Renowned spiritual teacher and co-founder of The Way of the Rose Perdita Finn teaches the art and healing power of connecting with the dead, as she guides readers through the magical process of conversing with the unseen world. "Finn weaves a spellbinding meditation . . . an affecting ode to the power of the unseen." —Publisher's Weekly What if you could live in a world where the guidance of those who were gone was available, right at your very fingertips? It's possible, if we are open to it. Anyone can reclaim the forgotten guidance of the dead, and anyone can return to the realm of magic and miracles. In Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, author, spiritual teacher, and co-founder of The Way of the Rose Perdita Finn reveals that life is beginningless, love is endless, and those who have passed don’t truly go anywhere when they die. Weaving together memoir, history, and a non-denominational spirituality based in ecology, Finn invites readers to live the experience that the stories of our lives are much older, bigger, and more merciful than we have been led to believe. Take Back the Magic takes the reader on a journey of healing, possibility, and love, as the story of how Finn healed her relationship with her bitter, patriarchal father long after his death unfolds over the course of thirteen moving chapters. Along the way, readers will learn how they, too, can reconnect with the generous guidance of the soul’s long story through deep time, recovering their lost relationships with their ancestors and the Earth itself. Throughout, Finn shares guidance, tips, and practical advice that will aid readers in forging their own relationships with those who have passed, as she invites every reader to reconnect with their own inner knowing and to call forth magic from the most ancient parts of humanity. An inspiring invitation to healing in this life, and to experience that we are never alone, Take Back the Magic shows that the whole world is simply souls reaching out to and finding each other—and no one is ever truly lost to us, if we allow ourselves to begin our own conversations with the unseen world.
We all, as children, saw imaginary friends and heard monsters in the closet. But for Suzan Saxman, those friends and monsters didn't go away—and they weren't imaginary. They were the dead who came to her from the time she was a little girl with urgent messages for the living. Raised in a house filled with secrets, she saw and spoke the truth as soon as she could talk, alarming the nuns in her convent school with her revelations and terrifying her own mother with her strange visions. Each night she woke to see a man with no eyes watching her, and each day she kept watch by the window while her father was at work and Steve, her real father, a swarthy drifter, rendezvoused with her mother. It was the 1960s in suburban Staten Island and she tried to hide it all, and be a daughter her mother could love. Always skeptical of her tremendous gift, she struggled to come to terms with her calling even as she revealed the destinies of everyone, from housewives to hit men, stockbrokers to rock-and-rollers. She could witness everyone's future—everyone's but her own. Why was she visited by angels and demons? Could she ever escape this strange fate? Where was her own soul mate? Now Suzan tells the story of her journey and tries to make sense of her family's buried secrets. Through powerful readings of others' destinies interwoven with compelling narrative, a reluctant psychic emerges from the shadows.
When Draculaura is led to believe she's the rightful heir to the vampire throne, she and her best ghoulfriends are whisked away to Transylvania for a royal coronation to die for. But they soon discover the hunt for the queen is not over yet. The Ghouls must locate an ancient artifact known as the Vampire's Heart in order to discover the identity of the true Vampire Queen. It's a fangtastic adventure that will lead them from the Tower of Londoom, to a haunted river boat in New Goreleans and finally to the glamorous boo-vie lots of Hauntlywood. Could this be the moment when Draculaura finally receives her vampire powers and discovers screams really can come true?
A guide to E. L. Konigsburg's "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler," for use with literature circles in grades 4-8, that provides tools including reading strategy tips, discussion questions, and writing prompts. Also includes an evaluation sheet.
The third exciting adventure in the Equestria Girls series! The girls rock a new story about friendship at Canterlot High. The follow-up to Through the Mirror and Rainbow Rocks.
In the human world, far from Equestria, there are some very familiar girls. Meet Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and all their friends as you've never seen them before! The Equestria Girls are super excited to be invited to the set of the latest Daring Do movie! This could be the perfect opportunity to raise funds for Camp Everfree. But when some important props go missing, they soon realise that something is seriously wrong . . . Can the friends use their newfound magical powers to save the movie from disaster and restore Camp Everfree?
Explore the magic of friendship in a whole new world! Twilight Sparkle is delighted to be invited to a sleepover with Rairity and all her friends. But the Shadowbolts - Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet and Sugarcoat - are deteremined to sabotage Twilight's friendship with the girls. Will the sleepover surprise be a dream ... or a nightmare?
What happens when a former Zen Buddhist monk and his feminist wife experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary? “This book could not have come at a more auspicious time, and the message is mystical perfection, not to mention a courageous one. I adore this book.”—Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit Before a vision of a mysterious “Lady” invited Clark Strand and Perdita Finn to pray the rosary, they were not only uninterested in becoming Catholic but finished with institutional religion altogether. Their main spiritual concerns were the fate of the planet and the future of their children and grandchildren in an age of ecological collapse. But this Lady barely even referred to the Church and its proscriptions. Instead, she spoke of the miraculous power of the rosary to transform lives and heal the planet, and revealed the secrets she had hidden within the rosary’s prayers and mysteries—secrets of a past age when forests were the only cathedrals and people wove rose garlands for a Mother whose loving presence was as close as the ground beneath their feet. She told Strand and Finn: The rosary is My body, and My body is the body of the world. Your body is one with that body. What cause could there be for fear? Weaving together their own remarkable story of how they came to the rosary, their discoveries about the eco-feminist wisdom at the heart of this ancient devotion, and the life-changing revelations of the Lady herself, the authors reveal an ancestral path—available to everyone, religious or not—that returns us to the powerful healing rhythms of the natural world.
This study guide includes author biography, key reading comprehension strategies, reproducible writing prompts and discussion questions, and group project ideas for all learners.
Finn, a writing teacher, shares her expertise by encouraging students to create thoughtful, artistic, and interesting writing about themselves. Lesson topics include generating thoughtful questions, making connections, developing metaphors, and searching for themes in life. Illustrations.
Taikuutta ja legendoja Kulunut vuosi Canterlot High'ssa on ollut rankka Equestrian tytöille. Tauko on paikallaan, ja reissu Everfreen leirille tuntuu juuri sopivalta! Kaikki ovat innoissaan paitsi Twilight Sparkle. Hän pelkää muuttuvansa jälleen ilkeäksi Midnight Sparkleksi ja terrorisoivansa kaikkia uusia ystäviään. Eikä se ole edes hänen suurin huolensa! Muut tytöt ovat kehittäneet omat voimansa, ja leirillä tapahtuu outoja heti paikalle saapumisesta lähtien. Näyttää siltä, että tyttöjen kaipaama loma saa vielä odottaa! Lue ne kaikki! Liity MY LITTLE PONYN taianomaiseen maailmaan ja tutustu Equestriaan yhdessä Rainbow Dashin, Pinkie Pien, Twilight Sparklen, Fluttershyn, Applejackin ja Rarityn kanssa. Tytöt kokevat yhdessä joukon jännittäviä seikkailuja, jotka ovat täynnä ystävyyttä, mysteerejä ja huimaavan lumoavaa taikaa.
A guide to facilitating the discussion of the novel by Jerry Spinelli by students in grades four through eight offers suggestions for identifying themes, analyzing vocabulary, and responding to the text.
Alice R. Quigley Middle School's losing record in the Winter Games is in jeopardy when an athlete from the ancient Olympics arrives and institutes a Spartan warrior's training program.
During the Bite-Centennial, the ghouls discover an old scientist's workshop and travel back 200 years to the beginning of Monster High. But when they try to get home, they go through a vortex that fuses some of the ghouls together! With the help of the Hybrids, the new monsters in school, they learn how to control their combined flaws and together face their greatest challenge...saving Frankie!
Gives practical tips for helping students get started on the blank page, and includes lessons for creative writing projects such as advertising campaigns, illustrated picture books, mysteries, and sportswriting.
A real-life pilgrim arrives at the Lexingtons-- by mistake! Will Josh and Katie be able to get Humility back to her own century? Can they keep snoopy Lizzie Markle from finding out the truth about Time Flyers?
Da Twilight Sparkle die Schule gewechselt hat und nun die Canterlot High besucht, muss sie viel aufholen. Doch die superschlaue Schülerin macht sich keine Sorgen um die Hausaufgaben – sondern um die Frage, wie Freundschaft geht! Da Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack und Fluttershy ihre neue Mitschülerin herzlich aufnehmen, müsste die Eingewöhnung eigentlich kinderleicht sein. Doch da sich Twilight Sparkle wie immer besonders viel Mühe geben will, sucht sie die Hilfe von alten Bekannten von der Crystal Prep. Leider haben diese Mädchen nicht immer nur gute Absichten. Kann Twilight Sparkle bei ihrer ersten Pyjamaparty überhaupt trotz aller schlechten Ratschläge in Sachen Freundschaft ihren Spaß haben?-
Welcome to Monster High where the children of the world's most famous monsters brave the horrors of high school! Join Spectra Vondergeist, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and all their new spooky ghoulfriends on a haunting new adventure! The next book in a series of junior novels from the freaky-fabulous world of Monster High! Includes an eight-page photo insert!
Twilight Sparkle might be back in Equestria, but she's still thinking about her human friends at Canterlot High . . . When DJ Pon-3 overhears the Equestria Girls singing, she suggests that they start a band in time for the Spring Fling! But practising is hard when the girls have to find instruments, deal with a rival band and look after a whole herd of hamsters . . . Can they work together to get the band ready in time? When you're playing with your very best friends - music is magic!
It's fright lights, big city when the Monster High ghouls head to Boo York. Cleo de Nile is invited to attend a fancy gala celebrating the return of a magical comet and, of course, she brings along her beast friends. But their trip isn't all fun and frightseeing because Nefera, Cleo's sister, uses the comet's powers for her own spooktacularly sneaky plans. Can the monsters unwrap the mystery of the comet in time to stop Nefera? Find out in Monster High: Boo York, Boo York! This fangtsastic book is based on the first-ever Monster High movie musical, featuring eight original songs. Contains eight pages of full-colour images in addition to the story. Don't miss the other books based on Monster High movies: Haunted, Freaky Fusion and Frights, Camera, Action!
A brand-new adventure awaits our Equestria Girls at Camp Everfree and you can read all about it in this exciting chapter book! Camp Everfree is in danger of closing down! It's up to our Equestria Girls and their newfound super abilities to throw a Crystal Gala fundraiser to show their support and help save the camp!
When Canterlot High has a musical showcase, it's the perfect opportunity for the Equestria Girls' new band to perform. But another group - the Dazzlings - are determined to turn the friendly showcase into a Battle of the Bands! Can the Equestria Girls win? And do the Dazzlings want more than to be the best band...
The Chipmunks and The Chipettes are enjoying the time of their lives on a spectacular cruise ship until . . . ’munk overboard! When the gang follows Alvin to the shore of a deserted island far away from their travel accommodations, they wonder: will Dave come to their rescue—or are they washed up for good?
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