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A colorful tale of a vampire risking it all for a lesson of mortality.

"There is so much balm for the soul in this book and I hope many people find healing in Freedom Song. It's a wonderful gift to the world," -Joy Cowley.Freedom Song is a powerful and beautiful panacea for the world we live in. It's a go-to book in times of trouble and a tool to welcome more harmony and peace in your life. The book's simple message - love conquers all - is both comforting and inviting in its delivery.Freedom Song is a rare offering: a poetry book that centers and soothes and includes original illustrations from an internationally recognized artist. It is a meaningful musing on life as well as a striking coffee table/art book with a soulful message. Supporting this timely message are the phenomenal artworks of Ewan McDougall.Reminiscent of Maya Angelou's Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All, the book is a testament to simple truths which can sometimes be forgotten in our confusing world. Freedom Song challenges our belief systems and examines the juxtaposition between darkness and light. It shows us a way through the madness building in our world. It is unique, surprising, lyrical and thought-provoking, with a message that is more relevant today than ever.

This book is the eighteenth volume of spiritual awareness classes that were given through the mediumship of Mr. Richard P. Goodwin, the founder of the Serenity Association. This volume contains the annual world forecast series classes, as well as thirty-nine individual classes. The forecasts were typically given in December and often revealed events of the upcoming new year. The individual classes are organized chronologically and cover a wide range of topics. Some of these classes were given to a small group of dedicated students, while others were given to the general public. One class is an example of what is known, in Spiritualism, as rescue work, during which a person who has passed on and is trapped in the lower realms is permitted to express through the medium in order to be helped.The Living Light Philosophy teaches that our true being is inseparably a part of the Divine. The teachings also reveal the spiritual laws that govern all life and how we may apply those laws for our greater health, wealth, and happiness. One of the foundations of this philosophy is the Law of Personal Responsibility, which states in part that we are responsible for all our experiences. By the laws that we establish with our thoughts, acts, and words, we are the creators of all our experiences in life. In other words, our experiences in life are reflecting back to us where we are in consciousness. In this understanding, God is not a creator, but God is a divine, neutral, infinite intelligent energy that sustains all life. Additional themes of these teachings include evolutionary incarnation, soul faculties and sense functions, the power of peace, the law that like attracts like and becomes the Law of Attachment, and many other personally demonstrable laws.These teachings also place great emphasis on understanding how our minds work, and how we may, through self-control, more effectively use our minds to experience greater goodness in life. The philosophy helps us to discern between the thoughts of our mind and the gentle inspiration of our soul. These spiritual teachings are filled with inspirational quotes, affirmations, spiritual sayings, and spiritual exercises.Any student of life will find in this philosophy the teachings necessary for the mind's awakening to the truth of the soul's eternal expression. The teachings offer a path to a conscious awareness of our own divinity, but it is up to us to make the conscious effort to apply the teachings. The teaching in and of itself is a continuous flow. The teacher who expressed through the mediumship of Mr. Goodwin made it clear that his lessons were not dogma, a creed, or a narrow way, but rather his understanding offered to us as a form of instruction to aid us on our path of eternal progression. The methods, discourses, and exercises given are useful, practical, and pertinent to our everyday living as well as to our higher aspirations.

"An invitation for women to discover a healthier approach to spirituality and sexuality that centers pleasure rather than shame, from body-and sex-positive preacher and author Lyvonne Briggs. "Home is not an address. Home is where you feel safe. And your body is aching to be your home."-Lyvonne Briggs. How you view your body and your sexuality is informed and strengthened by spiritual practices, but how many of us can say that religion has drawn us closer to our bodies? That's because worship spaces that are intended to be spiritual safe houses have not historically been welcoming to our bodies, forcing us to leave our flesh at the door. This ideological amputation is at best a disservice and at worst a sin. The remedy? Radical self-hospitality. In Sensual Faith, Lyvonne Briggs charts a path for us to practice spiritual wellness that aligns and harmonizes our bodies with pleasure and sexuality. By centering the rich traditions of ancient West African spirituality, Sensual Faith offers a radically inclusive model of companioning one's self. Filled with wellness rituals, journal prompts, affirmations, and practices, Sensual Faith shows us how to celebrate our bodies as our very homes. "Pleasure is your birthright," writes Briggs, so whether it's accepting your flesh, nurturing your intuition, learning the language of consent, or sumptuous self-care, let radical self-hospitality guide you to healthy sexuality"--

Have you noticed that physical and mental illnesses are on the increase? Why is that? We were made in the perfect image of God...Jesus paid for our wholeness on Calvary...why are we stuck popping pills and battling disease? What is going on? When my own body began to break down from stress, I didn't know where to turn. I had to do my own research and I meditated on the Word of God to get answers. God led me step by step into truth that completely liberated me! Divine health is our God-given birthright! In this book, I will share with you how I learned to partner with God to find wisdom. I will share all that He taught me about reclaiming my health-in my mind, my emotions, my body, and my spirit. We have an enemy that wants to rob us of our spiritual inheritance, and he is prowling around the food and pharmaceutical industry in America, promoting fear and blindness. It's time to uncover His lies and receive wisdom from heaven, and win the war on health! This book invites you into a deeper, closer walk with God, so that you can hear His wisdom for your own circumstances. God has created you with a destiny to fulfill and He desires to teach you how to live in such a way that you can fulfill it. Are you ready to have your eyes opened? Are you ready to gain spiritual ears to hear? It's time to take back your health and fulfill your destiny.

In "All the Colors I Am Inside" betrachtet Deb Achak unsere Beziehung mit der zarten Stimme der Intuition und der Schönheit unserer selbst unter der Oberfläche. Sie zeigt, wie diese innere Stimme uns zu den überraschendsten und wunderbarsten Abenteuern leitet, sofern wir unser Denken verstummen lassen und den Moment auskosten, um sie hören zu können. In ihren üppigen, geheimnisvollen Landschaftsbildern und in ihren Porträts, in denen die Natur alles zu verschlingen und zu überwuchern scheint, bringt Achak reale und spirituelle Welten zusammen. In einer Bildsprache, die sich zwischen Außergewöhnlichem und Geläufigem bewegt, führt Achak die bildnerischen Möglichkeiten von Intuition vor Augen und lädt ein, mehr zu fühlen und weniger zu denken.Deb Achak ist eine amerikanische Fotokünstlerin, "All the Colors I Am Inside" ist ihre erste Monografie.

This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America. It includes chapters that: put survey data on this growing group in context; clarify definitional issues in the study of spirituality in general and metaphysical spirituality in particular; and assess the networks, conferences, rituals, festivals, retreat centers and periodicals recently developed by metaphysicals. The contributors discuss characteristic practices of mental healing and meditation, and show the reach of metaphysical ideas into public spaces and popular media cultures. One particular chapter also addresses the growing controversy over the legitimacy of metaphysical individuals and movements that appropriate elements of Native American and Asian religious beliefs and practices to enrich or sustain their own practice. This rich collection appeals to students, researchers, professionals and the layperson interested in knowing more about the historyand more importantly the direction that American metaphysical religion is taking.

This collection of informative essays are a fascinating examination of Malaysian folklore.Detailing the history of spiritualism in Malaysia and the Malaysian peninsula, these essays explore a variety of cultures and examine the differences and commonalities of various tribes and indigenous peoples from the islands and jungles.

Swami Narayanananda teaches that brahmacharya and mind-control are necessary to attain the aim of life known as Freedom or Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Brahmacharya is only possible with mind control and is necessary for the rising of the kundalini shakti to the sahasrara chakra where spiritual Enlightenment takes place. Swami Narayanananda teaches that whenever possible, brahmacharya should be practiced and encourages those living a family or householder life to have a regulated sexual life. Mind control makes the mind pure, subtle and one-pointed so one can get a glimpse of the true Self. The three main practices to achieve mind control are: 1. Living a pure, simple, and holy (ethical) life, 2. Mantra-jap: repetition of the mantra, 3. Meditation: constantly taking the Divine name (mantra) and living in the Divine Form.

Nowadays, you and I are in the midst of AI, big data, multimedia, gossip, rumors, materialistic desires, and the great trend of the times.In the midst of the confusion and material satisfaction caused by complicated and novel things, have you ever thought about examining life with a reflective attitude and taking a careful and quiet look at life, the apparent convenience and innovation of technological civilization, but deepening the hidden nature of life that is hard to erase and sad and miserable at the bottom of our habitual thinking? If human life is like a special, unusual, significant and far-reaching key, every morning when you wake up to take it, you have to fill out the application form carefully and seriously, without being meticulous. Before going to sleep at night, thank God for today's gift and return the key to life with gratitude. If we have used the key of life thousands of times, over and over again, then why do we have to do as Sisyphus did, with great effort, to push a boulder up a mountain? After pushing a boulder up to the top of the mountain, we let it roll back down again, and so on, day after day, applying and repeating forever. ...... Imagine when we return the key to life, do we take an introspective attitude and examine our life deeply: what have we achieved today? What have we failed? So one cannot help but ask: which direction should we choose for the existence of the universe and life itself, and what lifestyle should we adopt? What is the value of the existence of life itself, and what is the true meaning of the existence of life itself? What if the days of our existence in the universe, in life itself, always begin under such hard-won circumstances? If our cosmic life existence, our existence itself, has always started in such a hard way and ended in such a sad way, then we must have a deeper self-awareness and reflection on our cosmic life existence, our existence itself. Therefore, the question of life and death will again become a sharp and sensitive issue. The Eastern and Western philosophies of life have, for ages, attempted to unravel the mystery of life and death in the existence of everything in the universe itself, in order to understand the true meaning of the existence of the world around us. They attribute life to the simple "existence" that distinguishes between animals and inanimate things, and to the "mind" that is uniquely human. It even goes on to use the phenomena that differentiate everything from one generation to another and the various theories that explain these phenomena, in order to decipher the existence of life in the universe. To decipher the knowledge and culture inherent in the existence of life in the universe. It serves the purpose of the existence and evolution of a certain kind of being itself. However, "mind" is a sum of the ability to realize the motive by the biological reaction of people through the precipitation and storage of known things. It is the sum of all the thinking abilities to feel, observe, understand, judge, choose, remember, imagine, hypothesize, and reason, and then to guide their behavior according to it. Thus, 'mind' covers the 'philosophical' level: the accumulation and storage of the known (subconscious); combined with the 'biological' (consciousness) level of brain information processing, that is, 'physiological response'. The "mental" activity that engages in the conscious effort to achieve a certain ideal or purpose, thus consciously defining the purpose, is applied to the mental state.