Other religions and spiritual beliefs Books

In contemporary Indian Country, many of the people who identify as "American Indian" fall into the "urban Indian" category: away from traditional lands and communities, in cities and towns wherein the opportunities to live one's identity as Native can be...

THE MAYA BOOK OF LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE XULTUN TAROT is the companion book to the Xultun Tarot Classic Edition. It explores the archetypes and alchemy of the major arcana of the Xultun Tarot through indigenous teachings and the analytical psychology of...

The <b>Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions</b>, the second volume in the acclaimed <i>Religion and Society</i> series, breaks fresh ground on the subject of African and African-American religion and its...

Drawing on literary, musical, and visual representations of and by Rastafari, Darren J. N. Middleton provides an introduction to Rasta through the arts, broadly conceived. The religious underpinnings of the Rasta movement are often overshadowed by...

Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking explores a radical new conception of business and management. It is grounded on the reconnection of humans with nature as the new competitive advantage for living organizations and entrepreneurs that aspire to...

This book reflects on three broad themes of Confucian-Christian relations to assist in the appreciation of the church's theology of mission. While the themes of this volume are theological in orientation, the dialogue is engaged in from an...

Historia Philosophiae Orientalis est opus magnum a Thoma Stanley scriptum, quod anno 1690 editum est. Libellus tractat de philosophia Orientali, quae in regionibus Asiae, Africae et Europae Orientalis floruit. Stanley describit philosophiam Persicam,...

Tsuni-llgoam: The Supreme Being Of The Khoi-Khoi (1881) is a book written by Theophilus Hahn that explores the religious beliefs and practices of the Khoi-Khoi people of South Africa. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the Khoi-Khoi's...

The Shinto Cult: A Christian Study Of The Ancient Religion Of Japan (1910) is a book written by Milton Spenser Terry that explores the ancient religion of Japan known as Shinto. The author, who was a Christian missionary, delves into the history,...

This book investigates the ways in which the humanitarian system is secular and understands religious beliefs and practices when responding to disasters. The book teases out the reasons why humanitarians are reluctant to engage with what are seen as...

The balancing of man and woman is not just their coming together, but their ability to stay separate. Love, like the Tao, cannot be limited by time or words. They are a process, a way of life, a balance. They move from the yin and yang of male/female to...

Women are the creators, the endless possibilities and origins of life. The Tao reveals the ways in which women can utilize their innate power, resulting in a simplified life of higher quality. In 1950, a secret woman's writing was discovered near Hunan,...

The Matachines dance is a ritual drama performed on certain saint's days in Pueblo Indian and Mexicano/Hispano communities along the upper Río Grande valley in New Mexico and elsewhere in the American Southwest. It derives from a genre of medieval...

Vol 1 - Early Years 1870-1922Beginning with their childhood years, this is the story of May Bolles and Sutherland Maxwell; their youth, their meeting and courtship in Paris; their marriage;their first pilgrimages; the birth of their daughter and the...

Manuchihr was waiting for a bus to take him from Qazvin, Iran, to his home in Tehran when a taxi with several men in it pulled up alongside him. He waved it away but was told to get in, they would make room for him. Since they were all heavily armed, he...

The Maxwells of Montreal Volume II (Middle and Late Years) covers the years 1923-1952. Beginning with the early ministry of the Guardian and the pilgrimage of May and her daughter in 1923/4, it describes Mary's education as a young Bahá'í, her pilgrimage...

As 'Abdu'l-Bahá'ís secretary and translator from 1918 to 1920, and then at Balliol College Oxford, the young Shoghi Effendi was being prepared to become the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.As World War I drew to its close, Shoghi Effendi, a young...

Dr Momen examines the Bahá'í approach to:* Darshana* Dharma* Mokshaand gives an account of:* significant Hindu prophecies* the Bahá'í social teachings, laws and history* the Bahá'í community.Hinduism is one of the most ancient of the existing religious...

All Bahá'í parents face special problems in bringing up their children in a world dominated by very different principles from those governing a Bahá'í society. This book meets those problems head on, as it explores human nature and the rich theme of 'the...

Cros Sandoval's authoritative introduction to the Afro-Cuban religion called Santeria explores how it emerged and developed in Cuba out of transplanted Yoruba beliefs and continues to spread and adjust to changing times and contexts. Systematically...

In the mid 1800s, a Persian nobleman in exile claimed to be a new messenger of God. He called himself Baha'u'llah ("The Glory of God") and taught that all nations, races, and religions should come together to build a global civilization of peace and...

'Power Thought For The Day Oracle Book' provides insights to assist you on your life path. Through the 'Totem' energy of all, the ancient species that have evolved before us, represent an emotional inheritance that we can rely on to sustain the moment...

This book explores the role that American pragmatism played in the development of social philosophy in 20th-century Europe.The essays in the first part of the book show how the ideas of Peirce, James, and Dewey influenced the traditions of European...

An American imam offers answers for today's toughest questions about Islam, and a vision for a reconciliation between Islam and the West.One of the pressing questions of our time is what went wrong in the relationship between Muslims and the West...

An unprecedented practical insight into the reality of multiple religious participation (in this case Christian and Sikh), balancing and challenging the more theoretical descriptions that are developing.

In a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.Taking hold of a different part – an ear, a leg, the tail – each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the...

Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world. It is a young religion, having been founded in 1469. It has been in the United States for almost 150 years, but is still relatively unknown. Perhaps you have seen someone wearing a turban in public or...

Numerology, simply put, is the application of key words, characteristics, attributes, thoughts and phrases that are associated to a specific number and letter of the alphabet. This association becomes a formula that is applied to any name, birth date, or...

Entheosonic Whistling Vessels are transformation tools using the inherent power of sound to unlock our creative powers. The universal and sacred language of sounds produced by the vessels are used as a doorway to synchronize acoustic resonance with Gaia,...

Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer: An Autobiography is a book written by Tel Sono, a prominent Japanese figure who was instrumental in the modernization of Japan during the Meiji period. The book was originally published in 1892 and provides a firsthand...

Jotunheim is the second of nine books of the Yggdrasil Training Program (YTP). The YTP was compiled by the members of the Erulian Council of the Folk Faith of Balder Rising (FFBR) and is a massive, comprehensive exploration into the secrets of Germanic...

""Ideals of the East"" is a book written by Herbert Baynes and published in 1898. The book explores the various ideals and philosophies of the East, including those of India, China, and Japan. Baynes delves into the spiritual and cultural traditions of...

The Nyaishes or Zoroastrian Litanies is a book that was published in 1908 by Dhalla, Maneckji Nusservanji. The book is a compilation of Avestan texts that contain litanies or prayers that are used in Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion that originated in...

The Kalpasutra of Bhadrabahu is a book written by Hermann Jacobi in 1879. It is a translation of the ancient Jain text called the Kalpasutra, which is a collection of stories, teachings, and rules about the lives of the Jain monks and nuns. The original...

Originally published in 1956, this book provides a clear, scholarly, introduction to the main tenets of Zoroastrian dualism presented largely in the words of the Zoroastrian texts themselves. The book demonstrates the essential reasonableness of...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Two White Feathers and a Handful of Rocks tells the gripping story of Jenny Chapman’s journey with a Peruvian shaman, Apu, to activate and unlock the code of the mysterious Earth chakra system. Together they travel through South and Central America...

Music in the Women's Institute has become stereotyped by the ritualistic singing of Jerusalem at monthly meetings. Indeed, Jerusalem has had an important role within the organization, and provides a valuable means within which to assess the...

This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangzi's thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi, a book in thirty-three chapters that is the most important collection of Daoist texts in early China. The author...

Peu de voies sont aussi captivantes et fermement ancrées que la Wicca dans le monde de la spiritualité et du surnaturel. La Wicca est une expérience intense qui change la vie des personnes attirées par les merveilles du monde naturel, les secrets de...

The Quran, a foundational text for Muslims, serves as a guiding light for spiritual beliefs. Within the pages of this book, a curated compilation of verses is presented, centering on the principles that guide individuals toward leading a virtuous life...

Embark on an Inspiring Journey Through Sikh History: From Mughal Tyranny to a Beacon of Freedom and StrengthIn an era dominated by powerful empires and religious turmoil, a beacon of hope emerged: Guru Nanak and the dawn of Sikhism. Dr. Gul's I am a...

The Analects (literally: “Edited Conversations”), also known as the Analects of Confucius, is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been...

I sat at the computer, a medium I have been familiar with for decades, and received the message to close my eyes and receive a set of runes from Sirius. Twelve or thirteen, it was said. I should start a painting program and digitally record it directly...

Le Chou-King ne traite pas seulement de la morale; on y trouve des chapitres sur l'astronomie, sur la géographie, etc.; mais nous n'avons extrait de ce livre que ce qu'il contient sur la morale et les doctrines religieuses et politiques de la Chine;...

Shadows of Mawangdui offers a fresh perspective on a set of drawings on silk called Daoyintu (Exercise Chart), part of a medical library that was unearthed from a Chinese tomb, dated 168 BCE. Substantially damaged, the silk is arguably one of the most...