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"What a great book - and so timely! Stephan has encapsulated the heart of the world's spiritual wisdom and offers a simple tool that brings the reader into direct experience of his and her own connection with the Source. If you've been looking and reaching for a way out of the maze of this world, you will find Gone Into God a wonderful help and support." Andrea Joy Gietz, Author and Creator of The Moving Hearts Guide to Real Relating. Despite of our planetary human predicament with all of our limitations, fears, worries, our daily survival stress, we human beings all sense, adore and love a perhaps very tiny, warm, tender, and fulfilling space of unconditional love inside. I like to use the metapher of a tiny flower that we all have experienced inside that is so irresistably nourishing and so full of a warm tender flow of love and light. Entering this tiny flower feels may feel like entering paradise on earth or like resting in a encompassing flow of light inside. I strongly believe that everything we undertake on this planet, all the projects we start, all the relationships we more or less enjoy are unconsciously in existence to get closer or even inside this tiny little flower of divine love and light. So what can we do to water this little beautiful flower inside? In this book, I like to invite us into starting a research project about this irresistable flower. How can we get to know more about this flower? Does this flower want something from us? Are we separated from this flower? How can we dive deeper into the flower? How can we deal with what we strongly feel und believe is keeping us away from experiencing this flower? Stephan Wilmes. M.A. was born in 1963 into a family with a Christian background in Germany. Since teenage years he was suffering from serious trauma, depression and a lack of a real perspective. Stephan's first real love was something you could call the resonance of "Christ-consciousness" He experienced it as a warm and light state of being able to love other human beings despite not liking them on a personal level. Lacking the knowledge and structure to pursue a deeper, real nourishing way of being inside, he started his search for true lasting fulfillment and love. Turning lots of stones he was searching for happiness in many corners of this world: Stephan pursued a sports career, an academic career, a spiritual teacher career, and really tried hard to find real love in looking for his "soul mate" partner. His search for happiness leads him to meditate in Indian ashrams, facilitating seminars in Bali and California, and studying with various contemporary spiritual teachers. Stephan found what he was looking for and lives now in Edmonton, Canada with his beloved wife Alice and their 4 kids.

Twelve-year-old Duncan Jackson lives and dreams hockey. As captain of the Rockford Wolves, he is leading his team to play in the championship. But when a mysterious player on the rival Lincoln Zombie team knocks Duncan out of the semi-final game, he is pulled into solving an eerie mystery. Twists and turns lead Duncan to believe this strange player might be a real zombie. Then Duncan makes a shocking discovery about his missing dad that could change his future. All of this while Duncan and his friends try to prepare for the most important game of their lives, the NIHL championship.

She was a pawn coveted by kings. From the moment of her birth, Thalia has been groomed to become a Blood Maiden to a vampire. As a human born in one of the colonies of Karthia, Thalia's extremely rare blood type is her ticket out of the life of poverty and hardship that normally befalls her species. During her first Blood Fair, she intends to entice the Vampire Lord Konstantin into claiming her. But unable to resist an unexpected offer, her long years of hard work and carefully planned future are derailed by a stunning, silver-eyed Lycan named Drogo. Struck by a rare but deadly illness, King Drogo's only chance of survival relies on securing some golden blood. Yet, the moment he sees Thalia, the rabid emotions the clever female awakens in him surpass even his thirst for her unique blood. But the Lycan King's efforts to claim Thalia as his mate revive a century-old rivalry with his nemesis, Konstantin. As the realm braces for a cataclysmic event, the clash between the two most powerful males of Karthia escalates. Will the battle to claim Thalia bring about her ultimate demise? This book reads as standalone.

The race is on! The gods careen toward the Blackened Nevers. Pray you don't get in their way.The race is joined by a court necrimate running to save his dead wife. Two dwarves discover their gods were cheated before the race even started. And two drudges find themselves lost and in need of a fallen runner. The race then heads to Bedlam's Thicket. What will the runners find in its tangles? Who will fall and who will sprint ahead, and what does winning truly mean in The Race for the Blackened Nevers?The Vulgar Victory is the second book in the award-winning dark fantasy series The Race to the Blackened Nevers described as a "mythological masterpiece of fantasy fiction." For more information, please visit: www.blackenednevers.com.

Pippy and Subie want one thing: to become wild dogs. But did they bite off more than they can chew? Making new friends during their search, will they find the home that they have been looking for? Or has it been in front of them the entire time?A fun adventure about two Corgis figuring out that home has always been there, even if it didn't always feel like it.

AS FAR BACK AS 1906, in a lecture entitled "Redemption and Liberation," Austrian philosopher and esotericist Rudolf Steiner (1861‒1925) indicated that there have been seven extraordinary mysteries of life that have been secretly guarded and exclusively preserved by the Mystic Brotherhoods throughout the centuries. He also indicated that for the first time in history―beginning with the twentieth century―these especial, preeminent life-mysteries are able to be publicly revealed, elaborated, explained and clarified. In Steiner's own words: There are seven mysteries of life which up till now have never been spoken of outside the ranks of Occult Brotherhoods. Only in our age is it possible to speak of them openly. They have been called the seven "inexpressible" or "unutterable" mysteries ... These mysteries are as follows:1.The mystery of the Abyss.2.The mystery of Number (which can be studied in Pythagorean philosophy).3.The mystery of Alchemy (We can learn something of this mystery in the works of Paracelsus and Jacob Boehme.)4.The mystery of Death.5.The mystery of Evil (to which reference is made in the Apocalypse).6.The mystery of the Word, of the Logos.7.The mystery of Divine Bliss. (This mystery is the most occult.)Since Rudolf Steiner was himself a highly-advanced initiate and eminent associate of the true Rosicrucian Fraternity, he was obviously familiar with the seven "unutterable" mysteries of the Mystic Brotherhoods and their secret history. During his own lifetime, Steiner was able to reveal a great deal of previously-hidden wisdom regarding the seven life-mysteries. Unfortunately, due to his untimely death at sixty-four years of age, Rudolf Steiner was only able to briefly touch on some of these mysteries; particularly the Abyss, the Logos-Word and Divine Bliss.Since ancient, pre-recorded times―now obscured by the vast stretch of human history―there have always existed sacred centres of advanced spiritual knowledge and wisdom. These learning centres, later known in Graeco-Roman times as "Mystery Schools" (from the Greek mystai = initiates), were closely guarded and highly secretive. As evolving mankind gradually lost the instinctive clairvoyant ability to perceive the spiritual world, the ancient Mystery Schools were temporarily able to retain experiential access to the spiritual world. Unfortunately, over time, even the Mystery Schools lost direct contact with the spiritual world, and were unable to overcome the acute spiritual darkening that threatened the entire evolutionary existence of mankind. Hence the incarnation of the God-Man, Christ-Jesus, that was critically necessary to overcome the death-dealing spiritual darkness overtaking mankind; and to provide re-access to the heavenly-worlds of existence. In consequence, the need and function of the ancient pagan Mystery Schools were rendered obsolete by the life of Christ-Jesus; and replaced by Christ-centred brotherhoods such as the Knights of the Holy Grail and the Rosicrucian Fraternity.The seven great life-mysteries were not kept publicly hidden by the Mystic Brotherhoods for hundreds of years because of selfish possession, elitist privilege, or clannish ownership. Instead, it was because humanity as a whole hadn't undergone the profound spiritual preparations that were crucially necessary to intellectually access and comprehend such deeply-supernal spirit-wisdom. Thankfully at the present time, despite the widespread hindrances of atheism, secularism and materialism, the intellectual access to the spiritual world is the greatest it has ever been in human history. The profound, intellectually-comprehendible spirit-information contained in "The Seven Great Mysteries of the Mystic Brotherhoods" should be ample testament to this celebratory truth.

Trust is the most basic quality at the heart of every relationship. We understand it naturally and our inner alarms go off when trust is damaged or absent. But most business leaders consider trust to be something intangible and difficult to quantify.This book clearly demonstrates that trust is both measurable and manageable. It offers a practical guide to building and protecting trust, and making it part of the balance sheet of every organization. Natalie Doyle Oldfield has spent years studying trust. She lays out a practical, step-by-step approach that will enable everyone from the CEO to the front line employee to thrive in a culture of trust.By taking a look at the science and research, case studies of trust broken and rebuilt, and the reflections of leading business figures, this book will show you how to create trusting relationships with customers, employees and stakeholders. It will show you how to make trust part of your core business strategy and how to make it pay off on the bottom line. "In this groundbreaking book you'll hear real case studies about why the businesses that operate on a strong foundation of trust and integrity, dramatically outperform. Better still, Natalie shows you, with results from her original research, how you can join their ranks!"Cathleen Fillmore Owner, Speakers Gold Bureau"Natalie changed the way we view our customers, our thought process and everything we do - we now see things in a different way. Since working with Natalie and implementing the Trust Building Model and the Client Trust Index(TM) we now have a customer performance metric and benchmark to measure customer experience."Kevin Pelley, CEO, Kohltech Windows and Entrance Systems"Natalie has coined the importance of trust and offers a toolbox to implement the thinking and strategy. This book is a not to be missed compendium relevant for negotiators, executive, leaders of government and the rest of us. I will certainly be using this book in my work."Keld Jensen, award winning author of The Trust Factor"Natalie's style immediately engages you with examples and best practices, spelling out just how leading companies have outpaced those in their industries by investing in their employees and customers."David Alston, Chief Innovation Officer, Introhive"Natalie Doyle Oldfield's well-researched and expertly crafted work takes you on a journey to understand the bottom line benefits of creating and managing trusting business relationships. The Power of Trust will stand out on bookshelves as one of the best business books published in recent years. It's balanced with what goes to the heart of what matters most "Trust". Kathy Malley, APR, FCPRS, Vice President, Malley Industries Inc

The race is on! The gods careen toward the Blackened Nevers. Pray you don't get in their way!An army of criminals runs to reclaim its honor. An old knight wakes to find a child pointing to the finish line. A prison guard is cursed to return to the start. And the last two members of the Rowlach tribe run to ask their god why the race was more important than his creations. Meanwhile, deep inside their mountain, a brother and sister run to prevent the awakening of a leviathan. Will it rise to destroy creation, or is it just their god's cynical attempt to increase his odds of winning? 'The Woeful Wager' is the first book in the new, dark fantasy series 'The Race to the Blackened Nevers'. It won the Gold Medal in the 2019 SPR Book Awards, and was a finalist in the Fantasy (Adult Fiction) category of the 22nd Annual Foreward INDIES Book of the Year Awards, and the 2020 Feathered Quill Book Awards (Science Fiction/Fantasy).Come join the race of the gods!