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17.07.2022

“Paranormal and Transcendental Experience: A Psychological Examination” by Andrew Neher (1990 second edition)

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"Flashes of creative insight, mystical and ecstatic states of mind, dreams foretelling the future... are these and other extraordinary—and sometimes even useful—experiences paranormal, or are they events shaped by subtle psychological processes of the mind? In this well-balanced evaluation of transcendental experiences, a noted authority on the subject rationally and impartially explores these and other topics. Combining a healthy skepticism with scholarly objectivity and a solid understanding of psychological principles and research, Prof. Neher discusses the roles of physiology, conditioning, and cultural influences in determining the nature of extraordinary experiences. His study covers a broad range of topics: meditation, deprivation and motivation, hypnosis, contagious behavior, multiple personality, out-of-body experiences, mediums, psychokinesis, prophecy, apparitions, psychic healing,...>>

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16.07.2022

“Journeying Through the Invisible: The Craft of Healing With, and Beyond, Sacred Plants, as Told by a Peruvian Medicine Man” by Hachumak

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"Journey into the world of Ayahuasca and healing. A mysterious and powerful plant medicine with curative powers that is drunk as a tea during a sacred ceremony, Ayahuasca has been known to change people’s lives dramatically. But what was once a healing experience practiced only by Indigenous South Americans—and sought out by the adventurous few—has, in the past fifty years, become increasingly popular around the world. Hachumak, a Peruvian medicine man, has been practicing traditional healing arts in his country for more than twenty years. His unique approach is based on ritualistic simplicity and highlights the essence of the Art, which includes the borrowed forces from Nature. In this remarkable book, he shares his knowledge and...>>

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15.07.2022

“The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment” by Julia V. Douthwaite

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"This study looks at the lives of the most famous "wild children" of eighteenth-century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (captured in 1731 and baptized as Marie-Angélique Leblanc), offering a fascinating glimpse into beliefs about the difference between man and beast and the means once used to civilize the uncivilized. A variety of educational experiments failed to tame these feral children by the standards of the day. After telling their stories, Douthwaite turns to literature that reflects on similar experiments to perfect human subjects. Her examples range from utopian...>>

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15.07.2022

“The Life Fantastic: Myth, History, Pop and Folklore in the Making of Western Culture” by Noa Menhaim

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"Explore the sprawling network of culture to discover the incredible ways in which ideas connect to shape the world we see today. These mind-blowing essays dig down to the roots of stories, myths and literary genres, travelling from art to politics to history to folklore, and from high to popular culture and back again. Through an intricate web of sidenotes, embark on a voyage of discovery from the unluckiest book ever made to Viking horned helmets to the sex life of vampires …. or from mermaids frolicking in the margins to the ancient Amazons to the power of Amazon and on to Utopia and Atlantis … This is western culture as you’ve never...>>

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15.07.2022

“The Golden Key: The Complete Original Edition: Plus Five Other Original Works” by Emmet Fox

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"Open yourself up to the goodness that is truly yours Emmet Fox was a prominent New Thought teacher who became one of the most popular spiritual leaders of the twentieth century. The Golden Key: The Complete Original Edition is a collection designed for the modern reader that features the original editions of his most influential writing. In it, he explores ‘the golden key to harmony and happiness’ sharing a message of transformational empowerment. This small volume features six of Fox’s most pivotal works, including The Golden Key, The Mental Equivalent, Life is Consciousness, Getting Results by Prayer, You Must be Born Again, and The Great Adventure. Each book is brief―something you’ll be able to read in...>>

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