Mystics and Messiahs
Mystics and Messiahs

Author: Philip Jenkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2000-04-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0199923728

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In Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1960s. In fact, most of the frightening images and stereotypes surrounding fringe religious movements are traceable to the mid-nineteenth century when Mormons, Freemasons, and even Catholics were denounced for supposed ritualistic violence, fraud, and sexual depravity. But America has also been the home of an often hysterical anti-cult backlash. Jenkins offers an insightful new analysis of why cults arouse such fear and hatred both in the secular world and in mainstream churches, many of which were themselves originally regarded as cults. He argues that an accurate historical perspective is urgently needed if we are to avoid the kind of catastrophic confrontation that occurred in Waco or the ruinous prosecution of imagined Satanic cults that swept the country in the 1980s. Without ignoring genuine instances of aberrant behavior, Mystics and Messiahs goes beyond the vast edifice of myth, distortion, and hype to reveal the true characteristics of religious fringe movements and why they inspire such fierce antagonism.

Channeling
Channeling

Author: Joel Bjorling

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-19

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1000517616

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Originally published in 1992, Channeling is a comprehensive bibliography on the subject of channeling. The book defines channeling as any message received or conveyed from transcendent entities and covers material on the history of channeling, those that have claimed to transcend death, contact with UFOs and contemporary channeling groups. The book acts as a research guide and seeks to outline the historical roots of channeling, explaining its major teachings and considers its significance as a spiritual movement. It provides sources from books, booklets, articles, and ephemeral material and offers a comprehensive list of both primary and secondary materials related to channeling, the bibliography takes the most diverse and useful sources of the time. This volume although published almost 30 years ago, still provides a unique and insightful collection for academics of religion, in particular those researching spiritualism and the occult.

Vibrational Medicine
Vibrational Medicine

Author: Richard Gerber

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2001-03-01

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 1591439078

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The original comprehensive guide to energetic healing with a new preface by the author and updated resources. • More than 125,000 copies sold. • Explores the actual science of etheric energies, replacing the Newtonian worldview with a new model based on Einstein's physics of energy. • Summarizes key points at the end of each chapter to help the serious student absorb and retain the wealth of information presented. Vibrational Medicine has gained widespread acceptance by individuals, schools, and health-care institutions nationwide as the textbook of choice for the study of alternative medicine. Trained in a variety of alternative therapies as well as conventional Western medicine, Dr. Gerber provides an encyclopedic treatment of energetic healing, covering subtle-energy fields, acupuncture, Bach flower remedies, homeopathy, radionics, crystal healing, electrotherapy, radiology, chakras, meditation, and psychic healing. He explains current theories about how various energy therapies work and offers readers new insights into the physical and spiritual perspectives of health and disease.

The Death Maze
The Death Maze

Author: Richard Parnes

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1480820105

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Dr. Dan Adams is grateful he has mastered the sixth dimension and is no longer controlled by Apep. Now free to explore and understand without mortal consequences, the scientist uses his meditative powers to return to his inner-self, knowing there is work left to be finished. Along the way, those he meets and works with are just as stunning as the parallel world he must navigate. Apep is angry, destructive, and more determined than ever to seek revenge for the loss of Dr. Adams, the one he wanted to enslave for all eternity. But what his monstrous form does not realize is that his soul is on the verge of no longer being. As Apep tries to manipulate the sixth dimension to reveal its open portal, he hopes to find his way into the three dimensional world and force the humans to worship him. Meanwhile as UCLA scientist Allyson Rayburn works to finish Dr. Adams AGE project, she and several others embark on a mission to first find the portal to the sixth dimension and then determine how to control it--without becoming the next victims. Unfortunately what they believe is possible is rapidly becoming an irrepressible force. In this continuing tale, a scientist must rely on help from his colleagues as he searches for spiritual oneness and understanding and attempts to defeat the evil within the sixth dimension.

The Big Book of Numerology
The Big Book of Numerology

Author: Shirley Blackwell Lawrence

Publisher: Weiser Books

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1578636779

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This is unlike any other book on numerology, because it reveals the science behind this ancient mystical art and explains why it works. It is also the first book to present a thorough explanation of the numbers and letters, starting with their origins--the how and why of their design--and exploring their nature in names and language. In addition, it introduces the Inner Guidance Number, a powerful tool for accessing our inner knowing. Note: This is a repackaging of The Secret Science of Numerology: The Hidden Meaning of Numbers and Letters by Shirley Lawrence (New Page, 2001; ISBN: 9781564145291), which has until recently only been available via Lightning Source.

The Wisdom of the Ages
The Wisdom of the Ages

Author: Master Kuthumi

Publisher: Fernando Candiotto

Published: 2021-07-14

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9878471187

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FOREWORD By Rubén Cedeño This teaching was transmitted to Beloved Lady Miriam when she was incarnated on Earth. She is the Divine Complement of El Morya, Master of the First Blue Ray of Divine Will, and Director of the World’s Governments. This instruction was part of a training period that Lady Miriam received from the Master of Wisdom Lord Koot Hoomi, who today holds the position of Director of the Second Department of the Spiritual Hierarchy of Shamballa. As “Instructor of the World” or “Christ of the Earth,” Lord Koot Hoomi works inspiring and directing the Great Religions and philosophical movements from all over the planet. This valuable instruction is dedicated to unfolding Divine Enlightenment in loyal and devoted students who seriously wish to thresh the Spiritual Experience. It is dispensed so that they can spread it throughout the Earth since this Wisdom was the one that the Ascended Masters used in their moment to free themselves from ignorance and the bondage of the “reincarnation wheel.” This teaching will be very useful to those who study it, meditate, reflect and practice it with the constancy and seriousness it deserves. May everyone who reads this book or hears the explanations of His teachings in conferences be blessed with the Love, Peace, and Wisdom of our Beloved Master Koot Hoomi.

Encyclopedia of Death and the Afterlife
Encyclopedia of Death and the Afterlife

Author: James R. Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781578591077

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Is there life after death? Read and decide for yourself. This explores the ritual, lore, pageantry, customs, language, theory and other aspects of the afterlife as well as the individuals and organizations who study it. From alchemy to near death experiences and from Gilgamesh to the collective unconscious, you'll find straightforward, objective and sensitive information on this elusive topic.

Routledge Library Editions: Spiritualism
Routledge Library Editions: Spiritualism

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-07-30

Total Pages: 968

ISBN-13: 1000806944

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The volumes in this set, originally published between 1974 and 1992, draw together research by leading academics in spiritualism, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The collection examines spirituality from a broad range of disciplines, from the spirituality in the Christian church, spirituality in Africa, and Afro-American religions, as well as examining the areas of channeling, mediumship and spirit possession. In this 3-volume set, there are two incredibly unique and insightful bibliographic source collections, examining both primary and secondary source listings across the subject of spiritualism and one volume providing field research into spirituality in the Christian church and in the occult. This collection is an incredibly useful tool for researchers examining the broad area of spiritualism and will be of interest to researchers, academics and students of anthropology, religion and sociology.