A collection of stories and ballads that comprise a corpus of shamanic storytelling and praxis, as told by Michael Berman, a leading expert on storytelling as a tool and as an artform.Michael Berman BA, MPhil, PhD, works as a teacher and a writer. Publications include A Multiple Intelligences Road to an ELT Classroom and The Power of Metaphor for Crown House, and TheNature of Shamanism and the Shamanic Story for Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Shamanic Journeys through Daghe...

A collection of short stories, both traditional and contemporary, many of which can best be described as "tales of power". Jürgen Kremer, transpersonal psychologist and spiritual practitioner, defines such texts as conscious verbal constructions based on numinous experiences in non-ordinary reality, "which guide individuals and help them to integrate the spiritual, mythical, or archetypal aspects of their internal and external experience in unique, meaningful, and fulfilling ways" (Kremer,...

"In a strange region he scales steep slopesFar from his friends he cuts a lonely figure…So momentous are his travels among the mountainsTo tell just a tenth would be a tall order"These lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight could also be used to describe the way of the shaman, because he/she lives a life apart from other too, and has difficulty in conveying in words just what it is that he/she experiences when journeying into other realities. Perhaps this i...

A landmark translation of one of the most popular works of world literture, this edition of the Tao Te Ching is based on the Ma-wang-tui manuscripts.

Multi-Dimensional Thinking takes your mind to the next level of human functioning, where your ability to see, to think, to sense, to feel and to understand is dramatically enhanced. This empowers you to successfully integrate your IQ, EQ and SQ in a process designed to unleash the true creative potential of your mind.By following a number of easy-to-follow mind training techniques you are able to achieve a new enhanced state of self-actualisation and mindfulness which enables you t...

The renowned prophet Nostradamus (Michel de Nostradame) was born on December 14, 1503 in St. Remy, Provence, France. Nostradamus came from a long line of Jewish doctors and scholars. His family had converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1502, as a result of persecution on the ascension of Louis the XII. After a classical education he studied medicine, herbalism and astrology. During Nostradamus' lifetime the Black Death (today known as the bubonic plague) wiped out over a quarter of Eur...

Covers those dimensions of Islamic rituals of worship prayer, almsgiving, fasting, Pilgrimage, etc. which are essential to the fulfilment of inner quality. Consists of selections from al-Ghazali's Ihya, a pivotal work in the history of Islamic thought.

The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi• Presents Rumi’s most heretical and free-form poems• Includes introductions and commentary that provide both 13th-century context and modern interpretationAfter his overwhelming and life-altering encounters with Shams of Tabriz, Rumi, the great thirteenth-century mystic, poet, and originator of the whirling dervishes, let go of many of the precepts of formal religion...

The third installment of the popular "Odd True Tales" series… Some of the stories deal with the paranormal, while others relate curious events from history. Some are a bit grisly, and some may make you laugh. All are good reading and full of food for thought. Volume Three includes the tales: "Charlie"… "They Saw It Coming"… "Honey, I Shrunk the Heads"… "The Sorcerer's Sorry Apprentice"… "No Demon is an Island"… "The Cycling Santa"… and "Is There a Shaman in the House?"…

The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary was Charles Fillmore's crowning achievement. No where else will you find such thorough and complete compilation of the metaphysical aspects of the bible. More than 700 pages of insights, definitions, and expert analysis of the most important book ever written.

An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth• Reveals the numerical code by which the ancients maintained high standards of art and culture• Sets out the alchemical formulas for the fusion of elements and the numerical origins of various sacred names and numbers• Describes the rediscovery of knowledge associated with the Holy Grail, through which the influence of the Heavenly Order is made active on EarthThe priests of ancient ...

First published in 1904, ‘Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and its Attainment’ by Rudolf Steiner is the classic account of the modern Western esoteric path of initiation. This work constitutes a fundamental guide to the anthroposophical path of cognition or knowledge. In human consciousness, faculties are sleeping that, if awakened, lead to life-giving wisdom. Steiner begins with the premise that “the capacities by which we can gain insights into the higher worlds lie dormant within each one...