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A leading journalist's intense, riveting and personal investigation into the worlds and minds of cults
At a new age festival in Byron Bay, journalist Anke Richter is finding her spiritual awakening when she meets a woman - a survivor of the Auckland cult Centrepoint - who will change the course of her life and career.
Over the next ten years, Anke pursues a labyrinthine investigation into how and why cults attract, entrap and destroy otherwise...
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What's Best Next will first look at productivity in a theological context-showing how the Gospel transforms our understanding of productivity, giving us a new way to look at productivity and new reasons to care about productivity. Then, on this foundation, it will outline a practical approach for improving our own productivity. As a result, What's Best Next will show us how to increase our productivity in a way that truly increases our joy-that is,...
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The UK's number one TV psychic Derek Acorah tells of his experiences with the spirit world, from his one-to-one readings and consultations to international performances and renowned investigations for Living TV's Most Haunted. • The Psychic Adventures of Derek Acorah paperback went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller list at no. 3. • Derek Acorah is one of the UK's best known psychics with several regular television shows on the Living TV...
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Connect to the Source of the Aramaic Jesus' Wisdom and GuidancePerhaps the most essential teachings given to us by Jesus came in the final year of his life on earth. Known as the "I AM" statements and found in the Gospel of John and the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, these radical truths were offered to connect each one of us to the original source of Jesus' deeper power. But to fully grasp and embody these profound insights, teaches Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz,...
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The Bodhisattva - one who is becoming awake or enlightened - is one of the great inspiring figures in Buddhism. The title can refer to a mythical being with qualities to which we aspire, such as Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion; or an ordinary person on the quest for enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings. It is a profound ideal for life.
In this important lecture series, Urgyen Sangharakshita, one of the most important leading...
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Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th century. Born an Untouchable - the lowest element of Indian society deemed to be outside the caste system, and literally 'untouchable' - he rose from abject village poverty to become the architect of the new Constitution of India following its independence from Britain in 1947.
A combination of exceptional talent, hard work and determination, vision and luck took him to...
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A provocative examination of how religious practices of forgetting drive white Christian nationalism.
The dual traumas of colonialism and slavery are still felt by Native Americans and African Americans as victims of ongoing violence toward people of color today. In The Feeling of Forgetting, John Corrigan calls attention to the trauma experienced by white Americans as perpetrators of this violence. By tracing memory's role in American Christianity,...
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The timeless wisdom of Oswald Chambers shines in this new Modern Classic Edition of the beloved 365-day devotional first published by his widow in 1924. With a thoughtful approach to the language and context of the original, the author's voice has been carefully preserved and the Bible texts updated to the New International Version. Full of powerful challenge to devote your all for God's highest glory, these readings open the way to deeper, stronger...
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In Becoming Enlightened, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from traditional Buddhist meditative practices to present step-by-step contemplative exercises designed to expand the reader's capacity for spiritual growth, along with clear milestones to mark progress. By following the spiritual practices outlined in Becoming Enlightened, readers can learn how to replace negative feelings with positive attitudes and embark on the path to achieving an exalted...
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A casket containing a remarkable relic of a 17th century nun, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, is stolen from a devout society in France by one of its members, a priest from Sydney. The priest, Father James, secretly entrusts the casket to two women in Monterey Creek, a small country town in New South Wales. The Society immediately sends Monsignor Henri Pascal from Paris to recover the casket.
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The daughter of an artist, Helen Tworkov grew up in the heady climate of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism; yet from an early age, she questioned the value of Western cultural norms. At the age of twenty-two, she set off for Japan, then traveled through Cambodia, India, and eventually to Tibetan refugee camps in Nepal. Set against the arresting cultural backdrop of the sixties and their legacy, this intimate self-portrait depicts Tworkov's...
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In this autobiography, centered around her own testimony, Hannah Whitall Smith also reveals her beliefs on the truly loving, entirely unselfish, and genuine caring nature of God. Walking through the doubt she struggled with and the journey that brought her to faith, these elements of the Father's character become easily apparent. Discussing theology, real world struggles, and finding the nearness of God even in the midst of pain and discouragement,...
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Devil that Wears My Face volume 2
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Now trapped in Santiago's body, Father Vieri finds himself locked in the dungeon of the Castillo Lazarus - and at the sadistic mercies of the Inquisition. Yet as this exorcist now burns at the touch of the Cross, can Vieri escape before the demon Legion uses his body to paint the Vatican red? And when suspicion mounts over his new host's changed demeanor, to what terrifying lengths will Legion go to avoid being discovered? As the Devil lurks in the...
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Mindfulness offers us a way to be fully in the present moment-and as we start to embrace this practice, we learn that our lives are made of present moments. That gift of presence is the palpable experience of awareness that appears when we remember to be mindful of those moments. In twenty short chapters, meditation teacher Tracy Cochran encourages us to see presence as a living force-and to recognize and explore how that shows up in our lives. She...
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"We are Your Neighbors" is collection of stories that will give you a glimpse into the lives of some of the people who are seeking assistance at The Storehouse of Collin County, a large food pantry in north Texas. What would your life be like if you had been born in different shoes? By speaking to several of the Neighbors that she has met while volunteering at The Storehouse, Nancy introduces us to seven different people with seven very different...
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Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn was the oldest of five children, a twelve-year-old from Lubbock, Texas, whose evangelical family eschewed public education for homeschooling, and wove improbable scientific theories into literal interpretations of the Bible. Then her father, a former air force pilot, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of thirty-eight, and, "it was like throwing gasoline on the Holy Spirit." Stirred by her mother, the family committed to...
18) The Trinity
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One day, history―events in time and space―will give way to eternity. And the end of all things will mark a new beginning. ... God's work with the human race in time and space has been, and continues to be, a series of new beginnings. At every point, the Trinity is central, for God's relationship to his Son and his Spirit stands behind everything about his relationship to us. Starting from before time began, Donald Fairbairn leads us through these...
19) Budismo
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Tanto el budismo como la psicología tratan de ofrecer al individuo oportunidades para llevarse mejor consigo mismo y con el mundo. Sin embargo, la psicología permanece en lo mundano, mientras que los métodos del budismo apuntan a resolver finalmente la causa kármica básica del sufrimiento.Según el Buda, las experiencias y los sucesos tienen sus causas no solo en esta vida sino también en existencias anteriores. En consecuencia, los pensamientos,...
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Shakti Durga, a fascinating Western Catholic Christian woman, gave up her lucrative legal practice for the bliss of walking on the path of love and devotion, becoming a disciple of Sri Narayani Amma. She has her ashram at Cooranbong in Australia.This book explores how Shakti Durga became a Guru, following Indian traditions, who practises the path of devotion. Having love for Western mysticism and spiritual traditions, she is a bridge between the East...
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