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“A compelling, progressive reorientation of an ancient faith.”

—Kirkus Reviews Judaism Without Tribalism: A Guide to Being a Blessing to All the Peoples of the Earth by Rabbi Rami Shapiro

“A luminous, heartfelt journey. ...Big fun!”

—Rebekah Scott The Way of the Wild Goose: Three Pilgrimages Following Geese, Stars, and Hunches on the Camino de Santiago by Beebe Bahrami

“A guide to keeping the psyche intact when you are being spun on life’s roulette wheel.”

—O Magazine When You’re Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living by Mark Matousek

“A new translation and commentary on the Blue Cliff Record: ‘An intriguing, challenging crash course in Zen Buddhism.’”

—Kirkus reviews The Garden of Flowers and Weeds: A New Translation and Commentary on the Blue Cliff Record by Matthew Juksan Sullivan

Untangling Karma is a memoir of accepting and healing personal trauma, both on and off the meditation cushion. Author Judith Ragir, an American Zen teacher, has used her spiritual practice to overcome anger and self-imposed isolation to become more loving.

“This book is at once a love letter to Zen practice and a critique of late twentieth century American Zen.” —Natalie Goldberg “In Untangling Karma, Judith Ragir does what virtually no other Zen teacher has done: show us each piece of her own brokenness and healing. And she does so with great insight, candidness, and transparency.”

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DAVID RICHO, psychologist and author of How to Be an Adult in Relationship, discusses Ready: How to Know When to Go and When to Stay.

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VALERIE MASON-JOHN presents Afrikan Wisdom, sharing wisdom stories from black liberation leaders and teachers.

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MATT KAHN, bestselling author and intuitive, presents a workshop on his new book, All for Love: The Transformative Power of Holding Space.

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GABOR MATÉ, author of Scattered Minds, presents a live talk and signing to launch his first new book in 11 years, The Myth of Normal.

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HOW ART HEALS Exploring Your Deep Feelings Using Collage

THE LISTENING PATH The Creative Art of Attention (A 6-Week Artist’s Way Program)

by Andra Stanton

$35.99, paper. Schiffer.

208 pages, 8x11, French flaps, colour plates

Use this compassionate guide to access your deepest emotions, express them through art, and transform them into tools for healing and understanding. Former psychotherapist turned artist Andra Stanton offers guided meditations, imagery techniques, and collage prompts to open a safe space for not only grief and broken-heartedness, but celebration and thankfulness. First, follow relaxation and imagery techniques to access your feelings; next, use the simple guidelines for making collage art. Inspiring us by example, dozens of contemporary artists offer photographs of their most personally transformative artworks and share heartfelt stories about how those pieces helped them alleviate their difficult emotions. Focusing on the emotional-artistic process rather than specific skill, Stanton offers lessons for artists of all experience levels and mediums. An exclusive online bonus feature offers dozens more artworks and stories.

The more we practice staying with our own grief or the grief of others, the more we trust our ability to experience grief fully. The more we experience it—feel it—the more comfortable we are at allowing it to happen, rather than suppressing and denying it, which is a losing battle. Our ability to look at rather than turn away from personal tragedy leads us, ultimately, to develop acceptance of our genuine feelings…

To make art is to open the door to possibility, to be moved profoundly, and perhaps to move others as well.

“By engaging with the artist within to find healing, Stanton provides encouragement to be curious about a process that dismantles what we see and know so as to welcome the mysterious becoming of something new. This book is a cure for the soul!” —Nora Swan-Foster, Jungian Analyst and author of Jungian Art Therapy YEAR OF WONDER Classical Music for Every Day

by Clemency Burton-Hill

$24.95, paper. Headline. 442 pages

Classical music for everyone! Here’s an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year (play them on Spotify or Apple Music, etc.), celebrating composers from the medieval era to the present day, written by award-winning violinist and BBC presenter Clemency Burton-Hill.

Have you ever heard a piece of music so beautiful it stops you in your tracks? Or wanted to discover more about classical music but had no idea where to begin? Year of Wonder is a unique celebration of classical music by an author who wants to share its diverse wonders with others and to encourage a love for this genre in all readers, whether complete novices or lifetime enthusiasts.

She chooses one piece of music for each day of the year, with a short explanation about the composer to put it into context, and brings the music alive in a modern and playful way, while also extolling the positive mindfulness element of giving yourself some time every day to listen to something uplifting or beautiful. Thoughtfully curated and expertly researched, this is a book of classical music to keep you company: whoever you are, wherever you’re from. Playlists are available on most streaming music platforms including Apple Music and Spotify.

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TRY THIS: Once a week, take yourself on a festive solo expedition. Do something that brings you delight. Choose something fun, something that tickles your fancy. Plan your date ahead of time so that you anticipate it with joy. Allow yourself to be playful. Be young at heart.

by Julia Cameron

$24.99, paper. Picador. 190 pages, 7x9

The newest book from beloved author Julia Cameron, The Listening Path is a transformational journey to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, readers will be given the tools to become better listeners—to their environment, the people around them, and themselves. The reward for learning to truly listen is immense. As we learn to listen, our attention is heightened and we gain healing, insight, clarity. But above all, listening creates connections and ignites a creativity that will resonate through every aspect of our lives.

Julia Cameron is the author of the explosively successful book The Artist’s Way, which has transformed the creative lives of millions of readers since it was first published. Incorporating tools from The Artist’s Way, The Listening Path offers a new method of creative and personal transformation.

Artist Dates alter our perspective. Troubles that loomed large shrink in size. Our sense of proportion SEEKING WISDOM A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection (A Six-Week Artist’s Way Program)

by Julia Cameron

$24.99, paper. St. Martin’s. 240 pages, 7x9

Julia Cameron changed the way the world thinks about creativity when she first published The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 30 years ago. Millions of copies later, Cameron now turns her attention to creative prayer, which she believes is a key facet of the creative life. In Seeking Wisdom, a 6 Week Artists Way Program, readers, too, will learn to pray.

Tracing her own creative journey, Cameron reveals that prayer led her forward at a time of personal crisis.

Unexpectedly, prayer became an indispensable support to her artistic life. The tools she created to save herself in her darkest hour became the tools she would share with the world through The Artist’s Way. Seeking Wisdom details the origin of these tools, and by Cameron’s example, the central role that prayer plays in sustaining a life as an artist.

In this book, Cameron shares a mindful collection of prayer practices that open our creative souls. This path takes us beyond traditional religious rituals, welcoming

are open ears and an open mind... We are a music-making species—always have been, always will be—and music’s capacity to explore, express and address what it is to be human remains one of our greatest communal gifts. We are also a music-exchanging species: people have used music to communicate and connect with one another since the beginning of time... This form of cultural exchange goes back millennia: as human beings we evolved by coming together around the fire... telling stories through singing songs... That’s how our ancestors made sense of the world and each other; that’s how they learned how to be...

Without wanting to sound crazy, I believe that music holds the mystery of being alive. These pieces, some of which are just a few minutes long, can do so much with so little. They become friends, they become teachers, they become magic carpets. I feel, in the company of the greatest music, recognized, seen, held. Engines of empathy, they allow us to travel without moving into other lives, other ages, other souls... To be human is to be awe-inspirable... We all

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Each week, readers will be challenged to expand their ability to listen in a new way, beginning by listening to their environment and culminating in learning to listen to silence. These weekly practices open up a new world of connection and fulfillment.

In a culture of bustle and constant sound, The Listening Path is a deeply necessary reminder of the power of truly hearing.

“In The Listening Path, Julia takes us into a completely different dimension of creativity: the ability to listen at deeper and deeper levels. As a lifelong student of the art of listening, I can tell you there is nothing quite like this book. I encourage you to read The Listening Path and make use of its life changing gifts.” —Gay Hendricks, author of The Big Leap readers regardless of their beliefs and backgrounds. As you journey through each week of the program you’ll explore prayers of petition, gratitude, creativity, and more. Along the way, the three beloved tools of The Artists Way—Morning Pages, Artist Dates, and Walks—are refreshed and reintroduced, to provide a proven, grounded framework for growth and development. Additionally, Cameron introduces a fourth tool, Writing Out Guidance. She believes this powerful practice will greatly aid aspiring artists.

“Both grounded and innovative, this book casts writing as praying on the page to everything larger than us. Bring your whole self to the journey of this book and you will touch the eternal link between creativity and spirituality. This book will help you come alive. It will help you play your instrument and sing your song.”

—Mark Nepo, author of Drinking from the River of Light “A master of her craft of giving to others what her inner guides have taught her, I promise you will come away from reading her new book, as I did, with renewed creative zest and energy, as well as insight into your own spiritual possibilities as a creative person.” —Judy Collins, Singer, Songwriter, Author

have a need for enchantment, a capacity for awe, a hunger for wonder. For people of all faiths or none, this music can contain all of that and more.

“Year of Wonder is an absolute treat—the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.” —Eddie Redmayne

Poetry, Writing & Memoir THE DHARMA BUM’S GUIDE TO WESTERN LITERATURE Finding Nirvana in the Classics

by Dean Sluyter

$25.50, paper. New World Library. 312 pages

This sly little book reveals the profound, often surprising ways the literature we love conveys the awakening we seek.

Suppose we could discover enlightenment teachings in Macbeth, The Catcher in the Rye, Moby-Dick, The Bluest Eye, and The Cat in the Hat... read Hemingway as haiku... learn mindfulness from Virginia Woolf and liberation from

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Frederick Douglass... see Dickinson and Whitman as Buddhas of poetry, and Huck Finn and Gatsby as seekers of the infinite.

Some of us were lucky enough to have one passionate, funny, inspiring English teacher who helped us fall in love with books. Add a lifetime of teaching Dharma—authentic, traditional approaches to meditation and awakening—and you get award-winning author Dean Sluyter. Dean has led and taught meditation in prisons and beyond for decades. His habit of finding enlightenment in unexpected places started at the age of twelve, when Mad magazine triggered his first glimpse of deep transcendence. He went on to discover how “Eastern” spirituality—the light of nirvana—illuminates all the big questions of birth and death, hope and despair, love and fear that Western literature explores.

With droll humor and irreverent wisdom, the Guide unpacks the Dharma of more than twenty major writers, from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss. It will inspire readers to deepen their own spiritual life and see literature in a fresh, new way: as a path of awakening.

“This book is Dead Poets Society meets the Buddha. Dean Sluyter has a miner’s gift for extracting nuggets of wisdom that no one else sees. I have no doubt that Blake, Salinger, Dickinson, and the rest of Sluyter’s all-star authors would be delighted to have their work appreciated from this deep level of enlightened insight — and joy.” —Philip Goldberg, author of Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times

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WHEN YOU’RE FALLING, DIVE Lessons in the Art of Living

women of Calama, Chile, digging for their disappeared, among countless others. Drawing insight and advice from these many heroic individuals, Matousek presents a chorus of wisdom for how to survive our own lives—the vicissitudes of being human—and prevail.

by Mark Matousek

$22.99, paper. Monkfish. 286 pages

Beautifully written, this life-saving classic from 2008 has been republished with a new preface by the author, in which he writes: “Barraged by apocalyptic news and with suicide, depression, and addiction rates soaring, many people are living as if braced for impact, like passengers on a hijacked plane, holding their breath, praying for a miracle...

How can we survive in a world where all things end— and pain is inevitable—without losing sanity, courage, or hope? How is it possible to forge strength from hardship, to become more resilient in the face of adversity?”

Drawing on twenty years’ experience in this field, using stories, parable, and scientific data, acclaimed memoirist Mark Matousek gives the first-ever comprehensive look at this mysterious phenomenon of viriditas, the power of drawing passion, beauty, and wisdom from the unlikeliest places. Matousek interviews hundreds of well-known survivors—including Joan Didion, Elie Wiesel, and Isabel Allende—and experts such as Jon Kabat-Zinn, Jonathan Kozol, and Sogyal Rimpoche.

He includes extraordinary testimonials, from a Tibetan nun imprisoned by the Chinese at age eleven and the

“How do you live?”... How does a person survive his own life, the ceaseless surprises, uncertainties, struggles, reroutings in strange, inconvenient directions?... What mysterious strength is it that enables us to outsmart “the terrorists within” (as one psychologist described them to me), those destructive maniacs under the skin—cynicism, despair, resignation, terror—that threaten to stop us in our tracks?...

As the world becomes more dangerous our need for such lessons only grows more urgent. There are great survivor artists among us whose lives stand as proof of this transformative power. As the reader will discover in the following pages, their strength is a precious, renewable resource available to anyone willing to learn.

Also by Mark Matousek: Writing to Awaken and Sex Death Enlightenment.

I wanted to write a spiritual book for worldly people—a doubt-filled, genre-busting, hybrid memoir that combines sacred and profane, holy and irreverent, sublime and ridiculous, as they’re mixed together in real life. But how to describe metaphysical insight without sounding fatuous, flaky, or fake?

by Mark Matousek

by David Whyte

$25.50, paper. Monkfish. 248 pages

$23.95, paper. Many Rivers.

156 pages, b/w photos, French flaps

The poems in Still Possible pay homage to the invisible passage of time—the deep, private current that wends through our lives as a steadfast companion, sculpting our interior worlds as inexorably and exquisitely as its visible manifestations. Whyte turns his eye, and his pen, to the possibilities and harvests this shaping reveals: the shyness and vulnerability of love, the illusion of imperfection, and the new invitations that beckon along the way.

The poems reflect an abiding faith in time’s wisdom: a journey turned away from in youth waits patiently for later maturity; an early experience ripens in secret to reveal, decades later, a full understanding.

Under Whyte’s poet-philosopher gaze, a rain-soaked day in an Irish farmhouse becomes a meditation on the essence of a truly good day: a settled contentment, alert and open to whatever may call. Plus, sheep, Seamus Heaney and a dog. Powerful language rests on a foundation of what isn’t said, a silence underpinning the eloquence of articulation. In this way, Still Possible hovers above the numinous and the unknowable—what we pray for, what we pass on, what mystery awaits and, in the end, what it might mean to be happy.

David new, longer poems in this purposely pocket-sized volume mark an unabashed soul conversation with a slyly instructive—and questioning—narrative arc.

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SEX DEATH ENLIGHTENMENT A True Story--(Now with a New Preface)

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My courageous life wants to be my foundation, showing me day after day even against my will,

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“It’s hard to know when you’re having a breakdown in New York City. The symptoms of living here, succeeding here, and losing your mind here are almost identical.” So begins Matousek’s balls-to-the-wall 1996 breakout memoir about leaving a fast-track publishing life (working for pop artist Andy Warhol at Interview Magazine) and hitting the dharma trail in search of a meaningful life and spiritual wisdom. Hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as “brave, beautiful, and brilliantly observed,” Sex Death Enlightenment became an international bestseller. Like Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat Pray Love and Paul Monette in Borrowed Time, Matousek takes the reader on an insightful, rollicking search for answers to life’s deepest questions in this landmark memoir.

In his new preface, Mark writes:

“Matousek takes you everywhere his title promises and then some. Sex Death Enlightenment is the most gripping and elegantly written memoir I’ve read in ages. It tugged me onward like the best suspense novel, though I couldn’t help lingering time and again to savor its wisdom.” –Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City “An extraordinarily articulate chronicle of how the sickness of our time can spawn spiritual awakening and compassion.” –Ram Dass, author of Be Here Now Also by the honest and eloquent Mark Matousek is Writing to Awaken.

WHAT WANTS TO COME THROUGH ME NOW Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali (Song Offerings)

how to invite the right kind of perilous love, how to find a way to die of generosity.

by Rabindranath Tagore --A New Translation/Version by Coleman Barks $32.00, paper. Fons Vitae. 136 pages

Among David Whyte’s many books of poetry are River Flow: New and Selected Poems, David Whyte: Essentials, and The Bell and the Blackbird.

Among his prose works are The Heart Aroused, Consolation, and The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship. See davidwhyte.com.

What drew Coleman Barks to bring his genius to the Gitanjali of Rabindranath Tagore? Speaking of these Song Offerings, Barks, known and loved for his exquisite transmissions of Rumi, opens us up to the heart of the Indian mystic, Tagore, whose writings have touched poets throughout the world.

In his introduction, Coleman Barks explains what inspired him to recreate the 1913 English translation (which, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats, won the Nobel Prize):

how to undo myself, how to surpass myself, how to laugh as I go in the face of danger

I am trying to rephrase his insights in language that does not cloud their brilliance. Tagore’s mysticism feels very simple and abundant (Yeats’ adjective for it), like Wordsworth’s, like Whitman’s. It is into that more current idiom that I am trying to place Tagore’s BRANCHES OF LIGHT

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Surely that work prepared me for Tagore. Something of a full circle is going on here.

As Barks writes in his lovely introduction to these 103 “song offerings,” “A human being can embody many different musics, and Rabindranath Tagore plays and sings a great many of them, in a lot of variations.”

The same living stream that runs in my veins runs in the wild rhythms of the world.

It breaks through the ground into grassblades, into waves of flowers and lifting leaf-branches, ebbing out and back in with the ocean tides of birthing and dying, night and day.

My arms and legs are made glorious with the passage of time, in the throb-dance of blood the fullness I feel this moment.

Yoga & the Hindu Traditions HoLLYwood to tHE HimALAYAS A Journey of Healing and Transformation

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Yoga Gems YoGA: tHE PAtH to HoLiStiC HEALtH The Definitive Step-by-Step Guide by b.K.S. iyengar

$52.00, cloth. dK. 432 pages, 8x10, colour photos

This classic is the only illustrated practical Iyengar yoga guide written by the master himself. Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health is the complete, authoritative teachings of Mr. Iyengar for mind, body, and health.

The book includes all the classic asanas, which are illustrated with 360° views of step-by-step sequences. There are also yoga sequences devoted to help ease the symptoms of more than 80 ailments, from asthma and arthritis to IBS and varicose veins. This edition’s new material includes a chapter of reportage-style photography focusing on the life and works of B.K.S. Iyengar (1918-2014), chronicling his path from a sickly childhood to a worldwide yoga authority.

Designed for every level of ability, age, and physical condition, there are detailed instructions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. Clearly illustrated step-by-step sequences explain how to perform each YoGA NidRA The iRest Meditative Practice for Deep Relaxation and Healing

by Sadhvi bhagawati Saraswati

$20.00, paper. mandala. 340 pp, colour photos

Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.

As a Stanford grad in the midst of getting a PhD in psychology, Sadhvi Saraswati was comfortable with her life. Despite years of grappling with an eating disorder and trauma from her early childhood, she felt as if she was successfully navigating her way through early adulthood. When she agreed to travel to India to appease her husband—and because she loved the food—Sadhvi would have never imagined that she would be embarking on a journey of healing and awakening.

Hollywood to the Himalayas describes Sadhvi’s odyssey towards divine enlightenment and inspiration through her extraordinary connection with her guru and renewed confidence in the pleasure and joy that life can bring.

Now one of the preeminent female spiritual teachers in the world, Sadhvi recounts her journey with wit, honesty, and clarity and, along the way, offers teachings to help us all step onto our own path of awakening and discover the truth of who we really are—embodiments of the Divine.

“A compelling account and an inside look at a great ashram, offering a Western woman’s remarkable odyssey of trust in Indian spiritual culture and her powerful healing journey.” —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart “What an extraordinary book! Sadviji’s writing is personal, funny, wry, loving, earnest, self-reflective and incredibly engaging. And her story! Wow! The journey from being in pieces to being at peace, from being a brilliant student at Stanford to living a life of devotion in India with her beloved teacher is a teaching for us all. Although we may not move to India, we can move from being hooked on our personalities to realizing what is and has always been breathing through us, loving us, blazing us. If one person can do and be this, so can we all.” —Geneen Roth, author of Women, Food, and God YoGA REvoLutioN Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion

by Jivana Heyman

$25.95, paper. Shambhala. 254 pages, b/w photos

Yoga is now a mainstream form of exercise across the West, and it is time to address the dissonance between the superficial way yoga is currently being practiced and the

by Richard miller

$24.99, paper. Sounds true. 160 pages

This new edition of an acclaimed guide is updated with the most current, research-supported iRest practices and insights.

One of the most enjoyable parts of a yoga class comes when we rest in shavasanathe “corpse” pose—to realize restoration, a sense of effortless joy, and a glimpse into our true nature as unqualified presence. How is this so? This experience, explains Richard Miller, is a manifestation of yoga nidra, the meditative state of mindbody union at the heart of all yoga practice.

In this updated edition of Yoga Nidra, master teacher and psychologist Richard Miller invites us to experience iRest—the ancient tantric path of yoga nidra, refined for today’s practitioners through ongoing psychology research. With clear instruction, new insights into the deeper roots of well-being, and online audio practices,

depth of yoga’s ancient universal spiritual teachings. In this clarion call to action, Jivana Heyman shares the ways that yoga is truly revolutionary—creating an inner revolution in our heart and mind, as well as an outer revolution in the form of service and social justice. He provides us with a framework he calls “Rainbow Mind” to bridge this gap and share a new vision of what yogic enlightenment can look like.

Having a Rainbow Mind requires open-heartedness, courage, and a fierce commitment to inclusivity and accessibility. It is about tackling the challenge that Arjuna faces in the Bhagavad Gita—”Should I act?”—and cultivating a state of mind that helps us figure out one of the hardest challenges of life: when to speak up and when to step back.

In Yoga Revolution, you will be introduced to the yogic mandate of seva—or acts of service that see, care for, and uplift those around us—as a way to serve the world without losing your way or making it about yourself—all while still maintaining your own self-care. Through practice prompts such as “Failure as a Practice” and stories from yoga teachers who are implementing seva, including Michelle Cassandra Johnson, Octavia Raheem, and Amber

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yoga asana, or posture, correctly, while a unique 360-degree view of the final pose shows exactly how to position each part of the body. The book has over 1900 photographs.

A special section introduces Mr. Iyengar’s innovative use of props, enabling beginners or the less flexible to practice the classic yoga asanas more easily and effectively. A comprehensive section on stress, breathing, and meditation techniques demonstrates how to counter the effects of the pressures of modern living and enhance physical, mental, and emotional well-being. In addition, there is a 20-week yoga course, personally formulated by Iyengar, which progresses from simple to more challenging postures.

This thoroughly practical guide to the most widely practiced form of yoga worldwide is written by its founder, B.K.S. Iyengar, whose first book on this subject, Light on Yoga, is still a bestseller. Iyengar was born in India in 1918, and he taught and demonstrated yoga since the age of 17. Today there are 180 Iyengar Yoga institutes in 40 countries worldwide.

Miller guides us step-by-step to discover: ♦ Deep relaxation and stress relief in any situation ♦ Healing from trauma, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain ♦ More restful and rejuvenating sleep ♦ Awakening to the oneness of our true nature, and much more Thousands worldwide have discovered the benefits of iRest in health centers, schools, community centers, yoga studios, correctional facilities, and military hospitals. Now, with this fully updated edition of Yoga Nidra, all of us have access to its many physical, emotional, and spiritual rewards.

Suitable for both beginners and advanced practitioners—but new to most Westerners—Yoga Nidra provides a way to experience the culmination of the art of yoga, and the deeper physical, emotional, and spiritual rewards that are its promise.

Richard Miller is co-founder of the International Association of Yoga Therapy.

Karnes, Heyman shows you what it means to serve, how to serve, and how to reject white supremacy through your service.

Our job is not to clear our mind through yoga practice, but rather to expand it so widely that it can embrace the entire universe.

“Yoga Revolution’s birth in the world is impeccably timed, as this is the moment in our shared history where we need a clear, grounded, and informed resource that can help us navigate the beliefs that keep us divided. I believe this book offers the necessary embodied tools that can lead to personal wholeness and the heart-centered wisdom that can guide us toward collective peace.”—Seane Corn, author of Revolution of the Soul mYtHS of tHE ASANAS The Stories at the Heart of the Yoga Tradition

by Alanna Kaivalya & Arjuna van der Kooij $29.99, paper. mandala. 222 pages 7x10, french flaps, colour illustrations

Many yoga practitioners explore the benefits of yoga through its poses, but did you know that the magic and mystery of yoga lie within the power of yogic mythology?

Myths of the Asanas was the first book to collect and retell the ancient tales of yogic myth to a modern audience, and

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The myths behind yoga’s spiritual tradition have the power to help students of all levels realize their full potential. Understanding the subtle whimsy and power of the child while in child’s pose gives us permission to recall forgotten dreams and find the power to manifest them now. Learning of the disabilities of the great sage Astavakra while attempting his arm-balance pose encourages us to understand how powerful we are when we recognize the strength that lies beyond any perceived limitations. Marveling at the monkey-god Hanuman’s devotion to his best friend, Ram, keeps us in alignment with our integrity during the hanumanasana splits pose as we dig deeply to discover the source of spiritual strength within ourselves.

If you are a yoga practitioner, you will bathe in the mythic wisdom of this book… These powerful myths have sustained the flow of yoga since the earliest recorded written history. These myths are some of the most profound understandings of universal consciousness. —Shiva Rea, from the foreword “Alanna and Arjuna move down an amazing road of story and myth that truly enhances our yogic lessons. Some of the nuances of ethics, posture, breath, and meditation can only be touched through metaphor and mythology and we thank them for taking us on this journey.“ —Rodney Yee, co-director, Piedmont Yoga

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New from Sharon Salzberg REAL CHANGE Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World

by Sharon Salzberg

In today’s fractured world we’re constantly flooded with breaking news that causes us anger, grief, and pain. In the face of this fear and anxiety people can feel so burnt out and overwhelmed that they end up frozen in their tracks and can’t do anything. In Real Change Sharon Salzberg, a leading expert in Loving-kindness and Mindfulness meditation, shares sage advice and indispensable techniques to help free ourselves from these negative feelings and actions. She teaches us that meditation is not a replacement for action, but rather a way to practice generosity with ourselves and summon the courage to reconnect to a movement that’s bigger than ourselves, and have the energy to stay active.

Consulting with veteran activists and social change agents in a variety of fields, Salzberg collects and shares their wisdom and offers the best practical advice to foster transformation in both ourselves and in society.

Real Change is the book I’ve been wanting to write for years, to explore the intersection between the activity of working toward change in the world and the clarity and compassion arising from mindfulness and loving-kindness practice. The book is organized to map out the journey we often take toward a more impactful and sustainable expression of our values: expanding our vision; embodying real efforts toward change; working with the anger and grief that accompany a clear-eyed look at pain; supporting ourselves and remembering joy in the midst of challenging realities; looking afresh at who counts, who matters; awakening discernment and insight; coming to balance and knowing peace.

These changemakers have generously allowed me to quote them in my efforts to convey how to navigate these waters of action and awareness in the healthiest ways possible. I want to share their

Real Change will help guide you with the fundamental principles and mindfulness practices that will lead to the clarity and confidence that lets us lift a foot and take our next step into a better world.

EmbRACiNG YouR bouNdLESS HEARt Cultivating Lovingkindness, Gratitude, and Joy New on CD $34.99, 4 Cds. Sounds true. 3 hours, 20 minutes

Acclaimed meditation teacher and author Sharon Salzberg guides us step by step into four essential qualities for awakening love.

by Stephen batchelor

$19.95, paper. Yale. 198 pages

When world renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor turned sixty, he took a sabbatical from his teaching and turned his attention to solitude, a practice integral to the meditative traditions he has long studied and taught.

He aimed to venture more deeply into solitude, discovering its full extent and depth.

This beautiful literary collage documents his multifaceted explorations.

Spending time in remote places, appreciating and making art, practicing meditation and participating in retreats, drinking peyote and ayahuasca, and training himself to keep an open, questioning mind have all contributed to Batchelor’s ability to be simultaneously alone and at ease. Mixed in with his personal narrative are inspiring stories from solitude’s devoted practitioners, from the Buddha to Montaigne, and from Vermeer to Agnes Martin.

While this book recounts—sometimes explicitly, sometimes implicitly—the inner story of my own struggle with Buddhism, and while I continue to draw on sources and themes from that tradition, I do not consider The Art of Solitude to be a Buddhist book.

I am not interested in presenting a Buddhist interpretation of solitude. I want to share with you what practitioners of solitude, from varied backgrounds, disciplines, and traditions, have reported back from the coalface of their practice.

In a hyperconnected world that is at the same time plagued by social isolation, this book shows how to enjoy the inescapable solitude that is at the heart of human life.

“The Art of Solitude is a marvel. Carefully constructed and entirely original, it sings with a haunting melody of wistful contemplation. Reading it is a true joy.” —Mark Epstein,

To help tame our inner landscape or chaos, Salzberg offers savvy mindfulness practices that will help readers cultivate a sense of agency and stay engaged in the long-term struggle for social change.

$25.99, paper. Picador. 228 pages

by Sharon Salzberg

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insights and stories. We make this journey together.

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Love, for ourselves and for others, can transform our lives. Yet, it takes courage to open our hearts— and it also takes practice.

With this complete audio learning program, Sharon is here to help us. Through insightful and inspiring teachings, including sixteen guided practices, listeners will learn to break out of separation and numbness, to

experience greater kindness within and with others. This program leads us there through the four life-changing virtues taught by the Buddha: lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.

In countless moments, opportunities arise for us to ignore our suffering or to support ourselves, to envy another’s joy or to resonate with them, to turn away or to connect. Embracing Your Boundless Heart opens the way for us to amplify love in ourselves and with our families, co-workers, communities, and even to those we struggle with the most.

This program was originally presented in Tricycle magazine’s online course Boundless Heart. Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and author of several books, including Real Change.

author of Thoughts Without a Thinker Among Stephen Batchelor’s other books are After Buddhism and Confession of a Buddhist Atheist.

SAtiPAttHANA mEditAtioN A Practice Guide

by Analayo

$29.50, paper. windhorse. 234 pages, french flaps

From the Buddhist meditator and scholar, Bhikkhu Anlayo, this is a thorough-going guide to the early Buddhist teachings on Satipatthana, the foundations of mindfulness, following on from his two best-selling books, Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization and Perspectives on Satipatthana. With mindfulness being so widely taught, there is a need for a clear-sighted and experience-based guide. Analayo provides it.

“Analayo has developed a simple and straightforward map of practice instructions encompassing all four satipatthanas—the body, feelings, mind, and dharmas—that build upon one another in a coherent and comprehensive path leading to the final goal.” —Joseph Goldstein, co-founder of Insight Meditation Society

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In the mode of practice presented here, awareness of the whole body serves as a reference point throughout. This can be further enhanced by including the process of breathing as an aspect of this experience of the whole body. Another tool for maintaining momentum of practice is the joy of being in the present moment and familiarity with the texture of the mind when mindfulness is present…

The four satipatthanas can coalesce into a single mode of practice that in principle can be undertaken in any situation during everyday life, as long as we establish whole-body awareness. Based on such grounding in bodily reality, we can become aware of the repercussions of what is happening on the feeling and mental level, and in some way arouse insight, such as, for example, by noting the impermanent nature of what is taking place. In this way daily-life experiences and formal meditation can enhance each other and in conjunction lead to balanced and sustained progress along the direct path to realization.

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HOW THE SWANS CAME TO THE LAKE A Narrative History of Buddhism in America

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by Rick Fields

$39.95, paper. Shambhala. 540 pages, b/w photos

Just a few generations since their introduction, Buddhist practice and philosophy have become commonplace in the Western world. Westerners practice and teach all main Buddhist traditions, and Buddhism has been the foremost contributor to the widespread appeal of mindfulness and meditation. In this groundbreaking work, Rick Fields synthesizes centuries of history to offer a complete look at the origins of Buddhist practice and its spread to the West. How the Swans Came to the Lake opens with a survey of Asian Buddhist history, including the life of the Buddha and the spread of his teachings from India to Southeast Asia, China, Tibet, Japan, and elsewhere. Coming to the modern era, the book tracks how Western colonialism in Asia served as the catalyst for the first large-scale interactions between Buddhists and Westerners.

Writing clearly and with infectious enthusiasm, Fields discusses the development of Buddhism in the West through key moments such as Transcendentalist fascination with Eastern religions, immigration of Chinese and Japanese people to the United States, the writings of D. T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, and writers from the Beat movement, the publication of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, the arrival of Tibetan lamas in America and Europe, and the influence of Western feminist and social justice movements on Buddhist practice. In this fortieth anniversary edition, a new introduction and bibliography, as well as updates to the photo sections, have been added to reflect on the impact of this book since its initial publication and to address the changes in Western Buddhist practice in the last thirty years. As the most definitive work available on Western Buddhism, this book is an indispensable resource for readers of history and Buddhist practitioners alike.

When we read How the Swans Came to the Lake today, we will see reflections of the potential for transformation and liberation promised by the waves of teachers and teachings that reached the American shores between the end of the nineteenth century and the end of the twentieth century. If we read well, we will also see reflections of the American demons of racism, patriarchy, imperialism, and greed that remain deeply embedded in the fabric of our nation.

Forty years after its publications, How the Swans Came to the Lake is a beautifully constructed mirror through which we might lock eyebrows with our ancestors again and again. —Benjamin Bogin, from the introduction “I found this engaging book literally crammed with the sort of lively and accurate information which I had for years been longing to find assembled. The leading characters emerge with a quality of independence and individuation that certainly dispels any stereotype of the Buddhist practitioner, teacher, or layman.” —Nancy Wilson Ross WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES Skillfully Moving through Change, Loss, and Disruption

by Kaira Jewel Lingo

$19.50, paper. Parallax. 176 pages

We all go through times when it feels like the ground is being pulled out from under us. What we relied on as steady and solid may change or even appear to vanish. In this era of global disruption, threats to our individual, social, and planetary safety abound, and at times life can feel overwhelming. Not only are loss and separation painful, but even positive changes can cause great stress.

Yet life is full of change: birth, death, marriage, divorce; a new relationship; losing or starting a job; beginning a new phase in life or ending one. Change is stressful, even

THE DEEPEST PEACE Contemplations from a Season of Stillness

along the river water that flows in their heads. Mountains move in the stillness while hermits let free one breath and then another. This is the magic that comes from sipping on silence...

It takes a lifetime to allow nature to take over, to make life’s activity surrendering to the earth from which we came and will return to. There’s so much stripping down to do. Afterward, there is loving the raw material that is left of us. We must get used to how it feels and looks.

by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

$21.95, paper. Parallax. 153 pp, b/w illustrations

A beautiful glimpse into the daily practice of a modern contemplative woman, The Deepest Peace reveals moments of stunning clarity from the eyes of a “Zen Buddhist priest, teacher, artist, and drum medicine woman.”

Through silence, stillness, and practice, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel transmits how it is possible to cultivate and experience peace.

The hermit doesn’t have to be tucked in a cave.

They can slip into their own inner mountain. And they don’t have to wait to be enlightened. They’re there as soon as the sweet taste of silence touches their lips and they discover a deep hunger for peace or a yearning for the state of being unborn that was never forgotten. Hermits feast on morning dew until their eyes glisten and their bellies are full of sky. They stagger to the next place to sit, allowing the sun to come through their hands and the trees to breathe them. Finally, the heart flower opens

While there is suffering in the world and in each of us, there is also the possibility and the experience of peace. As Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, a Zen priest who has written at length on race, gender, sexual orientation, and homelessness, writes in the introduction: “I have testified many times of my suffering. Before I die, I must speak of peace.” The Deepest Peace is a poetic, lyrical ode to the ways contemplative practice illuminates daily life. It is at once a window into Zenju’s personal practice, and an invitation to begin and continue our own.

Also by her is The Way of Tenderness and The Shamanic Bones of Zen.

THE SHAMANIC BONES OF ZEN Revealing the Ancestral Spirit and Mystical Heart of a Sacred Tradition

tions to this practice of ritual and ceremony. The ancestors needed me to be still and breathe as they approached with what they had to offer my life.

by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

$24.95, paper. Shambhala. 174 pages

In The Shamanic Bones of Zen, Buddhist teacher Zenju Earthlyn Manuel undertakes a rich exploration of the connections between contemporary Zen practice and shamanic, or indigenous, spirituality. Drawing on her personal journey with the black church, with African, Caribbean, and Native American ceremonial practices, and with Nichiren and Zen Buddhism, she builds a compelling case for discovering and cultivating the shamanic, or magical, elements in Buddhism—many of which have been marginalized by colonialist and modernist forces in the religion.

Displaying reverence for the Zen tradition, creativity in expressing her own intuitive seeing, and profound gratitude for the guidance of spirit, Manuel models the path of a seeker unafraid to plumb the depths of her ancestry and face the totality of the present. The book conveys guidance for readers interested in developing practices of ritual in their own lives, such as preparing a sanctuary, engaging in chanting practices, and deepening embodiment with ceremony.

I often felt my ancestors at ease with my practice of Zen. I felt they had led me through other tradi-

when it is much desired or anticipated—the unknown can feel scary and threatening. In We Were Made for These Times, the extraordinary mindfulness teacher Kaira Jewel Lingo imparts accessible advice on navigating difficult times of transition, drawing on Buddhist teachings on impermanence to help you establish equanimity and resilience. Each chapter in We Were Made for These Times holds an essential teaching and meditation, unfolding a step-by-step process to nurture deeper freedom and stability in daily life.

Time-honored teachings will help you develop ease, presence, and self-compassion, supporting you to release the fear and doubt that hold you back.

A Buddhist nun in Plum Village for 15 years, the author now lives in New York, where she teaches mindfulness fulltime.

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“This extraordinary book, rich in content and feeling, is a revelation on Buddhism’s secret life source and the ineffable power of ritual. Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel’s gift to practitioners is to return all of us to the great beauty of practice and the mystery of ceremony through the shining lens of the ancient practice of shamanism.”—Joan Halifax, author of Being with Dying “This book will turn your conception of Zen inside out. Following on scholarly work on Buddhist Modernism (the Western attempt to ‘clean up’ Buddhism for a secular scientific audience), The Shamanic Bones of Zen pulls us back us to the sacred depth of BuddhaDharma, reclaiming Buddhism’s original, and, perhaps, subversive spirit of connection to earth, mystery, and soul. Informed by the diverse and intensely intuitive spiritual practice she engaged in before she came to Zen, Manuel’s thorough reframing of the tradition is eye-opening, poetic, and inspiring. The book ends with her original liturgical poems, texts I hope will be chanted in Zen centers some day.” —Norman Fischer, author of When You Greet Me I Bow

ZEN ROOTS The First Thousand Years: Nine Sutras and Texts

translated with commentaries by Red Pine $23.00, paper. Counterpoint. 278 pages

Including new translations by Red Pine of nine texts from the first thousand years of Zen, this collection of sacred Buddhist texts with refreshed commentary is made to be carried with you. It will weather well.

Dating from the middle of the second century BC to the middle of the ninth century AD, Zen Roots includes the Heart, the Diamond, and the Platform sutras, selections from the Vimalakirti and Lankavatara sutras, Bodhidharma’s Principles & Practice, Sengcan’s Trusting the Mind, Yongjia’s Song of Enlightenment, and Huangbo’s Transmission of the Mind.

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♦ These translations are accompanied by introductions and enough notes to explain what needs explaining but not so many as to get in the way. Sized for toting with you, this collection is the perfect companion for travel, to introduce to the higher elevations, or just read in the backyard.

The Master said, “Don’t avoid anything all day long, and don’t be confused by what happens around you.

Only then can you finally be called your own master.

Also, at all times and with every thought, don’t pay attention to appearances or to the past, the present, or the future. Since the past doesn’t go, and the present doesn’t stay, and the future doesn’t come, sit there quietly and let things change without getting in the way. Only then can you be called a liberated person. Work hard.” —from Huangbo’s Transmission of the Mind Red Pine is an acclaimed translator, and his published works include four major Buddhist texts. His translator’s foreword concludes with these words: “I was hoping this book would be smaller. But one old friend led to another.

It is, though, just words. Don’t let them distract you from what’s important.”

THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS AND WEEDS A New Translation and Commentary on the Blue Cliff Record

by Matthew Juksan Sullivan

$79.50, cloth. Monkfish. 525 pages

For centuries, The Blue Cliff Record has stood as one of the preeminent scriptures of the Zen Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, and Korea. However, until now there has been no published commentary by a contemporary Zen Master to assist readers in understanding its counterintuitive and sometimes baffling teachings. The Garden of Flowers and Weeds draws on contemporary scholarship and the author’s extensive experience with Zen in order to offer new insights for sophisticated students who are hoping to uncover the secrets of the Koan tradition. At the same time, The Garden is jargon-free and uses personal stories to appeal to readers who are new to Buddhism.

The theme of the book is simple: Accepting the unenlightened self with all its flaws is the most profound form of enlightenment. Even with this clarity, finding a path into these old Zen stories is a challenge. They are designed to be roadblocks to intellectual understanding. Using personal memoire, the oral teachings of Zen, and meditation instruction, The Garden assists the reader in approaching the dialogues as spiritual exercises. The Blue Cliff Record contains an explosive power, but you can only access it by integrating its wisdom into your everyday experiences. As Zen Master Nanquan said, “Ordinary mind is the Way.” If you find yourself baffled and frustrated, it means that you are on the right track. As Great Master Ma once said, “The very mind that does not understand: that is it! There is nothing else.” The passkey to The Blue Cliff Record is reading it in conjunction with meditation. Silent sitting is the source and endpoint of everything the book contains.

“A gift from a Korean Zen lineage, these Blue Cliff Record koans are succinctly rendered, pared down to gleaming white bones in life-giving commentaries. Through the clear eyes and deft hands of Zen Master Matthew Juksan Sullivan, you will meet yourself in koan after koan, each one challenging you to enter the portals of your very own life as only you can. The Zen Ancestors’ heart wisdom rendered here is a sharp blade, cutting through thick layers of self-absorption and propelling you into the immediacy of benefitting the lives around you.” —Wendy Egyoku Nakao, co-author, The Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments

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Bright Punk Zen THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO MEET BUDDHA Masks, Meditation & Improvised Play to Induce Liberated States

the narrative is a lighthearted parable of an out-of-work Lone Ranger and Tonto, who meet Buddha and experience spiritual awakening. Illuminating the lessons of maskwork, the transformation of the Lone Ranger mirrors that of the individual pursuing this practice.

by Peter Coyote

$21.50, paper. Inner Traditions.

176 pages, b/w illustrations

Sharing a series of mindfulness techniques and acting exercises that show how malleable the self can be, award-winning actor, narrator, and Zen Buddhist priest Peter Coyote reveals how to use masks, meditation, and improvisation to free yourself from fixed ideas of who you think you are and help you release your ego from constant defensive strategizing, calm the mind’s overactivity, and allow spontaneous playfulness to arise out of your deepest nature. Developed through 40 years of research and personal study, Coyote’s synthesis of mask-based improv games and Zen practices is specifically designed to create an ego-suppressed state, akin to the mystical experiences of meditation or the spiritual awakenings of psychedelics. After preparatory exercises, seeing yourself in a mask will temporarily displace your familiar self and the spirit of the mask will take over.

Likening the liberated state induced by mask-work to Enlightenment-lite, Coyote draws on Buddhist philosophy to describe how and why the exercises work as well as how to make your newly awakened and confident self part of daily life. In true Zen form, woven throughout THE OTHER SIDE OF NOTHING The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being

by Brad Warner

$26.95, paper. New World Library. 312 pages

A real, relatable, and reader-friendly guide to Zen Buddhist ethics for modern times. In the West, Zen Buddhism has a reputation for paradoxes that defy logic. In particular, the Buddhist concept of nonduality—the realization that everything in the universe forms a single, integrated whole—is especially difficult for many of us to “get.” In The Other Side of Nothing, Zen teacher Brad Warner untangles the mystery and explains nonduality in plain English. To Warner, this is not just a philosophical problem: nonduality forms the bedrock of Zen ethics, and once we comprehend it, many of the perplexing aspects of Zen suddenly make sense.

Drawing on decades of Zen practice, he traces the interlocking relationship between Zen metaphysics and ethics, showing how a true understanding of reality and

Tibetan Buddhism THE HEALING POWER OF LOVING-KINDNESS A Guided Buddhist Meditation

A visceral experience of an alternate self will make you wonder what suddenly happened to the old you. Like a psychedelic drug trip... the experience will end when you remove the mask. However, a residue will remain, a palpable feeling that the world is more magical and boundless than you had conceived. The Zen practices explained in the book’s second half will teach you how to recover those positive experiences and bind them to your life as permanent habits...

The mystical moments are not the goal but serve as signposts, acknowledging the right direction and providing encouragement to remain on the path.

“This pithy book is flat-out brilliant. It weaves together deep Buddhist teaching, the magic of improv and mask work, and a compelling dialogue between three iconic characters, each of whom represent an aspect of the spiritual path. Only Peter Coyote in all his facets and talents could have written this book. I’m glad he did.” — Lewis Richmond, author of Every Breath, New Chances the ultimate unity of all things instills in us a sense of responsibility for the welfare of all beings. When we realize that our feeling of separateness from others is illusory, we have no desire to harm any creature.

Warner tackles his subject with verve, wit, and a dash of loopy humor, always handling heavy themes with a light touch. In clear and simple language, he illustrates Zen principles by using personal stories, Western psychology, and traditional Buddhist parables (with an occasional nod to pop culture). He also introduces readers to fundamental Buddhist doctrines such as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path and then discusses their relevance to present-day concerns. The result is an expansive overview of the Zen ethos that will give beginners and experts alike a deeper understanding of one of the world’s most enduring spiritual traditions.

Another recent book by Brad Warner is Letters to a Dead Friend about Zen.

program guides meditators through the steps of visualizing Avalokitesvara, generating devotion to the ideals he embodies, and radiating loving-kindness to all beings in the universe.

by Tulku Thondup

$22.95, paper. Shambhala. 136 pages

From the author of The Healing Power of Mind, this accessible guide to Tibetan Buddhist loving-kindness meditation includes downloadable guided audio meditations.

All Buddhist traditions teach that the practice of loving-kindness can transform our lives. Here, Tulku Thondup offers a step-by-step guide to a Tibetan Buddhist approach to loving-kindness meditation, which focuses on connecting to Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. Dividing the practice into twelve simple steps, this book provides everything readers need to uncover their innate joy and compassion. The accompanying downloadable audio

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Compassion & Heart-Essence IN PRAISE OF GREAT COMPASSION by the Dalai Lama

$39.95, paper. Wisdom. 304 pp, b/w illustrations

In Praise of Great Compassion, the fifth volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, continues the Dalai Lama’s teachings on the path to awakening. While previous volumes focused on our present situation and taking responsibility for creating the causes for the happiness we seek, this volume is about opening our hearts to others and generating the compassion, joy, and fortitude to make our lives meaningful by benefiting them.

We are embedded in a universe with other beings, all of whom have been kind to us in one way or another.

More than any other time in human history, we depend on one another to stay alive and flourish. We are sometimes oblivious to their kindness, or take it for granted, which leads to feelings of discontent. But when we look closely, it becomes apparent that we have been the recipient of great kindness and naturally we want to repay it.

To do this, we begin by cultivating a positive attitude DZOGCHEN Heart Essence of the Great Perfection

toward others by contemplating the four immeasurables—immeasurable love, compassion, empathic joy, and equanimity—and the altruistic intention of bodhicitta. We learn to challenge the self-centered attitude that leads to misery and replace it with a more realistic perspective enabling us to remain emotionally balanced in good and bad times.

In this way, all circumstances become favorable to the path to awakening.

“The Buddha’s journey to full awakening could have ended with liberation, but his infinite compassion in the face of the suffering of all beings led him to continue his journey by sharing what he had learned with others. In this fifth volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, the Dalai Lama explores in depth just how central compassion and empathy are to the path to awakening. It’s a comprehensive look at the teachings on compassion in every Buddhist tradition and is wonderfully complemented by the reflections and meditation suggestions of his co-author, Thubten Chodron.”— Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Change of a river... When stillness occurs, it is the dharmakaya’s own face, and when movement arises, it is the inherent power of wisdom.

by the Dalai Lama

$28.95, paper. Shambhala. 272 pages

This is the first complete book by the Dalai Lama on the widely practiced Buddhist system of Dzogchen.

Throughout beginningless time, there has always been present, within us all, a pure awareness—that indwelling rigpa... that fundamental innate mind of clear light.

There is no other means apart from that fundamental and innate state itself, which is therefore the essence of the path...

Phenomena... in all their variety, must be allowed to subside into the space of the mind of clear light...

Any given state of consciousness is permeated by the clear light of rigpa’s pure awareness... In a natural state of rest, all the time and in any situation,… your meditation is like the continuous flow

THE GUIDE TO ENLIGHTENMENT Why the Teacher Still Matters in Buddhism Today

by Allison Choying Zangmo & Carolyn Kanjuro $23.95, paper. Shambhala. 140 pages

Navigate the transformative potential of the student-teacher relationship with advice and personal stories from two female Buddhist teachers with decades of experience working with spiritual guides.

Taking a spiritual path that genuinely transforms our lives is no easy task. It engages the deepest parts of ourselves, and there are many pitfalls and ravines that can carry us away on this sometimes treacherous path. A spiritual guide who is genuine and experienced is vital for navigating such obstacles—someone to give perspective, someone to trust, someone to light the way. The teacher-student relationship has been a core part of Buddhism from the time of the Buddha and his first disciples over 2,500 years ago, and it continues to be central to navigating a spiritual path of meditation and reflection.

In this intimate collection of personal stories and advice, Allison Choying Zangmo and Carolyn Kanjuro team up to reflect on their experiences as lifelong practitioners of Buddhism, their own relationships with their partners who are also their spiritual guides, and the transformative

HOW TO FACE DEATH WITHOUT FEAR A Handbook

by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

$37.95, paper. Wisdom. 415 pages

Lama Zopa Rinpoche provides detailed advice on how best to prepare ourselves to face the inevitable end of our own and our loved ones’ lives with courage, grace, and a mind free of fear. With great care, Rinpoche explains what to do in the months, weeks, and days that precede death, as well as how to handle the moment itself, and he provides the mantras, prayers, and meditations that must follow the death of a loved one.

The book includes guidance for many powerful practices, making this an essential reference for Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, caregivers, hospice workers, and chaplains.

This new edition has been restructured to make it easier for the reader to navigate and find which of 87 total practices they need, when they need it. It addresses the diverse scenarios we may find ourselves in, such as sudden death and organ donation, and it gives adaptations in the cases of the death of meditators, of non-Buddhists, and of beloved pets.

Those who are mourning the prospect of a loved one’s impending death will find in this book deep solace, with its wealth of rituals for making their ultimate transition a time of joy and meaning.

When suddenly one day one of your loved ones dies and you don’t know what to do to help, you’ll feel so confused, so lost. This made me think that knowing how to help others at the time of death is such important education to have. By providing the right support, the right environment, you can help your loved one die peacefully, with virtuous thoughts, and thus have a good rebirth…

In the first half of the book, the Dalai Lama explains the essence of Dzogchen practice and addresses questions such as why Dzogchen is called the “pinnacle of all vehicles,” what are its special features, and what are the crucial principles of the other Buddhist paths which a Dzogchen practitioner should know.

The second half of the book sets Dzogchen within the wider spectrum of Tibetan Buddhism as a whole.

The Dalai Lama goes so far as to say that the view of the fundamental innate mind of clear light offers real help in understanding the fundamental unity of all the different traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. This is a book of uncommon richness, and a remarkable testimony to His Holiness’ learning, insight and many-sided genius.

power of the student-teacher relationship. As both students and leaders in their Buddhist communities, Allison and Carolyn possess clear insights into how we can successfully interpret traditional Buddhist understandings of spiritual mentorship for today’s world. From guidance on how to find a teacher to how to face issues of miscommunication and confrontation, Kanjuro and Zangmo help readers consider their own goals and emotional boundaries as a starting point for building a positive new spiritual connection.

“Painful revelations in many sanghas, especially over the past few years, have left some wondering what a guru is good for these days. The authors highlight the essential role that student-teacher relationships have held throughout history and provide personal stories to help readers find the right teacher and navigate this complex connection.” —Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

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Finally there is the clear light, like dawn in autumn.

This is appearing, but there is also the wisdom understanding emptiness… The vision of clear light is totally empty of existing from its own side…

While you are holding the mind in this, have another tiny part of your mind look at how your I appears…

There’s a way that we usually believe in the I, the self; there’s a certain feeling, a way that we view it…

You have to be very skillful, very careful. So, slowly, within the state of the clear light vision, try to check up on this I, this self.

Concentrate on that.

See and feel that your whole body is made of trillions of particles. Each particle is a particle of light—luminous, radiant, and boundless. Each particle is filled with blissful heat and the light of loving-kindness of the Buddha. Then enjoy…

Especially, feel the presence of the Buddha of Loving-Kindness in your own heart center—the center of your body and your feelings. He is radiating a boundless body of light—the light of unconditional love and omniscient wisdom filling your body and all beings with blissful heat. This is the main source of your blessings of loving-kindness for others.

—Tulku Thondup, from The Healing Power of Loving-Kindness

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Wakeful Women HOW TO MEDITATE A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind

by Pema Chodron

mind, and that is done through meditation.

Working with our mind is the only means through which with the world that we live in.

New in Paperback

$21.99, paper. Sounds True. 168 pages

When we look for a meditation teacher, we want someone who has intimate knowledge of the path. That’s why so many have turned to Pema Chödrön, whose gentle yet straightforward guidance has been a lifesaver for both first-time and experienced meditators.

With How to Meditate, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun presents her first book that explores in-depth what she considers the essentials for a lifelong practice.

I think ultimately why we practice is so that we can become completely loving people, and this is what the world needs.

More of us are beginning to recognize a profound inner longing for authenticity, connection, compassion, and aliveness. Meditation, Pema explains, gives us a golden key to address this yearning. This comprehensive guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind to embrace the fullness of our experience.

When something is bothering you—a person is bugging you, a situation is irritating you, or physical pain is troubling you—you must work with your THE WAKEFUL BODY Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom

by Willa Blythe Baker

$24.95, paper. Shambhala. 194 pages

From a Tibetan Buddhist teacher—an expert in somatic meditation—here’s a highly practical and approachable guide to somatic meditation with easy practices for accessing the body’s inherent mindfulness.

In The Wakeful Body, author Willa Blythe Baker offers down-to-earth practices such as “Surrendering to the Breath” and “Befriending Feelings” to help readers tap into the wisdom of the body, where the body becomes the source of mindfulness.

The Wakeful Body introduces meditation practice as the cultivation of a way of being, rather than a way of doing.

It is a way of being that is self-aware, self-compassionate, and embodied. This way of being is not limited to practice on the cushion or on the yoga mat—somatic mindfulness is available at any moment, activated by attention to the body’s wisdom and its teachings.

As I came home to the body, the teachings of Buddhism helped me discern between the body of concepts and the body of feeling, and they would show me how to work with both. This book is an expression of where I have landed, and it reflects how I currently teach meditation and mindfulness. I have

Chinese Medicine & Martial Arts QIGONG THROUGH THE SEASONS How to Stay Healthy All Year with Qigong, Meditation, Diet, and Herbs

by Ronald Davis

$33.95, paper. Singing Dragon.

240 pages, 7x9, b/w illustrations

Within the holistic framework of the Daoist way, Ronald Davis provides a comprehensive and straightforward guide to the principles and practice of actively living in

She teaches: ♦ The basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to working with your breath and cultivating an attitude of unconditional friendliness ♦ The Seven Delights—how moments of difficulty can become doorways to awakening and love ♦ Shamatha (or calm abiding), the art of stabilizing the mind to remain present with whatever arises ♦ Thoughts and emotions as “sheer delight”—instead of obstacles—in meditation.

So if you ask why we meditate, I would say it’s so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment... So meditation helps us cultivate this feeling of no big deal, not as a cynical statement, but as a statement of humor and flexibility.

You’ve seen it all, and seeing it all allows you to love it all.

Pema Chödrön is the author of many books including When Things Fall Apart and The Places That Scare You. She serves as resident teacher at Gampo Abbey Monastery in Nova Scotia.

See gampoabbey.org.

come to believe that an authentic human path of spirituality inevitably winds back to the body. There, and only there, will awakening occur.

Discover the three layers of embodiment, from the earth body of flesh and blood, the subtle body of sensory experience and emotion, and the awareness body of consciousness. The three parts of this book explore these layers through turning attention to the physical, energetic, and mental dimensions of human experience. By diving deep into the body, readers will find that they already have what they need.

Concentration, wisdom, compassion, kindness, and joy are waiting there.

“The Wakeful Body is a wisdom treasure bringing forth the insights, life stories, hidden teachings, and practice pathways on how to tend the ‘agriculture of the soul,’ including knots, entanglements, and uprooting embodied suffering toward liberation and integration. Lama Willa’s experience and collection of teachings on the power of flow, dance, and movement practices in Tibetan Buddhist traditions is a rare treasure offered by a pioneering teacher with great benefit to all. Emaho!

A classic is born for future generations.” —Shiva Rea, founder of Samudra Global School of Living Yoga and author of Tending the Heart Fire

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season he provides a Qigong specific for the season, meditations, herbal information, and dietary recommendations with simple recipes to support the functions of the organ in focus in that season. This accessible program of Qigong for the seasons will be of interest to anyone seeking a healthy life, students of Qigong at any level, and the seasonal emphasis makes this an excellent quick reference for Qigong teachers.

In his foreword Kenneth Cohen writes, It is about the skills (gong) necessary to cultivate and harmonize with the energies of life (Qi). These energies change and cycle over time... “Staying tuned to the rhythms of life makes beautiful music,” Dr. Davis reminds us... He has spent enough time living outdoors to have learned the lessons of Yin and Yang, cold and heat, and humility in the face of majestic mountains and powerful thunderstorms... The earth is a theme Dr. Davis returns to again and again, for it is the symbolic center of the four seasons and five elements or “phases.”

“This book is a refreshing, elegant, and in-depth coverage of qigong for health. Accessible and yet profound, it is a complete joy to read. Good for seasoned practitioners or anyone interested in a healthy life, it translates ancient wisdom into a compelling and relevant model for health in today’s world.” —Suzann Duquette, Daoist-Qigong Instructor THE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF MARTIAL ARTS Exploring the Connections Between the Cognitive, Physical, and Spiritual Aspects of Martial Arts

by Alex Tong

$33.95, paper. North Atlantic. 368 pages, 7x9, 58 b/w photos

Through the practice of martial arts, a person can realize their full potential—not only in body, but in mind and spirit. The Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts shows readers how. Author, sensei, and biomedical scientist Alex W. Tong delves into the physical, mental, and spiritual components of martial arts and integrates contemporary sports psychology, kinesiology, and neuroscience into a nuanced and illuminating understanding of what martial arts practice can be.

Structured into three sections, Tong discusses: ♦ The Mind: The dao of martial arts, mental tranquility, contemporary neuroscience, and warming up the brain ♦ The Body: Posture and stance, breathing in martial arts, and the physics of mastery and effort ♦ The Spirit: Soul, spirit, and moving zen; nature and manifestations of the spirit Each section includes observations on martial arts origins, physiology, and tangible results of martial arts training. Blending traditional and contemporary approaches, knowledge, and research, The Science and Philosophy of Martial Arts builds a vision of practice that elevates physical performance, awareness, decisiveness, and strength of spirit.

harmony with the seasonal energetic changes throughout the year. The program focuses on the importance of Qigong, meditation, and diet to support good mental and physical health.

The author—an acupuncturist, chiropractor and teacher who has ben practicing qigong since 1986—includes clear explanations of the theory underlying this approach to a healthy life, including the Five Phases of Change (Five Elements) of Chinese Medicine, the body’s Qi system of channels and reservoirs, and the concept of chronobiology. For each

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Health, Healing & Ayurveda THE WIM HOF METHOD Activate Your Full Human Potential

by Wim Hof

Wim Hof has a message for each of us: You can literally do the impossible. You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your physiology so you can thrive in any stressful situation. With The Wim Hof Method, this trailblazer of human potential shares a method that anyone can use— young or old, sick or healthy—to supercharge their capacity for strength, vitality, and happiness.

Wim has become known as The Iceman for his astounding physical feats, such as spending hours in freezing water and running barefoot marathons over deserts and ice fields. Yet his most remarkable achievement is not any record-breaking performance—it is the creation of a method that thousands of people have used to transform their lives.

In his gripping and passionate style, Wim shares his method and his story, including: ♦ Breath—Wim’s unique practices to change your body chemistry, infuse yourself with energy, and focus your mind ♦ Cold—Safe, controlled, shock-free practices for using cold exposure to enhance your cardiovascular system and awaken your body’s untapped strength ♦ Mindset—Build your willpower, inner clarity, sensory awareness, and innate joyfulness in the miracle of living ♦ Science—How users of this method have redefined what is medically possible in study after study ♦ Health—True stories and testimonials from people using the method to overcome disease and chronic illness ♦ Performance—Increase your endurance, improve recovery time, up your mental game, and more ♦ Wim’s Story—Follow Wim’s inspiring personal journey of discovery, tragedy, and triumph ♦ Spiritual Awakening—How breath, cold, and mindset can reveal the beauty of your soul.

Wim Hof is a man on a mission: to transform the way we live by reminding us of our true power and purpose.

This is how we will change the world, one soul at a time. We alter the collective consciousness by awakening to our own boundless potential. We are limited only by the depth of our imagination and the strength of our conviction.

If you’re ready to explore and exceed the limits of your own potential, The Wim Hof Method is waiting for you.

by Sahara Rose Ketabi

Women Healers HEALING OURSELVES Biofield Science and the Future of Health

New in Paperback

$24.99, paper. Sounds True. 232 pages

EAT FEEL FRESH A Contemporary Plant-Based Ayurvedic Cookbook

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$25.99, paper. DK. 256 pages, 7x10, colour photos

The ancient science of Ayurveda teaches that food is divine medicine with the power to heal—but the best foods for one person may not be beneficial to another. Unlike many diets with rigid, one-size-fits-all guidelines, Ayurveda is a lifestyle that recognizes the ever-changing needs of each individual. Join author Sahara Rose on a journey to wellness and discover how to eat according to your body’s specific needs. Identify your Dosha, or mindbody type, and find out what foods are best for your body.

Learn how changes in season and climate affect your digestion and how to adjust what you eat accordingly. Rather than focusing on calories, you’ll focus on food qualities.

Rather than focusing on macronutrients, you’ll focus on tastes—and you’ll feel better than ever.

by Shamini Jain

$33.99, cloth. Sounds True. 298 pages, b/w illus.

Spontaneous remission, the placebo effect, and energy healing—these phenomena have baffled the medical community for decades. What do all these marvels tell us?

“Our current models of medicine fall short of understanding the depths of our human healing potential,” says Dr. Shamini Jain. We are on the cusp of finally becoming awake to our human healing potential. A growing number of scientists are exploring a new path—a true expansion of science joined with understandings from ancient concepts of spirituality.

With Healing Ourselves, Dr. Jain presents a new vision of health and healing. Here she rejects the either-or thinking that has placed conventional medicine at odds with so-called alternative methods—offering an integrated path based on sound scientific evidence and personal empowerment. Join her to explore: ♦ Biofield science: peer-reviewed research on the inseparable relationship between consciousness and healing RECLAIMING WELLNESS Ancient Wisdom for Your Healthy, Happy and Beautiful Life

by Jovanka Ciares

$23.95, paper. New World Library. 208 pages

Many of the most popular approaches to mind, body, and spirit wellness are rooted in age-old practices from around the world and come from communities of colour. In Reclaiming Wellness, Jovanka Ciares reclaims these time- and science-proven modalities to make them affordable and easy to implement for anyone.

After years of suffering from IBS, ulcers, and fibroids, Ciares embraced alternative therapies like Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and herbalism. Her fifteen-year journey toward self-healing, peace, and happiness became her motivation to inspire and support thousands of others to do the same, especially those like herself—educated women of colour who are rarely represented in the billion-dollar industry of health and wellness. Ciares now speaks to everyone, with emphasis on the people of color who struggle disproportionately with preventable diseases, to offer: ♦ practical, affordable, and even fun ways to incorporate plant-based whole foods into even the most timecrunched routine

Fall in love with cooking as you explore more than 100 plant-based, gluten- and dairy-free recipes for every meal of the day, including contemporary twists on classic Ayurvedic cuisine, such as turmeric-ginger kitchari and gut-healing seaweed broth. Packed with practical guidance and very beautiful photography, Eat Feel Fresh integrates traditional Ayurvedic wisdom with contemporary nutritional science, providing a much-needed plant-based approach, and invites you to change your relationship with food and connect with your highest self.

♦ The placebo and beyond: what placebo research tells us about the power of consciousness to heal ourselves, whether we choose drugs, surgery, or holistic medicine ♦ Evidence: what strong, published research actually says about the healing power of holistic practices such as yoga, tai chi, meditation, and energy healing ♦ The Healing Keys: in-depth instruction with evidence-based recommendations and ancient spiritual practices that you can integrate into your life for healing yourself With Healing Ourselves, this inspiring teacher shares a holistic model of health that we have known in our hearts, all along, to be true. This is where modern medicine and healing are headed.

“Nature shows us how to heal. And if you want a full, nuanced, and up-to-date understanding of this simple yet profound concept, no single source will deliver it more effectively or more pleasurably than Healing Ourselves. Whether through clinical stories, scientific findings, lucid explanations of shifting paradigms, or personally transformative techniques, this book will inform you in all channels.” —Donna Eden and David Feinstein, coauthors of Energy Medicine ♦ lazy-proof means of movement that feel more like self-love than the dreaded exercise ♦ techniques of mindfulness, meditation, and visualization that make them meaningful everyday tools ♦ ways to experience nature, music, and community to heal and connect.

Each of the restorative practices Ciares describes honours its historic roots, speaks to our moment, and empowers future personal and collective healing.

“Reclaiming Wellness is a wonderful guide to understanding the root of many well-being practices and offers easy, fun, and useful ways for you to feel like your most radiant self.” —Tara Stiles, author of Yoga Cures “Reclaiming Wellness is like discovering a hidden spring that refreshes you with long-lost secrets of balance, vitality, and well-being. Everything you need to get started is here—from the theory and the ancient history to guided exercises that steep you in the deep serenity, peace, and healing that are your birthright. Jovanka Ciares proves a gentle and expert guide, seamlessly combining personal stories and visualizations along with a comprehensive exploration of trusted ancient practices, structured schedules, and helpful resources.”

—Donald Altman

read. Sahara Rose is a shining light who will inspire you towards a healthier and happier lifestyle.” —Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, Ayurvedic physician and author

By evolving into the healthiest, most radiant version of you, you have more energy and joy to share with the world… True health doesn’t end with the self, but rather transcends out into the universe, creating ripples of healing across the planet.

“Eat Feel Fresh provides a wealth of knowledge about the Ayurvedic way of cooking. This book is well organized, a treat to your eyes, and a sheer pleasure to

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Energy Healing ENERGETIC CELLULAR HEALING AND CANCER Treating the Emotional Imbalances at the Root of Disease

THE BOOK OF STONES Who They Are and What They Teach - 4th Edition

by Robert Simmons, Ahsian

by Tjitze de Jong

$37.50, paper. Inner Traditions.

560 pages, 7x10, colour photos

$21.50, paper. Inner Traditions. 256 pp, b/w illus.

The 4th edition of this modern classic offers an illuminating alphabetical journey through the mineral kingdom. This comprehensive reference guide takes you deep into the world of crystals and their uses for spiritual awakening and self-healing. Exploring 455 gemstones and their metaphysical energies, the encyclopedia includes vivid color photographs for each stone to aid identification and showcase its beauty, as well as listing each gem’s physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits.

The book begins with two introductory chapters by authors Naisha Ahsian and Robert Simmons detailing how to work with crystals and stones and exploring the concept of crystal resonance. Each stone entry includes the mineral name and photo, its elemental and chakra correspondences, keywords that indicate its properties, and a description of the crystal structure, hardness, history, and known locations of each mineral, plus any relevant legend or lore from the past. Each author then offers personal insights on the subtle energy properties and spiritual applications of the stone. The entries conclude with the spiritual, emotional, and physical healing qualities of the stone and an affirmation for evoking its potential benefits.

This edition also includes an index of the stones healing and energetic properties, making it easy to find the stone best suited to your needs.

Virtually everyone I meet at least knows someone who is ‘into’ crystals. Seeing the gentle and persistent way this consciousness has spread through the world gives me a great deal of hope... There are seventy-six stones in this edition that were not in the prior one...

This whole book is an invitation. It is a call to continue, or begin, your spiritual journey with the stones. They are present and available, each singing with its own voice, and through them all the voice of the Earth vibrates softly in our hearts. When we listen, when we answer, the dance begins. —Robert Simmons “The Book of Stones takes the reader on a fascinating journey. The writing is clear, thoughtful, and easily understood, and the inclusion of scientific data, history, and folklore helps make the book a valuable resource for all those interested in the mineral kingdom.” —Thom Hartman, author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight REMOTE HEALING Nonlocal Information Medicine and the Akashic Field

by Maria Sagi

$23.99, paper. Inner Traditions.

222 pages, b/w & colour illustrations

Remote healing is healing over space and time. Often called nonlocal healing, it is no longer a magical occurrence or a mysterious technique reserved for powerful shamans. Remote healing has moved from magic to science, and it can be learned.

In this practical guide to the Sagi method of information medicine, Maria Sagi reveals that nonlocal healing is a quantum science that works through the transmission of information and that its effects can be controlled and verified. Drawing on the Akashic information field of Ervin Laszlo, she explains that the universe is not a mechanical system composed of matter—it

As a complementary energy healer, Tjitze de Jong has supported hundreds of clients during their journey with cancer over the past 15 years. In Energetic Cellular Healing and Cancer, he provides insight into the functioning of our cells and our immune system and how energetic distortions in our physical as well as energetic bodies, for example, in our chakras and auras, can lead to illness. He explores the correlation between cancer and emotional imbalances and explains how energetic healing techniques can make a difference in how our bodies cope with, and heal, illness. Drawing on the work of Wilhelm Reich and Barbara Brennan, the author unravels the psychological aspects of an individual’s energetic defense system and examines where possible energetic blocks might develop or have their origin, and how they can be dissolved. He also details ADVANCED CHAKRA HEALING Four Pathways to Energetic Wellness and Transformation

by Cyndi Dale

$61.99, paper. Llewellyn.

762 pages, 8x10, b/w & colour illustrations

Join renowned energy healer Cyndi Dale as she provides a comprehensive guide to energy and chakra work using the four pathways healing system. The concepts and techniques of this potent approach are designed to be totally aligned with love so that you can achieve the awakened state that brings true healing. The elemental pathway works by addressing thoughts, feelings, foods, and other material substances. The power pathway helps you command the movement of forces. The imaginal pathway supports the transfer of energies between otherworldly realms and dimensions. The divine pathway helps you meet your needs in accordance with divine truths, which dissolves the negativity that results from unmet needs.

Filled with more than forty specific hands-on exercises, this book shows you how to negotiate the four pathways through the subtle energy organs known as the chakras. You will explore the energy patterns and programs that underlie imbalances and illness and learn shift-healing techniques, methods for energy mapping, and Cyndi’s signature Spirit-to-Spirit practice. The four pathways are interconnected and dynamic, so when your transform one you transform them all, leading to

operates like an overarching network that runs on and is connected by information. Cosmic information in-forms and underlies the whole physical world, including the human body. Sharing stories of successful remote healings she facilitated and her interactions with pioneers Erich Korbler, Gordon Flint, and Franz Stern, Sagi shows that we can access the Akashic information field to diagnose illnesses, treat symptoms, and heal the causes of disease, whether we are in the same room as our patient or on the other side of the earth.

Moving beyond the theoretical to the practical, Sagi explains how to diagnose and treat someone with information and how to attune to the information emanating from the patient. She shares techniques for transferring healing information across space and time by using geometric symbols to treat acute illnesses and infections and reduce pain. The author also explores how to integrate information medicine with homeopathy and how to diagnose through photographs, through the chakras, and

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energetic exercises that instantly stimulate the vibrancy of the aura and the chakras and offers practical advice on how to enhance and strengthen the immune system.

Sharing intimate stories of cancer journeys from individuals he has worked with, Tjitze de Jong emphasizes that, before healing is within the realm of possibility, an individual needs to be able to recognize self-limiting and self-debilitating beliefs, behaviors, and patterns, nearly always based on experiences from our formative early years. Once a person starts to engage in deep inner work, they are able to start releasing these patterns and move toward regaining their autonomy, and eventually better health.

While the focus of this book is on cancer, much of the information offered here is relevant for other illnesses as well, making this an excellent guide for self-exploration and healing as well as for therapists and alternative health practitioners.

Tjitze de Jong is a Brennan Healing Science teacher and healer based within the spiritual community of Findhorn, Scotland. healing outcomes that are based in the unifying energy of love.

Some of the exercises in this book are: ♦ Five Steps for Grounding ♦ The Chakra Circle Breath ♦ What’s Your Chakric Bloodline? ♦ Keying into Your Personal Harmonic ♦ Imaginal Storytelling Toward Healing ♦ Working the Subluminal and Supraluminal ♦ Pulling Down Your Ninth Chakra Template ♦ Freeing Yourself From Others’ Energies: The Transpersonal Process ♦ Releasing Energetic Constructs ♦ A Regression to Uncover the Causal Story Line ♦ Bringing Healing Streams through the Inner Wheel ♦ Finding Your Fragments and Reclaiming Yourself ♦ Activating Your Golden Kundalini Subtle energy appears when noticed and disappears if ignored... Quite often, energy healers work with one or more of the subtle energy anatomy structures, which consists of energy organs or centers including the chakras; energy channels including the meridians and the nadis; and energy fields such as the auric fields. We’ll focus on working with the chakras and auric fields in particular in this book.

Among Cyndi Dale’s other books are Energetic Boundaries and The Subtle Body.

through morphic patterns in the Akashic information field.

Opening up a new dimension in the art and science of healing, Maria Sagi demonstrates that by working with the Akashic information field we can trigger the body’s self-healing mechanisms and restore order to a person’s energy and information systems.

HOLISTIC MEDICINE AND THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX The Science of Healing at the Cellular Level

by Matthew Wood

$24.99, paper. Inner Traditions. 256 pages, b/w illustrations

The cells in our bodies are not independent units. They do not control their own feeding, elimination, migration, or reproduction; they are controlled by signals from the extracellular matrix (ECM) that surrounds them. This all-encompassing inner ocean unifies all our cells and

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Radical Herbalism AWAKENING ARTEMIS Heart Essence of the Great Perfection

by Vanessa Chakour

$37.00, cloth. Penguin. 380 pages

Combining Chakour’s story of her own healing journey with practical plant-based knowledge, Awakening Artemis is rooted in the belief that healing happens through reclaiming an intuitive connection to ourselves, to the natural world, and to our own “inner wild.”

Having experienced traumas growing up—including chronic asthma, a car accident that fractured her back and neck, and sexual trauma—Chakour pursued approaches to therapeutic movement from martial arts to yogic practices, and explored traditions honoring the mind-body connection. Twenty years now into her journey, Chakour shares the eclectic mix of elements that have brought her deeper self-awareness, a richer understanding of her place in the world, and the confidence and clear boundaries to truly connect with her loved ones.

Organized into four sections that move through the seasons and realms of our consciousness, each chapter within in the four sections focuses on a single plant: on its power to connect us to the season and to illuminate a new part of our psyche. Using storytelling from her RADICAL REMEDIES An Herbalist’s Guide to Empowered Self-care

by Brittany Ducham & Elana Gabrielle $33.95, paper. Shambhala. 264 pages

Radical Remedies urges readers to take an active concern for their overall health and well-being by reconnecting with nature and honoring their own emotional history and experience. Focusing on twenty-five of the most nourishing herbs, this book shows how they can be used to remedy stress, depression, and insomnia, soothe tension in the body, and comfort a broken heart. With insights on gut health, emotional balance, and the importance of whole foods, readers will discover practices and strategies to survive and thrive every day. Learn to make recipes like Ashwagandha Chai, Sacred Spark Infusion, Lemon Balm and Orange

controls them in a coordinated and integrated fashion.

Revealing the stunning implications of the extracellular matrix, Matthew Wood shows how it clearly explains the actions and efficacy of holistic therapies. He explores the ground-breaking research of Alfred Pischinger, who discovered the ECM in 1975, as well as the role of the matrix in transmitting and enacting the genetic code, including the roles of the mitochondria, the nucleus, and ribosomes. He explores how the matrix builds and repairs itself and investigates the complex processes and components involved in the self-healing of wounds and traumas.

Wood explains how modern drugs, directed at specific receptors on the cell membrane, interfere with bodily self-regulation. He details how holistic therapies modify the environment of the cell and strengthen the whole, bringing the body back to homeostasis and consequently offering true healing. He sheds new light on how herbs are utilized in the body based on the matrix and discusses the actions of several common herbs in this regard.

Wood shows how, even before the discovery of the ECM, many holistic practitioners had already intuited its existence and were acting with advanced understanding of

own life, Chakour connects the plant’s power and characteristics to issues we all grapple to heal from and even to understand--from the alienating consequences of cultural appropriation and to the intersection between a forest’s mycelial network and the neural pathways of our brains.

For those seeking to recognize the natural world—from the mugwort sprouting in the city sidewalk to the majesty of a thousand year old oak in rural Scotland—and harness that to explore new realms of self-discovery, Awakening Artemis is an intimate resource that opens up a world of potential growth and healing for us all.

“There is a sweetness and very real intimacy in Vanessa Chakour’s stories of her relations with plants that is rare to find; there is a humbleness as well, which is even rarer. I quite loved Awakening Artemis; I think you will too.” —Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of The Lost Language of Plants and Herbal Antivirals “A revolutionary work of reverence for the plant kingdom. Vanessa weaves her own intimate story together with the wisdom of the plants and an exploration of her ancestral roots. The result is an empowering and transformative text about rewilding ourselves and reconnecting with the natural world.” —Heidi Smith, author of The Bloom Book: A Flower Essence Guide to Cosmic Balance Peel Honey, and Banish the Blues Tincture or follow instructions for a Honey Mallow Soothing Face Mask or a Gotu Kola Rose Facial Oil. While balance or vitality is never achieved through a singular act or quick fix, this guide details a deep well of practices and self-care that can aid you in the toughest of times.

“This wonderful book is an excellent introduction to claiming your birthright—a relationship with herbs that can support your own health in these chaotic and challenging times. Brittany lays out simple ways to recognize patterns in the body and tells you how to best match the plant medicines for those patterns. This is such a helpful resource for anyone wanting to learn about herbal medicine.” —Janet Kent, co-founder of Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine

the interconnectedness of the internal cellular terrain.

Offering a cutting-edge understanding of the extracellular matrix, Wood reveals the importance of the ECM in treating the whole individual, the basis not only of medical herbalism but of all holistic medicine.

Matthew Wood has been a practicing herbalist for over 35 years. Among his other books are The Book of Herbal Wisdom and the two volumes of The Earthwise Herbal.

Bodywork, Movement & Sports THE POCKET ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY, REVISED EDITION A Reference for Students of Physical Therapy, Medicine, Sports, and Bodywork

by Chris Jarmey

$22.95, paper. North Atlantic. 272 pages, colour illustrations

This concise, pocket-sized guide is a full-colour on-thego reference for students and practitioners of anatomy, massage, physical therapy, chiropractic, medicine, nursing, and physiotherapy. This second edition is more comprehensive, and now includes the skin, and the cardiovascular system, and more.

Chapters 1 through 7 explain anatomical orientation, tissues, bones, the axial and appendicular skeletons, joints,

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and skeletal muscles and fascia. Subsequent chapters detail the four major muscle groups with composite illustrations of each region’s deep and superficial muscles in both anterior and posterior views. Colour tables show each muscle’s origin, insertion, innervation, and action.

A final chapter by Thomas W. Myers outlines myofascial meridians, presenting a map of fascial tracks and illustrating how they wind longitudinally through series of muscles. This new approach to structural patterning has far-reaching implications for effective movement training and manual therapy treatment.

Three appendices illustrate cutaneous nerve supply and dermatomes (Appendix 1), the major skeletal muscles (Appendix 2), including detailed charts of the main muscles involved in movement, and the remaining body systems (Appendix 3).

“Impressive artwork throughout—far better than many of the current textbooks.” —Dr. Robert Whitaker, Anatomist, University of Cambridge, author of Instant Anatomy, Fifth Edition and A Visual Guide to Clinical Anatomy LONG LEVER TECHNIQUES An Illustrated Guide for Practitioners to Treat Neuro-Musculoskeletal Pain

by Bobby Nourani

$24.95, paper. North Atlantic.

124 pages, 7x10, colour photos

Here’s a full-color introductory guide to a revolutionary new osteopathic treatment: a direct manual medicine approach for reestablishing cranial rhythmic impulse, improving primary respiration mechanism, and restoring potency at the site of dysfunction.

In the first book to discuss the long lever technique, Bobby Nourani, DO, introduces a manual medicine treatment for treating somatic dysfunction, reducing pain, and manipulating the body for effective and efficient healing. Written for professionals--osteopaths, physicians, bodyworkers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, craniosacral therapists, and other practitioners who want to integrate osteopathic techniques into an existing practice--Long Lever Techniques focuses on how we can mobilize interconnected structures to positively restore the body to better health and function.

The long lever approach—using the arm or leg as lever and fulcrum to mobilize an area of somatic dysfunction— is a manual application of corrective force that can be applied once or multiple times. It has wide-ranging applications, from pain reduction to autonomic rebalancing to improved respiration rate, and is presented with full-color photos and illustrations so that medical professionals can put it into practice quickly.

Readers will learn about: ♦ The history and development of long lever techniques ♦ Its clinical applications to cervical, thoracic, rib, lumbar, sacral, and pelvic dysfunction ♦ Coccyx and craniococcygeal anatomy, evaluation, indications, and informed consent and documentation ♦ How to integrate long lever techniques in practice.

THE COMPETITIVE BUDDHA How to Up Your Game in Sports, Leadership and Life

by Jerry Lynch

$32.95, cloth. Mango. 240 pages

The Competitive Buddha by legendary coach Jerry Lynch (with a foreword by Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors) is about mastery, leadership, and spirituality.

Learn what you need to keep, what you need to discard, and what you need to add to your mental, emotional, and spiritual skill set as an athlete, coach, leader, parent, CEO,

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or any other performer in life. Understand how Buddhism can help you to be better prepared for sports and life, and how sports and life can teach you about Buddhism. Discover how people from all parts of the world have brought together the Buddha and athletics for greater fun, enjoyment, and pleasure during their athletic efforts.

On the Court, Field, and Beyond.

Dr. Lynch is an avid runner and biker and he has coached athletes at the high school and AAU level. He has done extensive post-doctoral work in the area of philosophy, Taoist and Buddhist thought, comparative religions, leadership development, and performance enhancement.

I will demonstrate how certain core Buddha values will inspire you to embrace and navigate the uncharted waters of mastery. I believe you will find the Buddha mind and the Kobe Bryant Mamba Mentality both quite interesting and very useful. When it comes to leadership and coaching, this book will teach you how the best of the best coaches today use these ancient methods for our modern times, especially when it comes to the servant leader concept. You will learn very specific strategies and techniques to implement this special way to guide and lead.

All of this is supplemented with inspiring Zen stories as well as an extensive bibliography to help you continue to learn and use these teachings for a lifetime.

“In his latest book, Jerry continues to explore dimensions of consciousness that will help you to view competition in a profound, refreshing way. In The Competitive Buddha, he transforms the world of athletics into a sacred space for absorbing practical, usable life lessons and ageless wisdom for higher performance, not just in sports but in all of life.” —Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute and author of Golf in the Kingdom Among Jerry Lynch’s other books are The Way of the Champion, Coaching with Heart and Spirit of the Dancing Warrior.

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Fantastic Cooking Books ACORN Vegetables Re-Imagined: Seasonal Recipes from Root to Stem

by Shira Blustein & Brian Luptak $40.00, cloth. Random House.

290 pages, colour photos

From The Acorn, Vancouver’s premier vegetarian restaurant, here are seasonally-driven, vegetable-forward recipes to push the boundaries of what you think you can do with plants. From fall to winter, to spring to summer, Acorn follows the beauty and bounty of the seasons, celebrating vegetables in all their delicious glory.

Vegetables are at the heart of everything Shira Blustein and Brian Luptak set out to do at the internationally-acclaimed The Acorn restaurant. Where other vegetarian restaurants try too hard to find ways to replicate the meat they’re scared their diners will miss, The Acorn defies categories, with dishes that are anything but predictable.

At The Acorn they celebrate the plant: enhancing it, FANTASTIC FUNGI COMMUNITY COOKBOOK

by Eugenia Bone

$50.50, cloth. Mandala.

264 pages, 8x11, colour photos

From mycology expert Eugenia Bone comes Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook, featuring 80 recipes containing mushrooms available throughout the world. Dive into the world of mushrooms with this informative and engaging cookbook that includes 80 recipes for delicious soups, salads, sides, main dishes, desserts, and more, all featuring a variety of mushrooms. With recipes inspired by cuisines from different global regions, Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook is a unique culinary journey packed with educational and useful information along the way.

to Raw Turnips with Acorn Oil, Friulian Sauted Wild Greens to Crisp Fiddlehead Pickles, The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora will unlock new flavors from familiar favorites, and make familiar favorites out of the abundant landscape around you.

THE FORAGER CHEF’S BOOK OF FLORA Recipes and Techniques for Edible Plants from Garden, Field, and Forest

by Alan Bergo

$45.95, cloth. Chelsea Green.

288 pages, 7x10, colour photos

The Forager Chefs Book of Flora explores some of the most exciting ingredients available today—but more importantly, it gives home cooks and chefs alike a whole new way of seeing and thinking about all vegetable ingredients—by looking at them through a trained forager’s eyes.

Over the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one exciting and resourceful chef. Watching wild plants grow and searching for new edible parts of familiar plants transformed his culinary style, similar to how the nose-to-tail movement affected the way chefs consider animals. Now when Bergo sees squash in the garden, instead of waiting for them to ripen, he harvests some while they are still green, and the shoots, flowers, and young greens too.

In The Forager Chefs Book of Flora, Bergo shows how understanding the properties of leaves, stems, roots, and flowers can inform how you prepare something exotic— like the head of an immature sunflower—as well as more common vegetables like broccoli stems or eggplant. As a society, we’ve forgotten this type of old-school knowledge, including many brilliant culinary techniques that were borne of thrift and necessity. For our own sake, and that of our planet, it’s time we remembered.

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pairing it, dressing it for a night of being the center of attention; preparing plants in a myriad of different ways and making them the phenomenal focus of each plate. In their first cookbook, Acorn, Shira and Brian share more than 100 of their truly unique recipes, that highlight the incredible wild-crafted, local ingredients found in the Pacific Northwest, and will leave even the staunchest of meat eaters feeling satisfied. Acorn encourages us to be adventurous with our vegetables, with a year’s worth of seasonal offerings--from Fall’s pickles and fermentations, to Summer’s incredible, colourful salads--and recipes infused with brilliant creativity.

Encouraging us all to be adventurous with our vegetables, Acorn offers a year’s worth of seasonal recipes, infused with brilliant creativity. Visually compelling with luscious colour photos and masterfully thought through, Acorn takes vegetarian cooking to the next level, and is a cookbook to read, admire, and inspire.

This cookbook also features five thoughtful and engaging essays written by mycologist Eugenia Bone that explore a wide range of topics, including proper cultivation, the many health benefits mushrooms possess, and the agricultural role of mushrooms in a changing climate. Also included is a quick reference guide on foraging and safety, and how to cook with, use, handle, and store mushrooms.

With beautiful full-color photography, this cookbook is as much a stunning visual journey as it is an educational cooking tool. In addition to recipes created by Eugenia Bone, it also includes the best recipes sourced from within the Fantastic Fungi community.

The most diverse and comprehensive mushroom cookbook available, Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook is the perfect gift for the mushroom enthusiast in your life.

mains like Eggplant Parmigiana, General Tso’s Tofu, and Mushroom Poutine. Indulge in vegan desserts like Chocolate Lava Cake or have a nourishing snack like Coconut Matcha Energy Balls.

With doable recipes for every meal of the day, The Buddhist Chef is a celebration of healthy, plant-based dishes that will have everyone at the table, vegan or not, enjoying.

Also by Cyr is The Buddhist Chef’s Vegan Comfort Cooking.

by Jean-Philippe Cyr

$29.95, paper. Random House.

216 pages, 8x10, flaps, colour photos

A practicing Buddhist for over two decades, JeanPhilippe Cyr, aka The Buddhist Chef, believes that everyone has the power to make their vision of the world a reality--and that the most tangible and beautiful way to do that is through the food we choose to make, eat, and share. This realization led him to veganism, which transformed his life and health. In this cookbook, he shares how to make classic dishes vegan, easy, and so delicious and show-stopping that everyone—even the pickiest of eaters—will love them.

The Buddhist Chef is a collection of Jean-Philippe’s best vegan recipes that will become a mainstay in vegan and non-vegan kitchens alike. The recipes are perfect for longtime vegans, those trying out a vegan diet for the first time, or those simply trying to eat more plant-based foods. Inspired by cuisines from all around the world, these recipes offer something for everyone. Enjoy breakfast and brunch recipes like Vegan Shakshuka and Maple Baked Beans, or salads and protein-packed bowls like Beet Carpaccio or Tempeh Poke Bowl. Transform your dinners with hearty

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FOOD AS A PATH TO LIFE… We take on the energy of everything that we consume and become happier, more aligned individuals by making the right food choices. We don’t only digest food, but also thoughts and emotions. A healthy digestive system can gracefully catch the curveballs life throws at you and transform them into art. We carry the vibration of the foods we eat and the thoughts that we think, and this book will help you bring them both back into alignment. Our personalities are an expression of our meals and we can enhance our inner-peace, mood, mental clarity, and pleasure by nourishing our bodies on a cellular level.

—Sahara Rose, from Eat Feel Fresh (see review p. 16)

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THE DHARMA IN DIFFICULT TIMES Finding Your Calling in Times of Loss, Change, Struggle, and Doubt

THE WAY OF INTEGRITY Finding the Path to Your True Self

$35.99, cloth. Hay House. 256 pages

$35.00, cloth. Viking. 327 pages

of our lives, but bring us to a place of genuine happiness.

by Martha Beck

by Stephen Cope

Stephen Cope’s previous deeply-felt books have included The Great Work of Your Life and Deep Human Connection (on soul friends). Scholar Emeritus at the renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Cope hits another home run here!

How do we make sense of our lives when our world seems to be falling apart? Stephen Cope shows that crises don’t have to derail us from our purpose—they can actually help us to find our purpose and step forward as our best selves. The Dharma in Difficult Times continues the message of Cope’s best-loved book, The Great Work of Your Life, which gave readers a road map for the journey to their true calling.

As in Great Work, Cope takes the ancient yogic text the Bhagavad Gita—the epic narrative of the warrior Arjuna’s odyssey of self-discovery—as a model for the reader’s journey. Then he builds on that foundation using the stories and teachings of famous figures, as well as stories of ordinary people and his own rich personal experience. Along the way, we find striking examples for finding meaning and purpose in our lives: ♦ Gandhi shows how to tap our spiritual resources and listen for our inner voice ♦ Rachmaninoff and Charles Darwin showcase working skillfully with obstacles and doubts ♦ Marian Anderson and Sojourner Truth shed light on dharma’s mystic power and how we learn to trust in it… and more.

Here is the central question of this book: What do we do in this momentarily opened present, in this momentarily opened field of possibility?... Your dharma is the one place where you can truly pour out all the love that you have in your heart. It is the one place where you can most effectively apply all your energy and your particular genius. It is the one place where you can be as wild and as crazy and as peculiar as you actually are... So while we live, let us indeed act well. Let us bring everything we’ve got to our work here in the world, today... Find your own idiosyncratic dharma. And do it full-out, now. No matter how small the beginning may seem to be, what is once well done is done forever!

“Inspiring, beautifully written, uplifting, tough, and tender. A powerful book to raise your spirits and help you navigate these uncertain times with a clearer vision and a loving heart.” —Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart PEACEFUL HEART, WARRIOR SPIRIT The True Story of My Spiritual Quest

by Dan Millman

$25.50, paper. New World Library. 220 pages

Here the noted author of The Way of the Peaceful Warrior and other books reflects on his lifelong journey of awakening—the extraordinary experiences that shaped Dan Millman’s evolution from youthful dreamer to spiritual teacher, written to inspire readers on their own quests.

In this long-awaited true story of a search for the good life, Dan Millman describes his quest for meaning in the modern world. His evolution from childhood dreamer to world-class athlete catapults him, over a span of two decades, through mind-expanding experiences with four

Martha Beck says in her book, “Integrity is the cure for psychological suffering. Period.” In The Way of Integrity, she presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us--people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits--all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole.

Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante’s classic hero’s journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us.

With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction

There’s a way that will lead you out of suffering and into levels of joy and purpose you may not yet realize are possible. I call it the way of integrity...

The word way can mean either a process or a path. In this book, it means both. If you don’t know what to do next, the way of integrity will provide instructions, like a recipe.

If you don’t know where to go next, the way of integrity will show you the next step, like a map.

If you follow the directions, you’ll end up happy. Not because this path is virtuous, but because it aligns you with reality, with truth. Your life will work for the same reason a well-built plane will fly. Not a reward for good behavior. Just physics.

“By the end of this profound, funny, and beautifully crafted book, I finally understood that the ‘wild beasts’ of my own negativity, impatience, and anger are actually my friends, sent to show me when I am straying from my true path. This book that will help anyone get back on the path and walk more joyfully toward their full integrity.” —Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder of Omega Institute and author of Cassandra Speaks

POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES Prayers, Meditations & Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“random acts of kindness.” What a refreshing change from the random acts of violence that so trouble our world. Kind acts are things such as feeding an expired parking meter, paying a toll for the person behind you, doing the dishes when it’s not your turn, leaving a love note, or calling a friend who might need a lift. The possibilities for random acts of kindness are limitless.

PRAYER/PRACTICE Divine Beloved, you practice random acts of kindness for all being at all times. Just as the rain falls on all plants, whether or not they have done something to deserve it, your love rains down steadily on us all. I am so grateful, because if I can do nothing to earn your love, I can do nothing to lose it. Help me love the way that you love, limitlessly and with no strings attached Today, practice at least one random act of kindness.

by Joan Borysenko

$31.00, cloth. Grand Central. 404 pages

In this exquisite little volume, acclaimed healer Joan Borysenko offers a unique, organic means of drawing personal strength and spiritual succor from the wondrous cycles of nature. Drawing on the ancient wisdom at the core of the world’s religions, the guidance of the four great Archangels that stand at the gates of the Medicine Wheel, and her own deep mystical experience, she has divided the book into twelve inspiring monthly sections. Each reflects such emotionally significant themes as Forgiveness, Rebirth in Love, and Spiritual Healing. And each provides daily meditations, prayers, and affirmations that help you let go of fear and realize the light of peace and compassion that dwells throughout the universe... and within your own heart.

SEED THOUGHT There is a wonderful book and movement called

radically different mentors who prepare him for his calling as a down-to-earth spiritual teacher. For forty years, through books and seminars, Millman has shown how to live with a peaceful heart and a warrior’s spirit. This memoir shares his course corrections, wake-up calls, and life lessons as he introduces readers to four key mentors: the Professor, a Bolivian scientist-mystic; the Guru, an American-born spiritual master; the Warrior-Priest, a martial artist and metaphysical healer; and finally the Sage, a different sort of psychologist and a servant of reality. At times rollicking, at times poignant, Millman’s reflections will delight devoted fans and inspire a new generation of readers because, as he writes, “This story is mine, but the way belongs to us all.”

I’ve related events as accurately as I can, checking my memories with those of friends and family. I hope authenticity and candor have compensated for any shortcomings. This, the story of a transformative quest, had to wait until now. Now has always been my favorite time.

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While each “seed thought” and its associated “prayer/ practice” is dated, you can also just open the book at random and that day will be “today” and that lesson a lesson for you, today.

“In this true story of a lifelong quest for meaning, Dan Millman is propelled from childhood challenges to practical wisdom. As he evolves from a young athlete into a spiritual teacher, he trains with four master teachers. Dan’s four mentors speak to us all. The insights, hurdles, and highlights he shares can guide fellow explorers on their own paths.” —don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements SENSITIVE IS THE NEW STRONG The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World

by Anita Moorjani

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$25.00, paper. Scribner. 224 pages

Cancer survivor and author of Dying to Be Me Anita Moorjani astounded readers with her book about overcoming cancer and her life-changing near-death experience. Now she returns with Sensitive Is the New Strong, a heartfelt book on harnessing and fostering empathic gifts in today’s difficult, fear-based world.

Empaths not only sense other people’s emotions, but also absorb them—sometimes to their own disadvantage,

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Filled with eye-opening personal anecdotes, insights from other empaths, meditations, and self-affirming mantras, Sensitive Is the New Strong demonstrates the positive power of sensitivity.

In these pages, in addition to the stories, I offer information, exercises, and tools that have helped me embrace my gifts and honor who I am. You’ll learn what it means to be an empath, and we’ll explore the hurdles empaths face, as well as the gifts, or superpowers, we possess. In doing so, you’ll understand that there’s nothing wrong with you. You’ll realize your strengths, and find guidance to help you rise from a place of victimhood and doormat-hood into a place of power. You’ll learn to accept and nurture your unique sensitivity rather than letting it stunt or harm you...

What would it be like to show up more authentically, empowered and fully connected to your intuition and your deepest purpose?

“Moorjani gives the why and the how of the new meaning of strong.” — Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love

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by Brené Brown

$40.00, cloth. Random House.

336 pages, 7x9, colour illustrations

In Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

This atlas of 87 emotions and experiences is organized in these clusters: Places We Go When Things are Uncertain or Too Much Places We Go When We Compare (such as Comparison, Admiration, Reverence, Envy, Jealousy, Resentment) Places We Go When Things Don’t Go as Planned Places We Go When It’s Beyond Us Places We Go When Things Aren’t What They Seem Places We Go When We’re Hurting Places We Go With Others (such as Compassion, Pity, Empathy, Sympathy, Boundaries, Comparative Suffering) Places We Go When We Fall Short Places We Go When We Search for Connection Places We Go When the Heart is Open Places We Go When Life Is Good Places We Go When We Feel Wronged Places We Go to Self-Assess (such as Pride, Hubris, Humility) Brown’s extensive research has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be

Psychology & Trauma YES TO LIFE In Spite of Everything

saying his entire purpose has been that any of us can say “Yes” to life in spite of everything.

by Viktor Frankl

$19.00, paper. Beacon. 128 pages

Eleven months after his liberation from Auschwitz, Viktor Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychologist, who was to become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity. Frankl then edited those lectures into a short book, which was published in Austria only in 1946. Published for the very first time in English, Frankl’s words resonate as strongly today as they did then. He offers an insightful exploration of the maxim “Live as if you were living for the second time” and unfolds his basic conviction that every crisis also includes an opportunity. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say “yes to life”—a profound and timeless lesson for us all.

A new introduction by Daniel Goleman (Emotional Intelligence, Focus) explores Frankl’s thought and sets the book in the context of our times: The lesson Frankl drew from this existential fact: our perspective on life’s events—what we make of them—matters as much or more than what actually befalls us. “Fate” is what happens to us beyond our control. But we each are responsible for how we relate to those events…

Frankl ended these lectures—and this book—by

courageous with our lives. Engagingly illustrated in colour, Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown’s singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn’t give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.

“This slim, powerful collection from Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist Frankl (Man’s Search for Meaning) attests to life’s meaning, even in desperate circumstances...

This lovely work transcends its original context, offering wisdom and guidance.” —Publishers Weekly

Human emotions and experiences are layers of biology, biography, behavior, and backstory. As you make your way through this book, you’ll see that in order to recognize, name, and makes sense of our feelings and experiences, we have to: *Understand how they show up in our bodies and why (biology) *Get curious about how our families and communities shape our beliefs about the connection between our feelings, thoughts, and behavior (biography) *Examine our go-to (behaviors), and *Recognize the context of what we’re feeling or thinking. What brought this on? (backstory) These are the questions that help us make meaning of our lives.

So often, when we feel lost, adrift in our lives, our first instinct is to look out into the distance to find the nearest shore. But that shore, that solid ground, is within us. The anchor we are searching for is connection, and it is internal. To form meaningful connections with others, we must first connect with ourselves, but to do either, we must first establish a common understanding of the language of emotion and human experience.

Brown shares, “I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.”

Among Brené’s earlier books are The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly.

“Re-Framing a Tough Moment,” and “Permission Over Perfection.” This easy-to-use card deck will help you retrain yourself to act with self-compassion, unlearn destructive habits, and ultimately set you on the path to staying grounded in the face of fear, uncertainty, and self-doubt.

AWAKENING SELF-COMPASSION CARDS 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing, and Growth

by Ann Biasetti

$24.95. Shambhala. 52 colour cards + instructions, in a box

52 cards with simple, in-the-moment mindfulness and embodiment practices to show you how to be kinder to yourself and increase your sense of well-being, self-confidence, and connection to others in your daily life.

The Awakening Self-Compassion Cards offer a clear and actionable program of self-compassion, mindfulness, and embodiment practices that will resonate with anyone who wants to cultivate more confidence and agency in their life. Transpersonal psychologist and licensed clinical social worker Ann Saffi Biasetti has crafted each card to offer a new slogan to help you understand an embodied sense, work with it, and follow the guided questions and mantras you need to further unpack and tailor the slogan to your unique needs. Some of the slogans you will be working with include: “Staying Present Is Compassionate Progress,” “Becoming a Friend to Yourself,”

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Can you imagine learning how to meet yourself as a dear friend, especially during your own moments of suffering, and learn how to comfort, soothe, and release the pain? This self-compassion card deck was created exactly for this purpose. To help you slowly integrate the teaching and practice of self-compassion into your life one week at a time.

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Embodied Healing THE WISDOM OF YOUR BODY Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living

by Hillary McBride

$23.99, paper. HarperCollins. 275 pages

From the host of the hit CBC podcast Other People’s Problems comes an invitation to unlearn the lies about your body that make you feel less-than, and to learn to love the home where your life happens.

In The Wisdom of Your Body, Vancouver clinical therapist and researcher Hillary McBride offers a pathway from disconnection to embodied living by making peace with the living, breathing story of who you are. Packed with illuminating research and stories from her work and her deeply personal journey of healing from a life-threatening eating disorder, a car wreck EMTs thought she wouldnt walk away from and chronic pain, McBride offers meaningful insights about why our relationship with our bodies matters for the quality of our whole lives. A specialist in embodiment practices, McBride shares truths and tools to help you embrace the whole of yourself and, in turn, experience your life to the fullest.

This book will show you: EMBODIED HEALING Survivor and Facilitator Voices from the Practice of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga

by Jennifer Turner

$29.95, paper. North Atlantic. 208 pages

This collection of essays explores the applications of TCTSY—Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga—as a powerful evidence-based modality to help clients heal in the aftermath of trauma. Written by a range of contributors including yoga facilitators, survivors, and therapists, the first-hand accounts in Healing with Trauma-Sensitive Yoga examine real-life situations and provide guidance on how to act, react, and respond to trauma on the mat. Each essay

STOLEN FOCUS Why You Can’t Pay Attention-and How to Think Deeply Again

by Johann Hari

$37.00, cloth. Random House. 345 pages

Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream (on addiction) and Lost Connections (on depression) comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back.

In the US, teenagers can focus on one task for only 65 seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live.

He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months. Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.

We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for profit.

Hari found that there are twelve deep causes of this crisis, from the increase in speed, switching and filtering; the decline of mind-wandering; the rise of physical and mental

♦ how to unlearn the lies about your body that hold you back from the life you were meant to live ♦ practices for reclaiming your body—and your life—from stress, trauma, appearance ideals and the expectations of others ♦ how to access the healing that is written into your DNA ♦ tools for regulating your emotions through physical awareness In whatever ways you can, please take these ideas as a jumping-off point for you to keep learning, thinking, and experiencing yourself as a body in new, more connected, free, and compassionate ways... May this book be an invitation into an even deeper experience of who you are, and may you encounter that experience as sacred, connected, and loved.

For anyone who has ever felt unsafe, unloved or insufficient in their own skin, McBride offers a better path toward health and true acceptance. This is an invitation to live a better story with your body and to come home to the gift of yourself and the wholeness that has been there all along. centers the voices, wisdom, and experiences of survivors and practitioners who work directly with trauma-sensitive embodiment therapies.

From navigating issues of touch and consent to avoiding triggers, practitioners and readers will learn how to support survivors of trauma as they reintegrate their bodies and reclaim their lives. Organized into sections based on principles of trauma-sensitive yoga—experiencing the present moment, making choices, taking effective action, and creating rhythms—the 12 essays are for yoga teachers, therapists, survivors, and mental health professionals and trauma healers.

exhaustion; the collapse of sustained reading; to the rise in technology that can track and manipulate you; the surge in stress, deteriorating diets and rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention.

Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus— as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it. Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back.

There are real steps you can take as an isolated individual to reduce this problem for yourself, and throughout this book you’ll learn how to carry them out... But... systemic problems require systemic solutions.... There is a real solution—one that will actually make it possible for us to start to heal our attention. It requires us to radically reframe the problem, and then to take action. I believe I have figured out how we might start to do that.

“In a world that in Johann Hari’s deft phrasing suffers from ‘mental jet lag,’ his new book is a highly original and wide-ranging investigation into the causes of our epidemic of flagging attention.”—Dr. Gabor Maté “I don’t know anyone thinking more deeply, or more holistically, about the crisis of our collective attention than Johann Hari. This book could not be more vital. Please sit with it, and focus.” —Naomi Klein “A visionary, systemic, revolutionary, and practical guide for creating the new world… Through his tireless research and genius insight, Johann Hari certainly snapped me to attention. This is a life-changing book.” —”V” aka Eve Ensler

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ALIVE UNTIL YOU’RE DEAD Notes on the Home Stretch

by Susan Moon

$22.95, paper. Shambhala. 208 pages

Here are poignant and humorous insights on fully embracing our lives as we age—from Susan Moon, beloved Buddhist teacher and author. Aging isn’t easy. But it can still be filled with joy—maybe even more joy than we expect. Described by the New York Journal of Books as “a Buddhist Anne Lamott,” Zen teacher and writer Susan Moon persuades us that as we notice we are impermanent, we get to come alive in new ways. Joining levity with tenderness, Moon shares stories from her own life on topics including knee replacements, Zoom chats with grandchildren, ongoing companionship with a close friend who is moving deeper into dementia, and a season as a Zen monk in the wilderness. Moon illustrates the strength that can come from within, sometimes unexpectedly, even as our bodies fail.

Our radiant aliveness can be discovered and rediscovered any time up to the last moment.

Alive Until You’re Dead offers a Zen approach to facing our impermanence. Moon’s stories explore being present with what is, not turning away from what’s difficult, wishing for and working for the wellbeing of others, and being willing not to know what’s next. These field notes from an old human being invite us to feel more alive in the final stretch, whatever it holds.

“This is such a lovely book. I couldn’t put it down. Susan Moon is by now our most beloved Buddhist voice and here she realizes that voice completely, telling story after story that will break your heart with its emotional truth.

How can she so nakedly, so bravely, face what no one wants to face, and express it all with such understated elegance, sentence after sentence, in essays as intimate as they are true? Being old, approaching death, is baffling and difficult. Alive Until You’re Dead won’t solve the problem but it will illuminate it, giving much to muse on and savor. You will want to read this book slowly... and again.” —Norman Fischer, author of When You Greet Me I Bow LIFE, PART TWO Seven Keys to Awakening with Purpose and Joy as You Age

by David Chernikoff

$24.95, paper. Shambhala. 186 pages

What Carl Jung called the second half of life has the potential to be a remarkable curriculum for insight and awakening. When wisely understood, the changes inherent in the aging process become stepping-stones to the actualization of our best human qualities: wisdom, lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

Gandhi wrote, “My life is my message.”... This is a great time to ask yourself what the message of your life has been to date and what you want it to be in the future, however short or long that may be for you.

Author David Chernikoff has spent decades pursuing spiritual study and practice with remarkable teachers, including Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Father Thomas Keating, Yvonne Rand, and Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. In Life, Part Two, he distills lessons from across contemplative traditions to invite readers to embrace seven essential elements of conscious living: embracing mystery, choosing a vision, cultivating intuitive wisdom, committing to inner work, suffering effectively, serving from the heart, and celebrating the journey. These elements culminate in wise elderhood--a state celebrated by indigenous cultures around the world, yet largely

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unacknowledged in contemporary Western society. For those of us who aspire to live fully and to love well as we age, Life, Part Two is a lucid guidebook that empowers us to personally thrive and to contribute with ever greater clarity and purpose.

The focus of this book is on the inner work we can all do that synthesizes wisdom and love from long life experience. I’ve had the good fortune to learn a great deal from people who have done just that, amazing elders who understood that their very reason for being was to live an awakened life and to leave a clearly visible trail for those who aspire to follow in their footsteps. I give thanks daily for the joy, courage, freedom, and blessings that such people have so generously brought into my life.

Throughout this book, I’ll be weaving together personal experiences and insights; teachings I’ve received from various spiritual guides; and stories shared with me in the intimacy of my work as a meditation teacher, spiritual counselor, life coach, hospice worker, and psychotherapist.

Jungian, Archetype & Shadow Work SOUL THERAPY The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations

by Thomas Moore

New in Paperback

$23.99, paper. HarperCollins. 304 pages

Soul Therapy is the culmination of Thomas Moore’s work. In his previous books (Care of the Soul, etc.), he explored the soul in important areas of our lives—work, sex, marriage, family, religion, and aging. In this book, he returns to his core vocation: teaching practitioners—therapists, psychiatrists, ministers, spiritual directors, and others—how to offer soul care to those they assist.

A training manual infused with a lifetime’s wisdom, Soul Therapy is divided into five sections: ♦ What therapy or soul care is and how it works; ♦ What soul work is required of a helper to be able to address the needs of others; ♦ How to access and move forward the spiritual dimension; ♦ How to apply this work to specific areas, such as work, marriage, parenting, or teaching; ♦ How to deal with other issues that arise, such as developing a therapeutic style, dealing with one’s shadow, and the need for self-care.

Profound and practical and grounded in real-world experience, Soul Therapy will become a rich resource for caregivers, practitioners, and “soul friends.”

A good friend is willing to be the therapist of the moment, not a professional but a thoughtful human being who has something to give. Now that you know you can be a lay therapist for your family members and associates, you can spread your wings and be a therapist for a needy world. Do anything you can imagine to contribute to the emotional health of the planet. All our troubles in nations and across the globe are psyche trying to find love and beauty. Few understand this, but maybe you do because of your experience with your friends. Bring that knowledge to our world and be a therapist who goes far beyond the professionals in your care for the soul of the world. (from the final chapter, “The Therapist in Everyone”) “Moore has done a great service by reinterpreting soul therapy as deep friendship—not only with others but also with the world. The genius of what he has done consists not only of revisioning therapy but revisioning friendship as well.” — Robert Sardello, Director of The School of Integral Spiritual Psychology

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unique and creative way. He explores how the projection of the shadow self—scapegoating—is the underlying psychological mechanism fueling wetiko and examines wetiko in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, showing that we can reframe the pandemic so as to receive the lessons and opportunities embedded in it.

by Paul Levy

$24.99, paper. Inner Traditions. 320 pages

In its Native American meaning, wetiko is an evil cannibalistic spirit that can take over people’s minds, leading to selfishness, insatiable greed, and consumption as an end in itself, destructively turning our intrinsic creative genius against our own humanity. Revealing the presence of wetiko in our modern world behind every form of destruction our species is carrying out, both individual and collective, Paul Levy shows how this mind-virus is so embedded in our psyches that it is almost undetectable—and it is our blindness to it that gives wetiko its power. Yet, as Levy reveals in striking detail, by recognizing this highly contagious mind parasite, by seeing wetiko, we can break free from its hold and realize the vast creative powers of the human mind.

Levy explores how artists, philosophers, and spiritual traditions across the ages have been creatively symbolizing this deadly pathogen of the psyche so as to help us see it and heal it. He examines the concept of wetiko as it appears in the teachings of the Kabbalah, Hawaiian Kahuna shamanism, Buddhism, and mystical Christianity and through esoteric concepts like egregores, demons, counterfeiting spirits, and psychic vampires. He reveals how visionary thinkers such as C. G. Jung, Sri Aurobindo, Philip K. Dick, Colin Wilson, Nicolas Berdyaev, and Rene Girard each point to wetiko in their own

THE BROKEN MIRROR Refracted Visions of Ourselves

by James Hollis

$32.95, paper. Chiron. 208 pages

The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves explores the need to know ourselves more deeply, and the many obstacles that stand in our way. The various chapters illustrate internal obstacles such as intimidation by the magnitude of the project, the readiness to avoid the hard work, and gnawing self-doubt, but also provide tools to strengthen consciousness to take these obstacles on. Additional essays address living in haunted houses, the necessity of failure, and the gift and limits of therapy.

Tracking where the energy presently manifests in a person’s life tells us where we need to bring consciousness, and accountability along with it.

As I wrote in Living Between Worlds, “the gods have departed and left us to our own devices, and it’s not going so well. We work assiduously at denial, convinced of our purblind assertions of certainty, partaking of a thousand distracting, numbing, addictive, seductive treatment plans that leave us so palpably alone, so lonely, and so terribly full of longing.”

These essays, then, are all about tracking the movement of the spirit world through the forms of our material world. It is the project to which depth psychology has devoted itself, and a project which brings renewed energy, momentum, discovery, and larger horizons to each of us. I hope that these essays contribute in some way to your reflections on where those energies are tracking in your life.

It is the artists—and we are all artists— who are the healers of the world... By our very nature, we are interpreters of our experience and generators of meaning. This is a process that affects our experience of both ourselves and of the universe at large. Realizing our own creative agency is where we find ourselves, which is the beginning of the cure for wetiko as well as the cure itself... There’s nothing to do but listen and respond in kind to our unique and individual call.

Revealing how the power of imagination can cure the wetiko mind-virus, Levy underscores how important it is for each of us to bring forth the creative spirit within us, which helps shed the light of consciousness on wetiko, taking away its power over us while simultaneously empowering ourselves.

“Wetiko is a book of urgent relevance and vital importance for everyone, alerting us to dire dangers and opening our eyes to our astonishing and wondrous potential as we engage with the multiple, simultaneous world crises that we face in these critical times.” —Robert Simmons, author of The Alchemy of Stones

♦ Doing Difficult Therapy ♦ The Zen Paradox: What You Have Become is Now Your Chief Problem ♦ Shipwreck: The Importance of Failure in Our Lives.

Mythology MYTHS OF THE WORLD An Illustrated Collection of the World’s Greatest Stories Edited by Tony Allan

$28.95, cloth. Watkins. 320 pages, 7x9, colour illustrations

In this beautifully illustrated gift edition lurk more than 240 mythological tales from all around the world. It features gods, heroes, princesses, villains, magicians, tricksters, goddesses and witches and monsters, as well as animals with extraordinary powers, and much more. It includes a wise orienting introduction, and stories from every corner of the globe, from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, the Celtic World, the Viking and Germanic worlds, the Middle Ages, the Slavic East, Persia, India, Tibet and Mongolia, China, Japan, the Arctic, North America, Mesoamerica, South America, Africa, and Australasia. Each culture is rich in folklore and magical tales, and this book offers a fascinating introduction to them all.

Some of the more provocative chapter titles in this new book: ♦ Fear, Skepticism, Lassitude: The Recovery of an Inner Life ♦ Necessary Fictions: Therapy as the Critique of “Stories”

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Placed within these thrilling and strange adventures is nothing less than a secret history of the world, far truer than facts. As modern people we live in an age of both trouble and wonder, and as we are stretched on the rack between such extremes, it is myth that shows us how to survive, even thrive, in such paradox... Myth is a way we and the world and its inhabitants talk to each other...

The stories contained here are mysterious and vitalizing codes. We can’t always discern who’s the hero or heroine of the story: it could be a crow, a salmon, or

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divine inspiration itself. That’s refreshing, that the story may not even be created from a human point of view at all. This is a way that we humans get to rehydrate our imagination, stay humble, reinvest in wonder. Contained within this book are a thousand invitations to a deeper life. —Martin Shaw, from the foreword

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Neuroaffective Meditation NEUROAFFECTIVE MEDITATION A Practical Guide to Lifelong Brain Development, Emotional Growth, and Healing Trauma

Of all the many excellent books about meditation and spirituality, Marianne Bentzen’s Neuroaffective Meditation stands out. Her treatment of the developmental and neurobiological processes that must be synchronized and coordinated with meditation practices for authentic transformation to occur is both salient and practical...

by Marianne Bentzen

$24.99, paper. Inner Traditions.

240 pages, b/w illustrations

Meditation HEART MEDICINE How to Stop Painful Patterns and Find Peace and Freedom—at Last

by Radhule Weininger

$24.95, paper. Shambhala. 236 pages

Find freedom from life’s painful recurring patterns in 12 simple steps, with guided practices of self-compassion, mindfulness, and embodiment—a remarkable, beautiful invitation, with forewords by the Dalai Lama and Joanna Macy.

Do you ever feel trapped by experiencing challenging feelings over and over again--sometimes without realizing it? Or do you find yourself thinking “Why is this happening to me again?” or “Why do I always feel this way?”

You’re not alone. With Heart Medicine, you can learn to identify your emotional and behavioral patterns through the lens of loving awareness—without self-judgment or blame, learning to hold yourself as you would a dear friend, with space and grace.

Each of the twelve steps introduces several practices that allow us to gradually free ourselves from the claws of a LRPP (Long-standing, Recurrent, Painful Pattern of hurt) …

Learning to work through being triggered and being able to stay present, even when we feel an urge to react, is enormously important in our work with LRPPs. Being able to feel deeply into our grief and sorrow, rather than trying to avoid or push away such feelings, helps us to resolve our LRPPs.. The use of the practices and meditations introduced in this book will be supported by spoken guided meditations, which can be found on www.shambhala.com/heart-medicine-practices in the order they are presented in the book.

Radhule Weininger draws on decades of experience as a therapist and meditation teacher to help readers understand the trauma behind their patterns, then offers twelve simple steps to work toward healing. Each chapter includes short practices so readers can begin to put the book’s concepts to work for transformation in their own lives. With Heart Medicine you can finally be equipped with the tools to break through the patterns that hold you back and begin to live with more freedom, confidence, and peace. And that’s good medicine, indeed.

Through the practice of what she calls “deep mindfulness” and “deep compassion,” Radhule shares the teaching that “awareness is the primary ingredient, the oxygen that allows us to transform our life.” This vision of radical interconnectedness and interdependence infuses the book… Not my freedom first, then yours. Not inner work first, then outer work later.

Not self-care first, then care for the world afterward.

Rather, our freedom, our unfettered liberation from suffering together. Only together. Only and always together. —Joanna Macy, from her foreword “Heart Medicine is a beautiful invitation to discover and heal the persistent patterns that create suffering in our lives. Radhule reminds us that when we touch what is painful with awareness, the armoring around our heart melts and frees us to reconnect with our full aliveness, wisdom, and love.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical Compassion

Drawing on her 25 years of research into brain development as well as decades of meditation practice, Danish psychotherapist Marianne Bentzen shows how neuroaffective meditation—the holistic integration of meditation, neuroscience, and psychology—can be used for personal growth and conscious maturation. She also explores how the practice can help address embedded traumas and allow access to the best perspectives of growing older while keeping the best psychological attitudes of being young—a hallmark of wisdom. She explains that there is a sequence to emotional maturation, just as there is for the development of cognitive or athletic skills, and details the central developmental processes of childhood and adolescence and the adult stages of psychological development. She then explores the biopsychological effects of meditation on the human brain, including how it affects us at the autonomic, limbic, and prefrontal levels.

The author shares 16 guided meditations for neuroaffective brain development (along with links to online recordings), each designed to gently interact with the deep, unconscious layers of the brain and help you reconnect to yourself, your relationships, and the world around. Each meditation explores a different theme, from breathing in being in your body to feeling love, compassion, and gratitude in the songs of the heart to balancing positive and negative experiences in mandala. The author also shares a 5-part meditation centered on breathing exercises designed to balance your energy. These recordings, created specifically for this book, can be streamed from the website audio.innertraditions.com/neumed.

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The early chapters of this book offer a clear map of childhood maturation and the specific skill sets that are essential to develop wise and compassionate human beings...

In her meditations, found throughout the book, Marianne constantly invokes the impulses and bottom-up processes of perception of world and relationships, inner sensations, and movement impulses, calling forth not the discipline and control of the prefrontal cortex but the ancient evolutionary experience of curiosity and exploration...

Embodied meditation is so important for all of us, especially in times of turbulence and fear. The key to transforming trauma is to move from fixity to flow...

By using Marianne’s original and proven meditations and her descriptions of how they are put together, it becomes possible to tailor exercises to each individual’s specific developmental needs, whether your own or that of a client. The book is both a practical treasure for seekers and also a valuable guide to therapists to better meet their clients’ needs for a grounded spirituality. —from the foreword by Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma Presenting an authentic, stepwise approach to spiritual growth, emotional maturation, and brain development, this guide explains the science behind neuroaffective meditation and offers detailed practices for a truly personal and ever-evolving experience of inner growth.

the psychological scars, or samskaras, that block you and keep you from reaching your highest potential.

You need to do the work of releasing yourself in your everyday life. You will then be able to handle anything life brings your way... LIke everything else in life, these deeper spiritual states take time. Just do the inner work, and the energy will start flowing.

Once the floodgates open within you, you’ll have all the help you need for the ascent... No matter what happens, keep letting go... It is about perpetually letting go of yourself completely...

LIVING UNTETHERED Beyond the Human Predicament

by Michael Singer

$27.95, paper. New Harbinger. 210 pages

From beloved spiritual teacher Michael Singer—author of The Untethered Soul—this highly anticipated guide will be your compass on an exciting new journey toward self-realization and unconditional happiness.

Now more than ever, we’re all looking to feel more joy, happiness, and deeper meaning in our lives. But are we looking in all the wrong places? When our sense of wholeness depends on things or people outside ourselves— whether its a coveted job, a new house, a lavish vacation, or even a new relationship—sooner or later we’re bound to feel unsatisfied.

That’s why we must look inside for real freedom, love, and inspiration. But how do we embark on this inner journey?

Living Untethered is the book to reach for. At once profoundly transcendent and powerfully practical, it provides clear guidance for moving beyond the thoughts, feelings, and habits that keep you stuck—so you can heal the pain of the past and let your spirit soar. On each page, you’ll discover a deeper understanding of where your thoughts and emotions come from, and how they affect your natural energy flow. Finally, you’ll find freedom from

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Do this work. This work is not about renunciation of life—it’s about truly experiencing life at the deepest level. If you let go of yourself on a daily basis, under all circumstances, you will find what is greater than yourself. That’s just the way it works.

It’s time to stop struggling and start experiencing. This book will show you how to put the spiritual teachings of Michael Singer into practice every day, and propel you toward a life of liberation, serenity, openness, and self-knowledge.

This book is co-published by New Harbinger, the premier publisher of psychology and self-help books; and Sounds True, the leading multimedia publisher of original works by world-renowned spiritual teachers.

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BREAKING THE HABIT OF NEGATIVE THINKING AND SELF-TALK

by Eckhart Tolle

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Imagine carrying around a radio that constantly complains, criticizes, brings up past regrets, and frets about the future. Does this sound familiar?

LOVING WHAT IS (REVISED EDITION) Four Questions That Can Change Your Life

But we are not our thoughts. And beneath them lies our true self: a vast consciousness reachable through simple awareness.

With Breaking the Habit of Negative Thinking and Self-Talk, this renowned teacher and author (The Power of Now) helps guide us out of this illusory landscape. In four immersive audio sessions, he shares insights, stories, illustrations, and practices to gently navigate us to our natural state of Presence, free of the mental labels and judgments that create suffering.

Join Eckhart Tolle to explore: why the ego craves unhappy states, how to free ourselves from its endless chatter, ways to bring ourselves to the liberated spaciousness of unveiled Presence, and more. Here, he points us, moment-by-moment, back to our deeper, limitless self.

There is only one universal consciousness that emanates from the source of all life, and our true state of being arises out of it.

BEING MYSELF The Essence of Meditation Series

by Rupert Spira

$25.95, paper. New Harbinger. 115 pages, flaps

Being Myself is a contemplative exploration of the essential nature of our self.

Everyone has the sense of “being myself,” but not everyone knows their self clearly. In most cases, our sense of self is mixed up with the content of experience and, as a result, its natural condition of peace and happiness is veiled. Through investigation and analogy, the meditations in this collection take us back to our true nature again and again, until we begin to find our self naturally and effortlessly established there, as that. In time, experience loses its capacity to veil our being, and its innate peace and joy emerge from the background of experience.

In fact, the relaxation of the body and mind can happen so quietly and gradually that it is barely registered. In time, of course, the signs become evident and one who knows their own being exudes peace, clarity and warmth of heart.

It would be better not to look for any signs of enlightenment, but if we were to, the best we might find would be a causeless peace and joy that accompanies all experience, irrespective of its content. That would be the first sign in the mind of that which shines behind the mind.

The Essence of Meditation Series presents meditations on the essential, non-dual understanding that lies at the heart of all the great religious and spiritual traditions, compiled from contemplations led by Rupert Spira at his meetings and retreats. This simple, contemplative approach, which encourages a clear seeing of one’s experience rather than any kind of effort or discipline, leads the reader to an experiential understanding of their own essential being and the peace and fulfilment that are inherent within it.

Also new in 2022 from Rupert Spira is You Are the Happiness You Seek.

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thing: both sides of everything. My arms are open to it all…

Everything is fair, everything is right, everything is beautiful, and if you see anything in your life as unfair, you realize that it’s your next opportunity to question what you’re believing and remove yourself from ignorance. Anything that would darken your awareness is simply the next thing to question…

When you wake up to reality, life becomes effortless, because there’s no fear left in you. Your mind can’t project a future. You don’t have to know what to do; you just do it. You realize that you’re not the doer, that the creative mind, the wisdom of the universe, is what’s running the show. God is another name for the nameless reality, the kind, the loving, the immovable. There’s nothing you can do about it, and whenever you argue with it, you hurt yourself. It’s not waiting for your invitation or your permission. It’s always there. It’s perfect. It’s yours from the beginning of time.

by Byron Katie, with Stephen Mitchell $23.99, paper. Random House. 362 pages

When the thinking mind never stops speaking, we can come to believe that this egoic self is who we are.

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In 2003, Byron Katie introduced the world to “The Work” with the publication of Loving What Is. The Work is simply a series of four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. As Katie says, “It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.” Contrary to popular belief, trying to let go of a painful thought never works; instead, once we have done The Work, the thought lets go of us. At that point, we can truly love what is, just as it is.

Loving What Is shows readers step by step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for themselves. In this revised edition, readers will enjoy seven new “dialogues,” or real examples of Katie doing The Work with people to discover the root cause of their suffering. Readers will see people work their way through a broad range of human problems, learning freedom through the very thoughts that had caused their suffering--thoughts such as “My husband betrayed me” or “My mother doesn’t love me enough.”

The Work of Byron Katie consists of four questions and what Katie calls a “turnaround,” that moment when one sees that it is one’s thoughts that are the only problem. The four questions are: ♦ “Is it true?” ♦ “Can you absolutely know it is true?” ♦ “How do you react when you believe that thought?” ♦ “Who would you be without this thought?”

By listening to the answers inside oneself, one can open the mind to profound, spacious, and life-transforming insights.

I’m in love with reality, and reality includes every-

Dying, Death & Grieving OPENING TO GRIEF Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace

by Claire Willis

New in Paperback

$20.95, paper. Red Wheel. 122 pages

Grief is alive in us more and more, here on Earth. We all feel alone, shocked, confused, and heartbroken by the losses we have experienced in recent times. Opening to Grief is a gentle guide to the learnings in this experience. Like a loving friend, the authors move past the prevailing idea that grief moves in stages. Instead they offer a personal path, an invitation to turn toward the emotions and sensations that arise and explore the ways that are most healing for you.

You accept that you cannot know the road ahead.

Awkwardly, you try something, fail, and brush yourself off. You adopt the old adage about faking it until you make it. You open to the possibility of serendipity.

Slowly, with uncertainty, you begin to welcome it all and cultivate what’s yours and yours alone, to grow.

“A wise and sensitive book, this guide to working with grief is a treasure.” —Roshi Joan Halifax, author of Being with Dying “A comforting and elegant collection of healing wisdom. The perfect book for our times.” Sharon Salzberg,

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The Work can mimic the effect of decades of meditation practice (check it out!), when applied to everyday problems and situations as they arise.

Katie’s warm, humorous, yet penetrating way comes through this book beautifully— it’s written with noted translator Stephen Mitchell (who’s also her husband).

In his introduction, he writes: When we believe our thoughts instead of what is really true for us, we experience the kind of emotional distress that we call suffering. Suffering is a natural alarm, warning us that we’re attaching to a thought; when we don’t listen, we come to accept the suffering as an inevitable part of life. It’s not.

“People often ask me if I’m an enlightened being,” she says. “I don’t know anything about that. I am just someone who knows the difference between what hurts and what doesn’t.”

author of Lovingkindness “Opening to Grief invites readers to approach and be with their grief, rather than turn away and try to avoid it. The authors mix reflections with simple yet profound practices anchored in mindfulness. It’s easy-to-read and a wonderful addition to the grief literature.” —Sue Morris, Director of Bereavement Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston THE ILLUSION OF LIFE AND DEATH Mind, Consciousness and Eternal Being

by Clare Goldsberry

$23.95, paper. Monkfish. 222 pages

From ancient sages, spiritual teachers such as the Buddha, philosophers including Plato and Seneca to modern-day quantum physicists, life-long student of religions and spiritual traditions, philosophy and quantum physics, Clare Goldsberry, walks us through the mystery of death and dying, as well as the questions of the meaning and purpose of life. With her insights as a Buddhist practitioner and teacher, student of Hinduism, as well as the journey of the cancer diagnosis of Brent, her significant other, and his death, she provides a unique view into living and dying as seen through the ages from those who’ve sought answers into this most mysterious of experiences—this thing we call death.

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My wish is that everyone would have a good death, as Brent did: dying quietly, peacefully, without fear, and free from attachments either to the body or to others. That will take an understanding of life, death, consciousness, and reality from each of us, especially doctors and other healthcare providers, who are often present in the face of death.

Among the many topics explored are: ♦ Why We Don’t Know How to Die ♦ Living with Suffering: How Not to Suffer ♦ Living Consciously: What Is Consciousness? ♦ Learning to Embrace What Is ♦ The Business of Illness: The Cost of Keeping Us Alive ♦ The Business of Illness: Prospering from the Fear of Death ♦ Dying with Grace and Dignity ♦ Choosing Death: Suicide and Assisted Suicide ♦ The Dying Process: Having a Good Death ♦ Karma, Reincarnation, and Rebirth.

FINDING PEACE AT THE END OF LIFE A Death Doula’s Guide for Familes and Caregivers

by Henry Fersko-Weiss

$22.50, paper. Red Wheel. 238 pages

From a longtime end-of-life “midwife,” this practical guide to navigating the transition from life to death will encourage many of us. Henry Fersko-Weiss recounts beautiful stories that show that dying doesn’t need to be as bleak and soul-wrenching as we think. It can be meaningful and even life-affirming. The doula approach to death offers opportunities to explore the meaning of life and to convey that meaning through legacy work. Based on the model of care provided by birth doulas, it emphasizes thoughtful planning for how the last days of life should look, sound, and feel, and calls for around-the-clock vigil care, which provides emotional and spiritual support for both the dying person and their loved ones.

As a person explores the meaning of their life, it is natural to consider how that meaning might be expressed in a concrete way that the person finds satisfying; in a way that loved ones will find informative or inspiring. This expression of meaning is referred to as a legacy project...

The kinds of legacy projects people create are limited only by the imagination and creativity of those involved.

Over time, these legacies become deeply valued family treasures, becasue they allow people to reconnect with the person after they have died and reengage with the meaning they identified.

“This book makes a compelling case for end-of-life doula care for the dying and their loved ones. Long-time practitioner Fersko-Weiss also discusses techniques and practices for readers who want to have a more peaceful, meaningful death experience.” —Library Journal A CELTIC BOOK OF DYING The Path of Love in the Time of Transition

by Phyllida Anam-Aire

$18.99, paper. Inner Traditions. 204 pages, b/w illustrations

Through her decades of hospice work, Phyllida AnamAire has revived the ancient Celtic tradition of watching with the dying and traveling with the soul after death.

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In A Celtic Book of Dying, Phyllida details the Celtic rituals of honoring death and dying, revealing how these rituals act as a catalyst that allows the change of form for our essence to pass on into the afterlife. She shows how becoming familiar with the dying process and acknowledging our own personal death forms an important aspect of preparing for this natural transformation. The author guides us with reflective questions, exercises, and meditations to help us become aware of and evaluate our own beliefs, attitudes, and fears around dying and learn to live our life more consciously and with joy. Once we have come to terms with our own passing, we will also find it easier to assist family and friends in their last hours.

Phyllida presents the sacred meditation of traveling with the dead as held by an anam-aire or soul carer. She also offers suggestions for Celtic rituals, prayers, and blessings for support. She addresses many practical questions around care for the dying during and after the process, including the importance of silence. Poetry, song, stories, and rituals are interwoven in a comforting and reassuring way.

A practical yet soulful guidebook, A Celtic Book of Dying deepens our spiritual understanding of the internal journey of the dying and the adventurous after-death journey to come. Through the eyes of an anam-aire, we see death not as the end or something to be feared, but just as the moment of being called home again.

THE ZEN OF THERAPY Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life

by Mark Epstein

$36.00, cloth. Penguin. 303 pages

For years, Mark Epstein kept his Buddhist practice separate from his work as a psychiatrist. Content to use his training in mindfulness as a private resource, he trusted that the Buddhist influence could, and should, remain invisible. But as he became more forthcoming with his patients about his personal spiritual leanings, he was surprised to learn how many were eager to learn more. The divisions between the psychological, emotional, and the spiritual, he soon realized, were not as distinct as one might think.

In The Zen of Therapy, Dr. Epstein reflects on a year’s worth of selected sessions with his patients and observes how, in the incidental details of a given hour, his Buddhist background influences the way he works. Meditation and psychotherapy each encourage a willingness to face life’s difficulties with courage that can be hard to otherwise muster, and in this cross-section of life in his office, he emphasizes how therapy, an element of Western medicine, can in fact be considered a two-person meditation. Mindfulness, too, much like a good therapist, can hold our awareness for us—and allow us to come to our senses and find inner peace.

My intention here is twofold: to show that meditation does not have to be a solitary intrapsychic endeavor but can also work interpersonally, and to demonstrate that emotional life, rather than being a distraction, can serve as a critical doorway to spiritual understanding... One way or another, a person’s real-life issues must be brought into awareness to serve as grist for the spiritual mill, and a therapist, as spiritual friend, can help make this happen... In the context of psychotherapy, how can friendship, companionship, and camaraderie actually emerge?

Transpersonal Psychology READY How to Know When to Go and When to Stay

by David Richo

$23.95, paper. Shambhala. 208 pages

The guide to finding your perfect timing for life’s biggest decisions—whether to stay or go in relationships, jobs, locations, and everything that matters most.

“Do we stay in what we know? Or is it the right time to leave and make a change?” In more than 50 years as a psychotherapist David Richo has been asked versions of this question more than any other. He has coached countless people of all ages through agonizing decisions related to their partnerships, their career, their home, their faith. In Ready, he shares the deep wisdom we need to make these decisions—and feel confident in following through. The book looks at the mystery of timing, why we stay too long, why we leave too soon, and what it feels like when the timing is right.

Richo shows that readiness is about more than just making a choice. Being ready means we understand ourselves deeply, we are prepared to take action (and staying is an action!), and we are equipped with what it takes to follow through. Filled with relatable stories and helpful practices, including meditation, self-inquiry, journaling, and affirmations, Ready helps us understand our own perfect timing to stay or to go.

“Ready posits that making important decisions is not about drawing up lists of pros and cons, consulting experts, or honing your willpower. Rather, it is about knowing yourself deeply, inhabiting each moment fully, and then letting the world speak to you in its infinite wisdom (which is not separate from your own). If you’re looking for a way to make decisions you can trust, this book is for you.” —Susan Piver, author of The Four Noble Truths of Love Among David Richo’s other books are How to Be an Adult in Relationships and The Five Things We Cannot Change.

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Throughout this deeply personal inquiry, one which weaves together the wisdom of two worlds, Dr. Epstein illuminates the therapy relationship as spiritual friendship, and reveals how a therapist can help patients cultivate the sense that there is something magical, something wonderful, and something to trust running through our lives, no matter how fraught they have been or might become.

For when we realize how readily we have misinterpreted ourselves, when we stop clinging to our falsely conceived constructs, when we touch the ground of being, we come home.

“This wise and sympathetic book’s lingering effect is as a reminder that a deeper and more companionable way of life lurks behind our self-serious stories.” —Oliver Burkeman, New York Times Book Review

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Ram Dass & Loving Awareness WALKING EACH OTHER HOME Conversations on Loving and Dying

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by Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush

$29.99, paper. Sounds True.

240 pages, 8x8, 2-colour illustrations

We all sit on the edge of a mystery. We have only known this life, so dying scares us—and we are all dying. But what if dying were perfectly safe? What would it look like if you could approach dying with curiosity and love, in service of other beings? What if dying were the ultimate spiritual practice?

Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush began their friendship more than four decades ago at the foot of their guru, Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Maharaj-ji. They have reunited once more with Walking Each Other Home to enlighten and engage readers on the spiritual opportunities within the dying process. They generously share intimate personal experiences and timeless practices, told with courage, humor, and heart, gently exploring every aspect of this journey.

In Walking Each Other Home, readers will learn about: guidelines for being a “loving rock” for the dying, how to grieve fully and authentically, how to transform a fear of death, leaving a spiritual legacy, creating a sacred space for dying, and much more.

In his introduction, Ram Dass writes: Dying is the most important thing you do in your life. It’s the great frontier for every one of us. And loving is the art of living as a preparation for dying.

Allowing ourselves to dissolve into the ocean of love is not just about leaving this body; it is also the route

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to Oneness and unity with our own inner being, the soul, while we are still here. If you know how to live and to love, you know how to die.

In this book, I talk about what I am learning about death and dying from others and from my getting closer to it, and I talk about what I have learned from being at the bedsides of friends who have died, including how to grieve and how to plan for your own death as a spiritual ceremony. I talk about our fear of death and ways to go beyond that fear so we can be identified with our spiritual selves and live more meaningful lives.

This loving, inclusive heart-dialogue relates loving to dying in surprising ways.

Our guru told us to love everyone. This is it, Ram Dass says, the way to live and the way to die. Love everyone, including ourselves. Be in the moment.

Be tender, be kind, be generous. Know that we share this journey with each and every person.

Join these lifelong spiritual friends as they explore what it means to live and die consciously, remember who we really are, and illuminate the path we walk together.

Ram Dass, born Richard Alpert, is the founder of the Love Serve Remember Foundation and the author of many books, including the spiritual classics Be Here Now and Be Love Now. He died in 2019.

Mirabai Bush co-wrote Compassion in Action with Ram Dass in the 1990s. She’s director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.

Entheogens ~ Psychedelics RADICAL HEALERSHIP How to Build a Values-Driven Healing Practice in a Profit-Driven World

by Laura Mae Northrup

$23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 188 pages

A guide for healing practitioners of any discipline: work toward your purpose, grow your client base, and thrive with integrity within an unjust capitalist system. The time for healing--and the time to be a healer—is now.

Therapist Laura Mae Northrup navigates the complexities of being a healer today—and shows how you can stay true to your calling in a world built from systems that were designed to extract, oppress, and exploit. Addressing fundamental tensions that arise for practicing healers working in a latestage capitalist culture, Northrup shares how to: ♦ Maintain your ethical framework even while prioritizing financial growth ♦ Market and brand your practice authentically, without feeling like a shill ♦ Recognize the unconscious biases and unexamined motivations you unintentionally bring to work ♦ Resist burnout and honor your limits within a culture that valorizes overwork ♦ Connect to your emotional needs and spiritual goals-and honor their place in your healing practice.

Structured in accessible, to-the-point chapters with practical writing and reflection prompts, Northrup offers an authentic, spiritually grounded approach to healership.

Written for healers of all modalities—including radical therapists, functional practitioners, reiki workers, bodyworkers, and healers who have been sidelined, under-researched, or delegitimized within a Western capitalist framework—this book offers a nuanced, political, and social-justice informed guide to building the practice you want--and thriving as the healer you were born to be.

This book explores the ways that our egos, personal wounding, and societal wounding inform our abilities to be sustained healing practitioners. The answer to each of the aforementioned questions lies in personal-growth work. Running a practice and being a healing practitioner is vulnerable, hard work. It requires you to grow throughout your life.

Jewels of wit and insight from the vast, open heart of a loving explorer.

by Ram Dass

$21.95, cloth. Mandala. 167 pages

Ram Dass always had a knack for heartto-heart transmission. Far before he had a vocabulary to describe his spiritual experiences, he was Richard Alpert, a Harvard professor and early explorer with psychedelics.

After these early soul-expanding journeys, he spoke and wrote about his transcendent experiences with the innate, intuitive understanding of a true inner-voyager.

You can’t push away the world. You have to enter into life fully to become free.

Even before Alpert realized that psychedelics weren’t the final answer to enlightenment, he was more interested in cultivating a shared heart space with his patients and friends than he was in the clinical, scientific side of psychedelia.

It is the continuing work of life: learning to trust that the universe is unfolding exactly as it should, no matter how it looks. You learn to appreciate that you have a part in nurturing this interconnected whole and healing it where it has torn. Discover what your individual contribution can be, then give yourself fully to it.

Words of Wisdom is a distillation of hundreds of lectures and many hours of audio and video recordings from the last five decades—his core essential teachings.

You are continually going to sleep and waking up. All you can do is keep searching for the clarity and quietness amidst the confusion of your melodramas…

The truth is that behind the drama, here you are, no matter how poignant, captivating, dramatic, or bittersweet it may be. Your work is not to get snared in anybody else’s or your own drama.

This anthology celebrates the spark that helped to ignite the flame of grace and Loving Awareness in so many hearts. By the end of his life, Ram Dass was a true conduit for soul connection. Through five decades of teaching in both the institutional and public realms, he served as a leader in spirituality, psychology, and psychedelia, fusing these elements to embody a purposeful intention of love and joy. As he said so often toward the end of his life (he lived 1931-2019), “I am Loving Awareness. I am Loving Awareness.”

Old age is rife with change. It’s training you in change: change in your body, in relationships, your energy, your role.

The last part of your life is sensational. Yum, yum, yum Ego things calm down and wisdom comes forth.

And compassion comes forth—compassion for yourself, for others, for the world.

Among Ram Dass’s many books are Be Here Now, Polishing the Mirror, and Be Love Now.

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“Northrup’s voice… is unflinchingly REAL — intersectionally attuned, purposefully confessional, often gloriously blunt, and intentional—with clear frameworks for healing. This a self-help book for the helpers.” —John Mink, social studies teacher and editor of Teaching Resistance PLANT TEACHERS Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge

by Jeremy Narby & Rafael Chanchari Pizuri $28.95, cloth. New World Library. 144 pages

A trailblazing anthropologist and an indigenous Amazonian healer explore the convergence of science and shamanism.

“The dose makes the poison,” says an old adage, reminding us that all substances have the potential to heal or to harm, depending on their use— and the dose. This is especially true of tobacco. Although Western medicine treats it as a harmful addictive drug, tobacco is considered medicinal by indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest. In its unadulterated form, tobacco holds a central place in their repertoire of traditional medicines. Along with the hallucinogen ayahuasca, tobacco forms a part of treatments designed to heal the body, stimulate the mind, and inspire the soul with visions.

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THE ACID ROOM The Psychedelic Trials and Tribulations of Hollywood Hospital

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by Jesse Donaldson & Erika Dyck

$18.00, paper. Anvil. 154 pages, b/w photos

“He who is about to come to life under the impact of LSD-25 must first learn how to die.” Ben Metcalfe, Vancouver Province, Sept. 1, 1959.

From the street, New Westminster’s Hollywood Hospital didn’t look like much. Just a rambling white mansion, mostly obscured behind the holly trees from which it took its name. But, between 1957 and 1968, it served as a mecca for alcoholics, anxiety patients, and unhappy couples, its unorthodox methods boasting a success rate of 50-80%, and attracting scores of celebrity patients, including Andy Williams, Cary Grant, and Ethel Kennedy. Those same methods would eventually bring about the facility’s downfall, as well as the condemnation of physicians, the government, and the police. Because, for the better part of a decade, Hollywood Hospital was the site of more than 6000 supervised LSD trips. Under the care of psychiatrist J. Ross MacLean and researcher/ex-spy Al “Captain Trips” Hubbard, it was the only medical facility in BC (and one of a handful across the country) venturing into the brave new world of psychedelic psychiatry—from a specialized inner sanctum known THE PSILOCYBIN CONNECTION Psychedelics, the Transformation of Consciousness, and Evolution on the Planet—An Integral Approach

by Jahan Khamsehzadeh

$25.95, paper. North Atlantic. 350 pages

How--and why--do psychedelics exist? Did psilocybin catalyze our early human ancestors’ social evolution? And how can an integral understanding of psychedelics quite literally change the world? In an ambitious and comprehensive look at psilocybin--and how humanity co-evolved alongside mushrooms --Jahan Khamsehzadeh explores our historical and ancestral relationship to psychedelics, presents new and exciting research, and explores what psilocybin can mean for us humans going forward.

Separated into three sections--Present, Past, and Future--Psilocybin Connection advances our understanding of psychedelics in unexpected and original ways. Khamsehzadeh shares compelling research that suggests that naturally-occurring psychedelics may have played an essential role in our social, cultural, and linguistic evolution. Supported by archaeological evidence, neuroscience, and academic studies, he explores how mushrooms gave rise to art and expression, impacted spiritual experiences, and even catalyzed human WHEN PLANTS DREAM Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance

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by Daniel Pinchbeck & Sophia Rockhlin $18.95, paper. Watkins. 216 pages

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive tea that has a long history of ritual use among indigenous groups of the Upper Amazon. Made from the ayahuasca vine and the leaves of the chacruna shrub, ayahuasca is associated with healing in collective ceremonies and in more intimate contexts, generally under the direction of an ayahuasquero. These are experienced practitioners who guide the ceremony and the drinker’s experience.

Ayahuasca has gained significant popularity these days around the world. What effect might ayahuasca be having on our culture? Does the brew, which seems to inspire environmental action, simpler lifestyles and more communitarian behavior, act as an antidote to extractivist, consumerist “civilization?”

In When Plants Dream, Pinchbeck and Rokhlin

In the majority of cases, patients who underwent psychedelic therapy considered it one of the most useful and meaningful experiences of their entire lives. These perspectives (drawn from the remnants of Hollywood Hospital’s patient records) form the bulk of the narrative contained here...

The files are often incredibly candid personal accounts that illustrate how ordinary people contributed to this extraordinary story... It’s intended to give a candid look at the real people whose lives were affected by this unique and maligned form of therapy, and to promote a different way of thinking about addiction, medicine, psychiatry, and the substances we’ve labelled “illicit.”

Despite MacLean and Hubbard’s success, Hollywood Hospital and its contemporaries had their work cut short by changing attitudes and prohibitionist scaremongering, and that research languished for more than 50 years. Today, with Canada once again returning to the spotlight as a pioneer in psychedelic medicine, The Acid Room is a thoughtful exploration of those early acid tests—the facility where it began, the patients who drank the Kool-Aid, and the colourful characters who first opened their doors of perception. brain development.

Blending the selected experiences of nine people’s transformative experiences, his own psychedelic awakening, and the most comprehensive synthesis of psilocybin research to date, Khamsehzadeh’s Psilocybin Connection moves our understanding of the psychedelic mushroom forward toward a hopeful and exciting future.

“This book’s blend of erudition, and imagination makes a compelling argument that human evolution, even the enlargement of our brains, has been due in part to psilocybin mushrooms and their effects on perception, cognition, and imagination... His perspective is persuasive, optimistic, and a pleasure to read.” —James Fadiman, microdose researcher and author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide “This book is the single most comprehensive on the subject of psilocybin mushrooms that I’ve come across in twenty-plus years of exploring the subject. Regardless of your level of knowledge or experience, [this] book is accessible, inviting, inspiring, and incredibly informative. This will be my go-to recommendation when anyone asks me any question about the history, use, science, or potential of psilocybin mushrooms.” —Michael Roesslein, founder of Inaura explore the economic, social, political, cultural and environmental impact that ayahuasca is having on society. Part 1 covers the background; what ayahuasca is, where it is found, and its cultural origins. Part 2 explores the role and practices of the ayahuasquero in both Amazonian and Western cultures. Part 3 examines the medicinal plants of the Amazon, looking particularly at the ingredients in ayahuasca and their therapeutic qualities, covering the most up-to-date biomedical research, psychedelic science and psychopharmacology.

Part 4 looks more closely at how ayahuasca is perceived and used today, covering law, the drug wars, media and money. Lastly in Part 5: the future of ayahuasca.

Through the gift of this medicine, there is a great opportunity for people of Western cultures to define a different relationship to the natural world while forging a new partnership with indigenous communities who are the traditional guardians of the world’s largest forest.

Also by Daniel Pinchbeck: Breaking Open the Head.

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Anthropologist Jeremy Narby first learned of the shamanic uses of ayahuasca and tobacco while conducting fieldwork in the Amazon region decades ago. After witnessing the transformative power of these mind-altering plants, Narby embarked on a quest to understand their effects on human consciousness. His search led him to contact Rafael Chanchari Pizuri, a traditional healer from the Peruvian Amazon. In Plant Teachers, Narby and Pizuri hold a cross-cultural dialogue that explores the similarities between ayahuasca and tobacco, the role of these plants in indigenous cultures, and the hidden truths they reveal about nature. Juxtaposing two distinct worldviews, Plant Teachers invites readers on a wide-ranging journey through anthropology, botany, and biochemistry, while raising tantalizing questions about the relationship between science and other ways of knowing.

Among Jeremy Narby’s other books are The Intelligence of Nature and Shamans Through Time.

Shamanism & Ritual THE SHAMAN’S BOOK OF LIVING AND DYING

by Alberto Villoldo & Anne O’Neill

$26.95, paper. Hampton Roads. 235 pages

One of the pioneers in energy healing and shamanism recounts twelve miraculous stories in which, through the use of shamanic energetic techniques, people experience extraordinary physical and emotional healings. Meet a dancer who could barely walk until a series of sessions with Alberto Villoldo, a businesswoman who is freed from headaches and discovers the benefits of an integrated interior life, and a young woman who confronts her past and recovers from crippling depression. Each of these stories is rooted in Villoldo’s experience as a healer, mental health professional, and devotee of Indigenous wisdom and lore from around the world.

Ultimately, Villoldo demonstrates how a shaman assists us in discovering our own capacity for self-healing. He introduces us to physical, mental, and spiritual disease and presents techniques that can heal us, make us whole, and make us new. Having devoted 25 years of study to the healing practices of the Amazon and Andean shamans, Villoldo is teaching people how to actually grow new bodies.

Among the chapter/themes in this book: Extracting Intrusive Energies Journey Beyond Death Soul Retrieval and the Bands of Power Healing the Mother Wound Allies from the Spirit World Illumination—Clearing Imprints in the Field Healing Our Fight-or-Flight Response and Transforming Depression Healing the Heart in the World Beyond “By learning ancient shaman wisdom from Alberto Villoldo, you can heal disease, eliminate emotional suffering, and even grow a new body that ages and heals differently.

The stories in this book are amazing and inspiring.”

—Joe Dispenza, author of Becoming Supernatural MAGDALENA: RIVER OF DREAMS A Story of Colombia

by Wade Davis

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$24.95, paper. Penguin. 448 pages, colour photos, maps

A captivating new book from Wade Davis—renowned author and photographer, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade—that brings vividly to life the story of the great Rio Magdalena, illuminating Colombia’s complex past, present, and future in the process.

The Magdalena River is the lifeline that runs the length of the nation. For centuries, it allowed Colombians to settle their mountainous, geographically unique region—

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Shamanic Ritual & Art HELLO, GOODBYE 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change

by Day Schildkret

$38.99, cloth. Simon & Schuster.

438 pages, b/w illustrations

Here, from the author of the wonderful Morning Altars (which inspires us to create altars with natural elements), is a contemporary book of rituals with simple practices that slow us down to honor and mark the real moments in our lives.

Life has many transitions: A baby is born. A child leaves for college. A marriage. A divorce. A death. A coming-out. We all experience moments of profound change, but what do we do to mark those moments?

How do we become mindful of these events and imbue them with purpose and meaning? Could our lives be better, richer, and more resilient if we had more practical resources and rituals to honour, sanctify, and make sense of these transitions?

Day Schildkret, artist and author behind the Morning Altars movement, believes that rituals are the rhythms and traditions that give us a sense of stability in the face of uncertainty by reminding us that there’s always something we can do, say or make that conjures awe, contentment, and gratitude. They give us a way to acknowledge through our actions that, as life changes, we too must change.

Turning grief into beauty is how ritual renews the world again... Ritual is always our most trusted guide SHAMANIC CREATIVITY Free the Imagination with Rituals, Energy Work & Spirit Journeying

during times of change. When everything is unsettled, ungrounded, and unpredictable, ritual can refocus us back to what matters.

When things seem so fast and wild, ritual can slow us down and remind us what we are missing. And when fear and doubt pervade our waking moments, ritual can help us let go of what we’re grasping onto and reconnect us to courage and resilience.

When people die, jobs are lost, babies are born, relationships end or begin, the world panics—ritual is there for us as a pathfinder through change. The more we can learn how to be in relationship with change itself as it happens—which is the very function of ritual—the more we can gracefully change too...

Pivoting to the sacred is a ritual’s way to turn us toward and not away from the Great Mystery, the Great Uncertainty of our lives, which is always changing. It is a way to make these moments of hello and goodbye holy and beautiful.

Offering ways to make many kinds of moments special and sacred, Hello, Goodbye teaches you to not fear uncertainty, but instead participate fully and creatively in life’s inevitable changes, including: Containing over 75 hands-on ritual instructions, informed by hundreds of interviews, and filled with beautiful illustrations, inspirational story-telling, potent questions, and experienced wisdom, Hello, Goodbye is a lifelong go-to guide.

symbolic and metaphorical, Davis tells the river’s saga of fecundity and horror through the lives of remarkable individuals past and present... Throughout Davis emphasizes Colombia’s many Indigenous peoples and their abiding belief that protecting the river is a sacred duty. The story of Magdalena... is that of an epic struggle between the sacred and the profane, between worship and preservation and reckless exploitation and wanton abuse.” —Booklist Among Wade Davis’s many other books are One River and The Wayfinders.

First Nations ~ Indigenous YOU ARE THE MEDICINE 13 Moons of Indigenous Wisdom, Ancestral Connection, and Animal Spirit Guidance

by Asha Frost

$23.99, paper. Hay House. 245 pages

Asha Frost is an Indigenous Medicine Woman and a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, near the Georgian Bay in Ontario. In this book she invites readers to learn the healing medicine of the 13 Ojibway moons and the spirit animals that will guide their wisdom journey. From the Crane clan, Asha believes in holding space from vision and heart. As an energy healer, homeopath, and mentor, she has guided many people in a good way.

If you are drawn to Indigenous Medicine ways, you, too, have power and beauty in your own lineage waiting to be discovered.... These teachings are not offered up to be taken, but to be used as an invitation to awaken, catalyze, and illuminate all that is rooted within your blood, bones, and cells. Through each chapter, your intuition, inner guidance, and wisdom are most welcome. With me as your guide, we will walk together, and you will rise into the magnetic Medicine keeper that you have always been, with wisdom rooted in your own lineage and ancestry.

and shamanic principles, this guide gives you the keys to unlock your own creative birthright.

by Evelyn Rysdyk

$23.99, paper. Inner Traditions.

244 pages, b/w illustrations

In this step-by-step practical guide to enhancing creative energy, Evelyn Rysdyk explains how, from the shamanic perspective, creativity—or creative energy—is a life-giving force that frees the imagination, supports innovation, and awakens unique ways of thinking and feeling that can transform your life. She explores how to use the shamanic technologies of spirit journeying and ceremony alongside experiential shamanic exercises to release creativity-blocking patterns, reprogram the subconscious, engage the right brain, boost imagination, overcome anxiety and destructive emotions, and become much more creative in daily life.

Examining creative energy as a natural phenomenon similar to the tides, the author provides suggestions for when your creative energy is at a low tide as well as offering shamanic techniques for dealing with insecurities related to your creative pursuits and overcoming dysfunctional subconscious perceptions.

Presenting a wealth of experiential exercises, rituals,

one of the most challenging on the planet. Colombia’s complicated history reflects the beautiful, wild and impossible geography of its largest river: in places, it is placid and calm; in other moments, tortured and unpredictable.

A cultural wellspring of music, poetry and literature, in dark times the Magdalena also served as the nation’s graveyard. As the country enters a momentous period of revitalization, Wade Davis explores the three major sections of the river, alto, medio, and bajo, evoking each singular landscape and the people he meets there in poetic, nuanced writing, accompanied by his own striking photography.

Any time you allow your creative energy an outlet to flow, you receive a net gain of energy... No matter how creative you believe yourself to be, I’ve learned firsthand that creativity actually has no limiting threshold.

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Our times require everyone’s creativity.

Your unique and extraordinary genius needs to be awakened and encouraged as a part of transforming the minds and hearts of our collective.

“Evelyn Rysdyk is a brilliant shamanic teacher who has helped to pioneer shamanic teachings in our time.

She knows how to take some of the deeper ancient cross-cultural mysteries and share them with a modern Western culture. Evelyn performed her ‘magic’ again with Shamanic Creativity. This practical guide contains the support, inspiration, clear communication, and shamanic guidance you need to tap into the deepest level of your creativity. This is such a timely book as we all need to own our destiny to create our highest dreams.”

—Sandra Ingerman, author of Walking in Light

Magdalena gives us a rare, kaleidoscopic picture of the past and present of a nation often reduced to unfair clichés of drug cartels and violence. Through many years of uncertainty, the Magdalena never abandoned its people, always returning as a life-giving force, the source of much of Colombia’s wealth—and its dreams.

Weaving together memoir, history, and a remarkable tale of a nation rising to bring about transformational change, Wade Davis tells the story of this magnificent river with passion and love, “[A] deeply inquisitive, dazzlingly fluent scientific, cultural, and spiritual investigation... This far-reaching, centuries-encompassing river biography is shaped by Davis’ love for Colombia... Always with a discerning eye to the

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Through storytelling, personal reflections, ceremonies, rituals, and shamanic journeys, readers will learn to apply ancient wisdom and ancestral medicine to their own lives in meaningful ways that are respectful and conscious of the stolen lands, lives, and traditions of Indigenous peoples.

Discover how to: ♦ Ground and root into your own lineage and your ancestral guides. ♦ Connect to spirit and your innate healing powers in your own unique way. ♦ Practice self-care and rest on your journey. ♦ Return ancestral ways of cleansing and purifying. ♦ Trust and surrender in order to manifest. ♦ Remember your dreams and use them in your daily life. ♦ Release self-doubt, fear, disconnection, and insecurity.

REZ RULES My Indictment of Canada’s and America’s Systemic Racism Against Indigenous Peoples

by Chief Clarence Louie

$34.95, cloth. McLelland & Stewart. 330 pages, colour photos

A common-sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader.

Since 1984, Chief Louie has led his community for nearly four decades.

The story of how the Osoyoos Indian Band—“The Miracle in the Desert”— transformed from a Rez that struggled with poverty into an economically strong people is well-known. Guided by his years growing up on the Rez, Chief Louie believes that economic independence is key to self-sufficiency, reconciliation, and

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justice for First Nations people.

In Rez Rules, Chief Louie writes about his life in Osoyoos, from early mornings working in the vineyards, to playing and coaching sports, and attending a largely white school in Oliver, B.C. He remembers enrolling in the “Native American Studies” program at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in 1979 and falling in love with First Nations history. Learning about the historic significance of treaties was life-changing. He recalls his first involvement in activism: participating in a treaty bundle run across the country before embarking on a path of leadership. Inspired by his ancestors’ working culture, and by the young people on the reserve, Chief Louie continues to work for First Nations’ self-sufficiency and independence.

Direct and passionate, Chief Louie brings together wide-ranging subjects: life on the Rez, including Rez language and humour; per capita payments; the role of elected chiefs; the devastating impact of residential schools; the need to look to culture and ceremony for governance and guidance; the use of Indigenous names and logos by professional sports teams; his love for motorcycle honour rides; and what makes a good leader. He takes aim at systemic racism and examines the relationship between First Nations and colonial Canada and the United States, and sounds a call to action for First Nations to “Indian Up!” and “never forget our past.” Offering leadership lessons on and off the Rez, this memoir describes the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader and provides a common-sense blueprint for the future of First Nations communities. In it, Chief Louie writes, “Damn, I’m lucky to be an Indian!”

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Becoming Animal “Understanding ancestral eloquence is our last and best chance, and these pages can only help.” —Alan Eirera, producer and director of From the Heart of the World

their desires in an intuitive way and find greater energy and willpower to harness the enormous magical potential within. Featuring insightful essays from some of the best writers, thinkers, and leaders in their fields, this book helps you become your most empowered self.

Wicca, Pagan Paths & Western Magic

Through intuitive witchcraft, we can learn the things we want to learn. We can lead meaningful lives and experience profound growth through honing our skills. Deep inside our hearts, we know which paths we need to walk better than anyone else does...

Whether or not you use the word witch to describe yourself, you hold the power to change your life. It’s all inside you. All you have to do is listen to your inner wisdom and learn how to wield that energy.

INTUITIVE WITCHCRAFT How to Use Intuition to Elevate Your Craft

by Astrea Taylor

$26.99, paper. Llewellyn. 334 pages

Astrea Taylor provides the tools and techniques you need to build your intuition and witchcraft together, uniting them in a practice that allows you to cultivate and follow your heart and spirit. Featuring exercises, examples, activities, and rituals, this book helps you find your magical path—intuitively—based on personal experience.

Celebrate the truth of who you are and embrace the wisdom of your inner voice with this inspiring guide. Beginners and advanced practitioners alike can use Intuitive Witchcraft to manifest

“This is an absolutely terrific book, full of heart, practical advice, and some of the best witchcraft to make the printed page in years. Whether you are a novice or an experienced practitioner you’ll find something to love in Taylor’s work.” —Jason Mankey, author of Transformative Witchcraft “A refreshing look at how everyone who feels the connection to various aspects of the Craft can reach out and connect in a real and personal way. The exercises are a great way to enhance your intuitive connection to nature, deity, and magical practice...This book has something useful

Magick Practice RITUAL An Essential Grimoire

RESTORING THE KINSHIP WORLDVIEW Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth

physical world—uniting earthly efforts with the unseen forces of creation. This grimoire (or book of spells) contains rituals and meditations for protection, joy, love, luck, prosperity, creativity, and spiritual insight—all presented in plain, accessible language that anyone can use.

Damien and Lorri used magick to help them get through the most trying times—to help free Damien from his wrongful incarceration, then to help both of them heal from the traumatic aftereffects of his impris-

by Damien Echols & Lorri Davis $32.50, cloth. Sounds True.

248 pages, b/w illustrations

by Wahinkpa Topa (Four Arrows) & Darcia Narvaez $28.95, paper. North Atlantic. 304 pages

Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of future generations. Editors Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez present 28 powerful excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders, including Mourning Dove, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Winona LaDuke, and Xiuhtezcatl Martinez. Accompanied by the editors own analyses, each chapter reflects the wisdom of Indigenous worldview precepts like: ♦ Egalitarian rule versus hierarchical governance ♦ A fearless trust in the universe, instead of a fear-based culture ♦ The life-sustaining role of ceremony ♦ Emphasizing generosity and the greater good instead of pursuing selfish goals and for personal gain ♦ The laws of nature as the highest rules for living The editors emphasize our deep need to move away from the dominant Western paradigm--one that dictates we live without strong social purpose, fails to honor the earth as sacred, leads with the head while ignoring the heart, and places individual rights over collective responsibility. Restoring the Kinship Worldview is rooted in an Indigenous vision and strong social purpose that sees all life forms as sacred and sentient—that honors the wisdom of the heart, and grants equal standing to rights and responsibilities.

Inviting readers into a world-sense that expands beyond perceiving and conceiving to experiencing and being, Restoring the Kinship Worldview is a salve for our times, a nourishment for our collective, and a holistic orientation that will lead us away from extinction toward an integrated, sustainable future.

“Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez take each brief quote as the seed for a conversation regarding one or another element of the kincentric worldview—a vision of our earth as an interactive community of sensitive and sentient powers: a communion of subjects.” —David Abram, author of

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Damien Echols and Lorri Davis share their most valuable magickal practices for invoking the support of divine energy in your life.

The Western tradition of magick tells us that our thoughts and intentions do shape the world—and that ritual is one of the most effective tools for becoming conscious participants in our own destiny. “Ritual teaches us that we are never truly powerless,” says Damien Echols.

With Ritual: An Essential Grimoire, he joins his wife and teaching partner Lorri Davis to bring you an invaluable collection of practices for daily use.

Magickal ritual goes beyond creating good habits or routines. Each practice Damien and Lorri share is a grounding point that enables divine energy to enter the

onment.

Many of these rituals are the very same we used to rebuild our lives. We share these practices in the hopes that you will use them to survive, thrive, and create the life you desire.

Also by Damien Echols is Angels and Archangels.

SPIRITUAL CLEANSING A Handbook of Psychic Protection

♦ Clean the previous tenant’s vibrations out of your house or apartment ♦ Use cleansing baths for luck, love, and financial improvement, and much more.

by Draja Mickaharic

$23.95, paper. Weiser. 144 pages

This Weiser classic (first published in 1982) is a spiritual first aid manual filled with hundreds of recipes, rituals, and practical ways to cleanse your home, office, and self of negative energy. Spiritual Cleansing is now in a new paperback edition, and is a guide for anyone who wants to keep their lives and their environment spiritually clean and protected.

Everyone, at one time or another, has met an individual who appears surrounded with negativity, or has visited a place that seems imbued with “bad vibrations.”

Removing these negative vibrations is what spiritual cleansing is all about.

Magic practitioner Draja Mickaharic offers simple and effective cleansing solutions drawn from every ethnic group and spiritual practice. Spiritual Cleansing shows how to: ♦ Use incense and flowers to clear the air after arguments ♦ Protect yourself from negative energy while you sleep

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Sea water has the virtue of absorbing negative vibrations. It may be used for this purpose by anyone who wishes to clean anything of negativity. Because it has this specific purpose, it can be used in a bath, as a component of a floor wash, or to soak something clean in.

This edition includes a new foreword by Lilith Dorsey, author of Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens:

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Everything in these pages has been tested and verified by the author and others… It is full to the brim with helpful solutions, that myself, my friends, my students, and my teachers use often.

Every time I open it I am reminded just what a supreme treasure trove of spiritual tactics is contained here. Practitioners of all levels will find much usefulness here.

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for practitioners at every level.”—Alfred Willowhawk, author of Manifesting True Desires and host of the podcast Up Close and Personal WITCHES, HERETICS & WARRIOR WOMEN Ignite Your Rebel Spirit through Magick & Ritual

by Phoenix LeFae

$24.99, paper. Llewellyn. 242 pages

Filled with transformative stories of powerful women from legend and history—as well as rituals, spellcraft, and workings for you to try—this book explores themes that rebels, witches, warriors, and heretics confront as they make their way in a patriarchal world.

Each chapter examines a topic like standing tall in your beliefs, finding your voice, embracing your sexuality, and loving your body, and shares hands-on practices designed to inspire and support you as you connect with your inner witch, heretic, and warrior.

Within these pages, you will find stories and exercises based on Circe, Anne Boleyn, Marie Laveau, Mary Magdalene, Jeanne D’Arc, Salome, Boudicca, Moving Robe Woman, and Harriet Tubman.

“A dynamic blend of history, mythology, and magical practice applied to the fine art of pathbuilding. Phoenix brilliantly pairs inspiring figures from world history and mythology with hands-on exercises, workings, and tools to aid the reader in walking the Witch’s path with confidence and deeper understanding. This book is a wonderful guide for finding personal power while awakening the rebel within. New and advanced practitioners alike will find material that will illuminate their practice.”—Laura Tempest Zakroff, author of Anatomy of a Witch

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“This book examines the rise and downfall of rule-breakers from Jeanne D’arc to Boudicca and connects us to the energy of each so that we can learn from their successes and failures alike. Witches, Heretics & Warrior Women is a delightful read that opens the doors to possibilities far beyond Maiden, Mother and Crone.”— Diana Rajchel, author of Urban Magick

activity: the Spiritual Source; the principles of Force and Form; Love and Justice; the Integrative principle or the Christ Force; Aesthetics and Logic; the dynamics of the Psyche; and, finally, the Manifestation of life on Earth in a physical body.

The Mystical Qabalah is, however, very far from traditional Jewish Kabbalah, as well as from the conservative theology of much Christian Cabbalah. Instead, by integrating her broad scope of knowledge, Fortune has crafted a cohesive mystical system, essentially her own school of esotericism... Over the decades, many have considered The Mystical Qabalah to be the foundation of their spiritual practice. —Judika Illes, from her foreword

THE MYSTICAL QABALAH

by Dion Fortune

$34.95, paper. Weiser. 360 pages, b/w illustrations

Dion Fortune’s classic Mystical Qabalah explores all aspects of the Qabalah, including the esoteric sciences of astrology and tarot, which form the basis of the Western Mystery Traditions. First published in 1935, it is widely considered a classic in its clarity, linking the broad elements of Jewish traditional thought with both Eastern and Western philosophy and later Christian insights. The book works in a profoundly psychological way, offering invaluable lessons for all who feel drawn to know themselves better so that their inner and outer worlds may be as one.

The Qabalah could be described as a confidential Judaic explanation of the paradox of the Many and the One— the complexity and diversity within a monotheistic unity.

Whereas the Old Testament outlines the social and psychological development of a tightly knit chosen group culture, the supplementary Qabalah provides a detailed plan of the infrastructure behind the creative evolutionary process.

The Mystical Qabalah devotes a chapter to each of the ten schematic God-names, the qualities or Sephiroth which focus on the principal archetypes behind evolving human

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Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 1890-1946), founder of the Society of the Inner Light, is recognized as one of the most luminous figures of 20th century esoteric thought. She was also a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, whose members included A.E. Waite, Aleister Crowley, and W.B. Yeats.

Jewish & Christian Spirit JUDAISM WITHOUT TRIBALISM A Guide to Being a Blessing to All the Peoples of the Earth

by Rabbi Rami Shapiro

$22.95, paper. Monkfish. 176 pages

“Judaism Without Tribalism is a blessing, a much-needed challenge, and a deep well of wisdom and sanity.” —Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones This book investigates Judaism at its best—and sanest. It strips away outdated and harmful beliefs that have accrued over the centuries and returns to the essential truths that are too-often ignored in favor of tradition, tribal identity, or the claims of the powerful.

The result is a vibrant Judaism for the 21st century and beyond—a Judaism that draws deeply from history and scripture yet addresses the unmet needs of the present and the future. It is a Judaism that is open and accessible to everyone.

Judaism without tribalism is a call to be a light unto the nations, and a blessing to all the people of the earth. It is a Judaism free from legalism and tribalism—a Judaism that refuses to serve patriarchy and power.

Religion at its best sheds its biases/beliefs leaving one naked before the existential facts of reality: that we are all expressions of a wild, glorious and chaotic process I call YHVH, a process capable of producing both light and dark, good and evil... Religion at its best welcomes testing, and those who test truth are called sages... Religion at its best honors the inner search for Truth... In this book we will investigate Judaism as a religion at its best.

Written by one of today’s most respected—and most unconventional—Jewish thinkers, Judaism Without Tribalism is a manifesto, an invitation to completeness, and a call for inner and outer spiritual revolution. It is also a deeply practical guide to living authentically, breath by breath and day by day.

“Orthodox Jews will, of course, bristle at the work’s progressive spirituality, universalization of Judaism, and critiques of tradition. But the book succeeds in its mission to ‘make Judaism accessible to everyone’ by providing a Jewish lens that could be of use in the spiritual journeys of Jews and non-Jews alike.” —Kirkus Reviews

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THE WHOLE LANGUAGE The Power of Extravagant Tenderness

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We ask Beloved Mary to accompany us and to lend to us her light, while we discover more fully our own—the radiant Light of the Divine Reality that permeates and illumines all that is.

by Gregory Boyle

$36.00, cloth. Simon & Schuster. 226 pages

Over 30 years, Greg Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world. Boyle’s new book, The Whole Language, follows his earlier Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir, books that show what the platitudes of faith look like when they’re put into action.

We see God’s light in everything and thereby choose mysticism over morality. We choose connection, not perfection. We explore the things that help us feel beloved rather than on probation... I travel here through essays and prolonged homilies on our notion of God, the immeasurable goodness present in every human being, and the need to re-sacralize things. I look at death; the church; the methodology of Homeboy’s therapeutic mysticism; tenderness; and a sangha of beloved belonging, among other themes.

In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, The Whole Language shows how those at Homeboy Industries fight despair and remain generous, hopeful, and tender. When Saul was thirteen years old, he killed his abusive stepfather in self-defense; after spending 23 years in jail, he enters the Homeboy Industries training and healing programs and embraces their mission. Declaring, “I’ve decided to grow up to be somebody I always needed as a child.” Saul shows tenderness toward the young men in his former shoes, treating them all like his sons and helping them to find their way. Before coming to Homeboy Industries, a young man named Abel was shot thirty-three times, landing him in a coma for six months followed by a year and a half recuperating in the hospital. He now travels on speaking tours with Boyle and gives guided tours around the Homeboy offices. One day a new trainee joins Abel as a shadow, and Abel recognizes him as the young man who had put him in a coma. “You give good tours,” the trainee tells Abel. They both have embarked on a path to wholeness.

Boyle’s moving stories challenge our ideas about God and about people, providing a window into a world filled with fellowship, compassion, and fewer barriers. Bursting with encouragement, humor, and hope, The Whole Language invites us to treat others—and ourselves—with acceptance and tenderness.

“Revered across the family of Abraham and Sarah, adored as Miriam, Mary, Maryam, Madre Maria, there is no other single figure who so universally serves to lift up the weary heart of the world, blessing us with lovingkindness and infusing us with hope. With her signature blend of sublime wisdom and grounded scholarship, beloved Sufi teacher Camille Helminski offers a penetrating and life-giving transmission of Maryam as guide to the awakening of the soul, during a time when we need her most.

—Mirabai Starr, author of Wild Mercy

Sufism & Rumi GOLD

by Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori $19.95, paper. Random House. 87 pages

Gold is a selection of original translations of the great Persian poet by Haleh Liza Gafori, an up-and-coming American translator and musician.

The thirteenth-century Persian sage Rumi was chiefly known as a preacher and a man of serious and sober views.

But at the age of forty, his encounter with the poet Shams of Tabriz left him utterly transformed. Rumi became a poet himself, a poet in single-minded pursuit of ecstatic illumination and liberation whose work is meant to induce a similar revelation in his audience, bringing its members to a condition of serenity, compassion, and oneness with the divine. His poetry is a masterpiece of world literature to which readers in many languages continue to return for inspiration and succor as well as aesthetic delight. This new translation—almost all of which is from Rumi’s Divan-e-Shams-e Tabrizi written near the end of his life—preserves the radical intelligence and ecstatic drama of poems that are as full of individual character as they are of visionary wisdom.

Rumi’s gold is not the precious metal but a feeling-state arrived at through the alchemical process of burning through layers of self, greed, pettiness, calculation, doctrine—all of it. In sum, the prayer of Sufism is “teach me to love more deeply.” Gold is the deepest love. **

by Camille Helminski

$52.95, cloth. Fons Vitae. 492 pages, colour illustrations

The Way of Mary: Maryam, Beloved of God is a weaving of strands from ancient sources, traditional stories, poetry, and prayers of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, and beyond (with full colour illustrations), to reveal, through the illuminated being and twelve life stations of Beloved Mary, the palpable Oneness of all Creation, our Oneness in Spirit. Drawing on passages from the Quran, the Bible, poetry of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and inspirations of other mystics (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim), classical Islamic sources and ancient Biblical texts, oral traditions recorded by hearts across the centuries such as the Protoevangelium of James and the Lives of the Prophets of al-Tha‘labi, and Biblical apocrypha such as the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, with awareness of all the elements of nature that rose up in support of Beloved Mary through the stages of her journey, Camille Helminski weaves together a fabric of love to embrace us with healing and new life.

Silence!

I’m in a hurry. Leave the paper. Break the pen.

The cupbearer is here, jug in hand.

Meet us in the land of insight, camped under ecstasy’s flag.

“I have been longing for these translations of Rumi’s poems my whole life. Haleh has taken Rumi’s original Farsi text and unleashed its fire. My soul soars reading each one. Sublime, clean, crisp, deep, luxurious, funny, soft, and kind, these translations are a great and graceful gift.”

—Elizabeth Lesser, author of Cassandra Speaks

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Astrology, Tarot & Oracle Decks A LANTERN IN THE DARK Navigate Life’s Crossroads with Story, Ritual & Sacred Astrology

by Danielle Blackwood

$26.99, paper. Llewellyn. 264 pages

All too often, when we find ourselves at a crossroads, the conventional ways of understanding where we are can fall short of the mark. Intuitively, we know we need something more. Sacred astrology teaches that there are several distinct rites of passage that can show up as a psychospiritual crisis characterized by intense challenge and confusion. We are betwixt and between—no longer who we used to be, but not yet who we are becoming. However, these powerful thresholds are where the real magic of our lives happens. They usually coincide with significant turning points that lead us toward our life’s unique purpose.

Learn how myth, folklore and story can be a source of guidance in difficult times. Illuminate the archetypal dimensions of your own story and re-enchant your life.

Learn when to expect the crossroad times throughout your life so you can make peace with the past, navigate the present, and create a more purposeful future. Discover the keys to self realization and step into alignment with who you’re becoming. Create a self-care tool kit for the distinct issues that arise with each crossroads, and get clear about what you’re calling in. Unlock new levels of self awareness through ritual, guided meditation, and journal reflections crafted specifically for each threshold. You will also learn how to support family, friends, coworkers, and clients who are going through difficult times with a transpersonal understanding of where they are and what they’re going through.

“An illuminating guidebook for some of life’s most challenging astrological transits...full of encouragement, beauty, and grounded expertise.” —Acyuta-bhava Das (Adam Elenbaas), author of Fishers of Men “In this exceptionally wise and well-written book, Blackwood offers deeply helpful insights, exercises, and rituals.” —Renn Butler, of The Archetypal Universe Also by Danielle Blackwood is The Twelve Faces of the Goddess.

POST-COLONIAL ASTROLOGY Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor

Your naked freedom is your shield…

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by Alice Sparkly Kat

$23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 322 pages

In a cross-cultural approach to understanding astrology as a magical language, Alice Sparkly Kat unmasks the political power of astrology, showing how it can be channeled as a force for collective healing and liberation.

Too often, magic and astrology are divorced from their potency and cultural contexts: co-opted by neoliberalism, used as a force of oppression, or distilled beyond recognition into applications that belie their individual and collective power. By looking at the symbolic and etymological histories of the sun, moon, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter, we can trace and understand the politics of magic--and challenge our own practices, interrogate our truths, and reshape our institutions to build better frameworks for communities of care.

Fearless, radical, and fresh, Sparkly Kat’s Postcolonial Astrology ushers in a new wave of astrology revival, refusing to apologize for its magickism and connecting its power to

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the spirituality and politics we need now. Intersectional, inclusive, and geared towards queer and POC communities, it uses our historical and collective constructs of the planets, sun, and moon to re-chart our subconscious history, redefine the body in the world, and assert our politics of the personal, in astrology and all things.

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Tarot Guides THE MAGIC OF TAROT Your Guide to Intuitive Readings, Rituals, and Spells

Your responses to the writing prompts are where you will discover essential information about yourself. Take them seriously and answer them often.

by Sasha Graham

$27.99, paper. Llewellyn.

352 pages, b/w illustrations

SATURN A New Look at an Old Devil

by Liz Greene

$30.95, paper. Weiser. 258 pages

A major step in unveiling the truth about Saturn, so long interpreted as a “malefic” planet, this classic book (first published in 1976 and now reissued) traces the character of this most important planet through sign, house, aspect, synastry, and looks at its role in mythology. The author, noted astrologer and Jungian analyst Liz Greene, introduces us to Saturn and reveals the face of the Initiator whose price is honesty and whose gift is truth.

Saturn symbolizes a psychic process as well as a quality or kind of experience. He is not merely a representative of pain, restriction, and discipline; he is also a symbol of the psychic process, natural to all human beings, by which an individual may utilize the experience of pain, restriction, and discipline, as a means for greater consciousness and fulfillment.

In Saturn, Greene shows us how the frustrating experiences connected to this planet can be turned into opportunities for greater insight and meaning in our lives.

“For any serious student of astrology, Liz Greene’s work is essential reading. She is a much-lauded pioneer of twentieth century Psychological Astrology, and a legend who helped shape and mold what we now consider to be modern-day astrology. Throughout her career, she has keenly demonstrated the power of astrology in helping us understand ourselves. As she has shown, we are not static—but constantly evolving beings. Her writing has helped unlock the symbols of astrology breaking them open to reveal their subtler dimensions. With her Saturn, she went far in changing our perception of an ill-perceived planet, effectively exposing Saturn’s richness, nuance, and crucial role in sandpapering us so we can become better versions of ourselves.” —from the foreword by Juliana McCarthy, author of The Stars Within You: A Modern Guide to Astrology “Liz Greene’s Saturn is one of the key works in the most important single contribution of 20th century astrology to the development of astrology: the idea that astrology is not a map of one’s fixed destiny but is a potential map of the unfolding of the authentic, higher self.” —Robert Hand, from the foreword ASTROLOGY FOR MYSTICS Exploring the Occult Depths of the Water Houses in Your Natal Chart

by Tayannah Lee McQuillar

$21.50, paper. Inner Traditions. 170 pages

Your astrological birth chart, or natal chart, shows the positions of the planets, sun, and moon at the time of your birth. Shaped like a circle or wheel, it is divided into 12 sections, or houses, each connected with a different area of life or self. The positions of the planets within the houses offer deep and often complex insight into your unique gifts and your life’s path.

In Astrology for Mystics, Tayannah Lee McQuillar explores the 4th, 8th, and 12th houses--those connected with the element of water and all things occult, mystical, and spiritual. The fourth house, ruled by water sign Cancer, is traditionally the house of family, home,

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You will learn the fine art of constructing the very best questions. Tarot is a simple system containing vast complexity and infinite depth, just like the world you inhabit. This book has been written as an experiential and personal process of uncovering the magic thriving inside of you. It is the perfect book for a beginner or someone who has been working with the cards for over twenty years.

Empower your intuition, dive into your dreams, and get to the heart of the matter with this fantastic guide to creating a marvelous, magical tarot practice. Popular author and tarot expert Sasha Graham shows you how to bring tarot into daily life with easy-touse exercises, spreads, and prompts.

The Magic of Tarot opens your eyes to a richer, more enlightened style of divination. Sasha encourages you to flex your intuitive muscles, confidently use tarot magic and spells, and perform readings for other people. She also walks you through all the card meanings, introduces you to dream and shadow work, helps you interpret colors, numbers, and patterns, and so much more. This book lets you fearlessly jump in and enjoy magical experiences that you’ll never forget.

This book teaches somatic tarot, which brings tarot into your physical body. You will enter cards through your sacred imagination. A somatic embodiment of the cards is a game changer. It takes you out of your head and into the intelligence of your muscles, bones, and blood.

The book is constructed so you can begin reading the cards right away. Don’t wait; dive right in. The cards’ meanings are found near the end of the book.

Everything you need to cultivate your tarot and magical practice is found in between.

The Magic of Tarot contains journal-style writing prompts to help you answer the deepest questions.

TAROT DECHIPHERED Decoding Esoteric Symbolism in Modern Tarot

profound conceptual esoteric teachings— far more than can be covered in the scope of this book. Yet the Thoth deck owes its evocative beauty to the artist, Lady Frieda Harris...

She offered to pay Crowley a weekly stipend and to paint the cards as book illustrations if he would teach her magic as part of the process and write a comprehensive tarot text. A process that was supposed to take months took five years—and the rest is history, for together they created an enduring magnum opus that continues to broaden minds to this day.

by T. Susan Chang & M.M. Meleen $47.99, paper. Llewellyn.

648 pages, 7x9, b/w illustrations

Tarot Deciphered is an in-depth voyage into the esoteric roots that underlie the RiderWaite-Smith Tarot, the Thoth Tarot, and the myriad of decks that share their symbology. This card-by-card analysis reveals detailed insights drawn from the multi-layered traditions of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the magical order that most strongly influenced modern tarot.

The Thoth deck is a masterpiece. Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris were both mature individuals in their sixties at the time of the deck’s creation.

Crowley put the entirety of his considerable knowledge—earned over his lifetime of attainments as a spiritual adept—into the symbolism of each card.

Each and every card can convey a wealth of

For each card, you will discover how astrology, mythology, alchemy, the elements, and Qabalah contribute to the card’s overall meaning. Authors T. Susan Chang and M. M. Meleen, co-hosts of the popular Fortune’s Wheelhouse podcast, decipher the symbols and stories of tarot and provide a carefully researched synthesis of ideas designed to help you connect with the wisdom of the cards.

ancestors, and suffering. The eighth house, ruled by water sign Scorpio, is the house of sex, death, secret powers, and transformation. The twelfth house, ruled by Pisces, is the house of karma, loss, unspoken expectations, fantasy, and confinement. As McQuillar explains, these are the houses that reveal the deepest and darkest areas of the individual psyche, which many people are reluctant to explore, yet this triad is the key to profound spiritual insights as well asthe discovery of hidden knowledge and abilities.

The author guides you through interpreting the signs and planets that inhabit the water houses in your natal chart and shows how they reveal specific innate talents.

She describes how to develop the hidden powers revealed by your chart and offers practical advice for incorporating this knowledge into your daily life for spiritual growth and self-improvement. Sharing interpretation examples from her practice, she also explores how to embrace the challenge of the occult water houses so you can claim the many treasures that can only be found on the ocean floor of the psyche.

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mysteries call you home to your own true nature and invite you to plant your soul more deeply than ever before.

The accompanying deep-rooted guidebook will help you to connect with the healing energy of the rose, tune in to the changing seasons of your life, hear the voice of your soul and be led to seed what you came here to share.

May the healing mysteries of Mother Rose help you remember the future rose gardens seeded within you.

To deepen your connection with the cards, receive The Rose Oracle Attunement and Playlist, connect with Mother Rose, and explore flower work and other ways to weave the soul back into everyday life, visit www.theroseoracle. com.

by Rebecca Campbell, with artwork by Katie-Louise $35.99. Hay House. 44 colour cards + guidebook

This card set with accompanying guidebook is a breathtakingly beautiful invitation to reconnect with the Goddess and celebrate the sacred mysteries of the rose, nature and the feminine.

A secret symbol of Goddesses of old, the rose has captivated mystics, artists, healers, and poets through the ages. She is much more ancient than we and has potent medicine for these times. This activating oracle opens the doorway to the physical and spiritual teachings of Mother Rose. May Her ORACLE OF THE ROSES

by Cheralyn Darcey

of one of the oldest cultivated plants on earth.

$34.95. Rockpool Publishing. 44 colour cards + guidebook

Stop and smell the roses with this “ethnobotanical archetype exploration” oracle deck. Let the roses in your garden reveal the answers to your questions with love and strength.

The Oracle of the Roses features 44 divinely illustrated cards of vintage botanical artwork bringing the rose archetype energies alive and with that, sharing their ethnobotanical wisdom. The guidebook helps you to deeply understand the messages and guidance of each precious rose along with their wisdom and history. Gardening tips, botanical insight, medicinal notes, and card spreads enrich the journal-style guidebook to assist you in the exploration THE COSMA VISIONS ORACLE DECK

More than 150 million rose plants are purchased by gardeners worldwide each year, and there are more than 40,000 roses listed on the International Rose Register... This deck was created to introduce or deepen your ethnobotanical relationship with all plants by bringing you deep into the journey of the rose through our history.

Use the deck as a traditional oracle to seek insight and wisdom, as a cardof-the-day deck to set an intention for the day, in complementary medicine modalities, or simply as garden inspiration. redrawing and writing, I think that I’ve made a worthy companion to Prisma Visions.

by James R Eads

$60.00. James R Eads. 79 colour cards + guidebook

The Cards are approximately 2.75” x 4.75” and all share identical backs.

The cards are printed with the highest quality inks on durable cardstock and are finished with a matte UV varnish and edged with labradorite blue edges. This deck includes a unique 79th card.

The Booklet is also 2.75” x 4.75”, about 100 pages with a short introduction.

The bulk of the guide explores the imagery of each card and its associated meanings.

The Box is a one-piece flip-top clamshell box. It is constructed with 1/8” thick cardboard and is printed with a matte finish and Holographic Foil accents on the inside and outside of the box.

A truly magnificent artistically crafted creation, The Cosma Visions Oracle is from James R. Eads, who earlier brought us his Prisma Visions Oracle. James “creates a universe that calls for exploration and a deeper understanding of the harmony of everything.” Of The Cosma Visions Oracle, he writes: I created this oracle to tell one story of what may happen in the space between lives, re-imagined upon the structure of the traditional 78 card tarot. I spent years thinking about creating a companion deck to Prisma Visions - a continuation of the story we know so well. Now after nearly 2 years of researching, drawing, rendering, MESSAGES FROM THE ANCESTORS ORACLE CARDS

by Steven Farmer

$34.99. Hierophant. 44 colour cards + 160-page booklet

Your ancestral lineage reaches back to the very dawn of human existence.

And this incredible inheritance includes not only your human forebears but all beings on this planet—and beyond. The very substance of our physical bodies is composed of elements of the earth and the stars! The historical and collective lineage of which you are composed, from those more recent progenitors to the ancient and prehistorical ones, continues to reside within you, buried in the vault of your deepest memories, cradling within themselves the wisdom and guidance of thousands of years of human experience.

Now, in this powerful set of oracle cards, Dr. Steven Farmer has given you the keys to MESSAGES FROM THE SPIRITS OF NATURE ORACLE A 44-Card Deck and Guidebook

tapping that vast wisdom and guidance. Each of the 44 cards in the Messages from the Ancestors Oracle Cards has the power to awaken hidden untapped potential within you, helping you find your own answers to life’s most persistent questions. In the accompanying guidebook, Dr. Farmer offers not only in-depth descriptions of each ancestor card but also a direct message from these powerful guides, allowing you to reach out across time and space to hear the words of the ancient and ever-present ancestors.

Seeking the counsel offered by the ancestors through the cards will not only help you align with your life path and soul purpose, but also honor the ancestors by making regular contact with them. If you are seeking a greater awareness of your connection and your relationship with those who have come before, if you are yearning to access their enduring teachings, this oracle deck can show you how.

receive direct guidance from the spirits of nature, allowing us to commune with the beings of the natural world to receive insights and healing.

Through this oracle, you will feel a greater sense of connectedness to the natural world and all of Creation.

Dr. Steven Farmer is a psychotherapist, shamanic healer, and the author of several best-selling books and oracle card decks. In addition to workshops on animal spirit guides, integrative breathwork, healing ancestral karma, and shamanism, Dr. Farmer offers integrative healing sessions in person or remotely, as well as an individualized spiritual mentorship program.

by Steven Farmer

$29.99. Hay House. 44 colour cards + guidebook

Become aware of the everyday messages you’re getting from animal spirits and guardians of nature with this new oracle from renowned shamanic healer Dr. Steven Farmer.

Connect to nature more deeply—through the elements of earth, fire, water, and air—and hear the messages that the spirits in the trees, rivers, stones, and animals long to share. This oracle provides an easy way to THE WILLIAM BLAKE TAROT OF THE CREATIVE IMAGINATION

by Ed Buryn

$46.99. Schiffer. 78 colour cards + guidebook

personal questions. Unlike textbooks and critical studies, this Tarot deck presents Blake’s astounding ideas and images in a manner that is approachable and entertaining. It contains 23 archetypal cards called Triumphs, together with a set of 56 Creative Process cards in four suits named Painting, Science, Music, and Poetry—which are Blake’s four primal expressions of Divine Imagination. Use this portable idea-kit to creatively explore personal and professional issues and discover meaningful insights into life’s great mysteries.

William Blake is universally acknowledged as an extraordinary artist, poet, and visionary thinker, considered hard to understand due to his complex mythologies. But now, his central thesis that Creativity is Divine can be readily comprehended and employed as never before, through The William Blake Tarot of the Creative Imagination. In this pocket gallery, Blake’s ideas and images become symbolic tools for answering imaginative, spiritual, and personal questions. Unlike textbooks and critical studies, this Tarot deck presents Blake’s

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New Tarot & Oracle Decks THE WILD UNKNOWN ALCHEMY DECK & GUIDEBOOK

by Kim Krans

$58.00. Chronicle. 71 Hexagon Cards + 235-page guidebook, boxed

Kim Krans’s The Wild Unknown Tarot launched a culture-shifting brand that has re-visioned tarot for the twenty-first century.

Now comes Krans’s next deck in her bestselling series, THE WILD UNKNOWN ALCHEMY DECK AND GUIDEBOOK. This stunning oracle deck reveals insights into the ancient mysteries of alchemy: the metaphorical process of turning lead (unconsciousness) into gold (enlightenment). Alchemy is the doorway to the imagination and self-discovery. You do not need to be an expert in metals, symbols, astrology, or Latin to become an alchemist. Whether a baker, mechanic, surgeon, seamstress, or surfer—those who become masters of their materials are all alchemists. The magic of Alchemy is available to anyone who is willing to explore, observe, and invoke transformation.

Paired with a hand-lettered & illustrated guidebook written and designed by Kim, THE WILD UNKNOWN ALCHEMY DECK includes 71 beautiful, easy-to-shuffle hexagon cards divided into six suits: The Cosmic Forces, The Colors, The Seasons, The Materials, The Mysteries, and The Operations. Illustrated in Krans’s iconic style of elegant line art and lush watercolor painting, each full-color card offers a tool for self-study and exploration, expressed through symbol, image, and language.

The unique shape of the cards allows edges to meet and images to meld and transform, with all-new connecting spreads, including readings for revealing energetic and emotional blockages, identifying what is serving and what is draining, and much more.

Alchemy is the perspective that everything physical (and I mean everything) has a corresponding resonance in the mystical realm. In other words, the sacred (the mystical) and the mundane (the physical) are not separate, but rather they are inextricably linked. Through their pairing, the imagination is activated, allowing innate wisdom to express itself through symbol, image, language, and operation.

Every process and sensation is given its rightful place in the Laboratory of our attention. Through observing the symbols and images produced by an alchemical perspective, we begin to weave together the physical and mystical aspects of our lives.

Alchemy is the science of poetic revelation. The study of Alchemy unfolds one golden petal at a time.

The cosmic rose awaits. Approach it with reverence and you will have great success.

Through this profound experience of observing image, color, and materials with an alchemical perspective, new gifts and discoveries are revealed. This deck is a journey to awakening.

WANDERING STAR TAROT

by Cat Pierce

$35.99. Hay House. 78 colour cards + 128-page guidebook

Created by singer/songwriter Cat Pierce of the sister-band The Pierces, this mystical, magical, healing tarot deck guides you to sharpen your intuition and reconnect with the powerful light and wisdom inside you.

There is a universe inside you waiting to be illuminated and explored.

The Wandering Star Tarot is a compass for seekers and FINDHORN SPIRIT ORACLE CARDS

by Swan Treasure

$24.99. Inner Traditions. 44 colour cards + 150-page guidebook

This elemental-inspired card deck of powerful energetic transmissions from the spirit world includes 44 touch-drawing cards depicting spirit beings, for energy activation.

The Findhorn community has cultivated a loving partnership with the subtle realms since its very beginning when one of the founders, Dorothy Maclean (1920-2020), began communicating with the devic world in the original Findhorn gardens. Following this lineage of communication with nature and the elemental beings, the Findhorn Spirit Oracle Cards were brought to life in the Findhorn gardens and sanctuaries through a special technique called touch-drawing. In a meditative state, artist Swan Treasure simply allowed the images to appear from her hands onto paper, trusting the powerful energy that asked to be made visible. It was only once all 44 of the touch-drawings were done that their purpose as an elemental-inspired oracle deck became evident.

dreamers in search of the treasures that lie within the heart, mind, and spirit. With unique, hand-drawn illustrations—keywords worked subtly into the design of each image—and a guidebook filled with hopeful messages, quotes, and spreads, this deck invites readers of all levels to work intuitively with the cards for insight and guidance.

Journey into this whimsical world of self-discovery and archetypes and meet two original cards that infuse the major arcana with powerful energy: The Mother Star and The Creator.

Each card depicts a spirit being as they chose to reveal themselves, in order to pass on wisdom to help us navigate these times of transition. The cards function as energy activators and, through their messages and energies, offer support, companionship, and practical guidance that can be applied to the challenges of daily life. They can also assist us in establishing and deepening a partnership with the divine. Divided into 6 groups, each associated with one of the Findhorn gardens, the cards share the community principles of co-creation with nature, inner listening, and love in action that inspire life in Findhorn.

A longer message connected to the essence of the elemental depicted can be found in the accompanying booklet. It also offers a suggestion for a spiritual practice to open communication and engage more deeply with the nature spirits. The cards call us to express a greater sensitivity toward all creation; to slow down, open our hearts, and fine-tune our perceptions to retrace our steps to a more authentic, alive, and lighter living on this planet.

I loved exploring the inner landscapes these cards triggered. My soul was discovering a language, a mirror, a teacher. This was a labyrinth, and I wanted to find its center.

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THE HISTORY OF MAGIC From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

by Chris Gosden

$27.99, paper. Penguin. 512 pages, b/w photos

Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history: science, religion and magic. But magic— the idea that we have a connection with the universe—has developed a bad reputation.

It has been with us for millennia— from the curses and charms of ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish magic, to the shamanistic traditions of Eurasia, indigenous America and Africa, and even quantum physics today. Even today seventy-five per cent of the Western world holds some belief in magic, whether snapping wishbones, buying lottery tickets or giving names to inanimate objects.

Drawing on his decades of research, with incredible breadth and authority, Professor Chris Gosden provides a timely history of human thought and the role it has played in shaping civilization, and how we might use magic to rethink our understanding of the world.

“An impressive and much-needed book, Gosden masterfully presents the history of magic from a global perspective, enabling the reader to make fascinating connections between traditions in different places and eras.” —Violet Moller, author of The Map of Knowledge “Fascinating, original and excellent, written with both narrative flair and deep scholarship, this is a world history, from the steppes of Mongolia to the palaces of London and Paris from prehistory to today, told through the lens of magic, that has always existed alongside and within religion itself, a gripping ride of astonishing span, filled with colourful characters, shamans, witches and kings, esoteric rites and revelatory research. An important and essential read that also happens to be a highly entertaining historical treasure-trove.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem and The Romanovs SACRED GEOMETRY Language of the Angels

by Richard Heath

$49.99, cloth. Inner Traditions.

278 pages, 8x11, colour illustrations

The angelic mind is founded on a deep understanding of number and the patterns they produce. These patterns provided a constructive framework for all manifested life on Earth. The beauty and elegance we see in sacred geometry and in structures built according to those proportions are the language of the angels still speaking to us.

Examining the angelic science of number first manifested on Earth in the Stone Age, Richard Heath reveals how the resulting development of human consciousness was no accident: just as the angels helped create the Earth’s environment, humans were then evolved to make the planet self-aware. To develop human minds, the angels transmitted their own wisdom to humanity through a numerical astronomy that counted planetary and lunar time periods. Heath explores how this early humanity developed an expert understanding of sacred number through astronomical geometries, leading to the unified range of measures employed in their observatories and later in cosmological monuments such as the Giza Pyramids and Stonehenge. The ancient Near East transformed megalithic science into our own mathematics of notational arithmetic and trigonometry, further developing the human mind within the early civilizations.

Heath decodes the angelic science hidden within a wide range of monuments and sites, including Carnac in

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ON CONSOLATION Finding Solace in Dark Times

by Michael Ignatieff

$32.00, cloth. Penguin. 284 pages

Here are some timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises—from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize-finalist Michael Ignatieff.

When someone we love dies, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes—war, famine, pandemic— we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. How do we console each other and ourselves in an age of unbelief, where in the wake of personal tragedy or global disaster, we are offered therapy, grief counselling, and visions of individual healing?

In a series of essays on writers, artists, musicians, and their works--from the books of Job and Psalms to Albert Camus, Anna Akhmatova, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Primo Levi—Michael Ignatieff shows how people in extremis have looked to each other across time to recover hope and resilience. Recreating the moments when great figures found the courage to confront their fate and the determination to continue unafraid, On Consolation takes those stories into the present, movingly contending that we can revive these traditions of consolation to meet the anguish and uncertainties of our precarious twenty-first century.

As Ignatieff writes, “What do we learn that we can use in these times of darkness? Something very simple. We are not alone, and we never have been.”

To be reconciled we must first make peace with our losses, to accept what they have done to us and to believe, despite everything, that they need not haunt our future or blight our remaining possibilities... This book is a collection of portraits, arranged in historical order, each devoted to a single person in extremity who used the traditions they inherited to seek consolation. As we shall see, they did not always succeed, but we can learn from their struggles and find hope in their examples.

BREAKFAST WITH SENECA A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living

by David Fideler

$35.95, cloth. Norton. 265 pages

This is the first really clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Seneca.

Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognized as the most talented and humane writer of the Stoic tradition, Seneca teaches us to live with freedom and purpose. His most enduring work, over a hundred Letters from a Stoic

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by Manly P. Hall

$19.99, paper. Picador. 144 pages, b/w illustrations

Manly P. Hall is widely recognized as the preeminent voice of occult scholarship in the twentieth century, famous for his esoteric masterpiece The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928). Now, in this deluxe edition, Hall’s earliest work, The Initiates of the Flame, is reborn with a full complement of illustrations and historical introductions.

Originally published in 1922, The Initiates of the Flame is Hall’s first exploration—and still one of his most MAKING THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY My Seven Years in Occult Los Angeles with Manly Palmer Hall

by Tamra Lucid

$21.50, paper. Inner Traditions. 144 pages

In the early 1980s, underground musicians Tamra Lucid and her boyfriend Ronnie Pontiac discovered the book The Secret Teachings of All Ages at the Bodhi Tree bookstore in Los Angeles. Poring over the tome, they were awakened to the esoteric and occult teachings of the world. Tamra and Ronnie were delighted to discover that the book’s author, Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990), master teacher of Hermetic mysteries and collector of all things mystical, lived in LA and gave lectures every Sunday at his mystery school, the Philosophical Research Society (PRS). After their first tantalizing Sunday lecture, Tamra and Ronnie soon started volunteering at the PRS, beginning a seven-year friendship with Manly P. Hall, who eventually officiated their wedding in his backyard.

written to a close friend, explains how to handle adversity; overcome grief, anxiety, and anger; transform setbacks into opportunities for growth; and recognize the true nature of friendship.

In Breakfast with Seneca, philosopher David Fideler mines Seneca’s classic works in a series of focused chapters, clearly explaining Seneca’s ideas without oversimplifying them. Best enjoyed as a daily ritual, like an energizing cup of coffee, Seneca’s wisdom provides us with a steady stream of time-tested advice about the human condition— which, as it turns out, hasn’t changed much over the past two thousand years.

Seneca believed that real philosophy is a joint undertaking—it’s not something we do alone, but a journey we undertake with others. That’s why he wrote the letters in the first place. But this idea goes back at least to Socrates, for whom philosophy and dialogue were a shared journey, a collaboration between friends... Philosophy in ancient times was closely allied with friendship... If it were possible to restore that connection today, it would be a happy development.

powerful—of myth and symbol. Its pages shine on a light on the inner meaning of symbols including the pyramid, holy grail, flame of wisdom, ark of the covenant, all-seeing eye, sword and stone, the elements of alchemy, and other gateways to the unseen world.

This modern edition of the classic book includes the complete original text along with a timeline of Hall’s life. Edited and reintroduced by popular voice of esoteric spirituality, Mitch Horowitz, and president of the Philosophical Research Society, Greg Salyer, this is the signature presentation of Hall’s landmark.

In this touching, hilarious, and ultimately tragic autobiographical account, Tamra shares an intimate portrait of Hall and the occult world of New Age Los Angeles, including encounters with astrologers, scholars, artists, spiritual seekers, and celebrities such as Jean Houston and Marianne Williamson.

Tamra vividly describes how she used her time at the PRS to learn everything she could not only about metaphysics but also about the people who practice it. But when Tamra begs Hall to banish a certain man from the PRS--the same man who inherited Hall’s estate and whom his wife Marie later alleged was Hall’s murderer--Tamra and Ronnie are the ones banished.

Tamra’s noir chronicle of an improbable friendship between a twenty-something punk and an eighty-yearold metaphysical scholar reveals Hall not only as an inspiring esoteric thinker but also as a genuinely kind human being who simply wanted to share his quest for inner meaning and rare wisdom with the world.

Channeling, Guidance & Revelations THE FREEDOM TRANSMISSIONS Yeshua

by Carissa Schumacher

$35.99, cloth. HarperCollins. 420 pages

Carissa Schumacher is an empathic intuitive, a full-body channel, who was told as a girl that she would be one of Yeshua’s channels. After serving independently as a channel and guide for much of her life, in October 2019, Yeshua of Nazareth, Divine Father, birthed in her channel. Despite her fear of judgment and change, she gave over everything to create the space for the infinite Light of His Presence. Over the next year, He shared His timely, urgent, and revelatory messages. The Freedom Transmissions is the result.

Through His Transmissions, He will show you how to BE your Yeshua self, which just means your best self, true self, natural self instead of the illusion self, the fabrication of the imbalanced ego. It is a process.

Every day is a day of humility, humor, and Surrender with Yeshua. He will accelerate and enrich your process of enlightenment profoundly if you are open and allowing. There are no rights and wrongs with Him, only allowing for evolution, change, and what IS within the moment.

“This book is the perfect antidote to the commercialism and superficial values of modern times. Although Seneca was living two thousand years ago, he speaks directly to us today.” —Robin Waterfield, translator of Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus

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Releasing the chaff of human Freedom to realize the wheat of Divine Freedom within you. Breathe.

Unbraid the thread so that the Light of your essence may shine through in Sacred nakedness and glory.

YOU. ARE. DELIVERED. Breathe into the essence of Presence, Mine and yours as One. Breathe into this, your authentic Self, Divine Self, Yeshua self...

Now allow the Light to simply integrate with your be-ing. Not going or leaving. Simply now integrating, softening into your be-ing. Allow the Light to Balance and settle within you. Breathing gently and with Peace. Allow Peace to settle into your be-ing.

The Freedom Transmissions unburdens us from unnecessary suffering, strengthens our faith and sense of wholeness, and, restores balance and joy, reminding us that we are One with the Divine. This essential text encourages us to choose Faith over Fear, Forgiveness over Blame, Freedom over Suppression, and ushers us from the era of division and polarity to an era of co-creation, transparency, compassion, and equality.

THE LUMINOUS LANDSCAPE OF THE AFTERLIFE Jordan’s Message to the Living on What to Expect After Death

by Matthew McKay

$18.99, paper. Inner Traditions. 126 pages

There is no better source of information on death and the afterlife than someone who has died and lives in spirit.

Channeling his late son, Jordan, psychologist Matthew McKay offers a postdeath guide for the living, revealing in vivid detail what to expect when we die and how to prepare for the wonders of the afterlife.

Specifically describing the transition experience and the early stages of the afterlife, including how to navigate each stage, Jordan shows how death is a fluid realm of imagination and invention, a luminous landscape created entirely of consciousness. He explains how a soul that has newly crossed over is an amnesiac, arriving without senses, a nervous system, and all that has anchored us to the world. Jordan details how to navigate without a body, how we learn and grow in the spirit world, and how to release anxiety about the end of life and instead view it as another stage of being. He shows that the inferno described by Dante is an optional nightmare caused by thought projections that overwhelm the newly transitioned soul, and he reveals the bardos where souls who are beset with fear and false beliefs spend time learning and recovering.

Learning why you are here and why you entered this body is another reason for this book. Death cannot be understood unless the purpose of life is also recognized... We are here, Jordan says, to love and to learn... Jordan has died many times, gone to the afterlife, and returned here to live in another place and time and body. He remembers all of it. This is his story and the fruit of all that he has learned.

Providing profound relief from the fear of death, as well as exercises to prepare you for navigating and communicating in spirit, Jordan’s messages reveal how love is the bonding element that holds all of consciousness--and the afterlife--together. He also documents the unbreakable bond between the living and the dead and teaches the skill of channeling, allowing you to connect to loved ones who have passed.

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The Re-Centering of Seth RECENTERING SETH Teachings from a Multidimensional Entity on Living Gracefully and Skillfully in a World You Create But Do Not Control

greater universe of All That Is, and what our responsibilities to incarnation are... Some of the most basic aspects of human (and animal) existence are the universe speaking directly, operating as a truth machine. Hopefully this text allows you to appreciate that machine and run it for yourself. —Richard Grossinger, from the editor’s foreword

by John Friedlander

$24.99, paper. Bear & Company. 420 pages

The Seth books, channeled by the late Jane Roberts in the 1970s, galvanized a whole generation of spiritual explorers. The entity known as Seth turned familiar mystical concepts into a radically new framework and introduced little known truths, including a unique understanding of how we create our own reality with our conscious beliefs. But in important ways, the Seth information hit a temporary dead end, especially through confusion about just what creating your own reality means.

After nearly 5 decades exploring Seth’s ideas, along with many other spiritual approaches, John Friedlander, a member of Jane Roberts’s original Seth classes in 1974, has reframed the groundbreaking Seth teachings, recentering them in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions. He synthesizes Sethian teachings with an eclectic variety of concepts, schools, and influences, from aura reading, healing, and interpersonal engagement as taught by Lewis Bostwick, to Buddhism, reincarnation, karma, and the Theosophical practice of the seven planes, to conscious dying, nondual awareness, multipersonhood, and communication theory. Sharing engaging discussions from his classes, the author examines how you do create your own reality, but that no one controls reality, which is spontaneous and surprisingly creative.

John’s basic topic is the reality in which we find ourselves—how it formed, how we happen to be in it, what its uses and orientation are in relation to the MEDIUM MENTOR 10 Powerful Techniques to Awaken Divine Guidance for Yourself and Others

by MaryAnn DiMarco

$23.95, paper. New World Library. 195 pages

Psychic medium and spiritual mentor Mary Ann DiMarco reveals spiritual techniques and strategies readers can use to develop their psychic gifts, interpret intuitive messages, and strengthen their connection to soul on the other side.

Everyone possesses these abilities, but few develop them without instruction or mentorship. We live in a world where it’s rare for anyone to be taught how to do this. That’s why I’m dedicated to walking you through the process... Most of us were taught not to develop our abilities as children. We were taught to fear our own connection with the Other Side. And the tragedy there is that this very fear has made it more difficult to access our greatest source of guidance.

By recentering Seth, Friedlander reveals many ways to support the meaningful engagement of life as it is, bringing more pleasure not just to what is easy, but even to your tensions and contradictions.

The fact that all consciousness expands in all directions, both inside and outside time as we understand time, leads to the exploration and centering of this book. Seth is not about turning your life into a victory march. It’s about a sheer exuberant exploration of your own unique, though interdependent, creativity in the field of everyday consciousness and relationships. This exploration inevitably leads, with an absolute guarantee, though probably with many ups and downs, to your own divine conversation with people, with life, and with consciousness itself.

Inevitably you will develop your own subjectivity that expands sacredly in all directions through all time and even beyond time.

“Settle back and transform into a student of the universe within the chamber of cosmic truth Recentering Seth. Everything we must know about this world and beyond is described within these enlightening pages.

Your guide, a multidimensional being with the originality and authority evocative of Seth, channels through John Friedlander to invite you deeper and further into the divine revelation that is life itself.” — Cyndi Dale, author of The Subtle Body

♦ translate the signs and symbols that abound in everyday life ♦ ask for guidance, believe in it, and act on it ♦ bypass ego and fear ♦ maintain boundaries while connecting with others Regardless of what we call the universal energy DiMarco describes—insight from beings on the other side, God, Source, Light, or simply the universe—tapping into it is irrefutably life-changing. Best of all, when we do so, we not only enhance our own lives but also build bridges of love and connection that are incalculably diffusive and beneficial to the world at large.

“Allow the words on these pages to crack you open to your greatest source of power, inner wisdom, and intuitive guidance. Take a deep breath, and know that you’re no longer alone on this journey. You now have your own Medium Mentor.” —from the foreword by Gabrielle Bernstein, author of The Universe Has Your Back

From a very young age, DiMarco began hearing, seeing, and feeling Spirit and developing spiritual practices and skills, including meditation, intuition, and channeling.

She has since shared these skills with others, teaching and mentoring thousands. Crucial to DiMarco’s teaching is the idea that everyone has a universal team of spirit guides and the innate ability to communicate with them. In Medium Mentor, she shares how to awaken and use these latent gifts. Through a series of easy-to-use techniques, readers learn to: ♦ recognize, access, and use intuition

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ALL WE WANT Building the Life We Cannot Buy

by Michael Harris

by Joe Loizzo & Elazar Aslan

$26.00, cloth. Doubleday. 164 pages

$35.95, cloth. Shambhala. 274 pages

Boundless Leadership provides a systematic roadmap to finding meaning in your work, realizing your full leadership potential, and inspiring your team with resilience, innovation, compassion and confidence. Contemplative psychotherapist Joe Loizzo and executive advisor Elazar Aslan offer a new science-based vision of leadership that prescribes disciplines of mind, heart, and body to help leaders cultivate clarity, compassion and fearlessness for themselves and throughout their organization.

Boundless Leadership offers accessible, real world applications to bring ease to leading oneself and others, and provides examples from the authors’ experience with clients, including CEOs of multi-billion-dollar businesses, entrepreneurs and managers trying to balance the complex challenges of work and life in our interdependent age. Each section includes a range of practices based on neuropsychology and contemplative science, including guided meditations to improve focus and awareness, cultivate empathy and compassion, and build fearlessness and flow. Each section also offers a practical application to ease daily challenges, including clarifying intentions for better decision-making, improving accountability and responsibility for better team collaboration, and embodying purpose to optimize impact on one’s organization and society at large. Boundless Leadership is especially needed during this explosion of remote working and provides advice and guidance to remain productive and joyful when your work environment is in flux. Whether you’re a CEO, manager, team leader, consultant, coach, social entrepreneur or community activist, this book offers the tools you need to clarify your vision, lead others, and ignite positive change in the world.

“A breathtakingly original approach to leadership, both practical and visionary. Anyone who cares about our future and how leaders can help shape a better future will find Boundless Leadership a source of inspiration.”—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

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BOUNDLESS LEADERSHIP The Breakthrough Method to Realize Your Vision, Empower Others & Ignite Positive Change

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$24.99, paper. Sounds True. 272 pages

How much of your time and attention lately has been focused on things that truly matter to you? Most people’s honest answer: not enough. Everyone’s buried in busywork, responsibility, distraction, and fatigue. The joy-producing, difference-making ideas are waiting for when the time is right, when the current project is over, when they have a little more money, when the kids are grown, etc. They are waiting for someday.

The thing is someday never comes on its own. Start Finishing presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you’ll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule. The book will teach you how to: ♦ Practice the five keys that lead to self-mastery ♦ Build your success pack of supporters, guides, peers, and beneficiaries ♦ Keep working through the thrashing that comes with any project that matters to you ♦ Chunk, link, and sequence your ideas down to doable parts ♦ Use the Five Project Rule to prioritize your daily

Our lives are defined by a story of endless growth and consumption. Now a climate crisis demands that we change. Can we write and live new stories?

In All We Want, award-winning author Michael Harris (The End of Absence, Solitude) dismantles our untenable consumer culture and delivers surprising, heartwarming alternatives. Drawing on the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and artists, Harris uncovers three realms where humans have always found deeper meaning: the worlds of Craft, the Sublime, and Care.

Past attempts to blunt our impact on the environment have simply redirected our consumption—we bought fuel-efficient cars and canvas tote bags. We cannot, however, buy our way out of this crisis. We need, instead, compelling new stories about life’s purpose.

Part meditation and part manifesto, All We Want is a blazing inquest into the destructive and unfulfilling promise of our consumer society, and a roadmap toward a more humane future.

What does it mean to do good work? Where do you belong in an indifferent universe? Can we support the most vulnerable among us? Ongoing questions like these could replace our closed tale THE DAY THE WORLD STOPS SHOPPING

by J.B. MacKinnon

$21.00, paper. Penguin. 352 pages

“We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must.

This is the consumer dilemma.” The planet says we consume too much: in North America, we burn the earth’s resources at a rate five times faster than they can regenerate. And despite our efforts to “green” our consumption—by recycling, increasing energy efficiency, or using solar power—we have yet to see a decline in global carbon emissions. The economy says we must always consume more, because, as we’ve seen in the pandemic, even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment, bankruptcy and home foreclosures.

Addressing this paradox head-on, J.B. MacKinnon asks, What would really happen if we simply stop shopping?

Is there a way to reduce our consumption to earth-saving levels without triggering an economic collapse? At first, this question took him around the world, seeking answers: from America’s big-box stores, to the hunter-gatherer cultures of Namibia, to communities in Ecuador that consume at an exactly sustainable rate. Then THE BETTER WORLD SHOPPING GUIDE 7TH EDITION Every Dollar Makes a Difference

by Ellis Jones

$14.99, paper. New Society. 208 pages, 4x6, charts

Small enough to fit in your pocket, this practical little book will help you change the world as you shop!

While we strive to make our vote count at election time, few of us realize that our most immediate power to shape the world is squandered on a daily basis. Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change.

In fact, it already has. The world that exists today is in large part a result of our purchasing decisions.

The Better World Shopping Guide rates hundreds of products and services from A to F so you can quickly tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” and ensure

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Craft is how we survived for millennia. The Sublime shaped our sense of being long before the rise of consumer culture. And Care is perhaps our single most important survival tactic. Such supposedly inessential stories are really the base ingredients of human life.

And bringing them into focus would get us partway to the fix we’ve been waiting for.

Whether we take up these alternatives by choice, or only in a desperate reaction to climate disasters, is less certain.

“We all know we need to trade our troubled relationship with consumerism for something more deeply satisfying and environmentally sane. Michael Harris does the hard work of understanding what that ‘something’ is, and shares the secret in flat-out dazzling writing full of wisdom and surprises.” —J.B. MacKinnon, author of The Day the World Stops Shopping “Desire, need, and what makes a good life. This eloquent treatise encourages us to rethink these timeless subjects, and to make our aperture of understanding both bigger and smaller—to appreciate both the sublime wonder of the world and the intimate acts of craft and care that contemporary capitalism obscures and devalues. This lyrical meditation is for everyone who feels trapped in the knowledge that our culture of consumer abundance depletes and destroys the environment without truly nourishing or satisfying our souls.”

—Astra Taylor, author of Remake the World his thought experiment came true, as the coronavirus brought shopping to a halt and these ideas were tested in real time.

Drawing on economists to climate scientists to corporate CEOs, MacKinnon investigates how living with less would change our planet, our society and ourselves. Imaginative and inspiring, The Day the World Stops Shopping will empower you to imagine another way.

“A provocative thought experiment that asks us to imagine what currently seems unthinkable, this is a beautifully written and rigorously researched revelation, an extraordinary creative journey to a place we urgently need to go. Full of hope and deep thought, unassuming and devoid of preaching, it is an exciting and truly inspiring read. I couldn’t put it down.” —Joel Bakan, author of The Corporation and The New Corporation With wit, precision, and startling insights from around the world, he looks deeply into what we have done, and might do so much better. A model of clarity and grace, The Day the World Stops Shopping is one of the most important and well-written books I have read.”

—Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress your money is not supporting corporations that make decisions based solely on the bottom line. Drawing on decades of meticulous research, this revised seventh edition will help you find out who actually “walks the talk” when it comes to: Environmental sustainability Human rights Community involvement Animal protection Social justice.

Small enough to fit in a back pocket or handbag and organized in a user-friendly format, covering more brands than ever, The Better World Shopping Guide helps you reward companies who are doing good, penalize those involved in destructive activities, and change the world as you shop. Every dollar spent plants a seed.

Plant for regeneration and aliveness!

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schedule and be at peace with the work you choose not to do ♦ Fly through drag points—how to deal with head trash, no-win scenarios, and other people’s priorities ♦ Heatmap your schedule so you do the right work at the right time ♦ Overcome cascades, logjams, and tarpits—the three ways projects routinely get stuck ♦ Finish strong—celebrate, review, and ride the momentum to your next goal.

You are not incapable, wired to struggle, or fated to be unable to get your act together. With a few key steps, you can change the way you show up, how you plan, and how you respond when things get tough. You can Start Finishing the work that matters most to you. *Includes original contributions from Seth Godin, Jonathan Fields, James Clear, and many other teachers.

“Practical, doable, targeted strategies to accomplish what you may now think is impossible.” —Susan Piver, author of The Four Noble Truths of Love THE ART OF MONEY WORKBOOK A Three-Step Plan to Transform Your Relationship with Money

by Bari Tessler

$22.95, paper. Shambhala. 176 pages

This first-of-its-kind workbook—which uses three easy steps to repair your relationship with money—is from financial therapist Bari Tessler, author of The Art of Money.

Few things in life can feel as stressful and daunting as money and finances— get ready for that to change. The Art of Money Workbook offers an empowering new framework to create sustainable change and strengthen your relationship with money. Tessler offers a program that integrates practical financial tools with supportive somatic practices to bring more compassion, honesty, and awareness to your relationship with money. Her three-phase process—Money Healing, Money Practices, and Money Maps—will help you make choices that reflect your values, become aware of spending patterns, and create new financial habits. This workbook offers self-reflective exercises and tools that will encourage you to write your own money memoir, set regular money dates (with yourself and/or your partner), and plan for the future.

Bari Tessler is a warm, compassionate guide with a Masters Degree in Somatic Psychology—and for over twenty years, her Art of Money methodology has helped thousands of people understand and navigate their financial life. Her gentle encouragement and practical tools will offer you new avenues for creativity and joy with an abundance of support.

“With compassion and mastery, Bari Tessler invites you to not only investigate your ‘money story’ but to feel the impact money has on all aspects of your life. The Art of Money Workbook provides tools and practices to illuminate what you’ve relegated to the dark, guiding you to an empowered and meaningful relationship with money—and with yourself.”—Nancy Levin, author of Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth

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Racism & Reconciliation SEE NO STRANGER A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

by Valarie Kaur

$24.00, paper. Dutton. 388 pages

How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur—renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer—describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. It enjoins us to see no stranger but instead look at others and say: You are part of me I do not yet know. Starting from that place of wonder, the world begins to change: It is a practice that can transform a relationship, a community, a culture, even a nation.

Kaur takes readers through her own riveting journey— as a brown girl growing up in California farmland finding her place in the world; as a young adult galvanized by the murders of Sikhs after 9/11; as a law student fighting injustices in American prisons and on Guantanamo Bay; as an activist working with communities recovering from xenophobic attacks; and as a woman trying to heal from her own experiences with police violence and sexual assault.

Drawing from the wisdom of sages, scientists, and activists, Kaur reclaims love as an active, public, and revolutionary force that creates new possibilities for ourselves, our communities, and our world. See No Stranger helps us imagine new ways of being with each other—and with ourselves— so that together we can begin to build the world we want to see.

Revolutions happen not only in grand moments in public view but also in the spaces where people are coming together to inhabit a new way of being…

I offer these ten practices of revolutionary love… to help us build beloved community where we are, even as we navigate the real and trying moments of our daily lives… Imagine a critical mass of people across the nation and around the world who are making love a conscious practice—block by block, heart to heart.

What institutions will we build, what stories will we tell, what world will we birth?

“The intimate, raw stories in See No Stranger will break and awaken your heart; the profound teachings and compelling vision will inspire you to serve and savor our precious world.” —Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance THE QUAKING OF AMERICA An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation’s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning

by Resmaa Menakem

$25.95, paper. Central Recovery Press. 384 pages

While focused in “America,” the lessons here are deeply instructive for Canadian humans too. The author of My Grandmother’s Hands surveys America’s deteriorating democracy and offers “embodied practices to help us protect ourselves and our country.”

Through the coordinated repetition of lies, anti-democratic elements in society are working to incite mass radicalization, widespread chaos, and a collective trauma response in tens of millions of American bodies. Currently, most of us are utterly unprepared for this potential mayhem. This book can help prepare us—and possibly prevent further destruction.

In The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence. This preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on practices that can help us

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♦ Build presence and discernment in our bodies ♦ Settle our bodies during the heat of conflict ♦ Maintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situations ♦ Heal our personal and collective racialized trauma ♦ Practice embodied social action ♦ Turn toward instead of on one another.

The Quaking of America is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture.

“The Quaking of America is a profoundly needed bridge over today’s troubled waters. Resmaa teaches us how to be present and embodied, even in conflict. For all our sakes, please read this book and share it with a friend.” —Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma

Ecology, Community & Politics THE ANATOMY OF PEACE Resolving the Heart of Conflict - 4th Edition

by the Arbinger Institute

$24.95, paper. Berrett-Koehler. 262 pages

Following up on Leadership and Self-Deception, The Arbinger Institute’s first book, The Anatomy of Peace has become since 2006 instrumental in overcoming inequity, conflict, and cultural dysfunction of all kinds in organizations worldwide. Readers have enthusiastically recommended it to colleagues, relatives, and friends. The Anatomy of Peace asks, “What if conflicts at home, conflicts at work, and conflicts in the world stem from the same root cause? What if we systematically misunderstand that cause? And what if, as a result, we unwittingly perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve?”

The Anatomy of Peace uses a fictional story of an Arab and a Jew—both of whom lost their fathers at the hands of the other’s cousins—to powerfully show readers the way to transform conflict. We learn how they come together, how they help parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the personal, professional, and social conflicts that weigh us down.

The fourth edition includes revisions and new materials and resources that increase its relevance and usefulness at a time of deeply entrenched divisions throughout society. Additionally, it includes new detailed discussions of the pattern of dehumanization that lies at the heart of today’s most pressing struggles with prejudice and discrimination—challenges that cannot be solved until the origins of bias and discrimination are properly understood and addressed. The new edition is a unique and vital resource for combatting racism and prejudice in their many manifestations.

New sections enable readers to go deeper into the book’s key concepts; access to free digital study and discussion guides; and information about The Reconciliation Project, a highly successful global peace initiative based on concepts in The Anatomy of Peace.

The Anatomy of Peace has been printed in over thirty language and has become a perennial bestseller in the conflict resolution space.

THE FOUR PIVOTS Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves

by Shawn Ginwright

$23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 304 pages

Here’s a wise black activist’s roadmap to long-term social justice impact through four simple shifts. We need a fundamental shift in our values--a pivot in how we think, act, work, and connect. Despite what we’ve been told, the most critical mainspring of social change isn’t coalition building or problem analysis. Its healing: deep, whole, and systemic, inside and out.

Here, Shawn Ginwright, PhD, breaks down the common myths of social movements—a set of deeply ingrained

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beliefs that actually hold us back from healing and achieving sustainable systemic change. He shows us why these frames don’t work, proposing instead four revolutionary pivots for better activism and collective leadership: Awareness: from lens to mirror Connection: from transactional to transformative relationships Vision: from problem-fixing to pos sibility-creating Presence: from hustle to flow With reflections, prompts, cutting-edge research, and the author’s own insights and lived experience as an African American social scientist, professor, and movement builder, The Four Pivots helps us uncover our blind spots.

It shows us how to discover new lenses and boldly assert our need for connection, transformation, trust, wholeness, and healing. It gives us permission to create a better future--to acknowledge that a broken system has been predefining our dreams and limiting what we allow ourselves to imagine, but that it doesn’t have to be that way at all.

Are you ready to pivot?

“Reading this courageous book feels like the beginning of a social and personal awakening. By weaving together social science, storytelling, and his vast experience, Shawn explains why justice and healing are inextricably connected and how we can shift our thinking to create wholeness in our world and in ourselves. I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Brené Brown, author of Dare to Lead

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$24.99, paper. New Society. 416 pages, b/w illustrations

This is the story of power—humanity’s power over nature and the power of some people over others.

How has Homo sapiens—one species among millions—become powerful enough to threaten a mass extinction and disrupt the Earth’s climate? Why have we developed so many ways of oppressing one another? Can we change our relationship with power to avert ecological catastrophe, reduce social inequality, and stave off collapse?

These questions and their answers will determine our fate.

Weaving together findings from a wide range of disciplines, Power traces how four key elements developed to give humans extraordinary power: tool making ability, language, social complexity, and the ability to harness energy sources most significantly, fossil fuels. It asks whether we have, at this point, overpowered natural and social systems, and if we have, what we can do about it.

Most crucially, the book explores how self-limitation of power is rooted in evolution and human history, though our memory of it has been buried under a century of fossil-fuel driven economic growth. Now, at this vital moment, we must rapidly relearn the lessons of power if humanity is to have a thriving future.

In the aftermath of the Great Unraveling, our few surviving descendants—learning from hard experience—might eventually adopt cultural narratives similar to ones that Indigenous peoples used in order to protect biodiversity and to keep human population levels within the carrying capacity of the environment.

These narratives might also be similar at least in some ways to those we would need quickly and intentionally to develop if we are to stave off utter collapse.

Those narratives would likely encode a deep cultural skepticism of power in all its forms, and a profound reinforcement for habits of self-restraint and self-control.

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Vandana Shiva PHILANTHROCAPITALISM AND THE EROSION OF DEMOCRACY A Global Citizens’ Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture edited by Vandana Shiva

$19.99, paper. Picador. 144 pages, b/w illustrations

Over the last 30 years, individual and corporate philanthropists have emerged as a monolithic force facilitating the takeover of our seeds, agriculture, food, knowledge, and global health systems—weaving an intricate web of power and influence.

Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy brings together the diverse perspectives of dedicated researchers, activists, journalists, and food systems professionals working to further food, farmer, and seed sovereignty in their regions. This global citizens’ report unravels this obscure web of power, analyzing the dangers of technocratic solutionism and the billionaire philanthropic “developments” pushing the future of our planet towards extinction and ecological collapse.

AGROECOLOGY AND REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE Sustainable Solutions for Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Change

by Vandana Shiva

$33.95, paper. Synergetic. 344 pages

POWER Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

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A synthesis of more than three decades of interdisciplinary research and practice, Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture provides evidence-based solutions to some of the world’s most pressing crises in global ecology, agriculture and public health.

Featuring the work of Navdanya, an organization founded by Dr. Vandana Shiva that promotes agroecology, seed freedom, and a vision of Earth Democracy that seeks justice for the Earth and all living beings, this work serves as a guidebook for agriculture scientists, policy makers, environmentalists and every individual who cares about their own health as well as the vitality of the planet.

Throughout this book, we see how the patterns of technocratic solutionism, powered by an unholy alliance between big-capital, science and technology, institutions and states, are embodied by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and put into accelerated action through philanthropic development.

Through its various initiatives, sub-organizations, development schemes, and funding mechanisms, the Gates’ weave an intricate web of wide-ranging power and influence, obscured through all its separate strands.

Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy addresses a large part of this web of power which deliberately ignores the past and persistent failures of the very technologies they push, and disregards any potential problems their initiatives yield. This power is one focused primarily on profit and market expansion. This democratic emergency is analyzed in detail throughout this book by leading experts and civil society movements leaders.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the multiple planetary dilemmas we face due to chemical and industrial agriculture, including land degradation, water depletion, biodiversity erosion, climate change, agrarian crises, and health crises while also focusing on practical and evidence-based solutions. Those solutions include methods of using biodiversity-based organic farming to regenerate soil, conserve water, increase climate change resilience, and ensure food security in rural populations. Dr. Shiva takes an organized approach to these wide-ranging topics and provides practical knowledge that can inform the future of agriculture and sustainable food systems. With detailed scientific evidence, Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture shows how an ecological agriculture based on working with nature can regenerate the planet, the rural economy and our health.

human impact while improving the lives of billions of people who deserve more?...

We can either create assets for the future or take the assets of the future. One is called regeneration and the other despoliation.

When we exploit the Earth, we exploit people and cause untold suffering. We are investing hundreds of billions in artificial intelligence to be applied by digital machines in myriad ways. However, we invest very little in the natural intelligence expressed by the living world. The biological world is exploding with new discoveries, compounds, and hitherto unrecognized intelligence. Plants have genetic memory going back millions of years. We now know that trees and plants have our five senses and fifteen more senses that we do not... Forests are communities that physically and selflessly care for each other.

Essential reading for everyone who calls planet Earth home.

Among Richard Heinberg’s other books are Peak Everything and The End of Growth.

TOMORROW’S ECONOMY A Guide to Creating Healthy Green Growth

by Per Espen Stoknes

$25.95, paper. MIT. 384 pages, charts

Tomorrow’s Economy reframes the hot-button issue of economic growth. Going beyond the usual dialectic of pro-growth versus anti-growth, Stoknes calls for healthy growth. Healthy economic growth is more regenerative than destructive, repairs problems rather than greenwashing them, and restores equity rather than exacerbating global inequalities. Stoknes—a Norwegian psychologist, economist, climate strategy researcher, and green-tech entrepreneur—argues that we have the tools to achieve healthy growth, but our success depends on transformations in government practices and individual behavior. Stoknes provides a compass to guide us toward the mindset, mechanisms, and possibilities of healthy growth.

How can we grow in prosperity and not burn the house down? How can we dramatically reduce our

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“We have been extracting value from forestlands, indigenous people, oceans, slaves, and the poor for centuries.

You will find here a clear description of an economy that creates value for all, and for all whom we have diminished, one that does not impoverish any form of life, be it human, mammal, plant, fish, or creature. He honors and includes the skills, structures and brilliance that have evolved and brought us to where we are today, and pivots them away from the degeneration of the world to its regeneration.

—Paul Hawken, from the foreword “Rising to the central challenge of our century, Stoknes brings welcome order to the chaos around the concept of

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David Suzuki & Our Carbon Footprint THE DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE A Pledge to Planet Earth 30th Anniversary Edition

by David Suzuki & Tara Cullis $20.00, cloth. Greystone.

80 pages, 2-colour illustrations

The Declaration of Interdependence—an enlightening creed and passionate call to action—was composed by David Suzuki and a team of activists (including Wade Davis and Gidansda Guujaaw, also known as Gary Edenshaw) in anticipation of the United Nations Earth Summit in 1992. This persuasive statement of environmental principles provides a vision for the survival of THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF EVERYTHING A Revised, Updated Edition of How Bad Are Bananas?

by Mike Berners-Lee

$24.95, paper. Greystone. 312 pages, tables, charts

Here’s a practical (and funny) guide to reducing your carbon footprint. ♦ Calculate your carbon footprint: with an item-by-item breakdown (of everything) ♦ Meet your company’s carbon goals: using the latest research. ♦ Covid-19 and the carbon battle: understand the new global supply chain.

The Carbon Footprint of Everything breaks items down by the amount of carbon they produce, creating a calorie guide for the carbon-conscious. With engaging writing,

green growth, charting a course for economic value creation while simultaneously reducing our ecological footprint.”

—Jørgen Randers, author of 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years and coauthor of The Limits to Growth DEEP ADAPTATION Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos

by Jem Bendell & Rupert Read $23.95, paper. Polity. 308 pages

Deep adaptation refers to the personal and collective changes that might help us to prepare for and live with a climate-influenced breakdown or collapse of our societies. It is a framework for responding to the terrifying realization of increasing disruption by committing ourselves to reducing suffering while saving more of society and the natural world. This is the first book to show how professionals across different sectors are beginning to incorporate the acceptance of likely or unfolding societal breakdown into their work and lives. They do not assume that our current economic, social and political systems can be made resilient in the face of climate change but, instead, they demonstrate the caring and creative ways that people are responding to the most difficult realization with which humanity may ever have to come to terms.

Edited by the originator of the concept of deep adaptation, Jem Bendell, and a leading climate activist and strategist, Rupert Read, this book is the essential introduction to the concept, practice and emerging global movement of Deep Adaptation to climate chaos.

We intend this book to help you make fuller sense of the many disruptions around you so you can invite your friends, colleagues and community members to join you in reconsidering the fundamentals of our societies and our relationship with the natural world.

the planet and directs humanity towards a new politics of hope that supports connection and interdependence.

In this exquisitely designed edition celebrating the 30th anniversary of this powerful creed, each phrase is strikingly illuminated by artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. With an inspiring essay by Suzuki and an informative afterword by Tara Cullis, The Declaration of Interdependence celebrates the history and aspirations of an environmental movement that is humanity awakening to its call to protect— and celebrate—the very sources of our life on Earth.

This beautiful book is published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

leading carbon expert Mike Berners-Lee shares new carbon calculations based on recent research. He considers the impact of the pandemic on the carbon battle—especially the embattled global supply chain—and adds items we didn’t consider a decade ago, like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Supported by solid research, cross-referenced with other expert sources, illustrated with easy-to-follow charts and graphs, and written with Berners-Lee’s trademark English sense of humor, The Carbon Footprint of Everything should be on everyone’s bookshelf and guiding our buying and consumption habits.

Mike Berners-Lee is a fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University in the U.K.

“The theme of this book is indeed scary. But it’s full of bright ideas for how to transmute both fear and difficulty into kind and wise ways of living and working. The thinkers, academics and activists who have contributed to this book embody the wisdom to adapt to this unprecedented catastrophe. They also show the practical ways and means to live and act with the imagination and resilience.” — Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus Resurgence & Ecologist and Founder, Schumacher College “Collapse followed by transformation is a common way that complex systems evolve. Perhaps collapse of our high consumption, climate-destabilising society can lead to transformation towards a brighter human future. The Deep Adaptation framework outlined in this book is a helpful way to seek that transformation.” —Will Steffen, Australian National University Climate Change Institute

Eco-Philosopy, Deep Ecology EARTH GRIEF The Journey Into and Through Ecological Loss

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

$34.95, paper. Raven Press. 352 pages

The news is not good. Ecological systems are in terrible peril, species dying by the millions, and global warming is getting worse. Increasing numbers of people feel the impact of this, feel some form of what is being called climate grief, ecological loss, or sometimes even solastalgia. Our species is entering a time of difficult and deep mourning. As environmentalist Leslie Head has said, Grief will be our companion on this journey—it is not something we can deal with and move on. It will be with us for a long time to come.

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Stephen Harrod Buhner takes the reader on a journey into and through that grief to where one is alive to the losses that and the grief but is not overcome by them. Then he travels into and through the common feelings of guilt and shame (feelings that are put on so many but in actuality belong to very few) that come from ecological devastation.

From there Stephen moves deep into what occurs when those we love die, when the planetary landscapes, forests, fields and rivers that are engraved into our deepest selves are lost, when we are forced to travel into the territory of death and loss and deep grief ourselves.

Throughout it, Stephen draws on his studies with those who ‘ve worked with the dying, his years as a psychotherapist, work with the chronically ill, and deep immersion in and relationship with plants, wild ecosystems, and this living planet—our home. At journey’s end what arises is not the optimism of false hope (as Greta Thunberg calls it) but a deeper and more realistic hope, one that is intimately entangled with gravitas and the journey through loss.

It’s born from the heart’s integration of grief and a deep faith in the green world, and in the new life that comes with every spring.

Stephen’s book is written with the exquisite prose style, intimacy, depth of insight, and engaged storytelling for which he is known. No one who reads it will remain unmoved or ever again feel as if they are alone in the grief they feel for what is happening to our home.

“This book is a plainspoken masterpiece, moist with tears. It’s the honest fruit of a life lived close to the rain, to the whispering of leaves, to the raggedness of the heart.

Created by a man who has stopped each day to catch sight of, to chew on, and slowly digest his own shadow, it works a dark and joyous alchemy upon the soul of the reader.”

—David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous GROUNDED A Fierce, Feminine Guide to Connecting with the Soil and Healing from the Ground Up

by Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow

$29.99, cloth. Sounds True. 178 pages

Taking our food system back is an act of revolution.

Restoring the feminine is an act of sacred responsibility.

Returning to the cycles of nature is an act of love. Grounding into the soil is an act of hope.

The soil, the fertile ground beneath us, holds the key to the future of our planet and our species—yet few people are aware enough of the critical role soil health plays in reversing climate change. With Grounded, Dr. Erin Yu Juin McMorrow takes us on a journey to explore the sacred interconnectedness between our soil and ourselves, seamlessly weaving the science of our broken carbon cycle and the oppression of the divine feminine into a powerful tapestry of hope and resilience.

McMorrow is the voice of a generation that carries the future of our planet on their shoulders. “There’s no other group of people to pass this on to,” she writes. “If we want to create a world that we can keep living in, it’s time, and it’s us.” In Grounded, McMorrow guides us through the inner and outer work needed to restore the divine feminine and save our planet. Highlights include: ♦ The brass tacks of climate change—how everything from biodiversity loss to ocean acidification has roots in the killing of the microscopic life in our soil ♦ The fertile soil is feminine—and the destruction of our earth and the feminine go hand in hand ♦ Sex, birth, life, and death—how our natural cycles parallel the sacred cycles of nature ♦ How to create truly regenerative systems that celebrate the natural world’s diversity, resilience, and abundance ♦ Practices to help you start making a difference right now—from personal reflections and meditations to seed saving and composting ♦ Finding hope in the sacred nature of this work—when we do our part, just as with all of nature, spirit fills in the rest

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With every step we take toward a more regenerative and abundant future, we engage in the important work of saving our soil—and our souls.

GAIA ALCHEMY The Reuniting of Science, Psyche, and Soul

by Stephan Harding

$24.99, paper. Bear & Company. 298 pages, b/w illustrations

During the scientific revolution, science and soul were drastically separated, propelling humanity into four centuries of scientific exploration based solely on empiricism and rationality.

But, as scientist and ecologist Stephan Harding demonstrates in detail, by reintegrating science with profound personal experiences of psyche and soul, we can reclaim our lost sacred wholeness and help heal ourselves and our planet.

He begins with compelling introductions to depth psychology, alchemy, and Gaia theory--the science of seeing the Earth as an intelligent, self-regulating system, a theory pioneered by his mentor James Lovelock. He then explores how alchemy, as understood through the depth psychology of C. G. Jung, offers us powerful methods of reuniting rationality and intuition, science and soul. He examines the integration of important alchemical engravings, including L’Azoth des Philosophes and the Rosarium Philosophorum, with Gaian science. He shows how seven key alchemical operations in the Azoth image can help us develop deep experiences and insights into our interconnectedness with Gaia.

He then looks at how the four components of the living Earth—biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere—mesh not only with the four elements of alchemical theory but also with the four functions of consciousness from depth psychology.

Woven throughout with the author’s own experiences of Gaia alchemy, the book also offers guided meditations, shamanic practices, and contemplative exercises to open your receptivity to messages from the biosphere and help you develop your own Gaian alchemical way of life, full of wonder and healing.

Using story, science, conversation, meditation, craft work, and time spent in nature, we’ll discover a new yet also immensely ancient way of living well with Gaia. We’ll make moves toward reintegrating ourselves with our living earth, and we’ll experience intimations of our lost wholeness in this huge gigacosmos of swirling galaxies redolent with meaning and purpose.

“A remarkable and lively synthesis of leading-edge science and the deep wisdom of the archetypal psyche. Harding’s bold and engaging vision works its own alchemical transformation on the reader, guiding us from the lead of the dominant mechanistic and disenchanted worldview to the gold of an experiential understanding of Gaia as the ensouled body in which we live and have our being.

This book will prove invaluable to those seeking a more integral approach to Earth System Science, to the psychologically minded who long for deeper connections with the living Earth, and to all who are called to participate in the Great Work of our times.” — Sean Kelly, author of Becoming Gaia “A beautiful blueprint for transforming contemporary knowledge and returning soul to our planet.” — Thomas Moore, author of Soul Therapy

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Architecture & Eco-Design ESSENTIAL GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

by Leslie Doyle

$39.99, paper. New Society. 176 pages, 8x11, colour photos

Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, indepth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings.

Packed with detailed photos, illustrations, case studies, and code compliance advice, it offers clear step-by-step instructions necessary to create your own living roof on a new build or as a retrofit. Coverage includes: ♦ The benefits of a green roof ♦ The basics of planning and design ♦ Assessing site conditions such as aspect, slope, and loads ♦ Navigating building codes and working with building officials ♦ Material options, including professional grade and economical or local alternatives ♦ Planting suggestions for different roof climates and conditions, including food production ♦ When to call on professionals to ensure safety and integrity ♦ Step-by-step guidance for safe roof installation and detailing ♦ Annual green roof maintenance.

Where common sense meets beauty—a green roof is a system of layers that work together to support plant life, insulate homes, and make the world a greener place.

Essential Green Roof Construction will give you the knowledge and confidence to install your own green roof.

Gardening & Permaculture GROW YOUR SOIL! Harness the Power of the Soil Food Web to Create Your Best Garden Ever

by Diane Miessler

$22.95, paper. Storey. 192 pages, b/w illustrations

Growing awareness of the importance of soil health means that microbes are on the minds of even the most casual gardeners. After all, anyone who has ever attempted to plant a thriving patch of flowers or vegetables knows that what you grow is only as good as the soil you grow it in. It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that’s teeming with life, using very few inputs and a no-till, no-fertilizer approach.

Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower. She shares the techniques she has used—including cover crops, constant mulching, and a simple-but-supercharged recipe for compost tea—to transform her own landscape from a roadside dump for broken asphalt to a garden that stops traffic, starting from the ground up.

Along with chapters devoted to the Five Tenets of a Productive Gardener (Plan Well to Get the Most from Your Garden; Maximize Production in Each Bed; Get the Most out of Every Plant; Scale up Tools and Systems for Efficiency; and Expand and Extend the Harvest), the book contains interactive tools that home gardeners can use to assist them in determining how, when, and what to plant; evaluating crop health; and planning and storing the harvest. For today’s vegetable gardeners who want to grow as much of their own food as possible, this guide offers expert advice and strategies for cultivating a garden that supplies what they need. Clear and useful charts, illustrations and photos help a lot.

This is a guide to maximizing garden productivity at home... We include useful information for growers at every skill level and focus on techniques that will increase yields for this production-minded gardener. We show you the systems and techniques used on small vegetable production farms every day so that you’ll learn to use your yard just like a miniature farm...

While this book will help improve your garden productivity from day one, you should approach gardening with a long view and gradually acquire skills as they become relevant and appropriate for your garden.

A successful grower recognizes the highs and lows as part of the agreement to work with nature... The soil is your canvas, plants are your medium, and each onion, pepper, and head of lettuce is a work of art...

Anyone can become an artist in their garden. No matter the size of your plot, you’ll find that as your knowledge and experience grow, so will your yields and your love of food production.

GROW ORGANIC SALAD LEAVES AND GREENS Indoors or Outdoors, All Year Round

by Charles Dowding

$21.95, paper. Green Books. 256 pages, 7x9, colour photos

Known as the guru of no-dig, Charles Dowding has updated his definitive book on salad-growing in this beautifully illustrated paperback edition: how to have tasty salad leaves all year round in a garden, balcony or windowsill; how to grow micro leaves and how to serve them in delicious recipes, all using organic or permaculture principles.

Great for food lovers keen to eat tasty food with a low carbon footprint.

This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the year, will inspire you to grow your own, whether on a windowsill, in your garden or on the community garden allotment.

Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy and tasty salads. Learn the subtleties of salad seasons and virtues of different leaves throughout the year.

And when your table is groaning with the abundance of your harvests, there are delicious and imaginative recipes, exploiting the fantastic flavours, colour and vitality of home grown salad leaves.

Salad leaves are one of the quickest and easiest vegetables you can grow. More than that, plants that are well looked after will provide long successions of harvests, without having to repeatedly sow or plant again. How to continually crop the same plants and give them a surprisingly long life is a main theme of this book. Another key theme in the book is growing in small spaces and containers, which can be impressively productive. You may also find yourself appreciating the growing beauty of your range of salad plants, as much as their abundant contributions to the table. The leaves you pick will also be full of seasonal characteristics, reflecting how different salads give of their best at particular times of year.

GROW MORE FOOD A Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible from a Space of Any Size

by Colin McCrate & Brad Halm

$33.95, paper. Storey. 304 pages, 8x11, colour photos

Just how productive can one small vegetable garden be?

More productive than one might think! Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, former CSA growers and current owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company, help readers boost their garden productivity by teaching them how to plan carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension.

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Sounds of Life / Spirit of Seaweed SOUNDS WILD AND BROKEN Sonic Marvels, Evolutions’ Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction

Nature: Teacher & Healer FOREST WALKING Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America

so the erasure of sonic diversity makes the world less creative, just, and beautiful. The appreciation of the beauty and brokenness of sound is therefore an important guide in today’s convulsions and crises of change and inequity.

by David George Haskell

$39.00, cloth. Viking. 430 pages

by Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst

$24.95, paper. Greystone. 240 pages, b/w photos

Awaken your senses and learn how to be a forest detective with Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees.

When you walk in the woods, do you use all five senses to explore your surroundings? For most of us, the answer is no—but when we do engage all our senses, a walk in the woods can go from pleasant to immersive and restorative.

Forest Walking teaches you how to get the most out of your next adventure by becoming a forest detective, decoding nature’s signs and awakening to the ancient past and thrilling present of the ecosystem around you. ♦ What can you learn by following the spread of a root, by tasting the tip of a branch, by searching out that bitter almond smell? ♦ What creatures can be found in a stream if you turn over a rock—and what is the best way to cross a forest stream, anyway? ♦ How can you understand a forest’s history by the feel of the path underfoot, the scars on the trees along the trail, or the play of sunlight through the branches? ♦ How can we safely explore the forest at night? ♦ What activities can we use to engage children with the forest?

Throughout Forest Walking, the authors share experiences and observations from visiting forests across North America: from the rainforests and redwoods of the west coast to the towering white pines of the east, and down to the cypress swamps of the south and up to the boreal forests of the north.

With Forest Walking, German forester Peter Wohlleben teams up with his longtime editor, Jane Billinghurst, as the two write their first book together, and the result is nothing short of spectacular. Together, they will teach you how to listen to what the forest is saying, no matter where you live or which trees you plan to visit next.

LIVING PLANET The Web of Life on Earth

by David Attenborough

$24.99, paper. HarperCollins. 302 pages, colour photos

Here’s real life education—a new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal “biography” of Nature, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano.

These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet.

In The Living Planet, Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. In other words, he explores the intricacies of how life lives on Earth. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing—the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and

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We live on a planet alive with song, music, and speech. David Haskell (also author of The Songs of Trees) explores how these wonders came to be. In rain forests shimmering with insect sound and swamps pulsing with frog calls we learn about evolution’s creative powers.

From birds in the Rocky Mountains and on the streets of Paris, we discover how animals learn their songs and adapt to new environments. Below the waves, we hear our kinship to beings as different as snapping shrimp, toadfish, and whales. In the startlingly divergent sonic vibes of the animals of different continents, we experience the legacies of plate tectonics, the deep history of animal groups and their movements around the world, and the quirks of aesthetic evolution.

Starting with the origins of animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth history, Haskell illuminates and celebrates the emergence of the varied sounds of our world. In mammoth ivory flutes from Paleolithic caves, violins in modern concert halls, and electronic music in earbuds, we learn that human music and language belong within this story of ecology and evolution.

Yet we are also destroyers, now silencing or smothering many of the sounds of the living Earth. Haskell takes us to threatened forests, noise-filled oceans, and loud city streets, and shows that sonic crises are not mere losses of sensory ornament. Sound is a generative force, and THE SCIENCE AND SPIRIT OF SEAWEED Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest

by Amanda Swinimer

$28.95, paper. Harbour.

246 pages, 8x11, colour photos

Sustainable Pacific Northwest-based seaweed harvester Amanda Swinimer (buy her seaweeds through Dakini Tidal Wilds on Vancouver island) describes the ecology, culinary uses, evidence-based health benefits and climate change-resisting potential of seaweed and shares highlights from her remarkable life beneath the waves.

Related to the most ancient living organisms on earth, seaweeds are incredible and unique life forms, sharing qualities with both plants and animals, as well as fungi. They have been prized as a nutrient-dense food source for millennia and contain essential vitamins, minerals and fatty acids, protein and fibre as well as biologically active compounds not found anywhere else in nature. Seaweeds are also a source for innovations combating climate change due in part to their ability to

on the habitations provided by our planet. In this new edition, the author, with the help of zoologist Matthew Cobb, has added all the most up-to-date discoveries of ecology and biology, as well as an awesome full-colour 64-page photography section. He also addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet: climate change, pollution and mass extinction of species.

Based on a series of programmes made for BBC Television, this book surveys the situation as it is today... Almost every corner of the planet, from the highest to the lowest, the warmest to the coldest, above water and below, has acquired its population of interdependent plants and animals. It is the nature of these adaptations, that have enabled living organisms to spread so widely through our varied planet, that is the theme of this book.

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Ears are omnidirectional and always open.

Sound not only connects animals, its varied pitches, timbres, rhythms, and amplitudes carry nuanced messages... Never in the history of Earth have sounds been so rich and varied. Never has this diversity been so threatened...

When the most powerful species on Earth ceases to listen to the voices of others, calamity ensues. The vitality of the world depends, in part, on whether we turn our ears back to the living Earth. To listen, then, is a delight, a window into life’s creativity, and a political and moral act.

“This is how scientific writing should be, and almost never is: suffused with wonder and pathos, throbbing with the music of the wild. Haskell conducts a magnificent symphony here. He shows us—no, lets us hear— that we are resonant animals in a thrillingly resonant universe, and that our fulfilment depends on finding the frequency that will make us resonate with everything else. His superb book sent me on my way singing, and trying to join in with the songs I heard on the way.”

—Charles Foster, author of Being a Human Dive into a sonic journey podcast “When the Earth Started to Sing” by Haskell at Emergence Magazine: https://emergencemagazine.org/podcast/ absorb massive quantities of carbon dioxide.

Based in the Pacific Northwest, home to the greatest cold-water seaweed diversity in the world, Amanda Swinimer has made her living from the sustainable harvest of seaweeds for over two decades. In The Science and Spirit of Seaweed, Swinimer reflects on the journey that led to her successful seaweed harvesting business and provides identification information, ecologically sound harvesting techniques, traditional medicinal application and evidence-based health information for more than twenty varieties of seaweeds commonly found from California to Alaska. She also includes notes on culinary and skincare uses for several types of seaweeds.

Complemented by vibrant underwater photography, beautiful illustrations and chef-inspired recipes, this volume richly conveys the benefits and wonder of living in harmony with the ocean. It will be a welcome resource to beachcombers, foragers, cooks, and anyone fascinated by the marvels of the natural world. Seaweeds are our friends!

NINE WAYS TO CHARM A DRYAD A Magical Adventure to Connect with the Spirit of Trees

by Penny Billington

$27.99, paper. Llewellyn. 294 pages, drawings

This book shows how to build a profound magical relationship with a dryad—the spirit or life force of the trees.

With nine themed charms, Penny Billington helps you connect with tree nymphs and nature spirits so that you may receive their blessings and guidance. Nine Ways to Charm a Dryad shares meditations, exercises, writing prompts, and tips for creative art projects designed to support communication with the wise spiritual beings found in the forests and fields.

Discover how to sense a tree’s aura and learn to breathe with the landscape. Explore the secrets of exchanging gifts

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♦ and mirroring the movements of the dryads. This book also includes tips for people who are not able to venture outdoors and those with mobility restrictions. Whether you are interested in living a more enchanted life or learning how to absorb the resilience of our stalwart friends, this book’s lessons and charms will help you manifest the energy of the trees from roots to crown.

When you begin to make a relationship, it will be a mutual choice between you and a tree spirit. From its point of view, you will be the dryad’s human friend.

It is hard not to come from a human-centric viewpoint, so this reminder of the awareness of the living world is sprinkled through the book. To communicate, we need to believe in the understanding, intelligence, and empathy of the trees, or sentience; it is the first understanding in this work.

“Nine Ways to Charm a Dryad is a Druid’s dream, gently guiding you on a path to deepen your relationship with the spirits of trees with lyrical meditations and provocative questions that get you thinking in new ways about what it means to be in relationship with the trees...A book for the curious, for the tree-lover and for the Druid in all of us!”

—Philip Carr-Gomm, author of DruidCraft “Charming, utterly delightful, and scattered with Billington’s inimitable wisdom and wit...” —Kristoffer Hughes, author of The Book of Celtic Magic

Conscious Evolution & Planetary Culture IMAGINE IF...

Creating a Future For Us All

by Ken Robinson, with Kate Robinson $23.00, paper. Penguin. 114 pages

A call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better.

Educator Sir Ken Robinson changed the lives of millions. His TED Talks are watched an average of 17,000 times a day--a figure that Chris Anderson, Head of TED, says is the equivalent of selling out the Millennium Dome every night for fifteen consecutive years.

Ken’s books, The Element and Finding Your Element have been translated into 24 languages.

In his final years, Sir Ken was working on a book that would serve as his manifesto. This book was being written for both new and dedicated audiences alike as a coherent overview of the arguments that he dedicated his life to, and as a pivotal piece of literature for the education revolution he began. When Sir Ken received his cancer prognosis in August 2020 he asked his daughter and collaborator, Kate Robinson, to finish writing this manifesto and continue his work.

At its core, this work is a love letter to human potential—a celebration of what we as a species are capable of doing, and of being, if we create the right conditions. It is a rallying cry to revolutionize our systems of education, and the ways in which we run our businesses and structure our social systems, so that they bring out the best in each and every person. Sir Ken often observed that what separates us from the rest of life on Earth is our power of imagination: the ability to bring to mind things that are not present to our senses. It is imagination that allows us to create the world in which we live, rather than just exist in it. It also gives us the power to recreate it.

The challenges we face are significant and complex; to solve them we have to become more creative, not less. The climate crisis is the result of our disengagement from the natural world. To solve it, we have to become more engaged, not less. To tackle

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OUR MOMENT OF CHOICE Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future edited by Robert Atkinson, with Kurt Johnson & Deborah Moldow

$25.00, paper. Beyond Words. 368 pages

New in Paperback

This anthology is the brainchild of a diverse group of people who have come together to collectively create momentum for a new emerging consciousness. The dedicated vision and work of the Evolutionary Leaders over the years shine forth in this book, their gift to humanity and the planet.

Humanity is currently facing a series of interconnected emergencies that threaten our very survival— from climate change and worldwide pandemics to global economic inequality and increasing social tensions. At the same time, a global shift in consciousness is unfolding that is harnessing our collective power to consciously choose a life-affirming future.

Our entire species, including your soul and mine, is about to make a decision that will be its most important ever. We are about to answer the question, who am I, and who do I choose to be? This is not just about the improvement of life on Earth, but the evolution of the spirit as well. Time is of the essence. —Neale Donald Walsch Our Moment of Choice is a collection written by forty-three evolutionary leaders who are offering up creative solutions to the challenges facing humanity. Each pointedly details their vision for how we can ensure a successful completion to the transformation of consciousness that is already underway. This forward-thinking compilation calls on each of us to be the cocreators of a just, unified, peaceful, and thriving world. “The time has come for all humanity to be united in purpose. This is our call to action. This is our collective moment of choice, upon which our future depends.”

Among the 43 contributors to this book are: Duane Elgin, Larry Dossey, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Deepak Chopra, J.J. Hurtak, Loch Kelly, Ervin Laszlo, Bruce Lipton, Lynne McTaggartl, James O’Dea, Joan Borysenko, Phil Lane Jr., Elisabet Sahtouris and Diane Williams.

“A beautiful symphonic composition… The multi-perspectival approaches expressed consistently point to the truth of our wholeness that will lead us to a planetary wholesomeness built on the foundation of love, compassion, and selfless service to humanity. A revelatory map that charts the course to our collective awakening.” — Audrey Kitagawa, chair of the Parliament of the World’s Religions

Brain/Mind & Resonance THE AWAKENED BRAIN The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life

by Lisa Miller

$37.00, cloth. Viking. 288 pages

This groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality is by award-winning researcher Lisa Miller, author of The Spiritual Child.

Whether it’s meditation or a walk in nature, reading a sacred text or saying a prayer, there are many ways to tap into a heightened awareness of the world around you and your place in it. In The Awakened Brain, psychologist Dr. Lisa Miller shows you how.

Weaving her own deeply personal journey of awakening with her groundbreaking research, Dr. Miller’s bookreveals that humans are universally equipped with a capacity for

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spirituality, and that our brains become more resilient and robust as a result of it. For leaders in business and government, truth-seekers, parents, healers, educators, and any person confronting life’s biggest questions, The Awakened Brain combines cutting-edge science (from MRI studies to genetic research, epidemiology, and more) with on-theground application for people of all ages and from all walks of life, illuminating the surprising science of spirituality and how to engage it in our lives: ♦ The awakened decision is the better decision. With an awakened perception, we are more creative, collaborative, ethical, and innovative. ♦ The awakened brain is the healthier brain. An engaged spiritual life enhances grit, optimism, and resilience while providing insulation against addiction, trauma, and depression. ♦ The awakened life is the inspired life. Loss, uncertainty, and even trauma are the gateways by which we are invited to move beyond merely coping with hardship to transcend into a life of renewal, healing, joy, and fulfillment.

Absorbing, uplifting, and ultimately enlightening, The Awakened Brain is a conversation-starting saga of scientific discovery packed with counterintuitive findings and practical advice on concrete ways to access your innate spirituality and build a life of meaning and contribution.

“Dr. Miller is a consummate scientist who refuses to accept one of our culture’s most pervasive and damaging assumptions: that science and spirituality are at odds. She unequivocally shows that spirituality heals.” —Larry Dossey, author of Healing Words YOUR RESONANT SELF WORKBOOK From Self-sabotage to Self-care

by Sarah Peyton

$25.95, paper. Norton. 302 pages, 7x9

From the author of Your Resonant Self, here are practices for well-being, based in neuroscience and geared toward kindness.

When we experience trauma or need to find a way to protect ourselves from interpersonal hurt, we make unconscious contracts with ourselves, such as: “I will never let myself get treated that way again” or “I will never forgive myself for that.” But these contracts often result in harmful behaviors like self-criticism, lack of trust, and procrastination. Until we recognize and free ourselves from these damaging contracts, we can never truly heal.

Your Resonant Self Workbook: From Self-sabotage to Self-care takes us through the world of relational neuroscience and, using the lens of unconscious contracts, explores how our brains, nervous systems, and bodies react to the brains, nervous systems, and bodies of others. Case studies, resonant-language practice, questionnaires, meditations, and journaling provide readers with healing strategies for uncovering and rewriting these contracts. Following Your Resonant Self, this workbook provides the tools to turn inward with kindness, warmth, and curiosity and create opportunities for self-healing.

“The title of the first chapter of this wonderful book asks, ‘Are you willing to like yourself?’ If we are willing to make use of it, we can transform self-loathing into deep compassion. Sarah Peyton has gifted her resources to us in language that is clear, loving, accessible, warm, and resonant.” —Clare Crombie, Gestalt Psychotherapist and Supervisor “Sarah Peyton’s brilliance is in her ability to convey that healing is about being with the pain, getting curious about the pain, and sitting next to the pain; empathizing with and listening to the pain with wholeheartedness... Sarah takes us there in the most expeditious, while simultaneously gentle, path; through love, warmth, and resonance.” —Rajkumari Neogy, Executive Coach, epigenetics and neurobiology, Founder of iRestart

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AFFIRMATIONS FOR TURBULENT TIMES Resonant Words to Soothe Body and Mind

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LITTLE FROG AWAKES Mindfulness Exercises for Toddlers (and Their Parents)

by Sarah Peyton

by Eline Snel, illustrated by Marc Boutavant

$23.95, cloth. Norton. 175 pages

Here are more than 100 themes of affirmations grounded in neuroscience, from Sarah Peyton, author of Your Resonant Self. We live in complex and unsettled times. The issues before us are unimaginably difficult, and range from the personal to the global. This beautiful little book accompanies readers toward a greater sense of peace and self-compassion, reminding us that even though our world is so turbulent, we can still have quiet places within, filled with love, that make it easier to live and to breathe with ourselves.

Rooted in the neuroscience of affirmations, and covering more than 100 themes (including health, self-care, issues at work, and connection with loved ones and with the planet), this book is a companion for daily life. With the help of questions and wonderings about what may be important for readers, the book gently encourages acceptance of what is. The affirmation for each theme reminds readers of their own strengths and reservoirs of calm, and helps them to remember and reclaim their innate gifts and resources.

Each spread has “Wonderings” on the left page and “Affirmations” on the right. Here’s an example, “Deep Fatigue”: I have enough energy for this moment. I honor my mitochondria, the engines of my cells. No matter how fatigued I am, I bow to my cells and make myself available for them to contribute to me. I am exquisitely gentle with my tired self, celebrating my small movements and taking great care with my supplies of energy. I am willing to ask for and receive help and support. I explore whatever avenues for healing are accessible to me, and I am creative with and responsive to what comes toward me.

$26.95, paper. Shambhala. 135 pages, b/w illustrations

Parenting toddlers can be challenging but mindfulness can help! The popular author of Sitting Still Like a Frog offers advice and tools for parents of kids ages 18 months-4 years to respond skillfully and with mindful intention, especially in difficult moments.

In The Little Frog Awakes, Eline Snel offers parents of young children advice and tools for responding mindfully and effectively in the moment. These skills help us regain trust in ourselves and in the integral wholeness of our kids. And when we make mindfulness practice a part of daily life, it gives our children a powerful message on how to recognize, name, and deal with emotions and situations.

This practical guide will help you to: ♦ connect with and respond mindfully to your own feelings as they arise ♦ cultivate compassion for yourself as a parent or caregiver through meditations and breathing practices ♦ encourage serenity, self-confidence, and emotional regulation in your children, through stories and activities ♦ strengthen your bond with your kids and help all of you manage stress ♦ be more fully present with your children, and more able to give them your undivided attention ♦ embrace imperfection and focus on the things that really matter ♦ and more The book and the accompanying audio download include activities, practices, and stories for both you and for your toddler that cultivate mindful moments and action, and self-compassion.

THE POWER OF SHOWING UP How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired

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by Daniel Siegel & Tiny Payne Bryson

HOW TO GROW A BABY A Science-Based Guide to Nurturing New Life, from Pregnancy to Childbirth and Beyond

$23.00, paper. Knopf. 256 pages, 8x11, b/w illustrations

by Amy Hammer

$32.95, paper. Shambhala. 304 pages, 7x9

Written by a nurse, this holistic guide for pregnancy and the postpartum experience provides foundational knowledge and intuitive wisdom to help new mothers support the optimal health of their baby and their own bodies.

Get the answers to the big questions about pregnancy: ♦ What kinds of foods should you eat and how do you prepare your body for labor and birth? ♦ How does movement impact pelvic health and the baby’s position in the womb? ♦ How does the endocrine system and your brain change throughout pregnancy? ♦ How does the microbiome influence your and your baby’s health?

Packed with practical information and helpful infographics, Amy Hammer helps you create the optimal environment for growing a baby and navigating the major transitions in a pregnancy—including nurturing pelvic loor health, the fetal and parental microbiome, and the science behind the stages of pregnancy from conception to postpartum.

By providing vital and often ignored information about reproductive science, movement, and nourishment, this book empowers parents to make informed and personal choices about their pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Take Action sections at the end of each chapter give the reader important tips on how they and their partner can build a better biome for their growing baby.

Amy Hammer is a nurse practitioner with a specialty in functional medicine and also a mother herself.

Parenting isn’t easy. Showing up is. Your greatest impact begins right where you are. One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out—in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships—is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them. In an age of scheduling demands and digital distractions, showing up for your child might sound like a tall order. But as Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson reassuringly explain, it doesn’t take a lot of time, energy, or money. Instead, showing up means offering a quality of presence. And it’s simple to provide once you understand the four building blocks of a child’s healthy development. Every child needs to feel what Siegel and Bryson call the Four S’s: ♦ Safe: We can’t always insulate a child from injury or avoid doing something that leads to hurt feelings. But when we give a child a sense of safe harbor, she will be able to take the needed risks for growth and change. ♦ Seen: Truly seeing a child means we pay attention to his emotions—both positive and negative—and strive to attune to what’s happening in his mind beneath his behavior. ♦ Soothed: Soothing isn’t about providing a life of ease; it’s about teaching your child how to cope when life gets hard, and showing him that you’ll be there with him along the way. A soothed child knows that he’ll never have to suffer alone. ♦ Secure: When a child knows she can count on you, time and again, to show up—when you reliably provide safety, focus on seeing her, and soothe her in times of need, she will trust in a feeling of secure attachment. And thrive!

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Power of Showing Up shares stories, scripts, simple strategies, illustrations, and tips for honoring the Four S’s effectively in all kinds of situations—when our kids are struggling or when they are enjoying success; when we are consoling, disciplining, or arguing with them; and even when we are apologizing for the times we don’t show up for them. Demonstrating that mistakes and missteps are repairable and that it’s never too late to mend broken trust, this book is a powerful guide to cultivating your child’s healthy emotional landscape.

Relationship & Sexuality I WANT THIS TO WORK An Inclusive Guide to Navigating the Most Difficult Relationship Issues We face in the Modern Age

by Elizabeth Earnshaw

$33.99, cloth. Sounds True. 249 pages, 2-colour illustrations

Today’s generation is changing the rules about committed relationships. We are more selective before getting married, with more diverse families and family structures, and we’ve seen a whopping 18 percent drop in divorce rates. In this new environment, what couples need more than ever are effective, flexible tools to communicate, navigate hard times, and create deeper connections with their partners.

Elizabeth Earnshaw is here to help.

The renowned Gottman therapist and influential Instagram therapist behind @lizlistens has helped to transform countless relationships. With I Want This to Work, she presents the most effective and proven steps for relationship success.

We’re in a cultural moment where people are hungry to absorb the principles for healthy relationships.

This book answers that call.

Here, couples will learn how to work with the three challenges they must tackle to repair and strengthen their relationships: conflict, healing, and connection. They’ll learn fundamental principles including: ♦ Why it’s not working ♦ Creating space that makes it safe to connect ♦ How to navigate hot conversations ♦ The five-part relationship system ♦ Busting the romantic notion that our better half “completes” us ♦ Growing up and growing out—how both your early years and the social connections you make as an adult influence your relational beliefs, feelings, and patterns In a supportive and relatable voice, Elizabeth simplifies complex concepts and provides core insights, exercises, and reflections to take these tested principles from the page and into real life.

Culturally tuned in, LGBTQIA+ friendly, and written for both married and unmarried couples, this book brings us an accessible guide to relationship healing and creating enduring intimacy.

“I believe this book offers real help to those couples who ‘want this to work.’” —Don Cole, clinical director of The Gottman Institute HOLY LOVE The Essential Guide to Soul-Fulfilling Relationships

by Elisa Romeo & Adam Foley

$23.99, paper. New World Library. 208 pages

A therapist and her somatic practitioner husband present a down-to-earth yet wondrously spiritual path to finding and sustaining lasting love. Their suggestions, refined through their combined experience with thousands of clients in psychology, spirituality, mindfulness, and somatics, emphasize that we can’t live as soul mates if we don’t first know ourselves as souls. They illuminate the ways in which we are informed by a cultural set of rules about what love should look and feel like rather than what love actually is.

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Both visionary and practical, this ground-breaking method is an invitation to radical self-discovery and profound growth. It offers immediate support for deepening relationship and increasing intimacy by connecting to an often-untapped wellspring of generosity, wisdom, and insight. As Romeo and Foley (they’re married with 2 kids) show, connecting on the soul level isn’t an out-there, only-for-a-few concept but a practice that anyone can learn. Love, they assert, is our spiritual superpower. In Holy Love they teach readers how to use it.

This practical and often fun manual will activate readers intuition, enabling them to navigate common relationship issues, effectively communicate, discern who truly belongs in their lives, and even experience soul sex. It’s an invitation to a whole-self-holy-self-and-other love that is life sustaining and lasting.

“Close, intimate relationship might be said to be the Asclepion healing temple of our time. It is no secret that when we take the risk to allow another to matter to us, we open a portal for our entire unlived life to pour through.

Elisa Romeo and Adam Foley offer an alchemical road map and modern way of Soul-tending that uses relationship as the path, shining a warm, compassionate, and insightful light into the mysteries of the heart.” —Matt Licata, author of A Healing Space: Befriending Ourselves in Difficult Times “Holy Love is a bona fide curriculum… The authors deftly explore the multidimensionality of the relationships among Soul, ego, and inner child in both a fluidity of spiritual languaging and a savvy psychological vocabulary.

The generous inquiries, journaling exercises, and meditations offer a sophisticated alchemy of transformative experiences. The personal stories wonderfully illuminate the entire process.” —Linda Graham, author of Resilience

The Women & the Men WARRIOR RISING How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood

by MaryAnne Howland

$24.00, paper. Random House. 234 pages

An eye-opening look at one mother’s determination to provide positive male role models for her son, and the power of great mentoring to change lives.

When MaryAnne Howland’s son was turning thirteen she organized a “Black Mitzvah” rite of passage celebration for him. Max is one of the one-inthree children in America being raised without a father in the home. To help fill the father-shaped hole in Max’s life as he transitioned from boyhood to manhood, MaryAnne invited four men from different corners of her life --an engineer, a philanthropist, a publisher, and a financial planner--to become Max’s mentors.

Max has faced many challenges. As a boy without a consistent father figure in his life, as an African-American male in a time when race relations in this country continue to be fraught, and also because Max was born premature and as a result has cerebral palsy, he has had to be a true warrior. On the brink of manhood, his mother wanted to give him the benefit of men who could answer some of the questions she felt that she, as a woman, might not be able to answer. Through his adolescence, Max’s mentors have shared valuable insights with him about what it means to be a good man in the face of life’s challenges.

These lessons, recounted in this book, will serve as a powerful roadmap for anyone wishing to support boys as they approach manhood.

“As MaryAnne Howland reminds us, ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ But it takes a child to raise a village. How many adults hear and understand the calling of youth today to be initiated? So they learn not only the rights and responsibilities of adulthood, but come to know the psychic

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death and soul rebirth necessary to accomplish that transition? MaryAnne Howland heard the call, rose to the challenge, and blessed us all with a roadmap.” —Frederick Marx, co-writer, Hoop Dreams RADICAL AWAKENING Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free

New in Paperback

by Shefali Tsabary

$21.99, paper. HarperCollins. 384 pages

Shefali Tsabary, author of The Conscious Parent and renowned clinical psychologist—here teaches women how to transcend their fears and illusions, break free from societal expectations, and rediscover the person they were always meant to be: fully present, conscious, and fulfilled. A Radical Awakening helps women harness the power of authenticity in every area of their lives.

The result is an eloquent and inspiring, practical and accessible book, backed with real-life examples and personal stories, that unlocks the extraordinary power necessary to awaken the conscious self.

Some of the chapters are: Soul Erosion, Deconstructing Patterns, Shedding Skin, The Many Faces of the Ego, Nature’s Design of Our Body, Lies About our Sexuality, Lies about Marriage and Divorce, Embracing Fearless Boundaries, Embracing Accountability, Embracing Emptiness, and Two Different Biopsychologies.

“Dr. Shefali’s latest book is a powerful call for women to divest themselves of their patriarchy-imposed roles of automatic and compulsive caregivers at the cost of their physical health, emotional freedom, and spiritual awareness.” —Gabor Maté author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Consciousness and awakened intimacy involve moving beyond the paradigm of fear and separation into a new dimension of transparency and cooperation. We don’t own anyone and no one owns us. Consciousness demands that we engage in tough but crucial conversations that allow each in the relationship to be introspective and transparent about their needs and desires. Only through this kind of open sharing can partners reach their highest potential.

“A Radical Awakening will be of great help to anyone who is ready to transcend the limitations of their personal as well as cultural conditioning and awaken to their true nature as the eternal presence of consciousness itself.” — Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose DISCOVERING THE INNER MOTHER A Guide to Healing the Mother Wound and Claiming Your Personal Power

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MAKING SENSE OF MENOPAUSE Harnessing the Power and Potency of Your Wisdom Years

by Susan Wilson

$24.99, paper. Sounds True. 240 pages

A certified nurse midwife with forty years of experience in the women’s health field shares an empowering and informative guide to menopause as a gateway to a rich and vital elderhood.

Today’s generation is the first to really speak openly about menopause—yet the medical community and popular culture focus almost exclusively on treating symptoms, stopping hot flashes, and clinging to the appearance of youthfulness. “Menopause isn’t a problem to be fixed,” says Susan Willson.

“In fact, it can be the most powerful time of a woman’s life.”

Making Sense of Menopause offers a powerful guide to experiencing perimenopause and menopause as a natural gateway into a new, exciting, and meaningful phase of our lives. Beginning with an eye-opening examination of the falsehoods we’ve absorbed about ourselves as women, Willson helps us reframe and embrace the enormous potential of this journey into elderhood—from the changes in our bodies to the profound opportunities we have for growth, creativity, strength, and authenticity.

Far from being a time of endings and loss, as our culture frames it, menopause is a time of becoming, and I find it infinitely reassuring that Nature has programming already in place for us. This is part of the Plan. It is just a matter of falling back into a deep pool, listening, unfolding into, and finally nourishing ourselves in the ways that we have nourished others for so long. When we do, the gifts of menopause are profound.

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relationships with their mothers, giving them the vocabulary to voice their pain, and encouraging them to share their experiences. In this manifesto and self-help guide, she offers practical tools for identifying the manifestations of the Mother Wound in our daily life and strategies we can use to heal ourselves and prevent our daughters from enduring the same pain. In addition, she offers stepby-step advice on how to reconnect with our inner child, grieve the mother we didn’t have, stop people-pleasing, and, ultimately, transform our heartache and anger into healing and self-love.

Revealing how women are affected by the Mother Wound, even if they don’t personally identify as survivors, Discovering the Inner Mother revolutionizes how we view mother-daughter relationships and gives us guidance to improve our lives and ultimately create a more equitable society.

“Webster has created a comprehensive mapping of the toxic mother-daughter dynamic, its shaping of the daughter’s ‘script,’ and how the daughter may rescue her journey and outgrow the limitations of her childhood experience by accessing her own ‘Inner Mother.’ This book is most insightful and urgently needed.” —James Hollis, Jungian analyst, and author of Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times

by Bethany Webster

Sure to become a classic on female empowerment, this exploration of the personal, cultural, and global implications of intergenerational trauma created by patriarchy shows how it is passed down from mothers to daughters, and how we can break this destructive cycle.

Why do women keep themselves small and quiet? What fuels the uncertainty and lack of confidence so many women often feel? In this paradigm-shifting book, leading feminist thinker Bethany Webster identifies the source of women’s trauma. She calls it the Mother Wound—the systemic disenfranchisement of women by the patriarchy—and reveals how this cycle is perpetuated by wounded mothers who unconsciously pass on damaging beliefs and behaviors to their daughters.

In her workshops, online courses, and talks, Webster has helped women re-examine their lives and their

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“Making Sense of Menopause honors the momentous passage that women go through at midlife with an appealing mixture of practical advice and reverent reflection. Susan Willson makes it clear that menopause is not a diminution or mere biological process but a psychospiritual transformation. In doing so, she helps us to mark the rhythms of our lives with signposts that point the way home.” —Lisa Marchiano, Jungian analyst and author of Motherhood

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