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Journey: Moments of Guidance in the Presence of God
by David JeremiahIn our complicated, hectic world, we all long for direction in helping us make the best life decisions to assist us in our personal journey. We need guidance, no matter what our circumstances. Each daily reading features a scripture passage, insightful comments from Jeremiah, and a quote from a well-known author that will help the reader chart a meaningful course through life.
Journeying Between the Worlds: Walking with the Sacred Spirits Through Native American Shamanic Teachings & Practices
by Eagle SkyfireStrengthen Your Connection to Nature, Your Inner Wisdom, and Sacred Spirits Through ShamanismJourneying Between the Worlds is written for beginner and intermediate practitioners and shares shamanic teachings in a way easily understood by people from any culture. This book contains practices that will open the door to dynamic, ever-evolving relationships with Great Spirit, your sacred self, and your ancestors.With simple exercises that help you build your skills and knowledge, this powerful guide teaches lessons based on spiritual concepts such as shamanic journeying, the Medicine Wheel, dreams and visions, Power Animals, the elements, shamanic tools, the three realms, and much more. Journeying Between the Worlds shows you how to make sacred connections with the natural world, divine beings, and your own soul.
Journeying East
by Victoria DimidjianSome of the West's foremost spiritual teachers share their thoughts on aging and the end of life process. Comprehensive and original interviews with Ram Dass, Michael Eigen, Norman Fischer, Joan Halifax, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Ch,n KhÙng, Frank Ostaseski, Rodney Smith, and John Wellwood provide new perspectives and offer comfort and support. This accessible, thought-provoking, and unique book is an invaluable resource for individuals, classrooms, hospice or home care settings, and for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one.Journeying East also features a comprehensive resources section with an annotated bibliography, guidelines for general reading and study, information on the training of hospice employees and volunteers, and suggested at-home activities.Victoria Jean Dimidjian is professor of education at Florida Gulf Coast University. She began her study of Buddhism at the Zen Studies Society in Manhattan in 1974 and is a founding member of the Naples Community of Mindfulness."An important and life-changing book." --Diane Cox, CEO, Hospice of Naples, FL
Journeying Through the Invisible \ A través del mundo invisible (Sp.): Enseñanzas de un chamán peruano sobre el arte de la sanación con plantas sagradas
by David L. Carroll HachumakUn viaje por el mundo de la Ayahuasca y la curaciónUna misteriosa y poderosa medicina hecha de plantas, con poderes curativos, que se bebe como té durante una ceremonia sagrada, la Ayahuasca ha sido conocida por cambiar dramáticamente la vida que quienes la toman. Pero lo que una vez fue una experiencia de sanación practicada sólo por los indígenas de América del Sur -y buscada por unos cuantos osados- se ha vuelto cada vez más popular en todo el mundo.Hachumak, un hombre de medicina peruano, ha practicado en su país el arte tradicional de curar por más de veinte años. Su singular aproximación se basa en la simplicidad de los rituales y destaca la esencia del Arte, que incluye las fuerzas tomadas en préstamo de la Naturaleza. En este excepcional libro, el autor comparte su conocimiento y experiencia para ampliar nuestra comprensión de esta poderosa medicina y protegerla de la explotación y del uso inadecuado.Ya sea que te encuentres entre los no iniciados o los curiosos, o que seas un viajero experimentado, obtendrás una comprensión más profunda de lo que es el chamanismo y de cómo y por qué funciona, así como sus posibilidades y limitaciones. Hachumak revela su propio recorrido para convertirse en chaman y explica cómo se desarrolla una ceremonia Ayahuasca bien hecha cuando es realizada por un curandero experimentado. Describe en detalle qué podemos esperar, tanto física como psicológicamente, mientras se esta bajo la guía de las plantas sagradas.Como parte central del mensaje de este libro, Hachumak introduce los conceptos de Conciencia del alma y Conciencia del sufrimiento, que son clave para entender el profundo trabajo de sanación que lleva a cabo mientras también proporciona nuevos conocimientos para la autorreflexión personal. La Conciencia del sufrimiento nos mantiene estancados en nuestros hábitos negativos, pero cuando la Conciencia del alma despierta durante una ceremonia o un momento espiritual, nuestro ser entero se despierta y se nos muestra el camino para vivir de acuerdo con el dictado de nuestra conciencia y las enseñanzas de los espíritus. Con Hachumak como nuestro experimentado y confiable guía, Viaje a través de lo invisible ofrece a nueva y sanadora forma de vernos a nosotros mismos y al mundo que nos rodea.
Journeying Through the Invisible: The Craft of Healing With, and Beyond, Sacred Plants, as Told by a Peruvian Medicine Man
by David L. Carroll HachumakJourneying Through the Invisible is Peruvian medicine man Hachumak’s invitation into the world of Ayahuasca and healing.A mysterious and powerful plant medicine with curative powers that is drunk as a tea during a sacred ceremony, Ayahuasca has been known to change people’s lives dramatically. But what was once a healing experience practiced only by Indigenous South Americans—and sought out by the adventurous few—has become increasingly popular around the world.A practitioner of traditional healing arts, Hachumak bases his unique approach on ritualistic simplicity, highlighting the essence of the Art, which includes the borrowed forces from Nature. In this remarkable book, he shares his knowledge and experiences to broaden our understanding of this powerful medicine and protect it from misuse and exploitation. Revealing his own path to becoming a shaman, Hachumak explains how a well-crafted Ayahuasca ceremony unfolds when run by an experienced curandero, describing in detail what to expect—both physically and psychologically—while under the guidance of the sacred plants.Central to his message and key to understanding the deep healing work that he performs, Hachumak’s concepts of Soul Consciousness and Suffering Consciousness provide new insights for personal self-reflection. Suffering Consciousness keeps us stuck in our negative ways, but when Soul Consciousness is awakened during a ceremony or spiritual moment, our entire being awakens, and we are shown the way to live according to the dictates of our conscience and the teachings of the spirits. With Hachumak as our experienced and trusted guide, Journeying Through the Invisible offers a new and healing way of seeing ourselves and the world around us.
Journeying Through the Invisible: The craft of healing with, and beyond, sacred plants, as told by a Peruvian Medicine Man
by David Carroll HachumakJourney into the world of Ayahuasca and healing. A mysterious and powerful plant medicine with curative powers that is drunk as a tea during a sacred ceremony, Ayahuasca has been known to change people's lives dramatically. But what was once a healing experience practiced only by Indigenous South Americans - and sought out by the adventurous few - has, in the past fifty years, become increasingly popular around the world.Hachumak, a Peruvian medicine man, has been practicing traditional healing arts in his country for more than twenty years. His unique approach is based on ritualistic simplicity and highlights the essence of the Art, which includes the borrowed forces from Nature. In this remarkable book, he shares his knowledge and experiences to broaden our understanding of this powerful medicine and protect it from misuse and exploitation.Whether you are among the uninitiated and curious, or a seasoned journeyer, you will gain a deeper understanding of what shamanism is and how and why it works, as well as its possibilities and limitations. Hachumak reveals his own path to becoming a shaman and explains how a well-crafted Ayahuasca ceremony unfolds when run by an experienced curandero. He describes in detail what to expect - both physically and psychologically - while under the guidance of the sacred plants.With Hachumak as our experienced and trusted guide, Journeying Through the Invisible offers a new and healing way of seeing ourselves and the world around us.
Journeying with God: A survey of the Old Testament: Student Workbook
by Greg TrullThroughout history, Bible scholars have described the story of the Old Testament as a journey. The people of God are journeying with Him toward their ultimate destination. But this is not an easy journey for God's people. When their relationship with God is going well, they are on a mountaintop. When they rebel and their relationship with God becomes cold and distant, they are in a valley. This sequence happens time and time again. In fact, the whole history of the Old Testament is a series of peaks and valleys, ups and downs-like a long roller-coaster ride! The Old Testament takes up most of the pages in the Bible. In this course, you will gain a new understanding of these thirty-nine Bible books. In Journeying with God, you'll see how the people and events of the Old Testament fit into the big story of God's activity throughout history. Your understanding of the New Testament will become deeper and more insightful. And your relationship with Jesus will take on a richer meaning.
Journeying with John: Hearing The Voice Of John's Gospel In Years A, B And C
by Paula Gooder James Woodward Mark PrycePerfect for sermon preparation, devotion, or group study, Journeying with John offers a brief and accessible guide to the Gospel of John for learning and reflection. Following the Revised Common Lectionary, each chapter corresponds to a season of the liturgical year and the Gospel passages read during that season. The reader will find an introduction to the biblical text that looks at historical and literary themes; imaginative new ways to encounter John in preaching and study, including poetry; and reflections on the text's meaning for contemporary Christian life. Each chapter ends with an action item, questions for reflection, and a prayer. This inspiring resource will serve as an indispensable guide along the journey of encountering Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Journeying with Luke
by Paula Gooder James Woodward Mark PryceThis is a book to accompany the readings in year C of the Lectionary. It aims to help individuals and groups to understand and use Luke’s Gospel. It follows the successful Journeying with Mark in Year B (2011) and the series will be completed with Journeying with Matthew in Year A. This book’s unique slant is that it asks readers to use their imagination 'to bring the Gospel to life. ’ It asks readers to visualize themselves in the scenes that Luke describes in order to see Luke’s Gospel in a fresh and exciting way.
Journeying with Mark: Lectionary Year B
by Paula Gooder James Woodward Mark PryceJourneying with Mark offers a brief and accessible guide to the Gospel of Mark. Perfect for personal reflection and sermon preparation, this inspiring resource follows the Revised Common Lectionary. Each chapter corresponds to a season of the liturgical year and the Gospel passages read during that season. The reader will find an introduction to the biblical text that looks at historical and literary themes; imaginative new ways to encounter Mark in preaching and study, including poetry; and reflections on the text's meaning for contemporary Christian life. Each chapter ends with an action item, reflection questions, and a prayer.
Journeying with Matthew: Reflections On The Gospel
by Paula Gooder James Woodward Mark PryceJourneying with Matthew offers a brief and accessible guide to the Gospel of Matthew. Like the previous volumes in this series, Journeying with Matthew follows the Revised Common Lectionary. Each chapter corresponds to a season of the liturgical year and the Gospel passages read during that season. Inside readers will find an introduction to the biblical text that looks at historical and literary themes; imaginative new ways to encounter Matthew in preaching and study, including poetry; and reflections on the text's meaning for contemporary Christian life. Each chapter ends with an action item, reflection questions, and a prayer. <P><P>Perfect for lectionary pastors to use during personal reflection and sermon preparation, this inspiring resource will serve as an essential guide along the journey of encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew.
Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religous Traditions
by Harry OldmeadowJourneys East tells the story of the twentieth century's encounters between East and West by exploring the lives of many of the most fascinating scientists, intellectuals, artists, and spiritual seekers of our time.
Journeys Through Time: Uncovering my past lives
by Jenny CockellJenny Cockell has always had memories of living before. In her first book, 'Yesterday's Children', she described her search for the past life family which had haunted her from her earliest childhood. She remembered living as Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who had died over 20 years before she was born. She gave an extraordinary account of how she successfully found Mary's surviving children, and was reunited with them in the present.Her new book, 'Journeys Through Time', brings readers up to date with her story. Jenny gives details of the four past lives that she remembers most clearly and explains how she has tried to trace them all. In particular, she remembers a life in Japan, which she has desperately sought to verify and uncover. Beginning with flashes of memories that she experienced in childhood, Jenny describes how she 'found' Mary and her children, her subsequent researches into her Japanese life, and what it all means. It is a page-turning account of one woman's journey to find the lives she lived before.
Journeys Through Time: Uncovering my past lives
by Jenny CockellJenny Cockell has always had memories of living before. In her first book, 'Yesterday's Children', she described her search for the past life family which had haunted her from her earliest childhood. She remembered living as Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who had died over 20 years before she was born. She gave an extraordinary account of how she successfully found Mary's surviving children, and was reunited with them in the present.Her new book, 'Journeys Through Time', brings readers up to date with her story. Jenny gives details of the four past lives that she remembers most clearly and explains how she has tried to trace them all. In particular, she remembers a life in Japan, which she has desperately sought to verify and uncover. Beginning with flashes of memories that she experienced in childhood, Jenny describes how she 'found' Mary and her children, her subsequent researches into her Japanese life, and what it all means. It is a page-turning account of one woman's journey to find the lives she lived before.
Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam
by Ziba Mir-HosseiniIf justice is an intrinsic value in Islam, why have women been treated as second-class citizens in Islamic legal tradition? Today, the idea of gender equality, inherent to contemporary conceptions of justice, presents a challenge to established, patriarchal interpretations of Shari&‘a. In thought-provoking discussions with six influential Muslim intellectuals – Abdullahi An-Na&’im, Amina Wadud, Asma Lamrabet, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Mohsen Kadivar and Sedigheh Vasmaghi – Ziba Mir-Hosseini explores how egalitarian gender laws might be constructed from within the Islamic legal framework.
Journeys With A Brother: Japan To India
by Dalai Lama Xiv BartholomewFans of Bartholomew will enjoy his latest travels detailed in this book.
Journeys With Soul: Adventures and Cures That Came True
by John Herlihy'Much more than just an engaging book of travel essays and adventures among interesting peoples in exotic lands this book offers a rare glimpse into how outer journeys can become passages to the soul. The author's own spiritual sensibility allows the reader to experience something of the inner meaning of witnessing the Face of God in all things.' M. Ali Lakhani, Author, and Editor of Sacred Web The journeys described in this volume cut across a number of diverse counties and represent very different experiences. They have one thing in common, however, that binds them together in the spirit of which they were written, namely SOUL. Whether visiting the mountainous regions of the Karakorum in Northern Pakistan, or making the ritual circumambulation in the Grand Mosque at Makka, the author of these tales became a pilgrim soul in search of experiences in distant lands that have the power to touch the pilgrim soul within us all.
Journeys With a Brother: Japan To India
by BartholomewJourneys with a Brother chronicles an insightful, often humorous adventure, where Bartholomew’s spiritual revelations permeate the existing physical reality. A group of ordinary people travel from the temples of Japan to the heights of the Himalayas to experience a sacred initiation given by the 14th Dalai Lama.
Journeys and Arrivals: On Being Gay and Jewish
by Lev RaphaelLev Raphael explores in non-fiction the gay and Jewish identities that have dominated his highly acclaimed fiction for many years. He describes growing up in a secular family, discovering a Jewish community, early sexual exploration, the turning point that came with writing his first autobiographical story, and life with his partner and his partner's sons. The book also reports on gay literature, gays and lesbians in Israel, and the legacy of the Holocaust for both Jews and gays.
Journeys in the Kali Yuga: A Pilgrimage from Esoteric India to Pagan Europe
by Aki CederbergA beautifully evocative account of one man’s odyssey to discover authentic and unbroken magical traditions in the East and reawaken them in the West • Details the author’s encounters with the Naga Babas, his initiation into their tradition, and his experience at the Kumbh Mela, the largest spiritual gathering on Earth • Shares the similarities he discovered between the teachings of the Indian tradition and the Western traditions of magic, alchemy, and pagan pantheons • Introduces a wide cast of characters, including Goa Gil, the world-renowned guru of the Goa techno-trance scene, and Mahant Amar Bharti Ji, a “raised-arm Baba,” who for more than 40 years has held up one arm in devotion to Shiva Beautifully detailing his spiritual pilgrimage from West to East and back again, in the age of strife known as the Kali Yuga, Aki Cederberg shares the authentic and unbroken magical traditions he experienced in India and Nepal and how his search for a spiritual homeland ultimately led him back to his native Europe. Cederberg explains how his odyssey began as a search for spiritual roots, something missing in the spiritually disconnected life of the Western world, where the indigenous traditions were long ago severed by the spread of Christianity. Traveling to India, he encounters the ancient esoteric order of mystic, wild, naked holy men known as the Naga Babas, the living source of the Hindu traditions of magic and yoga. Immersing himself in the teachings of the tradition, he receives an initiation and partakes in the Kumbh Mela, the largest spiritual gathering on Earth. With his evocative descriptions, Cederberg shows how traveling in India can be an overwhelming, even psychedelic experience. Everything in this ancient land is multiplied and manifold: people and things, sights and sounds, joy and suffering. Yet beyond the apparent confusion and chaos, a strange, subtle order begins to reveal itself. He starts to glimpse resemblances and analogies between the teachings of the Indian tradition and the Western traditions of magic, alchemy, and pagan pantheons. He meets a wide cast of characters, from mystical hucksters in Rishikesh and the veritable army of naked, chillum-smoking mystics of Maya Devi to Goa Gil, the world-renowned guru of the Goa techno-trance scene, and Mahant Amar Bharti Ji, an urdhvabahu or “raised-arm Baba,” who for more than 40 years has held up one arm in devotion to Shiva. After extensive traveling and immersing himself in the extraordinary world of India, Cederberg returns to his native soil of Europe. Traveling to holy places where old pagan divinities still linger in the shadows of the modern world, he dreams of forgotten gods and contemplates how they might be awakened yet again, reconnecting the West with its own pre-Christian spiritual traditions, sacred landscapes, and soul.
Journeys of Faith: Evangelicalism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Anglicanism
by Scot Mcknight Robert L. PlummerIt is reported that on average Americans change their religious affiliation at least once during their lives. Today, a number of evangelical Christians are converting to Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Anglicanism. As such, there is great need for a resource that cogently presents an evangelical response to these competing faith traditions. Evangelical Christians, however, need not only theological answers, but a deeper understanding of the obvious attraction of these varying religious expressions. JoThis ebook download of Journeys of Faith examines the theological migrations among Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and Evangelicals, each of which is viewed from various angles. Three prominent evangelical converts to Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Anglicanism describe their new faith traditions and their spiritual journeys into them. In response, chapters by recognized evangelical scholars offer civil critiques. The book also contains a chapter by a convert to Evangelicalism, followed by an appraisal of the evangelical faith by a Catholic scholar. Each contributor arguing for their new faith tradition will be allowed a brief rejoinder to those writing on the opposing side. There are basically two types of chapters in this book: First, chapters that explain and advocate theological migration from one expression of Christianity to another (e.g., an Evangelical who has converted to Catholicism and makes a case for others to do the same). These chapters focus on such issues as Why did you leave your prior theological tradition? and What is it about your new tradition that makes you feel it better represents Scripture and church history. Second, there are response chapters arguing for the greater theological fidelity of a certain expression of Christianity in light of persons leaving those traditions (e.g., Evangelicals arguing that conversions to Greek Orthodoxy or Catholicism are not moves to greater faithfulness). These chapters will provide a critique of the differing Christian traditions under discussion and address such issues as Why have you remained within your current Christian tradition? and Why beneficial lessons can be learned from the tradition you are critiquing? In all, this book will provide readers with first-hand accounts of why certain individuals have changed their religious affiliation or have remain true to the one they have always known. Pastors, counselors and general readers will gain a wealth of insight into current faith migration with the Church today.
Journeys of Love: Kashmiris, Music, and the Poetics of Migration (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
by Thomas HodgsonAn empathetic and eye-opening portrait of Muslim migrants in England that debunks many misperceptions about their music and poetry. In Journeys of Love, ethnomusicologist Thomas Hodgson offers a sensitive corrective to harmful portrayals of immigrants—specifically, Pakistanis living in England—as a self-segregating group prohibited from making music, a stereotype that has often resulted in violent Islamophobia. He argues that, in practice, these migrants—many of whom come from the Mirpur area of Azad Kashmir—occupy rich musical worlds, full of poetic metaphors, that are central to surviving migration and its attendant losses. Hodgson shows how Mirpuris in England, as well as those who remain in Pakistan, carry on traditions of reciting a collection of poetry by the nineteenth-century Sufi saint Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, translated by Hodgson here as Journeys of Love. With its themes of remaining true to one’s home, the oppressed being saved, having patience, and keeping faith in God, this work has become the story of movement and displacement in its narrative arc, as well as through the way it provides spiritual and ethical frameworks for settling in new lands. These hidden poetics of migration transform across generations as young Mirpuris develop new expressions of the connections across continents. These poetics reveal the connections between Kashmir’s rural village life and urban centers abroad, offering a sensitive and illuminating portrait of migration and multiculturalism in Britain and beyond.
Journeys of Transformation: Searching for No-Self in Western Buddhist Travel Narratives
by John D. BarbourWestern Buddhist travel narratives are autobiographical accounts of a journey to a Buddhist culture. Dozens of such narratives have since the 1970s describe treks in Tibet, periods of residence in a Zen monastery, pilgrimages to Buddhist sites and teachers, and other Asian odysseys. The best known of these works is Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard; further reflections emerge from thirty writers including John Blofeld, Jan Van de Wetering, Thomas Merton, Oliver Statler, Robert Thurman, Gretel Ehrlich, and Bill Porter. The Buddhist concept of 'no-self' helps these authors interpret certain pivotal experiences of 'unselfing' and is also a catalyst that provokes and enables such events. The writers' spiritual memoirs describe how their journeys brought about a new understanding of Buddhist enlightenment and so transformed their lives. Showing how travel can elicit self-transformation, this book is a compelling exploration of the journeys and religious changes of both individuals and Buddhism itself.
Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History
by Peter BrownA beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world&’s most influential and distinguished historiansThe end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his career-long engagement with this era, the widely acclaimed and pathbreaking historian Peter Brown has shown, however, that the &“neglected half-millennium&” now known as late antiquity was in fact crucial to the development of modern Europe and the Middle East. In Journeys of the Mind, Brown recounts his life and work, describing his efforts to recapture the spirit of an age. As he and other scholars opened up the history of the classical world in its last centuries to the wider world of Eurasia and northern Africa, they discovered previously overlooked areas of religious and cultural creativity as well as foundational institution-building. A respect for diversity and outreach to the non-European world, relatively recent concerns in other fields, have been a matter of course for decades among the leading scholars of late antiquity.Documenting both his own intellectual development and the emergence of a new and influential field of study, Brown describes his childhood and education in Ireland, his university and academic training in England, and his extensive travels, particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. He discusses fruitful interactions with the work of scholars and colleagues that include the British anthropologist Mary Douglas and the French theorist Michel Foucault, and offers fascinating snapshots of such far-flung places as colonial Sudan, midcentury Oxford, and prerevolutionary Iran. With Journeys of the Mind, Brown offers an essential account of the &“grand endeavor&” to reimagine a decisive historical moment.
Journeys through the Akashic Records: Accessing Other Realms of Consciousness for Healing and Transformation
by Shelley A. KaehrGuide Your Soul’s Path with the Invisible Library of Ultimate KnowledgeJourney into the divine depths of the Akashic Records and access your unique soul information. Packed with hands-on exercises—including past-life healing, psychic protection, and meeting otherworldly guides—this groundbreaking book empowers you to find meaningful answers to life's most important questions. The Akashic Records consist of all thoughts, deeds, and actions that have ever been created in the past, present, or future. Since her near-death experience in 2000, Shelley A. Kaehr, PhD, has accessed this cosmic storehouse frequently. Now she teaches you how to enter the records for yourself and shares historical examples, client stories, insights from famous seers, and more. This phenomenal book helps you heal past-life issues, reveal your soul purpose, and enjoy greater awareness and peace.