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We invite you… To come out and experience Banyen’s live events, featuring the many authors, healers and musicians, you know and love so much on the shelves of Banyen. From warm, intimate in-store gatherings, to large scale events with world-renowned speakers, Banyen hosts and sponsors several events each week! We love hearing your stories about the connections & discoveries you make through these events: to new ideas, teachings, practices, communities, friendships, Visions for your life….
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Whether you are drawn to meditation, wellness, ecology, philosophy, literature, creativity - really any subject matter that Banyen carries - we will have a quality event to match your interest.
Almost all our calendars are in stock now—over 200 of them. Here are a few of the most popular ones for 2015. All of them can be browsed on our website—click on “Calendars” under “Browse by Subject” on left side of the homepage. They do sell out, so get them early for best selection. Pocket Astrologer (Pacific Time), Celestial Influences Wall Calendar (Pacific Time), Celestial Guide (Eastern & Pacific Time), We’Moon Spiralbound Datebook (Gaia Rhythms for Womyn), Llewellyn’s Witches’ Wall Calendar, Moonlight Moonphase Calendar Poster, Stella Natura Biodynamic Guide & Planting Calendar, Gardening by the Moon Long Season calendar, Inner Reflections Engagement Calendar, Sierra Club Engagement Calendar, Fearless Woman Engagement Calendar, Rumi Engagement Calendar, Thich Nhat Hanh Engagement Calendar, Pema Chodron Engagement Calendar, The Shaman by Susan Boulet Wall Calendar, The Group of Seven Wall Calendar, Thich Nhat Hanh by Honshin Wall Calendar, Present Moment Wall Calendar, The Illuminated Rumi Wall Calendar, Hafiz Divine Offerings Wall Calendar, Celtic Mandala Wall Calendar, Alex Grey Wall Calendar, Zen Cat Mini Calendar, Live with Intention Mini Calendar, Spirit of Place Mini Calendar,
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SACRED SONGS OF THE RENAISSANCE by the Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel $19.95, CD. Sony. 1 hour, 6 minutes
Sacred Songs of the Renaissance combines the virtuosity of one of the top choirs in the world with the musical sensibilities of producer Ellen Holmes. All of the pieces are Renaissance settings of religious texts recorded by the Huelgas Ensemble. From their catalogue, Ellen selected and sequenced these pieces to draw the listener ever more deeply into a contemplative religious experience. The “ear of your ears” will want to open very widely and deeply with this choral alchemy. The Huelgas Ensemble is noted for recording unknown works and for their “burnished” sound. This CD focuses— magnificently—on Renaissance polyphonic music—i.e. multiple simultaneous harmonies as distinct from Medieval monophonic “Gregorian” chant. The album features the only recording of “Gaude Virgo Mater Christi à 6”, an English sacred piece from the Eton Choirbook (a collection of some of the earliest polyphonic music), as well as “Spem in alium: Forty-part motet” and “Ecce beatam lucem: Forty-part non-liturgical motet”, two of the most complex polyphonic works in the Western repertoire. Ellen Holmes has created numerous compilations of sacred music, notably the best-selling “Sacred Treasures” series of Russian Orthodox music. (Banyen regularly carries volumes 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the Sacred Treasures CDs.)
4 EARTH: NATURAL SOUNDS OF OCEAN STREAM RIVER POND by Dean Evenson $17.95, CD. Soundings of the Planet. 1 hour
Dean Evenson is a sound healing pioneer known for combining his beautiful flute music with the sounds of nature. Now, for the first time, he is releasing an album of just natural sounds drawn from four interconnected eco-systems and the flow of water between them. The gentle sounds of water in its many forms are a supportive background for meditation, healing, relaxation and even as a sleep aid. From ocean waves deep with whale song to snowmelt streams, waterfalls and the calling of eagles, the Earth speaks. In a time when people are increasingly disconnected from nature, this album is a soothing balm for the soul. Contains Earth Resonance Frequency for deeper relaxation. Tracks: 1 Bay & Ocean (15:00) 2 Mountain & Stream (15:00) 3 River & Forest (15:00) 4 Wetland & Pond (15:00) “Leave it to Dean Evenson, one of the true pioneers of incorporating nature sounds with New Age music, to release a fantastic collection of ‘pure nature’ soundscapes. Each segment is 15 minutes long, ideal for massage-therapists. The recording
CELLO & PIANO MEDITATIONS music for relaxation and healing by David Darling & Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan $18.50, CD. Sounds True. 1 hour
These musicians perfectly complement one another and achieve together what neither artist could alone. Cellist David Darling and pianist Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan have been friends since childhood. Cello and Piano Meditations is an album of their beautiful duets that range from gentle and spacious to rich and exalting—an excellent choice for times of quiet reflection and inner rejuvenation. These duets were created by improvising “in the moment,” drawing on elements of the varying classical traditions and styles that range from early monastic chants to twentieth-century music, and include some folk and New Age music. The musicians wished simply to provide lyrical, inspirational, and relaxing music for the listener. They allowed each note to suggest the next, and in these music conversations they drew inspiration from each other. At time they wove their lines equally, at other times one took the lead while the other provided the harmony or simply played a brief solo phrase as a duet with silence. Darling and Bhuyan have deep appreciation for the importance of silence as a partner in life and in music. David Darling These duets are gentle and spacious, rich and exalting, with interesting harmonizations and exchanges of musical ideas. Among the track titles are Mirage for Debussy, Squirrels in the Meadow, Fantasie in C for Brahms, Rhapsody for the Setting Sun, Our Lullaby for Our Children, and Monastic Chant, which uses only open 4ths and 5ths, which are considered the most healing of sounds. Liner notes include a lovely poem by Jacqueline Tschabold Bhuyan, “…and you were there.”
IN LOVE AND LONGING $18.50, CD. Sounds True. 63 minutes
This is true “art music”—vivid and orchestral in scope, yet rich with subtle microtonal movements. It is simultaneously an ode to love and an intimate communion with all things. Love becomes at once the inquiry, the answer, and the life within the music. May listening open your heart to your own story, your own longing. —Silvia Nakkach With In Love and Longing, shamanic composer and vocalist Silvia Nakkach and legendary cellist David Darling beckon us into a moving journey: Nakkach’s profound vocals in dialogue with Darling’s luminous cello merge to immerse us in a powerful experience of deep listening. These tender musical explorations draw upon many places, languages, and cultures, creating an acoustic landscape that evokes a colorful tapestry of feeling, sensuality, and prayer. They invite us to become alchemists who see music transformed into images, and images into poetry, feeling all of it from the depths of our hearts. Silvia’s Yoruba and Portugese lyrics are beautifully textural (and translated in the liner notes). Their resonances of meaning and tonal inter-being with David’s plucked, bowed, and breathed cello weave a cinematic tapestry of emotion—“the whole range of feeling”—unfolding beyond any category to create an open and spacious tone poem. With Steve Gorn, flute; Kit Walker, piano; Christopher Willits, guitar. Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you, as fish out of water hear the waves, or a hunting falcon hears the drums. Come back. Come back. This turning toward what you deeply love saves you. — Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
quality is pristine, capturing the quietest background noise of each birdcall, each chirp of a cricket, and so on.” —Bill Binkelman, Retailing Insight
Celtic—with a stellar jazzbased band and stunning vocal harmonies. Imagine a folkrock song with swing mandolin over African reggae rhythms. These songs ex-
CATCH THE LIGHT by Rex Weyler $12.95, CD. Rex Weyler. 62 minutes
Writer Rex Weyler (Greenpeace, The Jesus Sayings) is also a songwriting bard. Decades after co-founding Greenpeace and later Hollyhock, Rex has recorded—beautifully—his soulful and shamanic poem-songs. Catch the Light is fourteen original songs in world styles—ballads, country, rock,
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In addition to Rex on vocals, musicians include Miles Black on piano, Brett Wade on guitars and harmony vocals, Dan Brubeck on drums, Tom Neville on violin and mandolin, Tim Stacey on bass, Gordy Ryan on congas and djembe, Glenda Rae on harmony vocals, Rick Bockner on acoustic guitar, and Jack Weyler on organ. Catch the Light is fine and friendly homebrew. Having taken the time with great musicians to lay the images in such a tasty musical bed really pays off: poetically and musically. Generous liner notes give all the lyrics room to breathe. I want to tell you now my friend That you are what a flower is in the end From a seed you will grow, you blossom and die And you think that a flower is in want of an eye But it turns to the light like you and I Ah, it turns to the light like you and I... And there’s a river of light that runs through us all There’s a river of light runs through us all. Ah, runs through us all. Um-hum, runs through us all Ah, runs through us all...
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The Extended Suites by Peter Jack Rainbird $18.50, CD. Sounds True. 1 hour
With the 2013 release of Unravel, Peter Jack Rainbird astounded listeners with five blissful ambient pieces featuring his innovative use of the electric guitar. He plays a vintage electric guitar with a stack of handmade pedals, creating an emotional landscape as strong and as beautiful as the B.C. coast, where he lives. Now, the yoga festival phenomenon brings us a new imagining of these improvisational masterpieces with Unravel: The Extended Suites. Through subtle layering of electric guitar loops interwoven with melody over broad soundscapes, these ethereal compositions beckon us to let go of tension in mind and body and relax in the glistening stillness from which everything arises. Ideal for yoga, bodywork, meditation, or simply for deeply unwinding, the music reflects the peaceful spirit of beautiful Protection Island in B.C., where it was recorded. Peter Jack Rainbird is a solo guitarist whose music evokes sounds that seem to require a full symphony, yet onstage he stands alone. He has performed and recorded with many leading musicians, “There are not words in the human language to adequately express a review of Peter Jack Rainbird’s Unravel. Every piece on the album and the whole of it transports me into a place I can only call home. I even leave it on loop to keep my dog sustained and comforted when I have to be away.” — Dianne M.
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by Deva Premal & Miten with Manose
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$15.95, CD. Inner Peace. 65 minutes
Mantras for Life by Deva Premal and Miten with Manose offers Nepalese flute, Sanskrit mantras and yoga music tuned for everyday meditation practice. Mantras for Life was conceptually focused on supporting the listener on his or her journey into a committed meditation practice, and in its original intent had a minimalist approach to music. But, as the recording sessions unfolded, so did the musical expression. Miten comments,
Ambient Alchemy is an extraordinary collaboration sure to delight Hearts of Space music fans. Two “old heads,” musicians who got activated in the 1960s and have been playing ever since, here collaborate their considerable muses and seasoned aesthetics. Grammy nominee pianist Steven Halpern (his many recordings include Chakra Suite and Deep Theta 2.0) (and guitar synth /keyboardist Michael Diamond (his musical mentors are Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix) team up with Windham Hill fretless bass virtuoso Michael Manring… to soar into the Empyrean… The atmospheric soundscapes, lush multi-layered keyboards, soaring guitar, melodic bass lines, and intricate production values come even more alive with headphones. Track titles include Molecules in Motion, Deep Diver, Rain Dream, Lunar Orbit, Stellar Drifting, and more. This music will remind you of the joy and aural pleasures of pure listening without multi-tasking. Let the enchanting dreamscapes take you on a magical journey. Prepare for lift-off! “Ambient Alchemy transmutes sound into gold and conjures a spellbinding listening experience.” —Awareness magazine
Every album has its own spirit… just like children, music is a living phenomenon, and it has ideas of its own, which we did our best to honour. We found ourselves at the feet of the Great Musical Spirit, and we threw ourselves into its sublime mystery. Deva’s voice became more transcendent, more ‘there,’ more ethereal… As a result, this album developed into a musical statement that we had not originally anticipated.
When Deva Premal and Miten recorded Mantras for Precarious Times in 2010, they saw it as the first in a series of albums offering thoughtfully curated selections of mantras chosen for particular applications in everyday life. It was followed in 2011 by Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times, recorded with the Gyuto Monks— with whom a western woman had never before been afforded the privilege of chanting and recording. Like its predecessors, Mantras for Life includes chants to invoke very specific intentions, among them: for animal welfare; for the blessing of children; for poetry, music and learning; for perfect timing; for physical strength, and for the earth itself. Based upon the tradition of Japa, a spiritual discipline centered upon the meditative repetition of mantra (in cycles of 108 recitations), Deva Premal and Miten invite the listener to join them in chant—and to utilize humanity’s most powerful healing tool: the voice.
SERENITY by Michael Hoppé & Harold Moses $17.95, CD. Spring Hill. 45 minutes
Michael Hoppé is one of the best classical music composers of our time. Among his works are the classics Solace, The Dreamer, and The Poet: Romances for Cello. His new collaboration with the violist Harold Moses, Serenity, combines harmonious and intense melodies performed by Harold with gentle arrangements and improvised chords by Michael on keyboards. The viola is the real gem on this album. Serenity is divided into thirteen sections all, astonishingly, completely improvised. And each is accompanied by its own haiku by Brett Brady.
LIFELINE by Jai Uttal & Ben Leinbach $18.50, CD. Sounds True. 76 minutes
One of the West’s foremost voices of kirtan, Jai Uttal gathers together his and his fans’ most-loved musical offerings that capture India’s devotional chant tradition. Created with multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Ben Leinbach, and selected and sequenced as an unfolding musical celebration— with a lovely, langorous, heart-rhythm—very musical!—here are favorites of both the artists and their fans. LifeLine spans a decade of collaboration that reflects the myriad faces of kirtan and beyond—ranging from unadorned, primordial chant to layered, sacred sound immersions. It’s a musical odyssey that inspires us to soar—upward, outward, and into the radiant heart of the Divine. Tracks include: Twameva (LifeLine Mix) Sita Ram (LifeLine Mix) Path to Govinda (LifeLine Mix) Ganga Ma (LifeLine Mix) Gopala (LifeLine Mix) Nataraj (LifeLine Mix) Shri Krishna (LifeLine Mix) Gopala Lullaby (LifeLine Mix) Parikrama (LifeLine Mix) Rama Bolo (LifeLine Mix)
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The music? Utter bliss, calm and, yes, serenity. Harold Moses is a composer and partner in Harmonic Research and Design, an Arizona company that develops vibrational health and wellness devices. Most of the improvisations are ethereal and ambient, but most also have a bit of a melody line as well. The grace and elegance of the music make it wonderful for massage and healing—great for simply relaxing and getting lost in. Moses plays the viola with the poignance of a cello—sometimes warm and earthy, sometimes achingly sad. “Serenity V - May” features Moses playing his viola pizzicato (plucking the strings) as well as with the bow. Darkly mysterious and exotic, it’s quite different from the others. “Serenity VIII - August” is almost fragile yet touches very deeply. “Serenity XI - November” goes in a livelier direction with a folk/Celtic spirit that really wants to dance.
Also by Jai Uttal and Ben Leinbach are Music for Yoga and Other Joys and Loveland.
New Visions on Video SONG OF THE NEW EARTH Tom Kenyon and the Power of Sound directed by Ward Serrill
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$34.95, DVD. Sophia Films. 88-minutes + 2 hours of bonus features
Song of the New Earth is a new documentary offering a distinctive and intimate portrait of sonic shaman Tom Kenyon’s quirky yet rare talent. As a self proclaimed neopagan-Taoist-Tibetan Buddhist-agnostic-quantum physicist-mystic, he transcends conventional musical forms by chanting or “toning,” using his nearly four octave range voice that takes audiences on sound journeys to deeper states of consciousness. As an aspiring country musician, Tom Kenyon was on way to fame and fortune when a series of mystical experiences
This Deluxe Edition includes the original feature film plus over 2 hours of Tom Kenyon’s teachings and tonings. For more info, and to view trailer, please visit: www.songofthenewearth.com.
rocked his world. Desperate to understand his experience, he fervently dove into the study of Neurophysiology to explore his unexplainable spiritual insights and became an expert in the world’s spiritual traditions including: Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Taoism, mystical Christianity, Shamanism, Egyptian alchemy and more. From his home in the San Juan Islands to Tibetan nunneries in the Himalayas, from cathedrals and caves in southern France to the golden-chandeliered symphony halls of Vienna, Song of the New Earth explores how sound shifts brain states and can promote dramatic healing not only for ourselves but for our precious planet earth. Often with his wife Judi by his side, Kenyon explains how sound vibration speaks to our souls and bodies by opening a door that bridges our cognitive thinking, catapulting us towards often discovering the miraculous. A celestial experience, this unique film transports viewers through Kenyon’s divine gift. The award winning production team features director Ward Serrill (The Heart of the Game), animator Drew Christie and producer Betsy Chasse (What the Bleep Do We Know!?)
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Art, Creativity & Music THE ARTIST’S WAY FOR PARENTS Raising Creative Children by Julia Cameron, with Emma Lively $18.95, paper. Putnam. 270 pages, 7x9
From the author of The Artist’s Way comes The Artists Way for Parents, which provides an ongoing spiritual toolkit that parents can enter—and re-enter—at any pace and at any point in their children’s early years. For decades, people have been asking me to write this book… The
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Artist’s Way for Parents focuses on creative cultivation, where we consciously—and playfully—put our children on a healthy creative path toward the future.
According to Cameron “Every child is creative—and every parent is creative. Your child requires joy, and exercising creativity, both independently and together, makes for a happy and fulfilling family life.” Focusing on parents and their children from birth to age twelve, The Artist’s Way for Parents builds on the foundation of The Artist’s Way and shares it with the next generation. Using spiritual concepts and practical tools, this book will assist parents as they guide their children to greater creativity. Parenting is a great adventure. Awakening your child’s sense of curiosity and wonder helps you reawaken your own. Reawakening your own sense of curiosity and wonder helps you awaken your child’s.
Each chapter focuses on cultivating a particular quality: Safety, Curiosity, Connection, Limits, SelfExpression, Inventiveness, Conscious Inflow, Focus, Discovery, Humility, Independence, and Faith. “Three Basic Tools” which Julia Cameron recommends are:
✦ Morning Pages—three pages of longhand daily writing that the parent does alone Creative Expedition—a once-weekly dual adventure that the parent and child plan, look forward to, and take together Highlights—a daily bedtime ritual in which the parent and child each share their favorite moment from the day.
THE CREATIVE ART OF LIVING, DYING & RENEWAL Your Journey through Stories, Qigong Meditation, Journaling, and Art by Elise Dirlam Ching & Kaleo Ching $19.95, paper. North Atlantic. 242 pages, colour photos & illustrations
Tapping the healing power of Qigong and the expressive arts, this beautiful book invites the reader to contemplate the continuum of death and rebirth within this life and beyond through personal explorations, guided meditation, journaling, and visual art. Authors Elise and Kaleo Ching draw on their 21 years of experience as teachers and healers working with others on their paths of self-inquiry to present an approach to living and dying that is saturated with compassion and understanding. When engaging the explorations through meditation, journaling, and art, find a time and place where you will not be disturbed. Get your creative space ready. Take out collage and drawing materials: old magazines and photos, mementos, scissors, glue drawing media, and whatever else you desire. Open your journal to a blank page. Meditate or reflect on a question. Then let your thoughts, emotions, and perceptions flow through you as you write, draw, collage, or even paint your responses and the discoveries that arise. As you assimilate these explorations into your own repository of wisdom, the invitation is, then, to share your joy, love, and creative pulse with the world.
The authors have witnessed many personal journeys of dying, transformation, rebirth—facing terminal illness or loss of a loved one, letting go of old lifestyles and embracing new, connecting with past lives and future dreams. The stories, Qigong meditations, personal explorations, and journaling/art processes, including collage and maskmaking, are invitations for you to engage them for your own healing and transformation. The art and journals selected for this book represent the wide range of people using journaling as a method of self-inquiry and healing: artists, ministers, therapists, social workers, chaplains, hospice workers, county jail inmates, public school teachers, and healing arts practitioners in a wide range of Eastern, Western, and alternative modes. Also by these authors are Chi and Creativity and Faces of Your Soul.
ART RULES! (AND HOW TO BREAK THEM) How to Think like a Modern Artist edited by Mel Gooding $28.95, paper. Shambhala. 44- 4-colour cards + 62-page booklet, in a box
It is one of the great liberating ideas of modern art that “every human being is an
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This is the most beautiful, playful book of the year! In Vocal River, Rhiannon reveals the skill and spirit of improvisation —both onstage and in daily life—for singers, musicians, artists and anyone interested in combining the creative aspects that touch all our lives. The book is also a meticulous guide to Rhiannon’s methods of teaching improvisation, featuring thirty-three detailed exercises (each one on its own card, accompanying the book) that bring us into the circle of music where, step by step, we learn about blend, collaboration, soloing, listening, skill, faith and generosity.
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We feel the power and healing in song, in the human voice when we sing, as we are lifted and given a chance to experience something beyond our minds. The vibration of tone in our bones, the sense of our bodies filled with breath is ecstatic. If we can surrender our need to analyze, we are rewarded with a kind of mysterious joy. In this experience there is no judging, organizing data or interpreting, just feeling. It can happen in a jazz club, a private lesson, a circle of singers, a stadium full of people, with a shaman, with a dying person, with a child, in ceremony, in seclusion— anywhere song is, there can be healing.
The book design, with Jan Watson’s eye-widening nature photos, is exceptional, and Rhiannon’s exuberant soul-voice comes through. As Bobby McFerrin notes, “Rhiannon is incredibly brilliant and fun. I trust her musical instincts completely. A fellow graduate of MSU (Making Stuff Up) and a member of Voicestra since the beginning, she’s one of my very favorite people to improvise with. I’m so glad she’s finally taken the time to document her thoughtful, heartfelt, inspired approach. Delve in deeply!” A vibrant master teacher, Rhiannon has been bringing her unique and potent blend of jazz, world music, improvisation and storytelling to audiences for four decades.
IMPROVISATION ON THE EDGE Notes from On and Off Stage by Ruth Zaporah $17.95, paper. North Atlantic. 138 pages, b/w illustrations
Directed not only toward actors, dancers, and other performing artists who draw upon improvisation as part of their craft, this Zen-infused memoir of a life lived creatively will pique the interest of anyone in search of liberation from self-limiting concepts. What does it mean to live in a body? What does it mean to improvise? Do we wonder whether we’re capable of improvising—to make up things as we go, step into the unknown, take a risk that changes our notion of ourselves and the world? Author Ruth Zaporah has been a professional physical theater performer, writer, director, and teacher for forty years. Early on she realized that with a shift of perception, every moment of an improvisation holds both the familiar and the utterly new. With the same shift, so does every moment of life; every moment holds both the known and the unknown. And, as Zaporah says, The body leads the way in this book. In each chapter the world is experienced by it and of it. It is the body that adds richness, wildness, and grace. The body invokes images and feelings. It is the body that imagines.
Improvisation on the Edge recounts events from Zaporah’s life such as improvisational shows in the war zones of Sarajevo and Kosovo; apprenticing with a Huichol medicine woman from Chiapas, Mexico; understanding the concept of “practice” while on a beach; the intricacies of onstage collaborations. Interspersed are chapters about awareness, listening, adapting, resiliency, time, space, silence, simplicity—all within the context of everyday life in the body. Everything has potential. Every gesture, grunt, or sentence offers a platform from which a character, scene, dance, or vocalization emerges, whether it be funny or painful or even something indescribable, something perhaps closer to our ancient animal nature.
A fascinating glimpse into the mind of an artist and true master of improvisation, this book will appeal to performers, teachers, and anyone who has ever needed to “wing it” with confidence and grace. erates you to make art as modern artists do. You learn from the inside how modern art works and how to look at it, creatively, with new eyes. This box set answers the questions “what is modern art?” and “how does it work?” It is an education and an inspiration. There is nothing like it. Open the box and inside there’s a book called Modern Art: Inside Out under which you find 44 double-sided cards, each 6x9. The cards, mysterious and intriguing, are essentially the illustrations to the book. “Each card presents a modern or contemporary work of art, with instructions that suggest
artist”—everyone is a creative being capable of making art. But all too often a mechanical education stifles the creative impulse, induces anxiety, and represses the imagination. This boxed set invokes making art as a form of play with techniques, rules, and strategies—and everyone can play! Art Rules! (And How to Break Them) libBRANCHES OF LIGHT
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ways in which you might set about making a similar work, following the rules implicit in the making of the original, and using similar constraints and procedures. These are the rules of the games artist play. Artists, of course, invent their own rules, and feel free to break them, and so should you.” ART RULES! encourages direct and creative experiment with the actual media and materials of art, and imaginative action in their transformation. You make art, or imagine making art… You play the games that artists play. For art has always been a special kind of creative play.
Poetry & Writing WRITING FROM THE SENSES 60 Exercises to Ignite Creativity and Revitalize Your Writing by Laura Deutsch $16.95, paper. Shambhala. 256 pages
The sensory details that infuse our everyday experience—the smell of a favourite dish cooking, the texture of a wellworn coat, hearing a song that reminds you of a person or a time in your life— can be used to add richness and spark to what we write. Whether you are a professional writer (or want to be one) or someone who enjoys writing for your own personal fulfillment as a part of your path, Writing from the Senses will show you how to tap into an endless source of engaging material, using your senses as prompts. The exercises will stimulate you to develop stories, imagery, and details that will allow readers to see, taste, hear, smell, and feel that they’re in the scene. Writing from the Senses ✦ Provides 60 prompts and creative writing exercises organized by sense; ✦ Presents engaging narratives, personal essays, and instruction to entertain and inform readers and illustrate the effectiveness of each exercise; ✦ Helps writers recognize the sensory prompts that surround them daily and use them to trigger their individual stories; and ✦ Shows how freewrites from the prompts in this book can result in publishable pieces.
THE ODYSSEY by Homer, translated by Stephen Mitchell $20.00, paper. Simon & Schuster. 496 pp.
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“Sing to me, Muse . . .” It has been said that a myth is a story about the way things never were but always are. The Odyssey is the original hero’s journey, an epic voyage into the unknown, and has inspired other creative work for millennia—from ancient poetry to contemporary fiction and films. With its hero, full of guile and wit, always prepared to reinvent himself in order to
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New Poems: Mary Oliver & Wendell Berry BLUE HORSES Poems by Mary Oliver $27.95, cloth. Penguin. 96 pages
In Blue Horses, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has defined her life’s work, describing with wonder both the everyday and the unaffected beauty of nature. Herons, sparrows, owls, and kingfishers flit across the page in meditations on love, artistry, and impermanence. Whether considering a bird’s nest, the seeming patience of oak trees, or the artworks of Franz Marc, Oliver reminds us of the transformative power of attention and how much can be felt and known within the smallest moments. Mary Oliver gives readers another opportunity to slow down and connect, to see what she sees, and perhaps to find consolation there. In this slim volume, Oliver shares the page with Rumi, Stebbins, Lucretius—and even Shiva. Oliver asks, “What Can I Do” in the face of technology. She answers “not much” but adds, “I can strike a match and make fire.” Indeed she does! In a voice so distinctly hers, Oliver reflects on aging and the nature Mary Oliver of art, poetry, and love—the conundrum of culture. In “Franz Marc’s Blue Horses,” she suggests, “Maybe our world will grow kinder…./ Maybe the desire to make something beautiful/ is the piece of God that is inside each of us.” As with those blue horses, which might have their secrets, it’s enough that Oliver’s poems are speaking and might have secrets, too, but it’s up to us to listen. Perhaps the popularity of Oliver’s poems lies in their pastoral quiet, the exactness of her observations, and the comfort of the poet’s use of simple language. As she reminds readers, “I don’t care how many angels can/ dance on the head of a pin. It’s/ enough to know …they exist, and that they dance.” At its heart, Blue Horses asks what it means to truly belong to this world, to live in it attuned to all its changes. Humorous, gentle, and always honest, Oliver is a visionary of the natural world.
THIS DAY Collected & New Sabbath Poems by Wendell Berry
Yoga & the Hindu Traditions MOVING INTO MEDITATION A 12-Week Mindfulness Program for Yoga Practitioners by Anne Cushman $23.95, paper. Shambhala. 267 pages
Moving into Meditation is a practical and inspiring guide to integrating mindful yoga and embodied meditation, in a 12-week format. It lays out a plan for exploring bodybased practices to get you more in tune with not only your limbs and core but your mind and heart. Cushman’s curriculum integrates asana with mindfulness meditation to help practitioners turn “embodiment” from a concept into a tangible reality. Her insightful mixture of practices, yoga history, and Buddhist philosophy are made relevant to our present-day life. Personal stories from the “trenches” of decades of practice and teaching add colour; Cushman’s poetic and funny voice makes all readers feel that much more human. She shows—and experience proves—that by becoming better attuned to and acquainted with the body, the physical forms can become a vehicle for becoming more intimate with yourself and your world.
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$25.50, paper. Counterpoint. 400 pages
For nearly thirty-five years, Wendell Berry has been at work on a series of poems occasioned by his solitary Sunday walks around his farm in Kentucky. From riverfront and meadows, to grass fields and woodlots, every inch of this hillside farm lives in these poems, as do the poet’s constant companions in memory and occasion, family and animals, who have with Berry created his Home Place with love and gratitude. There are poems of spiritual longing and political extremity, memorials and celebrations, elegies and lyrics that include some of the most beautiful domestic poems in American literature, alongside the occasional rants of the Mad Farmer, pushed to the edge yet again by his compatriots and elected officials. With the publication of this new complete edition, it is becoming increasingly clear that The Sabbath Poems have become the very heart of Berry’s entire work. And these magnificent poems, taken as a whole, have become one of the greatest contributions ever made to American poetry.
This is what every yogi and mystic discovers: the present moment is a doorway into the infinite. And not just some special present moment, this one. Any moment will do… The texts attributed to Patanjali and the Buddha are fossils. To see the living flower of the teachings burst into bloom, you have to do the practice yourself.
Excerpt from This Day After the long weeks when the heat curled the leaves and the air thirsted, comes a morning after rain, cool and bright. The leaves uncurl, the pastures begin again to grow, the animals and the birds rejoice. If tonight the world ends, we’ll have had this day.
How do yoga asanas and pranayama support and express the practice of meditation? How do you explore the teachings of the Buddha through the vehicle of your own living, breathing, human body?
As we quickly learn, the practices are inherently entwined. Experienced yoga and meditation teacher Anne Cushman answers all these questions and more in Moving into Meditation, teaching us to deepen our asana practices with mindfulness meditation and enhance our meditation practice with asana.
“Wendell Berry’s poetry is a validation of his decision… to seek a deeper bond with his ancestral home. His straight-forward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament and family life, affirms a style that is resonant with the authentic.” —New York Times Book Review
realize his heart’s desire—to return to home and family after ten years of war—the Odyssey now speaks to us again across 2,600 years. In words of poetic sinew and power, Stephen Mitchell’s translation brings Odysseus and his adventures vividly to life as never before. Full of imagination and light, beauty and humor, this Odyssey carries you along in a fast stream of action and imagery. One-eyed man-eating giants; irresistibly seductive sirens; shipwrecks and narrow escapes; princesses and monsters; ghosts sip-
ping blood at the Underworld’s portal, desperate for a chance to speak to the living; and the final destruction of all Odysseus’s enemies in the banquet hall—these stories are still spellbinding today. So, too, are the intimate moments of storytelling by the fire, of homecoming and reunion, fidelity and love—all of greater value to Odysseus, and to us, than the promise of immortality. Just as Mitchell re-energized the Iliad for a new generation, his Odyssey is the noblest, clearest, and most captivating rendition of
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One of the great gifts of the practice of noticing pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral is that we become aware that our experience, which seems so solid, is actually an ever-flowing river of sensations, each drop with its own feeling tone… As you cultivate your ability to swim in that river, you find that your yoga practice is bringing you to a steadier, truer kind of happiness than you could ever arrive at by simply chasing after one blissful pose after another.
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THE RADIANCE SUTRAS 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder & Delight by Lorin Roche $24.00, paper. Sounds True. 386 pages
At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra shimmers with new light in Lorin Roche’s The Radiance Sutras. Lorin offers his unique perspective on each of 112 Sanskrit teachings, along with his one-ofa-kind guidance in how to meditate with, embody, and practice them—what he describes as “answering the call of the sutras you love.” Meditate on the Self as being Vast as the sky, a body of energy Extending forever in all directions.
Here is an invitation to experience directly the ecstatic depths of yoga as revealed by the divine partners Shiva and Shakti, through an intimate exploration of: ✦ The divinity that is permeating your body at this very moment ✦ The alchemical power of Sanskrit ✦ Yoga meditation—harmonizing all the elements and levels of your being ✦ The depths of your connection to the energies of life. Your heart sees by its own light. In meditation, adore the subtle fire The light that you see by Is the light that comes from inside.
Taken as a whole, this teaching is startling in its breadth and the range of human experience that it encompasses. This is a book to savor one phrase at a time, over a period of days or years. Fullness of experience develops breath by breath. One day the desire of the self for the great Self Is consummated.
“Lorin has brought the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra alive in a way similar to how Coleman Barks revived the poetry of the great Sufi teacher, Rumi. These poetic interpretations have brought the vibratory wisdom of the tantras to the most neglected places within Western embodiment… He has opened a doorway into the tantric realization of the divya deha, the divine body, the shimmering flow of embodied consciousness manifesting as Shakti and returning to infinite potency as Shiva. It is with great celebration that this edition— complete with Sanskrit Devanagari script, transliteration and pronunciation—goes out into the world.” —Shiva Rea, from the foreword
SHIVA Stories and Teachings from the Shiva Mahapurana by Vanamali $22.95, paper. Inner Traditions. 262 pp.
Shiva, the most ancient and complex deity of the Hindu pantheon, has been portrayed in many contrasting lights: destroyer and benefactor, ascetic and householder, wild demon slayer and calm yogi atop Mount Kailash. Drawing from the Hindu sacred text the Shiva Mahapurana—said to be written by Shiva himself-—Vanamali selects the essential stories of Shiva, both those from his dark wild side and those from his benevolent peaceful side.
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Vanamali discusses Shiva’s many avatars such as Shambunatha and Bhola, as well as Dakshinamurti who taught the shastras and tantras to the rishis. She explores Shiva’s relationships with Durga, Shakti, Sati, and Parvati and with his sons Ganesha and Kartikeya. Examining Shiva’s acceptance of outsiders, Vanamali explains why ghosts and ghouls are his attendants and why his greatest devotees are demon kings, like Ravana. She includes famous Shiva stories such as the Descent of the Ganges and the Churning of the Ocean as well as those that reveal the origin of the festival of lights, Diwali; his creation of the cosmic couple, or hierogamos; and how Shiva and Parvati taught the world the secrets of Kundalini Shakti. The author also draws upon Shaivite teachings to illustrate the differences between Western science and Vedic science and their explanations for the origins of consciousness. Integrating Shiva’s two sides, the fierce and the peaceful, Vanamali reveals that Shiva’s form depends on the needs of the devotee. Understanding his teachings allows one to see through the illusions at the root of all grief and alienation in human life, for Shiva is the wielder of Maya who does not fall under its spell. While Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles, Shiva is the remover of tears. Mataji Devi Vanamali has written 7 books on the gods of the Hindu pantheon, including Shakti, Hanuman, and The Complete Life of Krishna.
THE BAUL TRADITION Sahaj Vision East & Wesxt by M. Young
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$34.95, Book+CD set. Hohm. 210 pages, 7x10, b/w photos + music CD
This book (with accompanying music CD) traces the Baul Path, a Tantric spiritual tradition, from its earliest roots in India, to its dissemination in the West in modern times. For centuries, Baul bards and yogis wandered the dusty roads of Bengal singing and dancing with joy in praise of God. Their poetry-songs uplifted and transported people above the dusty, daily grind into direct experience of the sublime. Sahaja is the hallmark of the Baul Way, referring to the naturally ecstatic essence of being. According to the Bauls, sahaja nature is inborn, and underlies one’s human personality and habitual social conditioning. It is a blueprint of love, beauty, bliss, wisdom and dignity. From the Baul view, to rediscover sahaja is to love God. This book is a first-hand account of the introduction of Baul spirituality to the modern world through the life and work of Khepa Lee Lozowick (1943-2010), an American teacher and the spiritual Heart Son of Yogi Ramsuratkumar, the revered Beggar Saint of Tiruvannamalai, south India. In 2008, M. Young accompanied Khepa Lee to Bengal where they met with eminent Baul gurus and practitioners, many who had long awaited an exchange
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Yoga for Trauma / Energy / Awakening work smarter, not harder—so you can have a healthy body full of energy and joy for life. In her foreword, Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine, writes: “Throughout Energy Medicine Yoga, you will find some of the clearest and most concrete metaphors I’ve ever seen in a book that addresses the body’s energies… This book gives you a system that, in twenty minutes each day, can help support your body’s ability to stay in balance. Whether you read it to learn more about yoga, about energy medicine, or to adopt the powerful practices it presents into your daily life, you will, for your efforts, have become a better skier of your body’s energies.”
ENERGY MEDICINE YOGA Amplify the Healing Power of Your Yoga Practice by Lauren Walker $20.95, paper. Sounds True. 198 pages, 7x9, b/w photos
What is it that makes yoga practitioners feel so good after a session—more so than after other kinds of exercise or stretching? Yoga was created to directly stimulate and move us at the energetic level, teaches Lauren Walker. Yet it can take an hour or more to gain the subtle benefits of yoga practice, and many of us don’t devote that much time to a regular daily routine. That’s why Walker created Energy Medicine Yoga—a breakthrough book that combines yoga with the most effective practices of energy medicine to vastly increase the benefits of your practice. Walker has adapted the renowned energy medicine techniques pioneered by her own teacher, Donna Eden, so they integrate seamlessly into the movements and postures of yoga practice. These tools are simple, easy to learn, and fit right in with what any yoga practitioner is already doing. They’ll allow you to
SURVIVORS ON THE YOGA MAT Stories for Those Healing from Trauma by Becky Thompson $25.95, paper. North Atlantic. 302 pages, b/w photos
An inspiring collection of essays that reveal the healing power of yoga, Survivors on the Yoga Mat is an ideal companion for trauma survivors and yoga teachers alike. Weaving together stories from her classes, travels, and workshops, author Becky Thompson shows the brave and unique ways that survivors approach yoga: the creative ways that they practice, the challenges they face, and the transformative experiences they discover. Thompson skillfully draws connections between yoga and socialjustice activism, demonstrating how a trauma-sensitive approach to yoga makes room for all of us—across race, class, gender, religion and nationality. Survivors on the Yoga Mat offers stories, reflections, and meditations for people who are healing from a wide range of trau-
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If you’ve never practiced yoga before, you will certainly be able to do the practices laid out here, but the focus of this book is weaving these energy techniques into your established yoga practice and into poses you already know… If you’ve practiced yoga even only a few times, or if you are a yoga teacher with years of experience, the techniques here will help transform what you’ve been doing and help you take your yoga to new, dynamic, and exciting places.
mas—sexual abuse, accidents, child abuse, war, illnesses, incarceration, and other injuries. The book consists of 90 true stories—alternately funny, surprising, and irreverent—that together provide a roadmap for survivors on their journey to wholeness. Organized into six sections, the book explores the challenges of beginning a yoga practice; the unique strengths of trauma survivors; the circuitous path of healing; yoga’s value as a lifelong practice; the special role of teachers; and the potential of yoga as an avenue for activism. Also included is a description of Pantajali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga, a list of resources, an appendix explaining the different styles of yoga, and a beautiful photo glossary with over 100 photos of the yoga postures mentioned in the book. “For survivors and those who love us: This book brings to light the patterns of entrapment that we all get tangled in. Survivors on the Yoga Mat documents that our pain, trauma, and wounds can be spoken, cleansed, sweat out, and released.” —Ana Tiger Forrest, author of Fierce Medicine ✦ Build each pose from the ground up while tuning into the body-mind ✦ Harmonize movement, breathing, and awareness ✦ Work with your physical “edges” to release stuck emotions ✦ Create strength and well-being—physically and spiritually. Each DVD has been designed for use at either the beginner level or as a sweat-inducing advanced workout—and includes a music-only option for undistracted practice. Features music by Suzanne Sterling.
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Foundational Practices for Transformation by Seane Corn
$27.50, 2 DVDs. Sounds True. 3 hours, 13 minutes
With The Yoga of Awakening three-volume training series, Seane Corn makes available for the first time her complete program for entering the deeper dimensions of yoga—and discovering our own vast capacities of consciousness, empowerment, and connection. Each DVD guides us into a unique realm of consciousness—the physical-mental, the emotional-energetic, and the psychic-symbolic—to discover our full potential in each dimension. Volume I, Body-Mind Flow, teaches the foundational practices of the series. DVD One provides all-level instruction in Vinyasa flow yoga and on awareness of the body for inner discovery and healing. DVD Two offers more advanced practice to stabilize your foundation, deepen the body-mind connection, and release tension. With precise and easy-to-follow guidance, you’ll learn how to:
THE YOGA OF AWAKENING: CHAKRA FLOW An In-Depth Training for Energetic and Emotional Healing by Seane Corn
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$27.50, 3 DVDs. Sounds True. 4+ hours
Here’s a full-spectrum 3-DVD vinyasa program for revitalizing the body, balancing the emotions, and aligning the chakras. Seane Corn’s three-volume Yoga of Awakening DVD series explores the deeper dimensions of yoga, offering in-depth training for discovering our vast potential for greater consciousness, empowerment, and connection. This second volume, Chakra Flow, focuses on releasing blocked emotions and energetic healing, using yoga as a gateway to our seven somatic centers.
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“Seane Corn is one of the great spiritual leaders of our time. With a heart of gold, a spirit filled with grace, and feet that stay solidly on the ground, she has battled through the trials of life to emerge victorious and lead others into liberation. A true evolutionary leader of the heart, her down to earth teachings inspire people to their best and highest, from beginners to advanced alike.” —Anodea Judith, author of Eastern Body, Western Mind
DVDs 1 and 2 include seven chakra-specific yoga practices for grounding, cultivating inner power and self-esteem, opening the heart, releasing blocked emotions, healing through grief, empowering communication, tapping into intuition, and connecting to universal consciousness. DVD 3 provides a 90-minute flow yoga session to cleanse and balance the body’s central emotional energy channel, chakra by chakra. Designed for both beginners and advanced practitioners, this program offers two guided practice modes: 1) physical posture and alignment and 2) emotionalenergetic work. Features music by Suzanne Sterling. Also by Seane Corn is an audio program, Detox Flow Yoga. More info: seanecorn.com.
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The foreword is by Parvathy Baul, internationally acclaimed musician of the traditional Baul path.
Buddhism FREE YOURSELF Ten Life-Changing Powers of Your Wise Heart by Carolyn Hobbs $21.00, paper. Wisdom. 270 pages
Though the voice of our heart may be buried beneath the shouts of our ego and the clamors of our worries, our heart already has all the characteristics of the person we want to be in the world—it’s trusting, curious, aware, resourceful, compassionate, kind, grateful, forgiving, truthful, and peaceful. And if we manage to listen deeply, we can access these traits and the strengths they bring. In an encouraging voice, therapist Carolyn Hobbs draws from many years of counseling experience and her own spiritual practice to present some liberating truth: each of us has within ourselves the power to release ourselves from fear, from past traumas, from our ingrained habits of mistrust and defensiveness. All we have to do is listen to our wise hearts. Each chapter in this gentle, pragmatic book focuses on a single power of our heart and contains illustrating examples drawn from real life. Hobbs concludes each chapter with clear tools we can use to develop and apply these strengths amid the challenges of daily life. Busy people of all faiths or none will be able to use these tools to tame anxiety, anger, grief, and despair while awakening fearless love. “Free Yourself is filled with poignant vignettes, meditative practices, and reflections that help us to inhabit our lives with the fullness of loving presence.” —Tara Brach, author of True Refuge. “Based on thirty years of helping clients face anxiety, illness, depression, fear, and loss with her special blend of Buddhist wisdom and therapy, author Carolyn Hobbs offers readers of many different faiths a priceless treasure chest of quick, practical tools for awakening presence, kindness, gratitude, compassion, and freedom right in the middle of their busy lives.” —Debra Chamberlin-Taylor, core teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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The author of Mindfulness in Plain English shows how shifting our perspective can transform mental and physical health. Perception—one of the basic constituents of the body and mind—can be both a source of suffering and pain, as well as a source of happiness and health. The Buddhist tradition teaches that perception can be trained and ultimately purified through the practice of meditation. We can use perception, just as we do any other object of meditation, to overcome harmful ways of thinking and acting and to develop healthy states of mind instead. In Meditation on Perception Bhante G brings us, for the first time in English, an illuminating introduction to Buddhist practice of meditation on perception as taught in the popular Girimananda Sutta. The ten healing practices that comprise meditation on perception make up a comprehensive system of meditation, combining aspects of both tranquility and insight meditation. Tranquility meditation is used to calm and center the mind, and insight meditation is used to understand more clearly how we ordinarily perceive ourselves and the world around us. Alternating between these two practices, meditators cultivate purified perception as explained by the Buddha. The longer we sit and focus on the breath, the more relaxed and comfortable we should feel. It will not help us to regard meditation as a chore or obligation. Rather it should be an activity we look forward to and enjoy because of the relaxation and pleasure it brings to the body and mind and how much it helps us personally and spiritually.
“Yes, he did it again! Bhante G’s latest book on the power of perception delivers a profound teaching from the Buddha in clear, precise, everyday language. This book will be of great practical value to all new and experienced meditating yogis.” —Larry Rosenberg, author of Three Steps to Awakening
PERSPECTIVES ON SATIPATTHANA by Analayo $30.95, paper. Windhorse. 318 pages
As mindfulness is increasingly embraced in the contemporary world as a practice that brings peace and self-awareness, Bhikkhu Analayo casts fresh light on the earliest sources of mindfulness in the Buddhist tradition. The Satipatthana Sutta is well known as the main source for Buddhist teachings on mindfulness and its place in the Buddhist path. “In this new book, Analayo builds on his earlier groundbreaking work, Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization. Here, he enlarges our perspective on this seminal teaching by exploring the practices of mindfulness as presented in both the Pali and Chinese versions of this important discourse. The brilliance of his scholarly research, combined with the depth of his meditative understanding, provides an invaluable guide to the liberating practices of the Buddha’s teaching.” —Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening “Analayo’s work is a brilliant treasury of impeccable scholarship and practice, offering a wise, open-minded, and deep understanding of the Buddha’s original teachings. His approach makes an inspiring contribution to the modern Dharma world.” —Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart, founding teacher of the Spirit Rock Center At present Analayo is a professor of Buddhist studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele, Sri Lanka.
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individuals who have together embraced spirituality as the keystone of their lives. Through teachings on the nondual nature of reality, we enter the “intimacy with all things” as revealed in core Buddhist texts. Without ending at the goal of personal freedom, Thanissara and Kittisaro encourage us to go beyond the experience of inner peace to embodying wisdom in acts of service in the world. With a realistic appraisal of our current global crisis in which sustainability is threatened by catastrophic climate change, the authors encourage a preparedness that enables a mindful balance of equanimity and passionate engagement whatever the outcome of our global evolutionary journey. The guiding refuge for this journey is the Buddha, the historical teacher and—most profoundly—that immediate and direct pure awareness, which we all can access. The book also draws on teachings and stories of Buddhist masters who are fearless, funny, and challenging. Eventually we are led into the Mary-like presence of the goddess of
A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism by Kittisaro & Thanissara $26.95, paper. North Atlantic. 320 pages
Husband and wife Kittisaro and Thanissara take turns in this deeply personal dharma book exploring the inner practice of meditation in support of awakening. In the life of the authors, both monastics in their youth, awakening unfolds as a multifaceted process following the archetypal journey of the hero(ine). Traveling from innocence to disillusionment through the devastating fields of trials and despair that lead to depth and maturity, Listening to the Heart tells the story of two unconventional
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mercy, Kuan Yin who, as a great archetype within Buddhist cosmology, reveals the deepest mystery of our own hearts: compassion. As the inner process of awakening unfolds, it transforms seekers and their lives, as modeled by the authors. It both heals the personal self in its journey through its wounds and shadows, and yet at the same time dissolves identification with the self. The book ends by returning to the simplicity of the authors’ primary teacher, Ajahn Chah, with his encouragement to “Be the Dharma.” The authors are founders of Dharmagiri Hermitage in South Africa.
KIND AWARENESS Guided Meditations for an Inner Revolution by Noah Levine
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When faced with the injustice and suffering of the world, Noah Levine rebelled by getting angry—even though his bitterness almost led to his selfdestruction through drugs and violence. What changed? “I discovered the greatest rebellion of all is an inner revolution fueled not by rage,” says Levine, “but by deep and pervading kindness.” With Kind Awareness, Levine shares foundational Buddhist practices and personal insights from his own journey to help you cultivate your innate potential for wisdom and compassion. In these two intimate audio sessions, Levine invites you to discover: ✦ Mindfulness—the Buddha’s revolutionary practice for meeting reality with an open, non-judgmental heart ✦ Kind awareness—making generosity and compassion our first, instinctive response to any situation ✦ Forgiveness and lovingkindness—integrating these essential qualities into your meditation practice and everyday life ✦ Precise meditation instruction and expert guidance for beginners and experienced practitioners. I once thought that meditation was for happy people trying to be happier. I now realize that it is also for those of us blessed with a sense of dissatisfaction for the status quo.
With Kind Awareness, this exceptional teacher invites you discover how revolutionary it can be to meet an imperfect world with a sense of kindness—so we can transform our passion into a meaningful force for good. Books by Noah Levine include Against the Stream and Refuge Recovery.
THERE IS NO GOD AND HE IS ALWAYS WITH YOU A Search for God in Odd Places by Brad Warner $17.50, paper. New World Library. 188 pp
In the three decades since Brad Warner began studying Zen, he has grappled with paradoxical questions about God and managed to come up with some answers. In this fascinating search for a way beyond the usual arguments between fundamentalists and skeptics, Warner offers a profoundly
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THE AUTHENTIC LIFE Zen Wisdom for Living Free from Complacency and Fear by Ezra Bayda $19.95, paper. Shambhala. 195 pages
How to live your life genuinely, honestly, and happily in the face of the inevitable difficulties that arise—here’s more wonderfully accessible Zen teachings for living from the author of Being Zen. Ezra Bayda is the kind of Zen teacher whose teaching works for just about anyone—you don’t need to practice Zen to get it. The accessibility and applicability of his teachings to everyday life have made them widely popular. In The Authentic Life, he focuses on how to live a life of honesty, integrity, and compassion—providing practical advice for doing that in the midst of the difficulties that are 100 percent certain to arise. It’s not only possible to live an authentic life in the midst of them—it’s the only place an authentic life can ever be lived! Spiritual practice, in large part, involves learning how to respond to life’s blows, including our own physical and emotional difficulties… A simple truth that we can all experience for ourselves is that it is often our most painful experiences that lead us to deepened self-discovery, to growth, and even at times to freedom. The more we accept this truth, the more we can view our difficult situation as an
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Thich Nhat Hanh: Eat, Sit, Speak, Listen THE ART OF COMMUNICATING
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by Thich Nhat Hanh $19.99, paper. HarperCollins. 166 pages
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, author of Peace is Every Step, delivers powerful teachings on mastering life’s most important skill: The Art of Communicating. Loneliness is the suffering of our time. Even if we’re surrounded by others, we can feel very alone. We are lonely together…
Love, respect, and friendship all need food to survive. With mindfulness we can produce thoughts, speech, and actions that will feed our relationships and help them grow and
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When we say something that nourishes us and uplifts the people around us, we are feeding love and compassion. When we speak and act in a way that causes tension and anger, we are nourishing violence and suffering.
At a time when it’s very easy to become caught up in a whirlwind of distractions— to pride ourselves on our number of ‘followers’, for instance, rather than our true friends and family— Thich Nhat Hanh’s is a calm voice, guiding us back to the real art of communicating. ✦ How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear?
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With examples from his work with couples, families, and international conflicts, The Art of Communicating helps us move beyond the perils and frustrations of misrepresentation and misunderstanding to learn the listening and speaking skills that can actually nourish the beautiful world we know is possible. Included are chapters on communicating with yourself; with others; the six mantras of loving speech; when difficulties arise; communicating at work and in the world; and some wonderful “Practices for Compassionate Communication.” still have a lot of anger and worries—then your actions will also be poor. Your actions should be based on the foundation of a high quality of being… To be in the here and now—solid and fully alive—is a very positive contribution to our collective situation.
HOW TO SIT by Thich Nhat Hanh $12.50, paper. Parallax. 114 pages, b/w line drawings
How to Sit is the first in a new series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces beginners to and reminds seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Pocket-sized with bold black-andwhite illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Sit provides explicit, simple directions on the mechanics of posture and breathing, along with instructions for how best to achieve the awakened, relaxed state of clarity to cultivate concentration and compassion. Following the instructions, Thich Nhat Hanh shares a series of secular guided meditations that help us return to our breath, spend some time in the present moment, and come home to ourselves. When people say, “Don’t just sit there, do something,” they’re urging you to act. But if the quality of your being is poor—if you don’t have enough peace, understanding, and equanimity, if you
The function of meditation practice is to heal and transform. Scientific studies indicate that meditation contributes tremendously to well-being, general health, and longevity. How to Sit is a unique gift for those who want a comprehensive yet simple guide to getting started with meditation practice, as well as meditators with training in any spiritual tradition who want to be reminded of the foundation of practice. Anytime you are looking deeply—whether you are walking, chopping vegetables, brushing your teeth, or going to the bathroom— you can be meditating. In order to look deeply, you need to make the time to stop everything and see what is there.e at first, but ultimately we come to realize that it is not only practical but liberating. -SS beautiful orchard and the sky, the farmer, the picker, and so on. A lot of work is in that apple!
HOW TO EAT by Thich Nhat Hanh $10.99, paper. Parallax. 125 pages
How to Eat is the second in Parallax’s series of howto titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduce beginners to and remind seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Pocket-sized, with bold black-and-white illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Eat explains what it means to eat as a meditative practice and why eating mindfully is important. Specific instructions are followed by a collection of verses written for secular practitioners that help set a mindful intention for each activity connected with preparing, serving, eating, and cleaning up after meals. Your mind doesn’t need to be somewhere else. If you’re thinking of work while you chew, that’s not eating mindfully. When you pay attention to the apple, that is mindfulness. Then you can look more deeply and in just a very short time you will see the apple seed, the
opportunity—the opportunity to move out of our protected cocoon world, the opportunity to live in a more genuine way, the opportunity to truly appreciate this life. It’s also good to be able to distinguish between difficulties that are real and those that are just creations of our own drama. *
by Hakuin Zenji, translated by Norman Waddell $40.50, cloth. Counterpoint. 506 pages
Hakuin Enkaku Zenji (1686-1769) was one of the “all time great” Zen masters. In additional to birthing the most famous koan ever, “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” he is credited with reviving the Rinzai sect of Zen in Japan, the most rigorous branch in the Golden Age of Buddhism. His “Song of Zazen” is chanted in monasteries all over the world. Hakuin taught three essentials to Zen practice: Great Faith, Great Doubt, and Great Resolve. Only Dogen comes close to matching the power and breadth of his writing and teaching. Norman Waddell has spent his life
Also by Ezra Bayda, teacher at Zen Center San Diego, are Zen Heart and Beyond Happiness.
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The whole cosmos has come together so that this piece of bread can be in your hand. You don’t need to do a lot of hard work to get this insight. You only need to stop letting your mind carry you away with worrying, thinking, and planning.
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One way to help develop a sense of purpose is to reflect on who we most admire and ask ourselves what qualities we see in them that are most inspiring to us. These are the very qualities within us that are calling out to reach fruition.
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The results of mindful eating are both global and personal. Eating a meal in mindfulness shows practitioners that the whole universe is supporting them. This awareness helps develop compassion and understanding, reminding practitioners that there are things they can do to help nourish people who are hungry and lonely. Encouraging moderation, mindful eating can lead to optimum health and body weight, while diminishing waste, and contributing to a more healthy society. Scientific studies indicate that meditation contributes tremendously to well-being, general health, and longevity. How to Eat is perfect for those who want a comprehensive yet simple guide to eating as a meditative practice.
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reading and commenting on the vast work of Hakuin. He has published several previous selections, all leading to his work on this major, monumental gathering, the Keiso Dokuzui, never before translated in any foreign language. Translating sacred texts requires years of practice and intimate familiarity with the material in its original language. There’s no one alive better capable of handling this important and difficult offering.
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ANGER, CONFUSION & CLARITY—IN THE BODY Tibetan Buddhism
Angry! / Loving Your Enemies
TOUCHING ENLIGHTENMENT
ALL THE RAGE
Finding Realization in the Body by Reginald Ray New in $21.95, paper. Paperback Sounds True.
Buddhist Wisdom on Anger and Acceptance edited by Andrea Miller $21.50, paper. Shambhala. 240 pages
Leading psychologists and meditation teachers explain how mindfulness can help us work with our anger—and ultimately transform it into compassion. Anger. For all of us, it’s a familiar feeling—jaw clenching, face flushing, hands shaking. We feel it for rational and irrational reasons, on a personal and on a global level. If we know how to handle our anger skillfully, it is an effective tool for helping us recognize that a situation needs to change and for providing the energy to create that change. Yet more often anger is destructive—and in its grip we hurt ourselves and those around us. In recent years scientists have discovered that mindfulness practice can reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance our sense of well-being. It also offers us a way of dealing with strong emotions, like anger. This anthology offers a Buddhist perspective on how we can better work with anger and ultimately transform it into compassion, with insight and practices from a variety of contributors, just a few of whom are: ✦ Thich Nhat Hanh on how anger grows in us because we feed it through certain habits ✦ Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on while there is always something to complain about, blaming others will never bring about peace or happiness ✦ Sylvia Boorstein on how there are no human enemies, only confused people needing help. ✦ Pema Chodron on how when something goes wrong and we want to blame someone or someone else, we could instead take responsibility for our own tendency to blame. ✦ Tara Bennett-Goleman on how the first step in dealing with our anger is to compassionately accept ourselves and how we’re feeling ✦ Mark Epstein on moving beyond doer and done to ✦ Judith Toy on her struggle to make sense of the murder of three family members and how she found Zen and forgiveness along the way. Among the many other contributors to this anthology are Joanna Macy, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Mark Epstein, B. Alan Wallace, Norman Fischer, and Noah Levine.
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What does it mean to “meditate with the body”? Until you answer this question, explains Reggie Ray, meditation may be no more than a mental gymnastic—something you can practice for years without fruitful results. With each part of the body a whole world opens up and is available for discovery when we begin working with it. With each new discovery, who “we” are grows deeper, more subtle, more complex, more connected, and more open and extended. And more unknown.
Touching Enlightenment guides readers back to the original approach of the Buddha: a systematic process that results in a profound awareness “in our bodies rather than in our heads.” Reggie Ray invites you to explore: ✦ How to enter fully into communion with your embodied nature ✦ The insights of Tibetan yoga, from guidance on breathing and working with discomfort to its challenge to modern practitioners on the path to realization ✦ Why “rejected” experience becomes imprinted in the body—and the steps to release it ✦ Karma of cause and karma of result —taking full responsibility for your life ✦ Your three bodies—the physical, the interpersonal, and the cosmic. Touching Enlightenment provides a map of unprecedented clarity and power for embarking on the journey toward ultimate realization in and through the body.
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier by Sharon Salzberg & Robert Thurman
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$15.95, paper. Hay House. 384 pages
When people and circumstances upset us, we can end up seeing others as enemies, and when things don’t go our way, we may become enemies to ourselves. In Love Your Enemies, vipassana meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg and Tibetan Buddhist Robert Thurman guide us in dealing with troublesome people and situations, and overcoming the real source of our distress, our deep-seated self-centeredness and self-hatred. We’re introduced to the four kinds of enemies we encounter in life: the outer enemy, people, institutions, and situations that mean to harm us; the inner enemy, anger, hatred, fear, and other destructive emotions; the secret enemy, self-obsession that isolates us from others; and the super-secret enemy, deep-seated self-loathing that prevents us from finding inner freedom. Based on the popular workshop they teach together, the authors bring to life traditional wisdom teachings such as Shantideva’s advice on replacing anger with patience, and the practice of exchanging self-preoccupation for compassion set out by Dharmarakshita. Salzberg mines her experiences as a leading teacher of insight and lovingkindness meditation to relate real-life examples of putting the teachings into practice. Together, the two perspectives give us a well-rounded course in transforming our outer and inner enemies. The material is presented in a warm, accessible manner that welcomes spiritual seekers of all levels, from newcomer to dedicated practitioner.
As we proceed, we may feel as if each particular part of our body is opening like a flower… If we can tune in to it, we find that each part of our body has its own way of being that is alive and intelligent.
Reggie Ray, one of the most innovative and experienced meditation teachers in the West, teaches within the dharma and meditation lineages of the great siddha Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Among his other titles are Meditating with the Body (4 CDs) and The Secret of the Vajra World.
TURNING CONFUSION INTO CLARITY A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, with Helen Tworkov
True happiness, as the Buddha saw it, is a form of resilience, an inner resource that allows us to care about ourselves and others without feeling depleted or overcome by whatever suffering we encounter. The perspectives and practices we describe in this book are ways of getting in touch with that resiliency and allowing it to guide us in all our relationships. Including our enemies in this process of transformation may seem impossible at first, but ultimately we come to realize that it is not only practical but liberating. -SS
For this collection Hakuin gathered more than 200 individual pieces, consisting of commentaries, memorials, poems, koans, cautions on practice for individual students, instructions delivered on various occasions, and teisho (lectures). They were offered to the many students living around his temple as well as to the countless lay followers around the country, and Hakuin spent his life offering these teachings together with his own commentary. Result is an organic, growing collection
$28.95, paper. Shambhala. 368 pages
For anyone interested in Buddhist practice and philosophy, this book gives detailed instruction and friendly and inspiring advice for those embarking on the Tibetan Buddhist path in earnest. By offering guidance on how to approach the process and giving instruction for specific meditation and contemplation techniques, Yongey
ofunderstanding and advice, certain to engage Zen students as well as practitioners in other spiritual disciplines. A blind old duffer squats in a cave wrapped in an endless tangle of vines. Unfazed by the difficulty, he takes them in his hands and plays with them, Tripping up eighty-four thousand men and gods, sending them sprawling to earth. The Lotus is a truly formidable barrier, prowled by hungry wolves and tigers.
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Mingyur Rinpoche provides gentle yet thorough commentary, companionship, and inspiration. This blending of personal testimonies, insight into people’s minds, and enthusiastic openness to contemporary understanding are some of the hallmarks of Mingyur Rinpoche’s unique ease in presenting the deepest teachings of Buddhism along with issues that are relevant to our modern world. In Turning Confusion into Clarity, Rinpoche applies these wonderful skills. He gives us comprehensive teachings on the foundation practices that contain instructions indispensable for undertaking these practices in a traditional and authentic way. What is very special, however, is that these traditional instructions are interspersed with inspiring memories, stories of great masters, and intimate insights into Rinpoche’s own spiritual path, thus bringing the teachings fully alive. — Matthieu Ricard, from the Foreword
“Mingyur Rinpoche’s mastery of the teachings and subtle understanding of the mind enable him to capture the foundation practices in all their clarity and transformative power, demonstrating why they were so deeply cherished by the great masters of the past and why they are just as important for practitioners today.”—Sogyal Rinpoche “Mingyur Rinpoche embodies the fruits of deep contemplative practice. A gifted teacher, he shares with us here his teachings on preliminary practices for beginning the spiritual path he guides. And, as we have come to love, Rinpoche does so with his rare combination of wit, accomplishment, and wisdom.”—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
KINDNESS, CLARITY AND INSIGHT An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by the Dalai Lama $19.95, paper. Snow Lion. 262 pages, colour & b/w photos
This new edition of the very first book of teachings by the Dalai Lama in the Englishspeaking world— Kindness, Clarity, and Insight—is a testament to the kindness, clarity, and insight of the material within it. A generation after its original publication, this outstanding series of talks remains one of his most readable and wide-ranging books. Each talk is shot through with His Holiness’s characteristic warmth, wit, and perception. Broad in scope and revealing the depth of his knowledge, these teachings introduced the range of the Dalai Lama and his message, covering a plethora of topics, including the need for compassion, the common goals of the world’s religions, karma, the four noble truths, the luminous nature of the mind, meditative concentration, selflessness, the two truths, and the fundamental innate mind of clear light that all the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism aim at manifesting. Although others have mentioned that all orders of Tibetan Buddhism have the same basic outlook, the Dalai Lama has been the first to explain in detail how this is so, his brilliant syncretic exposition being the final chapter in this book. Twenty chapters are arranged in a developmental sequence so that readers easily understand the background needed to ap-
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Pema Chödrön: Walking the Walk WALKING THE WALK Putting The Teachings Into Practice When It Matters Most by Pema Chodron
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$32.95, 4 CDs. Sounds True. 4.4 hours
It’s one thing to hear a life-changing truth or to have a conceptual grasp on spiritual wisdom. But it’s another thing to “walk the walk”—or to put into practice the good advice we’ve been given. What does it mean to walk the walk in our everyday lives? According to Pema Chödrön, it means being down-to-earth, genuine, and perhaps most importantly, it means engaging in the teachings in order to actively confront anything and everything we’ve heretofore rejected in our attempts to find happiness. Created to help us respond with compassion and authenticity when our spiritual ideals are put to the test, Walking the Walk brings you four inspirational sessions with Pema Chödrön, as you explore: ✦ Stabilizing the Mind—awareness, presence, and the foundation of the spiritual path ✦ Unconditional Friendship with Yourself—getting unstuck from the patterns that create our own misery ✦ Freedom from Fixed Mind—how to release biases and prejudices to revitalize your everyday experiences ✦ Taking Care of One Another—essential guidance in the ability to truly be there for others. The teachings in these sessions are not about perfection or unrealistic standards. “Baby steps are okay when learning to walk the walk,” explains Pema. No matter the situation you find yourself in, here is a program for remaining true to the values we seek to live by, and staying open to the kindness and love that is always available to support us. Among Pema Chodron’s books are When Things Fall Apart and How Pema Chödrön to Meditate. She serves as resident teacher at Gampo Abbey Monastery in Nova Scotia.
According to this ancient scripture, dropping into our true nature and communing with our Higher Self is way easier than we might think!
The Tao & Chi Energetics CHUANG TSU: INNER CHAPTERS A Companion to Tao Te Ching translated by Gia-fu Feng & Jane English $24.95, paper. Hay House. 164 pages, 8x11, b/w photos & calligraphy
This wonder-book evokes the depth of Chinese wisdom while its many photographs and calligraphies speak to the natural being beneath our thinking minds. First published in 1974 in the same format as the popular photographic edition of The Tao Te Ching from the same translator/photographer team, it is here republished by Hay House in an exquisite edition with many new photographs. It’s a perfect book for times when things have fallen apart, when there is more openness to alternatives, when it’s obvious that some of our rational, linear ways of approaching things just don’t work. While Lao Tzu (author of “The Tao”) can seem “perfect,” Chuang Tzu is more like one of us—just hanging out. Tai chi teacher Al Huang writes in his introduction: “I love and cherish Chuang Tzu. I admire his penetrating insight, acerbic wit, no-nonsense clarity, and his ‘flesh and blood’ humanity. And I treasure his wealth of delightful, thought-provoking anecdotes and parables, his original mind and ‘windflow’ personality. And most of all, I adore his humor and laughter... “He is the master of paradox and relativity. As a supreme storyteller, he liberally exaggerates, sets free wild and imaginary fantasies, and trusts that we, the readers, can keep up with his wit and romantic adventures. Just as we freely allow the humorists to be outrageous and profound at the same time, Chuang Tzu must be read and enjoyed with the same freedom.”
BE GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE An In-Depth Guide to the Practice of Lojong by Pema Chodron
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$41.00, 6 CDs. Shambhala. 6 hours
The best way to bring meditation off the cushion and into everyday life, according to Tibetan Buddhists, is to practice lojong (or mind training). The practice consists of working with a series of fifty-nine mind-training slogans (phrases such as “A joyous state of mind is a constant support” and “Don’t talk about others’ shortcomings”), taking one slogan at a time and living with it in all life’s situations. In this six-CD program, Pema Chödrön presents her definitive teachings on lojong. She offers an overview of the practice and goes on to provide inspiring commentary on each of the slogans while paying special attention to how to apply them on the spot in our daily lives. In particular, Pema emphasizes the importance of practicing with the slogans during life’s difficulties because, she says, “no matter what is happening in the moment, it is a vehicle for awakening compassion.” Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is also the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don’t Bite the Hook. preciate the more complex, later topics. Taken as a whole, the teachings in this book provide an accessible map of Tibetan spiritual culture. Readers of this single volume will be well prepared for understanding all of the Dalai Lama’s subsequent books. This book remains the heart-message of this great world leader. “Whatever the subject, they all seem infused with a special quality that individuals and whole audiences of people note when they encounter His Holiness: an unmistakable emanation of kindness and compassion.” —Yoga Journal
BE NOBODY by Lama Marut $18.99, paper. Beyond Words. 246 pages
This follow-up to A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life calls for the overthrow of our obsessive quest to “be somebody.” Lama Marut, (aka Brian Smith) has deep roots in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, and speaks directly to us.
So many of us nowadays are religious hybrids, blended composites and combinations of a number of religious and philosophical traditions— spiritual mongrels, if you will… And there are increasing numbers who disavow any religious affiliation whatsoever. This trend toward religious nonidentification is growing…
Do not seek fame. Do not make plans. Do not be absorbed by activities. Do not think that you know. Be aware of all this is and dwell in the infinite. Wander where there is no path. Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing. Be empty, that is all. The mind of a perfect man is like a mirror. It grasps nothing. It expects nothing. It reflects but does not hold. Therefore, the perfect man can act without effort.
“Undos” are those of us who are trying to break free from the confines of religious labeling without jettisoning the helpful teachings and methods found in those traditions.
With an edgy tone and radical perspective, Lama Marut shows that the quest to distinguish ourselves is the true cause of our dissatisfaction, and it continually leaves us feeling isolated and alone. Be Nobody
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CHI KUNG FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH & SEXUAL VITALITY A Handbook of Simple Exercises and Techniques by Mantak Chia & William Wei $20.50, paper. Inner Traditions. 256 pages, 135 b/w illustrations
In this fully illustrated guide, Mantak Chia and William U. Wei explain how to use the energetic and physical practice of Chi Kung to balance hormones, offset abnormal cell growth, prevent uterine cancer, and restore sexual vigor to the female reproductive system. With stepby-step instructions and many illustrations, they provide exercises to open the energetic pathways connected to the female reproductive organs and clear the energy blockages that lead to sexual dysfunction and illness. They explain how to perform breast and female genital massage to circulate chi and sexual energy. They detail the practice of chi weight lifting—advanced Kegel-type exercises using a jade egg—to stimulate age-delaying hormones and strengthen the pelvic floor. Among the many chi kung daily practices taught in this book are Inner Smile, Microcosmic Orbit, Six Healing Sounds, Ovarian Breathing, Bone Breathing, Increasing Chi and Kidney Pressure, Power Lock, Sexual Energy Massage, Internal Egg Exercise, and Chi Weight Lifting. To maximize the benefits of the exercises, the authors offer dietary guidance, restorative cleanses, and herbal remedies to further support female reproductive healing and maintenance of sexual desire. Among the many other books by Inner Alchemy and Chi Kung master Mantak Chia, those similar to this one are Healing Love through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy and Sexual Reflexology.
THE MASTER KEY VIDEO SERIES Qigong Secrets for Vitality, Love, and Wisdom by Robert Peng
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$88.00, 4 DVDs. Sounds True.
With The Master Key Video Series, this renowned teacher presents four DVDs of instruction in powerful Chinese energy practices to enhance our health, sustain our happiness, and bring us into feeling alignment with the flow of life. Recorded in beautiful settings and enhanced with computer animations, this series brings viewers a comprehensive progression of Qigong’s most valuable teachings. Join this exceptional teacher as he guides you through: ✦ Disc One: The Basics—Follow Robert’s own journey into Qigong through the teachings of his master, the legendary monk Xiao Yao. You’ll then establish the foundations of your practice with exercises to awaken and balance your Three Dantians, the primary energy centers of your body that govern wisdom, love, and vitality. ✦ Disc Two: Empowerments—Learn the
✦ practices of the Hologram Palm Empowerment of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Dantians, the Breathing Empowerment of the Central Meridian, and Awakening Awareness—practices to build inner harmony and a strong connection to the energetic resources of the world around you. ✦ Disc Three: Three Treasures Standing Meditation and 4 Golden Wheels Exercise— Two essential Qigong practices for deepening your experience of your subtle energy flow. You will learn to harmonize the forces of Heaven, Earth, and your body, and discover an essential restorative exercise to fill you with buoyant vitality each day. ✦ Disc Four: Lotus Meditation and Connecting Universe—Take a journey to the source of divinely inspired love: the awakened heart. After completely cleansing your body in the Lotus Meditation, you’ll learn the Qigong meditation for opening and energizing the Central Meridian channel that connects you to the universe
BodyMind Healing A DOCTOR’S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE What Works, What Doesn’t, And Why by Mel Borins $21.95, paper. Lyons Press. 314 pages
A lot of people have now tried Alternative Medicine at some point in their life. But because some people don’t feel their doctors see those methods as legitimate, patients often turn to unreliable sources such as the internet, celebrities, etc. for guidance. With so much misinformation out there, how does anyone know which advice to follow and what actually works? In this book, Toronto physician Mel Borins answers these questions using the latest scientific research and double-blind studies to educate patients and physicians alike on which alternative treatments work, which don’t, and why. And more importantly, it teaches them how to safely use these alternative treatments, as a reputable source of information to supplement their conventional medicine treatments. Written in clear language for the layperson while providing citations to full studies for the medical professional, the book covers traditional healing and herbal remedies, physical therapies, psychological therapies, and natural health products—making it perfect for alternative medicine skeptics looking for hard evidence, doctors of conventional medicine seeking to understand why alternative therapies work, and for those open to alternative medicine but who want to understand the benefits and dangers; these include America’s 78 million Baby Boomers who purchase 77 percent of all prescriptions drugs and are seeking ways to treat their health issues without causing more of them. In his foreword, Bernie Siegel writes, All healing is scientific even when we can’t explain the mechanisms. The human body is intelligent and we need to both create and become a member of an openminded healing team ready to accept the science of integrative medicine. We need to explore and learn about our inner space more than we do outer space.
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the limits of the traditional approach that treats only the symptoms and not the source of body imbalances. Taking readers on a tour of the ecology of the mouth, dental health expert and author Nadine Artemis describes the physiology of the teeth and the sources of bacteria and decay. Revealing the truth about the artificial chemicals in many toothpastes and mouthwashes, Artemis also discusses the harmful effects of mercury fillings and the much safer ceramic filling options that are available. Covering topics that include healthy nutrition, oral care for children, and the benefits of botanical substances and plant extracts for maintaining oral health, Artemis introduces a comprehensive eightstep self-dentistry protocol that offers an effective way to prevent decay, illness, acidic saliva, plaque build-up, gum bleeding, inflammation, and more.
DYING TO BE ME My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing by Anita Moorjani $15.95, paper. Hay House. 188 pages
In this popular memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body began shutting down—overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth... and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was released from the hospital within weeks—without a trace of cancer in her body!
When you put this newfound wisdom into practice, you will feel your saliva reenameling your teeth, you will feel your gum pockets strengthening around each tooth, and you will wake up, with fresh breath, ready to kiss the day. Even if you still visit the dentist now and then, this book will help you make informed decisions about the long-term health of your mouth.
I’m honored to play a small role in bringing this hopeful message of love as the ultimate healing. May you take Anita’s words and become an instrument of removing any and all disease from your body, your relationships, your country, and our world. As Elizabeth Barrett Browning once observed poetically: “Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God.” —Wayne Dyer, from the foreword
Healing Energies, Healing Herbs THE WILD WISDOM OF WEEDS 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival by Katrina Blair
Within these pages, Anita recounts stories of her childhood in Hong Kong, her challenge to establish her career and find true love, as well as how she eventually ended up in that hospital bed where she defied all medical knowledge. As part of a traditional Hindu family residing in a largely Chinese and British society, Anita had been pushed and pulled by cultural and religious customs since she was a little girl. After years of struggling to forge her own path while trying to meet everyone else’s expectations, she had the realization, as a result of her epiphany on the other side, that she had the power to heal herself... and that there are miracles in the Universe that she’d never even imagined. In Dying to Be Me, Anita freely shares all she has learned about illness, healing, fear, “being love,” and the true magnificence of each and every human being!
$37.50, paper. Chelsea Green. 344 pages, 8x10, 200 colour images
The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is the only book on foraging and edible weeds to focus on the thirteen weeds found all over the world, each of which represents a complete food source and extensive medical pharmacy and first-aid kit. More than just a field guide to wild edibles, it is a global plan for human survival. When Katrina Blair was eleven she had a life-changing experience where wild plants spoke to her, beckoning her to become a champion of their cause. Since then she has spent months on end taking walkabouts in the wild, eating nothing but what she forages, and has become a wild-foods advocate, community activist, gardener, and chef, teachKatrina Blair ing and presenting internationally about foraging and the healthful lifestyle it promotes. Katrina Blair’s philosophy in The Wild Wisdom of Weeds is sobering, realistic, and ultimately optimistic. If we can open our eyes to see the wisdom found in these weeds right under our noses, instead of trying to eradicate an “invasive,” we will achieve true food security—we will never go hungry, and we will become closer to our own wild human instinct—all the while enjoying the freshest, wildest, and most nutritious food there is. For free! The thirteen plants found growing in every region across the world are: dandelion, mallow, purslane, plantain, thistle, amaranth, dock, mustard, grass, chick-
HOLISTIC DENTAL CARE The Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums by Nadine Artemis $18.95, paper. North Atlantic. 130 pages, colour illustrations
A comprehensive guide to natural, do-ityourself oral care, Holistic Dental Care introduces simple, athome dental procedures that anyone can do. Highlighted with fifty-three full-color photos and illustrations, this book offers dental self-care strategies and practices that get to the core of the problems in our mouths—preventing issues from taking root and gently restoring dental health. Based on a “whole body approach” to oral care, Holistic Dental Care addresses
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weed, clover, lambsquarter, and knotweed. These plants contribute to the regeneration of the earth while supporting the survival of our human species; they grow everywhere where human civilization exists. Indeed, the more humans disturb the earth, the more these 13 plants proliferate. Including over a hundred unique recipes, Katrina Blair’s book teaches us how to prepare these wild plants from root to seed in soups, salads, slaws, crackers, pestos, seed breads, and seed butters; cereals, green powders, sauerkrauts, smoothies, and milks; first-aid concoctions such as tinctures, teas, salves, and soothers; self-care/beauty products including shampoo, mouthwash, toothpaste (and brush), face masks; and a lot more. Whether readers are based at home or traveling, this book aims to empower individuals to maintain a state of optimal health with minimal cost and effort.
CANNABIS PHARMACY The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana by Michael Backes $25.50, paper. Black Dog & Leventhal. 272 pages, 7x9
The most comprehensive book available (so far) on treating illness and disease with medical marijuana, The Cannabis Pharmacy appears at a time when medicinal cannabis dispensaries are proliferating in Vancouver’s neighborhoods. As medicinal cannabis grows in popularity and legality, there is a demand for clear, easyto-follow information for the layperson based on the latest sound medical and evidence-based research. The medical and research communities are only just beginning to discover and investigate what their patients have known for decades… Intended as a guide for patients and their physicians, the book explains what has been recently learned and what has been rediscovered about the uses of the cannabis plant as a medicine… I would also say that cannabis is one of the best examples of a safe and effective botanical remedy that is underutilized and still largely misunderstood by many conventional practitioners. —from the foreword by Andrew Weil, MD
Written by an expert in the field, Cannabis Pharmacy identifies which cannabis strains are most effective for treating different conditions, describes how to prepare the appropriate strain for use and how best to administer the preparation, and specifies the recommended dosage for different strains and conditions. Also included is a guide to treating the symptoms of some 40 specific ailments and illnesses, including headache, irritable bowel syndrome, the side effects of certain cancer treatments, and many more. It would be great if patients and physicians felt as comfortable discussing the potential use of cannabis as they do discussing an herbal medicine such as Echinacea… The prejudice and hysteria surrounding this subject may be fading, but the truth about cannabis as a medicine is more interesting and complex than anyone could have imagined.
Whether the reader is an existing medical cannabis patient who wants to learn more about treatment or a self-medicator with no access to professional help, Cannabis Pharmacy provides the clear and useful information.
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ENERGY HEALING FOR EVERYONE A Path to Wholeness and Awakening by Brett Bevell
HERBAL ANTIVIRALS
$16.50, paper. Monkfish. 160 pages
Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Energy Healing for Everyone offers an accessible healing technique for body, mind, and spirit that is easy to learn and master. Drawing from a series of personal mystical experiences, worldrenowned energy healer Brett Bevell reveals an ancient technique of communing with the divine source of eternal light which underlies the web of all creation. In this light, we can release our wounds and fears, and embrace the knowledge that all things are aspects of this one divine presence. For the first time, Brett reveals the secret of how to share, teach, and extend this inspired healing technique to anyone for any condition needing healing.
$31.95, paper. Storey. 416 pages
Emerging viruses are becoming more virile and aggressive, and traditional medications are becoming less effective against them. In this companion to the best-selling Herbal Antibiotics, Stephen Harrod Buhner offers in-depth instructions on how to prepare and use herbal formulations to strengthen the immune system and treat viral infections such as SARS, influenza, and encephalitis. Stephen Harrod Buhner, an experienced herbalist who works at the intersection of modern science and herbal medicine, presents a provocative assessment of the problem modern medicine faces in addressing viral infections, along with a comprehensive manual of effective herbal treatments. Readers will also learn how to strengthen the immune system. For everyone who wants to take responsibility for their own health care or who is fighting infections that are not responding to traditional pharmaceutical treatment, this book offers the most effective herbal alternatives.
If you make a daily practice of using Light of the Eternal One on yourself, it is like bathing your mind in a light that continuously reminds you of your connection to the Divine. Anxieties, fears, and unwanted emotions will begin to fall away and be replaced by a sense of wholeness. You will be shown how to bless friends and family with this light, how to send this light distantly to others and to improve all aspects of your life, and how to teach Light of the Eternal One to everyone you may wish to share it with.
Brett Bevell is also the author of Reiki for Spiritual Healing, The Reiki Magic Guide To Self Attunement and New Reiki Software for Divine Living. Brett teaches regularly at Omega Institute and is active in Alex Grey’s Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors community.
HERBAL ANTIBIOTICS Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria by Stephen Harrod Buhner
THE LITTLE BOOK OF ENERGY MEDICINE
$29.95, paper. Storey. 480 pages
The Essenteial Guide to Balancing Your Body’s Energies by Donna Eden, with Dondi Dahlin
Antibiotic-resistant infections are alarmingly on the rise, and many people are looking for sound information on herbal alternatives to standard antibiotics. In this indispensable reference, herbal expert Stephen Harrod Buhner explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of herbal treatments, and provides in-depth profiles of 30 valuable herbs, noting for each one its antibiotic properties, methods for collection and preparation, dosages, potential side effects, contraindications, and alternatives. As we prepare for what the Lancet called “the end of antibiotics,” this comprehensive reference is a must-have in every family’s medicine cabinet. This is the second, completely revised edition of a book first published in 1998. Since then, health care providers have discovered many new resistant strains of bacteria, researchers have added to the growing body of knowledge about herbs, and the need for anti-virals to treat emerging infections like SARS and West Nile encephalitis has become urgent. This second edition is more than three times the size of the original book.
$16.00, paper. Tarcher/Penguin. 84 pages, 7x7, b/w photos
The Little Book of Energy Medicine is a simple, easy-to-use “pocket guide” to one of the most powerful alternative health practices in existence today, from world-renowned healer Donna Eden. In this book, Eden draws on more than three decades of experience to offer readers a simple introduction to the core energy medicine exercises she recommends for feeling rejuvenated, happier, more alert, and less anxious. Featuring a Five-Minute Daily Energy Routine for restoring the body’s natural energy flow, in addition to information on specific energy medicine exercises that can help combat a host of health conditions from headaches and nausea to insomnia and the common cold, The Little Book of Energy Medicine is essential reading for anyone looking to improve general health and well-being. This beautiful, succinct book also has: ✦ energy techniques that counter psychological problems such as depression, mood swings, anger, and stress ✦ ways to protect yourself from negative energies ✦ techniques for improving hormonal imbalances that cause hot flashes, sleep disturbance, or anxiety.
Bodywork & Movement BODY ELOQUENCE The Power of Myth and Story to Awaken the Body’s Energies by Nancy Mellon, with Ashley Ramsden
This book is designed for people who are ready to try Energy Medicine for the first time and want a quick and easy way to get started, or if you have already used Energy Medicine in the past and want a simple guide to keep with you for easy reference.
$18.95, paper. Energy Psychology. 252 pp.
Master storyteller Nancy Mellon, author of Body Eloquence, has guided scores of people through the process of giving their bodies a voice. Drawing from mythology, medicine, biology and energetic healing, she finds the essential stories that characterize each organ of the human body, and trains us how to use these resources to identify the messages that our organs are communicating to us. Stories can hurt or heal and the authors—both storytellers who work therapeutically—show you how to hear the messages that echo throughout the body. They show how the world’s greatest myths and legends resonate within the sixteen specific body systems. The heart, for instance, is not just a durable pump, sending oxygenated blood to every cell. It’s also a representation of goodwill; a heart-to-heart connection, or an openhearted friend we all gravitate towards. But a hard-hearted person is one we all avoid. These archetypes are found in mythologies from Native American traditions to Scandinavian tribes to Greek histo-
HEALING THE BODY & AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THE DALIAN METHOD An Advanced Self-Healing System for a New Humanity Book by Eliza Mada Dalian
& CD $80.00, Book+CD set. Expanding Universe Publishing. boxed set: 188-page paperback with colour illustrations This unique offering comes at a critical time in the history of humanity to help awaken us to our true purpose for being on this planet. The Dalian Method (DM) is a groundbreaking technique not derived from any other known modality. It goes beyond the traditional paradigm of healing to liberate our souls from pain and suffering. The core of the Dalian Method is consciousness. Instead of working with the symptoms of ailments, this system works with the body, mind, emotions, spirit, and consciousness simultaneously to identify and permanently dissolve the causes of chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, fear, emotional struggles, and illness. It helps individuals to pro-actively participate in their own journey of healing into consciousness. It’s easy to use and adaptable to each person’s individual needs. The Dalian Method is becoming a favorite tool for individuals, Eliza Mada Dalian counselors, psychotherapists, yoga teachers, naturopaths, and alternative medical practitioners internationally. Part I of the book describes Mada Dalian’s own search for truth and experience of enlightenment at the age of 33; the steps that led her to explore and develop the Dalian Method, and, twelve years later, the self-healing Dalian Method. The reader will find detailed descriptions of how this revolutionary method works with the body and the unconscious beliefs repressed in the body. The many case studies included in the book are a testament to how difficult health challenges such as asthma, thyroid conditions, and chronic pain were permanently eliminated with the Dalian Method. Part II is the workbook. It takes the reader through the pre-session preparation steps, explains the key components of the Dalian Method, gives examples of post-session integration exercises, and answers many frequently asked questions. Included are two CDs of self-healing DM sessions offering a choice of full 98-minute and abbreviated 74-minute versions.
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ry, and are woven together in a fascinating matrix in Body Eloquence, showing how our organs are part of our psyche, our history, and our collective mythology. Each chapter is devoted to a different organ and includes folk tales and parables as well as carefully chosen music, yoga asanas and specific dances to heal and enliven. “A thrilling read, guiding us into the cornucopia of poetic relationships that reside in the human body. Its thesis is that every organ embodies a purpose and spirit and has an influence that goes far beyond its biological function. Every organ is as connected with psyche and spirit as it is with blood and oxygen. Every organ embodies a specific theme, holding its own important piece of the cosmos’ great mysteries.” — Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine
THE CONCISE BOOK OF TRIGGER POINTS A Professional and Self-Help Manual, 3rd Edition by Simeon Niel-Asher $35.00, paper. North Atlantic. 224 pages, 8x11, 240 colour illustrations, 130 b/w photos & drawings
Most muscular aches and pains are caused or affected by untreated trigger points, localized tender spots in muscles. Understanding and treating these points can lead to rapid and lasting pain relief. Trigger point therapy is a powerful tool in the management of both acute and chronic pain, including such common problems as headaches, TMJ syndrome, and back pain. The Concise Book of Trigger Points has set the gold standard for providing a clear understanding of the treatment of trigger points. Designed for the student and practitioner of massage/bodywork, physical therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy, sports
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therapy, and any other health-related field, it functions both as an entry-level textbook and an authoritative reference for even the most experienced therapist. This updated third edition includes new selfhelp and practitioner treatment guidelines for each muscle discussed, covering cutting-edge trigger point theory and practice. The opening chapters describe the basics of trigger points and include detailed therapeutic protocols. Chapters seven through twelve are organized by muscle groups, with detailed color illustrations of each major skeletal muscle. In addition, respected English osteopath Simeon Niel-Asher discusses the physiological implications of the trigger points in each muscle—and techniques for treatment—and addresses the most common pain complaints, including headache, neck pain, shoulder pain, lower back pain, and TMJ syndrome. This is a must-have manual for students, professional hands-on therapists, and those who wish to gain a greater knowledge of trigger point therapy.
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE THERAPY A Visual Guide to Clinical Applications by Michael Shea & Holly Pinto $45.00, paper. North Atlantic. 464 pages, 116 b/w photos
Michael Shea, one of the foremost experts on myofascial release, presents straightforward, practical instructions for dramatically releasing pain and restriction of motion in the body’s fascia, muscles, and connective tissue. He introduces a soft tissue, hands-on approach for massage therapists, physical therapists, and other healthcare practitioners that reduces tension and stress in their clients’ entire myofascial systems, as well as their musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems. Therapists with little or no background in myofascial release and deep tissue reorganization can follow this book’s easy guidelines in order to facilitate substantial orthopedic changes and pain reduction in their clients. Illustrated with black and white photos, Myofascial Release Therapy includes an at-a-glance section that provides a step-bystep procedure for quick reference. Each photo is supplemented with instructions, as well as with arrows for easy reference in the clinic. This book provides the first integration of the verbal, visceral, and palpation skills of the therapist. It also includes work on the viscera as a way of integrating soft tissue work through the abdomen and pelvis. While manuals on the bones, muscles, and viscera have previously been divided into separate volumes, this book combines them into one. The author offers specific tools and protocols for helping patients “destructure” past somatic experience and reform it into something healthier. He illuminates the interconnectedness between bodies and their relationships to the outside world, includ-
ing how sensations, feelings, and emotions are organized in the body and how they are coupled to meaning and memory. The result of many years of experience and knowledge, this book provides compelling evidence that myofascial release therapy encourages more rapid healing response of injured tissue.
Raw Smoothies & Cookies GREEN SMOOTHIE RETREAT A 7-Day Plan to Detox and Revitalize at Home by Victoria Boutenko $23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 256 pages
Using lively stories from her vast experience leading healing retreats, best-selling author Victoria Boutenko guides readers on the adventure of how to organize and carry out their own green smoothie programs with friends and family. Boutenko explains that the detoxifying and healing properties of drinking green smoothies are at their most effective after a full seven days, and she shares a number of testimonials and letters from participants in her popular retreats giving voice to the healthful transformations they realized. In Green Smoothie Retreat, the reader will find recommendations for fun group activities, nutritional information, and recipes for a seven-day revitalizing retreat. This book can be used by novices and experts alike, since it covers the basics about green smoothies and also goes into great depth about intriguing subjects such as the key healing properties of greens, analysis of water, and vital nutrients that enhance health. Among the themes of testimonials: ✦ Green Smoothie Baby ✦ Type 2 Diabetes Reversed ✦ Three Generations Benefited from Green Smoothies ✦ Improved Vision and Vibrant Energy ✦ Candida and Chronic Fatigue Reversed ✦ The Doctor Said: “We Won’t See Each Other Anymore.” ✦ Teacher Inspired Students to Drink Green Smoothies ✦ Stomach Pains Completely Gone ✦ Out of the Wheel Chair and Rheumatoid Arthritis Gone A final section offers recipes and information about sweet green smoothies, green soups, and green puddings.
Food, Nutrition & Healing THE PREVENT & REVERSE HEART DISEASE COOKBOOK Over 125 Delicious, Life-Changing, Plant-Based Recipes by Ann Crile Esselstyn & Jane Esselstyn $28.00, paper. Avery. 276 pages, 7x9, colour photos
Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.’s Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease, based on his twenty-year nutritional study, challenged conventional cardiology by proving that plant-based, oil-free, nut-free nutrition can not only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease, but actually reverse its effects. This is the long-awaited cookbook companion. Mother-daughter team Ann and Jane Esselstyn have decades of experience developing delicious, healthful recipes for both their family and Dr. Esselstyn’s many grateful patients. Now, they combine their expertise to offer more than 125 easy and mouthwatering recipes, brimming with nourishment for your heart and your overall health. From their quick and easy meals like Fast Pasta and Greens and delicious “Sloppy Joes” to their indulgent desserts like their signature Kale Cake and Minty Frozen Chocolate Balls, thee recipes will empower you to reclaim your health and discover the pleasures of eating plant-based. This book offers recipes that make it easy to follow Dr. Esselstyn’s lifesaving dietary advice. “This is a great cookbook for treating and reversing heart disease as well as a wide variety of other ailments and diseases. So hear the whisper of your heart and do it a favor. Try these recipes and see for yourself what a fantastic difference they make for your health.” —T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study
RAW COOKIES 60 Delicious, Gluten-Free Superfood Treats by Julia Corbett $23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 190 pages, 7x7, 60 colour photos
Raw Cookies presents sixty recipes for tasty, superfoodpacked raw cookies—ideal for raw foodists, those on a gluten-free diet, and anyone wanting to follow a more health-conscious lifestyle. Using a base of nuts and fruits and incorporating superfoods and adaptogenic herbs such as chaga, chia seeds, and goji berries, these treats are perfect for those wanting to sneak some healthy foods into their (or their family’s) diet. Corbett skillfully pairs flavors in order to create unique, yet familiar combinations; her popular Lucuma Cookie Bites, for example, take advantage of the maple-like flavor of lucuma (a South American fruit) to create a raw treat that tastes remarkably like maple shortbread—but also packs a powerful punch of niacin, iron, and beta carotene! Recipes are grouped into categories by base ingredient; in each section, Corbett provides a base recipe readers can use to improvise and create their own favorite superfood combinations. Beautiful full-color photographs accompany each easy-to-follow recipe, which require little prep work and no dehydrator or other specialty equipment. Eating healthy has never been so delicious! The book includes sections on Tools and Ingredients, Coconut-Based Cookies, Cacao-Based Cookies, Nut-Based Cookies, Seed-Based Cookies, Raw Butter Cookies, Fruit-Cased Cookies, and Frostings and Presentation. “Raw Cookies delivers essential superfood alchemical knowledge.” —David Wolfe, author of Longevity Now
BECOMING VEGAN (COMPREHENSIVE EDITION) The Complete Reference on Plant-Based Nutrition by Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina
truth about wheat, gluten, and grains; pinpoint where to obtain calcium, iron, zinc and other minerals without animal products; clarify the importance of obtaining vitamin B12; and show how to attain optimal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation. Nutritional guidelines are provided for infants, children, teens, and adults, including seniors; and a section is devoted on how to achieve and maintain healthy weights and exceptional fitness on a vegan diet.
$35.95, paper. Book Publishing Company. 624 pages, 7x9
Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition is an authoritative reference on why and how to adopt a plant-based diet. Acclaimed dietitians Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina specifically designed this fully referenced, comprehensive edition to meet the needs of health professionals, academic librarians, and curriculum developers as well as lay readers with a deep interest in nutrition. The authors explore the health benefits of vegan diets compared to other dietary choices; explain protein and amino acid requirements at various stages of life; describe fats and essential fatty acids and their value in plant-based diets; investigate carbohydrate facts and fallacies; reveal the BRANCHES OF LIGHT
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Numerous tables and graphs illustrate each section. A handy graphic of the vegan plate offers a daily plan for healthful eating. Equally beneficial are the sample menus designed for people of various caloric needs. A strong opening chapter is devoted to the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and how plant-based nutrition does benefit the entire planet. Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition sets the standard for discussion on vegan nutrition. Readers seeking a less technical version of this information can look for Becoming Vegan: Express Edition, based on the same science but presented in a more streamlined form. “This is more than a book about becoming vegan, it is a primary and comprehensive text book on nutritional science that should be studied by all health professionals.” —Joel Fuhrman, author of Super Immunity
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COOKING / LIVING LIFE IN FULL BLOOM hundred gallons of water per day; a meateating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day… Veganism and yoga are natural partners… The term asana actually means how one connects or relates to the Earth… The fact is that animals who are raised for food are slaves. Making kind choices when it comes to the food we eat is one of the most basic ways to begin to ensure our own happiness and freedom…
Vibrant, Glowing Cookbooks THE VIBRANT TABLE Recipes from My Always Vegetarian, Mostly Vegan & Sometimes Raw Kitchen by Anya Kassoff $35.00, cloth. Shambhala. 330 pages, 8x10, colour photos
Wholesome plant-based meals, new flavor combinations, and surprisingly simple raw food techniques can become part of a fun, family lifestyle. Walk with Anya Kassoff through farmers’ markets, local food shops, and her garden and you too will start to see fresh fruit and vegetables as the raw materials for artistic expression. Anya’s family-focused food blog, Golubka (Russian for “dove”), has a well-earned reputation for unique recipes that please the palate and senses. Her recipes are healthy by most standards—always vegetarian, mostly vegan, gluten-free, and often raw—and every dessert can serve as an energizing breakfast. Her food is fresh, seasonal, homemade, handcrafted, and 100% delightful. Over 100 recipes include lighter interpretations of familiar classics and embody a bright sensibility that will inspire you well beyond the table. From breakfasts through sweet indulgences, every recipe tells a story of a balanced and nourished lifestyle, centered around the family table and a bustling kitchen. (Even her four-yearold daughter drinks green smoothies!) Anya gives basic recipes and techniques for soaking, germinating, and sprouting; making veggie broth, almond milk and butter, green smoothies, and a wonderful range of recipes, just a few of which are Brazil Nut Oat Yogurt, Kale and Mustard Muffins, Chunky Beet Sauerkraut, Butternut Squash and Sage Fritters, Chickpea Crepes with Mango Salsa, Squash Blossom Quiche, Cacao Nib Cookies, and Vegetable Miso Soup. Anya’s kitchen is part workshop and part art classroom, so many recipes double as food projects that can be done for or with kids. Anya’s love for fresh and seasonal ingredients prepared with love is clear. Colour photos throughout the book, by Anya’s daughter Masha, are magnificent.
Thousands of customers have become devoted fans of Gannon’s cruelty-free burritos, chocolate mousse, and flower salads. Now, for the first time, Gannon presents the secrets behind the café’s amazing menu— and also showcases her own home cooking, with recipes she’s been making for family and friends for decades, including dishes like Creamy Wild Mushroom Soup, Rosemary Seitan, and Sharon’s CajunMexican-inspired Jambalaya. Stalwart vegans—as well as the millions of vegetarians and omnivores who eat vegan part-time for its health and environmental benefits—will enjoy Gannon’s accessible, delicious, and spirited recipes in this book.
THE OH SHE GLOWS COOKBOOK
120 Daily Practices to Deepen Your Passion, Creativity & Relationships by Elizabeth Murray
The delicious recipes in this book will not only help you create tasty meals but will help you start your own radical movement of peaceful, joyful coexistence with all of life. —from the introduction
Inspiration & Self-Help LIVING LIFE IN FULL BLOOM
Vegan Recipes to Glow frm the Inside Out by Angela Liddon
$24.99, cloth. Rodale. 222 pages, 8x8, colour illustrations throughout
$29.00, paper. Penguin. 314 pages, 8x10, French flaps, colour photos
In this marvelous and subtle book, you are invited to blossom with love, purpose, imagination, and clear vision that honours the earth and one another. Elizabeth Murray encourages and nurtures each person to explore four inspirational pathways (Gardener, Artist, Lover, and Spirit Weaver) to fulfill your heartfelt dreams, find your soul’s mission, connect to what has meaning for you, and realize your full potential to reinvent your life and community. As Gardener, you’ll cultivate your intimacy with nature, deepen, and grow; as Artist, you’ll expand your creativity and imagination with playful curiosity and delight; as Lover, you’ll lead with the heart and commit to what you cherish; and as Spirit Weaver, you’ll practice mindfulness and establish personal rituals and celebrations to express your blessings and gratitude. Accented with Murray’s exquisite nouveau vintage photography and paintings in a beautiful gift format, 30 guided activities for each pathway help readers take small but powerful action steps to define the purposes of busy lives and help them remember who they really are. Murray also includes profiles of “Full Bloomers,” inspiring individuals and couples who exemplify this life and are in partnership with their local communities and international organizations focused on people, arts and environment. A step-by-step exercise on life mapping helps to identify passions, skills, and community needs.
After a decade of struggling with an eating disorder and subsisting on diet, low-calorie processed foods, Angela Liddon decided to call it quits on junk food. Sick and tired with feeling sick and tired, she threw out her fake butter spray and frozen dinners. Instead, Angela embraced whole plant-based foods that made her glow from the inside out. But first, she had to learn to cook—and eat—right. In 2009, Angela started a blog, ohsheglows.com, to spread the word about her journey to health and the powerful transformation that food can make in our lives. Today, Oh She Glows attracts millions of visitors every month, making it one of the most popular vegan recipe blogs on the Internet. The Oh She Glows Cookbook delivers her approachable, non-processed, real-food, plant-based recipes and demystifies veganism along the way. It’s packed with more than 100 seasonally tuned, delicious recipes such as breakfasts, protein-packed snacks, hearty entreés, and decadent desserts. From the Crowd-Pleasing Tex Mex Casserole and Empowered Noodle Bowl to sweet treats like the Chilled Chocolate Espresso Torte with Hazelnut Crust and Angela’s famous Glo Bakery Glo Bars, there is something for everyone. The Oh She Glows Cookbook is also allergy-friendly, with lots of gluten-free and soy-free options. I vowed to create my own reliable vegan recipes collection that could win over even the most devout meat-lover… Throughout this process, I’ve realized you don’t have to sacrifice flavor, variety, or nutrition to enjoy vegan recipes. When you use fresh ingredients, the food speaks for itself.
Whether you are a vegan or you simply want to incorporate a few vegan meals into your week, Angela’s recipes are a happy green light for anyone who longs to eat well, feel great, and simply glow!
SIMPLE RECIPES FOR JOY More than 200 Delicious Vegan Recipes by Sharon Gannon $46.00, cloth. Avery. 335 pages, 9 x10, colour photos throughout
Here is a beautiful offering of vegan recipes and food wisdom from the worldrenowned founder of the Jivamukti yoga method. Since 1984, Jivamukti’s dedicated instructors and message of kindness have inspired a global revolution. In 2006, Sharon Gannon and David Life opened the Jivamuktea Café to complement their
yoga school as a living expression of how compassionate spiritual activism can be put to practical use. A vegan diet requires three
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When you live your life in Full Bloom, it is like falling in love all over again. You are filled with delight and a sense of direction. Life is good. Life has meaning. Your creativity is juicier. You’re in harmony with all of the world. Your awareness increases, your heart sings with gratitude, and you honor all living things. This is your invitation to bring more beauty, fun, and soulfulness into your life.
“This bright and life-enhancing book opens our eyes to the beauty that is there for us to both receive and give. Good medicine for the spiritual fatigue engendered by our consumer society.” —Joanna Macy, coauthor of Active Hope
MINDFUL INTENTIONS by Louie Schwartzberg
Book & DVD
$29.95, Hay House. 176 pages, 10x9, colour photos + DVD
Miraval is an internationally renowned resort and spa with a reputation as the premier destination for the practice of mindfulness and creating a life in balance. Mindful Intentions is a special collaboration between the experts at Miraval and the world’s preeminent nature cinematographer, Louie Schwartzberg. Whether it’s a bird’s-eye view of the top of Niagara Falls or an intimate look at a hummingbird’s union with a flower blossom, each photograph is more astonishing than the next. The images are all paired with quotations, or Mindful Intentions, from either a Miraval specialist or from Schwartzberg himself. A Mindful Intention is a word, phrase, or sentence that is used as a cue to help the mind focus on a singular, purposeful thought. Paired with these particular photos, every Mindful Intention provides a unique opportunity for the reader to take a meditative moment to withdraw from daily stresses and turn inward. Accompanying the book is a breathtaking video, featuring Miraval’s Mindful Intentions along with Schwartzberg’s cinematography. The video offers yet another dimension to this inspired approach to mindful practice. Mindful Intentions is meant to provide powerful tools for the reader to discover a deeper experience of peace, balance, joy, and healing.
E-CUBED Nine More Energy Experiments That Prove Manifesting Magic and Miracles is Your Full-Time Gig by Pam Grout $15.95, paper. Hay House. 218 pages
E-Squared, the international hit sensation described by one reader as “The Secret on crack,” provided the training wheels, the baby steps, to “really getting it” that thoughts create reality. In E-Cubed (don’t worry-there will never be E to the 27th Power), author Pam Grout takes you higher and deeper into the quantum field, where you’ll prove
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THE ENDLESS PRACTICE
A Plain and Simple Life by Toinette Lippe
Becoming Who You Were Born to Be by Mark Nepo
$17.95, paper. Monkfish. 222 pages
$32.00, cloth. Atria Books. 312 pages
Nothing Left Over—an “interior house-keeping” book—is an evocative recollection of one woman’s “simple living” ideal of a life measured in experience rather than in things. Toinette Lippe, a renowned editor and publisher, has midwifed many of the great spiritual texts of our time. But in her own refreshing book, she writes vividly about the daily doings that mark a life of good use rather than one of acquisition, teaching us how to cultivate what is essential and to let go of what is not.
As a poet and philosopher, Mark Nepo (also author of The Book of Awakening) has been breaking a path of spiritual inquiry for more than thirty years. The Endless Practice explores how the soul works in the world, and how by engaging our soul in the world, we are shaped by the endless practice of becoming the person we were born to be. To bring who we are out and to let the world in is a brave and endless practice that clarifies and solidifies the gifts we are born with. Chapters explore the difficult and rewarding aspects of being human, which are often inter-related, including how to restore our trust in life, when suffering makes us lose our way; how to begin the work of saying yes to life, so it can enliven us; and how to make our inwardness a resource and not a refuge. By unfolding topics such as Exhausting the Struggle, Staying in Relationship, and The Sweet Ache of Being Alive, Nepo continues to reveal how the covenant of being and the practice of becoming strengthen both the inner life Mark Nepo of spirit and the outer life of service in the world. Though every path offers company and refuge, the journey of every human being is to discover—through their personhood—their own living relationship between the soul and the world, between being and experience, and between love and service. This book helps the reader discover that essential relationship. Speaking about what led him to this inquiry, Mark says,
It is always important to be aware of what is going on in our minds because whatever it is, it is absorbing our energy and attention. We are giving ourselves to it. This constant activity of which most of us are completely unaware can be exhausting and wasteful of our resources. Whatever we give our attention to grows, so we should know what that is.
Lippe’s “principles for clearing the mind of clutter” are conveyed through stories, anecdotes and reflections from daily living. With admirable frugality and subtle wit, she writes chapters with titles such as “How Much is Enough?” “Nothing Unnecessary,” “Do It Now,” “The Company We Keep,” “The Habit of Truth,” and “What Nourishes Us.” If I really don’t know what to do, then I do nothing. Eventually, the universe shifts, and whatever needs doing becomes obvious. Until it is the right moment, there is nothing that can be done… Have a clear look at what is in front of you, and you will recognize the way to go. But it does have to be a very clear look.
“Toinette Lippe’s lucid memoir puts into practice what we all intuitively know makes sense but somehow never quite get around to doing.” —Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism Without Beliefs
The want to know who we really are and to know the truth of our existence and our connection to a living Universe is, to me, the fundamental life-giving question that the heart commits to once opened by love or suffering. How we are led and pushed to our true nature is what spirituality and personal growth are all about.
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The Endless Practice is filled with insights and stories woven with soul practice.
Reflections on Being, Knowing, and Doing by Toinette Lippe
How we stay in relationship to the mysterious Whole of Life is what brings us alive and keeps us alive. Everyone knows firsthand that life is messy and painful, beautiful and unpredictable. The endless practice is keeping our heart open to the whole of it. And the journey of becoming who we were born to be never ends. It’s limitless, eternal. We don’t arrive—we grow.
$17.95, paper. Monkfish. 168 pages
Re-issued with a lovely afterword and Chinese brushwork cover by the author, Caught in the Act is a “walk” with Toinette Lippe, an editor and publisher for decades… who now paints. While her earlier book, Nothing Left Over, “focused on simplifying and paring down, this one is about opening up and exploring.” With wit, a laser-sharp eye for detail, and a sense of the contemplative— Toinette brings us on a journey of awareness so that we perceive how being, knowing, and doing shape our daily existence. Ultimately, Caught in the Act is a journey of surrender. In its pages, we learn to give up the illusion of identifying with the thoughts and activities we call “I”—a vital step on the spiritual path and in the search for an authentic life.
REDUCED TO JOY The Journey from Our Head to Our Heart by Mark Nepo $77.00, 6 CDs. Sounds True. 6 hours
The varied journeys of our lives share a common destiny: to be worn of all that is not essential till we are reduced to joy. On Reduced to Joy, poet-philosopher Mark Nepo (the Book of Awakening, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen) invites us to join him in a poignant examination of “the gifts and challenges of being a spirit here on Earth,” through six sessions that address the vital task of discovering and returning to what matters. Nepo describes poetry as “the unexpected utterance of the soul.” Every poem and by extension every moment can serve as a teacher, if we can attend to it with an open mind and heart. By sharing 56 original poems (from his book, Reduced to Joy) along with the insights of fellow writers, Mark brings us into our own living conversation with the teachers hidden in everything that we experience, in order to welcome their universal lessons. Over the course of this six-hour program, he reveals the genesis of his own poems, unpacks the stunning insights they hold, and encourages us to reflect both personally and with friends on how these empowering truths show themselves in the poetic revelations of our own lives. There is a Sioux saying that the longest journey you will ever make in your life is from your head to your heart. No one is exempt from this great adventure. With Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepo awaits as your guide to the place “where the glow of your heart touches everything it meets so you can’t help but remember how dear it is to be alive.” Highlights: ✦ The Longest Journey—on doing, being, and awakening the source of genius within ✦ To Know By Heart—on moving from depth to surface and “loving your window” ✦ The Art of Facing Things—on the courage to say yes to life again and again ✦ The Sublime Disturbance—on that which causes us to live fully in the open.
Ram Dass came to one of the readings of my first book that I gave in the Bay Area. One of the passages I chose to read was about the importance of the space between one thing and another. Afterward he grinned and said to me, “Watch this space,” the familiar slogan on so many billboards, and I responded with “Mind the gap,” the announcement made on the London Underground trains each time the doors open and people step out onto the platform. However you choose to describe it, it is what is not there that is important.
“The ability to turn a rigorous, analytical mind back on itself requires a degree of personal honesty that only comes with years of spiritual practice and contemplation. This is what makes her insight so recognizably human and relevant. It takes both humility and courage to first see, and then reveal oneself so forthrightly.” —Nonduality Highlights for yourself that blessings and miracles are natural and that joy is only a thought away. With nine new experiments and more tips on how to keep the gates of the world’s largesse and abundance wide open, this book is chock-full of incontrovertible evidence that the universe is just waiting for us to catch up, just waiting for us to begin using the energy that has always been available for our enjoyment and well-being. Future generations will consider it freakishly odd that we felt so guilty and didn’t have the fun and joy to which we are entitled. They won’t understand why we didn’t revel in our creative powers. They’ll puzzle, They have this amazing gift, and they left it sitting in the corner, unwrapped. For what it’s worth, future generations, I for one am doing my part now (even as we speak) to spend my day in adulterated wonderment at all the world’s blessings and miracles.
EXPERIENCE YOUR GOOD NOW! Learning to Use Affirmations by Louise Hay $14.95, paper. Hay House. T106 pages
In this delightful book, the great heartful inspirer Louise Hay discusses the power and importance of affirmations and shows you how to apply them right now! Louise explains that when you state an affirmation, you’re really saying to your subconscious mind: “I am taking responsibility. I am aware that there is something I can do to change.” Within these pages, Louise discusses specific topics and concerns (health, fearful emotions, addictions, prosperity issues, love and intimacy, and more) and presents exercises that show you how to make benefiBRANCHES OF LIGHT
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simply involves looking into a mirror when you say your affirmations. Mirrors reflect your true feelings back to you. As children, you received most of your negative messages from adults, many of them looking you straight in the eye and perhaps even shaking a finger at you… Forgive yourself. Let it go. Give yourself the space to be spontaneous and free. There’s no need for shame and guilt.
Among Louise Hay’s many other titles are Everyday Positive Thinking and Heal Your Body.
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New from Marianne Williamson THE AGE OF MIRACLES Embracing the New Midlife by Marianne Williamson
life everything we’ve got?
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$14.99, paper. Hay House.
Marianne Williamson, the Course in Miracles–inspired author of Return to Love, is sadder in these pages, and more tender. As we grow older, it’s natural, if we still feel anything at all, to feel more vulnerable. The good news is that this is really progress and not a failing. We learn as we age to take a little more time, which can be taking greater care with everything. We listen better, and we’re not as quick on the judgment draw. We’re more compassionate, and can be more in synch with the universe’s life-giving energy. Millions of baby boomers are discovering these truths every day now. In The Age of Miracles she now asks us: Marianne Williamson
How would we live were we not afraid of death? How would we live if we felt full permission from ourselves and others to give to
At its heart, Outrageous Openness opens the door to a profound truth: By allowing the Divine to lead the way, we can finally put down the heavy load of hopes, fears, and opinions about how things should be. We learn how to be guided to take the right actions at the right time, and to enjoy the spectacular show that is our life.
That we age, if we are lucky enough to do it, is a given. How we age is up to us. The purpose of this book is to take a few of its issues and look them squarely in the eye, put love into some of its more fearful places, and experience miracles we might otherwise have missed.
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themselves to discover, embody, and amplify love in its many domains, from intimate relationships to our connection with the divine. This immersive program explores: ✦ Opening your heart to love ✦ Refueling your heart’s passion ✦ Embracing the pain of the world ✦ Tonglen practice ✦ The St. Francis prayer ✦ Becoming love’s sacred agent ✦ The power of prayer ✦ Journey from Head to Heart ✦ Your work and your true self ✦ Work as Sacred Activity ✦ Innocence and forgiveness ✦ Forgiveness Meditation.
$21.95, 2 CDs. Sounds True. 2 hours
Note: These meditations are also available in Marianne Williamson and Andrew Harvey’s seven-CD audio course Love’s Manifesto. Rumi wrote: “Each moment, from all sides, rushes to us the call of love.” But humanity today impels us toward fear, tribalism, aggression, and fundamentalism. So what can we do?
LOVE’S MANIFESTO The Courage to Let Your Heart Lead the Way by Marianne Williamson & Andrew Harvey
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We ground ourselves in the very real experience of universal love, and then express it through compassion and justice.
$77.00, 7 CDs. Sounds True. 6.8 hours
“Love is both the supreme mystery and greatest power in the universe,” reflect Andrew Harvey and Marianne Williamson. And it is our purpose to discover it, embrace it, embody it, and to put it into sacred action. When we shed the layers that separate us from our divine nature, we meet love. But how do we begin that process? With Love’s Manifesto, Williamson and Harvey join forces to explore the nature of universal love, to help us discover it within ourselves and encourage it in others. In alternating sessions, these two luminary teachers first show us how to heal the wounds of the past and nurture self-compassion at the felt level of the body. From this foundation, we learn how this sacred force awakens our creativity, clarity of vision, and empathy—to enrich our relationships, invite inner and outer abundance, and create a shift in the world.
OUTRAGEOUS OPENNESS Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver $26.50, cloth. Atria Books. 220 pages
A collection of spiritual lessons, anecdotes, and thoughts on the Divine’s intervention in our lives, this brilliantly written and wonderfully entertaining book teaches us how to live purposefully and in line with the Force of Love. What if the Divine is constantly igniting roadside flares to get our attention? What if there actually is a Supreme Organizing Principle with an unbridled sense of hu-
It’s a juicy, openhearted book, richly woven with fertile stories from Tosha’s former career of thirty years as an astrologer and intuitive… This gal knows how to cut through our crap.—from the foreword by Christiane Northrup, MD
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Here be “Guided Practices and Meditations to Awaken Love, Deepen Intimacy, and Transform the World”—from two of the world’s brightest inspirers. Have you ever felt a glimmer of love stir within you, and then wondered: How do I fan this inner fire and bring it into my relationships, my spiritual life, and the world? With Meditations of the Heart, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Harvey guide us into a series of contemplations, questions, and practices to liberate this most essential of sacred forces. Love is not just in you—it is you, right here and right now. When we release the blockages and habits of fear, defensiveness, and separation that have become the “norm” in our culture today, we awaken love fully. Join these two luminary teachers as they share the prayers, practices, and meditations that they use
problem is already picked, you will be guided to it in the right way at the right time” has helped me and thousands of other metabolize more stress hormones than any medicine I’ve ever prescribed…
With those thoughts in mind, Williamson guides the reader to go after the life they want—to be proactive. Only when “we go for it” do we flourish. Midlife is what you create. We are not too old to change; if anything, with age comes knowledge, Williamson counsels. In The Age of Miracles, she describes midlife as another stage of life that should be celebrated as such—not unlike the transition from childhood into teenager. She claims the bar or bat mitzvah, the Jewish traditional rite of passage, is an ideal way to acknowledge the transition from childhood to adolescence, allowing the child to come to terms with the change in life.
MEDITATIONS OF THE HEART Liberating the Power of Love by Marianne Williamson & Andrew Harvey
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Filled with a wealth of meditations, prayers, practices, and insights, Love’s Manifesto shows us how to shift into this new paradigm, experience love fully in all its forms, and become co-creators at the side of the divine. Highlights: ✦ The great mystery of love ✦ What love can do ✦ Our true self is love ✦ Love and its shadow ✦ Living love ✦ Love in action ✦ Our journey to enlightenment ✦ Sacred activism. Also by Marianne Williamson: A Return to Love. Also by Andrew Harvey: Radical Passion. ing? How can I feel safe? Why do I feel so alone? And often, Who am I really? For the passionately spiritual and the bemusedly skeptical alike, she created Outrageous Openness. This delightful book, filled with wisdom and fresh perspectives, helps create a relaxed, trusting openness in the reader to discover answers to life’s big questions as they spontaneously arise.
mour? And what if we each have this ardent inner suitor who’s writing us love letters every day that often go unopened? After twenty-five years spent consulting and advising tens of thousands of people, Tosha Silver realized that almost all of us have similar concerns: How do I stop worry-
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MIND WHISPERING A New Map to Freedom New in from Self-Defeating Paperback Emotional Habits by Tara Bennett-Goleman $18.50, paper. HarperCollins. 336 pages
Why do sometimes even the smallest events trigger us into a downward spiral? Whether we’re aware of it or not, our feelings and outlook are constantly shaped by learned patterns, or habitual modes of being. These have the power to dictate our sense of wellbeing and our very perceptions of our lives and the world around us. These modes—distinct orchestrations of how we think and feel, how we act and interact—can open us up to delight and wisdom or preoccupy us with fear and despair, driving and distorting our experiences like invisible puppeteers of the mind. In Mind Whispering, Tara BennettGoleman offers us new ways to cut the strings of our self-defeating habits and find emotional freedom. The road in life forks in every moment, with one path leading toward confusion, separateness, and entanglement, and the other toward clarity, connection, and mental freedom. With mind whispering, the choice can be ours. By bringing together the latest in cognitive psychology, the neuroscience of habit change, Eastern philosophy, and her experience with horse whispering, BennettGoleman helps liberate us from our most challenging mental roadblocks so we can identify emotional triggers and dysfunctional habits in ourselves and our relationships and begin to build new positive patterns in our lives and our world. A groundbreaking map of the emotional mind, Mind Whispering helps transform our emotions, improve our relationships, connect us with a wise and compassionate heart, and finally live with a more lasting sense of happiness. “A book of exquisite sensitivity and wisdom, in which she invites us to cultivate a healing relationship to the deepest aspects of ourselves and the world, through ‘mind whispering’. Brilliantly synthesizing the ancient wisdom of Asia, with modern psychology, she offers a lasting source of nourishment.” — Mark Williams, author of Mindfulness
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TRAUMA, FOCUSING, AGING & ELDERHOOD our lives. Using the energy meridians of the body, practitioners tap on specific points while focusing on particular negative emotions or physical sensations. The tapping helps calm the nervous system to restore the balance of energy in the body, and in turn rewire the brain to respond in healthy ways. This can help rid practitioners of everything from chronic pain to phobias to addictions. Because of tapping’s proven success in healing such a variety of problems, Ortner recommends to try it on any challenging issue. In The Tapping Solution, Ortner describes not only the history and science of tapping but also the practical applications. In a friendly voice, he lays out easy-to-use practices, diagrams, and worksheets that will teach readers, step-by-step, how to tap on a variety of issues. With chapters covering everything from the alleviation of pain to the encouragement of weight loss to fostering better relationships, Ortner opens readers’ eyes to just how powerful this practice can be. Throughout the book are real-life stories of healing ranging from easing the pain of fibromyalgia to overcoming a fear of flying.
Your Body Knows THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk $32.95, cloth. Viking. 442 pages, photos
Renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, mindfulness techniques, play, Internal Family Systems, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapies, yoga, and other therapies. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score offers proven alternatives to drugs and talk therapy—helping victims reclaim their minds and bodies and regain self-regulation and personal resilience. This valuable work offers hope for the millions of sufferers and their families seeking meaningful treatment and relief from the ongoing pain of trauma. “This essential book unites the evolving neuroscience of trauma research with an emergent wave of body-oriented therapies and traditional mind/body practices that go beyond symptom relief and connect us with our vital energy and here-and-now presence.” —Peter Levine, author of In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness “This book promises to further humanize the treatment of trauma victims, dramatically expand their repertoire of self-regulatory healing practices and therapeutic options, and also stimulate greater creative thinking and research on trauma and its effective treatment. The body does keep the score, and Van der Kolk’s ability to demonstrate this through compelling descriptions of the work of others, his own pioneering trajectory and experience as the field evolved and him along with it, and above all, his discovery of ways to work skillfully with people by bringing mindfulness to the body (as well as to their thoughts and emotions) through yoga, movement, and theater are a wonderful and welcome breath of fresh air and possibility in the therapy world.” —Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living
MOTHERS WHO CAN’T LOVE A Healing Guide for Daughters by Susan Forward $19.99, paper. HarperCollins. 304 pages
In her decades as a therapist, Susan Forward has seen large numbers of women who struggle to escape the damaging emotional orbit of the women who brought them up. They come in with anxiety and depression, relationship problems, lack of confidence, and exhibit concerns about their ability to stand up for themselves, or even to love. All too often, they’re confused. Many of their mothers appeared to be loving at times, giving birthday parties, coming to school events, being friendly with their classmates. But those intermittent flashes always yielded to a difficult truth outsiders rarely saw: criticism, competition, pain, fear, and turmoil. The effects of these childhood wounds can be painful, even crippling. Girls define their emerging womanhood by identifying and bonding with their moms. But when they can’t, they’re left to struggle alone toward a solid sense of themselves and their place in the world. In their own eyes, they are never good enough, never lovable enough, never smart or pretty or acceptable enough to deserve success and happiness. Mothers Who Can’t Love will help these women finally find the help and validation they’ve been seeking to heal the mother wound. Accepting the realities of their childhood will allow these women to finally act in their own best interests, even when it means disconnecting from their unloving mothers. Readers will come to know the workings of: The Narcissistic Mother, The Competitive Mother, The Overly Enmeshed Mother, The Ice Queen, The Control Freak, Mothers Who Need Mothering, and A Mother in Name Only. Forward argues that the members of a daughter’s real family are those who love and want the best for her, whether or not they’re connected by blood or marriage. In a warm, accessible voice, Forward encourages women to, step by step, rebuild their sense of confidence, self-worth, and self-respect, offering wounded daughters healing, affirming tools. They can find in themselves—and in this book—the wisdom and warmth they’ve searched for for so long.
YOUR BODY KNOWS THE ANSWER Using Your Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect Change, and Liberate Creativity - A Manual for Mindful Focusing by David Rome $19.95, paper. Shambhala. 145 pages
Your body has an answer to just about any question or challenge that arises. It’s simply a matter of learning to recognize and listen to the subtle physical sensation that lives somewhere between your conscious and subconscious mind. This “felt sense” was first made widely known by the psychologist Eugene Gendlin, whose book on learning to use your felt sense, Focusing, has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1978. Certified Focusing teacher David Rome here enhances the traditional Focusing techniques with mindfulness and other Buddhist principles learned from his teacher Chogyam Trungpa to provide remarkably effective techniques for learning to access your felt sense—and not only for applying it to problem solving and dealing with challenges, but for kick-starting the creative process in oneself. Its short, accessible chapters and its abundant practical exercises provide a wonderfully effective method for accessing your inherent answer to any question—and for responding honestly and creatively to the world around you. The exercises are the heart of the book. You can get some insight from just reading the text, but finding the felt sense is fundamentally about getting in touch with our preconceptual nature, and it is through doing the exercises that you will discover your own unique way of doing that… It is also important to know in advance that the process of finding the felt sense can be uncomfortable. You will be entering unfamiliar inner territory, and you are likely to encounter places that are strange, scary, painful, or disorienting. Your reward for staying on the path even when it’s uncomfortable will be arriving at new places that have a wonderful feeling of rightness, insight, and freedom.
“Those new to Focusing and the felt sense will be expertly guided; those already familiar with the process will find fresh treasure on every page. Eminently readable, engaging, and wise, this book is hugely welcome.” —Ann Weiser Cornell, author of The Power of Focusing
THE TAPPING SOLUTION A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living by Nick Ortner $15.95, paper. Hay House. 256 pages
Nick Ortner, founder of the Tapping World Summit and filmmaker of The Tapping Solution DVD, is at the forefront of a new healing movement. His book The Tapping Solution gives readers everything they need to successfully start using the
powerful practice of tapping or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Tapping is one of the fastest and easiest ways to address both the emotional and physical problems that tend to hamper
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Midlife & ElderWisdom CONSCIOUS LIVING, CONSCIOUS AGING Embrace & Savor Your Next Chapter by Ron Pevny $18.00, paper. Beyond Words. 184 pages
Here are practical tools to help you live a passionate, fulfilling second half of life from the director of the Center for Conscious Eldering. Retirement is starting to look a whole lot different. Not soul-satisfied with just sitting on the porch or puttering around the house, retirees (or soon to be) are looking to create a passionate, active, fulfilled, and engaging later life. That’s where Ron Pevny comes in. His inspiring guide helps you do what he calls conscious aging—or making a reality the life of growth, purpose, service, and spiritual exploration you’ve always imagined for yourself. In addition to wisdom for navigating loss and grief, Pevny offers advice that helps you identify your goals, contribute to society, remain engaged and relevant, and spend your later years in profound personal development. Whether it is volunteer work, working for an income, an avocation, social activism, grandparenting, or spending special time serving as mentor to a young person, the form of how we serve others is not nearly as important as the intention, wholeness and self-awareness behind it. Conscious elderhood is about doing our best to serve with love in whatever circumstance we are in.
Today’s seniors are reshaping what retirement is all about. It is a whole new opportunity to engage with family, community, and the world with vigor. Don’t just grow older—age consciously. Each chapter ends with a Story by the Fire. Imagine your group sitting around a fire, engaging in the most powerful learning activity known to humankind through the ages: telling stories of experience and growth. These stories, each written by someone who has been deeply impacted by the conscious eldering practice, are filled with passion and heart… Do you recognize your own story in their words? If you don’t hear it at first, you may later as you do the inner work of conscious eldering.
“Conscious Living, Conscious Aging is a unique and valuable resource… weaving together Sage-ing and other conscious aging practices, deep wisdom about life transitions and rites of passage, and inspiring stories from those who have chosen to engage in this inner work, all with the goal of supporting the development of the conscious elders our world urgently needs.” — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, author of From Age-ing to Sage-ing and subject of The December Project by Sara Davidson Those deeply spiritual moments of knowing are what keep our inner fires alive in our darkest times… These passages between life stages require us to choose to let go of the past in ways that feel like death to our ego and to enter that strange neutral zone where our ego has little to offer us other than resistance… Just remember that regardless of what spiritual path you choose, the journey to the depths of your soul is greatly facilitated by nurturing your felt sense of deep relationship with the natural world. —from Conscious Living, Conscious Aging
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THE ESSENTIAL JUNG by C.G. Jung, selected & introduced by Anthony Storr $27.50, paper. Princeton. 456 pages
This volume presents the essentials of Jung’s thought in his own words. To familiarize readers with the ideas for which Jung is best known, the British psychiatrist and writer Anthony Storr has selected extracts from Jung’s writings (The Collected Works, which fill 19 volumes) that pinpoint his many original contributions and relate the development of his thought to his biography. Dr. Storr has prefaced each extract with explanatory notes. These notes link the extracts, and with Dr. Storr’s introduction, they show the progress and coherence of Jung’s ideas, including such concepts as the collective unconscious, the archetypes, introversion and extroversion, individuation, and Jung’s view of integration as the goal of the development of the personality. Jung maintained that we are profoundly ignorant of ourselves and that our most pressing task is to deflect our gaze away from the external world and toward the study of our own nature. In a world torn by conflict and threatened by human hubris and short-sightedness, his message has an urgent relevance for every thoughtful person. “This is by far the best introduction to the work and thought of Carl Gustav Jung… A masterly achievement.” — Robertson Davies
CROP CIRCLES, JUNG & THE REEMERGENCE OF THE ARCHETYPAL FEMININE by Gary Bobroff $25.95, paper. North Atlantic. 314 pages, b/w illustrations
Throwing light on the mysterious phenomenon of crop circles within the context of modern psychological reality, Crop Circles, Jung, and the Reemergence of the Archetypal Feminine is an engaging look at the science, history, and symbolic nature of the mystery of these annually occurring giant-scale works Gary of art. Bobroff offers a framework for the reader’s own deeper consideration of crop circles by examining both the phenomenon itself and the nature of the era into which it has arrived, with special consideration of its relevance to Jungian archetypal psychology. Living in the moment of the death of one worldview and the birth of another, our culture suffers from a hyper-masculine inflation that has us alienated, imagining ourselves to be separate from each other and the earth. Today we are presented with environmental, social, and spiritual crises and mysteries that call us back toward closer participation with the world. Crop Circles— formed in living grain—exemplify the ar-
chetypal feminine nature of this moment’s change: a calling toward conscious, felt engagement with a dynamic, living, mysterious world. Placing this modern “dream” into the context of modern reality, Crop Circles, Jung, and the Reemergence of the Archetypal Feminine considers what it means to live in an era of strange encounters with energies larger than ourselves.
The Heart of Religion A CALENDAR OF WISDOM Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World’s Sacred Texts by Leo Tolstoy $26.99, cloth. Simon & Schuster. 384 pp.
This is the first-ever English-language edition of the book Leo Tolstoy considered to be his most important contribution to humanity, the work of his life’s last years. Widely read in prerevolutionary Russia,
Now—in this moment—we are presented with something new. Crop Circles are a mystery in our response to which we continue to be able to draw upon the strands of both science and mythology—their form and image seems to point us toward both… By their very nature, Crop Circles speak to our imagination’s capacity for deepest wonder… As a Jungian interpretation, this book examines the symbols associated with Crop Circles, both within the universality of their imagery and within the context of those images being set into our modern moment.
WAKING UP A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris $29.99, cloth. Simon & Schuster. 244 pp.
For the millions of us who resonate to “spirituality without religion,” Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, has written a new book, Waking Up—a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. Some 30 percent of us, they say, follow no religion, but suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Harris argues that there are important truths to be found in the experiences of such contemplatives— and, therefore, that there is more to understanding reality than science and secular culture generally allow. Waking Up is “by turns seeker’s memoir [he’s sat at length with Vipassana, Dzogchen and nondual teachers, and taken his share of psychedelics], an introduction to the brain, a manual of contemplative instruction, and a philosophical unraveling of what most people consider to be the center of their inner lives: the feeling of self we call ‘I.’” No other book marries contemplative wisdom and modern science in quite this way, and no author other than Sam Harris—a scientist, philosopher, and famous skeptic—could write it.
FINDING GENIUS IN YOUR LIFE by Michael Meade New on $42.00, 4 CDs. Mosaic. CD 4.5 hours On this recording mythopoetic storyteller Michael Meade shows how each person brings some form of genius to life with them. He introduces the old idea of a “resident spirit of the soul,” an inborn host that carries an array of gifts and styles trying to enter the world through each of us. Thus, the inner genius is what a vocation or calling tries to call forth. A meaningful calling can come at any time, but tends to come during times of trouble and life change. Whether younger or older, our job is to answer the call and risk awakening to our unique destiny. On the other hand, when neglected or rejected our natural genius can become our worst inner demon. As ever, Meade uses myths and stories to show how genius would lead us off the usual maps and into the forest of imagination Michael Meade and to states of great inspiration. He advises that as the outer world grows more uncertain and disruptive it becomes more important to have a sense of inner orientation and essential self-worth. Meade casts character as the main vehicle for shaping and carrying one’s genius; not “having character,” but the idea of becoming a unique and irreplaceable character and playing the main role in one’s personal myth. With characteristic wit Meade manages to weave threads of Eastern spiritual practice with Western mysticism by connecting the thread of genius to the practice of “dharma” or service to something beyond oneself. With myths and stories from various traditions, with examples drawn from his cutting-edge work with at risk youth and at risk communities, Meade makes the sense of individual genius, not just possible, but truly palpable. This material is useful for: young folks trying to find a meaningful path in life, for teachers trying to help students of all ages, for those trying to awaken the inner sage and any who would serve the world in meaningful ways.
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banned and forgotten under Communism; and recently rediscovered to great excitement, A Calendar of Wisdom is a day-byday guide that illuminates the path of a life worth living with a brightness undimmed by time. Drawing from many ages, cul-
Spiritual… but not Religious…
The Power of Myth
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Altered states of consciousness are empirical facts, and human beings experience them under a wide range of conditions. To understand this, and to seek to live a spiritual life without deluding ourselves, we must view these experiences in universal and secular terms… Consciousness is simply the light by which the contours of mind and body are known. It is that which is aware of feelings such as joy, regret, amusement, and despair. It can seem to take their shape for a time, but it is possible to recognize that is never quite does. In fact, we can directly experience that consciousness is never improved or harmed by what it knows. Making this discovery, again and again, is the basis of spiritual life… It is within our capacity to recognize the nature of thoughts, to awaken from the dream of being merely ourselves and, in this way, to become better able to contribute to the well-being of others.
“Sam Harris reminds us that awakening does not depend on religious belief. With his usual probing clarity, he points out the rational methodology for exploring the nature of consciousness. Waking Up really does help wake us up.” —Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening.
THE FUTURE OF GOD A Practical Approach to Spirituality for Our Times by Deepak Chopra $29.95, cloth. Crown. 320 pages
“Chopra shows how God is evolving with our consciousness, and how both, the religious and atheistic fundamentalists are focused on an outdated God. This book will lead you to understand how a God without illusions is a necessary condition for your physical well being.” —Lothar Schafer, author of Infinite Potential “The Future of God is a much-needed book. Chopra convincingly exposes the limitations, arrogance and intellectual blindness of the ‘new atheists.’ He recognizes that unbelief has a role to play, but he also shows how to go beyond the atheists’ narrow dogmatism to a far richer experience and understanding of reality.” —Rupert Sheldrake, author of Science Set Free “The continuing struggle between two worldviews, one religious, the other scientific, has confused the Western mind enormously. In this book the visionary Deepak Chopra has taken on the task of a “guide for the perplexed” as only he can. The Future of God is important for two reasons. First, and this is marvelous, Deepak has done a wonderful job of debunking the so-called “debunkers,” people like Richard Dawkins who, it seems, cannot even distinguish between popular and esoteric aspects of religion. The latter is about spirituality, which has found new support from quantum physics and other recent breakthroughs in science. The second reason for the book’s importance is that it really is a reliable guide to why and how you can seek God in even these confusing times.” —Amit Goswami, quantum physicist and author of The Self-aware Universe and Quantum Creativity
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tures, religions, and traditions, Tolstoy “selected thoughts and grouped them into the following major topics: God, Intellect, Law, Love, Divine Nature of Mankind, Faith, Temptations, Word, Self-Sacrifice, Eternity, Good, Kindness, Unification of People (with God), Prayer, Freedom, Perfection, Work, etc.” Tolstoy added about eight hundred of his own thoughts, written during his many years of meditation. He generally started each day with an opening thought of his own, added quotes by other sources, and finished each day with a closing thought of his own. Our life is unceasing wonder, growth, and development. —Lucy Malory Nobody has any idea about what goodness is, until they start doing it. — Harriet Martineau
In 1908, two years before his death, Tolstoy wrote to a friend, “I cannot understand how some people can live without communicating with the wisest people who ever lived on Earth?... I feel very happy every day, because I read this book.” In reality, the outer world in itself is not as we see it, and thus everything material in this world is insignificant. What is important then? That thing which exists everywhere, at all times, and for all people: the divine spark, the spiritual root of our lives.
Unjustly censored for nearly a century, it deserves to be placed with the few books in our history that will never cease teaching us the essence of what is important in this world.
HOW DO YOU PRAY? Inspiring Responses from Religious Leaders, Spiritual Guides, Healers, Activists & Other Lovers of Humanity editeid by Celeste Yacoboni $19.50, paper. Monkfish. 268 pages, a few b/w photos
As we evolve, so do our prayers; as our prayers evolve, so do we. This is the evolution of illumination, the collective voice of the soul of the world. How Do You Pray? was born from a vision in which Celeste Yacoboni was told to ask the world, “How Do You Pray?” She reached out to leading spiritual, shamanic, scientific teachers, guides, and activists and asked for their response. Culled from those responses is an original and deeply personal collection of essays. Talking intimately and candidly about how they pray, these 129 personalities encourage the reader to contemplate the nature and intention of prayer in their own life. This ‘interspiritual’ anthology speaks to the reader’s heart and asks What is your soul’s expression? How do you dance in ecstasy, bare your soul to the divine? Bow in gratitude? Merge with nature? Cry out for guidance? How do you pray? This groundbreaking and moving book gathers responses from leaders of diverse spiritual and religious traditions ranging from Buddhism to Islam to Christianity, as well as those who do not claim one or any particular walk of faith. Contributors include Brother David Steindl-Rast, Matthew Fox, James O’Dea, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Tessa Bielecki, Lama Surya Das, Hank Wesselman, Father
Bede Griffiths, Byron Katie, Joan Halifax, Normandi Ellis, Andrew Harvey, Dan Millman, Kristena Prater, Nicki Scully, Mirabai Starr, and many more.
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The way we pray provides a mirror to our soul… How Do You Pray? comes at an auspicious time; as we are honoring traditions, all the while we are breaking free of limiting beliefs that no longer serve us. We are evolving a new spirituality that integrates old and new, traditional and alternative, individual and collective. —from the Introduction
LIVING IN BALANCE A Mindful Guide for Thriving in a Complex World by Joel & Michelle Levey $22.95, paper. Divine Arts. 344 pages, 7x9
As a great cookbook gets dog-eared with years of use, this comprehensive mindfulness/life-tuning guide could become the Be Here Now of the early 21st Century—but “with legs” for the long haul. With a foreword by the Dalai Lama, Living in Balance is a fully revisioned and expanded version of a book first published in the 1990s. Joel and Michelle Levey are among the pioneering dharma teachers in the West, bringing “inner technologies” to a wide range of people and organizations across the spectrum of medicine, business, government, religion, and even the military. “With deep roots in verified evidence-based science, the ancient wisdom traditions and indigenous cultures throughout our world,” Living in Balance shows that, in each moment, we have the capacity to be mindful of whether our thoughts and actions are moving toward harmony and balance or away from it. Through this awareness we can make a conscious choice to continue on the path we are on or to change our attitude and direction. Living in Balance offers a rare synthesis of ancient wisdom traditions with cutting-edge research on peak human performance that points toward mindfulness as Joel & Michelle Levey being truly the key to living in balance.
“In this dazzling collection of praises to the One, an array of spiritual practitioners shares intimate glimpses into their inner lives. What a privilege! What stunning beauty, naked humility, startling insight. This is no standard collection of established devotions; it is a full-bodied, broken-openhearted love song to the Great Mystery.” — Mirabai Starr For more info: howdoyoupray.com.
Meditation THE ART OF STILLNESS Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer
What kinds of “pings” and “alerts” can we create and discover to help us wake up, shift gears, and recalibrate?... Some of these challenges and methods are evergreen and universally relevant to being in a human body on planet Earth, and some of them are unique to this particular period of rapid change, glob al interconnectivity, and uncertainty… There are a myriad of principles and practices offered for your consideration and experimentation in this book.
$14.99, cloth. Atria Books. 120 pages
A follow up to Pico Iyer’s essay “The Joy of Quiet,” The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug. This book is the first publication of the Ted Conference series. Why would a man who seems able to go everywhere and do anything—like the international heartthrob and Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Leonard Cohen—choose to spend years sitting still and going nowhere? What can Nowhere offer that no Anywhere can match? And why might a lifelong traveler like Pico Iyer, who has journeyed from Easter Island to Ethiopia, Cuba to Kathmandu, think that sitting quietly in a room and getting to know the seasons and landscapes of Nowhere might be the ultimate adventure? In The Art of Stillness, Iyer draws on the lives of well-known wanderer-monks like Cohen—as well as from his own experiences as a travel writer who chooses to spend most of his time in rural Japan—to explore why advances in technology are making us more likely to retreat. Iyer reflects that this is perhaps the reason why many people—even those with no religious commitment—seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. These aren’t New Age fads so much as ways to rediscover the wisdom of an earlier age. There is even a growing trend toward observing an Internet sabbath every week, turning off online connections from Friday night to Monday morning and reviving those ancient customs known as family meals and conversation. In this age of constant movement and connectedness, perhaps staying in one place is a more exciting prospect, and a greater necessity than ever before. The Art of Stillness paints a picture of why so many have found richness in stillness and what— from Marcel Proust to Blaise Pascal to Phillipe Starck—they’ve gained there.
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This book is a rich time-release resource which leaders, young people, skeptics, spiritual seekers, parents and family members alike can find truly useful. As each of us comes to live more in balance, we will become less of a troublemaker sharing our confusion and stress with others, and we will become a more tuned-in, empathic, wise, helpful, compassionate, and inspiring presence in the lives of all we touch along The Way.
“Living in Balance is the wisest, most practical and inspiring book that I have read in years. This is one book that really does have the power to help you change your life.” — Joan Borysenko, author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
THOUGHTS ARE NOT THE ENEMY An Innovative Approach to Meditation Practice by Jason Siff $19.95, paper. Shambhala. 224 pages
In most forms of meditation, the meditator is instructed to let go of thoughts as they arise. As a result, thinking is often taken, unnecessarily, to be something misguided or evil. This approach is misguided, says Jason Siff. In fact, if we allow thoughts to arise and become mindful of the thoughts themselves, we gain tranquillity and insight just as in other methods without having to reject our natural mental processes. And by observing the thoughts themselves with mindfulness and curiosity, we can learn a good deal about ourselves in the process. Clarifying and building upon his previous book Unlearning Meditation, Siff offers a vastly different approach: thoughts can become the same focus for meditative observation in the same way as the breath or sensations of the body serve as focal point. Through his Recollective Awareness technique, practitioners remain with—rather than dismissing—their thoughts while meditating in order to reflect on the memories and emotions they contain. As a result,
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practitioners develop the skills to be present with emotional and mental states whether they are inconsequential or strenuous, effectively gaining the ability to actively cope with the mind. “Jason Siff has developed Recollective Awareness meditation as a way of revealing and recounting the rich inner landscape of mental life during practice. My own clinical and reflective practice suggests that developing such recollective skills is a part of making sense of our lives and bringing peace to our inner storms.” —Daniel Siegel, author, The Mindful Brain Jason Siff was a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in the late 1980s, where he began studying Pali and teaching meditation. After he left the Buddhist monastic order, he studied counseling psychology and then decided to devote his life to meditation teaching instead of practicing psychotherapy.
Western Spiritual Teachers & Teachings RUNAWAY REALIZATION Living a Life of Ceaseless Discovery by A.H. Almaas $22.50, paper. Shambhala. 208 pages
For the first time in print, well-known spiritual teacher A. H. Almaas presents the highest level and most profound teachings of the Diamond Approach on the true nature of reality and the path to enlightenment. For more than thirty years, A. H. Almaas has been developing and teaching the
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Diamond Approach, a spiritual path of self-realization and maturity based on an original synthesis of modern discoveries in the field of psychology and a new paradigm about spiritual nature. If we can say the Diamond Approach has a goal it is to realize the truth at progressively deeper levels until one reaches the ultimate Truth, the Absolute, and to become integrated into that truth so that we are a living presence and embodiment of that truth. The teachings of this path have been unfolding over time, and Runaway Realization presents—for the first time in print—the highest level of teachings in the Diamond Approach in the most profound work by Almaas so far. In this book, Almaas offers a detailed look at the true nature of reality and the nature of enlightenment. He also talks about practice—what it is and what it isn’t, and how practice relates to the process of realization. He looks at what it is to be a human being and what our role is in the totality of the universe. The material includes a discussion of the nature of space and time, as well as a view of more and more subtle levels of realization. Among the other books by A.H.Almaas are The Power of Divine Eros and Brilliancy.
THE SHORT PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT Instructions for Immediate Awakening by Paul Brunton $14.95, paper. Larson. 160 pages
“Paul Brunton gives voice to the profound teachings of immediate spiritual awakening that have the power to short circuit the seeker in us and reveal the true nature of reality here and now.” —Adyashanti People who enjoy Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now), Michael A. Singer Untethered (The Soul), or Adyashanti (Emptiness Dancing) will enjoy and benefit greatly from The Short Path to Enlightenment. These accessible teachings distill the essence of Advaita Vedanta, Zen, Sufism, Dzogchen—Brunton calls them Short Path teachings. A simple recognition, a brief moment of grace, can make what seemed like a far-off spiritual goal actual here and now. But we need reliable pointers for how and where to look. This compilation of gems distills the essence and effective practices of this path in direct, jargon-free language useful to followers of any or no particular tradition. Ordinarily there is a knower and a known, and mind would have to transcend such a relation were it to become aware of itself, which means that it would have to transcend thinking itself. Mind itself produces the categories of time, space, and cause which make world experience possible and knowable—that is, thinkable—which is why it cannot be grasped in the same way. The nature of mind is unique, and before its sublime verity speech trembles into silence.
The Short Path includes: ✦ How to move from the Long Path of spir-
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Through more than seven hours of teaching, Mukti eloquently describes the dance of these masculine and feminine qualities, illuminates the subtle challenges and gifts inherent in each, and points us to their ultimate union in our own unique expression of the wholeness that is already here.
✦ Short Path exercises ✦ Experiences that may occur ✦ Warnings ✦ Stages of realization ✦ The nature of lasting enlightenment.
“The true gift of this wonderful book, is in how nuanced and subtle Paul Brunton understood these profound and transformational teachings and how directly he conveys them. Read this book as you would a scripture or a sutra and let it open your eyes to eternity.” —Adyashanti
There is an aspect of you that is not at odds with itself. That part of your nature that expresses harmoniously all the facets of what you are.
The Self in Full Bloom will help you firmly root yourself in the ground of Being while you flower fearlessly in alignment with the whole of life. Introduction by Adyashanti. Program highlights: ✦ Meditation and inquiry: complementary endeavors for the revelation of who you are ✦ Illusory patterns of thought and emotion, and how to liberate them ✦ “Global listening” to expand attention and awareness ✦ Spiritual awakening on the levels of head, heart, and gut ✦ “Additive” versus “subtractive” wisdom paths The Self in Full Bloom offers more than seven hours of teachings and practices to support embodied awakening.
Insight, at this stage, has no particular object to be conscious of.
PEACE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT Selected Quotations from Eckhart Tolle & Byron Katie with Photographs by Michelle Penn by Eckhart Tolle & Byron Katie $19.95, cloth. Hampton Roads. 96 pages, 6x6, colour photos
With selected quotations from Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth and Byron Katie’s A Thousand Names for Joy, this stunning gift book combines selected wisdom from two of the most popular spirituality writers of this century with vibrant photos of nature’s most colourful teacher and celebrant, the flower. Conceived by award-winning photographer Michelle Penn, who was personally influenced by one of the central metaphors in Tolle’s teaching—the flower—this volume contains over forty full-colour photos of flowers wedded to the core teachings of Tolle and Katie. Each flower and corresponding quote provide valuable insight into such key concepts as living in the moment, gratitude, nurturing the soul, and much, much, more. This is a gift book that will be embraced by those who have been touched by teachings of both these spiritual luminaries.
Dying & Grieving HONORING GRIEF Creating a Space to Let Yourself Heal by Alexandra Kennedy $19.95, paper. New Harbinger. 138 pages
If you know someone who has suffered loss and is experiencing grief, simply sending a card or flowers may seem insufficient. Many people are unsure how to comfort a friend or lovedone in times of loss. This special book is filled with inspirational wisdom, practical self-help for healing, and makes a meaningful and comforting gift. Written by psychotherapist and grief expert Alexandra Kennedy, Honoring Grief provides powerful and compassionate advice for dealing with loss. Compatible with any religious or spiritual orientation, this book aims to help readers create a sanctuary—a special space where they are free to work through the difficult emotions that accompany grief.
Inquiry always leaves you with less of a story. Who would you be without your story? You never know until you inquire. There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you. You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood. —Byron Katie
THE SELF IN FULL BLOOM Teachings & Practices for Embodied Awakening by Mukti
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We discover that grief has its own nature, rhythm, and timing; it resists our attempts to control it. We also discover that grief involves more ongoing changes in our lives than we could have ever imagined. It reaches into every part of our lives—our family, relationships, work, health, sleep, emotions, and sense of identity. No part of our lives is left untouched.
$77.00, 6 CDs. Sounds True. 7 hours
Be yourself. Simple advice—or is it? What does it mean to be oneself fully? How do we discover and live the truth of who we are in our essence? On The Self in Full Bloom, Mukti (also co-heart of Adyashanti) presents six sessions of deep inquiry and guided meditation intended to support embodied awakening— or the pure expression of both our human and our divine natures. The process of awakening involves dynamic and receptive energetics that color our experience from moment to moment.
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The act of grieving can be overwhelming. That’s why the self-help tips in this book are simple, brief, and effective—ideal for anyone suffering the emotionally and physically exhausting effects of grief. In the heart swollen with grief there is room for only a few words that remind us of the divinity of love and the kindness it breeds. Alexandra offers these finely wrought (on the hard anvil of need, with the soft-tipped brush of the heart) words to heal what can never be broken. —Stephen Levine, from the foreword
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a sanctuary in which to process our losses and find healing. This simple-to-use, stepby-step workbook on the healing of grief can be a nightlight for people in dark times.” —Rachel Naomi Remen, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom
THE DIVINE ART OF DYING How to Live Well While Dying by Karen Speerstra & Herbert Anderson $22.95, paper. Divine Arts. 268 pages
The Divine Art of Dying looks at the unique moment when a person turns toward death and examines what the dying person and their caregivers can expect. Based on the author’s own current experience (she died shortly after finishing the manuscript), it’s about how we might die well and live well up to the very end of our physical existence. Combining personal stories with solid research on palliative and hospice care, this book identifies the decisions the dying one and his or her loved ones and friends must make. Unlike other books on dying, The Divine Art of Dying takes a broader approach than just a medical one. It is not a “case book” but rather a well integrated look at the divine art of living and dying to the fullest— that includes spiritual insights from many sources along with references from literature, movies, and culture. Every chapter ends with very practical suggestions From the Caregiver’s Guidebook. We need not fear death even though we do. We need not fear pain even though we do. Ira Byock, in his foreword, points out that pain can be dealt with more effectively because of new developments in palliative care… Those who are gifted with time for living while dying have an amazing opportunity for quality conversations, joyous gift-giving, and deepening friendships as we love and are loved… Living while dying is our final human act—it’s not a medical craft, but a Divine Art.
Karen Speerstra’s previous Divine Arts title Sophia: The Feminine Face of God won the 2013 Nautilus gold award. Written in a very readable style, The Divine Art of Dying addresses real and common fears and the challenges of letting go and handing over a life. The book introduces new concepts to the body of writing on death and dying. It explains the medical complexities of endof-life choices and gives helpful advice to caregivers to the dying in every chapter... and authentically chronicles the author’s own dying process.
ENDURING LOVE Inspiring Stories of Love and Wisdom at the End of Life by Mary Landberg $24.50, paper. White Cloud. 240 pages, 8x8, b/w photos throughout
As a hospice nurse and photographer, Mary Landberg has the honor to witness and capture in photographs the unwavering expression of love that endures between people living with terminal illness and their loved ones. She has had the privilege of bringing her camera into a most sacred and vulnerable time in peoples lives. The great similarity in the dying process re-
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gardless of economic status, age, or any cause or place of death is the way people lovingly touch each other. Love is what survives beyond the last breath; love is all that is left in the end. This is what Landberg strives to photograph. What sets Enduring Love apart from other hospice photography books is that the primary focus is not on the faces of hospice patients, but on their hands. The mystery of who belongs to the hands allows the hands to belong to anyone in the reader’s life, perhaps offering a sense of comfort or completion. Each photograph is accompanied by a story, grand wisdom hospice patients and families offer us the readers. The reader will also find honest glimpses into hospice care, common family struggles, light-hearted moments in the face of death and opportunities for healing on many levels.
Transpersonal Psychology THE TRAUMA OF EVERYDAY LIFE by Mark Epstein $18.00, paper. Penguin. 225 pages
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Buddhist psychiatrist and author of Thoughts Without a Thinker, Mark Epstein here uncovers the transformational potential of trauma, revealing how it can be used for the mind’s own development. Trauma is the bedrock of our psychology. Death and illness impact us all, but even the everyday sufferings of loneliness and fear are traumatic. Western psychology teaches that if we understand the cause of trauma, we might move past it, while many drawn to Eastern practices see meditation as a means of rising above, or distancing themselves from, their most difficult emotions. Both, Epstein argues, fail to recognize that trauma is an indivisible part of life. It takes many forms but spares no one. When we regard trauma with this perspective, understanding that suffering is universal and without logic, our pain connects us to the world on a more fundamental level. The way out is through. Confronted with unpleasant feelings that we often are at a loss to explain, we can learn to use those feelings to show us the oceans of our minds.
Epstein’s discovery begins in his analysis of the life of Buddha, looking to how the death of his mother informed his path and teachings. The Buddha’s spiritual journey can be read as an expression of primitive agony grounded in childhood trauma. Yet the Buddha’s story is only one of many in The Trauma of Everyday Life. Here, Epstein looks to his own experience, that of his patients, and of the many fellow sojourners and teachers he encounters as a psychiatrist and Buddhist. Epstein finds that trauma, if it doesn’t destroy us, wakes us up to both our minds own capacity and to the suffering of others. It makes us more human,
Jodorowsky’s Dance THE DANCE OF REALITY A Psychomagical Autobiography by Alejandro Jodorowsky $29.95, paper. Inner Traditions. 409 pages, b/w & colour illustrations
This glimpse into the mind and life of one of the most creative and enigmatic visionaries of our time, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, re-creates the incredible adventure of his life as an artist, filmmaker, writer, and therapist—all stages on his quest to push back the boundaries of both imagination and reason. Not a traditional autobiography composed of a chronological recounting of memories, The Dance of Reality repaints events from Jodorowsky’s life from the perspective of an unleashed imagination. Like the psychomagic and metagenealogy therapies he created, this autobiography exposes the mythic models and family templates upon which the events of everyday life are founded. It reveals the development of Jodorowsky’s realization that all problems are rooted in the family tree and explains, through vivid examples from his own life, particularly interactions with his father and mother, how the individual’s road to true fulfillment means casting off the phantoms projected by parents on their children. The Dance of Reality is autobiography as an act of healing. Through the retelling of his own life, the author shows we do not start off with our own personalities, they are given to us by one or more members of our family tree. To be born into a family, Jodorowsky says, is to be possessed. To peer back into our past is equivalent to digging into our own souls. If we can dig deep enough, beyond familial projections, we shall find an inner light—a light that can help us through life’s most difficult tests. The Dance of Reality includes photos from Jodorowsky’s appearance at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and from the film based on this book, which debuted at Cannes. Among Jodorowsky’s other books are The Way of Tarot and Psychomagic.
METAGENEALOGY Self-Discovery through Psychomagic and the Family Tree by Alejandro Jodorowsky $35.50, paper. Inner Traditions. 632 pages, 36 b/w illustrations
The family tree is not merely vital statistics about your ancestors. It is an embodied sense of self that we inherit from at least four prior generations, constituting both a life-giving treasure and a deadly trap. Each of us is both an heir of our lineage and a necessary variation that brings the family into new territory. Are you doomed to repeat the patterns of your parents and grandparents? Or can you harness your familial and individual talents to create your own destiny? In Metagenealogy, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Marianne Costa show how every individual is the product of two forces: the imitating force, directed by the family group acting from the past, and the creative force, driven by the Universal Consciousness from the future. Interweaving examples from Jodorowsky’s own life and his work with the tarot, psychoanalysis, and psychomagic, the authors provide exercises, visualizations, and meditations to discover your family’s psychological heritage and open yourself to the growth and creativity of Universal Consciousness. They reveal how identifying the patterns, emotional programming, and successes and failures of the four generations that influence you—your siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and great-grandparents—allows you to see beyond the stable identity formed by family lineage. It frees you to overcome your inherited subconscious patterns of behavior and illness, stop the transmission of these patterns to future generations, and reconnect with your true self and unique creative purpose in life. This discipline suggests that all “illness” can be understood as a lack of beauty and consciousness, and that the “cure” consists of authentically becoming one’s self… The two of us together have organized this narration as if it were an initiatory tale… it will serve as a guideline for any reader who wishes to study her tree and reflect on her own destiny.
Alejandro Jodorowsky is the filmmaker of the legendary El Topo and The Holy Mountain. He is a psychotherapist and author of many books, including Psychomagic and The Dance of Reality.
caring, and wise. It can be our greatest teacher, our freedom itself.
ONE MIND How Our Individual Mind is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters by Larry Dossey
The most important thing we can do about suffering is to acknowledge it. Simply acknowledging it, while seeming like a minor adjustment, is actually huge.
$16.95, paper. Hay House. 339 pages
“Daring… In a breathtaking display of the therapeutic art, Epstein does ingenious psychodynamic detective work, deducing what ailed the Buddha, and why his remedies work so well. The Trauma of Everyday Life reads like a gripping mystery, one told by your warm and reassuring, but utterly candid, analyst.” —Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
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In One Mind, consciousness elder Larry Dossey, M.D., proposes an inspiring view of consciousness that may reshape our destiny. Dossey’s premise is that all individual minds are part of an infinite, collective dimension of consciousness he calls the One Mind. This state—which we can all ac-
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cess—explains phenomena as diverse as epiphanies, creative breakthroughs, premonitions of danger or disaster, near-death experiences, communication with other species and with the dead, reincarnation, the movement of herds, flocks, and schools, and remote healing. Dossey presents his theory in easily digestible, bite-sized vignettes. Through engaging stories, fascinating research, and brilliant insights from great thinkers throughout history, readers will explore the outer reaches of human consciousness, discover a new way to interpret the great mysteries of our experience, and learn how to develop the empathy necessary to engender more love, peace, and collective awareness. The result is a rich new understanding of what it means to be human and a renewed hope that we can successfully confront the challenges we face at this crossroads in human history. One Mind has drawn praise from the finest minds of the planet. It has been heralded as “landmark,” “a brilliant synthesis,” a “magnum opus,” a “feast” of ideas, “compelling,” “gripping,” and “a major shift in our understanding of consciousness.” This distinguished Texas physician, deeply rooted in the scientific world (he is exec editor of Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing), has become an influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Dr. Dossey’s ever-deepening explication of nonlocal mind provides a legitimate foundation for the merging of spirit and medicine. The ramifications of such a union are radical and call for no less than the reinvention of “medicine.” Among Larry Dossey’s other books are Healing Words, Prayer is Good Medicine, and The Power of Premonitions.
POLISHING THE MIRROR How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart by Ram Dass, with Rameshwar Das
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$18.50, paper. Sounds True. 192 pages
For five decades, Ram Dass (author of Be Here Now and Be Love Now) has explored the depths of consciousness and love and brought them to life as service to others. With Polishing the Mirror, Ram Dass gathers together his essential teachings (freshly compiled from talks and writings) for living in the eternal present, here and now. As Rameshwar Das writes in his preface, This book of Ram Dass’s teachings is a toolkit to quiet the mind, open the heart, and enter into oneness… Only you can know for yourself if polishing the mirror is working. You’ll know if you become quieter inside, more loving and compassionate, more peaceful and present, more content with your life.
The book is a rich combination of perennial wisdom, humour, teaching stories,
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and detailed guidance on Ram Dass’ own spiritual practices, including: ✦Bhakti Yoga—opening our hearts to unconditional love ✦Practices for conscious living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow of life ✦Karma Yoga—how selfless service can profoundly transform us ✦Working with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedom ✦Step-by-step guidance in devotional chant, meditation and mantra practice, and more.
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There’s horror and beauty in everything, I look at my hand, and it’s decaying. It’s beautiful and horrible at the same moment, and I just live with it. See the beauty and perfection of decay in the world around you and in yourself, just allow it to be…
The only thing you really ever have to offer another person is your own state of being. When you’re not entrapped by another personal’s appearance or behavior, you can see behind all that to a deeper level of their being because your mind has tuned itself; you’ve shifted your focus just that little bit to see their soul. That soul quality is love.
“A delightful weave of vintage stories, wisdom teachings, and the felt transmission of Ram Dass’s own radiant heart.” — Tara Brach, author of True Refuge
POLISHING THE MIRROR How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart by Ram Dass & Rameshwr Dass
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In this unabridged audiobook, read by co-author Rameshwar Das, listeners will discover perennial wisdom, humor, teaching stories, and guidance into Ram Dass’s own spiritual practices of “polishing the mirror,” including: ✦ Bhakti Yoga—devotion, opening our hearts to unconditional love ✦ Practices for living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow of life ✦ Karma Yoga—transformation through selfless service ✦ Working with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedom ✦ Step-by-step guidance in devotional chant, meditation, mantra, and more. ✦ The audiobook also includes four bonus tracks not in the book: ✦ Pure Awareness—a guided meditation with Ram Dass ✦ I Am Loving Awareness—a guided meditation with Ram Dass ✦ An Introduction to Vipassana Meditation with Ram Dass ✦ Sita Ram—kirtan chant music with Jai Uttal
Entheogens / Psychedelics TIMOTHY LEARY: THE HARVARD YEARS Early Writings on LSD and Psilocybin with Richard Alpert, Huston Smith, Ralph Metzner, and others edited and introduced by James Penner $22.95, paper. Inner Traditions. 396 pp.
This first collection of Leary’s writings devoted entirely to the research phase of his career, 1960 to 1965, presents Leary’s early scientific articles and scholarly essays, including those on the Harvard Psilocybin
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THE SHAMAN AND AYAHUASCA Journeys to Sacred Realms by Don José Campos $19.95, paper. Divine Arts. 184 pages, 16 pages of colour photos
Ayahuasca, the psychoactive plant brew that, according to the latest finds, has been used for healing by Amazonian shamans for as long as 70,000 years, is called a plant teacher because it can heal physical, psychological, and emotional blocks. Through vivid visions, Ayahuasca takes the patient to other realms and dimensions, providing profound insights into human beings’ true nature and place in the cosmos. In this lovely book, internationally respected Peruvian shaman Don José Campos illuminates the practices and benefits of vegetalismo with grace and gentleness and much respect and gratitude for the gifts Ayahuasca has bestowed on him throughout the 25 years he has been a practicing shaman. He takes the reader on a journey through his own difficulties in the discovery of other worlds, other dimensions, alien entities and plant teachers. Among other things, he discusses his difficulties in coping with some of the concepts taught to him by his plant teachers like the discovery that every-
BLACK SMOKE Healing and Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon by Margaret De Wys $17.95, paper. Inner Traditions. 240 pp.
When composer and Bard College music professor Margaret De Wys learned she had breast cancer, the diagnosis shattered her comfortable life. Seized by fear, crushed by existential loneliness, she couldn’t respond when her loved ones reached out to her. To everyone’s concern, the illness propelled her away from her family and deep into the Amazon to work with Carlos, a charismatic Shuar master of medicina milenaria, an ancient mystical tradition with a highly sophisticated and precise technology of healing. In Black Smoke, De Wys writes of her amazing encounter with Carlos as he guided her into a world of potent visionary plants,
Of course, I have the vision because I drink the plants. So from being a curandero, a vegetalista, one is able to acquire all the forces of the plants. Then you have the possibility of invoking the powers of the animals, and with your intention, you pass it on to people for their healing.
Also available separately is a gem of a DVD by Michael Wiese called The Shaman and Ayahuasca which documents his group’s journey to meet Don José Campos. The film is filled with insights into the practice of ayahuasca shamanism in the Upper Amazon.
harrowing initiations, and ritual purification. It was, as Carlos called it, “the path of the warrior.” At once an adventure story, a romance, and a rich exploration of a little-known culture, Black Smoke captures one woman’s physical, emotional, and “holy voyage” through a world that differs vastly from our own in its perception of healing and wholeness. And what emerges is a revealing chronicle of spiritual insight and a trenchant exploration of the limits of idealism. Not only does De Wys offer a probing look at how our modern technological culture can learn and benefit from indigenous wisdom, but she also weaves a cautionary tale about how potentially dangerous it is—on both sides—to try to cross those frontiers. Since her initial experience with ayahuasca, the author has traveled extensively and worked closely with many traditional healers throughout the world. Also by Margret De Wys is the book Ecstatic Healing.
THE AYAHUASCA TEST PILOTS HANDBOOK The Essential Guide to Ayahuasca Journeying by Chris Kilham $17.95, paper. North Atlantic. 160 pages, 24 colour photos
The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook provides a practical guide to ayahuasca use, aiding seekers in making right—and safe—decisions about where to go, who to drink with, and what to expect. Ayahuasca, the Amazonian psychoactive plant brew, has become vastly popular. Once the sole purview of shamans and indigenous native people in the great Amazon rainforest, ayahuasca is now becoming well known—and widely used—around the globe. Today, foreigners from all over the world flock in ever-burgeoning numbers to the steamy Amazon, drinkProject, the Concord Prison Project, and the Good Friday Experiment—with an editor’s introduction that examines the Harvard Drug Scandal in detail. On May 27, 1963, Dr. Timothy Leary and Dr. Richard Alpert were dismissed from Harvard University’s Psychology Department—a watershed event marking the moment when psychedelic drugs were publicly demonized and driven underground. Today, little is known about the period in the early 1960s when LSD and psilocybin were not only legal but also actively researched at universities.
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ing bitter ayahuasca with shamans and curanderos in order to access its potent healing and spirit-enlivening effects. What began as a mere trickle of visitors in the 1980s has become a surging riptide of seekers. Chris Kilham has worked closely with South American shamans for two decades and has sat in ayahuasca ceremonies with at least 20 different shamans. Through his “Ayahuasca Test Pilots” program, Kilham has brought numerous people to the Amazon to engage in ceremonies with maestro ayahuasceros. Clear, concise, straightforward, and well informed, The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook is an indispensable guide for anyone curious about this unusual plant medicine.
These essays—coauthored with Richard Alpert, Huston Smith, Ralph Metzner, and other psychedelic research visionaries—explore the nature of creativity and the therapeutic, spiritual, and religious aspects of psilocybin and LSD. Featuring Leary’s scientific articles and a rare account of his therapeutic approach, “On Existential Transaction Theory,” the book also includes Leary’s final essay from his time at Harvard, “The Politics of Consciousness,” as well as controversial articles published shortly after his dismissal.
In many cases, he was willing to ask many of the foundational questions that researchers are still grappling with today: can psychedelic drugs be used to alter selfdestructive forms of behavior (i.e., alcoholism and drug addiction)? How can psychedelic drugs be used to foster the creative impulse? Can psychedelic drugs aid and facilitate mystical experiences? As research comes full circle some fifty years after the Harvard Drug Scandal, Leary—the probing scientist and radical therapist—also needs to come back into focus.
As we enter the twenty-first century, Leary is relevant because psychedelic medicine is currently experiencing a revival… His writings demonstrate why he became the iconic leader of the consciousness-expansion movement of the 1960s, but, more significantly, they provide a historical context for research in the present day…
“This book is a must for any serious student of psychedelics as well as those who would like to understand the full Leary… Here he comes across as a serious scientist, a committed reformer. Penner’s excellent introductions place each paper in its historical context.” —James Fadiman, author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide
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ACID TEST LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal by Tom Shroder $32.95, cloth. Blue Rider. 426 pages
Acid Test explores the therapeutic possibilities of LSD and Ecstasy (MDMA), and, more broadly, the potential of the human mind. While journalist Tom Shroder provides scientific support for his arguments, stories trump studies in his descriptions of the prevalence, advantages, and vivid experiences of drug use. Shroder’s easy narrative follows an activist, a marine, and a psychiatrist who developed a philosophy of psychedelic therapy through self-experimentation. Readers also learn how popular opinion against psychedelics emerged from misinformation and how this public bias threatens the reception of Shroder’s larger message. The debates surrounding the legalization of other currently illicit substances, however, add significance to this brief in favor of psychedelics. Almost immediately after the discovery of LSD in 1943, psychedelics began to play a crucial role in the quest to understand the link between mind and matter. With an uncanny ability to reveal the mind’s remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human consciousness, LSD and MDMA (better known as Ecstasy) have proven extraordinarily effective in treating anxiety disorders such as PTSD—yet the drugs remain illegal for millions of people who might benefit from them. Anchoring the book are the stories of Rick Doblin, the founding director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), who has been fighting government prohibition of psychedelics for more than thirty years; Michael Mithoefer, a former emergency room physician, now a psychiatrist at the forefront of psychedelic therapy research; and his patient Nicholas Blackston, a former Marine who has suffered unfathomable mental anguish from the effects of brutal combat experiences in Iraq. All three men are passionate, relatable people; each flawed, each resilient, and each eccentric, yet familiar and very human. Meticulously researched, this clear-eyed account explores both the complex history of the issue and the current thinking on the use of LSD, Ecstasy and other psychotropic substances for healing troubled minds. Full and complete disclosure of all the information surrounding the use and abuse of psychedelic drugs, the history of psychedelic therapy, the motivations of the researchers, and the experiences of the subjects is the best argument for continued and extended support of rigorous and responsible investigation.
Acid Test is also an observant argument for understanding a society through the drugs it uses.
THROUGH THE GATEWAY OF THE HEART Accounts of Experiences with MDMA and other Empathogenic Substances by Sophia Adamson $27.50, paper. Solarium Press. 172 pages
With a new preface, a new foreword by Ralph Metzner, and very helpful Guidelines
for the Sacramental Use of Empathogenic Substances, this classic has been re-issued.
Talking Story with Marie-Rose TALKING STORY
MDMA, or as it is commonly known, “ecstasy,” has a paradoxical double role in contemporary society. As the partydrug ecstasy, it is consumed by tens (perhaps hundreds) of thousands of people at “rave” dance parties around the world. In its other role as a promising adjunct to psychotherapy, MDMA is currently being researched as a treatment for many conditions, including PTSD, obsessivecompulsive disorder, and interpersonal anxiety. This book, originally published in 1985 before MDMA became illegal, is a compilation of experiences conducted in supportive and/or therapeutic settings… These accounts illustrate the value and potential of MDMA for generating insight, facilitating empathic communication, and supporting spiritual practice.
One Woman’s Quest to Preserve Ancient Spiritual and Healing Traditions by Marie-Rose Phan-le $22.50, paper. North Atlantic. 264 pages, colour photos
A fascinating adventure into the world of healing, shamanism, plant medicine, and divination, Talking Story documents author Marie-Rose Phan-Le’s worldwide journey to find healing and truth from authentic mystics and shamans, while recording their disappearing traditions and discovering her own gift as a healer. Facing a crisis of faith after a profound betrayal by her New Age spiritual teacher, Phan-Le is set on a path toward the exploration of the Old World. Learning that many indigenous cultures were on the verge of losing their medicinal plants, healing traditions, and spiritual knowledge as a result of habitat destruction, cultural assimilation, and globalization, she travels the globe, meeting with healers and shamans and documenting their practices. Describing each exciting leg of her journey, Phan-Le embarks on a life-changing odyssey that takes her to remote corners of the globe including Eastern Peru, Hawaii, Nepal, India, Vietnam, and China. In the midst of her exploration, she begins to connect with her own Marie-Rose healing roots, following in the footsteps of her aunt who in Vietnam Phan-le had been a healer. Once back in the U.S., Phan-Le’s spiritual development continues and she decides to use media as medicine and to be a medium for healing. This book is part of a greater cross-platform of spiritual media that includes Phan-Le’s accompanying award-winning feature-length documentary film Talking Story (available separately) and her nonprofit organization Healing Planet Project that is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of healing and spiritual traditions through media.
Although the use of MDMA remains illegal (except in the limited context of research), the editors of this book, like many professionals in the field of psychotherapy, believe that a fresh look at this very promising substance is warranted. —Ralph Metzner, PhD & Padma Catell, PhD
TALKING STORY A Personal Journey into Spirit and Healing by Marie-Rose Phan-Le
Through the Gateway of the Heart offers accounts derived from about fifty individuals of various ages and professions, women and men. A considerable number are by individuals who are themselves therapists— which suggests that some of the most promising potentials of these substances may lie in the training of therapists. In his introduction to the 2012 edition, Ralph Metzner writes:
$23.95, DVD. North Atlantic. 85 minutes
ordinary reality, The Shaman Within explores: Modern shamanism—an ever-changing practice that welcomes both scientific discoveries and our personal experience ✦ Shapeshifting—a
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powerful method for building empathy, gathering insight, and experiencing our fundamental relation to every part of reality
THE SHAMAN WITHIN A Physicist’s Guide to the Deeper Dimensions of Your Life, the Universe, and Everything by Claude Poncelet
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$19.95, paper. Sounds True. 273 pages
Within every person—as well as every animal, rock, machine, particle, or planet—is a spirit that seeks to connect and communicate with the rest of the universe. Dr. Claude Poncelet calls this “the shaman within.” In his book, this scientist and shamanic teacher offers a compendium of practices and wisdom for connecting to the power of the spiritual forces in our lives. Filled with accessible instruction, insights from a lifetime of deep inquiry, and guidance for transformative journeys into non-
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The award-winning documentary Talking Story takes viewers on a fascinating adventure into the world of healing, shamanism, plant medicine, and divination. Learning that many indigenous cultures are on the verge of losing their medicinal plants, healing traditions, and spiritual knowledge as a result of habitat destruction, cultural assimilation, and globalization, filmmaker Marie-Rose Phan-Le sets out on what becomes a lifechanging journey to record the disappearing traditions of authentic mystics and shamans, discovering her own gift as a healer along the way. From Hawaii to the Himalayas, the film follows Phan-Le as she meets with healers and shamans, and transports viewers into a world of exotic places, esoteric practices, and practical applications in the art of healing. While chronicling the lives, rituals, and wisdom of the elders she meets, Phan-Le is surprised to experience events that cause her to emerge from behind the lens and to accept herself as a healer.
Under favorable circumstances and with a supportive set and setting people feel that the MDMA experience has elicited true compassion, forgiveness, and understanding for those with whom they have important relationships; and most importantly, for themselves, for their ordinary, neurotic, childish, struggling personal or ego. The relative absence or attenuation of normal amounts of anxiety and fear in these states is perhaps the single most important feature in regard to their therapeutic value. People report being able to think about, talk about, and deal with inner or outer issues that are otherwise always avoided because of the anxiety levels normally associated with those issues.
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other, we gain a far greater access to the wonder and possibility of reality.
The Shaman Within invites you to discover the 21st-century evolution of shamanic practice—one that will delight you, empower you, and open your eyes to new dimensions of our marvelous universe. I have felt the call to help evolve a shamanic practice that serves our world today as we all really live it, with all its trappings and shortcomings, with its miraculous inventions and discoveries, and with its myriad blessings. This modern version of shamanism, while it looks different from the shamanic traditions of the past and those found today among indigenous people, is firmly rooted in basic shamanic principles. I wrote this book to serve as a bridge between our modern world and those time-honored principles.
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SPIRIT WALKING A Course in Shamanic Power by Evelyn Rysdyk $24.95, paper. Weiser. 246 pages
Shamanism is an ancient spirituality rooted in the belief that all matter has consciousness and that accessing the spirit in all things is part of what keeps the world and people healthy and in balance. Spirit beings
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surround us and are the source of a spirit walker’s ability to profoundly influence life events and thrive in difficult circumstances. Spirit In Walking, shamanic practitioner Evelyn Rysdyk shows how we can all connect with the spirit world to find balance and healing. Using shamanic techniques that have been proven over thousands of years of human existence, Rysdyk offers a step-by-step guide to understanding and integrating shamanic practices into one’s life through: ✦ Power Animals ✦ Prayers and Rituals ✦ Discovering the Creative Energy of Emotion ✦ Imagination and Manifestation ✦ Learning to Shape-shift ✦ Divination ✦ Traditional Shamanic Healing. Spirit Walking addresses how when we step into the imaginal world of the shaman we discover a true richness of life. We learn how to once again regain the depth of senses, to hear our inner music and remember the preciousness of life. We start to wake up from the collective trance that keeps us from experiencing the depth of our inner world… She helps us see how we can learn from indigenous teachers and integrate shamanic practices into our own lives… Evelyn takes away some of the mystery of shamanic work with her clear explanations and step-by-step instructions. And her original art, which is used throughout the book, not only inspires but imbues the work with special power. — Sandra Ingerman, from the Foreword
Rysdyk shares powerful stories of shamans from a variety of cultures such as Nepal, Tuva, the Ulchi from Siberia, and from Peru. She brings a fresh perspective to the work by showing how the latest findings in quantum physics are verifying that we are all connected in an intricate web of energy and spirit.
THE SPIRIT WALKER’S GUIDE TO SHAMANIC TOOLS How to Make and Use Drums, Masks, Rattles, and Other Sacred Implements by Evelyn Rysdyk $26.50, paper. Weiser. 236 pages, b/w illustrations Shamanic implements assist us in going deeper into the intangible worlds and numinous realms of the spirit, where shamans and spirit walkers believe we navigate the complex interrelationships that are continually creating our physical existence. A Spirit Walker’s Guide to Shamanic Tools is specifically designed to support those who have learned how to access the spirit realms and have the desire to add the right spiritual implements to their shamanic tool kit. It is filled with practical information on the purposes of shamanic tools as well as guidance on how to make, buy and empower them for sacred use.
Beautifully illustrated with the author’s original artwork and photographs of shamans and their authentic tools, the book pays tribute to ancient shamanic culture. At the same time, it demonstrates the effectiveness of shamanic methods in maintaining one’s spiritual center in modern life.
Crowley & The Occult ALEISTER CROWLEY Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World by Gary Lachman $20.95, paper. Tarcher/Penguin. 388 pp.
This definitive work on the occult’s “great beast” traces the arc of his controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath. When Aleister Crowley died in 1947, he was not an obvious contender for the most enduring pop-culture figure of the next century. But twenty years later, Crowley’s name and image were everywhere. The Beatles put him on the cover of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Rolling Stones were briefly serious devotees. Today, his visage hangs in goth clubs, occult temples, and college dorm rooms, and his methods of ceremonial magick animate the passions of myriad spiritual seekers, artists, and experimenters. Gary Lachman’s Aleister Crowley is more than just a biography of this compelling, controversial, and divisive figure—its also a portrait of his unparalleled influence on modern pop culture and a road map to the complexities and contradictions of the man himself. Historically, Crowley resists simple black-and-white judgment. Contrary to tabloid caricatures, Crowley was not exactly “the wickedest man in the world”—but nor was he the Dionysian hero depicted in some precincts of the current culture. Rather, Crowley was a bold and profoundly flawed experimenter, a man with an overwhelming ego and a charismatic pull on those around him, and a distinctive and divisive artist, individualist, and aesthete. Lachman charts a path through the many byways of Crowley’s life, including his relationships with collaborators, students, and intimates, and crafts an immensely readable and enduring portrait of a man who impact is felt today on rock music, film, and the culture of spiritual search.
This book is dedicated to the heartguided hands of the hundred thousand generations of ancestral makers who created and utilized objects of spiritual power. Their passion infuses our blood and bones.
Wicca, Pagan Paths & Western Magick HEALING MAGIC A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living by Robin Rose Bennett $23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 224 pages, b/w line drawings
Filled with stories, songs, rituals, recipes, meditations, and trance journeys that outline more than 100 ways to practice the art of magical healing, this guidebook to conscious living by renowned herbalist Robin Rose Bennett makes it easy to follow the path to physical and spiritual health. In the tradition of natwitchcraft, ural Healing Magic, 10th Anniversary Edition presents step-by-step instructions for conducting earth-centered rituals, preparing herbal remedies, and casting spells to enchant and heal as well as advice on cooking everyday meals incorporating health-enhancing herbs and home remedies. Robin Rose Find out how to reconBennett nect with the earth and draw on its energy ✦ Interact with the power of the seven chakras of the body ✦ Build an altar ✦ Make use of moon magic and women’s wisdom ✦ Prepare herbal infusions and baths ✦ Work with the medicine wheel ✦ Cast spells for love and wealth No matter what your beliefs, this guidebook will open your heart and mind to everyday magic and the joys of living in tune with the energies of nature. With a foreword by Susun Weed, author of the Wise Woman Herbal series.
BOOK OF LIES The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult edited by Richard Metzger $25.95, paper. Disinformation. 348 pages, 7x9, b/w illustrations
First published in 2003, The Book of Lies was hailed as a 21st-century grimoire and instantly became a cult classic. Now reformatted for the next generation of magicians and all counterculture devotees, it gathers an unprecedented cabal of occultists, esoteric scholars, and forward thinkers, all curated by Disinformation’s former “wicked warlock” Richard Metzger. This compendium of the occult includes entries on topics as diverse and dangerous as Aleister Crowley, Secret Societies, Psychedelics, and Magick in theory and practice. The result is an alchemical formula that may well rip a hole in the fabric of your reality: ✦ Terence McKenna asks if we contact “aliens” with the smokable drug DMT ✦ Daniel Pinchbeck recounts his psychedelic and magical experiences ✦ Techgnosis author Eric Davis writes about H.P. Lovecraft ✦ Robert Anton Wilson writes about the similarities between Aleister Crowley and Timothy Leary ✦ Donald Tyson’s “The Enochian Apocalypse Working” ask if the seeds of the end of the world sown in the Elizabethan era. Other contributors or subjects written about include Brian Barritt, Vere Chappell, Ida Craddock, Joe Coleman, Nevill Drury, Stephen Edred Flowers, T. Allen Greenfield, Gary Lachman, Anton Lavey, Peter Levenda, Grant Morrison, Michael Moynihan, Rosaleen Norton, Jack Parsons, Austin Osman Spare, and Tracy Twyman. This anthology is for the person who is like I was back then: searching for something, groping for something magical in their lives, but not quite finding it in the rehashed medievalism and ‘incense and affirmations’ school of what passes for occult literature. This book intends to fuel a certain kind of fire in a certain type of person. I know that I’d be happy if I stumbled upon it, so I consider that a good sign.
Richard Metzger is currently one of the mind behind the archival website Dangerous Minds. be able to master these eight paths and improve the effectiveness of their magickal work. From spells to sex rites to trance to flying ointments, Lady Sable has created a step-by-step guide to mastering the advanced arts of witchcraft.
THE WITCH’S EIGHT PATHS OF POWER A Complete Course in Magick and Witchcraft by Lady Sable Aradia $23.95, paper. Weiser. 272 pages, illus.
In his Book of Shadows, Gerald Gardner writes about the witch’s Eightfold Way as a means of developing one’s magickal abilities. In this contemporary take on the Eightfold Way, author, Witch, and High Priestess Lady Sable Aradia invites readers to explore the eight different components of evolution in witchcraft. Using exercises, meditations, and practical magick, any serious student of witchcraft will
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will draw upon these sources to show you how to develop each of their eight techniques to hone and refine your magickal skills. I’ll break them down into component elements and then assign exercises, reading, and practice to improve those skills.
“A succinct, applicable and integrative guide for ‘walking the 8-fold path with practical feet’. In this book, this much beloved and respected core Wiccan teaching is fleshed out and given muscle; so that all witches can hone their intent and refine their magic.” — Orion Foxwood, author of The Tree of Enchantment Lady Sable Aradia
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“Lady Sable demystifies the Eightfold path of Witchcraft, providing powerful doorways to magical awareness using timehonored methods adapted for today’s modern Witch. Witches have long used the Eight paths of power to part the veil between the worlds and, through this book, Lady Sable has opened those paths anew that we may draw wisdom from the well-trod path.” —Christian Day, author of The Witches’ Book of the Dead Lady Sable Aradia is an initiated Third Degree High Priestess in the Star Sapphire and Pagans for Peace traditions. She lives in Vernon, BC.
Christian & Jewish Spirituality MEISTER ECKHART A Mystic-Warrior for Our Times by Matthew Fox $21.00, paper. New World Library. 310 pp
Though he lived in the 13th century, Meister Eckhart is in many ways modern. His thinking was deeply ecumenical, encompassing not just Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism but also shamanism and indigenous spirituality. He advocated for social, economic, and gender justice; taught about what we now call ecology; and championed artistic creativity. All of these elements inspired Matthew Fox and influenced his Creation Spirituality. While Fox sees Eckhart’s influence on everyone from Teresa of Avila to Eckhart Tolle, Karl Marx and Carl Jung to Annie Dillard and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, he also wants to introduce Eckhart to those activists addressing contemporary crises. Toward that end, and as he did in his Hildegard of Bingen, Fox creates metaphorical meetings between Eckhart and the Dalai Lama, Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, Black Elk, Rumi, Adrienne Rich, Teilhard de Chardin, and others. The result is wonderfully reader-friendly while also being profoundly substantive and inspiring. Meister Eckhart deserves to be present in all our conversations about interfaith, in all our interspiritual dialogues and actions… Clearly, religion needs recreating.This is the kind of thing Eckhart and other deep mystics can inspire… His leadership calls us to a new level of evolution and consciousness. He calls us to leave old wineskins behind. Such a leap is not an option. We are talking about our survival as a species… Eckhart is a superb gardener for your mystic-warrior, a planter of seeds and waterer of the same.
“I can’t imagine a richer, juicier, or more relevant introduction to the grandeur and brilliance of Meister Eckhart’s vision. Matthew Fox has given us yet another radioactive, stunning work. Every chapter is a pure, clear, and swift revelation.” —Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism The author of 30 books, Matthew Fox has been an instrumental teacher and scholar in the revival of Western mysticism, particularly the work of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, and Thomas Aquinas.
how to navigate its pathways. The phrase “acquiring Torah” is code for the process of internalizing this wisdom to bring about a genuine transformation of the inner self. In short, accessible chapters, this book describes forty-eight methods through which we can acquire Torah—and turns them into a straightforward practice. These methods include cultivating humility, joy, awe, goodheartedness, closeness with friends, not taking credit for oneself, judging others favorably, and so on. The fruits of working through each quality or method are a refined soul and a strong and open heart.
LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH The Mystical Union of Two Souls by Cynthia Bourgeault $20.95, paper. Monkfish. 248 pages
A guidebook for all who are called to the path of conscious love, this powerful book tells of an Episcopal priest’s intense relationship with Brother Raphael (Rafe) Robin, a seventy-yearold Trappist monk and hermit. Deeply enriched by Bourgeault’s knowledge of the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff and of Christian mysticism, their vibrant, provocative, beautifully written story adds a profound new dimension to our understanding of human love and the possibility of survival beyond the grave. Cynthia Bourgeault was a 50-year-old priest when she met her soul mate, a 70year-old hermit named Brother Raphael Robin (Rafe). They had only three years on earth together before Rafe died suddenly of a heart attack.
This book is a handbook for learning and practice based in a traditional Jewish source that aims to open doorways through which new spiritual ideas can come—ideas that will not just be learned but will also take root in the depths of your inner being, there to bring about an alchemical change of heart… use it diligently.
Alan Morinis is founding director of the Mussar Institute, which promotes the study of Mussar through study groups, courses, and public talks. He has been a student of the Mussar tradition since 1997, training under Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr. He is also the author of Everyday Holiness, Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, and Every Day, Holy Day.
Although I was still crying, the emotional sting started to lose its force, and a new and tingling presence began to work its way up in me, literally starting from the tips of my toes. I knew in that moment I was sustained by an invisible and intensely joyous partner.
Sufism, Islam & Rumi THE ECSTASY BEYOND KNOWING A Manual of Meditation by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
From then on, Bourgeault continued her love affair with Rafe. Building on this unusual, interactive love-after-death experience, she has assembled some exquisitely reassuring thoughts and anecdotes on eternal love and the impermanence of death. This memoir could be inspirational for grieving lovers or anyone who wants to further explore the mysteries of love, death, spirit, and reincarnation. “A brave, significant contribution to the two deepest questions being asked by all seekers now: What really happens after death and how can human relationships help us to achieve an initiation into divine human love? Another dimension which this book opens up is that of the real place of eros in Christian mysticism and the act of living mystical experience.” —Andrew Harvey, author of Son of Man “Ablaze with passion for the one essential task of the monk: total inner transformation.” —Brother David Steindl-Rast Among Cynthia Bourgeault’s other books are The Wisdom Jesus and Singing the Psalms.
$34.50, paper. Omega. 392 pages, 7x9
Pir Vilayat (1916-2004) was the son and spiritual successor of Hazrat Inayat Khan. The Ecstasy Beyond Knowing represents the distilled wisdom of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan’s long lifetime of spiritual seeking and experiences, his dialogues and deep friendships with other mystics and spiritual
“…a vast and unique wedding of mysticism, meditation, and inner science.” — Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
Rumi and Shams on Friendship translated by Coleman Barks $28.50, cloth. HarperCollins. 264 pages
Here is more resonant poetry from the medieval Sufi mystic Rumi—the most popular poet in America—and his “soul friend,” Shams Tabriz, which illuminate the evocative and deeply spiritual dimensions of friendship and love, compiled by the foremost Rumi translator and author of The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks. Jelaluddin Rumi and Shams Tabriz met in 1244 and began a mystical, divine friendship, one not bound to time and space and despite their differences. Where Rumi was introspective, loving, and embodied peace and kindness, Shams was wild, brash, and honest—full of a fiery passion Barks calls “soul fury.” Together they shared an eternal friendship that resulted in Rumi’s luminous quatrains and the wise Sayings of Shams Tabriz, giving language to the delight of true friendship. In Rumi: Soul Fury, Coleman Barks brings to light Rumi’s theme of “love as religion”—that to reach its most profound depths requires mindful practice—as well as love in its most meaningful form: soul friendship. These short poems by both Rumi and Shams Tabriz, rich in beauty and spiritual insight, capture the delight and the impermanence of these bonds that pierce deep into the human mind, heart, and soul.
$21.50, paper. Shambhala. 284 pages
Here is a spiritual practice for developing a strong and open heart—drawn from Judaism’s Mussar tradition, and written by Vancouver teacher Alan Morinis. Mussar draws from the vast storehouse of Jewish wisdom, law, revelation, and text and brings it right home in a way that is completely Judaism practical. teaches that Torah (the collective wisdom of the tradition) provides the blueprint for human experience—and so the more of it we acquire, the more we gain a clearer, truer perspective on life and learn
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INVOCATION We invoke the One Whose Body is the cosmos of the galaxies and our own bodies, Whose Mind courses through our thinking, And Whose Ecstasy arouses our acts of glorification; Whose Personality is customized as our personalities, Whose Presence is always there, Whose Consciousness is focalized as our consciousness, And Whose Reality is beyond our reach.
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Mussar Teachings to Transform Your Life by Alan Morinis
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teachers, and his explorations into the nature of reality with scientists and philosophers. Meditation techniques are explained in detail along with the principles behind them, including practices with breath, light, energy, sound and mantram, inspired visualizations, and the Sufi dhikr. The Sufi process and stages of transformation are interwoven with those of Hinduism, Buddhism, the Jewish Kabbalah, the glorification of the Christian Mass, and the alchemical process of self-transfiguration. The height, depth and breadth of mystical experiences are integrated with the insights of psychology and contemporary scientific discoveries, and the creativity inherent in all human nature is invoked to aid in transforming and beautifying the personality as well as the world. Pir Vilayat reveals the way to develop a deep connection with the soul and spirit, and offers advice on maintaining the awareness and integrity of that connection through the joys and sorrows, challenges and adventures of everyday life.
Rumi’s Beauty, Shams’s Soul-Fury
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This is how the heart sounds. Do not change the melody, this now, you and I, here together. Let this being with each other be heart-sound.
Rumi’s poetry is honored and enjoyed by many traditions and cultures. Today, many people from all walks of life have moved beyond traditional notions of spirituality, embracing a sense of the sacred that transcends a singular religion, belief, or text. Rumi’s poetry speaks to them and nourishes their human-divine yearnings. Joyous and contemplative, provocative and playful, Rumi: Soul Fury is a sterling addition to the modern Rumi oeuvre. Love is the religion that we must learn to practice more and more deeply.
Ardent fans of both Rumi in general and specifically Coleman’s beautiful renderings will be thrilled by this feast. The friend wonders, How long shall we stay apart like this, looking at each other? What does the heart look like? A stranger from another country, wandering here as a beggar.
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Astrology, Tarot & Divination DIVINE LOVE ASTROLOGY Revealing Spiritual Truth for Personal Transformation by Shiva Das & Mercy Ananda $38.95, paper. North Atlantic. 756 pages, 8x10, 177 b/w illustrations
With nearly 180 black and white illustrations, including zodiac, primary wheel, and sign relationship depictions, Divine Love Astrology provides a thorough education in astrology with detailed sections such as: The Principles of Astrology, The Structure of the Universe, The Planets and the Chakras, The Astrological Houses, Planets in the Signs, Planets in the Houses, The Wheels of Life, and more. Authors Shiva Das and Mercy Ananda provide a spiritual and applicable lens for readers to take charge of their lives from the inside out. Professionals and laypersons alike will find Divine Love Astrology informative and useful. It is intended to teach those interested to become astrologers, but more importantly, to help them, through the use of astrology as a contemplative science, to develop their intuition. Rather than proposing that we live our lives by astrological events or learn to stereotype people, Das and Ananda help readers get in touch with their inner knowing, enabling them to
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comes. You are then shown the culminating change that moment in your situation when, like in a dream, something decisive happens or something changes completely. The reading concludes by showing the resolution sought by your unconscious wisdom, the dreamer on the journey.
make conscious choices and determinations for themselves in the present. Divine Love Astrology emphasizes the importance of the Earth’s position in the birth chart and discusses the relationships of the planets and signs to the chakra system and introduces the most newly discovered planet Eris, which completes the system of chakras, or levels of consciousness. The text embraces the immediate personal and practical applications of astrology as well as encompasses the broadest philosophical and universal values, guiding us from the Earthly mundane to the celestial Divine. Not only does this book teach readers the basics of astrology, but it also gives them the tools to reflect and develop intuitive understanding that will aid in reading astrology charts and living a conscious life.
change a view, a relationship, a habit, a circumstance at journey’s end you will find that it is yourself who has changed. The Journey Oracle deck has 47 doublesided cards and a book expanding the visual art cards to take you into the unconscious and super-conscious realms. The oracle cards are arranged into four suits representing the full moons, the Celtic tree months, the Pagan wheel of the year, and aspects of shamanic wisdom to create selfknowledge from oracle messages and teaching stories. The cards and book of Oracle pronouncements enable you to conduct the unique Dream Journey reading based on the dream analysis of C.G. Jung and a shamanic journey to the spirit world. The Dream Journey reading uses 4 cards to show how a situation (the topic of your reading) is right now and who its major players are, just like a dream begins with a setting and protagonists. The cards next show the experience you are having within your situation, like a dream develops a plot of increasing tensions and uncertain out-
THE JOURNEY ORACLE Journey Into Mystery - Dream Into Revelation by Kristen Scholfield-Sweet $42.00. Journey Oracle Art. 47 double-sided cards + spiralbound 215-page book, in a box
This is not an ordinary oracle deck of divination cards. The Journey Oracle is a living entity, an energetic that can communicate with you, and it has been created here in British Columbia, on Cortes Island. This Oracle is going to take you on a shamanic journey into a waking dream. Along the way you will experience loss of comfort, heightened awareness, unexpected discoveries and deepened self-knowledge. These shifts of thought and feeling show that you are journeying into the realm of the unconscious which is the true origin of all personal growth. Although you will begin with the intention to understand or
HARNESS ASTROLOGY’S BAD BOY A Handbook for Conquering Pluto’s Tumultuous Transit by Hazel Dixon-Cooper $18.99, paper. Beyond Words. 244 pages
Pluto, the planet of transformation, is in transit in Capricorn through 2024, awakening a tidal force of change. The last time we saw this combination, the world felt the impact in the Revolutionary War that birthed America. In this wickedly funny guidebook, world-renowned astrologers Hazel Dixon-Cooper and Cathleen Bridgett Walther are here to show you how to use this unique time to overcome fear, guilt, regret, and self-punishment, and find your place in the cosmos.
The New Angel Tarot by Doreen Virtue THE BIG BOOK OF ANGEL TAROT The Essential Guide to Symbols, Spreads, and Accurate Readings by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine $15.95, paper. Hay House. 300 pages, b/w illustrations
In The Big Book of Angel Tarot, best-selling authors Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine follow up their groundbreaking Angel Tarot Cards with their written guidebook to the mystical arts of tarot. By removing the fear, worry, and secrecy, Doreen and Radleigh have reintroduced the world to this language of the Divine without diminishing any of the amazing accuracy and detailed information that tarot is known for.
GENE KEYS Unlocking the Higher Purpose Hidden in Your DNA by Richard Rudd $26.95, paper. Watkins. 534 pages, 7x9
Gene Keys articulates 64 themes or storylines that overshadow all of humanity. Echoing the I Ching and astrology, this profound new system uses specific terms drawn from a wide variety of fields. “When contemplated over time, every term contains an empowerment designed to raise the frequency of our DNA.” What is so powerful about Rudd’s system is the fact that it brings to light the specific ways that the unconscious blocks our growth and happiness. For Rudd, the unconscious is like a piano with 64 keys. Each key runs a familiar melody. For example, the third key plays “chaos” as its theme. The seventh key plays “division” and the 22nd key plays “dishonor.” According to Rudd, each of these shadow themes also has a gift and a “siddhi” associated with it. The shadow is slow and melancholy; the gift gets you up off your feet; and the siddhi is a bright dance. Where the Gene Keys become really strange is in the fact that Rudd has discovered a deep connection between the system and astrology. Rudd has set-up a website (www.genekeys.com/profile) that will provide you with your personal Gene Keys— the ones that are running the program of your life. All you need is your birth date, time, and place. Rudd calls it the “hologenetic profile” and it contains the themes that embody your life’s work, your purpose, your relationships, and your path to self-actualization. Suggesting that humanity is on the verge of a major shift in consciousness., Rudd shows how the gene keys are an inner language designed to transform our core beliefs about ourselves and raise us to a higher level of awareness.
There’s great depth and breadth in the human experience, and we wanted this concept to be fully represented in the deck. So symbolism was very carefully reviewed. When something distressing was removed from an image, we were diligent about replacing it with something peaceful that signified the same thing. Card names were changed when necessary to more accurately convey the loving message embedded in even the most challenging cards… So we made the decision to place phrases and guidewords on each card so that they could be used immediately out of the box without the need for study or research.
In this book, Doreen and Radleigh take you card by card through the journey of The Dreamer in the Major Arcana, describing in detail all the magical symbolism found throughout tarot. You will understand the importance of each suit of the Minor Arcana and its relevance to your daily life, as well as develop a firm grasp of the court cards by getting to know each one as though they are real people. Doreen and Radleigh will give you a full understanding of how various card spreads can provide incredible insight into your life and concerns—while also teaching you how to create your own.
ANGEL TAROT CARDS by Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine, with artwork by Steve A. Roberts $19.95, cards. Hay House. 78 colour cards + guidebook, in a box
Tarot has long been revered for giving detailed and accurate insights into the dynamics of personalities and situations. Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine have created the first deck of tarot cards that is, they say, “100 percent gentle, safe, and trustworthy!” All of the words in this deck, as well as the surprisingly visionary artwork by Steve A. Roberts, are positive and beautiful, while still retaining the magical effectiveness of traditional tarot. The accompanying guidebook explains the general meaning of each card and walks you through the steps of giving an in-depth reading for yourself and others. Rich with symbolism and imagery—including angels, archangels, unicorns, fairies, and mermaids—the Angel Tarot Cards will provide you with inspiring, companionable guidance on your life journey.
As you journey into the Gene Keys, keep your inner ears open at all times and listen to your natural responses, gut feelings and thoughts. Anything that causes you discomfort is of primary importance and I recommend you give it your full attention. This is a deeply personal voyage you are on, and as you allow the higher frequencies to resonate inside you, through thinking about them, through feeling your way inside them and through practicing them, they will find their way into your waiting DNA… Absorption occurs when the body opens up at a cellular level to receive the nutrients from the higher planes of reality. It requires deep emotional maturity and great mental clarity. In the state of absorption your aura swells as your DNA begins to suck light into the cells of your body. At this stage even your physical body is contemplating its highest nature and you begin to taste the Siddhis, the highest manifestations of your genius… you begin to embody the heart of the transmission that the Gene Keys have been pointing you towards.
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Metaphysics & Philosophy THE WISDOM OF HYPATIA Ancient Spiritual Practices for a More Meaningful Life by Bruce MacLennan $25.50, paper. Llewellyn. 358 pages, 7x9
Hypatia was one of the most famous philosophers of the ancient world. The mix of classical philosophies she taught to Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the fourth century forms the very foundation of Western spirituality as we know it today. The Wisdom of Hypatia is a hands-on guide to using the principles of philosophy to bring purpose, tranquility, and spiritual depth to your life. To the ancients, philosophy was a spiritual practice meant to help the seeker achieve a good life and maintain mental tranquility. Bruce J. MacLennan, PhD, provides a concise history of philosophy up to Hypatia’s time and a progressive, nine-month program of spiritual practice based on her teachings. Explore the three most important philosophical schools of the Hellenistic Age. Lead a more serene, balanced life. Discover the techniques described in the historical sources, and put into practice the profound insights of the world’s greatest minds. Like most ancient philosophers, Hypatia taught a way of life, not an academic subject to be studied but not practiced… What’s in it for you? A system of practical techniques for living a happier, more spiritually enlightened life. Whether you are Pagan, like Hypatia, or Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or Wiccan, or whether you are a skeptic or nonbeliever, you can use these spiritual practices.
“The Wisdom of Hypatia is grounded in solid scholarship, lucidly written, and, above all, practical. This book reunites spirituality, philosophy, and psychology into a path for our time, and for all times. Read it. Practice it. You will never be the same.”— Leonard George, PhD, Chair of Psychology, Capilano University
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Maps of the Afterlife THE MAP OF HEAVEN How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People are Proving the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, with Ptolemy Tompkins $19.99, paper. Atria Books. 164 pages
The author of the bestseller Proof of Heaven here teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings. When Proof of Heaven was published, some readers contacted Dr. Eben Alexander to argue that his near-death experience was impossible. But many more have written to say his story resonated with them in profound ways. Thanks to them, Dr. Alexander came to realize that sharing his story has allowed people to rediscover what so many in ancient times knew: there is more to life—and to the universe—than this single earthly life. Dr. Alexander met and heard from thousands of individuals whom his story has affected. He, with coauthor Ptolemy Tompkins, also studied what the world’s religious traditions, philosophers, and scientists have had to say about the souls survival of death. He has been deeply surprised at how often those voices from the past sync up with what he hears from people today. In The Map of Heaven, he shares some of the stories that people have told him and links them to what the world’s spiritual traditions and its latest scientific insights have to say about the journey of the soul. Part metaphysical and scientific detective story, part manual for living, The Map of Heaven explores humankind’s spiritual history and the progression of modern science from its birth in the seventeenth century, showing how we forgot, and are now at last remembering, who we really are and what “the bigger game” truly is.
A Bereaved Father’s Journey in the World of Spirit Visitations, Psychic-Mediums, and Synchronicity by Mark Ireland $20.95, paper. North Atlantic. 256 pages
A journal of grief, despair, and ultimately, hope, this book tells the story of every parent’s nightmare—the sudden death of a child—and a father’s search for meaning in a seemingly random world of psychics and skeptics. Expanding on territory covered in his 2009 memoir of his son’s death Soul Shift, Messages from the Afterlife is both an account of Ireland’s journey from indifference to belief and an overview of the resources available to the bereaved to help them receive messages from the afterlife. Mark Ireland, son of celebrated “psychic to the stars” Richard Ireland, was a marketing exec with little interest in his father’s colorful history. While his father held readings for Mae West and traveled the U.S. demonstrating his parapsychological powers, Mark Ireland took a more conventional route through life. But when his own teenage son Brandon suddenly dies while hiking in the mountains with friends, Ireland is forced to confront his resistance to all things spiritual and begins to explore the possibility that communication with the dead is real. In his search for conclusive evidence of life after death, he plunges into his father’s world and meets an array of respected psychic-mediums who deliver unexpected messages not only from his son in the afterlife but also from many other souls seeking to communicate with the living. Fighting to retain a sense of critical thinking, Ireland also contacts scientists conducting research into the survival of consciousness after death. The book features detailed accounts of tests and experiments that various people have conducted to obtain proof of consciousness survival, including Ireland’s own. I’ve seen afterlife evidence, including psychic and medium phenomena, play a role in easing the anguish tied to loss—advancing and accelerating the healing process.
divine beings who guide you in day-today living and help you achieve your destiny. You will learn how to strengthen your intuitive powers and hear what the divine is telling you, and thrill to accounts of Martin’s compelling personal encounters with celestial beings and her eye-opening encounters with dark spirits. While knowledge from the Hermetic sciences is part of this book, the Kingdom of Light Teachings is the spiritual foundation for the knowledge imparted about the hierarchy. This is the focus of all of our
Transmissions & Revelations COMMUNING WITH THE DIVINE A Clairvoyant’s Guide to Angels, Archangels, and the Spiritual Hierarchy by Barbara Martin & Dimitri Moraitis $20.95, paper. Tarcher/Penguin. 330 pages, 7x9, 4 colour illustrations
In Communing with the Divine, award-winning authors Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis explore the sacred art of communing with celestial beings. Reading of Martin’s extensive direct clairvoyant experiences, this book will teach you to work closely with angels, archangels, and other
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teaching work… We are all connected to the spirit world even while in a physical body, but we generally do not bring back conscious memory of these experiences unless that skill has been developed. In the inner worlds, the Holy Ones are generally even more grand and splendid. Communing with the Divine is a practical training manual and an inspirational guide, with full-color illustrations of celestial beings and their auric composition. In it, you will discover: ✦ Various types of angels, including joy guides, teaching angels, and guardian angels ✦ Techniques to call on Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, and other archangels ✦ Ways in which leaders of the spiritual hierarchy influence your life ✦ The nature of evil and the importance of spiritual protection ✦ Keys to psychic and spiritual visions and clairvoyance ✦ Meditation tools to access celestial realms with more than fifty meditative prayers that call on Divine Light and celestial beings for wisdom, love, prosperity, healing, peace, guidance, inspiration, and much more.
THE PLEIADIAN HOUSE OF INITIATION A Journey through the Rooms of the Wisdomkeepers by Mary Beben $16.95, paper. Bear & Company. 106 pp.
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Inviting each of us to discover our spiritual home in the higher realms, Mary Beben provides a visionary tour of the celestial mansion of her family in the Pleiades, a home she inhabited prior to this incarnation on Earth. She explains how transitioning into materiality causes each of us to forget our starry origins, yet it is still possible to remember our Pleiadian heritage and divine reasons for choosing to manifest on Earth. Beben details her initiatic journey as she rediscovered the beautiful rooms on each floor of her Pleiadian house and learned to ascend to higher consciousness while remaining lovingly rooted in the Earth. She recounts her trials to reach the higher levels of the building and her encounters with immortal wisdomkeepers such as White Buffalo Woman, Taliesin, Mother Mary, and Grandmother Spider. Embedded throughout her story are lessons to help each of us jettison psychological baggage like fear and jealousy so we can continue our ascension and fulfill our Pleiadian birthright. Beben explains how her journey offers a prophetic glimpse into the future of life on Earth as well as the key to opening the heart to the higher realms of existence. She shows how ascension will not mean departing Earth but will place our Earthen reality in perspective and help solve problems that seem insurmountable from this dimension. In rediscovering the celestial origins of our souls, we recognize not only the Earth as the key to conscious evolution but also our role as the Keepers of Earth, the planet celebrated throughout the universe on which each of us is fortunate to have chosen incarnation. “Mary Beben’s Pleiadian House of Initiation invites all of us to inhabit our home in the subtle realms.” —Barbara Hand Clow, author of Awakening the Planetary Mind
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THE SYNCHRONICITY KEY The Hidden Intelligence Guiding the Universe and You New in by David Wilcock Paperback $20.00, paper. Penguin. 528 pages, b/w illustrations and graphs
In The Source Field Investigations, David Wilcock used cutting-edge alternative science to delve into the mysteries behind the 2012 prophecies, and readers embraced his findings. In his new book, The Synchronicity Key, Wilcock embarks on another astonishing investigation into what lies beyond those prophecies—finding proof that everything in our lives is not only connected, it all influences everything else. Using history, astrology, and synchronicity theory as well as concepts such as fractals, spiritual geometry, quantum physics, and other new research, Wilcock shows that there is a hidden architecture within time, guiding individuals and nations through a system of enlightenment Joseph Campbell called the Hero’s Journey. Historical events occur in shockingly precise, repeating cycles of time as a result. Once we understand and identify the hidden laws governing the fates of individuals and nations through seemingly random “synchronicity,” we are left with a remarkable blueprint of how best to lead our lives spiritually in the post-2012 world. In order to truly know and understand how the universe operates, we heave to elevate our studies beyond the level of thoughts and feelings and into the arena of direct, personal experiences. This is where synchronicity becomes the key that unlocks and greatest mysteries of the universe.
Just when the millions who’ve read books about 2012 will be wondering What comes next?, David Wilcock has answers. Our transition into a Golden Age may continue to be a gradual process, but at some point we may very well step back and marvel at how much has happened in such a short time. Even though history may very well be repeating itself, we still have choices to make. We are not on a fixed timeline. We are not destined to experience a single outcome. We can change the story. The universe may
very well be a living being— encouraging us to grow and evolve into our truest identity. Synchronicity is the key that unlocks the greatest mystery of all time. Check out Wilcock’s online presence at www.DivineCosmos.com.
Business & Work
Business with Heart ICE CREAM SOCIAL The Struggle for the Soul of Ben and Jerry’s by Brad Edmonson $22.95, paper. Berrett-Koehler. 280 pages, b/w photos
For more than three decades, Ben & Jerry’s has been committed to an insanely ambitious three-part mission: not just making the world’s best ice cream but also supporting progressive causes and sharing its success with all stakeholders—employees, suppliers, distributors, customers, cows, everybody. Living up to these beliefs is fun when you’re doing it right, and it creates amazingly loyal customers, but it isn’t easy. This is the first book to tell the full, inside story of the inspiring rise, tragic mistakes, devastating fall, determined recovery, and ongoing renewal of one of the most iconic mission-driven companies in the world. No previous book has focused so intently on the challenges presented by staying true to the mission as the business grew. No other book has explained how the company came to be sold to Unilever, one of the world’s biggest corporations. And none has described the unprecedented contract Ben & Jerry’s negotiated with Unilever to preserve the three-part mission or the complex working relationship that has allowed the company to pursue that mission on a much larger stage. Brad Edmondson tells the story with a journalist’s eye for details, dramatic moments, and memorable characters. Among the dozens of key figures Edmondson interviewed, his most important source was Jeff Furman, who helped Ben and Jerry write their first business plan in 1978 and has stayed involved ever since, serving as chairman of the board since 2010. It’s a funny, sad, surprising, and ultimately hopeful story. Just as Ben & Jerry’s is no ordinary business, this is no ordinary business book. It’s fast paced; it has compelling, fully realized characters; and the narrative is gripping. I couldn’t put the book down. That made it difficult to eat my Cherry Garcia at the same time. —from the foreword by Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff
BUDDHA WALKS INTO THE OFFICE
$34.95, paper. Chelsea Green. 334 pages, 7x10, colour charts & photos
Oil and coal have built our civilization, created our wealth, and enriched the lives of billions. Yet, their rising costs to our security, economy, health, and environment now outweigh their benefits. Moreover, that long-awaited energy tipping point—where alternatives work better than oil and coal
$16.95, paper. Shambhala. 218 pages
From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar, here’s wisdom for “Generation Next” on how to make your work meaningful, satisfying, and of benefit to others. Apply the simple Buddhist teachings and practices Lodro Rinzler provides here to whatever you do for a living, and you’ll not only avoid jerk-hood, but you’ll be setting out on the path toward making your livelihood an expression of your inherent wisdom, honesty, and compassion. You’ll discover practical ways to bring mindfulness into administrative support, cabinet making, financial management, nursing, truck driving, or lattébrewing. In the process, you’ll discover genuine empathy for the folks you once found so difficult. You’ll also learn leadership skills that apply compassion to management in a way that increases happiness along with efficiency. This is career advice of the profoundest kind, geared toward today’s twenty- and thirty-something workers and job seekers whose employment outlook is radically different from that of a generation ago. As Lodro shows, even if the path of work shifts beneath your feet, it’s possible to make your livelihood a source of satisfaction and deep meaning. The Buddha Walks into the Office offers “teachings on bringing an open mind and heart to all of our worldly interactions. This is a guidebook to becoming the kind of authentic leader this world needs.” The book is divided into three parts: ✦ Part One focuses on deciding what you want to do with your life, job-wise and otherwise; ✦ Part Two explores how to be beneficial to others, beginning with those at your office and moving out to the world at large; and ✦ Part Three shows how to turn even the most difficult work situations into opportunities for awakening. Lodro has a gift for presenting the Buddhist teachings in a way that’s practical, funny, and entertaining, but the book is ultimately quite serious: it’s about using your livelihood to wake up. and compete purely on cost—is no longer decades in the future. It is here and now. And it is the fulcrum of economic transformation.
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ing, industry, and electricity sectors. It highlights pathways and competitive strategies for a 158%-bigger 2050 U.S. economy that needs no oil, no coal, no nuclear energy, one-third less natural gas, and no new inventions. This transition would cost $5 trillion less than business-as-usual—without counting fossil fuels’ huge hidden costs. It requires no new federal taxes, subsidies, mandates, or laws. Whether you care most about profits and jobs, national security, health, or environmental stewardship, Reinventing Fire charts a pragmatic course that makes sense and makes money. This journey toward using energy in better, cheaper ways has only just begun… Right now, oil is the lifeblood of the most mobile society in the history of the world. But we can reinvent the fire that now burns in our internalcombustion engines as well as in our buildings and factories, eliminating oil burning by 2050—all while saving about $3.8 trillion net.
Reinventing Fire has piqued the interest of world leaders, business leaders, and political strategists. “This is a stunning work of enormous dimension.” —Paul Hawken, coauthor of Natural Capitalism
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A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation by Lodro Rinzler
REINVENTING FIRE Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era by Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute
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A global clean-energy race has emerged with astounding speed. The ability to operate without fossil fuels will define winners and losers in business—and among nations. In Reinventing Fire, Amory Lovins and Rocky Mountain Institute offer a new vision to revitalize business models, end-run government gridlock, and win the clean-energy race—not forced by public policy but led by business for enduring profit. This groundbreaking roadmap reveals market-based solutions across the transportation, build-
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Getting Harmful Chemicals New in Out of Our Bodies Paperback and Our World by Bruce Lourie & Rick Smith $19.95, paper. Crown. 304 pages
The Rubber Duck boys are back, and after showing us all the ways that toxins get IN our bodies, now they give us a guide for scrubbing those toxins OUT. Following the success of their first book, Slow Death by Rubber Duck, two of Canada’s leading environmental activists give practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes. The new pollution affects us all. We have become, all together, the proverbial canaries in the coal mine…. How can we reduce our toxic chemical intake and how can we rid our bodies, our lives and ultimately our economy of these synthetic hazards? Finding some honest and specific responses became the purpose of Toxin Toxout.
There are over 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commerce today, including hormone-disrupting phthalates and parabens, cancer-causing pesticides, heavy metals and air pollutants. When it comes to the health effects of these pollutants, one plus one equals more than two: These chemicals can actually amplify each other’s individual impacts.
Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie use their outrageous experiments (they and their brave volunteers are the guinea pigs) to prove how easily our bodies absorb these chemicals from the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the products we smear on our
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THE NONVIOLENCE HANDBOOK A Guide for Practical Action by Michael Nagler $15.00, paper. Berrett-Koehler. 96 pages
Despite the fact that two of the 20th century’s most monumental revolutions achieved their aims through nonviolent action, the world continues to view nonviolence as a passive, ineffectual tactic. In this short and powerful book, renowned peace activist Michael Nagler challenges this assertion, demonstrating that nonviolence succeeds through aggressively strategic and sustained action. It demands greater courage and discipline than violence. Distilling the core theories of nonviolence and drawing deeply from the lives of leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., this action-oriented handbook offers both guidance for nonviolent resistance and advice for building constructive movements capable of restructuring the very bedrock of society. Nagler also includes stories of successful nonviolent resistance that have been ignored by the mass media. The book features a list of resources that offer pathways to immediate action and engagement with the peace movement worldwide. Michael Nagler is the founder of the Metta Center for Nonviolence. He cofounded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program of UC Berkeley. Also by Nagler is The Search for a Nonviolent Future.
THE DAVID SUZUKI READER A Lifetime of Ideas from a Leading Activist and Thinker by David Suzuki $22.95, cloth. Greystone. 446 pages
In this revised and expanded edition of his collected writings, David Suzuki continues to explore the themes that have informed his work for more than four decades—the interconnectedness of all things, our misguided elevation of economics above all else, the urgent need to deal with climate change—but with an increased emphasis on solutions to the problems we face, his vision for the future, and the legacy he hopes to leave behind. There is also more emphasis on the personal—the abiding role of nature and family in his life.
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“This Changes Everything” THE TRANSITION HANDBOOK From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins $29.95, paper. Green Books. 240 pages, 9x9, b/w illustrations
Great storytelling, permaculture wisdom, and social marketing! This bright Brit has found a way for people worried about environmental apocalypse to invest their efforts in ongoing collective action that ends up looking like a party. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable changes ahead can lead to the rebirth of local communities that will grow more of their own food, generate their own power, and build their own houses using local materials. They can also encourage the development of local currencies to keep money “local.” There are now many “transition towns” around the world. They provide valuable experience and lessons-learned. Communities are taking matters into their own hands and acting locally. Within peak oil and climate change is the potential for
the greatest economic, social, and cultural renaissance we have ever seen. And as this book shows, the “how-to” can be fun. If your town is not yet a Transition Town, this upbeat guide offers you the tools for starting the process. “Rob Hopkins is the Gentle Giant of the green movement, and his timely and hugely important book reveals a fresh and empowering approach that will help us transition into a materially leaner but inwardly richer human experience. Full of reliable, readable, far-reaching scholarship, and warmhearted practical advice on how to instigate transition culture wherever you are, this book will energize and regenerate your commitment to place, community and simple living.” —Stephan Harding, author of Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia Also by Rob Hopkins are The Power of Just Doing Stuff and The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times For more info on “exploring the head, heart, and hands of energy descent,” visit www.transitionculture.org erful weapon we have ever had in the fight for equality and social justice. Tracing the rise of a bold new resistance movement against extreme energy, she highlights the real solutions emerging in the rubble of our failed systems—solutions that require us to break virtually every rule in the free-market playbook, revive and reinvent the public sphere, and decolonize our countries and our very selves. The climate change debate is about to get a lot hotter.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein $36.95, cloth. Crown. 566 pages
Naomi Klein, author of the era-defining book No Logo, is back with her most important book yet— about the economic drivers that are warming our planet and how the climate crisis can yet spur economic, cultural and political transformation. Klein shows how our current growth-based economic model is waging war on the life support systems of our planet. Using phenomenal research, she lays out why climate change is not an “issue”—it is a civilizational wake-up call, a powerful message delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms, droughts. Unearthing the economic drivers that have brought this on us, she attacks the dominant economic policies of deregulated capitalism and endless resource extraction, and brilliantly identifies the threads that connect our failed responses to the crisis—from hard-core climate deniers to celebrity billionaires with messiah complexes, to the reckless quest to engineer the planet—and she reveals how the “Big Green” environmental organizations may be hurting more than helping. She argues that we urgently need an entirely new model of human progress, one that is the antithesis of Stephen Harper’s “extractivist” world view and shows why climate change—with its full economic and moral implications understood—is the most pow-
PIONEERING THE POSSIBLE Awakened Leadership for a World That Works by Scilla Elworthy $23.95, paper. North Atlantic. 326 pages, b/w photos & illustrations
Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Scilla Elworthy, a realist with 40 years’ experience at the sharp end of politics and conflict, presents a bold but realistic vision for the future in Pioneering the Possible. Human beings worldwide are anxious and afraid for their children’s futures, but unsure what to do. Pioneering the Possible addresses these anxieties head-on by envisioning a future that could work for everyone, rich and poor, demonstrating with real-life examples how that future is already emerging. Pioneering the Possible tackles the deeply embedded 20th-century values that get in the way of addressing global problems, and shows how these destructive values can be—and are being—reversed. We know the world is in crisis: we are spoiling our nest/planet at such a rate that soon it may be unable to sustain human life.
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This crisis is in fact a vast opportunity, because a secure and satisfying future for all of humanity is perfectly possible if we make the right choices. Pioneering the Possible investigates what this new consciousness is and takes us to meet the leaders who have learned to apply it. With profiles of individuals who exemplify transformative leadership such as Dr. Desmond Tutu and Aung San Suu Kyi, Dr. Elworthy demonstrates how anyone can develop the magnificent inner power to build their own personal contribution to the future and become a 21st-century pioneer of what’s possible. To envision the kind of future that is possible—a lift-off into life as it could be—Elworthy calls on some experienced specialists to look through their telescopes into the future, then brings in the pragmatists who know what to do in their fields, because they’ve done it, tested it, and made it work. Pioneering the Possible ultimately helps you find your unique way to be useful; as Dr. Elworthy says, “to discover your mission and put it into action—instead of worrying on the sidelines—is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.”
against blind faith in science, technology, politics, and economics, and provides inspiring examples of how and where to make those changes that will matter to all of us and to future generations. He also offers a vision of hope based on our love of children and nature. In this time of global unrest and uncertainty, Suzuki provides an important reminder of how we are all connected and of what really matters. Written with clarity,
David Suzuki’s writing and teaching have helped many of us understand more clearly just “what’s going on” on planet Earth these days. Drawing from his published and unpublished writings, this collection reveals the underlying themes that have informed his work over a lifetime. In these incisive and provocative essays, Suzuki looks unflinchingly at the destructive forces of globalization, political shortsightedness, and greed. Suzuki cautions
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A great deal of the work of deep social change involves having debates during which new stories can be told to replace the ones that have failed us. Because if we are to have any hope of making the kind of civilizational leap required of this fateful decade, we will need to start believing, once again, that humanity is not hopelessly selfish and greedy—the image ceaselessly sold to us by everything from reality shows to neoclassical economics. Paradoxically, this may also give us a better understanding of our personal climate inaction, allowing many of us to view past (and present) failures with compassion, rather than angry judgment. What if part of the reason so many of us have failed to act is not because we are too selfish to care about an abstract or seemingly far-off problem—but because we are utterly overwhelmed by how much we do care? And what if we stay silent not out of acquiescence but in part because we lack the collective spaces in which to confront the raw terror of ecocide? The end of the world as we know it, after all, is not something anyone should have to face on their own.
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passion, and wisdom, this book is essential (and widely fascinating) reading for anyone who admires David Suzuki, who wants to understand what science can and can’t do, or who wants to make a difference. “In these essays, diagnosis overlaps with prescription, description with passion, all of it filtered through a love so strong that it will not let us off easily.” —Bill McKibben, author of Enough
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THE ONCE AND FUTURE WORLD Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be by J.B. MacKinnon
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$19.95, paper. Random House. 256 pages
From one of Canada’s most exciting writers and ecological thinkers (and co-author of The 100-Mile Diet), The Once and Future World will change the way we see nature and show that in restoring the living world, we are also restoring ourselves. The Once and Future World began in the moment J.B. MacKinnon realized the grassland he grew up on was not the pristine wilderness he had always believed it to be. Instead, his home prairie was the outcome of a long history of transformation, from the disappearance of the grizzly bear to the introduction of cattle. What remains today is an illusion of the wild—an illusion that has in many ways created our world. In 3 beautifully drawn parts, MacKinnon revisits a globe exuberant with life, where lions roam North America and 20 times more whales swim in the sea. He traces how humans destroyed that reality, out of rapaciousness, yes, but also through a great forgetting. Finally, he calls for an “age of rewilding” in which we not only protect the last, best wild places but also rebuild a wilderness everywhere, from the city to the backcountry. In so doing, we will give rise to a richer and more awe-filled environment that allows us to reconnect not only with nature but also with our truest human nature, thereby restoring ourselves. MacKinnon never fails to remind us that nature is a menagerie of marvels. Here are fish that pass down the wisdom of elders, landscapes still shaped by “ecological ghosts,” a tortoise that is slowly remaking prehistory. It remains a beautiful world, and it is its beauty, not its emptiness, that should inspire us to seek more nature in our lives.
“MacKinnon is an eloquent guide through landscapes wild and tame. He takes the reader backwards through evolutionary time and forward into a delicate and unknown future. I devoured this book in a day and closed its covers marveling at our planet’s incredible abundance. Natural history at its best.” —Charlotte Gill, author of Eating Dirt
Eco-Philosophy, Deep Ecology BRAIDING SWEETGRASS Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer $21.95, paper. Milkweed. 408 pages
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With incredible grace and attention to the natural world, Robin Kimmerer takes readers on a field trip through ancient forests and backyard ponds, sacred sites and urban wastelands. Plants become powerful metaphors for healing our relationship with the natural world, and guides in the process of becoming indigenous to place ourselves. Through a unique combination of science, Native American teachings, and memoir, she shows us in the most subtle of ways how plants are our indigenous teachers, ultimately revealing a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature.
way out of our suspicious cynicism? In the tradition of Thomas Berry, using this spiritual opportunity to change the very nature of our crisis, Susan Murphy offers a profound message, subtly presented with clarity and assurance, showing that engaged Buddhism provides a possible path to the necessary repair and healing.
Braiding Sweetgrass crosses boundaries between indigenous and dominant culture, between science and literature, between matter and spirit, bringing readers back into conversation with all that is green and growing—a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even if we neglected to listen. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Potawatomi Nation, she embraces indigenous teachings that consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together in Braiding Sweetgrass to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise. She is a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
So on every level, in every chapter, the intent of this book is to help break free of the old frame that has held us paralyzed and silent in the face of the crisis: by listening to the earth and responding to the koan of this crisis; by looking at the way we heave framed the earth and thus ourselves with the old stories that are still generating the thinking that created the problem; by exploring the implications of an infinitely older story that is now in all our hands, the Universe Story, which is also the story of earth and life; and by exploring a practice of full awareness that can bring our actions back from an alienated state into more full accord with the terms of the earth… At every moment of life, this extraordinary gift bestowed upon us by our magical planet, are we willing to welcome the difficulty as our great chance? Surely we have to live up to this unprecedented moment we are in.
It is an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.
“It’s a hundred times more difficult to find an insight than a fact, and hundred times more difficult to find a subtle insight. This is a book full of subtle insights beautifully told.” —Thomas Moore, author of Dark Nights of the Soul
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
Shelter & Eco-Design GREEN HOME BUILDING Money-Saving Strategies for an Affordable, Healthy, High-Performance Home by Miki Cook & Doug Garrett $24.95, paper. New Society. 384 pages, 50 b/w photos & illustrations
According to conventional wisdom, building a green home is an expensive endeavor. The standard approach treats green as an addon, tacking “premium” products, finishes and equipment onto a traditional home design. As a result, many green home projects end up over budget or fail to achieve their environmental and performance goals. Green Home Building explodes the myth that green homes have to cost more. Using proven methods based on applied building science, the authors show how to: ✦ Lower base construction costs to provide funding for high performance upgrades ✦ Achieve a net zero energy home, including “zero-ing” water, waste, carbon and associated costs within fifteen years ✦ Live affordably into the future, despite anticipated rising costs for fuel, water, materials, taxes and health care. This comprehensive guide to building green on any budget defines the strategies that maximize the return on green investments. Written for anyone who has ever been swayed by the argument that the price tag limits how green a home can be, Green Home Building is a must-read for builders, contractors, architects, designers and homeowners.
MINDING THE EARTH, MENDING THE WORLD Zen and the Art of Planetary Crisis by Susan Murphy $20.95, paper. Counterpoint. 316 pages
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi founded the San Francisco Zen Center in 1962, and after fifty years we have seen a fine group of Zen masters trained in the west take up the mantle and extend the practice of Zen in ways that might have been hard to imagine in those first early years. Susan Murphy, one of Robert Aitken’s students and dharma heirs, is also a fine writer, and she has engaged her spiritual work in the ordinary world, dealing with the practice of daily life and with the struggles of all beings. We know that our earth is in crisis, but is the situation beyond repair? Are we on a path of planetary disaster where the only proper response is to prepare for our melancholic dystopian future? Is there a
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Miki Cook is a green-building and sustainability consultant who has dedicated her career to educating contractors and the public on the strategies, methods and benefits of green homes. Doug Garrett is a building science consultant who has trained thousands of homebuilders, architects and sub-contractors to build energy-efficient homes using applied building science to improve comfort, durability and healthfulness while meeting or exceeding the energy code.
TINY HOMES ON THE MOVE Wheels and Water by Lloyd Kahn $35.95, paper. Shelter. 224 pages, 9x12, 1100 colour photos
Shelter chronicler Lloyd Kahn’s latest building book contains photos and stories of 20th century nomads— people whose homes are tiny and mobile, and either on wheels or in the water. About half of these homes are lived in full-time; the other half are used parttime, or for trips of varying length upon life’s highways and waterways. There are: 7 vans, 11 pickup-trucks-withcamper-shells, 7 housetrucks, 8 house buses, 26 trailers, 4 cycles, 16 sailboats, 7 houseboats, and 1 amazing tugboat. This book is a continuation of Tiny Homes, here with 21st century nomadic living. There are some 1,100 photos, along with accompanying stories and descriptions of the different homes. Come along with us in this tour of simple living and free spirits—rolling, floating, riding, rambling, wandering, exploring—moving.
Among the many included are: ✦ A high-speed asymmetrical catamaran, a
“Proa,” that recently crossed the Pacific, from San Francisco to the Marquesas ✦ The Vaka Moana sailing canoes from the South Pacific and their mission with the Pacific Ocean, navigating by the stars. ✦ A French circus wagon home on the road ✦ Two ski bums (a couple) and their winter camper/home ✦ The Moron Brothers, two good-ole-boy Kentucky bluegrass musicians who drift along the Kentucky River in a shantyboat, fishing, eating, telling jokes, and playing some really good bluegrass ✦ Sisters on the Fly, a group of over 1,000 women who have vintage trailers and go fly fishing and horseback riding and sit around campfires in camp-outs, just us girls ✦ Bruce Baillie’s 23,000-mile trip from British Columbia to South America and back on a 1969 Moto Guzzi motorcycle ✦ Drew and Deb McVittie’s 35-year-old, 58’ long tugboat home in B.C. Tiny Homes on the Move is an inspirational book for anyone thinking “outside the box” about shelter. Lloyd Kahn is editor-in-chief at Shelter Publications, which has been producing books on owner-built homes for over 40 years. Check out his The Shelter Blog.
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Gardening & Farming GARDENING MYTHS & MISCONCEPTIONS by Charles Dowding $18.95, paper. Green Books. 96 pages, b/w illustrations
Conventional wisdom is difficult to question, even when it is misguided and contains many contradictions. Gardening has its share of such myths—some with discernible
these rules are overturned. This fascinating and practical book will save the seasoned gardener time, money, and unnecessary effort and give new gardener’s heart. With a chapter each on sowing and planting, watering, garden planning and design, annual vegetables, trees, shrubs and perennial vegetables, manuring and fertilizing, making and using compost, soil structure and care, and pests, diseases and weeds, Gardening Myths is full of myth-popping
origins in history, others that have become established for no obvious reason—and they often obscure simpler and easier methods of working. This delightfully illustrated book reveals how common sense triumphs and crops are more successful when
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common sense practices, discovered over many years of commercial organic vegetable growing by Charles Dowding, also author of How to Grow Winter Vegetables and Salad Leaves for All Seasons. I hope that you may laugh at much of the myth-busting in these pages—and question my claims too, because nobody has all the answers. But I also hope that your garden grows better as a result: mine does!
INTEGRATED FOREST GARDENING The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems by Wayne Weiseman, Daniel Halsey & Bryce Ruddock
THE EMERGENT AGRICULTURE Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy by Gary Kleppel
$51.95, paper. Chelsea Green. 310 pages, 8x10, colour illustrations
Permaculture is a movement that is coming into its own, and the concept of creating plant guilds is increasingly at the forefront of every farmer’s and gardener’s permaculture practice. This is the first, and most comprehensive, book about plant guilds, covering in detail both what guilds are and how to deign and construct them, complete with extensive colour photos and design illustrations. While other permaculture books address this topic of guilds, none provides enough depth to be replicable in a serious way. One of the essential practices of permaculture is to develop perennial agricultural systems that thrive over several decades without expensive and harmful inputs. Those systems include perennial plant guilds, food forests, agroforestry, and mixed animal and woody species polycultures. The guild concept often used is one of a “functional relationship” between plants. In other words, it is the integration of species that creates a balanced, healthy, and thriving ecosystem. But it goes beyond integration. A guild is a metaphor for all walks of life, most importantly a group of people working together to craft works of balance, beauty, and utility. Included is information on: Readers of any scale will benefit from this book, from permaculture designers and professional growers, to backyard growers new to the concept of permaculture. ✦ What we can observe about natural plant dynamics: from assessment to design to guilds in the wild and the importance of implementation ✦ Fifteen detailed plant guilds, five each observation ✦ Detailed research on the structure of from the three authors based on their plant guilds, and a portrait of an oak tree unique perspectives ✦ Guild project management: budgets, im(a guild unto itself) plementation, management, and main✦ Animal interactions with plant guilds tenance. ✦ Steps to guild design, construction, and “Fills a major gap in the canon of permaculture books, giving us, at last, a detailed guide to guild and polculture design. No longer is this subject mysterious and daunting. This is an essential book for all food foresters and ecological designers.” —Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden
$17.95, paper. New Society. 163 pages, b/w photos
Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, exacerbating climate change and threatening the very earth and water on which our lives depend. However, this dominant system, from which we North Americans obtain most of our food, is being supplanted by a new paradigm. The Emergent Agriculture is a collection of fourteen thematic essays on sustainability viewed through the lens of farming. Arguing that industrial food production is incompatible with the realities of nature, science and ethics, this lyrical narrative makes the case for a locally based food system which is: ✦ Stable in the face of economic uncertainty ✦ Resilient in the face of environmental variability ✦ Grounded in stewardship of the land, on attaching value to food and the craft involved in producing it, and on respecting the dignity of farmers, consumers and livestock. The Emergent Agriculture is a conversation with the reader. It is full of stories and anecdotes. Some recount my experiences farming and describe how agriculture has shaped my understanding of sustainability. Others are about my friends, and colleagues, their struggles, and their triumphs as they practice their crafts under increasingly unpredictable environmental and economic conditions… It documents the current revolution in food production and predicts where that revolution is taking us. It is an appreciation for the strength and resilience of our farmers and an explanation for the iconic place that the family farm occupies in our vision of what America is and ought to be.
Written from the vantage point of an ecologist who is also a farmer, The Emergent Agriculture is essential reading for anyone interested in food security and the potential for growing local economies.
FARMING THE WOODS
GRASS, SOIL, HOPE
An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests by Ken Mudge & Steve Gabriel
A Journey through Carbon Country by Courtney White $22.95, paper. Chelsea Green. 244 pages
$49.95, paper. Chelsea Green. 350 pages, 8x10, colour photos
This book tackles an increasingly crucial question: What can we do about the seemingly intractable challenges confronting all of humanity today, including climate change, global hunger, water scarcity, environmental stress, and economic instability? The answers involves carbon, It’s the soil beneath our feet, the plants that grow, the wildlife we watch, the livestock we raise, the food we eat, the energy we use, and the air we breathe. Soil scientists maintain that a mere 2 percent increase in the carbon content of the planet’s soils could offset 100 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions going into the atmosphere. But how could this be accomplished? What would it cost? Is it even possible? Yes, says author Courtney White, it is not only possible, but essential for the longterm health and sustainability of our environment and our economy. Right now, the only possibility of large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is through plant photosynthesis and related land-based carbon sequestration activities. These include a range of already existing, low-tech, and proven practices: composting, no-till farming, climate-friendly livestock practices, conserving natural habitat, restoring degraded watersheds and rangelands, increasing biodiversity, and producing local food. In Grass, Soil, Hope, the author shows how all these practical strategies can be bundled together into an economic and ecological whole, with the aim of reducing atmospheric CO2 while producing substantial co-benefits for all living things. Soil is a huge natural sink for carbon dioxide. If we can draw increasing amounts carbon out of the atmosphere and store it safely in the soil then we can significantly address all the multiple challenges that now appear so intractable. “Hope in a book about the environmental challenges we face in the twenty-first century is an audacious thing to promise, so I’m pleased to report that Courtney White delivers on it. He has written a stirringly hopeful book.” —Michael Pollan, from the Foreword
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In the modern world, agriculture involves open fields, straight rows, and machinery to grow crops, while forests are primarily reserved for timber and firewood harvesting. Farming the Woods invites a remarkably different perspective: that a healthy forest can be maintained while growing a wide range of food, medicinal, and other non-timber products. While this concept of “forest farming” may seem like an obscure practice, history indicates that much of humanity lived and sustained itself from tree-based systems in the past; only recently have people traded the forest for the field. The good news is that this is not an either-or scenario; forest farms can be most productive in places where the plow is not: on steep slopes, and in shallow soils. It is an invaluable practice to integrate into any farm or homestead, especially as the need for unique value-added products and supplemental income becomes more and more important for farmers. Many already know that daily indulgences we take for granted such as coffee, chocolate, and many tropical fruits, all originate in forest ecosystems. But few know that such abundance is also available in the cool temperate forests of North America. Farming the Woods is the first in-depth guide for farmers and gardeners who have access to an established woodland and are looking for productive ways to manage it. Authors Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel describe this process as “productive conservation,” guided by the processes and relationships found in natural forest ecosystems. Farming the Woods covers in detail how to cultivate, harvest, and market high-value nontimber forest crops such as American ginseng, shiitake mushrooms, ramps (wild leeks), maple syrup, fruit and nut trees, ornamental ferns, and more. Comprehensive information is also offered on historical perspectives of forest farming; mimicking the forest in a changing climate; cultivation of medicinal crops; creating a forest nursery; harvesting and utilizing wood products; the role of animals in the forest farm; and how to design and manage your forest farm once it’s set up. This book is a must-read for farmers and gardeners interested in incorporating aspects of agroforestry, permaculture, forest gardening, and sustainable woodlot management into the concept of a whole-farm organism.
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EAT YOUR GREENS The Surprising Power of Homegrown Leaf Crops by David Kennedy $34.95, paper. New Society. 352 pages, 7x9, b/w & colour photos
Our industrialized food system is failing us, and as individuals we must take more responsibility for our own health and food security. Leaf crops produce more nutrients per square foot of growing space and per day of growing season than any other crops, especially vitamins and minerals commonly lacking in the North American diet. As hardy as they are versatile, these beautiful leafy vegetables range from the familiar to the exotic. Some part of this largely untapped food resource can thrive in almost any situation. Eat Your Greens provides complete instructions for incorporating these nutritional powerhouses into any kitchen garden. This innovative guide: ✦ Shows how familiar garden plants such as sweet potato, okra, beans, peas and pumpkins can be grown to provide both nourishing leaves and other calorie- and protein-rich foods ✦ Introduces a variety of non-traditional alternatives readily adapted to local growing conditions, such as chaya, moringa, toon and wolfberry ✦ Explains how to improve your soil while getting plenty of vegetables by growing edible cover crops. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of modern commercial agriculture, and rounded out by a selection of advanced techniques to maximize, preserve and prepare your harvest, Eat Your Greens is an invaluable addition to the library of any gardening enthusiast.
VEGETABLE GARDENING FOR ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC GROWERS Biographies of over 70 Vegetables… by Joel Morrow $42.00, paper. Lindisfarne. 388 pp., 7x9
Here a man who has installed hundreds of flower and vegetable gardens over forty years offers us biographies of 76 vegetables with detailed accounts of how to grow them, their climate of origin, their transformation over time, and their nutritional and therapeutic potential. Joel Morrow began writing down his vegetable “biographies”—scribbled in the margins of a planting calendar—when his first garden teacher, Margareta Leuder, “described how as a child she had raised watermelon in the Sonoran desert in 1905.” In the 1980s, Joel became editor of the journal Biodynamics. In it, he began his in-
and enlivening, and they challenge our assumptions. Most of us have left the literal village behind, and don’t want to give up our new technologies to go back there. But, as Pinker writes so compellingly, we need close social bonds and uninterrupted face-time with our friends and families in order to thrive—even to survive. Creating our own “village effect” can make us happier. It can also save our lives.
terviews with vegetables, which have continued for 30 years. This book is the result of those “biographies.” As he tells us, Though these biographies are arranged alphabetically for convenience [from Asian Brassicas to Winter Squash], each chapter reflects my own changing point of view, depending on the date of interview. Some begin historically, some morphologically, and some so imaginatively they seem to reawaken Margareta’s childhood shamanism, which became beautifully elaborated through Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual view of nature, the foundation of biodynamics.
I show how those of us who invest in meaningful personal relationships with lots of real social contact are more robust and have better physiological defenses than those who are solitary or who engage with the world largely online. Digital networks and screen media have the power to make the world seem much smaller. But when it comes to certain life-changing transformations, they’re no match for face-to-face.
This book is not only a gardening guide; it also guides the reader inwardly to perceive a vegetable as “a work of art, a journey, a rite of passage into the natural world.” Vegetable Gardening for Organic and Biodynamic Growers is destined to become not just a perennially useful guide, but also a favorite bedside book. The plant is a wide-open creature, as wide as the landscape it grows in. It’s a creature of nodes and growth rings and cycles. What you see are not really leaves and flowers and fruits, but cycles that have jelled. The plant is a merely slight thickening of the cycles of rising and falling light, and jelled rhythm of cosmic activity. When you get to know a plant species, you see it merely as a shadow or ripple of a larger picture, which takes years to see as a whole. You get glimpses of the whole—and its therapeutic power— when you see for example how cabbage, kale, and broccoli are part of a larger transformation that is never entirely visible in one snapshot. These transformations have always surrounded us, waiting for millennia to be noticed and employed.
THE SELF-ACTUALIZING COSMOS The Akasha Revolution in Science by Ervin Laszlo $17.95, paper. Inner Traditions. 208 pages, 29 b/w illustrations
Science evolves through alternating phases of normal science and radical shifts that create scientific revolutions. We saw this at the turn of the 20th century, when science shifted from a Newtonian worldview to Einstein’s relativity paradigm, and again with the shift to the quantum paradigm. Now, as we recog-
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nize the nonlocal interconnection of all things in space and time, we find our scientific worldview shifting once again. With contributions by physicists Paul A. LaViolette and Peter Jakubowski, pioneering systems scientist Ervin Laszlo explores the genesis of the current revolution in scientific thought and the latest findings in support of the Akashic field. He explains how the burgeoning Akasha paradigm returns our way of thinking to an integral consciousness, a nonlinear mode of understanding that enables us to accept the reality of nonlocal interconnection throughout the world. This new inclusive way of understanding reaffirms the age-old instinctive comprehension of deep connections among people, societies, and nature, and it integrates and transcends classical religious and scientific paradigms. Providing examples from cutting-edge science of quantum-resonance-based interactions among all living systems, Laszlo shows the cosmos of the Akasha to be a selfactualizing, self-organizing whole, where each part is in coherence with all others and all parts together create the conditions for the emergence of life and consciousness. The advent of the Akasha paradigm marks a new stage in science’s understanding of the fundamental nature of the world. “Let this masterful mega-synthesis of frontier science blow the lid of any thinking that keeps you from beholding a cosmos designed to self-actualize. This is the pinnacle of Laszlo’s work and defines him as the most important cosmologist alive today.” —James O’Dea, author of Cultivating Peace Among system scientist Laszlo’s other books are Science and the Akashic Field and Quantum Shift in the Global Brain.
THE NIGHT SKY
THE VILLAGE EFFECT
Soul and Cosmos by Richard Grossinger
How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier by Susan Pinker
$35.00, paper. North Atlantic. 804 pages, b/w illustrations
$32.00, cloth. Crown. 416 pages
A substantial expansion of a book first published in 1980, the Night Sky “is my original ‘science and anthropology of the stars and planets’ deepened by thirty years of additional inquiry and practice.” Ever since Homo sapiens first looked up at the stars, we as a species have been looking for meaning in the mysteries of the night sky. Over the millennia, as our knowledge, science, and technology developed, the stories we told ourselves about the universe and our place in it developed as well. In The Night Sky, Richard Grossinger traces those developments, covering multiple aspects of humanity’s complex relationship to the cosmos. Covering not only astronomy but also cosmology, cosmogony, astrology, and science fiction, he offers us a revelatory look at the firmament through his own telescope, fitted with an anthropological lens. As he writes, it’s
In her surprising, entertaining and persuasive new book, psychologist Susan Pinker shows how face-to-face contact is crucial for learning, happiness, resilience and longevity. From birth to death, human beings are hardwired to connect to other human beings. Face to face contact matters: tight bonds of friendship and love heal us, help children learn, extend our lives and make us happy. Looser inperson bonds matter, too, combining with our close relationships to form a personal “village” around us, one that exerts unique effects. And not just any social networks will do: we need the real, face-to-face, in-theflesh encounters that tie human families, groups of friends and communities together. Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories, Susan Pinker explores the impact of face-to-face contact from cradle to grave, from city to Sardinian mountain village, from classroom to workplace, from love to marriage to divorce. Her results are enlightening
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really three books: a history, philosophy, and anthropology of astronomy; a survey of the Solar System from both scientific and archetypal perspectives; and a compilation of star myths, science fiction, and UFO stories.
Throughout his explorations, Grossinger continually reflects on the deeper meaning of our changing concepts about the universe and creation, offering insight into how each new discovery causes us to redefine the values, moralities, and aesthetics by which we live. Filled with poetic observation and profound questions, The Night Sky is a brilliant reflection of humanity’s relationship with the cosmos. The universes of the Pawnee shaman, Egyptian priest, and Gaagudju Walker of the Dream-time open to encompass the multidimensional planes and frequencies of All That Is far more profoundly than do more fragmentary cosmoses arising from the Hubble telescope and CERN Large Hadron Supercollider. The vast meta-galactic realms espied by astral travelers, urban shamans, and entheogenic explorers may not be identical to NASA’s astrophysical heavens, but the relationship between the two is not merely metaphorical and superficial: there is an actual thread. What I have written is not so much an astronomy book as a cosmology, a starry opening to the unknown and unknowable ontology of All That Is. We can’t map the incomprehensible, but we can dowse its vibration through our being, for we are part of it and, when we scan and interpret the night sky, we are skirting its nearest material manifestation at the fullest expression of its bottomless latency.
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Rick Hanson on Neurodharma
ORIGINAL MIND
THE NEURODHARMA OF LOVE
Uncovering Your Natural Brilliance by Dee Joy Coulter
Rewire Your Brain for Healthy Relationships by Rick Hanson
$28.00, cloth. Sounds True. 254 pages
$32.95, 5 WCDs. Sounds True 6 hours, 29 minutes
What would it feel like to experience the world again like a child—deeply engaged with our senses and filled with wonder and creativity? Original Mind takes us on an odyssey back to our “beginner’s mind,” and into our many undeveloped potentials. Through fascinating research, insights, stories, and engaging practices largely overlooked by other “brain science” books, neuroscience and learning pioneer Dee Joy Coulter challenges us to question the conventional definitions and limitations of our minds, and then to move beyond them. This delight-driven odyssey explores a vast landscape of untapped dimensions of consciousness, including: ✦ How to see again with the fresh wonder of an infant ✦ Calming, Enriching, Magnetizing, and Self-Regulating—four keys to character development and emotional resilience ✦ How reading profoundly changes our brains, and how to develop the remarkable capacities of the “pre-literate” mind ✦ Engaging the body to enrich the art of thinking ✦ Boredom, Complexity, Ambiguity, Permeability, and Novelty—five “tolerances” to liberate creativity and joy ✦ Protecting—and expanding—our cognitive faculties as we age ✦ Blending newfound intuitive skills and “school-learned” abilities to navigate the complex demands of the modern world, and much more. “A neuroscience educator takes us on a wild, passionate, bold excursion into the sacredness of human existence, how modern civilization has largely lost sight of it, and how we may go about recovering our sense of the limitless possibilities of our lives. A brilliant book; a must-read.” —Reginald Ray, author of Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body.
Meditation teacher and neuropsychologist Rick Hanson here offers a guided training program on the neuroscience of fulfilling relationships. Most of our greatest joys and sorrows happen in our relationships with others. Imagine then: what if you could guide your mind to forgive, heal, and find greater happiness in your connections with others? “The remarkable truth is that you can,” teaches Rick Hanson. With The Neurodharma of Love, this well-respected clinician and teacher shows us how brain science, practical psychology, and Buddhist meditation practices are now converging to help us experience greater intimacy and fulfillment—in our intimate relationships, with family and friends, and in our larger circles of work and community. This practice-centered audio program invites us to learn: ✦ How to strengthen our underlying neural circuits of empathy, compassion, kindness, and love at the deepest levels ✦ Meditations to help us heal childhood wounds and shift out of fight-or-flight reactivity ✦ How to create a healthy balance of intimacy and independence, open our hearts, resolve conflicts with others, and lay the neuropsychological foundation for lasting love. “Compassion,” “love,” “openheartedness”—these aren’t just nice ideas. They’re actual brain states that we can nurture and strengthen. The Neurodharma of Love shows us how, with powerful insights and practices to enrich all of our relationships. Among Rick Hanson’s books are Hardwiring Happiness and Buddha’s Brain
HARDWIRING HAPPINESS The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence By Rick Hanson
CREATIVITY ON DEMAND How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius by Michael Gelb
$19.00, paper. Harmony. 304 pages.
Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of feeling loved? Your brain was wired in such a way when it evolved, primed to learn quickly from bad experiences, but not so much from the good ones. It’s an ancient survival mechanism that turned the brain into Velcro for the negative, but Teflon for the positive. Being brain-wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. Each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths, but the brain is designed to ignore and waste them. This makes you come down harder on yourself than you do on others, feel inadequate even when you get a hundred things done, and feel lonely even when support is all around. Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson here lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures that attract happiness, love, confidence, and peace. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build a brain strong enough to withstand its ancient negativity bias, allowing contentment and a sense of well-being to become the new normal. We can hardwire in happiness.
$18.50, paper. Sounds True. 224 pages, b/w photos
Do moments of inspiration have to be few and far between— or can you develop the ability to access your deepest creativity any time? Michael Gelb has discovered the missing key that allows genius to flourish: an open, reliable connection to the vital life energy we all possess. The practices for accessing energy have been developed for thousands of years in yoga, martial arts, and Chinese medicine. I’ve asked today’s greatest living masters of these arts to contribute their most effective practices for cultivating creative energy—in a way that the average person can do in 20 minutes or less.
With Creativity On Demand, Gelb teaches a series of simple and potent practices to clear blockages and open the flow of creative energy. He then reveals how these techniques can be integrated with the renowned creative mindset and creative process tools he’s taught to individuals and organizations worldwide. The result is Michael Gelb’s most powerful work yet on unlocking our potential to innovate and achieve.
Your brain has separate systems for liking and wanting. Consequently, it is possible to like something without wanting it. If you let yourself have positive experiences without trying to hold on to them, you’ll enjoy them more and won’t get carried away by the drivenness and pressure of wanting them. Noticing good experiences gives you many opportunities to take in the good each day. Even noticing your own awareness is an opportunity for a good experience, since awareness is inherently peaceful and never tainted or harmed by what passes through it.
The practices you will learn are simple, enjoyable, and effective. If you invest twenty minutes a day, you’re likely to discover that within a few months you’ve significantly strengthened your core creative energy. To make it as easy as possible for you to benefit from these practices you can go to my website, michaelgelb.com, and enjoy free videos to complement your reading… Whatever approach you take you’ll discover that, unlike many other resources, creative energy isn’t depleted when you use it. Rather, the more you use it, the stronger it becomes.
“Learning to take in the good is like fully and mindfully breathing in life…it allows us to access our inner strengths, creativity, vitality and love… Hanson gives us the fascinating science behind attending to positive experiences, and offers powerful and doable ways to awaken the deep and lasting wellbeing we yearn for.” —Tara Brach, author of True Refuge Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and is also the author of Buddha’s Brain and Just One Thing as well as several audio programs.
Also by Michael Gelb are How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, Body Learning, and Discover Your Genius.
THE SHARK’S PAINTBRUSH Biomimicry and How Nature is Inspiring Innovation by Jay Harman
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The wave of the future has been around since the beginning of time: it’s called Nature. Let inventor and entrepreneur Jay Harman introduce you to stunning solutions to some of the world’s thorniest problems. Why does the bumblebee have better aerodynamics than a 747? How can a seashell keep a microchip from overheating? What structural design is shared by a tornado and a blood vessel? How can the design of a butterfly wing reduce the world’s lighting energy bill by 80 per cent?
How will fleas’ knees and bees’ shoulders help scientists formulate a near-perfect rubber? Today an interdisciplinary group of scientists, inventors, and engineers is turning to nature to innovate and find elegant solutions to human problems. The principle driving this transformation is called biomimicry, and Harman shares a wide range of examples of how we’re borrowing from natural models to invent
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profitable, green solutions to pressing industrial challenges. Aimed at a business audience, aspiring entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and general science readers, The Shark’s Paintbrush reflects a force of change in the new global economy that teaches us how to live in harmony with nature and opens bright opportunities for a better future. Among the many fascinating topics Jay explores: what the human heart and dust devils have in common, and how this parallel structure can lead to better technologies in medicine; how studying seaweed can lead
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to resistance-free antibiotics; how a single whale affords us a vast library of design expertise and information that can revolutionize industries as diverse as medicine, aerospace, and emergency pollution response following oil spills and catastrophic tsunamis; how the blowfly maggot could lead to breakthroughs in materials science, helping to lower production costs and manufacture higher-efficiency substances; and how the tiny scales making up the skin of sharks are being replicated on boats and airplanes to reduce drag and increase fuel efficiency.
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Journey of the Universe JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE by Brian Swimme & Mary Evelyn Tucker $16.50, paper. Yale. 192 pages This book is part of a larger project that includes a documentary film, an New in educational DVD series, and a website: Paperback www.journeyoftheuniverse.org. We now have a detailed account of how galaxies and stars, planets and living organisms, human beings and human consciousness came to be. And yet... we thirst for answers to questions that have haunted humanity from the very beginning. What is our place in the 14billion-year history of the universe? What roles do we play in Earth’s history? The great discovery of contemporary science is that the universe is not simply a place, but a story—a story in which we are immersed, to which we belong, and out of which we arose. This story has the power to awaken us more deeply to who we are. For just as the Milky Way is the universe in the form of a galaxy, and an orchid is the universe in the form of a flower, we are the universe in the form of a human. And every time we are
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New on by Brian Swimme DVD & Mary Evelyn Tucker $27.50, DVD. 58 minutes Ask evolutionary philosopher/physicist Brian Swimme about our role as humans in this awe-inspiring universe, and his insights will light up the night skies. As our host and co-writer, he shares his infectious curiosity about life’s biggest questions in Journey of the Universe, a magical one-hour documentary. As an awesome storyteller, Swimme connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos 14 billion years ago, to the invisible frontiers of the human genome, as well as to our current impact on Earth’s evolutionary dynamics. Through his engaging and thoughtful observations audiences will reflect on the profound role we play in this intricate web of life... unfolding. From the Big Bang to the deep impact humans have on the planet today, this film of the universe story is designed to inspire a closer and wiser relationship with Earth in a period of growing environmental and social crisis. UNIVERSE Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos by John Brockman $19.99, paper. HarperCollins. 304 pages
In the wake of one of the most groundbreaking scientific breakthroughs in modern times, the March 2014 discovery of gravitational ripples from the Big Bang—an apparent confirmation of Alan Guth and Andrei Linde’s theory of cosmic inflation—John Brockman, publisher of the influential online science salon Edge.org, here gathers some of the worlds best-known physicists and science writers to explain the Universe. Contributors include Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Brian Cox, Nobel Prize-winners Murray Gell-Mann and Frank Wilczek, and more. In Universe, today’s most influential science writers present brand new research and science behind our evolving understanding of the universe and everything in it. Contributors and topics include:
THE ACCIDENTAL UNIVERSE The World You Thought You Knew by Alan Lightman $18.00, paper. Random House. 176 pages
In this engrossing essay collection, theoretical physicist and novelist Lightman (Einstein’s Dreams) offers insight into the ways that recent scientific discoveries shape our understanding of ourselves and our world. Each of the seven essays here explores the philosophical fallout from a particular corner of research. The titular lead essay examines the concept of the multiverse, and the potential implications of its existence, in light of the dark energy that keeps our universe from collapsing. “The Spiritual Universe” examines the often uneasy relationship between science and religion, while other pieces explore entropy, the vast scale of space, and unpredictable humanity’s role in a universe built on physical laws and composed of forces, light, and particles we can’t see. Alan Lightman, as witnessed in The Accidental Universe, is a rare bird: a limpid popularizer of theoretical physics who is
drawn to look up into the night sky and reflect on the awesome beauty of the universe, we are actually the universe reflecting on itself. And that changes everything.
In Journey of the Universe Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker tell the epic story of the universe from an inspired new perspective, exploring cosmic evolution as a profoundly wondrous process based on creativity, connection, and interdependence—and they envision an unprecedented opportunity for the world’s people to address the daunting ecological and social challenges of our times. Journey of the Universe transforms how we understand our origins and envision our future. Though a little book, it tells a big story—one that inspires hope for a way in which Earth and its human civilizations could flourish together. “Its message is beyond hope or even faith, it is an illuminated manuscript, a book of wonder and awe for our time.” —Terry Tempest Williams, author of Finding Beauty in a Broken World Brian Swimme is also author, with Thomas Berry, of The Universe Story. Beautifully filmed in HD, our story begins on the Greek island of Samos, birthplace of mathematician Pythagoras. Disembarking on the island at dawn, Swimme expertly guides us on an exhilarating trek through time and space, sharing a wondrous view of cosmic evolution as a process based on immense creativity and interdependence. After midnight, he sets sail into the star-lit waters of the Aegean Sea, leaving audiences with a sense of wonder at the mystery, complexity and connectivity that permeates the Earth and universe from the very beginning. Big science, big history, big story, this one-of-akind film was written by Swimme and Yale University historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, biology, ecology, and biodiversity with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe. The story is also told clearly in the book, Journey of the Universe, written by Swimme and Tucker. ✦ Think About Nature from Lee Smolin on math, cosmology, and how to make a theory of the whole universe. ✦ Is There a Higgs? from Brian Cox (presenter of the BBCs Wonders of the Solar System and Wonders of Life) on the Large Hadron Collider and his work researching the existence of a Higgs-Boson particle. ✦ The Cyclic Universe by Neil Turok on the fundamental laws of nature, what came before the big-bang, and how we can come to a unified theory for the origin of the universe. ✦ Quantum Monkeys from Seth Lloyd (Author of Programming the Universe) on computational revolutions and the informational revolution that brought the universe into being. ✦ The Energy of Empty Space That Isn’t Zero by Lawrence Krauss (Author of A Universe From Nothing) on gravity, dark matter, and our understanding of the energy of empty space. ✦ Einstein: An Edge Symposium, on the great physicist’s life and work, featuring Brian Greene, author of The Fabric of the Cosmos, and Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe and Steve Jobs.
comfortable with mystery; someone who can sew the known, the conjectured, and the unknown together like the master needleworker at a cosmological bee. The seven essays here are of a piece—all deal with some aspect of the universe: symmetry, size, laws, spirit, accident—though they can stand alone and be read in the order of interest. The material, for all its wondrousness, spins and bounces merrily along on the surface, with the occasional dive into deeper waters. “A Walden for our digital, cosmological, and quantum age from a modern-day Thoreau. Not since Fred Hoyle in another era (and universe) has anyone dared to cover such a sweeping domain, and no one so elegantly, so parsimoniously, and so personally.” —Jon Kabat Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living A theoretical physicist as well as a writer, Alan Lightman has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities,
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Family & Parenting GREEN MAMA Giving Your Child a Healthy Start and a Greener Future by Manda Aufochs Gillespie $19.99, paper. Dundurn. 184 pages, 7x9, colour photos throughout
What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has gotten increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. New parents are concerned about pervasive toxins in environment the and anxious to raise their children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our already-fragile world. There is nothing more hopeful than choosing to have a child. When we make that decision, we say “I believe the future is worth bringing a person into.” We create the neurological capacity for hope. Parents by their nature get something right that many environmentalists get wrong: hope is the best motivator for change… We always have the capacity for change, but having a baby changes everything. We will do absolutely anything to keep that baby safe.
Vancouver-based Manda Aufochs Gillespie, The Green Mama, discusses a variety of topics that affect the health and well-being of our children. You’ll find help getting back to the basics, at a time when the “basics” are being redefined: clean air, nutritious food, simple play, healthy indoor and outdoor environments, and less stuff. Manda covers prenatal care for mothers-to-be, detoxifying the nursery, cloth versus disposable diapers, baby skincare, nutritious baby food, children’s toys, and car seats. The Green Mama helps parents to become what they were always meant to be: experts on the care of their own children. If you have further questions, or just want to know “What next?” as your children grow up, I encourage you to visit me online at www.thegreenmama.com.
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by-step guide that teaches children how to quiet their minds, calm their bodies, and manage their emotions more skillfully. Now available to the public for the first time, here are Linda Lantieri’s proven techniques for increasing self-esteem, improving concentration and awareness, and enhancing empathy and communication. This curriculum is arranged according to age group and complemented by a spokenword CD with exercises presented by Daniel Goleman. Building Emotional Intelligence invites you and the children in your care to explore: ✦ Relaxing the Body and Focusing the Mind, two fundamental techniques for thriving in our unpredictable and distraction-filled environments ✦ How to foster the five basic competencies that make up emotional intelligence ✦ Bringing groundedness, confidence, and curiosity to all our daily experiences. “A heightened self-awareness, better ability to manage distressing emotions, increased sensitivity to how others feel, and the capacity to manage relationships well are vital throughout life. But the foundation is laid in childhood,” says Goleman in his introduction. With this book and CD, parents, teachers, and caregivers have the tools necessary to promote these invaluable skills in the children they raise.
Daniel Siegel: Whole-Brain Parenting BRAINSTORM The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel
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$18.95, paper. Tarcher/Penguin. 336 pp.
Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and at times, challenging ways. It’s no wonder that many parents approach their child’s adolescence with fear and trepidation. According to renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel, however, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of one anDaniel Siegel other. In Brainstorm, Siegel illuminates how brain development impacts teenagers’ behavior and relationships. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the teenage brain functions can help parents make what is in fact an incredibly positive period of growth, change, and experi-
NO-DRAMA DISCIPLINE The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson $31.00, cloth. Random House. 252 pages, b/w cartoons
OUT OF CONTROL Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn’t Work… and What Will. by Shefali Tsabary $23.50, paper. Namaste. 248 pages
Throw out the discipline manuals! Here’s a fresh, insightful approach that will dissipate the storms of parenting and leave both parent and child a winner. Every parent wants the golden key to raising well-behaved, academically gifted, successful, happy children. Embedded in the collective psyche is the notion that discipline is the cornerstone to achieving these goals. Out of Control offers a never-before-published perspective on why the entire premise of discipline is flawed. Dr. Shefali Tsabary reveals how discipline is a major cause of generations of dysfunction. The author goes to the heart of the problems parents have with children, challenging society’s dependence on discipline, daring readers to let go of fear-based ideologies and replace them with an approach that draws parent and child together. The key is ongoing meaningful connection between parent and child, free from threats, deprivation, punishment, and timeouts—all forms of manipulation. Parents learn how to enter into deep communion with their children, understanding the reasons for a behavior and how to bring out the best in the child. Far from a laissez-faire, anything goes approach, equipped this is how a child learns responsibility and takes ownership of their life with character and resilience that flow naturally from within. Chapter themes include: Learn to Read Your Child’s Cues, How Rescuing Our Children Teaches Irresponsibility, How to Say “Yes” or “No” Effectively, How to Stay Sane as Your Child Goes Through Phases, What to Do When Your Child Shuts You Out, How to Respond to a Teen Who Rebels… and many more.
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The pioneering experts behind the bestselling The Whole-Brain Child now explore the ultimate child-raising challenge: discipline. Highlighting the fascinating link between a child’s neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, No-Drama Discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tears—without causing a scene. Defining the true meaning of the “d” word (to instruct, not to shout or reprimand), the authors explain how to reach your child, redirect emotions, and turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth. By doing so, the cycle of negative behavior (and punishment) is essentially brought to a halt, as problem solving becomes a win/win situation. Inside this sanity-saving guide you’ll discover:
Drawing on the author’s own personal triumph over infertility, Conceiving Healthy Babies is a unique herbal guide geared to helping couples achieve balance in preconception, pregnancy, lactation and beyond. Its individualized approach to fertility explains the importance of: ✦ Understanding, accepting and celebrating our own bodies ✦ Basing our diets on organic, nutrient-dense foods that have been traditionally prepared ✦ Using whole plants in their original form for their medicinal benefits.
CONCEIVING HEALTHY BABIES An Herbal Guide to Support Preconception, Pregnancy and Lactation by Dawn Combs $19.95, paper. New Society. 374 pages, b/w illustrations
Healthy babies don’t just happen. The lifestyle of the prospective parents is a crucial factor in promoting fertility and ensuring a successful pregnancy. But the average North American diet is saturated with processed foods, and environmental toxins are rampant—we must take responsibility for what we put into and onto our bodies to create optimum conditions for the childbearing year.
We do not honor the nutritional preparation it takes to create a baby and are therefore seeing more and more need for medical intervention in the pregnancy and lactation states of our children’s lives. As a result, we are also seeing more and more mental and physical disease as our children grow independently of our wombs.
Packed with detailed information on many different herbs, with a focus on their roles in building healthy babies, this comprehensive manual is rounded out by complete information on herbal use before, during and post-pregnancy, and special attention is paid to supporting nursing and lactation. Whether you have experienced challenges in conceiving or just want to ensure that your pregnancy is as natural and uncomplicated as possible Conceiving Healthy Babies is a welcome guide.
I am passionate about the idea of building a baby from preconception all the way through lactation…I would like to see this book used as a tool for change in our childrearing conversations… This book is also
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✦ strategies that help parents identify their own discipline philosophy—and master the best methods to communicate the lessons they are trying to impart ✦ facts on child brain development—and what kind of discipline is most appropriate and constructive at all ages and stages ✦ the way to calmly connect with and communicate love for a child—no matter how extreme the behavior—while still setting clear and consistent limits ✦ tips for navigating your children through the storm to achieve insight, empathy, and repair ✦ twenty discipline mistakes even the best parent make— and how to stay focused on the principles of whole-brain parenting and discipline techniques. Complete with candid parenting stories and playful illustrations that bring the authors suggestions to life, No-Drama Discipline shows you how to work with your child’s developing mind, peacefully resolve conflicts, and inspire happiness and strengthen resilience in everyone in the family.
meant for the birthworker and lactation consultant professional, and it is my hope that it is easy to use in a clinical setting.
An afterword includes “Tips for Staying Sane in the Conflict Zone” and “Clever Ways to Positively Reinforce Your Child without Discipline.”Also by Shefali Tsabary is The Conscious Parent.
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mentation in their children’s lives less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide. In this book, the brilliant author of Mindsight, The Whole-Brain Child, and other books busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence—for example, that it is merely a stage of “immaturity” filled with often “crazy” behavior—to reveal how it is in fact a vital time in our lives in terms of charting the course for the adults we ultimately become. According to Siegel, during adolescence we learn important skills, such as how to leave home and enter the larger world, how to connect deeply with others, and how to safely experiment and take risks, thereby creating strategies for dealing with the world’s increasingly complex problems. Siegel offers readers an inside-out approach to focusing on how brain development affects our behavior and relationships. “Eye-opening and inspiring… Daniel Siegel shows how the supposed downsides of the teen years all have upsides, and that the lessons for living that await teens are ones any of us, at any age, can learn from. Teens and their parents stand to benefit immensely from reading this book, separately or together.” —Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
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Relationship, Eros & Marriage JOINING: THE RELATIONSHIP GARDEN by Jock McKeen & Bennet Wong $19.95, paper. Haven. 248 pages
This thoroughly revised edition of Haven founders Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen’s Joining: The Relationship Garden offers perspectives and tools to help you transform your life and relationships. Drawing on their own personal and professional relationship of more than 40 years, and their long careers of working experientially with others, Wong and McKeen provide insightful guidance in the art of relationship. Ben and Jock are well-known educators and workshop leaders at PD Seminars, Haven-by-the-Sea on Gabriola Island in B.C. Having worked intensively with their own “relationship garden” and with those of thousands of clients and co-inspiritors over the decades, these two lively teachers have here synthesized the results of their remarkable experiment in living. Their experiences, their philosophy and their comments will speak meaningfully to readers of
✦ all kinds—friends, business associates, family members, marriage partners and other primary pairings. You might well ask, “Why are two men writing a book about loving and the stages of development of intimacy? What could they possibly know about such matters, which usually involve a man and a woman, or members of a family?” For almost forty years, we have been in a most unique relationship, where we have made the study of loving and intimacy our central concern. Both of us were trained as scientists: Ben studied psychiatry and psychoanalysis following his medical degree; Jock trained in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, after he graduated from medical school. Both of us had been fascinated with religions and spirituality, and were very involved in working closely with people as they delved into the concerns of their lives. It seemed that relationship and loving were central concerns of most people we met. And yet, we could not find any authorities who could answer “What is love?”, “What is intimacy?”, and “How can I deepen in relationship without losing myself?”
FEELINGS FIRST! How To Feed Your Emotionally Starved Relationship and Bring More Passion Into Your Life by Douglas & Naomi Moseley $12.00, paper. Moseley Method. 210 pp.
Doug and Naomi Moseley are known for their “get-to-the-root-of-the-issue” approach. Working together since 1986, they have led more than 300 weeklong retreats, many of them for couples. So hear it now: if you want more physical kissing, then learn more about emotional kissing. They are intricately, intimately and forever interrelated.
Are you interested in making the journey from head to more open-heartedness? Are you hungry for more feelings in your intimate relationship—but having difficulty getting your message across? Are you with a partner who is asking for more of your emotional presence—but you don’t know what that means, or how to actually do it? Are you looking for more specifics on how to locate, express, and receive feelings? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, Feelings First is for you. Naomi and Doug Moseley believe that developing some feelings skills is an important part of the journey for individuals who have a desire to experience a more balanced and authentically mature existence. In intimate relationships, partners who are willing to support each other in their emotional development can experience much more alive, aware, and enriching lives. This book is about welcoming feelings, and it lays out steps for individual and couples who want to commit to “Going Deeper.” We begin with some basic concepts in emotional-development work…Next, in the middle sections, we move on to some of the “nuts and bolts” of how to start working more experientially with emotional development. Finally, the last chapters address a few of the thornier issues that couples commonly struggle with
when navigating the emotional arena. Naomi and Doug Moseley also have detailed significant aspects of intimacy and personal growth in two previous books: The
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Energy-Medicine, Brains in Love
THE TAO OF INTIMACY AND ECSTASY realizing the promise of spiritual union by Solala Towler $18.50, paper. Sounds True. 195 pages
THE ENERGIES OF LOVE Using Energy Medicine to Keep Your Relationship Thriving by Donna Eden & David Feinstein $32.95, cloth. Tarcher. 382 pages, 7x9
The bestselling authors of Energy Medicine and Energy Medicine for Women present a complete program for using energy medicine to heal and strengthen romantic relationships. The 21st century has ushered in a brave new world for couples. Just as the challenges are unprecedented, unimagined tools for meeting those challenges re emerging. This book presents, in our experience, many of the best of those tools.
A relationship begins with the meeting of two unique energies. This union of energies, though invisible, determines the way you communicate, fight, love, and want to be loved. In this groundbreaking book, the bestselling authors of Energy Medicine draw on the real-life experiences of couples who have attended their popular Energies of Love workshops, as well as their own experience as husband and wife, to show how an understanding of your energy system and that of your partner can help you build a more harmonious and loving bond. Donna Eden & We all have different ways of making sense of the world around us, David Feinstein but when faced with conflict, especially with those we care most about, we tend to revert to one of four Energetic Stress Styles: ✦ Visuals are extremely passionate and inspire others to care about the things they care about, but in moments of conflict, their take on the situation can overshadow what is actually occurring, undermining their ability to empathize with their partner. ✦ Kinesthetics are generous, compassionate, and accepting of other people, but their caring nature pulls them in too many directions. They try to meet others needs at the expense of their own, which can cause mounting resentment. ✦ Digitals are rational and principled and have a gift for quickly understanding complex situations, but they can become closed to others perspectives and feelings. ✦ Tonals have a gift for understanding others and their dilemmas, but during moments of conflict, their ability to read between the lines can morph into hearing what was never said, felt, or thought. According to the authors, the strongest relationships are those in which the two parties feel that they are partners on a shared spiritual journey. By helping you better understand your own unique energy system, as well as that of your partner, you will be able to recognize your strengths as a couple—and avoid the pitfalls. The Energies of Love serves as a powerful resource for anyone who wishes to build a rich partnership while maintaining the spark that keeps a relationship exciting. The teaching of this book is to bring ourselves to a loving resonance, discovering strategies and practices of loving that then can become daily practice, constant application. This may be the most important learning of them all, the one that may hold the greatest good for life on this planet—learning how to commit to the choice of loving. —Jean Houston, from the foreword
WIRED FOR LOVE How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship by Stan Tatkin $19.95, paper. New Harbinger. 180 pages
“What the heck is my partner thinking ?” is a common refrain in romantic relationships, and with good reason. Every person is wired for love differently, with different habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. The good news is that most people’s minds work in predictable ways and respond well to security, attachment, and rituals, making it possible to actually neurologically prime the brain for greater love and fewer conflicts. Wired for Love is a complete insider’s guide to understanding a partner’s brain and promoting love and trust within a romantic relationship. Readers learn ten scientific principles they can use to avoid triggering fear and panic in their partners, manage their partners’ emotional reactions when they do become upset, and recognize when the brain’s threat response is hindering their ability to act in a loving way. By learning to use simple gestures and words, readers can learn to put out emotional fires and—help their partners feel more safe and secure. Each chapter includes exercises to help you apply the principle discussed therein. You can do most of the exercises on your own, or you and your partner can do them together... Share what is in this book with your partner. You will get ev en more out of it.
The no-fault view of conflict in this book encourages readers to move past a “warring brain” mentality and toward a more cooperative “loving brain” understanding of the relationship. Based in the sound science of neurobiology, attachment theory, and emotion regulation research, this book is essential reading for couples and others interested in understanding the complex dynamics at work behind love and trust in intimate relationships. “Wired for Love is more than a brilliant integration of recent brain research with the insights of attachment theory. It is an instance of an emergent literature expressing a new paradigm of couplehood.” —Harville Hendrix, from the foreword Shadow Side of Intimate Relationships and Making Your Second Marriage A First Class Success. For more information, visit: www.IntimacyTraining.com.
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“Harmony is the essence of a lasting and loving relationship,” teaches Solala Towler, “and no teaching offers us greater insight into the path of harmony than the Tao.” For anyone seeking to build greater connection, intimacy, and sexual fulfillment in their relationship, Towler presents The Tao of Intimacy and Ecstasy—an essential guide to a natural and joyous way of love. Filled with time-tested practices and guidance for both individuals and couples, this elegant book explores: ✦ Taoist wisdom-practices adapted for the complexity of modern relationships ✦ The art of clear, respectful, and authentic communication ✦ How to use the principle of yin/yang to create harmony within your relationship as well as within yourself ✦ Attuning sexual energy between partners for not just happy and sensual lovemaking, but also for spiritual cultivation and health enhancement ✦ Chi gong (qigong) exercises, tai chi principles, and meditations to balance your subtle energies and align your spirit with that of your partner ✦ Living practices to strengthen your connection to the earth. Instead of treating sex as merely a physical release, you will be able to bring both a high level of spirituality and a greater depth of pleasure for both you and your partner through the principles and practices of Taoist sexual yoga. Instead of feeling low energy or having multiple health problems, which get in the way of enjoying your life together, you will be able to enjoy greater health and wellbeing through the practice of chi gong… It is often when we are in relationship with others that we can learn to know ourselves in a deeper and richer way.
With The Tao of Intimacy and Ecstasy, Solala Towler offers a practical and intriguing guide to traveling the “watercourse way” with your partner—one that gives you both the space to grow, explore, and discover the richness of your sacred union. Solala Towler is editor of The Empty Vessel, a journal of Taoist philosophy and practice.
Women & Men VAGINA A New Biography: Revised and Updated Edition by Naomi Wolf $19.99, paper. HarperCollins. 392 pages
This astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history radically reframes how we understand the vagina—and consequently, how we understand women. When a medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain—and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.
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Vagina: A New Biography draws on insights about “the mindvagina connection” to reveal new information about what women really need, and considers what a sexual relationship—and a relationship to the self—transformed by these insights could
courage; and her role in love and in society in new and revelatory ways.
look like. She explores how truly, experientially different sex is for women and for men— awesome. Vagina combines science with cultural history and deeply personal considerations of the role of female desire in female identity, creativity, and confidence, from interviewees of all walks of life. This deeply engaging book elucidates the ties between a woman’s experience of her vagina and her sense of self; her impulses, dreams, and
The mysticism-inducing autonomic nervous system in women—along with all of a woman’s sexual and other body systems working together in ways that go far beyond what we in the West identify as “sex” but that are nonetheless vital to women’s sexual and emotional happiness—I will call “the Goddess Network.” The things that men need to do to women to engage the Goddess
Jean Bolen on Artemis, Goddesses & Gods ARTEMIS The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen $27.95, cloth. Conari. 230 pages
The great writer and Jungian analyst Jean Bolen explores meaning and purpose through the retelling of important archetypal myths. In Artemis, Bolen invites women and girls to discover the tenacity and courage of the Artemis archetype and how it can be tapped to live their own authenticity. Bolen delves deeply into the myth of the famous hunter and runner in ancient Greek mythology, a mortal woman who is identified with Artemis the Greek Goddess of the Hunt and Moon. Atalanta began life abandoned and left to die because she was born a girl. She faced the Calydon Boar and drew first blood; she Jean Shinoda was the runner who would demand to be beaten Bolen in a footrace by the man who could claim her as his bride. She exemplifies the indomitable spirit
GODDESSES IN EVERYWOMAN Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives: 30th Anniversary Edition by Jean Shinoda Bolen $19.99, paper. HarperCollins. 384 pages
This classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a new introduction by the author. Jungian analyst Jean Bolen brings the Greek pantheon to life as our inner archetypes and applies the power of myth to our personal lives. Once we understand the natural progression from myth to archetype to personal psychology, and realize that positive gifts and negative tendencies are qualities associated with a particular goddess within, we gain useful and potent insights. Depending on which goddess is more active within, one woman might be more committed to achieving professional success, while another more fulfilled as a wife and mother, yet another as artist, gardener, or adventurer. When Goddesses in Everywoman was first published, thousands of women readers became fascinated with identifying their own inner goddesses and using these archetypes to guide them-
GODS IN EVERYMAN Archetypes that Shape Men’s Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen $19.99, paper. HarperCollins. 352 pages
The companion volume to Goddesses in Everywoman reveals the powerful inner patterns, or archetypes, that shape men’s personalities, careers, and personal relationships—offering a insights into Greek mythology, Jungian archetypal psychology, and into themselves and the people in their lives. A Jungian analyst, Dr. Bolen introduces our inner patterns in the guise of eight archetypal gods. There is authoritarian Zeus, emotional Poseidon, sensual and ecstatic Dionysus, introverted Hades, Hephaestus the craftsman, instinctive Ares, Hermes the communicator-salesman, and mindful Apollo. One may be dominant in a person or several may coexist. A man who knows which are his active archetypes gains knowledge about himself and his sources of meaning. Bolen shows men how to identify their ruling gods, how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes in order to enrich and strengthen their lives. She stresses the importance of understanding which
in competent, courageous girls and in the women they become. This is grit, the passion and persistence to go the distance, to survive, and to succeed. She includes many real-life stories as well as mythological and fictional examples of women who are similar to Atalanta, including among others Princess Merida from the animated film Brave and Katniss from The Hunger Games. Artemis and Atalanta are the means through which readers can navigate their own personal exploration to become their authentic selves. If Artemis is a strong archetype in your psyche, you will see reflections of yourself and will value the indomitable qualities that have sustained you. You may also realize how you may need to grow.
Bolen dedicates this book to women and girls who embody the archetype of Artemis, discovering her uncrushable spirit in themselves or others. Among Jean Bolen’s other books are Goddesses in Everywoman, Crones Don’t Whine, and Urgent Message from Mother.
selves to greater self-esteem, creativity, and happiness. Bolen introduced these patterns in the guise of seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, with whom all women could identify. From the independent Artemis and the cool-thinking Athena to the nurturing Demeter and the creative Aphrodite, she explains how to decide which to cultivate or to moderate, and how to tap their power to become a better “heroine” in one’s own life story. Bolen’s radical idea was that just as women used to be unconscious of the powerful effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they were also unconscious of powerful archetypal forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among them. Bolen believes that an understanding of these inner patterns and their interrelationships offers reassuring, true-to-life alternatives that take women far beyond such restrictive dichotomies as masculine/feminine, mother/lover, careerist/housewife. And she demonstrates in this book how understanding them can provide the key to self-knowledge and wholeness. Among Jean Bolen’s other books are Goddesses in Everyman and Crones Don’t Whine. gods you are attracted to and which are incompatible with your expectations, uncovers the origins of the often-difficult father-son relationship, and explores society’s deep conflict between nurturing behavior and the need to foster masculinity. Insight into the “gods” provides parents of boys (especially single mothers) with a means of seeing the appreciating “who” their sons are. The net result is a parent who feels more competent because she (or he) understands what it’s like to be her particular son, how the world is likely to treat him, what his strengths and difficulties may be, and where ha can use some help. Both men and women also need to see their fathers clearly, often in order to forgive them, as much as to understand them. Understanding the gods and their myths may provide an objective picture of the father.
Gods in Everyman presents us with a compassionate and lucid male psychology that will help all men and women to better understand themselves and their relationships with their fathers, their sons, their brothers and their lovers. This 25th Anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author. Among Jean Bolen’s other books are Goddesses in Older Women and The Millionth Circle.
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Network—what sex educator Liz Topp called “the things women need that men don’t need,” and for which we, revealingly, don’t have a single name—I call “the Goddess Array.” I am especially likely to identify as part of the Goddess Array an act or gesture or caress that is confirmed by the intersection of both basic Tantric practice and recent or established scientific research.
Vagina: A New Biography explores the physical, political, and spiritual implications of this startling series of new scientific breakthroughs for women and for society as a whole.
THE BONES AND BREATH A Man’s Guide to Eros, the Sacred Masculine, and the Wild Soul by L. R. Heartsong $19.99, paper. White Cloud. 240 pages.
In The Bones and Breath, author L. R. Heartsong asserts that we each have an essential gift to bring to the world. By actively embodying the soul we undertake a profound, transpersonal journey, one that serves humanity and the Earth at a crucial phase of our collective evolution. Our life task is not to transcend the body but to become fully human by descending into the bones and breath. Heartsong seeks to bring men out of their heads and down into the body/soul to discover their personal authenticity as a wild soul. Eros is the key. Eros is something much more than romantic love—it is the elemental force of allurement that plays a pivotal role in our evolution as conscious beings and pulls us toward our destiny.
The sacred masculine is an important archetype now making a much-needed return to assist humanity, as men shift from being the single most destructive force on the planet to a life-sustaining and interconnected force. Interweaving personal stories and seven primary Soul Skills and Embodiment Exercises, The Bones and Breath is part inspirational narrative, part how-to manual for a soul-centered life. “Inside each one of us swirls and surges a mysterious longing, which L. R. Heartsong knows to be the essential catalyst for the larger, unique, and more dangerous life that awaits each one of us. The Bones and Breath offers a persuasive revisioning of masculinity, one that supports both women and men in our search for a meaningful and passionate way to participate in our great transformative times.” —Bill Plotkin, author of Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche “Asking what it means to be a wild soul in the modern world, Heartsong skillfully shares his deep research and understanding of passion and creativity; sacred masculinity and spiritual ecology; myth and shadow; sensory communion with nature; sex and relationships; the sensual soul and the wise heart. Weaving together the body, soul, and nature, here is a compelling re-imagining of what it means to be fully human.” —Jay Harman, author of The Shark’s Paintbrush
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INDEX OF AUTHORS & THEIR TITLES
Adamson, Sophia. Through the Gateway of the Heart. 27
Alexander, Eben. The Map of Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Almaas, A.H. Runaway Realization . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Analayo. Perspectives on Satipatthana . . . . . . 11
Aradia, Lady Sable. The Witch’s Eight Paths of Power. . 28
Artemis, Nadine. Holistic Dental Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Backes, Michael. Cannabis Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Barks, Coleman. Rumi: Soul Fury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bayda, Ezra. The Authentic Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Beben, Mary. The Pleiadian House of Initiation . 31
Bennett, Robin Rose. Healing Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Bennett-Goleman, Tara. Mind Whispering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Berry, Wendell. This Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bevell, Brett. Energy Healing for Everyone . . . . . 16
Blair, Katrina. Wild Wisdom of Weeds . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bobroff, Gary. Crop Circles, Jung & the Reemergence of the Archetypal Feminine. . . . . . . 22
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Artemis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Goddesses in Everywoman. . . . . . . . 41
Bolen, Jean Shinoda. Gods in Everyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Borins, Mel. A Doctor’s Guide to Alternative Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bourgeault, Cynthia. Love is Stronger than Death . . . . . . 29
Boutenko, Victoria. Green Smoothie Retreat . . . . . . . . . 17
Brockman, John. Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Brunton, Paul. The Short Path to Enlightenment . 24
Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Herbal Antibiotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Herbal Antivirals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cameron, Julia. The Artist’s Way for Parents . . . . . . . 7
Campos, Don José. The Shaman and Ayahuasca . . . . . . 26
Chia, Mantak. Chi Kung for Women’s Health & Sexual Vitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ching, Elise Dirlam. The Creative Art of Living, Dying & Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chodron, Pema. Be Grateful to Everyone . . . . . . . . . 14
Chodron, Pema. Walking the Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chopra, Deepak. The Future of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Combs, Dawn. Conceiving Healthy Babies . . . . . . . 39
Cook, Miki. Green Home Building . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Corbett, Julia. Raw Cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Corn, Seane. The Yoga of Awakening: Body-Mind Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Corn, Seane. The Yoga of Awakening: Chakra Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Coulter, Dee Joy
Harris, Sam.
Original Mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cushman, Anne.
Meade, Michael.
Waking Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Hay, Louise.
Moving Into Meditation. . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dalai Lama.
Mellon, Nancy.
Experience Your Good Now! . . . . . 19
Heartsong, L.R..
The. Kindness, Clarity and Insight . 13
Dalian, Eliza Mada.
Darling, David. Cello & Piano Meditations . . . . . . . . 6
Das, Shiva. Divine Love Astrology . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Davis, Brenda. Becoming Vegan (Comprehensive Edition) . . . . . . . . 17
De Wys, Margaret.
The Bones and Breath . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Black Smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Homer/Mitchell.
Writing from the Senses . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hopkins, Rob.
Harness Astrology’s Bad Boy . . . . . . 30
Hoppe, Michael.
One Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Huelgas Ensemble.
Gardening Myths & Misconceptions 35
Ireland, Mark.
The Energies of Love. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Jodorowsky, Alejandro. Jodorowsky, Alejandro. Jung, C.G.
Edmonson, Brad. Ice Cream Social . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Elworthy, Scilla. Pioneering the Possible . . . . . . . . . . 33
Epstein, Mark. The Trauma of Everyday Life . . . . . 25
Esselstyn, Ann Crile. The Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook . . . . . . . . . 17
Evenson, Dean. 4 Earth: Natural Sounds of Ocean Stream River Pond. . . . . . . 6
Forward, Susan Mothers Who Can’t Love. . . . . . . . . 21
Fox, Matthew. Meister Eckhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Gannon, Sharon. Simple Recipes for Joy . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gelb, Michael. Creativity on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gia-fu Feng. Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters. . . . . . 14
Gillespie, Manda Aufochs. Green Mama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Gooding, Mel. Art Rules! (And How to Break Them) . . . . . . . . 8
Grossinger, Richard. The Night Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Grout, Pam. E-Cubed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Gunaratana, Bhante. Meditation On Perception . . . . . . . 11
Hakuin Zenji. Poison Blossoms from a Thicket of Thorns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ambient Alchemy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How to Eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Honoring Grief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How to Sit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Eat Your Greens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat. The Ecstasy Beyond Knowing . . . . . 29
The Art of Communicating . . . . . . . 12
The Ayahuasca Test Pilots Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hardwiring Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Listening to the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Neurodharma of Love . . . . . . . 37
This Changes Everything . . . . . . . . . 33
The Shark’s Paintbrush . . . . . . . . . . 37
The Emergent Agriculture . . . . . . . 35
Lachman, Gary. Aleister Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Landberg, Mary. Enduring Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Endless Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Nepo, Mark. Reduced to Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Concise Book of Trigger Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oliver, Mary. Blue Horses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Building Emotional Intelligence. . . 38 The Self-Actualizing Cosmos . . . . . . 36
Levey, Joel & Michelle. Living in Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pevny, Ron. Conscious Living, Conscious Aging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Talking Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Talking Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Pinker, Susan. The Village Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Poncelet, Claude.
Levine, Noah. Kind Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Shaman Within. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Premal, Deva.
Liddon, Angela. The Oh She Glows Cookbook. . . . . 18
Mantras for Life 7
Rainbird, Peter Jack.
Lightman, Alan. The Accidental Universe . . . . . . . . . 38
Unravel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ram Dass.
Lippe, Toinette. Caught in the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Polishing the Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ram Dass.
Lippe, Toinette. Nothing Left Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Polishing the Mirror (CDs) . . . . . . . 26
Ray, Reginald.
Toxin Toxout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Touching Enlightenment . . . . . . . . 13
Rhiannon.
Reinventing Fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Vocal River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rinzler, Lodro.
The Once and Future World . . . . . 34
Buddha Walks into the Office. . . . . 32
Roche, Lorin.
The Wisdom of Hypatia. . . . . . . . . . 31
The Radiance Sutras . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rome, David.
Communing with the Divine . . . . . . 31
Your Body Knows the Answer . . . . . 21
Rudd, Richard.
Be Nobody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Gene Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Rysdyk, Evelyn.
Joining: The Relationship Garden . 39
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The Master Key Video Series. . . . . . 14
Phan-Le, Marie-Rose.
Laszlo, Ervin.
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Phan-le, Marie-Rose.
Lantieri, Linda.
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In Love and Longing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Penner, James.
Kleppel, Gary.
McKeen, Jock.
Harman, Jay.
The Nonviolence Handbook. . . . . . 33
Peng, Robert.
Klein, Naomi.
Marut, Lama.
Hanson, Rick.
Living Life in Full Bloom . . . . . . . . 18
Ortner, Nick.
Kittisaro.
Martin, Barbara.
Hanson, Rick.
Minding the Earth, Mending the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Niel-Asher, Simeon.
Kilham, Chris.
MacLennan, Bruce.
Hanh, Thich Nhat.
The Self in Full Bloom . . . . . . . . . . 24
Murphy, Susan.
Nepo, Mark.
Kennedy, David.
MacKinnon, J.B.
Hanh, Thich Nhat.
Farming the Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mukti.
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Kennedy, Alexandra.
Lovins, Amory.
Hanh, Thich Nhat.
Mudge, Ken.
Nagler, Michael.
Kassoff, Anya.
Lourie, Bruce.
Halpern, Steven.
Moseley, Douglas & Naomi.
Murray, Elizabeth.
Kahn, Lloyd.
The Vibrant Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Little Book of Energy Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vegetable Gardening for Organic and Biodynamic Growers . 36 Feelings First! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Iyer, Pico.
Tiny Homes on the Move . . . . . . . . 34
Eden, Donna.
With Heart In Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Morrow, Joel.
Sacred Songs of the Renaissance . . . 6
The Essential Jung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Eden, Donna.
Dying to Be Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Morinis, Alan.
Serenity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Dance of Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dowding, Charles
Turning Confusion into Clarity . . . 13
Moorjani, Anita.
The Transition Handbook . . . . . . . 33
Metagenealogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dossey, Larry.
All the Rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mingyur Rinpoche, Yongey.
The Odyssey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Art of Stillness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dixon-Cooper, Hazel.
Book of Lies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Miller, Andrea.
Free Yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages from the Afterlife . . . . . . . 31
Deutsch, Laura.
Body Eloquence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Metzger, Richard.
Hobbs, Carolyn.
Healing the Body & Awakening Consciousness with the Dalian Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Finding Genius In Your Life . . . . . . 22
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Salzberg, Sharon. Love Your Enemies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Scholfield-Sweet, Kristen. The Journey Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Schwartzberg, Louie. Mindful Intentions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Serrill, Ward. Song of the New Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Shea, Michael. Myofascial Release Therapy. . . . . . . 17
Shroder, Tom. Acid Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Siegel, Daniel. Brainstorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Siegel, Daniel. No-Drama Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Siff, Jason. Thoughts Are Not the Enemy . . . . . 23
Silver, Tosha. Outrageous Openness . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Speerstra, Karen. The Divine Art of Dying . . . . . . . . . 24
Suzuki, David. The David Suzuki Reader . . . . . . . . 33
Swimme, Brian. Journey of the Universe . . . . . . . . . . 38
Swimme, Brian. Journey of the Universe DVD . . . . . 38
Tatkin, Stan. Wired for Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Thompson, Becky. Survivors on the Yoga Mat . . . . . . . . 10
Tolle, Eckhart. Peace in the Present Moment . . . . . 24
Tolstoy, Leo. A Calendar of Wisdom. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Towler, Solala. The Tao of Intimacy and Ecstasy . . 40
Tsabary, Shefali. Out of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Uttal, Jai. Lifeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Van Der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score . . . . . . . 21
Vanamali. Shiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Virtue, Doreen. Angel Tarot Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Virtue, Doreen. The Big Book of Angel Tarot . . . . . 30
Walker, Lauren. Energy Medicine Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warner, Brad. There Is No God and He Is Alwys With You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Weiseman, Wayne. Integrated Forest Gardening. . . . . . 35
Weyler, Rex. Catch the Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
White, Courtney. Grass, Soil, Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Wilcock, David. The Synchronicity Key . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Williamson, Marianne. Love’s Manifesto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Williamson, Marianne. Meditations of the Heart . . . . . . . . . 20
Williamson, Marianne. The Age of Miracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wolf, Naomi. Vagina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Yacoboni, Celeste. How Do You Pray? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Young, M. The Baul Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Zaporah, Ruth. Improvisation on the Edge . . . . . . . . 8
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