Book one of Twilight of the Gods Private investigator Grace tracks a kidnapped child to middle-of-nowhere Iowa. Encountering a strange creature she knows can't be a local animal, she doesn't need her psychic abilities to figure out the sleepy town is not what it seems. When she meets the intriguing Aiden, she's plunged into a world of Norse gods and fire demons where the Wild Hunt still rides the night. Aiden needs Grace's help to cross the portal between worlds and rescue his daughter. Grace is unlike any woman he's ever met. He's drawn to her courage, distressed by her vulnerability and doubtful of her motives. But he knows that her visions are the key to defeating the enemy and bringing everyone home alive. Grace wants a future with Aiden, even if it means she'll never have a normal life. When a test run to the portal takes a terrifying turn, they must learn to finally trust each other or Aiden's daughter, and their chance at love, will be lost forever... 76,000 words
Tom and his family have moved to a crumbling old water mill in the wilds of Cornwall - They plan to restore the mill, which Tom regards as very boring, until one day, he glimpses something deep in the rotting wheel of the mill, something grotesque and fearsome.
In ancient times, Madusoul, an unspoken Evil Spirit was unleashed, destructively conquering mankind until captured by a consortium of African tribes. He was entombed, covered in heaps of stone, sealed forever, never to destroy again. For ages, through spiritual meditation and witchery, Madusoul, has anxiously awaited the reclaiming of his throne to wreak havoc for man-kind’s betrayal in his capture. He perfects his craft, and his wait was now over when seducing the minds of African Soldiers that arose, obsessed with power and easily transitioned. Madusoul’s powerful craft spawns a chain of events when soldiers secretly visit an undisturbed evil ruin, and selfishly unleashing his commandos and generals. Madusoul finally gets an awaken taste of freedom and stops at nothing; he requires a drop of innocent blood mingled with much tainted to fully regain his strength and power; though minute to that of the Almighty. Precursor to Madusoul’s return, his regular soldiers are spiritually weak but lye dormant in human but snap and you and see their destruction in the media, as if an epidemic! His newly released warriors; spiritually equipped for war, launch an offensive attack and strategically positions bodies for a blood bath of human sacrifices. Peradventure... Madusoul’s creator; that Old Serpent; who does not force evil but uses spiritual warfare to conquer; closely watching things we are drawn to, things we delight in or have unhealthily dabbled in. He introduces us to things un-encountered or throws us into unforeseen traps in hopes of destroying us; the enemy comes but to destroy. Madusoul’s Crossing, is simply that; a tale of greed, obsession, lust, selfishness, deception and ultimately the destruction of humanity. It’s an awakening, a crossing of spiritual paths and a series of events that kick off when a woman, deeply rooted in a Voodoo ancestry stops at nothing to win a married man’s love. In desperation, she goes underground in search of a glittery, beautiful and captivating scepter that will grant her total power over love when deceived and gives and open invitation to the Madusoul’s super powers that sends anyone in their paths, on a collision course. Well-kept secrets that are assumed to be buried in the darkest abyss, like sunken ships and treasures in Davey Jones locker are forever lost or atleast they think so. So this I say unto you... delight not in earthly follies but draw until your Deliverer; your shield. Be ye connected unto one body or be as those in Madusoul’s Crossing, terrified and questioning their spiritual being. This pulse-thumping, tight-knit plot takes you into a dimension where earthly laws, rules, policies and procedures no longer exist; leaving everyone wondering of survival. Azreay’l delivers this spine tingling; nail biting and scratching performance in this intense thriller – Madusoul’s Crossing! Enjoy!
In this book, Shlomo Biderman examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. He turns to a rich and varied collection of primary sources: the Rg Veda, the Upanishads, and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Någårjuna and Vasubandhu, among others. In studying the West, Biderman considers the Bible and its commentaries, the writings of such philosophers as Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, and Derrida, and the literature of Kafka, Melville, and Orwell. Additional sources are Mozart's Don Giovanni and seminal films like Ingmar Bergman's Persona. Biderman uses concrete examples from religion and literature to illustrate the formal aspects of the philosophical problems of transcendence, language, selfhood, and the external world and then demonstrates their plausibility in actual situations. Though his method of analysis is comparative, Biderman does not adopt the disinterested stance of an "ideal" spectator. Rather, Biderman approaches ancient Indian thought and culture from a Western philosophical standpoint to uncover cultural presuppositions that can be difficult to expose from within the culture in question. The result is a fascinating landmark in the study of Indian and Western thought. Through his comparative prism, Biderman explores the most basic ideas underlying human culture, and his investigation not only sheds light on India's philosophical traditions but also facilitates a deeper understanding of our own.
Johnstone Men on a Treacherous Trail. Riding Shotgun. Settling the American West required true grit, fortitude, and when necessary, shedding blood. It also required men like Preacher and MacCallister to enforce peace in a land where the law was scarce—and justice was delivered from the barrel of a gun . . . THE DEVIL’S CROSSING Wagon trains carrying immigrants along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. Most families surrender their valuables and goods peacefully, but anybody brave enough to resist gets a bullet. The gang’s latest victim was a wagon master who sought to protect his charges only to die in the dust. With the blood of good men being spilled and families being terrorized, Preacher and Jamie MacCallister volunteer to escort the next wagon train. Preacher travels with the settlers while MacCallister trails along at a distance, scouting for trouble. Their odyssey across the unforgiving territory takes them through violent storms and into the sights of hostile Indians. Battered and weary, the travelers are no match for the blood-lusting, trigger-happy gang—and Preacher is unprepared to meet the one outlaw he never expected to see again . . . Live Free. Read Hard.
Transatlantic Crossings is a major study of the distribution and exhibition of British films in the USA. Charting the cross-cultural reception of many British films, Sarah Street draws on a wide range of sources including studio records, film posters, press books and statistics. While the power of Hollywood made it difficult for films that crossed the Atlantic, Street's research demonstrates that some strategies were more successful than others. She considers which British films made an impact and analyzes conditions that facilitated a positive reception from critics, censors, exhibitors and audiences. Case studies include Nell Gwyn (1926), The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), The Ghost Goes West (1935), Henry V (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), Ealing comedies, The Horror of Dracula (1958), Tom Jones (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Goldfinger (1964), The Remains of the Day (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Trainspotting (1996). Against a background of the economic history of the British and Hollywood film industries, Transatlantic Crossings considers the many fascinating questions surrounding the history of British films in the USA, their relevance to wider issues of Anglo-American relations and to notions of "Britishness" on screen.
The medicine of the 20th century was about the treatment of illness. The medicine of the 21st century is about wellness. Crossing the Healing Zone advances the new concepts of the emerging frontiers of integrative medicine, bringing together Eastern and Western healing traditions and merging body, mind, and spirit in a Jungian perspective. The journey through the Healing Zone that Dr. Bedi proposes is guided by archetypes and myths, active imagination, dreams and synchronicities, and the neuroplastic mysteries of our complex physical reality. The Healing Zone can be described in many ways—as the fourth dimension of consciousness, as quantum consciousness, as Jung’s “psychoid space,” as the Buddhist Third Way, or as the “gap” between the ego and the soul. Here, we can access all three areas of the triune brain—reptilian, limbic, and neocortical—all of which must be addressed in order to achieve full integration and healing. The Healing Zone is a bridge between the ego and the soul—a bridge that we can cross to reach the healing wisdom of the universe. Dr. Bedi outlines how to work with psychological and soul processes in moving from illness to wellness, and provides practical methods and techniques that can help readers access and engage the Healing Zone. The book contains informative and visual guidelines and practices that can help us create and manage our own personal wellness programs and become full and active partners in our own journeys from illness to wellness.
Set in rural New Mexico, Bethany s Crossing follows intelligent, logical, teenaged Bethany Forrester and her Native American friend, Sage, as they seek the identity of a mysterious fragment of bone found after a train accident. While Bethany approaches the artifact from a scientific position, Sage urges a more spiritual approach including a prayer ceremony and spirit walk with her Pueblo grandfather who, unbeknownst to the girls, is a strong Christian. Bethany s conflict revolves around her development as a young Christian woman. She believes her father still sees her as a child, and that God is a formal and distant entity who does not involve himself in daily lives of young people. By the end of the story, however, Bethany learns the depth of the love both her earthly and Heavenly Fathers have for her. A pleasant story of conflict and belief.
Mark, the shortest of the four gospels, presents Jesus as the Son of God who crosses the religious and social boundaries of his time in order to extend God’s rule to include the outsiders and those who are unclean. It continues to challenge readers to follow Christ across the boundaries that separate people. This commentary, like others in the Chi Rho series, uses language that is simple and clear, avoiding technical terms. It gives an explanation of the text that is sound and reliable, easy to understand without being superficial.
