Sacred Lives

Like a compelling painting rich with color, Christine Sabado's intimate memoir illustrates her love for all things Molokai; her life, the culture, and her soon-to-be husband and his family. Written in descriptions as lush as the island itself, the author takes a highly personal voyage as she is seduced by the ways of her adopted Filipino lifestyle on a pineapple plantation.

The host of PBS's Simple Wisdom and The Wisdom of Our Yearnings explores life's most defining human experiences. A perfect love, enduring happiness, discovering our purpose. Yearning for these experiences accompanies us through life, leading us to both joy and disappointment, and to a powerful...

The word "Mishnah" is derived from the Hebrew word meaning “repetition” or “to study and review”. The term Mishnah may be used to indicate a single paragraph or verse of the Mishnah. Several passages in the Talmud illustrate derivatives of the word and its connection to study.

Higher consciousness and sexual sublimation (diverting sexual energy to the brain) are inextricably linked in most of the world's meditation methods. So where does seminal retention fit in? Seminal retention techniques can be used by male practitioners who want to continue sexual relations without the deleterious effects linked to ejaculating.

What is wisdom? What does that word even mean? How can we implement wisdom in our every day lives? Psychiatrist and executive coach Dr. Sunil takes you on a transformational and sacred quest to experience meaning, purpose and fun in both your life and work. Never before have we had access to such stunning technological advances or timesaving tools - yet we are still exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated and empty.

An old fashioned love story and a practical map for spiritual growth. Life of Kai, a memoir of awakening, takes the listener on a spirited journey through shamanic ceremonies, meetings with remarkable people, adventures in nature, love, death, grief and renewal. This is a captivating listen that you will not forget.

In this richly detailed novel about the quest for an unknown father, Julia Glass brings new characters together with familiar figures from her first two novels, immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from suburban New Jersey to rural Vermont and ultimately to the tip of Cape Cod. Kit...

When Lynn and her husband set out for a weekend retreat to repair their rocky marriage, icy roads lead to a fatal collision that ends Lynn's life. Stranded between the physical world and the afterlife, Lynn experiences the grief of her loved ones as they process her death. Lynn's lifelong friends are tortured by not only loss but also unspoken wounds in their friendship. With clever influences from above, Lynn coaxes them to reunite at a beachside cottage on the one-year anniversary of her death.

Stand In Your Truth: Seven Sacred Truths to Living a Divinely Guided Life is a roadmap for bringing humanity back into balance by raising our individual vibration as we raise the planetary vibration of Mother Earth. When living in Truth, your heart finds its purest alignment with your Soul, Spirit, love, and all creation. You'll understand that human experiences and spiritual experiences are not separate. Fear fades away, revealing an ever-present unconditional loving wisdom in which all becomes possible.

Combining humorous anecdotes and thought-provoking research, Sacred Sendoffs explores human relationships with beloved pets, wild creatures, animal astronauts, marine life, farmed animals, and other sentient beings. Along the way, animal chaplain Sarah Bowen shares insights for sustaining their lives, honoring deaths, and managing the emotions that arise when we lose an animal we love. While many books focus exclusively on pet loss, animal welfare, or environmental issues, Bowen's ever curious and playful style takes on all three, revealing their unavoidable entanglement.

A Life of Cultivation is an intrusive self-reflection and intensive examination. It requires a solitude within the self which allows for the Holy Spirit to descend, thus, allowing a deeper examination of conscience and a melting into the inner workings of our spiritual essence. Experience the process of the cultivation of virtue from the standpoint of many of the world religions, and you might find something you didn't know was yet to be found…Vice is easily acquired, but virtue is hard won. Through a cultivated life, you can become that which you have been seeking.

So many people who practice Wicca have different views of what Wicca is and there's always a debate about whether it's a religion or a tradition. And to tell you the truth, there is no wrong answer. Yet Wicca is a nature worshipping religion/tradition with different backgrounds in study. They're called streets.

These teachings of the Tree of Life were given to me by my teacher, and they had been given to him by his teacher. I know they were passed down for ages in various forms and wording, but the essence remains the same. These are the teachings that were taken away from human beings when they fell out of Eden. They are available now to people so that they might be reunited with God. They include all the tools and means for people to become one with God and to be able to fully realize God in the center of their being.

This is the true story of Jennifer Monahan's journey to finding and living her life purpose as a shaman. Filled with wisdom from her spirit guides and teachings that can benefit others looking for their life purpose, This Trip Will Change Your Life shows how finding her true path made all the synchronistic threads in Monahan's life come together into a beautifully woven tapestry and life purpose that she could have never imagined on her own.

Hoodoo for Love and Prosperity will help you bring love into your life, restore the spark to your relationship, show you how to draw money to yourself, and teach you magic to become financially successful. Hoodoo is old North American folk magic, born from African spiritual traditions brought over by slaves. Over the centuries it incorporated Native American and European influences, using what worked and discarding what did not. What is left is an adaptable, powerful magical system that works.

Lif and Lifthrasir are not people of our age who happened to hide in a tree. They are our ancestors, sequestered away, prepared to impart the knowledge of the runes and how to live life according to them in a new world. Using the Hynluljoth, the Reginsmol, Fafnismol, and many others, I have pointed out how we might prepare ourselves not only for daily life as Asatruars, but also our children for whatever the future might hold for them.

A church's lies, harassment, abuse, and deceit. A must-listen true story of a girl who took a courageous stand against an empire. This is a true story of a second-generation Scientologist, born into the lifestyle and strict structure of this church, and the extreme harassment and abuse that followed the escape from this so-called religion. Many in this day and age have heard of the Church of Scientology, but are unaware of the true scope of its reach, and the depth of its grip in our society’s structure.

This audiobook looks at the agricultural year as a starting space for a deepening of earth-centered spirituality. It gives a set of backstories to ease listeners into a time between the pre-industrial era and the modern one, into a place where the fast-moving stress of American life can be affected by a better connection not only to the natural world, but also to the elegant expression of the year as expressed through seasonal festivals and celebrations.

For some writers, scribbling is minimal-on the periphery of their work. In Holy Scribbling, the scribbles take center stage and become the means to the message. With sometimes-quirky insight, Katherine Moore takes us to sacred windows that allow the spirituality of ordinary scenes to emerge. From the stark beauty of a mystic dawn to the serenity of simple solitude, we experience the mysteries of nature, along with the routine demands of relationships and circumstances.

You are cordially invited to begin your magical relationship with the faery world. Many of the things we believe about faeries are old wives’ tales, made-up myths, and invented stories to satisfy cultural curiosity. Here, you will learn how to separate myth from truth and discover how to create your private faery kingdom. Living the Faery Life is a guide for everyone: Tinkerbell fans, faery non-believers, fanatics, pagan and wiccan practitioners, as well as devotees who enjoy the ritual use of candles and crystals.