06.12.2023

“A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression” by Jacqueline Suskin

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "The seasons and cycles of nature have incredible power to affect everything in our lives―especially our creativity", says poet Jacqueline Suskin. "The Earth shows us when our creative reserves might wax and wane. When we listen and follow nature’s lead, we tune in to an inexhaustible source of imagination, inspiration, and beauty". With A Year in Practice, this inspiring teacher shares holistic practices to help creatives of all sorts access the limitless potential that flows with the rhythms of nature. Set in sync with the progression of the seasons, A Year in Practice is a program of techniques and journaling prompts to guide the creative seeker all year long. Four seasonally themed chapters keep...>>

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05.12.2023

“Theurgy: Theory and Practice: The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine” by P.D. Newman

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Connects the magical practice of theurgy to the time of Homer • Explores the many theurgic themes and events in the Odyssey and the Iliad • Analyzes the writings of Neoplatonists Porphyry and Proclus, showing how both describe the technical ritual praxis of theurgy in Homeric terms • Examines the methods of telestikē, a form of theurgic statue animation and technique to divinize the soul, and how theurgy is akin to shamanic soul flight First defined by the second century Chaldean Oracles, theurgy is an ancient magic practice whereby practitioners divinized the soul and achieved mystical union with a deity, the Demiurge, or the One. In this detailed study, P. D. Newman pushes the roots of theurgy all...>>

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05.12.2023

“The Evil Creator: Origins of an Early Christian Idea” by M. David Litwa

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"This book examines the origins of the evil creator idea chiefly in light of early Christian biblical interpretations. It is divided into two parts. In Part I, the focus is on the interpretations of Exodus and John. Firstly, ancient Egyptian assimilation of the Jewish god to the evil deity Seth-Typhon is studied to understand its reapplication by Phibionite and Sethian Christians to the Judeo-catholic creator. Secondly, the Christian reception of John 8:44 (understood to refer to the devil's father) is shown to implicate the Judeo-catholic creator in murdering Christ. Part II focuses on Marcionite Christian biblical interpretations. It begins with Marcionite interpretations of the creator's character in the Christian "Old Testament", analyzes 2 Corinthians...>>

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05.12.2023

“Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day” by Amishi P. Jha

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"Are you here right now? Is your focus on this page? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone? Whether you’re simply browsing, talking to friends, or trying to stay focused in an important meeting, you can’t seem to manage to hang on to your attention. No matter how hard you try, you’re somewhere else. The consequence is that you miss out on 50 percent of your life—including the most important moments. The good news: There’s nothing wrong with you—your brain isn’t broken. The human brain was built to be distractible. The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention...>>

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05.12.2023

“Quiet Voice, Awesome Power: Connect with Spirit, Enlist Divine Help, and Live Your Most Potent Life” by Amanda R. Edwards

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "From a lifelong spirit communicator and professional medium comes a wealth of insight and exercises to guide you in communicating with spirit, defining your spiritual path, and living with power and purpose. A respected spirit medium, certified spiritual coach, and Reiki healer, Amanda R. Edwards helps people connect with spirits and find support, confidence, and peace of mind. In Quiet Voice, Awesome Power, Amanda reveals how spirit isn’t an inaccessible world where deceased loved ones disappear, but a significant part of us and all life around us. She shares how to ready your mind-body-spirit ecosystem to welcome powerful daily guidance from spirit; how to invite new experiences, heal hurtful ones, and move beyond loss;...>>

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