Magick Matters

11.02.2021

“Tai Chi: Achieve Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Balance and Master Ancient Tai Chi Principles” by Mia Conrad

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"Tai Chi is an ancient form of martial arts that originated in China. It incorporates gentle movements that can improve circulation, strength and flexibility. Tai Chi is often referred to as meditation in motion. It focuses on slow continuous movements. Tai Chi can be differentiated from other forms of exercise in several aspects; it is usually done in circular motions and follows the natural flow in the body. According to some historians, elite Tai Chi masters are able to throw their opponent on the ground without anyone knowing how it was done. The movements in Tai Chi are generated using internal energy and are too subtle for outsiders to see. Tai Chi is gentle enough...>>

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11.02.2021

“Secrets of Reiki” by Ann Charlish and Angela Robertshaw

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"Reiki is a simple, direct, and accessible form of hands-on healing that developed in China during the late nineteenth century. This informative guide reveals the secrets of how to access the universal life energy of reiki for healing and is suitable both for total beginners and more experienced students. Within this guide you learn how reiki works, its principles, what to expect during a reiki treatment, how to give a treatment comprising the 27 hands positions, and how to further develop your understanding of reiki. Reiki techniques can be used for self-healing in the home and at the office, and for helping friends, family, and even pets."...>>

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11.02.2021

“Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype” by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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"Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable...>>

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11.02.2021

“Anahita: A History and Reception of the Iranian Water Goddess” by Manya Saadi-nejad

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"Anahita was the most important goddess of pre-Islamic Iran. From her roots as an ancient Indo-European water deity her status was unrivalled by any other Iranian goddess throughout the course of three successive Iranian empires over a period of a thousand years. The first scholarly book on Anahita, this study reconstructs the Indo-European water goddess through a comparison of Celtic, Slavic, Armenian and Indo-Iranian myths and rituals. Anahita's constantly-evolving description and functions are then traced through the written and iconographic records of Iranian societies from the Achaemenid period onwards, including but not limited to the Zoroastrian texts and the inscriptions and artistic representations of the great pre-Islamic Iranian empires. The study concludes by tracing survival...>>

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09.02.2021

“The Toltec Art of Life and Death: A Story of Discovery” by Don Miguel Ruiz and Barbara Emrys

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"In 2002, Don Miguel Ruiz suffered a near fatal heart attack that left him in a nine-weeks-long coma. The spiritual journey he undertook while suspended between this world and the next forms the heart of The Toltec Art of Life and Death, a profound and mystical tale of spiritual struggle. As his body lies unconscious, Ruiz’s spirit encounters the people, ideas, and events that have shaped him, illuminating the eternal struggle between life—unending energy and truth—and death—matter and subjective knowledge—in which we are all called to engage. Over ten years in the making, The Toltec Art of Life and Death invites readers into the mind of a master of spiritual seeking, offering an unparalleled and...>>

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