Quest Books

In these days of global crisis, thoughtful seekers increasingly turn to Native Americans for healing wisdom. The Sacred Pipe is the medicine, says Jay Cleve in this informative and practical guide to a key practice of Native American spirituality. The Hopi and other ancient cultures predicted our present age as one of transition into a New World.

“This finely arranged and annotated collection shines a brilliant beam onto the inner planes of Annie Besant's consciousness, showing us both the ordered structure of her thought and the wonderful richness of the realms with which she dealt. With its help, we are invited to join her by exploring and mapping our own inner multiverse.

"Reality is experience, and experience is reality," says Hawaiian shaman Serge King, speaking of Huna, the esoteric tradition in which he was reared.King emphasizes that all of us have the ability to shift from one world to another.

'A woman in the audience once handed Elvis a crown saying, “You're the King.” “No, honey,” Elvis replied. “There is only one king - Jesus Christ. I'm just a singer.” Gary Tillery presents a coherent view of Elvis' thoughts through such anecdotes and other recorded facts.

'"A spiritual tone overlays these authors’ deconstruction of popular movies’ commentary on death and the afterlife. While [the book] reads like a series of columns in a highbrow cinema magazine, the Genellis’ work, like most of the more than sixty movies they mention, is both thoughtful and entertaining.

Ever since women in the West first started publishing works of fiction, they have written about a heroine who must wander from one place to another as she searches for a way to live the life she wants to live, a life through which she can express her true self creatively in the world.

Joy is a word rarely associated with death. Yet joy is ultimately the effect in this collection of stories about Janet Wehr's experiences in witnessing the death of her patients during her fifteen years as a hospice nurse.

When we sow our seeds in the garden of life, do we settle for a meagre display of two or three flowers? Or do we aim for a pageantry of rich colours and breathtaking beauty? So asks author, David Bruce, in the exquisite essays inspiring us to live an active spiritual life.

Chakra (Sanskrit, "wheel") refers to the ancient Hindu concept of seven vortices of energy located on the spine from the tailbone to the crown of the head. These centers define the physical and spiritual contact points in the human body. In yoga they are bridges to higher consciousness symbolizing the journey from the material world to the divine.

Since ancient times, music has been a tool to express emotions, hopes, and inspirations. Scientific studies for years have proven the effectiveness of music on an individual’s physical, mental, and emotional state to such a degree that hospitals and other healthcare facilities have integrated music therapy into their daily treatment regimens.