In an age of increasing religious diversity and pluralism, many people resonate to spirituality beyond only one tradition. But how to find a path that has depth, discernment, and comprehensiveness, connecting to all one knows? Drawing from cross-cultural religious traditions, psychological research, and personal inquiry, Olds offers vocabulary, concepts, and maps of self and world as resources for exploring the ways psychological and spiritual development intersect and interweave, deepenin...

Spheres of Awareness: Wilberian Integral Approaches to Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, and Art moves toward building a new and more comprehensive theory of literature, philosophy, psychology, and art. The extremely popular work of Ken Wilber unites the best of both western and eastern thought and affirms that the stages of consciousness, more refined than that of the reasoning mind, do exist. These stages culminate in awareness of Spirit, or what Buddhism has called Emptiness....

From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics and philosophy across the world for thousands of years.Chinese history is nothing if not messy. Heroes are also villains; prosperity mingles with violence; cultural vibrancy coexists with censorship and repression. Modern China is seen variously as an economic powerhouse, an icon of urbanisation, a propaganda state and an aggressive superpower seeking world domina...

'Tis the Season for Witches, Elves, and a Legion of GhostsNot so very long ago, Yuletide was as much a chilling season of ghosts and witches as it was a festival of goodwill. In The Old Magic of Christmas, you'll rub elbows with veiled spirits, learn the true perils of elves, and discover a bestiary of enchanted creatures. Rife with the more frightful characters from folklore and the season's most petulant ghosts, this book takes you on a spooky sleigh rid...

Finding your place in the world can be hard. But if you ask enough questions... you can make a place just right for you!Hector is a very curious young owl. He wants to know everything about his nest, his tree, and the forest around him. Mother and Father Owl answer his questions the best that they can, but not every question is easy to answer. "Why are we different from the other birds?" he asks Mother Owl. When Father Owl asks if he is ready to find a mate, Hector...

Making friends can be scary and confusing.Being different can be frustrating.But if you be yourself, you will always have friends!Eric is a lonely squirrel with a big forest all to himself. He wants, more than anything, to have a friend to share the forest with. When a bluejay named Nic Nic appears, Eric is very excited! But, she can fly and cannot climb and Eric can climb and cannot fly. How can they play together ...

Finding your place in the world can be hard. But if you ask enough questions... you can make a place just right for you!Hector is a very curious young owl. He wants to know everything about his nest, his tree, and the forest around him. Mother and Father Owl answer his questions the best that they can, but not every question is easy to answer. "Why are we different from the other birds?" he asks Mother Owl. When Father Owl asks if he is ready to find a mate, Hector...

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Young ChildYoung children are full of curiosity, imagination, and a sense of wonder. They're willing to try new things and possess a natural joy of discovery. Yet in a traditional school, these natural behavior traits are too often squelched. That's why more and more parents just like you are choosing to teach their children at home during these critical years—the years that lay the foundation for developing learning skills...

’Tis the Season for Witches, Elves, and a Legion of GhostsNot so very long ago, Yuletide was as much a chilling season of ghosts and witches as it was a festival of goodwill. In The Old Magic of Christmas, you’ll rub elbows with veiled spirits, learn the true perils of elves, and discover a bestiary of enchanted creatures. Rife with the more frightful characters from folklore and the season’s most petulant ghosts, this book takes you on a spooky sleigh rid...

The second novel by the author of Puppies are for Life, is another light-hearted comedy of manners. Following a change in her husband’s career, Marjorie Benson suddenly finds that she has to uproot herself in mid-life and start afresh.Marjorie Benson is a product of her generation. Born in the Forties with few educational qualifications she was raised to be a wife and mother only.She is married to ‘old dog’ Phil, a marketing director who fancies himself as much as he is fan...

What if the world needed saving, but only those past their prime could answer the call?In Never Too Old to Save the World, discover a collection of nineteen stories where the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of unlikely heroes navigating midlife. Forget the Chosen One trope—these are the soccer moms, cat ladies, retirees, and social workers who've already weathered life's storms and are ready for a new kind of battle.This anthology explores:...

By: Linda Cheek, Pub. 2006, 632 pages, E-BOOK, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-3610-0. Southern Historical Press is proud to announce to you a Brand-New SERIES of books from the author/genealogist that brought you the 3-vol. set of Pickens County, S.C. Deeds Abstracts. This NEW series is one of the MOST impressive research undertakings on the Up-State of South Carolina since Pauline Young was alive. This series of books covers the ENTIRE Old Pendleton District, S.C. which covers ...