Spiritual Personalities

Spiritual Personalities

Namaste Yoga - HOME Namaste Yoga Sacred Sanskrit Words: For Yoga, Chant, and Meditation Joseph Campbell called Sanskrit "the great spiritual language of the world." Designed by ancient Indian holy men to express the states of enlightened consciousness through syllabic sounds, Sanskrit is widely used in the West during yoga practice to channel spiritual pathways and to discuss important meditative and philosophical concepts. This book introduces 180 Sanskrit words (including "chakra, "karma, "om, "namaste, "veda, "nirvana) with Devanagari scripts, pronunciations, chants and brief cultural/historic explanations. A practical reference that makes an excellent gift book for any student of ...

Greensboro Religion Spirituality - HOME Greensboro Religion Spirituality Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion by Wade Clark Roof, In large chain bookstores the "religion" section is gone and in its place is an expanding number of topics including angels, Sufism, journey, recovery, meditation, magic, inspiration, Judaica, astrology, gurus, Bible, prophesy, evangelicalism, Mary, Buddhism, Catholicism, and esoterica. As Wade Clark Roof notes, such changes over the last two decades reflect a shift away from religion as traditionally understood to more diverse and creative approaches. But what does this splintering of the religious perspective say ...

Prayer Religion Spirituality - HOME Prayer Religion Spirituality The Abbey Prayer Book by M. Basil Pennington, This book of monastic spirituality will benefit everyone seeking a more intimate daily communion with God. Beginning with an explanation of the development of the Christian prayer tradition, Father Pennington traces the roots of Christian prayer back to its origin in Judaism. Certain times were set aside each day for prayer -- these times were the third, sixth, and ninth hours of the day. In addition to hours prayers, Matins (watch prayers), Lauds (morning prayer), Vespers (evening prayer), and Compline (said before ...

Divination Ogham Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Divination Ogham Religion Society Spirituality The Altar of My Soul: The Living Traditions of Santeria by Marta Moreno Vega, Long cloaked in protective secrecy, demonized by Western society, and distorted by Hollywood, Santeria is at last emerging from the shadows with an estimated 75 million "orisha followers worldwide. In "The Altar of My Soul, Marta Moreno Vega recounts the compelling true story of her journey from ignorance and skepticism to initiation as a Yoruba priestess in the Santeria religion. This unforgettable spiritual memoir reveals the long-hidden roots and traditions of a centuries-old faith that originated on the shores of West Africa. As an Afro-Puerto Rican child in the New York barrio, Marta paid little heed to the storefront botanicas full of spiritual paraphernalia or ...

Psychology Religion Spirituality - HOME Psychology Religion Spirituality The Shadow on the Path: Clearing the Psychological Blocks to Spiritual Development by V. J. Fedorschak, 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 personality: the part of ourselves we try to hide from or deny. Paradoxically, denying our shadows leaves us stuck on our spiritual paths -- a condition that V. J. Fedorschak identifies and dresses in this contemporary approach to spiritual ...

Guide Hindu Perennial Philosophy Spirituality - HOME Guide Hindu Perennial Philosophy Spirituality Being Consciousness Bliss: A Seeker's Guide by Astrid Fitzgerald, Many people are looking for a deeper and richer spiritual life. They sense that there is more to their existence than the surface of life seems to offer, but they are confused and uncertain about where to look and how to begin. Being Consciousness Bliss is a rich, profound, yet eminently accessible compendium of wisdom that will help orient people toward a spiritual search. Drawing on a dazzling array of sources, including the insights of G.I. ...

Beyond Religion Spirituality - HOME Beyond Religion Spirituality Business, Religion, and Spirituality: A New Synthesis by Oliver F. Williams, THE NEW EMPHASIS ON SPIRITUALITY in the workplace has been widely discussed in recent years and reported in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Spirituality seems to be a basic human good essential for human flourishing. The contributors to this volume are all proponents of spirituality in the workplace, yet all raise important questions about this movement and what it means. What are the moral questions that should guide leaders? Is spirituality being treated ...

Hinduism Religion Scripture Spirituality - HOME Hinduism Religion Scripture Spirituality Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom: A Week Inside an Ashram by John Ittner, A series of books aimed at offering the reader a glimpse inside the places where people go to spend extended periods of time -- sometimes entire lifetimes -- focused on prayer, meditation, or study. Each volume conveys a detailed and accurate view of daily life "inside the walls" in clear, jargon-free language, and also serves as an introduction to the heart of a great spiritual tradition. Ashram is the general term for a study center, retreat house, or monastic community in Hinduism, the millennia-old religious tradition of India. Ashrams of various kinds are now found throughout North America, and are popular venues for spiritual retreats, workshops, and classes. Lighting ...

Buddhism Religion Scripture Spirituality - HOME Buddhism Religion Scripture Spirituality The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala: Visual Scripture of Tibetan Buddhism (Revised) by Barry Bryant, Now back in print comes this stunning visual introduction to the artistic and spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism--the Kalachakra Sand Mandala. "Spiritual vision communicated by art and ritual."--"Tricycle." 36 color photos. 199 b&w photos. Oneness: Great Principles Shared by All Religions by Jeffrey Moses, In uncertain times, here is a celebration of humanity-- and the eternal truths shared by all religions. Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam: the world's religions all ...

Religion Spirituality - HOME Religion Spirituality Business, Religion, and Spirituality: A New Synthesis by Oliver F. Williams, THE NEW EMPHASIS ON SPIRITUALITY in the workplace has been widely discussed in recent years and reported in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Spirituality seems to be a basic human good essential for human flourishing. The contributors to this volume are all proponents of spirituality in the workplace, yet all raise important questions about this movement and what it means. What are the moral questions that should guide leaders? Is spirituality being treated as ...

Catholic Integrating Means Religion Spirituality Universal - HOME Catholic Integrating Means Religion Spirituality Universal God Underneath: Spiritual Memoirs of a Catholic Priest by Edward L. Beck, A delightfully different approach to religion and spirituality, this collection of engaging personal tales transcends specific doctrines to reveal the presence of God in everyday life. Father Edward L. Beck spins tales like a master, presenting with candor and a touch of irreverence incidents and events that will resonate with readers. Exploring such universal themes and concerns as friendship, sexuality, illness, alcoholism, loss, and death, the vignettes and stories in this collection are animated ...

Opposing Religion Spirituality View - HOME Opposing Religion Spirituality View Natural Grace: Dialogues on Creation, Darkness, and the Soul in Spirituality and Science by Matthew Fox, The chasm between science and religion has been a source of intellectual and spiritual tension for centuries, but in these ground breaking dialogues there is a remarkable consonance between these once opposing camps. In "Natural Grace, Rupert Sheldrake and Matthew Fox show that not only is the synthesis of science and spirituality possible, but it is unavoidable when one considers the extraordinary insights they have both come upon in their work. Sheldrake, ...

Astrology Divination Horoscope Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Astrology Divination Horoscope Religion Society Spirituality The Altar of My Soul: The Living Traditions of Santeria by Marta Moreno Vega, Long cloaked in protective secrecy, demonized by Western society, and distorted by Hollywood, Santeria is at last emerging from the shadows with an estimated 75 million "orisha followers worldwide. In "The Altar of My Soul, Marta Moreno Vega recounts the compelling true story of her journey from ignorance and skepticism to initiation as a Yoruba priestess in the Santeria religion. This unforgettable spiritual memoir reveals the long-hidden roots and traditions of a centuries-old faith that originated on the shores of West Africa. As an Afro-Puerto Rican child in the New York barrio, Marta paid little heed to the storefront botanicas full of spiritual paraphernalia or ...

Oglala Religion Religion Spirituality - HOME Oglala Religion Religion Spirituality Women and World Religions by Lucinda Joy Peach, The title of this anthology, Women and World Religions, was chosen deliberately to emphasize that its primary focus is on "actual" women and their experiences as active agents of their spiritual lives--as opposed to women in religion as goddesses or other images and symbols of females that are found in religious myths, art, and scriptures. This book explores how women from many parts of the world have thought about, acted, and been treated as members of a religious tradition. ...

Judaism Mysticism Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Judaism Mysticism Religion Society Spirituality Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays by Abraham Joshua Heschel, Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72), one of the foremost Jewish savants of our time, was internationally known as scholar, author, activist, and theologian. In his lifetime Heschel spoke and published widely. Arriving in the United States in flight from the brutalities of Nazi Germany, he never forgot that the search for the divine and for human spirituality is inseparable from the search for a just society. As a revered and beloved teacher, he impressed on his ...

Death Experience Near Religion Spirituality - HOME Death Experience Near Religion Spirituality The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Soqual Rinpoche, In this major and comprehensive work, Buddhist meditation master and international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche brings together the ancient wisdom of Tibet with modern research on death and dying and the nature of the universe. With unprecedented scope, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Sogyal Rinpoche presents simple yet powerful practices from the heart of the Tibetan tradition that anyone, whatever their ... death: how we can go beyond denial and fear to discover what it is in us that survives death and is changeless. He presents a lucid, inspiring, and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, to karma and rebirth, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path. He gives advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion and offer them spiritual assistance. Rinpoche presents his own vision of the near-death experience from the Tibetan perspective. He explains in detail the "bardos", those states of consciousness after ...

Spiritual Cleansing - HOME Spiritual Cleansing Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Protection by Draja Mickaharic, Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Self-Protection Daily Disciplines for the Christian Man: Practical Steps to an Empowered Spiritual Life by Bob Beltz, A simple and practical tool to help men in their daily walk with Christ, this book provides a seven-step approach to everyday spirituality. The basic steps include ackowledging needs, affirming God's power, appropriating His power, growing in Christ, and experiencing spiritual cleansing. Lord Spiritual - The Lords Spiritual of the United Kingdom, also called Spiritual ...

Church Lds Personal Position - HOME Church Lds Personal Position All in Sync: How Music and Art Are Revitalizing American Religion by Robert Wuthnow, Robert Wuthnow shows how music and art are revitalizing churches and religious life across the nation in this first-ever consideration of the relationship between religion and the arts. "All in Sync draws on more than four hundred in-depth interviews with church members, clergy, and directors of leading arts organizations and a new national survey to document a strong positive relationship between participation in the arts and interest in spiritual growth. Wuthnow argues that contemporary spirituality is increasingly encouraged by the arts because of its emphasis on transcendent experience and personal reflection. This kind of spirituality, contrary to what many observers have imagined, is compatible with active involvement in churches and serious devotion to Christian ...

Psychology Religion Spirituality Vs - HOME Psychology Religion Spirituality Vs The Shadow on the Path: Clearing the Psychological Blocks to Spiritual Development by V. J. Fedorschak, 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 personality: the part of ourselves we try to hide from or deny. Paradoxically, denying our shadows leaves us stuck on our spiritual paths -- a condition that V. J. Fedorschak identifies and dresses in this contemporary approach to ...

Christianity People Religion Spirituality - HOME Christianity People Religion Spirituality Plateau Indians and the Quest for Christianity, 1700-1850 by Larry Cebula, Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Columbian Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest from 1700 to 1850. For the Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau, the arrival of whites was understood primarily as a spiritual event, calling for religious explanations. Between 1700 and 1806, Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau experienced the presence of whites indirectly through the arrival of horses, some trade goods by long-distance exchange, and epidemic diseases that decimated their population and shook their faith in ...

Religion Society Spirituality - HOME Religion Society Spirituality The Black Spiritual Movement: A Religious Response to Racism by Hans A. Baer, Spiritual churches in the United States represent one of several religious movements that African Americans have adopted in their efforts to cope with mainstream society. In this groundbreaking work, first published in 1984, Hans A. Baer explores the richness and creativity of Black Spiritualism. It sets forth an illuminating ethnography of the movement that corrects numerous stereotypes of African American religion. Baer shows that the Spiritual churches blend diverse elements, borrowing aspects of African American Protestantism, ...

Twelve Lessons In Personal Spirituality: An Overview Of The Edgar Cayce Readings On Personal Transformation (A.r.e. Membership Series, 3) (Paperback) : Looks at the principles found in Edgar Cayce s readings which explore personal transformation and the purpos...

Your Spiritual Personality: Using The Strengths Of Your Personality To Deepen Your Relationship With God (Paperback) : Author: Littauer, Marita/ Southard, Betty/ Littauer, Florence (FRW). Number of Pages: 163. Published On: 200...

How To Get What You Want And Want What You Have: A Practical And Spiritual Guide To Personal Success (Paperback) : Integrates Western healing techniques and Eastern meditation into a five-step program to achieve personal su...

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Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes A Crisis (New Consciousness Reader) (Paperback) : Argues that many episodes of transformational crisis have been misdiagnosed as mental illness, and explains ...

Kabbalah Month By Month: A Year Of Spiritual Practice And Personal Transformation (Hardcover) : Presents a month-by-month guide to the ancient wisdom of the Kabbalah through soul stories, meditations, spi...

The Book Of Understanding: Creating Your Own Path To Freedom (Hardcover) : The revolutionary spiritual techniques of the late philosopher offer a whole person approach to spirituality...

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth (Hardcover) : A guide for those on journeys toward greater spiritual awareness includes reading passages for morning and e...

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Matter Of Spirit (Paperback) : By drawing on personal experiences of God s action, the author illustrates the inner spiritual jounrey and d...