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The first book to supply the English reader with a comprehensive view of the apocryphal literature connected to the New Testament. It contains translations of all the important texts in the style of the Authorized Version, and makes available the results of historic researches into their origin, history, and value.

In the old Celtic Traditions, and even in more recent, historic times, interaction between humans and spirit beings was not an unusual occurrence. Even in more recent, historic times, interaction between the realms of human and faery was not a rare event. Faery Healing: The Lore and the Legacy is about the traditions of Faery Healing among the Celtic peoples of the British Isles, as evidenced in faery lore and folk healing customs. The focus is specifically on beliefs, traditions, and practices both mystical and magical as they relate to Faery Healing, with an emphasis on the development and use of new versions of these traditions for our era.This informed and comprehensive overview of the Faery Healing traditions allows us to see how these mystical beliefs and traditions demonstrate the deeply religious nature of the Celts from ancient times right into more historical times, and serves as a link between past and present, as well as a bridge into understanding the old pagan religious world view that preceded the rise of Christianity.The beliefs standing behind some of these healing traditions and practices are indeed very archaic. This glimpse into ancient ideologies and practices shows us the remarkable continuity of spiritual beliefs, no matter in what religious garb they may be clothed.Yet Faery Healing is not just an historical curiosity. It is as relevant today as it was several centuries ago. This book takes us into the future of Faery Healing, demonstrating its value in this day and age, and offering both visionary and practical techniques and procedures to move into that future, and into a more harmonious relationship with our "kin," the faery folk.

It's alive. Oh God, it's alive.Can a monster pray?The creature invented by Mary Shelley was not the shambling mumbling monster from the movies (apologies to Mr. Karloff). Shelley's creature learned to reason and speak with his ear to the cabin wall of a family who lived in the woods. He learned to read when he discovered a leather satchel full of books in that same forest. What if one of those books was a Bible?He had no memories, no sense of identity, and his only understanding of people came when they ran screaming from his face. How would this creature understand the word "father?" How would he comprehend "creator?" How would Frankenstein's monster pray?Wouldn't this being of rage and pity ask all the same questions of God that we do? Who am I? What is my purpose? Do you love me? How can you possibly love me?Imagine unearthing a collection prayers written by the monster and somehow hidden behind the wall of a rectory in England. The Frankenstein Book of Prayer follows Shelley's original tale and invites us into the soul of one of literature's most tragic and misunderstood characters.

Want to meet the two great Christian founders who never met each other? Jesus' words and Paul's words have changed millions of lives, and will change yours. The Bible records their teachings separately, so we must join them afresh as one. This book will open your ears and your heart to their shared work. Both teachers challenged commonplace religious talk, and launched faith communities that spread worldwide. The Roman state executed both: here you will discover why. Jesus spoke up for the truth, confronting illusions. Paul chained ancient values together, transforming our spiritual path. All the threads you knot together here will color your vision when you next read the Bible. You will create a lively personal connection with these teachers, and will find it easy to talk about your insights with thoughtful people anywhere. Rick Fabian, an Episcopal priest, founded St Gregory Nyssen Church at San Francisco, and for thirty-eight years made the teachings of Jesus and Paul its thinking core. This book brings that central core to you, too, in a way that thinking Christians can put to use, and thinking non-Christians can welcome. These down-to-earth teachers enrich everyone, of whatever faith. Just seize and read a copy.

In recent years, the term polycrisis has emerged to describe the tangled relationship between myriad crises on our planet and how they invariably intersect to create a predicament that is not solvable but can only be responded to. This book offers a treasure-trove of practical tools for grounding ourselves emotionally and spiritually amid both the long-term crises and the related challenges that confront us moment to moment as we navigate unprecedented events and their invariable consequences. Apocalypse Anytime is the culmination of fifteen years of the author's writing and research on the demise of industrial civilization and its psychospiritual impact on Earth's living beings. It offers a life-altering challenge for readers who are willing to accept the assignment."No one understands or writes about our contemporary evolutionary dark night more wisely or more groundedly than Carolyn Baker. Apocalypse Anytime is the clean and fierce distillation of decades spent in the trenches of collapse and its warrior wisdom, presented with her customary vibrant clarity, is indispensable for all those who are beginning to understand that terrible though our times are, they also offer unexpected and amazing opportunities for radical transformation. This book is a must read for all those who want to find joy in despair, courage in paralysis, calm in desperation, purpose in growing bewilderment. Indispensable reading from an indispensable elder. Andrew Harvey, co-author of Radical Regeneration: A Guide to Sacred Activism with Carolyn Baker." -Andrew HarveyCarolyn Baker, Ph.D., is the author of Sacred Demise, Collapsing Consciously, and Undaunted: Living Fiercely Into Climate Meltdown in An Authoritarian World. She lives and writes in Boulder, Colorado.

Who wants to live forever? Learn about how people have sought physical immortality since the beginning of time, what means are employed to escape death, how various religions promise you eternal life, and about the men and women who are said to have already become immortal. The history of immortality is a tale about salvation and eternal misery, extreme diets and children put in the fire, healing and cannibalism, alchemy and sex with gods. It is no straightforward story. For what are the parallels between bloodsucking vampires, the sleeping King Arthur, and the resurrected Jesus? Who were the many that achieved eternal life in ancient Greek, Mesopotamian and Jewish tradition? How are we to gain immortality according to religious beliefs if our bodies have been annihilated? And in what way is all this related to people who vanish mysteriously, to decapitated saints who do not die, and to holy corpses that remain incorruptible forever? The alternative to death may appear as easy as unachievable. As we steadily have enhanced our human nature through science and medicine, we may soon, however, for the very first time, be able to achieve immortality outside the realm of myths and religion. As we face this ultimate possibility, the question remains whether eternity is what we really want. Dag Øistein Endsjø is Professor in the Study of Religion at the University of Oslo, an acknowledged expert in various religious themes, the author of several books, and published in 13 languages.

Are you fed up with an activism that isn't truly transformative? Discover a practice that revolutionizes oppressive social arrangements into ones that truly sets people free...including the activist you!An activist and community organizer for 55 years, Tim Stevenson has been involved in anti-war and civil rights campaigns, a community newspaper collective, an alternative childcare arrangement, and an activist commune. He has been involved in resistance against a nuclear power plant and a box store invasion, and has struggled alongside women and people of color around issues of male supremacy and white privilege. In 2005 he founded Post Oil Solutions, an award-winning, highly successful climate crisis organization. He is the author of Resilience and Resistance: Building Sustainable Communities for a Post Oil Age.Transformative Activism is an effective guide to growing into the spiritual maturity we need to be effective agents of human liberation and transformative change in a collapsing world. It invites us into spiritual practices that foster the peace, freedom, and social justice we seek.In this book you'll discover:· how to realize your potential as an activist· how to achieve revolutionary change· a way to ground your values in everyday practices· how to become a living representative of the transformed world you aspire toTransformative Activism is precisely what you need to be an agent and exemplar of transformative change. Along with a concrete analysis of the personal/political barriers that prevent you from achieving this success, it provides an in-depth, practical discussion of how to free yourself from these impediments. Transformative Activism is a complete package of life-changing wisdom for the revolutionary activist.Read Transformative Activism and begin a practice of revolution that is truly revolutionary!

Are you a Christian who senses there is something deeper both within and beyond your inherited religion? Do you wonder if you can find a spiritual community for your expanding heart and deepest beliefs?Join Len Schreiner, a priest in the Ecumenical Catholic Church, as he shares his own deep, interior experience as a church insider who embarked on an inner journey that drew him into a wider spiritual universe, where Christ lives beyond the limits of any one religion. After four decades of sharing ministry with interfaith friends, Schreiner confidently shares insights and principles that rise up from Scripture and the spirit of Christ's life, which constantly invites us to step into the universal circle of Gospel love that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the Beloved Community."The Soul's Journey illustrates how one can become a new kind of Christian who is no longer limited to following sectarian, institutional assumptions when they contradict the spirit of Christ, and his genius for relating to others. The open, inclusive invitational style of Jesus' life and ministry provides a template for how love, compassion and equality are meant to be practiced between diverse kinds of believers from the world's many religions and spiritualities.In this book you'll discover:· The dangers and dynamics of religion· The Word of God is a universal revelation· The fullness of Christ who lives in everyone and everything· The perennial wisdom available within the treasures of the world's religions.· The Divine is living with us in different colors, shapes, and images.A lively read marked by verve and a passion for what's possible, The Soul's Journey invites readers on a mystical journey into "interspirituality" that honors the divine presence in all religions, all peoples, and all places.You are not alone on this journey. Discover spiritual companions you never knew you had. Begin The Soul's Journey today.

Uneasy about religion but not sure why? A God of Our Invention will make it clear. Daniel Kohanski has spent decades working on problems of religion. Starting from a solid background in Conservative Judaism, he has studied law, Talmud, history, philosophy. He has researched the sources and pored over the scholarship and gotten much help from scholars along the way. Kohanski has achieved a book that historians of religion are calling "a wide-ranging introduction to Jewish and Christian theology," "a most fruitful analysis of both traditions," and "a stimulating contribution to vital discussions in Biblical studies and the science of religious history." A God of Our Invention takes the reader from the gods of the Ancient Near East to the modern threat of global climate change. It explains how one of those ancient nations, the Israelites, came up with an idea of a single God who rules over all, and how Christians used-and misused-Jewish ideas to become the leading power in Europe and to dominate much of the world. A God of Our Invention will explain:How Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem led to the Israelites' believing in one god;When the Jews began to believe in personal immortality and judgment after death;Why the Roman conquest of Judaea was critical to the birth of Christianity;Why the Jews have always been indifferent to Jesus-and why Christians can't accept that;How Christians went from being pacifists to calling for holy war;How the insistence that the world is about to end has impacted the way we deal with sex, life, death, and global climate change;How doubt and reality combined to break Christianity's hold on power. A God of Our Invention is the book for anyone who has questions about western religion but doesn't know where to start looking for answers. If you want to know why religion has such an impact on your life when you're not religious, this book is for you. And if you want to know how religion can still do good in the world, this book is also a must-read. Buy A God of Our Invention for a clear understanding of the world we live in today!

What happens when you take a mindful pilgrimage? Shift happens!Have you ever wanted to walk the Camino or take another pilgrimage? Are you looking to start a new practice at home or abroad? Co-founder and director of The Spiritual Guidance Training Institute, fellow pilgrim, and educator for over 20 years, Jeanette Banashak, PhD, EdD, has crafted an accessible guide for anyone desiring to go deeper into their spiritual journey.Mindful Pilgrimage is small enough to take with you on a 40-day journey or to keep on a bedside table for practice at home. Full of quotes and wisdom from interfaith and interspiritual leaders, this book helps you start or end your day with intention for the journey. Each day for 40 days, you set aside a few moments to read and contemplate sayings of wise teachers. And, each day, you are asked three questions that you can ponder as you explore your inner landscape.Whether you immerse yourself in new culture and territory or stay at home, Mindful Pilgrimage will be with you every step of the way. Say yes to change, and take the next step on your journey!