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11.11.2022

“Magical Meditations: Guided Imagery for the Pagan Path” by Yasmine Galenorn

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"Originally published under the title Trancing the Witch’s Wheel, Magical Meditations has been revised and updated and is an essential book for all Pagans seeking to enrich their spiritual life. Meditation offers modern Pagans a way to deepen their connection to the magical and natural worlds. Magical Meditations explores the basic tenets of Pagan spiritual beliefs through a complete set of guided mental journeys featuring the Deities, Sabbats, and Elements. A practitioner of the Craft for over 23 years, author Yasmine Galenorn offers guided meditations ready for use, accompanied by practical exercises, expert advice, and detailed suggestions to help personalize your journeys."...>>

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11.11.2022

“Key Concepts in World Philosophies: A Toolkit for Philosophers” by Sarah Flavel and Chiara Robbiano

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Crossing continents and running across centuries, Key Concepts in World Philosophies brings together the 45 core ideas associated with major Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic, African, Ancient Greek, Indigenous and modern European philosophers. The universal theme of self-cultivation and transformation connects each concept. Each one seeks to change our understanding the world or the life we are living. From Chinese xin and karma in Buddhist traditions to okwu in African philosophy, equity in Islamic thought and the good life in Aztec philosophy, an international team of philosophers cover a diverse set of ideas and theories originating from thinkers such as Confucius, Buddha, Dogen, Nezahualcoyotl, Nietzsche and Zhuangzi. Organised around the major themes of knowledge, metaphysics...>>

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10.11.2022

“Deep Freewriting: How to Masterfully Navigate the Creative Flow” by Stephen Lloyd Webber

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"Writing for long stretches of time should not feel like hard work. The best ideas often only emerge after you really immerse yourself in the creative flow. Deep Freewriting launches a proven writing method to new heights. Drawing from the author's experience of 8, 12, and 24-hour writing marathons, this practical guide takes you through seven in-depth modules packed with strategies and hands-on exercises. Writing faster leads to better writing. * Defeat procrastination * Instead of trying to silence the inner critic, get it to work for you * Embrace messiness and creative chaos * Organize complex thoughts on the fly Whether you are a student, writer, or creative professional, this book leads you towards of the often-elusive flow state."...>>

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10.11.2022

“Writing for Games: Theory and Practice” by Hannah Nicklin

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"Focussing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabulary to articulate and build their games writing practice; whether studying games or coming to games from another storytelling discipline. Writing for Games offers resources for communication, collaboration, reflection, and advocacy, inviting the reader to situate their practice in a centuries-long heritage of storytelling, as well as considering the material affordances of videogames, and the practical realities of working in game development processes. Structured into three parts, Theory considers the craft of both games and writing from a theoretical perspective, covering vocabulary for both game and story practices. Case Studies uses three case studies to explore the theory explored in Part 1. The...>>

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10.11.2022

“30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds” by A Trevena (2nd edition)

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"Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable chunks. By following 30 creative prompts, this book will guide you from idea, to full world. This workbook will help you to: Break the epic task of worldbuilding into easy steps Build a full and complete world with prompts you may not have thought of Tie your worldbuilding into your story to increase tension and conflict Bring your worldbuilding back to your characters to get your readers hooked By completing just one prompt each day, you can have a fully created...>>

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