Humanity is now at the crossroads of a massive transformation in health and healing. The opportunity to advance one’s personal wellness and awaken an amplified healing potential now exists. However, this futuristic healing requires an openness to the spiritual and energetic nature of our reality, and the consciousness basis of our human experience. For the seeker, access to deep and sometimes mystical healing can occur – through a journey of conscious personal awakening and the biospiritua...

Compliant parents are what Julianna loves most about her job. Thankfully, most patients listen to her. After all, she is a nurse. Yet even the most well-intentioned parents can push back, especially when it comes to vaccinating their children. Paulina and Reuben Gonzalez wrestle with the decision whether to vaccinate their new baby for hepatitis B and, eventually, fifteen other diseases. The very mention of infectious disease strikes fear into the heart of every parent, so they want to mak...

Get the other side of the argument. Was St. Patrick part of a Celtic Church that was separate from the See of Rome?Did he come under the jurisdiction of the Church of Britain, a Celtic form of early Christianity or did he submit to the Pope? Was St. Patrick a proto-Protestant?Like the Early Church after the Apostles, and like every Christian movement down through history like the Novatianists, Donatists, Waldenses, Moravians and Anabaptists, Protestant and Evangelical Chris...

Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at large has long been studied by researchers, scientists and spiritual teachers and seekers. The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence brings together works from all these disciplines and more in a collection of essays th...

A recurring metaphor Tantra & Erotic Trance is that of the ladder of mystical ascent, sometimes called the "diamond" ladder, evoking the Tibetan concept of dorje and the Hindu lingam but especially the diamond body of Buddhism. An ascent is described, beginning in the very first chapters where controversies about sex lead to the conclusion that human sexuality has both a horizontal meaning as the foundation of the nuclear family in a stable society and a vertical meaning as the engine of c...

In the nineteenth century, the colonial territories of California and Hawai'i underwent important cultural, economic, and ecological transformations influenced by an unlikely factor: cows. The creation of native cattle cultures, represented by the Indian vaquero and the Hawaiian paniolo, demonstrates that California Indians and native Hawaiians adapted in ways that allowed them to harvest the opportunities for wealth that these unfamiliar biological resources presented. But the imposition ...

The eighteenth-century naturalist Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) argued that plants are animate, living beings and attributed them sensation, movement, and a certain degree of mental activity, emphasizing the continuity between humankind and plant existence. Two centuries later, the understanding of plants as active and communicative organisms has reemerged in such diverse fields as plant neurobiology, philosophical posthumanism, and ecocriticism. The Language of Plants b...

The behind-the-scenes look at the biggest—and perhaps the strangest—case in US history: the prosecution of the five detainees accused of planning 9/11.Told with exceptional and colorful detail, America’s Trial is the only comprehensive account of the effort to prosecute the five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of planning the worst crime in US history—the September 11th terrorist attacks. While ignored by most media outlets, the result has been a riveting...

Validating Preventive Food Safety and Quality Controls: An Organizational Approach to System Design and Implementation is a how-to-guide for food industry personnel providing essential preventative control system guidance to help design and implement scientifically verifiable food safety controls in food processes. This reference includes proven tools and techniques to move positively towards the validating preventive control challenges that the food industry is facing, and helps implement...

Magical worlds and incredible creatures fill the pages of this epic, action-packed finale of the Map to Everywhere series, from John Parke Davis and New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan!Intrepid travelers Fin and Marrill have shared countless thrilling and treacherous adventures on the magical waters of the Pirate Stream. But neither could have expected that their final adventure would force them to team up with their oldest enemy: the evil wizard...

A fresh start for these Irish sisters…The Wedding Journey by Cheryl St.JohnWith a mysterious inheritance, Irish lass Maeve Murphy and her sisters can come to America. She’s sure happiness awaits her, even if it can’t come from widowed ship doctor Flynn Gallagher. Flynn may have his pick of the ladies, but only one cares as he does for the sick and poor. With Maeve, has his heart found safe harbor at last?Mistaken Bride by Renee RyanWhen Will...

“If you care about climate change, John Doerr’s new book, Speed & Scale, offers concrete steps that we can all take to make a difference.” - Barack ObamaWith clear-eyed realism and an engineer’s precision, Doerr lays out the practical actions, global ambitions, and economic investments we need to avert climate catastrophe. Guided by real-world solutions, Speed & Scale features unprecedented, firsthand accounts from climate leaders such as Laurene ...