Between the ages of thirty-seven and forty-one something mysterious takes place within the psyche. Jung called this phase our 'unlived life' assuming rightly that midlife did not inaugurate a time of rapid decay loss of libido and inevitable death - but rather ushered in a period in which one might review one's life and build upon a strong foundation toward the next phase of adulthood.
Coloring the circular designs known as mandalas is a relaxing, meditative activity enjoyed by adults and children alike. The mandalas in this book are specially designed to provide a creative encounter with the Divine as a feminine presence.
Psychotherapist David Richo explains how writing and reading poetry can be a rich path of self-exploration and emotional healing for anyone, no matter one's poetic abilities.
With a foreword by Kathy Freston
Vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters can feel like they're living in different worlds. Many vegans and vegetarians struggle to feel understood and respected in a meat-eating culture, where some of their most pressing concerns and cherished beliefs are invisible, and where they are often met with defensiveness when they try to talk about the issue.
After completing his groundbreaking research chronicled in DMT: The Spirit Molecule, Rick Strassman was left with one fundamental question: What does it mean that DMT, a simple chemical naturally found in all of our bodies, instantaneously opens us to an interactive spirit world that feels more real than our own world?
Exploring the healing, spiritual power of slow sex, this book offers a step-by-step guide for committed couples to transform sex into a meditative, loving union of complementary energies.
· Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants
and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy
works of J. R. R. Tolkien
· Examines odysseus's encounters with plant divinities, altered
consciousness, animal shapeshifting and sacred topography - all
concepts vital to shamanism
· Reveals how the Odyssey emerged precisely at the rupture ...
· Explores the use of crystals throughout history, including their role in Atlantis and in alien technology
· Offers step-by-step instructions to successfully use crystals in scrying, meditation and Enochian magic
· Includes never-before-published scientific findings on the author's crystal skull as well as other crystal skulls researched at the British Museum
· Explains how the Space-Time ...
This book traces the history of the sacred mushroom, detailing how psilocybin can not only dispel anxiety and treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, but can restore our connection to the natural ...
· Shows how peyote and other visionary plants do not distort
reality but gloriously unveil it, pulling the mind out of its cosmic
slumber and revealing our unity with all life
· Explains the necessity when working with peyote to remain the
master of one's mind and consciously work on oneself
· Examines how modern society's revulsion to sacramental plants
and other ...