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The Seven Whispers: Listening to the Voice of Spirit
by Christina Baldwin
The connection with our spirit is like a phone line, explains Christina Baldwin in The Seven Whispers. "Sometimes I turn the ringer off. Sometimes I ignore the ringing. Sometimes I pick up the phone with suspicion. Sometimes I get impatient with the
interruption." The irony, of course, is that "unlike a lot of other calls, the one from Spirit is the one we are hoping to receive." ŠAmazon.com
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Storycatcher
by Christina Baldwin
This book reveals the powerful role stories play in life, and empowers readers to examine their own to bring greater awareness and positive change. Each chapter features suggestions, examples, and anecdotes to get people thinking and writing about
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Acting Religious: Theatre As Pedagogy in Religious Studies
by Victoria Rue
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Soul Awakenings: Exploring The Spiritual Journeys of One Hundred Women
by Michelle A. Quigley
Discover the insights into female spirituality through the words, thoughts, and actions of one hundred everyday women. Their experiences and honest answers will recharge your faith as their words give you comfort and hope.
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Marrow
of Flame: Poems of the Spiritual Journey
by Dorothy Walters
Dorothy Walters' compilation of 105 new poems are a
rare documentation of a nineteen-year interior journey,
initiated by her spiritual awakening. Andrew Harvey
says: "What Dorothy has accomplished in this subtle
and ravishing masterpiece is something that many modern
poets have been struggling for but without success-a
book of poems that work both as a canny literary
artifact and mystical utterance and inspiration."
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Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey To Herself
(Tenth Anniversary Edition)
by Judith Duerk
In tribute to the thousands of women who have been drawn to the evocative reflections, images, and meditations of Judith
Duerk, this beautiful 10th anniversary hardcover celebrates women's sacred connections.
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At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst
by Carol Lee Flinders
Carol Lee Flinders identifies the four key points at which the paths of spirituality and feminism seem to collide--vowing silence versus finding voice, relinquishing ego versus reclaiming the body, and enclosure versus freedom--and sets out to discover not only the sources of these conflicts, but how they can be reconciled.
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Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits and Solitaries
by Isabel Colegate
In her first work of
nonfiction, Isabel Colegate turns her attention to the
archetypal seeker, the "pioneer of the spirit"
who hears the call to solitude and, through self-exile
from humanity, discovers not only who he or she is but,
paradoxically, how to live among others.
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Coming Home to Myself: Daily Reflections for a Woman's Body and Soul
by Marion Woodman, Jill Mellick (Contributor)
This beautifully packaged meditation book features
the work of bestselling author Marion Woodman, crafted
into a tool for daily contemplation.
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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
by Leonard Shlain
Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values.
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Return of the Mother
by Andrew Harvey
Journey into the heart of the Divine Mother with mystical scholar Andrew Harvey, who shows how patriarchal distortions in religious history and doctrine have obscured our knowledge of the sacred feminine.
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The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Through the World's Mystical Traditions
by Andrew Harvey
Harvey chronicles his own spiritual journey, revealing the events that led to his own disillusionment with the guru system, and the hierarchy and hypocrisy of many contemporary religious movements. He then provides us with the tools we need to cultivate a personal relationship with the divine.
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The Gospel of Thomas: Annotated & Explained
by Andrew Harvey (Editor), Stevan Davies (Translator)
This book contains a solid translation of the Gospel of Thomas, a good introduction, plus a new age preface by Andrew Harvey. The great strength of the book is the saying by saying commentary. Davies does not try to give a unified interpretation of the Gospel of Thomas, but to "offer suggestions, share observations, and participate in a reader's seeking..."
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A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides: Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Ramakrishna
by Andrew Harvey
Enhanced with accessible translations of each guides essential teachings and facing pages of guided commentary from experts, Harvey offers his own joyful experiences of learning from their wisdom and gives you deeper insight into their message for today.
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Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ
by Andrew Harvey, Eryk Hanut (Photographer)
A renowned author, teacher and mystic discusses the origins and power of the mystical Jesus. Called one of the true prophets of our time, Andrew Harvey, in his long-awaited and stunning new book, explains that Christ came to help release humanity from all bonds of false authority and to reveal to people their own divine identity.
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Blessings of Guadalupe
by Eryk Hanut, Tey Marianna Nunn
A despondent old man, a beautiful but selfish young woman, a sad and sickly boy: in Blessings of Guadalupe, each receives a visit from La Virgen, and each is given a life-altering vision of divine love. The inspirational text of Blessings of Guadalupe is accompanied by Eryk Hanut's radiant photographs of retablos and other folk art images from the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
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The Road to Guadalupe:
A Modern Pilgrimage to the Goddess of the Americas
by Eryk Hanut
Eryk Hanut captures the abandon with which Mexicans and
Americans alike worship the Goddess of the Americas, with writing that evokes the heat rising from the pavements of Mexico City and the dust in the surrounding countryside where Mary appeared centuries ago.
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The Card and Rumi Book Pack: Meditation, Inspiration, & Self-Discovery
by Eryk Hanut, Michele Wetherbee (Designer)
The book explores the history of Rumi and his career as a spiritual instructor and sage. The colorful cards are divided into six families-birth, love, ordeal, transformation, warnings, and rewards-and come with interpretations and instructions for using them for meditation, inspiration, and to answer life's questions.
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Perfume of the
Desert: Inspirations from Sufi Wisdom
by Andrew Harvey,
Eryk Hanut
Renowned for his inspiring interpretations of world spiritual traditions, celebrated modern mystic Harvey teams with photographer
Hanut to create a stunning book of reading drawn from Sufi mysticism. Teaching stories, prophetic sayings, folk tales and jests, and Harvey's breathtaking translations of the ecstatic poetry of
Rumi, Kabir, and others make this little book an inspirational and artistic treasure.
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Mary's Vineyard:
Daily Meditations, Readings...
by Andrew Harvey,
Eryk Hanut
An anthology of daily meditations, readings, and
revelations celebrating the Sacred Feminine in a collective rapturous hymn to Mary, the Mother Goddess of Christianity. Each day of the year is highlighted by a reading drawn from the visionary words of Mary's devotees or from the revelations of the Mother herself as she has appeared in modern times.
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Wisdom of the
Cloister: 365 Daily Readings from the Greatest Monastic Writings
by John
Skinner (Editor)
This collection of 365 daily readings captures the full scope of this varied and fascinating Christian tradition. Contributors include Thomas Merton, Bede
Griffiths, Kathleen Norris, and many others.
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Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus
by Neil Douglas-Klotz (Translator), Matthew Fox
Reinterpreting the
Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes from the vantage of
Middle Eastern mysticism, Douglas-Klotz offers a radical
new translation of the words of Jesus Christ that
reveals a mystical, feminist, cosmic Christ. ŠAmazon.com
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Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
by Christina Baldwin, Colleen Kelley (Illustrator)
In this simple, profound practice, participants sit in a circle, pass a talking piece from person to person, and speak and listen from the heart. Christina Baldwin gives detailed instructions and suggestions for getting started, setting goals, and solving disagreements safely and respectfully.
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Original Self: Living With Paradox and Authenticity
by Thomas Moore, Joan Hanley (Illustrator)
In essence, it is our soul that Moore speaks of, and it is his unwavering conviction that our greatest task is to stay true to our original selves. Using a highly approachable format of brief essays (two to four pages), Moore offers his reflections on how to do just that.
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