25.11.2021

“Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds” by Nicholas J. Mizer

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"Tabletop Role-Playing Games and the Experience of Imagined Worlds" by Nicholas J. Mizer
"In 1974, the release of Dungeons & Dragons forever changed the way that we experience imagined worlds. No longer limited to simply reading books or watching movies, gamers came together to collaboratively and interactively build and explore new realms. Based on four years of interviews and game recordings from locations spanning the United States, this book offers a journey that explores how role-playing games use a combination of free-form imagination and tightly constrained rules to experience those realms. By developing our understanding of the fantastic worlds of role-playing games, this book also offers insight into how humans come together and collaboratively imagine the world around us."...>>
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25.11.2021

“The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities, and Ancestral Healing” by Peter Mark Adams

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"The Power of the Healing Field: Energy Medicine, Psi Abilities, and Ancestral Healing" by Peter Mark Adams
"Sharing remarkable cases of healing and personal transformation from his and his wife’s more than 20 years of intensive professional energy healing work, as well as experiences from other gifted healers, psychics, and shamans, Peter Mark Adams illustrates the role of transpersonal fields of consciousness in healing a range of issues, from inherited family and ancestral problems, to past lives and womb trauma, to near-death experiences, merged identities, and spirit attachment. Drawing on esoteric tradition as well as scientific research, such as Rupert Sheldrake’s morphic field studies, the author maps out the human energy field in all its subtleties, providing diagrams of the human energy body, the spectrum of states of awareness, the multilayered...>>
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25.11.2021

“Heavenly Streams: Meridian Theory in Nei Gong” by Damo Mitchell

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"Heavenly Streams: Meridian Theory in Nei Gong" by Damo Mitchell
"The art of connecting with, feeling and adjusting the energy body using the consciousness is a key aspect of Nei Gong and Qi Gong. It sits somewhere between Qi Gong, meditation and the lesser-known art of Shen Gong, and although it is known in China it has never before been written about in an accessible way in the West. Damo Mitchell provides step-by-step instructions on how to experience the various elements which make up the energy body, explaining how to identify and feel these, and how to diagnose imbalances and restore harmony. He describes the nature of the five elements, the meridians and the meridian points, inviting the reader to experience them through guided internal...>>
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25.11.2021

“The Four Dragons: Clearing the Meridians and Awakening the Spine in Nei Gong” by Damo Mitchell

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"The Four Dragons: Clearing the Meridians and Awakening the Spine in Nei Gong" by Damo Mitchell
"Within the context of a larger discussion of Dao Yin, Damo Mitchell teaches and explains the Dragon Dao Yin exercises, a set of four short sequences designed to work with the subtle energies of the spine and lead pathogenic energies out of the body. More 'Yang' in nature than Qi Gong, Dao Yin focuses on outwards movements and strong internal cleansing. The book highlights this important distinction and covers the theory, history and development of Dao Yin exercises, as well as the relationship between Chinese medical theory and Dao Yin training. One chapter is devoted to problems related to stagnation and the flow of Qi, and explains the different causes and forms of stagnation. Later...>>
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25.11.2021

“Daoist Reflections from Scholar Sage” by Damo Mitchell et al

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"Daoist Reflections from Scholar Sage" by Damo Mitchell et al
"This collection of fascinating short reads on Daoist thought, including Chinese medicine brings together some of the most popular articles from the Scholar Sage online magazine, alongside new material from Damo Mitchell. It includes: · How the teaching of the 'three worms' (Sanchong) demonstrates the way Daoism pulls together models of the physical, energetic, spiritual and psychological · A translation of and commentary on the Classic of Breath and Qi Consolidation, an important Daoist classical poem that discusses the relationship of Jing and Qi in the body · The importance of the pineal gland in Daoist alchemical thought · The internal alchemy of Fire, Water, Dragon and Tiger · The meaning behind the pairs of Fu Dogs often seen...>>
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