Other Practices category: 2998 books
Way of the Bushman
Spiritual Teachings and Practices of the Kalahari Ju/’hoansi
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
The first comprehensive presentation of the core teachings of the Kalahari Bushmen as told by the Tribal Elders
• Reveals how the Bushmen are able to receive direct transmissions of God’s love for healing and spiritual transformation
• Explores tribal legends and teaching tales,...
A Culture's Catalyst
Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
In 1956, pioneering psychedelic researchers Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond were invited to join members of the Red Pheasant First Nation near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to participate in a peyote ceremony hosted by the Native American Church of Canada. Inspired by their experience, they wrote...
by Srinivasa Prasad Pillutla
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Yoga jyoti is a simple guide to Patanjali yoga. Spirituality and yoga are inseparable. This book tries to explain the yoga practices and how they are spiritually beneficial. This book describes few yoga asana, pranayama, mudra, kundalini yoga and the notes I have taken from my interactions with Sadguru M. Narasimha Prabhu and my understanding of two chapters of Patanjali Yogasutra.
Female Suicide Bombings
A Critical Gender Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
As media coverage of terrorism and terroristic acts has increased so too has the discussion about the identities, motives, and gender of the perpetrators. Over the past fifteen years, there have been over 150 reported suicide bombings committed by women around the world. Because of its prominence...
The Hedge Witch's Way
Magical Spirituality for the Lone Spellcaster
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Here is a guide to the magical spirituality of the hedge witch, which describes a path that is profound and yet simple - uncluttered by complex ritual, a matter of the heart.The hedge witch is a solitary witch and natural mystic who practises wildwood mysticism, so called because it is the knowledge...
Animism beyond the Soul
Ontology, Reflexivity, and the Making of Anthropological Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
How might we envision animism through the lens of the ‘anthropology of anthropology’? The contributors to this volume offer compelling case studies that demonstrate how indigenous animistic practices, concepts, traditions, and ontologies are co-authored in highly reflexive ways by anthropologists...
A Deed Without a Name
Unearthing the Legacy of Traditional Witchcraft
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
The field of witchcraft studies is continually over-turning new information and research about traditional witchcraft practices and their meanings. A Deed Without a Name seeks to weave together some of this cutting-edge research with insider information and practical know-how. Utilising her own decades...
by Jonathan Durrant, Michael D. Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so. Modern historical research into witchcraft began as an attempt to tease out the worldview of ordinary people in 16th- and 17th-century England, but it quickly expanded...
by Devin Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
"Devin Hunter's new book digs deeply into the roots of what makes a witch powerful. He doesn't gloss over the soul-searching work with simple spell "bandaids." Instead, he offers readings and exercises that empower the witch in mind, body, and soul."—Courtney Weber, author of...
The Flame in the Cauldron
A Book of Old-Style Witchery
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Few words entice and incite like the word witchery. Thousands of self-identified witches, pagans, and magical practitioners embrace the word, but seldom go beyond the practice of the well-accepted and learned forms of "traditional" witchcraft to explore the path of old-witchery. Orion Foxwood...
A Handbook of Saxon Sorcery & Magic
Wyrdworking, Rune Craft, Divination, and Wortcunning
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Discover the secrets of Saxon sorcery, and learn how to craft rune charms, brew potions, cast effective spells, and use magical techniques to find love and prosperity. Exploring the practices and customs of the Anglo-Saxons hidden in English folk traditions, this book shares techniques for making...
Gay Witchcraft
Empowering the Tribe
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
When Christopher Penczak was introduced to Witchcraft, he found a spiritual path that hononred and embraced his homosexuality. Now he has written a book of clearheaded theory and practice that is bound to become a classic. With Gay Witchcraft, Penczak joins the ranks of his forebearers in spirit,...
The Rise and Fall of the Incomparable Liturgy
The Book Of Common Prayer, 1559-1906
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
‘The Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and the love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.’
The Book of Common Prayer, with local variations, is still used in churches inside and outside the Anglican Communion in over 50 countries...
The Accidental Anglican
The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Many are longing for historical connectedness and for theology that is "not tied to the whims of contemporary culture, but to apostolic-era understandings of Christian faith and practice." They also yearn for rhythms and routines that build spiritual health. Still others are responding to...