world, and the journey inward; the Hero and the Goddess
and helps us to find the common truths in all culture's
myths.
A controversial and inspirational work from Professor
Elaine Pagels, written long before the DiVinci code,
she brings the historic Jesus to life, and makes a credible
case for a very human, loving yet very metaphysical
Jesus.
From: Amazon.com
Gnosticism's Christian form grew to prominence in the
2nd century A.D. Ultimately denounced as heretical by
the early church, Gnosticism proposed a revealed knowledge
of God ("gnosis" meaning "knowledge"
in Greek), held as a secret tradition of the apostles.
In The Gnostic Gospels, author Elaine Pagels suggests
that Christianity could have developed quite differently
if Gnostic texts had become part of the Christian canon.
Without a doubt: Gnosticism celebrates God as both Mother
and Father, shows a very human Jesus's relationship
to Mary Magdalene, suggests the Resurrection is better
understood symbolically, and speaks to self-knowledge
as the route to union with God. Pagels argues that Christian
orthodoxy grew out of the political considerations of
the day, serving to legitimize and consolidate early
church leadership. Her contrast of that developing orthodoxy
with Gnostic teachings presents an intriguing trajectory
on a world faith as it "might have become."
The Gnostic Gospels provides engaging reading for those
seeking a broader perspective on the early development
of Christianity. --F. Hall
The Rosicrucians are a fraternal order, devoted to
the pursuit of esoteric wisdom. They claim that the
order has roots that began in remote antiquity in Egypt
and continued in existence through periods of deliberate
secrecy. Rosicrucian teachings combine elements of Egyptian
Hermetism, Gnosticism, Jewish Cabalism, and other occult
beliefs and practices. This book is an "advanced
beginner's" introduction to Rosicurucian methods
in harmony, karma, birth, death and reincarnation, thought
and emotion energy, healing, law of cycles, power of
prayer, telepathy, psychic projection and the the Rosicrucian
Way of Life. Written with several examples, written
in a way that clearly explains abstract thoughts on
energy, vibration and more.
Carolyn Myss is a contemporary medical intuitive,
energy healer and spiritual author. In this book, she
ties together the 3 main traditional religious thought
systems. She shows how the Christian sacraments, Hindu
chakras and the Kabbalah's Tree of Life, all teach the
same unified concepts about the stages of a spiritual
path. The book is detailed, but the audio cassettes
(or CD-Rom) of Ms. Myss speaking on the subject to an
audience, really cuts to the chase.
Sonia Choquette, Ph.D., is a writer, intuitive, and
spiritual counselor who has been in private practice
for over 30 years. She is a third generation intuitive
who apprenticed with two spiritual masters, specializes
in guiding people into self-empowerment through right
livelihood and creative life tools. Trained in religious
studies and metaphysics at The University of Denver
and the Sorbonne in Paris, she is a master teacher and
storyteller who has taught for nearly two decades, sharing
with others the tools she has received as a part of
her own spiritual development. Her work is both practical
and visionary and can be used effectively even in the
midst of our fast-paced lives. This book provides a
common-sense, "can-do" approach and workbook
for developing your inner senses, and being true to
your soul. My favorite instruction is where you "play
a psychic for day", and you are encouraged to indulge
yourself in dressing like a psychic would dress, thinking
like a psychic would think, and play at using your psychic
intuition in all you do during a 24 hour period.
This is a semi-dry approach to psychic development
but it does a good job of describing earth and spirit
energies. Topics include grounding, running energy,
chakras, auras, out of body chakras, and communicating
with your healing guide.
In this compelling self-portrait, psychic and psychiatrist
Dr. Judith Orloff explores the mysterious and poorly
understood realm of the psychic, based on her own experiences
and those of her patients. In riveting detail, she describes
how an ignored premonition of a patient's suicide attempt
convinced her to not only embrace her gift but to incorporate
it into her practice. Judith also describes her participation
in Psi research at Berkely.
From Amazon:" ...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."
----I especially enjoyed
the chapters on "The Soul and Power", "Gifts
of Depression" and "The Sacred Arts of Life".
This is an excellent book that reminds you take good
care of your soul.
From Amazon: "How do cats know when it's time
to go to the vet, even before the cat carrier comes
out? How do dogs know when their owners are returning
home at unexpected times? How can horses find their
way back to the stable over completely unfamiliar terrain?
With a scientist's mind and an animal lover's compassion,
world-renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake presents a
groundbreaking exploration of animal behavior that will
profoundly change the way we think about animals --
and ourselves. After five years of extensive research
involving thousands of people who have pets and work
with animals, Dr. Sheldrake proves conclusively what
many pet owners already know: there is a strong connection
between humans and animals that defies present-day scientific
understanding."
I'm not a scientist, and I was able to understand
the principals of psychics that Gary talks about. This
is a book about love; spirit; survival of that spirit;
after death communication; and God, and how all those
concepts they can co-exist and evolve together. Gary
Schwartz tested several mediums in his ground breaking
experiments in the accuracy of mediums for the University
of Arizona.
Caroline Myss explains why must go through the "Dark
Night of the Soul", so that we can change our expectations
of God. She reminds us that to be a "modern mystic"
we must be in the world, but not of the world, and live
in constant gratitude. She discusses stigmata, channeling
and prayer, and speaks to the expectations we have of
God, if we expect to be "rewarded" with psychic
or spiritual gifts in this life time, in return for
our desire to be close to God. This tape will be appreciated
by anyone "hitting a brick wall" or "having
a dark night of the soul" in their spiritual or
intuitive development.
Angelspeake shows you how to not only communicate
to your angels, but how to let them communicate to you,
through meditative writing. This is not "automatic
writing". The authors refer to "angels"
(with a small "a") as your guides, heavenly
messengers, ascended masters and those who have crossed
over. A very quick read, this is a very encouraging
book.
On the first side, Joan Borysenko shares her own story
about being a scientist, and coming to accept the spiritual
side of her own nature. On the second side, she shares
an ancient meditation called Invocation of the Angels,
in which she shows how to invoke the help of four archangels.
She relates a Hebrew bedtime story which explains that
the names of the four angels specifies a particular
aspect of God that each angel carries.
"TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire
to save the world. Apply in person." So starts
the journey of a man who is a life-long seeker of truth.
The teacher he finds, will amaze and astound you. Your
very core beliefs about the world will be shattered
and challenged.
Are you a taker or a leaver? Do you trust every piece
of news that you read in the newspaper, or hear on
TV to be truth? How much of what you learned at the
dinner table is really true?
This book picked me up and shook me in the place
that all my assumptions about reality lived. Once
I began to read, I could not put it down put it down,
because it was just so true. This is an eye-opening
portrayal of reality and possibilities portrayed against
a fictional backdrop of teacher-student dialog.
Hello
from Heaven!
by Bill Guggenheim, Judy Guggenheim
This book details what an ADC (After Death Communication)
is, and the different ways it can present itself ( auditory,
visual, sleep-state ). Includes hundreds of first hand
accounts from people who have received communication
from their loved ones on the other side.
This book is a source of hope and comfort, and I
highly recommend it.
Dean Radin's book The Conscious Universe has several
chapters including one called A Field Guide to Skepticism
which effectively debunks all skeptical arguments made
about valid and genuine, scientifically proven psi and
psychic phenomena.
This is a very well written, easy to read, yet academic
book that teaches readers about statistics, probabilities
and the experiments that have taken place up to publication
date. Its been translated into several languages and
is a perennial bestseller.
I purchased this book in the "bargain bin"
at my local Barnes & Noble, thinking it would be
a light treatment and a "coffee table" book.
I was pleasantly surprised at amount of insightful history
on each subject, and the light-handed way Ms. Fiery
approached these subjects: not too serious, with a touch
of humor, but always reverent. For the tarot enthusiast,
the real secret treasure of this book, lies not in the
wealth of information you can gain about the history
other divination methods, but how Ms. Fiery wraps it
up in the final chapter on Tarot, and shows how some
of the other divination methods and symbols are infused
in the classic tarot. If you can find this book in the
bargain bin, it's truly a delight.
From Amazon.com :
In The Book of Divination the histories and descriptions
of 15 systems of divination are over viewed from a pop
cultural perspective by researcher Ann Fiery. In terms
dismissive of her subject area (the first illustration
is a reproduction of a painting of fortunetellers picking
the pocket of a rich man), Fiery touches upon:
* astrology,
* metoposcopy (the science of forehead lines),
* oracles,
* numerology,
* oneiromancy (dream reading),
* phrenology (the study of head shapes),
* alchemy,
* tasseomancy (tea leaf reading),
* runes,
* haruspicy (reading the entrails of animals),
* talismans, chiromancy (palmistry),
* geomancy, rhabdomancy (dowsing),
* and tarot
in her wide sweep. The shining gold cover, fine bindery,
handsome illustrations, and interior graphic design
also make this an attractive work of bookmaking art.
--P. Randall Cohan
