The Indigenous peoples of North America have followed a wide variety of spiritual traditions, many of which have been carried on to present day. NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITUALISM offers powerful insight into the origins and practices of Indigenous American spirituality with a multiplicity of spells, rituals, folklore, and myths.
Dreams can be fun and adventurous, but also frightening and distorted, and still again, they can be an endless combination of both. From spitting teeth out (a sign of aging), to creepy, crawly spiders (a sign that one feels like an outsider), dreams can mean much more to us once we learn how to decipher their hidden meanings.
For more than eight centuries, Persian mystic poet and Sufi master Jalaloddin Mohammed Balkhi Rumi—commonly referred to simply as Rumi—has enchanted and enthralled readers from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove into evanescent poetry.
Feeling creatively or spiritually blocked or have trouble sleeping? Perhaps you are suffering from a physical ailment? Regardless of what may be plaguing you, the innate power within crystals can have tremendous healing effects.
In Focus Essential Oils is your quick guide to the qualities and healing effects of every major essential oil, including recipes for beauty, home, and health applications. Part of the In Focus series, the book applies a modern approach to teaching a classic body, mind, and spirit subject.
What in the world does O mean? And what about its meaning might have led my coffee date to tattoo it on his entire forearm? Where did the symbol 8 originate, and what was its first meaning? How did the ampersand symbol & come about and how was it applied daily in book publishing? And what is the full story behind that staring eye on top of the pyramid on our American dollar bill?
The Moon is one of our most prominent and ancient symbols. It has shaped how we understand and track time, its movement controls the tides and its rise into the sky signals the coming of night. All of these roles have cemented our relationship with the Moon and its important place in our myths and culture.
Divided into chapters channeling each body area and its common ailments and aches—including those on our pets—and fully illustrated, In Focus Reiki teaches the basics to this increasingly popular practice to reduce stress, depression, anxiety, and physical pain and tap into your inner healer.
Across all cultures and spanning centuries, superstitions rooted in cultural legends and myths have formed and influenced daily life. SUPERSTITIONS explains how and why these legends and the associated behaviour behind them developed, accompanied by beautiful illustrations.
For centuries, symbolic flower meanings have fascinated readers, writers, poets and suddenly smitten couples alike. Extremely popular during the Victorian era, these floriographies flourished and versed the public on the hidden meaning of popular flowers like peonies (bashfulness) and tulips (passion).