In The Idea That Is the United States of America-Its Occult Foundation, a model is given for how all countries should and can evolve and, as with the individual, must pass through the stages of: youth, adulthood and old age continuously increasing in knowledge and wisdom. The imperfections of this country reflect those of each person’s journey from ignorance toward illumination. One of the steps necessary to achieving this is continuous honest self-reflection and self assessment with the a...

The collective cry of humanity is causing the renting of the veil of ignorance which has hidden from view or consciousness the next phase of the Divine Plan. Mankind has developed the sight necessary to penetrate the veil of appearances giving him insight into his erroneous patterns of thinking which are responsible for his agony and pain.The Ancient Mysteries have long held the deep knowledge that mankind needed at each stage of his evolving personal and collective journey. The ma...

Unveiling the Secrets of the Feminine Principle takes an in-depth look and gives an explanation as to how the Divine Feminine manifests on the plane of name and form. This book unveils the mysteries that have been hidden from the populace and reveals how, and the reasons why She is the Dark Mother, the Feminine Principle, who is the whore as well as the virgin. She is the daughter and the mother; she is the midwife and the one who gives birth; she is the barren sister; she is the mother of...

The Role of Consciousness in Governance informs the reader that all the systems of government on our planet were established in order for the government that is Above will become manifest on the Earth Below. The work of all earthly governments, then, is to become a perfect reflection of the government above. The structure and function of all governments is to provide the appropriate conditions for its citizens to achieve full self-consciousness or Initiation, and thus self-governance, whic...

This unique book investigates the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through geospatial information lenses, making the case that geospatial information is central to the SDGs and is imperative to understand the place, location, communities, and the people to identify where the root of the problem lies. Combined with other layers of information, it supports advanced analysis and visualizations and explains how SDG indicators can be interpreted and measured either through direct use of ...

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429290626**, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.**Large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, and between countries, affects sustainable development at local, national, and regional levels. To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global challenges, Sustainable Development Goals Conne...

Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in developing countries; Internet and broadband access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus represent the fastest, broadest and deepest technical change experienced in international development. They now affect every development sector – supporting the work of hundreds of millions of farmers and micro-entrepreneurs; creating millions of ICT-based jobs; assisting healthcare workers and teachers; facilitating p...

Information technologies (IT) shape economic space, but we have no clear map of the cyber economy since the "digital revolution" began in the early 1970s.The Digital Economy offers an up-to-date, critical synthesis that links the various aspects of the digital or cyber economy from the perspective of real firms. A geographic approach emphasizes how IT has made businesses less dependent on locational constraints, and the tangible effects on places and regions are placed at ...

Decisions based on data and analysis are often deemed to produce a better outcome and providing decision-makers with information is seen as an important development strategy. The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals reinforces the importance of science-policy linkages. In the forestry sector, efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) have created opportunities for forest monitoring capacity development over the past decade, which can support for...

This open access book analyzes the main drivers that are influencing the dramatic evolution of work in Asia and the Pacific and identifies the implications for education and training in the region. It also assesses how education and training philosophies, curricula, and pedagogy can be reshaped to produce workers with the skills required to meet the emerging demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.The book’s 40 articles cover a wide range of topics and reflect the diverse persp...

How the turmoil of recent years gives leaders an unprecedented opportunity to redesign global strategies and systems and to remobilize toward a smarter, more resilient, and equitable future.How can leaders faced with tremendous global upheaval create more resilient and trustworthy systems? In The Great Remobilization, Olaf Groth, Mark Esposito, and Terence Tse (along with research partner Dan Zehr) diagnose tectonic shifts in the global economy with an eye...

A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), with support from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the FAO Research and Extension Unit, looks at agriculture human capital investments, from recent trends to promising initiatives. This toolkit aims to provide investors including policymakers, government officials, international and national development banks and the private sector...