Download or read book Awe Ritual Abandon written by Adam Graves and published by Æ Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the world abandons you, abandon the world. At the University of Washington and having an active philosophy discourse, hopes for the future were not enough to fight chronic pain. The past remained the past, and therapy could not change that. Ritual Abandon is an honest memoir of self-sacrifice when the self was too much to manage and something of a higher nature was needed. Part I of Awe.
Download or read book Awe Ritual Orphan written by Adam Graves and published by Æ Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-25 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third book of Awe, Ritual Orphan, we follow Sha, Asha, La, Kala, and the others, from homelessness into hospitalization. What will become of them when all is lost? Rather than subsiding, they are instructed by Para and Tara of their cause, their purpose. Would death be any easier? But to live because you are now alive, not yet dead. They enter a deep existential inquiry, always with each other.
Download or read book Hegel versus Inter Faith Dialogue written by Andrew Shanks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'inter-faith' is a recent innovation in English that has gained significant traction in the discussion of religious diversity. This volume argues that the concept of faiths in the plural is deeply problematic for Christian theology and proposes a Hegelian alternative to the conventional bureaucratic notion of inter-faith dialogue. Hegel pioneered the systematic study of comparative religion. In line with Hegelian principle, Andrew Shanks identifies faith as an inflection of the will towards perfect truth-as-openness. In relation to other religious traditions, this must involve the practice of a maximum xenophilia, or love for the unfamiliar, understood as a core Christian virtue. Shanks's neo-Hegelian theory recognises the potential for God's work in all religious traditions, which may be seen as divine experiments with human nature. This timely book discusses a wide range of interreligious encounters and will be an essential resource for studies in comparative theology and philosophy of religion.
Download or read book Compass written by Adam Graves and published by Æ Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explication on the mechanics of the sunyata meditation. Considered a grand master, Adam Graves researched his own experiences to cultivate this technical analysis as his own self case study. The first half of the book is devoted to a scientific analysis on the sunyata meditation, which is renamed Compass. The second half is a first-person narrative of how the Compass study came to be.
Download or read book Abandoning Dead Metaphors written by Patricia Ismond and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, Derek Walcott is the most important West Indian poet writing in English today, and his success has inspired many aspiring Caribbean writers. He began his career divided between his driving commitment to the revolutionary cause of his native Caribbean and his strong ties to a Western literary tradition. In his works he has studied the conflict between the heritage of European and West Indian culture. Abandoning Dead Metaphors is a critical appreciation of the works produced in Walcott's Caribbean phase (1946-1981). The poetry of this phase contains most of the seminal ideas and values that underlie his total achievement. This study closely examines Walcott's definitive use of metaphor, through which he conducts a deeply philosophical discourse focusing on the juxtaposition of his concern with a regional history of negation and his immersion in the Western literary and cultural tradition of the colonizer. Studying the works of this period also allows for a full exposure of Walcott's engagement with the landscape, culture and society of the region. Ismond's work is essential reading for students of Caribbean literature and scholars of Ne
Download or read book Psychoanalytic Conversations with States of Spirit Possession written by Shalini Masih and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shalini Masih grew up in a stimulating environment of priests and healers, witnessing firsthand states of spirit possession and exorcism. In adulthood, she revisited these experiences, motivating her to extend psychoanalysis outside the clinic's realms into spaces of traditional healing. The outcome of her detailed exploration acknowledges the hugely productive interface between cultural manifestations and concerns of psychoanalysis without reducing the phenomenon of spirit possession to something formulaic. Instead, Psychoanalytic Conversations with States of Spirit Possession: Beauty in Brokenness highlights the intrinsic beauty of this complex experience, illustrating relevant themes through culturally sensitive psychoanalytic conversations with participants who felt haunted and possessed by ghosts. The author's journey reveals the ghosts of her own inner world. She draws upon her reveries, dreams, and nightmares to make sense of the unconscious processes in her informant's testimonies, journeys that are so often undertaken from one grotesque ghost to another until these ghastly beings reappear as broken part-selves in search of the glue of spiritual meaning.
Download or read book Abandoning Egypt written by Lorraine Murray-Richardson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When they cried for help, God heard them.” Step into the ancient tale of Exodus, where the cries of the oppressed Israelites pierce the heavens, awakening God’s boundless compassion. In Exodus 2:23, we witness the eternal truth that God heard them when they cried for help. Nevertheless, this is not just a story from the past; it is a timeless echo, echoing through the ages, urging us to heed its call. It is a call to break free from the chains of our personal Egypt, to relinquish the attraction of fleeting solutions, and to embrace the divine plan woven into the fabric of our existence. Within these pages lies more than a narrative; it is an invitation— an invitation to spiritual fulfillment, freedom from oppression, and a life illuminated by the grace of God. It is a journey toward freedom, purpose, and a deeper understanding of our place in the promised land.
Download or read book Construction of Maya Space written by Thomas H. Guderjan and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction of Maya Spaces sheds new light on how Maya society may have shaped—and been shaped by—the constructed environment. Moving beyond the towering pyramids and temples often associated with Maya spaces, this volume focuses on how those in power used features such as walls, roads, rails, and symbolic boundaries to control those without power, and how the powerless pushed back. Through fifteen engaging chapters, contributors examine the construction of spatial features by ancient, historic, and contemporary Maya elite and nonelite peoples to understand how they used spaces differently. Through cutting-edge methodologies and case studies, chapters consider how and why Maya people connected and divided the spaces they used daily in their homes, in their public centers, in their sacred places such as caves, and across their regions to inform us about the mental constructs they used to create their lives and cultures of the past. Contributors Elias Alcocer Puerto Alejandra Alonso Olvera Traci Ardren Jaime J. Awe Alejandra Badillo Sánchez Nicolas C. Barth Grace Lloyd Bascopé Adolpho Iván Batún-Alpuche Elizabeth Beckner M. Kathryn Brown Bernadette Cap Miguel Covarrubias Reyna Juan Fernandez Diaz Alberto G. Flores Colin Thomas H. Guderjan C. Colleen Hanratty Héctor Hernández Álvarez Scott R. Hutson Joshua J. Kwoka Whitney Lytle Aline Magnoni Jennifer P. Mathews Stephanie J. Miller Shawn G. Morton Holley Moyes Shannon Plank Dominique Rissolo Patrick Rohrer Carmen Rojas Sandoval Justine M. Shaw J. Gregory Smith Travis W. Stanton Karl A. Taube Daniel Vallejo-Cáliz
Download or read book Reasons for abandoning the Methodist Ministry and for embracing the work of God under the Restored Apostleship written by John SIMPSON (Member of the Primitive Methodist Connexion.) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shadows of the Abandoned Mine written by Eldritch Veil and published by Eldritch Veil. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grimhaven, a tranquil town nestled within the ancient Appalachian Mountains, conceals a dark secret within the skeletal remains of the Blackened Gold Mine. Once a thriving symbol of prosperity, the mine now harbors an unspeakable malevolence that awakens shadows and whispers from the depths of the abyss. Samantha Mitchell, a local historian with an affinity for the supernatural, unwittingly becomes the guardian of Grimhaven's descent into the cosmic unknown. As symbols etched into the mine's walls pulse with an otherworldly energy, Samantha is drawn into a surreal dance where reality blurs, and the Veil of Shadows reveals its ancient secrets. The first whispers, haunting and distorted, emerge from the mine, casting an eerie hush over the cobblestone streets. Shadows, once benign, contort into nightmarish forms that linger in the corners of the town. Grimhaven, now ensnared in a cosmic tempest, stands on the brink of an unspeakable reckoning. In this supernatural thriller, the symbols, whispers, and shadows converge to create a chilling symphony that defies the laws of nature. As Samantha delves deeper into the cosmic abyss, the town transforms into a canvas for a malevolent force that challenges the very essence of reality. "The Shadows of the Abandoned Mine" unfolds as a tale of cosmic horror, beckoning the audience into a world where the unknown shadows cast are far more than remnants of the past—they are harbingers of an unimaginable terror.
Download or read book The Dawn of Religion written by Eric Strickland Waterhouse and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ritual and the Moral Life written by David Solomon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twentieth century, in both China and the West, ritual became marginalized in the face of the growth of secularism and individualism. In China, Confucianism and its essentially ritualistic comportment to the world were vigorously suppressed during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) under Mao Zedong. But de-ritualization already took place as a result of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 under Sun Yat-Sen. In the West, while the process of de-ritualization has been generally more gradual, it has been nonetheless drastic. In contrast to this situation, this volume investigates the crucial role ritual plays in constituting the human understanding of their place in the cosmos, the purpose of their lives, and imbues human existence with a more complete sense of meaningfulness. This volume presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West as they reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual plays in human life. They reflect not only on ritual in general but also on specific Confucian and Christian appreciations of ritual. This provocative volume is a beacon of warning to Western philosophers, who think they have graduated from the trappings of ritual, and a beacon of hope for Eastern thinkers, who wish to avoid cultural fragmentation. The Editors, both Eastern and Western, have together created a seamless work that not only introduces ritual, but advances an argument for the contribution that ritual makes to cultural renewal. This volume is a work of philosophical thinking about ritual doing, but challenges those who think to realize that the salvation of philosophical thinking rests in the particularity and contingency of ritual doing. Let us hope this volume is widely read, for it points to that which might renew the West. - Jeffrey P. Bishop, Saint Louis University
Download or read book 12 12 12 Book 2 of John Rachel s End of the World Trilogy written by John Rachel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "12-12-12" is the story of a great nation falling apart and one young man's quest for meaning in the midst of chaos. It takes the stuff of reality and pitches it to a high scream. Open your mind but cover your ears. Knowledge is bliss but it's loud and painful. Yet somehow still funny. "12-12-12" manages to tell it like it is by telling it like it isn't. Granted, this is not what actually happened during 2012. But what unfolds is not more implausible. Nor is it less implausible. It's dark, ironic, witty, at times surrealistic and just plain weird. One reviewer calls it "laugh-out-loud brain food for hungry minds."
Download or read book T S Eliot and Indic Traditions written by Cleo McNelly Kearns and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-06-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Eliot's lifelong interest in Indic philosophy and religion.
Download or read book To Begin Again written by Naomi Levy and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Begin Again signals the arrival of an important new voice. In words that are as wise as they are comforting and as universal as they are specific, Rabbi Naomi Levy tells us how to survive, emotionally and spiritually, when we feel overwhelmed by grief, loss, or life itself. Her book provides a safe harbor where we can begin to reconstitute our lives. Where do we find the strength to rebuild our lives after difficult times? Is it possible to recapture our hope? Our innocence? Our faith? The answers, never simple but always inspiring, are indeed found in this wonderful book. Naomi Levy was a bright, cheerful fifteen-year-old girl who awoke to the devastating news that her father had been shot. His senseless murder shattered her belief in God and left her feeling helpless and full of rage. But, in time, she learned to fight her way through the darkness to conquer her heartbreaking pain. She describes, with humor and extraordinary honesty, how she managed to emerge victorious over sorrow. Later, in her years as the rabbi of a congregation in Venice, California, Levy quickly learned that her own painful experiences were not unique. Many of her congregants had also suffered--divorce, addiction, rape, loss, illness. They too had searched long and hard for ways to bring joy back into their lives. A natural and engaging storyteller, Levy weaves together her own story and the struggles of her congregants with the ancient lessons of great sages. She offers up exquisitely simple prayers, which--no matter what our religious beliefs--remind us that we are far, far stronger than we ever imagined. What emerges is a remarkable tapestry that teaches us how to mend our hearts and souls. To Begin Again is a book that will be passed to friends when tragedy strikes, a book that will rest at our bedside tables during troubling times. It is a testament to the human spirit--to the undying strength that enables us to make our way through whatever darkness we may face and begin living once again.
Download or read book Emotion Rituals written by David W. McMillan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive behavior therapy does not typically include the use of emtion in its treatment protocols. Emotion Rituals addresses this omission with a thorough discussion of the interplay between thoughts and emotions as vital to the therapeutic process. McMillan's emotion rituals allow clients to apply what they learn in therapy sessions to daily life, fostering continual growth outside of the therapy hour and increasing the effectiveness of each session. McMillan's unique writing style imparts hard facts and theoretical discussion in a conversational tone, presenting new and complicated ideas in a readable and comprehensible manner. Each chapter is devoted to one emotion, and the rituals are suitable for use by both client and therapist, allowing them each to better understand emotion and emotional responses. The result is an accessible and lively text that offers an original approach to healing through feelings.
Download or read book Love s Curse written by Ellen Mint and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR ELLEN MINT A My Bloody Valentine story Love can never die. Emma intends to spend another Valentine's Day with the dead Egyptian princess she's studying, but her world of museums and mummies is hurled into chaos by the arrival of a man, one who looks like if sex was a librarian. Tarek is fascinated with Emma's research into the famous heartbroken princess mummy...and she wishes he'd be fascinated with her too. When her hand touches his, a curse millennia in the making unfolds, and the heartbroken princess rises from her tomb. In this heart-racing story of love, betrayal and death, two people find themselves trying to defy history and come together...with the help of a goddess of love. Can their love defy death itself?
