An Impossible Dream Story
An Impossible Dream Story

Author: J. V. Petretta

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2011-10

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1457506807

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"Vinny tells his roller-coaster story with passion and humor, inviting all of us to join his bicycle ride through the many winding paths of his life. Coming out, growing up, serving his country and fighting for others against all odds: This journey gives hope to anyone on the front line of our equality struggle." Lt. Dan Choi West Point Graduate, Iraq War Veteran and Infantry Officer, honorably discharged for telling the truth and starting a group of West Point LGBT Graduates. An accomplished, aging man is preparing for yet another dream-to conduct the first known bicycle-book tour (which will require peddling both miles and books.) Who will believe 2,500 miles is possible for a man with gravely serious medical issues-at age sixty-five? Witnessing the lifetime spiritual journey of Vinny Pirelli, starting at age six with his very first bicycle, you track his development of being the only boy among many siblings, through growing pains of adolescence and teen years. He struggles with, and represses homosexual tendencies, putting his emotions into bicycling and writing songs. As a young adult, Vinny proves successful at whatever he attempts-even in building a family with the first girl he had sexual feelings for. As a ten-year Army leader, he learns hard lessons of losing friendships, love and trust, with the ultimate betrayal of his own father. J.V. Petretta is a graduate of U. of Maryland, European Division. He is a ten-year U.S. Army Veteran with three overseas tours, including Vietnam. After his honorable discharge, he received a Meritorious Service Medal for distinguished service as 1st Armored Division's Nuclear Control Chief. In addition to earning numerous business accolades, he organized and conducted a 5,000 mile bicycle tour in 1995, bringing critical awareness and funding for AIDS. Author's proceeds from the sale of this book will be divided among selected cycling and LGBT advocate groups, and his own future work in Africa. Contact: [email protected]

Spiritualism's Place
Spiritualism's Place

Author: Averill Earls

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2024-10-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1501777270

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In Spiritualism's Place, four friends and scholars who produce the acclaimed Dig: A History Podcast, share their curiosity and enthusiasm for uncovering stories from the past as they explore the history of Lily Dale. Located in western New York State, the world's largest center for Spiritualism was founded in 1879. Lily Dale has been a home for Spiritualists attempting to make contact with the dead, as well as a gathering place for reformers, a refuge for seekers looking for alternatives to established paths of knowledge, and a target for skeptics. This intimate history of Lily Dale reveals the role that this fascinating place has played within the history of Spiritualism, as well as within the development of the women's suffrage and temperance movements, and the world of New Age religion. As an intentional community devoted to Spiritualist beliefs and practices, Lily Dale brings together multiple strands in the social and religious history of New York and the United States over the past 150 years: feminism, social reform, utopianism, new religious movements, and cultural appropriation. Podcasters and historians alike, Averill Earls, Sarah Handley-Cousins, Elizabeth Garner Masarik, and Marissa C. Rhodes each identify one site in Lily Dale and one theme that its history illuminates. They use those sites and themes to approach Lily Dale not as debunkers but as inquisitive researchers and storytellers. At the same time, they also reflect on their own relationships contending that it's never quite possible to separate grief, hope, faith, and friendship from understandings of the past. Spiritualism's Place breaks myths, unveils unexpected stories, and finds new ways to contemplate Spiritualism's role in American history.

Lasting Impressions
Lasting Impressions

Author: Geoffrey Jowett

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-01-05

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1532037260

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The natural and supernatural worlds are deeply intertwined. And though many of us may have difficulty accessing the spirit world, there are those among us who have the ability to sense and connect with the unseen world of spirit, bridging the gap and linking them together for us. In Lasting Impressions, author and medium Geoffrey Jowett invites us on his remarkable lifelong journey serving the spirit world, where he accepted the honor and reverence of being a mediuma voice for beings who have crossed the bridge into spirit. From his earliest memories of staring with awe and wonder at the luminescent entities that would visit him as a child, to his life of training and cultivating his interest in spirituality and higher consciousness, Geoffrey shares his calling and joy to be communicating messages from the higher vibrational plane of spirit. The main purpose of spirit communication is to support the natural law that life is continuous and eternal! Therefore, consciousness survives the death of the physical body. Beyond that, spirits have many reasons to give messages, such as those of encouragement, direction, appreciation, and wisdom. Hear in Lasting Impressions these compelling messages, and be a part of the link between the natural and the spiritual.

Answers from the Ancestral Realms
Answers from the Ancestral Realms

Author: Sharon Anne Klingler

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1401964222

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Open yourself to help and guidance from the other side with easy exercises in two minutes (or less!) to meet and communicate with your ancestral guides. Discover how easy it is to ignite your intuition and connect with the other side! Answers from the Ancestral Realms will reveal the command words, visual images, and symbols that make ancestral communication fast and effortless. You'll realize that your ancestors are here with you, and you’ll open to their help and guidance every day. Meet ancestors far beyond your family and the "landcestors" from the cultures and geographical regions of your earliest roots. The word ancestor means "those who have gone before," so you can connect with spirits from the groups, organizations, activities, and projects in which you are engaged, such as authors, musicians, Freemasons, nurses, and so many more. You'll learn how to perceive their presence and receive their messages so clearly that their assistance will be available to you anytime, anywhere, and in every endeavor of your life—your work, relationships, ancestral healing, creative projects, and even psychic development. So, get ready to meet all your different ancestors. . . . They're already right next to you, and they're waiting for your call!