Watching the Whale by Daniel Joseph is an independent study guide and step by step accession into the Esoteric Practices of Daskalos and the Researchers of Truth.Our Spiritual development does not just happen by acquiring advanced knowledge like a jewel collector acquires jewels. For spiritual knowledge to lastingly benefit us we must put it into practice in our daily life. This is most important!The Esoteric Practices are the very means of having your own direct experience...

More than a century has passed since the arrival of British, French, and Italian forces in Istanbul in 1918, marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War. The almost five-year-long occupation of the city that followed remains largely ignored in history writing in the former occupying powers, and is often marginalised in Anatolia-centric narratives of the Turkish War of Independence. The book brings together many of the scholars working to redress this neglect in recent y...

Originally prepared for a Pacifica Graduate Institute course on The Poetic Basis of Mind, these eight lectures stand on their own as a unique and cohesive treatment of many core concerns of the soul. As a unified whole, the lecture-essays focus upon dynamics internal to what the author (only now, years after their original composition) has come to call “the Sophianic Cross.” That aegis includes not only psychology and art, but myth, religion, and philosophy as well, all pictured in relatio...

Daisy faces an impossible choice: eternal peace, joy, and love – or the torment of the abyss. Without hesitation, she chooses the latter, determined to reunite with her son, Gunter, in a realm of infernal pain and suffering. Raised on a desolate rubbish dump by his loyal dog, Red, Gunter has never known the truth of his birth – that he is the lost heir of Cruzland, the son of the late King Heyah Cruz II. All his life, he has endured the cruelty of the Cruces, and now, his fate takes an eve...

The Cruces have a crisis, an environmental crisis. Everyone wants the latest stuff, but it comes at a cost – pollution! The King sends his son out to find a new land where he can rebuild his kingdom. The Prince knows he must do the right thing, but when two cultures collide, he is left facing a crisis of conscience. Through his journey of discovery, a young man learns how to care for the environment and respect the lives of other people, even when their appearance is very different from hi...

Nanny ABCs covers topics every nanny should know from A to Z in a way that is clear, concise and immediately applicable. In this A-Z alphabet how-to handbook, Rosenthal addresses the most common challenges every nanny, sitter, and parent face, while sharing his passion for excellence in the field of childcare. In an industry that is prone to relativism and opinion, Rosenthal, as Danny J. Nanny, presents an objective voice that holds both families and nannies to common standards.

Diving with the Whale also reveals the underlying dynamics that gives us satisfaction or misery in life; and provides practical teachings that will enable us to reduce our suffering and increase our contentment in life. This book will also show how destructive and constructive forces are influencing our family as well as all nations. This volume contains an insightful examination of the role a clean heart plays in our spiritual awakening.

The Emmaus Road to Marriage is a Christ-centered discipleship program designed to engage couples with Biblical truth, sincere wisdom, and realistic tools. As we navigate today’s challenging world, it is more critical than ever to establish a firm foundation for our marriages based on Biblical principles. Whether walking side-by-side with another couple, or simply seeking a better road to travel, The Emmaus Road to Marriage is the key your marriage needs to walk closer wit...

About The BookAre you The One? This question, inspired by the timeless words of 2 Chronicles 6:19 resonates deeply in a world that often seems to have forgotten the possibility of miracles. It is both a challenge and an invitation, a call that asks each one of us whether we are willing to become the vessel through which God's extraordinary power is manifested. In a society that prizes certainty and control, the notion that divine intervention still finds expression...

From Lo-Debar to the King's Table is a truly inspiring and uplifting account of Daniel's life and journey from having an orphan heart to Sonship. The book takes you through Daniel's heart-wrenching childhood experiences of feeling unloved, abandoned, lonely, alienated, and isolated. However, his resilience and determination to overcome the obstacles that life has dealt him show his unwavering faith and trust in God. Daniel's story teaches us that even in the face of adversity, we can find ...

On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised isolation, women enjoy the fruits of a queer matriarchal utopia -- until a boy escapes and a young woman's perception of the world is violently interupted. Two old friends enjoy cocktails on a holiday resort planet where all is not as it seems. A bickering couple emigrate to a world that has worked out an innovative way to side-step the need for war, only to bring their quarrels (and something far more destructive) with them.And in t...

The Akutagawa prize-winning novel by Kou Machida, Japan’s most outlandish and inventive author.Rip It Up is the first ever English translation of Kou Machida's award-winning novel, an undertaking over five years in the making and the inaugural title of Inpatient Press's translation imprint Mercurial Editions.Set in a kaleidoscopic hyperreal Japan circa Y2K, Rip It Up catalogues the misdeeds and misgivings of a down-and-out wannabe debonair...