When more than half of the Earth population lives in cities, and living conditions worldwide suffer from a steady increase in environmental issues, historical inquiry provides useful reflections and new perspectives on the present. Urban Narratives about Nature: Socio-Ecological Imaginaries between Science and Entertainment aims at generating specific historical knowledge concerning processes of production, circulation, and management of natural history narratives and the associat...

According to Long, self-suggestion is a technique for using the power of the mind to bring about positive change in one's life. He explains that the subconscious mind is highly suggestible and can be influenced by repeated positive affirmations and visualizations. By using self-suggestion, individuals can reprogram their subconscious minds to focus on positive outcomes and achieve their goals.Long provides practical guidance on how to use self-suggestion effectively. He encourages readers ...

Self-Suggestion by Max Freedom Long is a captivating exploration of the power of suggestion and how individuals can utilize self-suggestion to bring about positive changes in their lives. Originally published in the early 20th century, this book delves into the psychological and spiritual dimensions of self-suggestion, providing readers with practical insights and techniques.

An exploration of spiritual laws and practices believed to produce healing and transformation.

This is one of Max Freedom Long's more contemporary books. In this work we can see the progression of his ideas, consistent with the views expressed in The Secret Science Behind Miracles. One of the highlights of this book is the review of the self-help scene during the mid-50s. This is a practical manual of self-suggestion using the Huna techniques, including detailed instructions as to how the operation works. An appendix discusses the larger context of this in the Huna school of though....

An exploration of spiritual laws and practices believed to produce healing and transformation.

This is one of Max Freedom Long's latter books. One of the highlights of this book is the review of the self-help scene during the mid-50s, including a mention of Dianetics, as well as General Semantics and other belief systems. Mostly though, this is a practical manual of self-suggestion using the Huna techniques, including detailed instructions as to how the operation works. An appendix discusses the larger context of this in the Huna world.

Most Esoteric authors look to Western occult traditions, or possibly to borrowed Hindu or Buddhist concepts. Max Freedom Long, on the other hand, was fascinated with the shamans of Hawaii, the Kahuna. This book is not, an ethnographic account of Hawaiian healing, it is informed by anecdote and personal experience in the islands. Long spent many years in Hawaii, and besides several books on 'Huna' he also apparently wrote several mystery novels in that setting. This book, one of the first h...

Recovering the Ancient Magic presents the results of an 18-year-long study of Huna magic, detailing examples of fire-walking, spiritualism, levitation, mind-reading, instant healing, and changes in physical material.Max Freedom Long spent 14 years in Hawaii studying the secrets of the kahunas of magic. His attempts to discover the secrets behind magical ability are detailed in this volume containing his collected data and assimilated theories. Long examine...

The Secret Science Behind Miracles by Max Freedom Long Max Freedom Long was a preeminent western scholar on the Huna, the psychological philosophies of the ancient polynesian culture that incorporated 'miraculous' events such as hands on healing, fire/hot lava walking, spirit communication and management, and psychic occurances. This text is a compilation of his case studies and field work. Chapters include The Practical Use Of The Magic Of The Miracle, How The Kahunas Controlled Winds, We...

A wickedly funny 1911 satire on undergraduate life in Edwardian Oxford' in which the entire student body of Oxford university including the young, handsome aristocrat the Duke of Dorset falls hopelessly in love with Zuleika who is visiting her grandfather, the warden of Judas college, and ultimately commit mass suicide at the end of 'Eights Week'

THE SECRET SCIENCE BEHIND MIRACLESBy Max Freedom LongSynopsisMax Freedom Long was a preeminent western scholar on the Huna, the psychological philosophies of the ancient Polynesian culture that incorporated 'miraculous' events such as hands on healing, fire/hot lava walking, spirit communication and management, and psychic occurrences. This text is a compilation of his case studies and field work. Chapters include The Practical Use Of The Magic Of The Miracle, How The...