Our oldest texts and religious writings - from the Bible to the Vedic scripts - all speak of a golden age when our earliest forebears dwelt in utopian bliss before losing their way and suffering annihilation in a worldwide catastrophe. In a stunning reappraisal of the sacred texts of antiquity, Ian Lawton uncovers what he believes is the key to deciphering the true origins of our antediluvian ancestors. The comparative history community has for some years argued over who this forgotten race may be and high-profile books such as Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods and Andrew Collins' Gateway to Atlantis have found a huge audience who are prepared to look beyond the orthodoxy. Lawton argues that the evolution of the modern human race received its most supreme cultural impetus around 100,000 years ago, when the first advanced souls incarnated in human form - giving a philosophical interpretation of the universal stories of fallen angels. With chapters on mythology, evolution, archaeology, geology and science, this scholarly work bravely combines history and philosophy to spectacular effect. The result is is a groundbreaking book that will change not only the way we look at the past, but even more so the future.
To the newcomer PRINCE2 can represent a bewildering array of jargon. Terms like 'integrated elements', 'principles', 'themes', 'processes' and 'management and specialist products' can overwhelm course delegates or self-studiers on first exposure. Understanding what these terms mean in simple language and, even more important, how all these elements of PRINCE2 fit together, is the major hurdle that needs to be overcome if the many benefits of the method are to be unlocked. IAN LAWTON is a former chartered accountant, sales executive, business consultant and IT project manager. Since 2008 he has trained more than 2000 delegates on PRINCE2 courses. He has worked for some of the market leaders in training provision such as Parity and QA, and understands how to make the method accessible to newcomers.
There is persuasive evidence from near-death and out-of-body experiences that the physical brain is merely the instrument through which our soul consciousness expresses itself in the physical world. There is equally persuasive evidence from children and adults who spontaneously remember past lives, and from past-life and interlife regression, that we are individual souls who reincarnate to experience and grow. A careful analysis of skeptics' arguments in each of these areas of research proves in most cases just how reductionist, and in fact illogical, they are. Nevertheless not all the evidence put forward by believers stands up, and careful discrimination is required. Such a balanced and in-depth critique of both sides of the argument is rare if not unique. Equally unique is the accompanying collation and comparison of the interlife regression research of a number of pioneering psychologists. But what of the idea that 'we are all One', which is the universal message of all transcendental experiences? Can it be squared with the idea of the individual, reincarnating soul, or is this merely an 'illusion' in itself? Perhaps the answer lies in a theory of total elegance and simplicity... that of 'the Holographic Soul'.
Rational spirituality? surely this is a contradiction in terms?How can spirituality be rational, when it relies on faith and revelation?The simple answer is it does not have to any more.Modern science tells us there is far more to the universe than the physical world we all perceive. And the explanation that most closely fits the facts for a range of verifiable phenomena, from near-death experiences to past-life memories, is that the soul exists separately from the physical body and reincarnates repeatedly.This book could only have been written in the twenty-first century, because it uses the latest breakthroughs in scientific and psychological research to produce a truly revolutionary view of spirituality. By comparing this modern evidence with thousands of years of spiritual traditions, it finally provides rational answers to some of the most significant and intriguing questions ever posed by the human race:? What experiences do we have in the interlife between incarnations?? Do we plan all the major circumstances of our lives, both good and bad?? How does karma operate? Does it really involve ?action and reaction??? Can we be punished in the ways that traditional religions suggest?? What practical steps can we take to ensure our karma is progressive rather than repetitive?Piece by piece, this book uncovers startling evidence to support a scientific and rational belief in reincarnation and the interlife. It brings together a wide range of research ? including the incredible insights of thousands of ordinary regression subjects ? in a logical, objective way to produce a major breakthrough in our approach to spirituality.No one who reads this book will ever view life in the same way again. The spiritual worldview it describes is coherent and rational, and has the capability to propel humanity forwards to previously unexplored levels... if only we will let it.
The version of Jesus' teachings we've been left with is completely the wrong way round¿ we're actually divine creators of our own reality, just as he was.
Charts the author's progression from motorcycle and car racer, to pyramid explorer and researcher of ancient civilisations, to spiritual philosopher... with analysis and examples of how he has created or manifested all the various aspects of his life, both good and bad.
A simple yet essential guide to the afterlife, which answers all your questions such as why you will continue to exist, what to expect and how best to prepare. Based on evidence not belief, it describes the unlimited possibilities we have to create wondrous new experiences... as long as we have a reliable map of the territory.
Together these three short books provide an easy, one-stop introduction to the sort of modern, spiritual approach to life now adopted by so many in our society, yet still largely ignored by the mainstream media. We start with THE LITTLE BOOK OF THE SOUL, which uses a storybook style to present a number of cases of near-death experience and past-life recall. Such as the Indian girl with memories of a past life, who astonished her former husband by reminding him how he had borrowed money from her just before she died. This truly fascinating evidence underpins a rational approach to spirituality, and is interspersed with helpful summaries and analysis. This is followed by YOUR HOLOGRAPHIC SOUL, which tackles the big, universal questions like who or what is God, why are we here, is everything just an illusion and even why is the universe itself here at all? It uses the answers to build a simple theoretical framework that we can all use to make sense of our lives. It then lays out ten hugely important suggestions for how we can apply this understanding in practice, so we can help ourselves to get the most out of our time on this wonderful planet. The last book of the trilogy is THE FUTURE OF THE SOUL, which again uses a question-and-answer style to present some incredibly positive yet grounded messages from channeled sources about 2012. These include that everything is just as it should be; that so many souls are on earth now to take advantage of an incredible opportunity that has been known about, planned for and eagerly awaited for thousands of years; and that the attention of the entire universe is trained on our humble little planet because no one knows the outcome. Above all they emphasize that the global shift in consciousness with which more and more people are resonating is already happening, and that the most important time is NOW! Which is why the aim of this book isn't to preach to the converted so much as to help even more people to wake up to their spiritual self, and to the incredible opportunities open to all of us right now. The sort of people who have no fixed views about religion or spirituality, and probably haven't even had much time to think about such things before, but are now ready to open up - especially when presented with a new, grounded, rational approach. If that's you, your incredible journey starts right here...
Was our planet once populated by a lost civilization that was destroyed? A fundamental reappraisal of the most revered ancient texts and traditions from around the globe, coupled with archaeological and geological evidence, suggests that it was. But what were our antediluvian ancestors like? Rather than huddling in caves to escape the ice age, were they expert navigators and astronomers who traveled far and wide? And did they have access to incredible technology, or was their culture defined far more by its spirituality? Indeed, what was it that caused the massive surge in culture that began around 75,000 years ago and led directly to the evolution of the modern human race? What ongoing impetus allowed it to snowball so rapidly, compared to the slow but steady evolution of our hominid forebears over millions of years? Were divine sages really sent to introduce civilization to humanity, and if so how can we understand who or what they really were? Some sort of gods, or angels, or extraterrestrial visitors? Or were they just highly experienced souls incarnating on earth with a job to do, as they still do to this day? Is there evidence that our forgotten ancestors were almost completely wiped out? If so, how did this happen, and when? And was it just a random natural catastrophe, or was there an underlying 'karmic dynamic' related to their increasing preoccupation with the material at the expense of the spiritual? Most important of all, did their destruction have anything to do with universal energetic cycles? And, if so, what can we learn about the future we now face in the modern era? Are we once again surfing the crest of a huge energetic wave? The veiled pointers to our hidden past have finally been unmasked as more than just the psychological constructs of philosophically primitive cultures. History is repeating itself. But what will happen this time round? And is the script already written... or can our actions now still help to dictate the outcome?
Explains how and why we ourselves create or attract everything we experience in our adult lives¿ so that we are never victims of chance, God¿s will, our karma or our life plan.
Have you ever felt like you're not in control? That you're a victim of circumstance, or of your partner or family or boss? That your 'karma' is catching up with you, or even that you have a 'life plan' that involves suffering? But what if you're actually in control as you create your reality afresh in each moment? * Even if your greater self chooses certain circumstances in your life... you still create your reaction to them. * Time isn't continuous, so the 'past' has no bearing on the present... unless you let it. * Physical reality is nothing more than a mirror... it only reflects what you put out. * If you're unhappy with any part of your life... what underlying belief must you hold to be creating it? * You don't have to look outside yourself for answers... because the best person to help you is you. * You don't have to create the life you desire... it already exists among infinite possibilities. * Abundance is not selfish but our birthright... and the key to it is excitement and joy. * We've only just started to regain a fragment... of a creative potential beyond our wildest dreams. These gems are common to nearly all modern sources of channelled wisdom: Seth, Abraham, Walsch's 'God', Ramtha, Elias, Bashar, Jeshua and the Pathwork Guide. They insist it's time for us to take responsibility for, and control of, our lives. To remember that we create everything we experience at some level of our consciousness. This is what 'the shift' is all about. But it's also about reclaiming our birthright as the human race. Because as the creator gods talked of in myth and legend down the ages, we're more powerful than we've ever dared to imagine.
A gripping novel about the spiritual discoveries of a successful businessman after he kills his beloved wife in a car crash, and finds himself paralysed from the neck down.
A new consciousness is emerging on planet earth. Huge swathes of the human population are waking up to the incredible truth of who and what we really are. And now the next pieces of the jigsaw reveal a power in each of us way beyond our wildest imaginings... the power of our SUPERSOUL. In the latter decades of the twentieth century a degree of spiritual consensus emerged. It centred around the idea that we all have a soul that survives our physical death; that lives many lives to gain a rich variety of experience; and that will at some point have overcome the multitude of challenges the human experience has to offer, and move on to grow in other ways in other realms. Some have taken a different tack and focussed more on ideas of illusion and addiction, but arguably their influence has remained more on the fringe. This worldview has served us well as the tide of the new consciousness has gathered momentum. But what if it only scratches the surface of an underlying reality that is far more complex and intriguing? The clues have been available, scattered here and there, for decades. In Robert Monroe's pioneering journeys out of his body, when he met with supreme intelligences that he eventually realized were only 'other aspects of himself'. In Jane Roberts' seminal Seth channelings, which revealed that he and she were part of the same 'oversoul'. And in the widely channelled messages from the 'group entity' Michael, who describe 'themselves' as comprised of many individual 'soul fragments'. All these sources remain hugely popular, yet somehow the vital clues they left for us have remained somewhat overlooked. But now they can be pulled together into a worldview potentially enhanced by scientists who propose a fundamentally holographic and digital reality. A radical worldview that opens up huge new possibilities for us all as we collectively pioneer the most radical change in human consciousness ever witnessed on planet earth.
Ancient texts and traditions from all around the world consistently describe a forgotten, highly spiritual and cultured (but not technologically advanced) 'golden race' who were wiped out in a global catastrophe around 13,000 years ago. So what does the geological and other evidence suggest about where, when and how our 'Atlantean' ancestors lived?
An investigation into what was really going on in what is perhaps the definitive 'cradle of civilisation', and into what elements of modern living were introduced for the first time. Coupled with a thorough rebuttal of alternative interpretations of its texts concerning supposed extraterrestrial visitors who genetically created humankind.
Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced responses to herbivory has flourished, and here Richard Karban and Ian T. Baldwin present the first comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of this rapidly developing field. They provide state-of-the-discipline reviews and highlight areas where new research will be most productive. Their comprehensive overview will be welcomed by a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology, and agriculture.
Reforming the World offers a sophisticated account of how and why, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionaries and moral reformers undertook work abroad at an unprecedented rate and scale. Looking at various organizations such as the Young Men's Christian Association and the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, Ian Tyrrell describes the influence that the export of American values had back home, and explores the methods and networks used by reformers to fashion a global and nonterritorial empire. He follows the transnational American response to internal pressures, the European colonies, and dynamic changes in global society. Examining the cultural context of American expansionism from the 1870s to the 1920s, Tyrrell provides a new interpretation of Christian and evangelical missionary work, and he addresses America's use of "soft power." He describes evangelical reform's influence on American colonial and diplomatic policy, emphasizes the limits of that impact, and documents the often idiosyncratic personal histories, aspirations, and cultural heritage of moral reformers such as Margaret and Mary Leitch, Louis Klopsch, Clara Barton, and Ida Wells. The book illustrates that moral reform influenced the United States as much as it did the colonial and quasi-colonial peoples Americans came in contact with, and shaped the architecture of American dealings with the larger world of empires through to the era of Woodrow Wilson. Investigating the wide-reaching and diverse influence of evangelical reform movements, Reforming the World establishes how transnational organizing played a vital role in America's political and economic expansion.
Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have highlighted the importance of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and health services research studies require instruments to monitor the outcomes of care and the output of the health system. However, the over-abundance of competing measurement scales can make choosing a measure difficult at best. Measuring Health provides in-depth reviews of over 100 of the leading health measurement tools and serves as a guide for choosing among them.LNow in its third edition, this book provides a critical overview of the field of health measurement, with a technical introduction and discussion of the history and future directions for the field. This latest edition updates the information on each of the measures previously reviewed, and includes a complete new chapter on anxiety measurement to accompany the one on depression. It has also added new instruments to those previously reviewed in each of the chapters in the book.LChapters cover measurements of physical disability, social health, psychological well-being, anxiety, depression, mental status testing, pain, general health status and quality of life. Each chapter presents a tabular comparison of the quality of the instruments reviewed, followed by a detailed description of each method, covering its purpose and conceptual basis, its reliability and validity and, where possible, shows a copy of the actual scale. To ensure accuracy of the information, each review has been approved by the original author of each instrument or by an acknowledged expert.
Combining breadth of coverage with detail, this logical and cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with a broad range of examples and practical applications. It explores cutting-edge topics in the field, drawing on and highlighting the links between theory and the latest empirical studies. The sections are structured around a series of key topics, including behavioral ecology; species interactions; population ecology; food webs, communities and ecosystems; and broad patterns in nature. Chapters progress logically from the small scale to the large; from individual species through to species interactions, populations and communities. Application sections at the end of each chapter outline the practicality of ecological concepts and show how ecological information and concepts can be useful in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Each chapter ends with a summary, providing a brief recap, followed by a set of questions and discussion topics designed to encourage independent and creative thinking.
Authoritative and accessible, 'Smith & Wood's Employment Law' provides detailed and well-explained coverage on the core areas and key case law. Critique and contextual treatment engages students and helps them to develop a well-rounded and deep understanding of the subject.
Authoritative and accessible, 'Smith & Wood's Employment Law' provides detailed and well-explained coverage on the core areas and key case law. Critique and contextual treatment engages students and helps them to develop a well-rounded and deep understanding of the subject.
This 20 page report describes the stratigraphy of the Cedar Mountain and Dakota formations in and around Dinosaur National Monument in northeast Utah and includes new palynology and radiometric age data. The contract between these formations is unconformable in which the Dakota formation has incised into the underlying Cedar Mountain formation. Locally, the Dakota includes a basal marine mudstone and shale unit that contains late Albian dinoflagellate cysts, which represents peak sea level during the Kiowa-Skull Creek depositional cycle and indicates the first marine incursion of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway into Utah.
One of Liverpool and Scotland's greatest ever players, Ian 'The Saint' St John was a key component in Bill Shankly's legendary side of the 1960s. In this book he describes his upbringing in Motherwell, his playing days on Merseyside, his management career and his memorable TV shows with Jimmy Greaves.
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