Psychology

Why don't people heal? Why do they stay wounded--some even driven to suicide by their pain-despite the best that organic and psychological medicine can offer? To find the answers, Russian--born psychiatrist Olga Kharitidi traveled to exotic Samarkand, a major cultural and spiritual crossroads, and ancient capital of Uzbekistan, in the heart of Central Asia. No stranger to mystical and shamanic

UFO sightings and alien abductions, mystical experiences and psychic phenomena, the near-death and the out-of-body experience--millions of ordinary people around the world report experiencing these events at some point in their lives. Yet, because there is no accepted scientific theory to explain the paranormal, the events--and the people who report them--are ridiculed and dismissed. The probl

In 2000, while giving a talk in a private home in Oregon, Twyman encountered an extraordinary ten-year old boy. The child touched Twyman's finger - and his life changed. Suddenly and inexplicably, Twyman was able to harness the power of his mind. His psychic powers exploded. He could read thoughts, bend spoons by focusing his mind and he was able to transmit non-verbal communication to those aroun

Have you lost someone you love and sensed they're trying to reach out, send signs or let you know they're okay? Have you wondered how you might have a clearer connection with them? Now you can with this easy guide to communicating with loved ones who have passed to the other side. CLOSER THAN YOU THINK shows how to get back in touch with a loved one so you can experience the comfort of their prese

As autism rates in children continue to rise parents are scrambling to find effective treatment methods.THE NATURAL MEDICINE GUIDE TO AUTISM offers answers by exploring a range of effective treatment options and the possibility of a positive outcome via natural medicine therapies.The book covers the basics of autism what it is and what causes it— and the factors that are often involved in the diso

According to P.M.H. Atwater, one of the foremost investigators into near-death experiences, future memory allows people to “live” life in advance and remember the experience in detail when something triggers that memory.Atwater explains the unifying, and permanent, effect of that experience is a “brain shift” which she believes “may be at the very core of existence itself.” In FUTURE MEMORY, Atwat

Manhattan Medium, Thomas John, has been hailed as “the Hollywood psychic with the highest batting average” by The Hollywood Reporter and a psychic medium with “an impressive connection that impresses even the most sceptical minds” by The Examiner. Now he shares what he's seen and heard on the Other Side.What happens when we die? Renowned psychic medium, Thomas John, is one individual who is able t

With unprecedented access to Edgar Cayce's private letters and trance readings, Sidney Kirkpatrick delivers the definitive biography of the renowned psychic, religious seeker, and father of alternative medicine. Born in rural Kentucky in 1877, Edgar Cayce became known as "the sleeping prophet," and went on to lead an extraordinary life, helping and healing thousands. This is Cayce's fascinating st

How to Love the Difficult People in Your LifeMost of us know someone who, for whatever reason, always seems to cause problems, irritate others, or incite conflict. Often, these people are a part of our daily lives. The truth is that these trouble makers haven’t necessarily asked to be this way.Sometimes we need to learn new approaches to deal with people who are harder to get along with or love.Ho

A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experience. . . . She can be alternately sweet, tart, bubbly, mellow. She can be maternal and playful. Bossy and submissive. Strong and soft. . . . The seasoned woman knows who she is. She could be any one of us, as long as she is committed to living fully and passionately in the second half of life. In her most groundbreaking work since P

"Art from Intuition" offers artists a unique system for freeing their creative intuition. By letting go of self-criticism, doubt and insecurity artists will be able to soar to new heights of creativity. Over 60 practical exercises take readers from basic to more sophisticated techniques. Each exercise, supported by step-by-step instructions, is accessible to artists at every level and can be compl

In The Call to the Heights, Geoffrey Hodson presents a method of attainment largely novel to contemporary society, but nevertheless, a method that comes directly from the ancient wisdom of our earliest ancestors.

'Wilber's groundbreaking synthesis of religion, philosophy, physics, and psychology started a revolution in transpersonal psychology. He was the first to suggest in a systematic way that the great psychological systems of the West could be integrated with the noble contemplative traditions of the East. Spectrum of Consciousness, first released by Quest in 1977, has been the prominent reference poi

A thrilling retelling by master storyteller Jean Houston of the legendary exploits of the founder of the Iroquois Confederacy, known as the Peacemaker. Under his leadership they created a peaceful democracy among five tribes of Native peoples in the northeastern woodlands. This story has inspired American leaders from Benjamin Franklin to the present-day occupants of the White House, and is shown

'A passionate conversation among the best minds in transpersonal studies about the ideas of Ken Wilber, the prominent contemporary thinker whose first book, The Spectrum of Consciousness, published by Quest in 1977, launched the transpersonal psychology movement. Transpersonal thinkers taking part in this dynamic dialogue combine Eastern and Western spirituality with mainstream fields such as psyc

War and PTSD are on the public's mind as news stories regularly describe insurgency attacks in Iraq and paint grim portraits of the lives of returning soldiers afflicted with PTSD. These vets have recurrent nightmares and problems with intimacy, can’t sustain jobs or relationships, and won’t leave home, imagining “the enemy” is everywhere. Dr. Edward Tick has spent decades developing healing techn

Mainline science rejects the paranormal because it cannot be proven by the classical methods of controlled experiments. But sciences such as geology, astronomy, and anthropology also don’t rely on laboratory testing for repeatable results. Moreover, psi concerns consciousness, which is by definition non-quantitative. "Psi researchers must stop acting like science’s poor relations," says author Law

The modern Western movement to embrace Eastern spiritual traditions usually stops with India and the Orient. Westerners have yet to discover the wisdom that dates back even further to ancient Egypt. With a Jungian perspective, clinical psychologist Dr. Thom F. Cavalli plumbs that wisdom through the myth of Osiris, the green-skinned Egyptian god of vegetation and the Underworld. As no one else has

In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That's almost 30 percent; other statistics show 35 percent. Nor, of course, is PTSD limited to the military. In twenty years as a therapist, Susan Pease Banitt has treated trauma in patients ranging from autistic children to women with breast cancer

“Margaret Placentra Johnston's Faith Beyond Belief gives us a good way to know the experience of those who have rejected their own church, but who are nevertheless engaged in a spiritual search beyond the conventional language and categories that left them feelinng empty and could not engage them. As such, it is an excellent way to get a feel for what the issues are and the way they are experience