The Seventh Telling is a journey into the Kabbalah, a spiritual discipline hidden within the folds of Jewish history. Stephanie and Sidney have been studying with Moshe Katan, a kabbalist who shared his learning only when he perceived that a kabbalistic intervention might be necessary to save the life of Rivkah, his wife. What has happened to Moshe and Rivkah we do not know, only that their house is now being used for an extraordinary storytelling, a spiritual discipline to share with those willing to risk examining the very core of their beliefs.
Camelia Entekhabifard was six years old in 1979 when the shah of Iran was overthrown by revolutionary supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini. By the age of sixteen, Camelia was a nationally celebrated poet, and at eighteen she was one of the youngest reformist journalists in Tehran. Just eight years later she was imprisoned, held in solitary confinement, and charged with breaching national security and challenging the authority of the Islamic regime. Camelia is both a story of growing up in post-revolutionary Tehran and a haunting reminder of the consequences of speaking the truth in a repressive society.
This is our second book. When we wrote our first book concerning the end times, we were living in Montgomery, Alabama of the United States. Since we wrote the first book we have moved with our three children, Elijah Jeremiah Ezekiel, Daniel Isaiah and Rebekah Anna Franklin. Even before we finished writing the first book, God told us that we would write this book also. A certain saint ,preacher and prophet came to us with a message from God. He prophesied many things that God would use us to do. Part of the prophecy was that we would write another book. He visited us with this prophecy in the second half of the year 1994. This was a surprising prophecy to us. We thought that the first book would be the only one we would write. We had given all we had to give in this book. On February 1, 1995 while in prayer, between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., God spoke to us directly and said that we would write another book. This was a very special week for us. The day before, January 31, 1995, our oldest son Elijah Jeremiah Ezekiel Franklin had his fifth (5th) birthday. On February 2, 1995 he was filled with the Holy Ghost, evidenced by speaking in other tongues and baptized in the name of Jesus. This was a burden lifting experience for us. We had been praying every day since before he was born for him to be born again and now, finally, it had happened. God had told us a few days before of some great work in the ministry that he would use us for. A day after Elijah was filled with the Holy Ghost, he prophesied of the very thing God had told us a few days earlier. We had not told him, neither could he have known what God had told us. As we have said, this is the second book we have written. Both of these books are related to the end times. We write this book as a kind of companion book to the first book. Our first book has as its title, Proof That Your Leaders Have Deceived You And The End Times. This, our second book, unlocks many mysteries concerning the end times which God revealed to us. After you read this book, the scriptures concerning the end times will no longer be hard to understand. In fact, the Book of Revelation and other end time prophesy scriptures will be some of the easiest scriptures to understand in the Holy Bible. What we provide you in this book is not something concerning the end times that is theorized and taught by man as others have written, but we provide you revelation and understanding from the throne of God. In fact, others dont make this claim, but we proclaim that the words we write are from God. If any words that are spoken are written be contrary to what we write, they are lies. We have received from God and we have received again from God for confirmation. Our words line up with Gods words in the Holy Bible and they must, otherwise they also would be lies. WILL YOU BELIEVE? Regrettably, the answer is NO of most of you in the United States. However, the answer is YES for a certain number in the United States. We thank God! Also, the answer is YES for great multitudes in many places other than in the United States. We rejoice! Without God providing us this revelation and wisdom, we neither would know and could write anything. So we, appropriately, write this book for the Lord God Almighty JESUS praise, glory, honor, tribute, thanks, worship, will, pleasure and for the salvation of souls.
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
Telling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century--the era of the Zapatistas. In this collection of essays, the author, whose field work in the area spans two generations of anthropological thought, explores several expressions of Tzotzil ethnic affirmation, ranging from oral narrative to ritual drama and political action. His work covers the current era, when the Chamula Tzotzils mingle chaotically and sometimes violently with the social and political space of modern Mexico--most recently, in the context of the Maya Zapatista movement of 1994.
Turning, Telling Moments in the Classical Political World examines developments in the classical political world which are both turning and telling moments. All the moments--from Theseus's founding of Athens to Augustus's establishment of the Principate--possess the double character of being turning points and revealing fundamental aspects of the ancient political world. While most books on ancient history are chiefly concerned with questions of literary sources and historical accuracy, this book deals with the significance of the facts and reports themselves. Blits treats the ancient histories as works of reflection rather than works of research. Instead of focusing on whether, or how, the ancient historians meet the professional standards of present-day historiography, Blits reveals the way they themselves understand-and intend us to understand-the ancient world.
Previously published as Simply Fortune Telling with Playing Cards. There is a certain romance attached to playing cards: from the riverboat gamblers on the Mississippi to genteel parlor games and the current popular surge in poker tournaments. How many of us while away our bored moments with a game of solitaire? This user-friendly guide will show you how to turn an ordinary deck of cards into a fun and simple tool for telling the future. Learn the past, present, and future with a regular deck of playing cards—no trivia, no special talents, no psychic ability. If you can read this, you can learn fortune telling with a regular deck of cards. The author explains the meaning of each of the 52 cards in the deck, plus the Joker, presents several layouts for general readings, and answers specific questions.
Will luck be a lady tonight? Or must we play the hand we're dealt? There is no need to use tarot cards to learn what the future holds: a regular deck of playing cards will do the trick - as long as you know how to read them. Fortune Telling Using Playing Cards teaches readers how to translate the four suits of the tarot into the more familiar hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs found in the common playing card deck. Readers will learn the meaning of the cards, their individual symbolism, keywords, astrological associations, and the significance of their numbers. There are even suggestions on how to do a quick reading when you're short on time - so you will always know what's in the cards.
