Seeking the Spirit of The Book of Change
Seeking the Spirit of The Book of Change

Author: Zhongxian Wu

Publisher: Singing Dragon

Published: 2009-07-15

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0857010077

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The Yijing (I Ching) or "Book of Change" is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts and has held a key place in the Daoist tradition for thousands of years. Explaining the ancient Yijing system of prediction based on the Xiang (symbolism) and Shu (numerology) knowledge of Bagua (the eight basic trigrams), which have not previously been written about outside China, this book makes the Yijing accessible to the Western world in a new and fuller way. In the space of just eight days, Master Zhongxian Wu leads the reader towards a deep understanding of the Eight Trigrams of the Yijing and how to apply this knowledge in practical ways in daily life. Master Wu explores the numerology and symbolism of Yijing and clearly explains how the reader can use the Yijing divination system for themselves. This remarkable book provides a user-friendly eight day program that will be a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in learning more about the Yijing or Chinese philosophy and culture as a whole, as well as those who wish to learn how to use the Yijing for practical purposes.

Traveling Spirit Masters
Traveling Spirit Masters

Author: Deborah Kapchan

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2023-09-05

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0819501360

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A group of ritual musicians and former slaves brought from sub-Saharan Africa to Morocco, the Gnawa heal those they believe to be possessed, using incense, music, and trance. But their practice is hardly of only local interest: the Gnawa have long participated in the world music market through collaborations with African-American jazz musicians and French recording artists. In this first book in English on Gnawa music and its global reach, author Deborah Kapchan explores how these collaborations transfigure racial and musical identities on both sides of the Atlantic. She also addresses how aesthetic styles associated with the sacred come to inhabit non-sacred contexts, and what new amalgams they produce. Her narrative details the fascinating intrinsic properties of trance, including details of enactment, the role of gesture and the body, and the use of the senses, and how they both construct authentic Gnawa identity and reconstruct historically determined relations of power. Traveling Spirit Masters is a captivating and elucidating demonstration of how and why trance—and indeed all sacred music—is fast becoming a transnational sensation.

The Laws of the Spirit World
The Laws of the Spirit World

Author: Khorshed Bhavnagri

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 817992985X

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WITH A BRAND NEW LOOK! ON FEBRUARY 22, 1980, KHORSHED AND RUMI BHAVNAGRI’S WORLD WAS SHATTERED. ONE MONTH LATER, A NEW ONE OPENED. Khorshed and Rumi Bhavnagri lost their sons, Vispi and Ratoo, in a tragic car crash. With both their sons gone, the couple felt they would not survive for long. They had lost all faith in God until a miraculous message from the Spirit World gave them hope and sent them on an incredible journey.

Knowing the Spirit
Knowing the Spirit

Author: Ostad Elahi

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0791481204

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Ostad Elahi's Knowing the Spirit provides a concise and remarkably illuminating philosophic account of our unique place in the universe: of the creative expressions of the divine Spirit throughout nature, and of the process of the soul's deepening perfection through all the challenges and lessons of our existence in this world and beyond. This revealing book draws together in a single vision those symbolic teachings and spiritual insights familiar to many Western readers today through the classical mystical poetry of Rumi, Hafez, and Attar. The historical context and language of this study are marked by the confluence of classical Islamic philosophy and spirituality, including Sufi thought, and their scriptural sources. But Elahi's thought integrates those influences and marks them with the magisterial imprint of his own profound spiritual experience and characteristic simplicity, openness, and directness of expression. This volume offers a singular masterpiece of recent spiritual thought, opening up fundamental human perspectives and possibilities too often clouded by the distractions of current events. The emphatic universality of both the subject and presentation of Knowing the Spirit points the way to unsuspected bridges between different civilizations and religious traditions, indeed to the prospect of an inclusive "science of spirituality" based on the common ground of each person's spiritual life and experience.

Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master
Thomas Merton, Spiritual Master

Author: Thomas Merton

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780809133147

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Includes excerpts from "Seven storey mountain", "Conjectures of a guilty bystander" and many other works including a chronology of Merton's life.

The Urantia Book
The Urantia Book

Author: Urantia Foundation

Publisher: Urantia Foundation

Published: 2008-06-01

Total Pages: 2165

ISBN-13: 0911560513

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Written in the form of a revelation from divine beings, the classic guide to expanding consciousness presents texts discussing God, the universe, angels and other beings, the history of the world, the development of civilization, personal spiritual growth, and the life and teachings of Jesus.

The Spirit of Python
The Spirit of Python

Author: Shawn Beaton

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2018-11-19

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781731562272

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The python spirit is often looked upon as a spirit that targets individuals with various afflictions. These afflictions range from depression, religious delusion, or drug addiction. It is true that the python spirit does affect individuals with these maladies, but the python spirit is more concerned with crowds. This is the kind of spirit that can stir up a mob with little warning and cause great destruction and lawlessness. It works through members of the media and religious leaders to whip them up into a frenzy or demoralize them. This spirit is also manipulating the highs and lows of the stock market. The python spirit is more than a fortune telling spirit. It is controlling the collective mood of cities and nations. Through occult powers it is controlling masses with its voice. Many are serving the python spirit and belong to its many slave colonies.In this book I look at the various ways the python spirit is enslaving individuals and large groups of people. The python spirit uses rebellion, witchcraft, drugs, medicine and the prison/correction system and many other methods to enslave mankind. I'll reveal how much influence this spirit has. It is so influential that it has gained a place in President Trump's life! We are living at a critical time when the masses are on the move. These masses are the refugees, protesters, religious groups and armies that are amassing for conflict. Spiritual warfare must be done to break the grip of Python off the masses so that it cannot lead these masses into conflict with one another. Don't worry I haven't forgotten individuals who battle with the spirit of python. I discuss in this book how individuals can break this spirit's grip off their life. I have also included some warfare prayers to get you started on getting free from the python spirit.This book is very challenging to any living in rebellion and is by no means politically correct. It is Biblically correct and is a challenge to the status quo. It is my hope that some deep roots of rebellion are uprooted through this book and that the lives of individuals and nations are changed for the better. I hope that as you read this book you are transformed and become a voice for change. Python has been speaking for too long. Its time for the true Church of Jesus Christ to speak up!

The Limitless Spirit of the Martial Arts
The Limitless Spirit of the Martial Arts

Author: Marilyn Fierro

Publisher:

Published: 2017-03-04

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780692851661

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In the early 1970s Marilyn Fierro found herself pursuing a way of life that was supposed to be closed to women - the martial arts. Join her as she tells her story of personal growth, spirituality, and achievement (both internally and externally). This book contains the following primary sections: 1. Personal life story as a young girl growing up and discovering martial arts 2. Early experience with self defense seminars and dojo life 3. Tournament and competitive experiences 4. Descriptions of instructors and martial arts influences throughout the years 5. Unique images of early training, including seminars with instructors such as Angi Uezu, Fumio Demura, Bill Wallace, Shugoro Nakazato, and more 6. An exploration of the spiritual aspects of training and life 7. Much more! Words of support for Fierro Sensei's work: -I tell people how we met. How you just showed up one day at a karate tournament in line with the rest of us to compete in the black belt division in kata and weapons kata, and then went on to place in both. You blew me away. We, I mean the Detroit black belts, hadn't seen a woman like you in competition. And with that, we have been friends for over 40 years.- - Ray Gabriel, 7th Dan Isshinryu ----- -I met Marilyn Fierro many years ago. She is one of those people who is an example of how martial arts can enrich any person's life. She has achieved so much through her training, both in gaining expertise and also, and more importantly, in applying the many lessons she has learned to all parts of her life. Marilyn has done so much to build purpose and joy in her life through martial arts, and that is the true goal of training.- - Fumio Demura, 9th Dan Shitoryu ----- -Reading Marilyn Fierro's new book brought back many mixed emotions of my own personal journey through life and the martial arts. Her accounts through her childhood and life offer an incredible story of persistence, courage, determination, passion, and a strong desire to be our best in any given situation. It is especially gratifying and satisfying to read the names of wonderful people I have met through my personal friendship with Marilyn over these many years.- - Mike Stone, Retired Karate Competitive Champion, Fight Choreographer, Motivational Speaker