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Dance of Power

A Shamanic Journey

By: Susan Gregg

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Dance of Power

A Shamanic Journey

By: Susan Gregg

This is the story of the author's shamanic apprenticeship with Miguel, a Mexican/Indian shaman; includes practical exercises at the end of each chapter

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0875422470

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Shaman

The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet

By: Susan Seddon Boulet

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Shaman

The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet

By: Susan Seddon Boulet

A compilation of a series of exceptional but related paintings that give expression to facets of the shamanic experience. 100 paintings are reproduced in full color.

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Pomegranate

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0876544332

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9780876544334

Shaman

The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet

By: Susan Seddon Boulet

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Shaman

The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet

By: Susan Seddon Boulet

A compilation of a series of exceptional but related paintings that give expression to facets of the shamanic experience. 100 paintings are reproduced in full color.

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0876544332

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Chicano Detective Fiction

A Critical Study of Five Novelists

By: Susan Baker Sotelo

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Chicano Detective Fiction

A Critical Study of Five Novelists

By: Susan Baker Sotelo

In his 1985 novel Partners in Crime, writer Rolando Hinojosa introduced homicide investigator Rafe Buenrostro, the first Chicano protagonist in one of the most enduring genres of modern literature. Since that time, Chicano writers have embraced the detective novel, successfully diversifying and refining a traditional Anglo American and British genre. The 21 whodunits of Hinojosa, Rudolfo Anaya, Lucha Corpi, Michael Nava and Manuel Ramos are closely studied in this groundbreaking work. The models, both contemporary and Romantic, of this relatively new Chicano genre are first discussed. Next come detailed analysis and reviews of such novels as Shaman Winter, Partners in Crime, Cactus Blood and 18 others, focusing on how each writer departs from contemporary detective genre formula, uniquely rendering a particular regional or cultural variation of what it means to be Chicano. It is this departure from the norm that defines these writings and distinguishes them from the Anglo American and British whodunit. Interviews with the writers conclude the work.

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McFarland

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0786482370

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9780786482375

The Heavens Are Changing

Nineteenth-Century Protestant Missions and Tsimshian Christianity

By: Susan Neylan

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The Heavens Are Changing

Nineteenth-Century Protestant Missions and Tsimshian Christianity

By: Susan Neylan

A study of Protestant missionization among the Tsimshianic-speaking peoples of the North Pacific Coast of British Columbia during the latter half of the nineteenth century

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773525734

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9780773525733

Uqalurait

An Oral History of Nunavut

By: John R. Bennett,Susan Rowley

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Uqalurait

An Oral History of Nunavut

By: John R. Bennett,Susan Rowley

An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773570063

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9780773570061

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spiritual Healing

By: Susan Gregg

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spiritual Healing

By: Susan Gregg

Promotes awareness of mind/body/spirit connection and provides techniques for healthier living.

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Penguin

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0028638344

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The Challenge of Religion after Modernity

Beyond Disenchantment

By: Raymond L. M. Lee,Susan E. Ackerman

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The Challenge of Religion after Modernity

Beyond Disenchantment

By: Raymond L. M. Lee,Susan E. Ackerman

This title was first published in 2003:If God has departed, as Baudrillard claims, is religion still relevant? A new religious landscape is appearing in the new millennium. The middle classes with their electronic technologies are producing a culture of commodified images and signs that is radically transforming the religious landscape and re-enchanting the world. Ecstatic experiences pervade the reenchanted world. Both fundamentalism and the New Age movement promote the free flow of charisma, reshaping religion in unforeseen directions. Analysing the crisis of modernity, this book delves into the intricacies of these movements to examine the implications of religious change in the new millennium. The authors provide an incisive assessment of religious change in the West and Asia to suggest an eclecticism in re-enchantment that will usher in new ideas about charisma, consciousness and spirituality. These ideas focus on new forms of shamanism that point the way to experiences of empowerment beyond the structures of disenchantment.

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Routledge

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1351734849

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9781351734844

Nepal

Three Weeks of Cultural & Shamanic Immersion April 2006

By: Susan Chapman Melanson

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Nepal

Three Weeks of Cultural & Shamanic Immersion April 2006

By: Susan Chapman Melanson

Nine of us traveled to Nepal in April 2006 with Dr. Larry Peters to observe various shamanic healing techniques and receive shamanic initiation at the time of the April full moon with Aama Bombo, one of the International Counsel of Indigenous Grandmothers. While we were there anti-monarchy demonstrations broke out and the King of Nepal tried to use curfews to subdue the unrest in Kathmandu. A nationwide strike accompanied the demonstrations and Maoist insurgents took advantage of the turmoil. The US Embassy sent its non-essential personnel out of Nepal, and a serious fuel and food shortage developed. This diary-style record of twenty-four days in April 2006 allows the reader to accompany us as we experienced shamanic training, toured Kathmandu and Pokhara, as well as witnessing history in the making.

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Lulu.com

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0615135595

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9780615135595

Aliens Adored

Rael's UFO Religion

By: Susan J. Palmer

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Aliens Adored

Rael's UFO Religion

By: Susan J. Palmer

Aliens Adored is the first full length, in-depth look at the Raëlian movement, a fascinating new religion founded in the 1970s by the charismatic prophet, Raël. Born in France as Claude Vorilhon, the former race-car driver founded the religion after he experienced a visitation from the aliens (the "elohim") who, in his cosmology, created humans by cloning themselves. This pioneering study provides a thorough analysis of the movement, focusing on issues of sexuality, millenarianism, and the impact of the scientific worldview on religion and the environment. Raël's radical sexual ethics, his gnostic anthropocentrism, and shallow ecotheology offer us a mirror through which we see how our worldview has been shaped by the forces of globalization, postmodernism, and secular humanism.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813534763

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Investigating Demons, Possessions, and Exorcisms

By: Susan R. Gregson

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Investigating Demons, Possessions, and Exorcisms

By: Susan R. Gregson

Covers the topic of demon possession and exorcism, including history, specific cases, and skeptical arguments against the belief in demons"--Provided by publisher.

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1429648155

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Spirit Lives in the Mind

Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams

By: Louis Bird,Susan Elaine Gray

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Spirit Lives in the Mind

Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams

By: Louis Bird,Susan Elaine Gray

Cree spiritual beliefs revolve around the sacred places and rich landscape of the Hudson Bay lowlands. The beautiful narratives in The Spirit Lives in the Mind illuminate the meaning and value of spiritual maturity and power, the parallels between Omushkego morality and Roman Catholic teachings, and the importance of maintaining the traditional stories. Bird also offers explanations of shamanism and demonstrates how Catholicism affected Cree tradition.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773580905

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9780773580909

DIAMOND NEEDLES

By: Susan MacTabert

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DIAMOND NEEDLES

By: Susan MacTabert

Max Thisbee, street rocker and out of work journalist, flies from L.A. to Colorado for the biggest free concert since Woodstock and to hang out with musician mates. Shaman's Pow Wow for World Peace is Rocking the Rockies But before Max can even unpack his typewriter and guitar, death crashes the concert. The ex-wife of Jonny Fey, glam rock's biggest star and concert headliner, is dead of an overdose. If the scene points to accident, why is it suddenly so deadly to ask, ""What if it wasn't?"" When Max's musician friend Angel does just that and disappears, Max and mates go looking for him and for answers while trying desperately not to get themselves or anyone else killed. Three murders, a lethal cut of heroin on the streets and a man insane with a gun. Will anyone there get out alive? It's Death's gig now.

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1304275256

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Robertson Davies, Playwright

A Search for the Self on the Canadian Stage

By: Susan Stone-Blackburn

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Robertson Davies, Playwright

A Search for the Self on the Canadian Stage

By: Susan Stone-Blackburn

In this book, Susan Stone-Blackburn studies how the tastes and concerns of one of Canada's leading writers have been given dramatic expression, beginning with The King Who Could Not Dream and Benoni and ending with Question Time and Pontiac and the Green Man. She also examines how Davies' playwriting has been influenced by the dominant tastes of his time and by the conditions under which his plays have been performed. Dealing with the plays chronologically, Stone-Blackburn reveals Davies' fondness for theatricality as opposed to realism, for mythic flavour and archetypal character, his romanticism, and his irrepressible humour.

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UBC Press

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0774843330

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9780774843331

Wild at Heart

4 Cat Shifter Romances

By: Holley Trent,Lynn Crandall,Susan Arden,Jaye Shields

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Wild at Heart

4 Cat Shifter Romances

By: Holley Trent,Lynn Crandall,Susan Arden,Jaye Shields

It’s a feline frenzy with this sexy shifter bundle of paranormal romances—available at a great price. Watch out—these heroes and heroines have claws! Four purrfectly passionate matches are made for the ages in this were-cat collection. The Cougar’s Pawn: Ellery Colvard escapes her perfectly organized life for a camping trip with her friends, hoping for a tiny thrill. Instead, she gets carried away—literally—by alpha were-cougar Mason Foye, who needs a mate to avoid his fate. But Ellery has some witchy ways, too, and she isn’t buying into his life story. The clock is ticking as Mason struggles to keep his son, his family, and the woman for whom he’s already fallen head over heels. Secrets: Casey Mitchell has always kept his identity as a were-lynx secret. But he’s drawn to Michelle Slade, and when he begins to help investigate the circumstances surrounding a mysterious disappearance, the situation soon spins out of control. Their survival depends on trusting each other with secrets better left unspoken. Will these two lonely souls triumph and find true love … or lose everything? Dragon Heart: In her haste to establish her own boundaries, leopardess Shay Barclay may have entrusted her heart to the wrong man—former Navy SEAL Drake O’Connor, a dragon shifter too dangerous to resist. Drake swore to protect his buddy’s daughter to the death, so when his explosive chemistry with Shay finally boils over and they end up in bed, her family’s political enemies are the least of their problems. Secrets of the Jaguar: Hiding out in a small island town, Michelle guards her secret closely: she may look like the girl next door, but she’s a were-jaguar. When vampire Duncan comes to town after eight years of loneliness, he thinks Michelle’s a gift, not a freak. Together, they venture to Mexico where the ancient Mayan past holds the key to her elusive origins. However, when Duncan realizes an Aztec army of vampires needs Michelle’s blood to perform an ancient ritual, he’ll stop at nothing to protect her. But falling in love could be the most dangerous game. Sensuality Level: Sensual

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Simon and Schuster

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1507205198

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9781507205198

Developing Magical Consciousness

A Theoretical and Practical Guide for the Expansion of Perception

By: Susan Greenwood

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Developing Magical Consciousness

A Theoretical and Practical Guide for the Expansion of Perception

By: Susan Greenwood

Offering a new template for future exploration, Susan Greenwood examines and develops the notion that the experience of magic is a panhuman orientation of consciousness, a form of knowledge largely marginalized in Western societies. In this volume she aims to form a "bridge of communication" between indigenous magical or shamanic worldviews and rationalized Western cultures. She outlines an alternative mythological framework for the latter to help develop a magical perception, as well as giving practical case studies derived from her own research. The form of magic discussed here is not fantastic or virtual, but ecological and sensory. Magical knowledge infiltrates the body in its deepest levels of the subconscious, and unconscious, as well as conscious awareness; it is felt and understood through the connection with an inspirited world that includes the consciousness of other beings, including those of plant, animal and the physical environment. This is anthropology from the heart rather than the head, and it engages with the messy area of emotions, an embodiment of the senses, and struggles to find a common language of listening to one another across a void of differences. The aim is to provide a non-reductive structure for the creative interplay of both magical and analytical modes of thought. Passion is a motivator for change, and a change in attitude to magic as an integrative force of human understanding is the main thread of this work.

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1351628011

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The Anthropology of Magic

By: Susan Greenwood

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The Anthropology of Magic

By: Susan Greenwood

Magic is arguably the least understood subject in anthropology today. Exotic and fascinating, it offers us a glimpse into another world but it also threatens to undermine the foundations of anthropology due to its supposed irrational and non-scientific nature. Magic has thus often been 'explained away' by social or psychological reduction. The Anthropology of Magic redresses the balance and brings magic, as an aspect of consciousness, into focus through the use of classic texts and cutting-edge research. Suitable for student and scholar alike, The Anthropology of Magic updates a classical anthropological debate concerning the nature of human experience. A key theme is that human beings everywhere have the potential for magical consciousness. Taking a new approach to some perennial topics in anthropology - such as shamanism, mythology, witchcraft and healing - the book raises crucial theoretical and methodological issues to provide the reader with an engaging and critical understanding of the dynamics of magic.Join the live discussion on Facebook!

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1000180638

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You Don't Have to Die to Go to Heaven

How to Find Guidance and Healing in the Spirit Realms

By: Susan Allison PhD

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You Don't Have to Die to Go to Heaven

How to Find Guidance and Healing in the Spirit Realms

By: Susan Allison PhD

I had been talking with a colleague about the book Proof of Heaven and I said to my friend, 'You don't have to die to go to heaven; we need to tell people so everyone can go!'" --Susan Allison What if we really didn't have to die to go to heaven? What if we could prove to ourselves through direct experience that spirit worlds exist, that there is no death, that we all are immortal, and that our departed loved ones are fine? Dr. Susan Allison shows us how in this breakthrough book. She teaches how to go into shamanic trance and spirit travel to other realms: a lower world of animal helpers, a middle realm of spirit allies, and an upper world of gurus, guides, divine teachers, and loved ones--in essence our soul tribe. By doing so, she shows how we can overcome our fear of death and feel comfort in knowing where our departed loved ones have gone. No one needs to wait to have a near-death experience before visiting a level of heaven; everyone can go now, meet with spirit allies, guides, and teachers and transform their lives. In her practice, lectures and workshops, and this book, the author is all about teaching people to find their own way into the heavenly realms and find their own wisdom there. You Don't Have to Die to Go to Heaven will appeal to anyone who is curious about the afterlife, rebirth, and the wisdom of the ages.

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Weiser Books

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1578635888

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Women of the Sacred Groves

Divine Priestesses of Okinawa

By: Susan Sered

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Women of the Sacred Groves

Divine Priestesses of Okinawa

By: Susan Sered

Okinawa is the only contemporary society in which women lead the official, mainstream, publicly funded religion. Priestesses are the acknowledged religious leaders within the home, clan, and village--and, until annexation by Japan approximately one hundred years ago, within the Ryukyuan Kingdom. This fieldwork-based study provides a gender-sensitive look at a remarkable religious tradition. Susan Sered spent a year living in Henza, an Okinawan fishing village, joining priestesses as they conducted rituals in the sacred groves located deep in the jungle-covered mountains surrounding the village. Her observations focus upon the meaning of being a priestess and the interplay between women's religious preeminence and other aspects of the society. Sered shows that the villages social ethos is characterized by easy-going interpersonal relations, an absence of firm rules and hierarchies, and a belief that the village and its inhabitants are naturally healthy. Particularly interesting is her discovery that gender is a minimal category here: villagers do not adapt any sort of ideology that proclaims that men and women are inherently different from one another. Villagers do explain that because farmland is scarce in Okinawa, men have been compelled to go to the dangerous ocean and to foreign countries to seek their livelihoods. Women, in contrast, have remained present in their healthy and pleasant village, working on their farms and engaging in constant rounds of intra- and interfamilial socializing. Priestesses, who do not exert power in the sense that religious leaders in many other societies do, can be seen as the epitome of presence. By praying and eating at myriad rituals, priestesses make immediate and tangible the benevolent presence of kami-sama (divinity). Through in-depth examination of this unique and little-studied society, Sered offers a glimpse of a religious paradigm radically different from the male-dominated religious ideologies found in many other cultures.

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Oxford University Press

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0195352335

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Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister

Religions Dominated by Women

By: Susan Starr Sered

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Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister

Religions Dominated by Women

By: Susan Starr Sered

In this fascinating and path-breaking work--comparing 12 women's religions--Sered investigates how women's religions differ from those dominated by men. She then reveals how these religions relate to the special ways women around the world experience reality. 19 halftones.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195104676

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DeepLight

A Memoir of the Soul

By: Susan Creighton

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DeepLight

A Memoir of the Soul

By: Susan Creighton

DeepLight: A Memoir of the Soul is a rich narrative of a contemporary woman’s spiritual quest. Within the context of her extensive study of religious and mystical traditions, and her experiences as a woman, a monastic, and an Episcopal priest, Susan Creighton weaves a spiral tapestry of memories, journal entries, and poetry. Her search for an authentic practice of contemplative prayer led across cultural, historical, and religious boundaries, but is most significantly shaped and enriched by the teachings of mystics like St. John of the Cross and the ancient tradition of Orthodox ascetical theology and spiritual practice. Now living under vows as an anchorite, her memoir shares with the reader ways in which the Jesus Prayer and other spiritual practices lead to deeper contemplative prayer as well as helping us develop greater discrimination and compassion for ourselves and others.

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1532645406

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The Nature of Magic

An Anthropology of Consciousness

By: Susan Greenwood

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The Nature of Magic

An Anthropology of Consciousness

By: Susan Greenwood

This book examines how and why practitioners of nature religion - Western witches, druids, shamans - seek to relate spiritually with nature through 'magical consciousness'. 'Magic' and 'consciousness' are concepts that are often fraught with prejudice and ambiguity respectively. Greenwood develops a new theory of magical consciousness by arguing that magic ultimately has more to do with the workings of the human mind in terms of an expanded awareness than with socio-cultural explanations. She combines her own subjective insights gained from magical practice with practitioners' in-depth accounts and sustained academic theory on the process of magic. She also tracks magical consciousness in philosophy, myth, folklore, story-telling, and the hi-tech discourse of postmodernity, and asks important questions concerning nature religion's environmental credentials, such as whether it as inherently ecological as many of its practitioners claim.

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Routledge

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1000189821

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Spirit Keepers of the North

Eskimos of Western Alaska

By: Susan A. Kaplan

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Spirit Keepers of the North

Eskimos of Western Alaska

By: Susan A. Kaplan

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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1512819840

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Phantom Ships

A Novel

By: Claude Le Bouthillier,Susan Ouriou

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Phantom Ships

A Novel

By: Claude Le Bouthillier,Susan Ouriou

Novelist and poet Claude Le Bouthillier draws on his Acadian and New Brunswick heritage to create Phantom Ships. First published in 1989 as Le Feu du Mauvais Temps, it gives an account of the end of the French Empire in Canada as experienced by the authors own ancestor, Joseph Le Bouthillier.

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Dundurn

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1554885914

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Magic, Witchcraft and the Otherworld

An Anthropology

By: Susan Greenwood

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Magic, Witchcraft and the Otherworld

An Anthropology

By: Susan Greenwood

Anthropology's long and complex relationship to magic has been strongly influenced by western science and notions of rationality. This book takes a refreshing new look at modern magic as practised by contemporary Pagans in Britain. It focuses on what Pagans see as the essence of magic - a communication with an otherworldly reality. Examining issues of identity, gender and morality, the author argues that the otherworld forms a central defining characteristic of magical practice. Integrating an experiential ethnographic approach with an analysis of magic, this book asks penetrating questions about the nature of otherworldly knowledge and argues that our scientific frameworks need re-envisioning. It is unique in providing an insider's view of how magic is practised in contemporary western culture.

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1000184404

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Sacred Sites

The Secret History of Southern California

By: Susan Suntree

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Sacred Sites

The Secret History of Southern California

By: Susan Suntree

A history that is equal parts science and mythology, Sacred Sites offers a rare and poetic vision of a world composed of dynamic natural forces and mythic characters. The result is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern California landscape, reflecting the riches of both Native knowledge and Western scientific thought. Beginning with Western science, poet Susan Suntree carries readers from the Big Bang to the present as she describes the origins of the universe, the shifting of tectonic plates, and an evolving array of plants and animals that give Southern California its unique features today. She tells of the migration of humans into the region, where they settled, and how they lived. Complementing this narrative and reflecting Native peoples' view of their own history and way of life, Suntree recounts the creation myths and songs that tell the story of the First People and of unforgettable shamans and heroes. Featuring contemporary photographs of rarely seen landmarks along with meticulous research, Sacred Sites provides unusual insight into how natural history and mythology and scientific and intuitive thinking combine to create an ever-deepening sense of a place and its people.

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149622034X

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The Making and Mirroring of Masculine Subjectivities

Gender, Affect, and Ethics in Modern World Narratives

By: Susan Mooney

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The Making and Mirroring of Masculine Subjectivities

Gender, Affect, and Ethics in Modern World Narratives

By: Susan Mooney

This book shows how diverse, critical modern world narratives in prose fiction and film emphasize masculine subjectivities through affects and ethics. Highlighting diverse affects and mental states in subjective voices and modes, modern narratives reveal men as feeling, intersubjective beings, and not as detached masters of master narratives. Modern novels and films suggest that masculine subjectivities originate paradoxically from a combination of copying and negation, surplus and lack, sameness and alterity: among fathers and sons, siblings and others. In this comparative study of more than 30 diverse world narratives, Mooney deftly uses psychoanalytic thought, narrative theories of first- and third-person narrators, and Levinasian and feminist ethics of care, creativity, honor, and proximity. We gain a nuanced picture of diverse postpaternal postgentlemen emerging out of older character structures of the knight and gentleman.

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3030991466

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The Mystic Landscape

My Heart Goes in Search of Itself

By: Susan Chadwick

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The Mystic Landscape

My Heart Goes in Search of Itself

By: Susan Chadwick

The day I was born, I knew immediately I’d probably made a mistake, thinking another life in Midgard would be easy. This life would be difficult, but I couldn’t go back. I am committed now. The Mystic Landscape presents a myth—or perhaps a fairy tale—about a mortal man and woman and the way they find each other. Through their travels through the nine worlds, they discover a deep love for each other. They encounter devils, demons, ogres, shamans, angels, and gods through the course of a journey up into mountains and down to the bottom of oceans. Through the nine worlds of mythology, they ultimately find their love for each other remaining even after death. This is a story told through imagination and intuition beyond and behind the physical material world that most of us believe we know. This narrative blends prose and poetry to share an imaginative tale about the love of two people as it spans time, place, and worlds of mythology, even defying death.

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Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction

By: Susan Sellers

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Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction

By: Susan Sellers

Woman as gorgon, woman as temptress: the classical and biblical mythology which has dominated Western thinking defines women in a variety of patriarchally encoded roles. This study addresses the surprising persistence of mythical influence in contemporary fiction. Opening with the question 'what is myth?', the first section provides a wide-ranging review of mythography. It traces how myths have been perceived and interpreted by such commentators as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Bruno Bettelheim, Roland Barthes, Jack Zipes and Marina Warner. This leads to an examination of the role that mythic narrative plays in social and self formation, drawing on the literary, feminist and psychoanalytic theories of Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous and Judith Butler to delineate the ways in which women's mythos can transcend the limitations of logos and give rise to potent new models for individual and cultural regeneration. In this light, Susan Sellers offers challenging new readings of a wide range of contemporary women's fiction, including works by A. S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Anne Rice, Michele Roberts, Emma Tennant and Fay Weldon. Topics explored include fairy tale as erotic fiction, new religious writing, vampires and gender-bending, mythic mothers, genre fiction, the still-persuasive paradigm of feminine beauty, and the radical potential of comedy.

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1403919208

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Consciousness

An Introduction

By: Susan Blackmore,Emily T. Troscianko

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Consciousness

An Introduction

By: Susan Blackmore,Emily T. Troscianko

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an illusion? Am I conscious now? Now considered the 'last great mystery of science', consciousness was once viewed with extreme scepticism and rejected by mainstream scientists. It is now a significant area of research, albeit a contentious one, as well as a rapidly expanding area of study for students of psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. This edition of Consciousness, revised by author team Susan Blackmore and Emily Troscianko, explores the key theories and evidence in consciousness studies ranging from neuroscience and psychology to quantum theories and philosophy. It examines why the term ‘consciousness’ has no recognised definition and provides an opportunity to delve into personal intuitions about the self, mind, and consciousness. Featuring comprehensive coverage of all core topics in the field, this edition includes: Why the problem of consciousness is so hard Neuroscience and the neural correlates of consciousness Why we might be mistaken about our own minds The apparent difference between conscious and unconscious Theories of attention, free will, and self and other The evolution of consciousness in animals and machines Altered states from meditation to drugs and dreaming Complete with key concept boxes, profiles of well-known thinkers, and questions and activities suitable for both independent study and group work, Consciousness provides a complete introduction to this fascinating field. Additional resources are available on the accompanying companion website: www.routledge.com/cw/blackmore

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Routledge

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1317625862

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Ted Hughes

By: Susan Bassnett

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Ted Hughes

By: Susan Bassnett

This new study of the work of Ted Hughes traces the stages of his development as a poet, from his powerful early collection, The Hawk in the Rain to his last award-winning translations. Hughes is seen as a complex, multi-faceted writer, a great poet in the tradition of English nature poetry, who also sought inspiration from international sources, ancient and modern. His lifelong concern for language and his use of mythology and history are explored, while his poetic achievements are examined in context, together with his writing for children and his experiments with forms of theatre.

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Northcote House Pub Limited

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074631003X

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The Chakras in Shamanic Practice

Eight Stages of Healing and Transformation

By: Susan J. Wright

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The Chakras in Shamanic Practice

Eight Stages of Healing and Transformation

By: Susan J. Wright

How to work with the chakra centers to heal unresolved psychic wounds • Reveals how psychic injuries become lodged within the energy body • Links one major developmental stage with each major chakra • Provides a detailed guide to healing and clearing the tensions each chakra holds The chakra system identifies eight centers in the psycho-anatomy of humans, each one associated with a different part of the physical or energy body. Susan J. Wright, a practicing shaman and Gestalt psychotherapist, uses her own life journey to show that each chakra also is linked to a different stage of emotional and spiritual development. In The Chakras in Shamanic Practice, she identifies eight key developmental stages of life, from birth to old age/death. Each of these life stages has various developmental challenges and potential traumatic events that will likely occur and affect the health and well-being of the individual. Wright explains that life traumas experienced in particular developmental stages become lodged within the energy body as they cling to their corresponding chakra. By identifying and working with the chakra involved, a doorway can be opened to a world of transformative images, allowing powerful shamanic techniques to heal these psychic wounds. Providing both physical exercises and guided meditations that utilize the techniques of soul retrieval, working with power animals, and transcending trauma, Wright offers practitioners a way to gather and nurture the fragmented parts of their energy body and lead themselves to physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

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Simon and Schuster

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1594778213

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9781594778216

The Incarnations

A Novel

By: Susan Barker

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The Incarnations

A Novel

By: Susan Barker

Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Doubleday.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501106791

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Byzantium's Crown

By: Susan Shwartz

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Byzantium's Crown

By: Susan Shwartz

A fantasy of an alternate Byzantine Empire by a Hugo and Nebula Award finalist. Byzantium lies at the intersection of East and West, in the heart of the most opulent empire the world has ever known. Warrior Prince Marric has to fight for his right to defend his position as heir of the kingship. Last in the powerful line of kings descended from Alexander the Great, he is ordained by the gods of the people to rule alongside his beloved and wise sister, Alexa. But a sorcerer of dark magic has usurped the throne and Marric is exiled. To win back his rule, he must learn the arts of magic in order to defeat the dark sorcerer. In the land of Egypt, amidst the slave markets and the luxurious perfumed villas of the wealthy, he encounters a silver‐haired slave girl who can teach him the arts of magic, for Marric knows that he cannot vanquish his enemy with sword and strength alone.

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Open Road Media

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1480496456

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Performing Democracy

International Perspectives on Urban Community-based Performance

By: Susan C. Haedicke,Tobin Nellhaus

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Performing Democracy

International Perspectives on Urban Community-based Performance

By: Susan C. Haedicke,Tobin Nellhaus

International perspectives on a form of activist, participatory theater with marginalized groups in cities around the world

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University of Michigan Press

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0472067605

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The Woman of Flowers

By: Susan Shwartz

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The Woman of Flowers

By: Susan Shwartz

A tale of sorcery and a princess in exile in a saga of an alternate Byzantine Empire by the Nebula Award–nominated author of Byzantium’s Crown. Alexa, princess of Byzantium, was destined to rule with her devoted brother Marric until the evil forces cast dark magic on her and made her betray him. Thus Marric feels under assault and a usurper has seized the throne—and by means both magical and moral, defeated Alexa. Saved by warrior allies, Alexa has been taken to an unfamiliar northern land. Convinced of Marric’s death, she is consumed by guilt—and fear. Even from afar, the usurper’s power reaches out to trap her. Savage dreams terrorize her nights, prophecies of doom upset her days, and the fiery magic runs wild within her soul. Alexa’s only hope lies amid the Druids of the distant Misty Isles. They alone can cleanse her of the darkness that infects her and teach her to use her powers well. But Alexa must learn more than just the secrets of the Druids, for within her hands and heart lie the very survival of Penilyn itself . . . and the fate of Byzantium.

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1480496545

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Spontaneous Painting

Creating the Symbol Journey

By: Susan Bello Ph. D.

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Spontaneous Painting

Creating the Symbol Journey

By: Susan Bello Ph. D.

The new scientific paradigm based on the primacy of consciousness is here and the question in everybody's mind is how we access quantum consciousness and its causal power. The artist/author Susan Bello gives us a wonderful and powerful method: spontaneous painting. It is really very enjoyable and is a suitable vehicle for all people who are young at heart and like to play. I recommend this method and this book very highly." Amit Goswami, quantum physicist and author of The Self-Aware Universe; God Is Not Dead; and the upcoming Quantum Creativity: Think Quantum, Be Creative "This is a truly brilliant and significant book - merits joyful reading and treasuring." Prof. Dr. Ervin LAszlO, Founder of Club Budapest; Chancellor-Designate of the newly formed GlobalShift University; author of over 80 books, including The Creative Cosmos: A Unified Science of Matter, Life and Mind The symbol is a universal resource which nature has bestowed upon us to evolve human consciousness. It embodies energy of pure potentiality that lives in a dormant state in our Unconscious. The process of Spontaneous Painting unleashes this powerful life force within. Each person's unique potential, Authentic and Higher Self, life direction and Innate Authentic Multiple Intelligences flow forth through the brushstroke onto the paper. No artistic training is necessary. Once our symbols are expressed, a transformative process is activated that initiates behavioral change. Our symbols begin to direct us from within. Our Authentic Self is a core energetic configuration that is like no one else's. Each one of us is a unique individual with special gifts, passions and a life purpose. Our Higher Self embodies such states as love, inner wisdom, centeredness, joy and compassion. The key to creating a new paradigm is to develop these constructive expressions of consciousness in each planetary citizen for personal and social transformation. Symbols express in the form of images. Why are images used to transmit this energy? Images are the primal universal language of humankind. The fact that the ability to make images has been with us since the beginning of time suggests it may possess an important survival function of which we are not yet aware. The name The I.am.I TM Method of Spontaneous Painting was chosen to honor our Innate Authentic Multiple Intelligences, hence the acronym I.am.ITM. These intelligences include our: emotional, creative, intuitive, imaginative, symbolic, spiritual, visual and kinesthetic ways of knowing. All of these intelligences are developed during The I.am.I Method. Although we are born with these intelligences and the ability to paint spontaneously, education has focused mainly on the rational intellect and on how to paint the external and not the internal landscape, a vast resource of inner wisdom. Part One of this book is an autobiographical summary of the experiences that led the author to develop The I.am.ITM Method of Spontaneous Painting. The paintings in Part Two document her empirical experimentation with Spontaneous Painting, sourced from the authority of her soul. Part Three is an academic exploration and a theoretical and scholarly documentation of the psychological and quantum states of mind that can be experienced during the Spontaneous Painting Process.

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1452553335

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