An Unabridged Edition to include: AWAKENED IMAGINATION - Who Is Your Imagination? - Sealed Instructions - Highways of the Inner World - The Pruning Shears of Revision - The Coin of Heaven - It Is Within - Creation Is Finished - The Apple of God's Eye - THE SEARCH - AT YOUR COMMAND - FEELING IS THE SECRET - Foreword - Law and Its Operation - Sleep - Prayer - Spirit-Feeling - OUT OF THIS WORLD - Thinking Fourth - Dimensionally - Assumptions Become Facts - Power of Imagination - No One to Change but Self - PRAYER, THE ART OF BELIEVING - Law of Reversibility - Dual - Nature of Consciousness - Imagination and Faith - Controlled - Reverie - Law of Thought Transmission - Good Tidings - The Greatest Prayer - SEEDTIME & HARVEST - The End of a Golden String - The Four Mighty Ones - The Gift of Faith - The Scale of Being - The Game of Life - Time, Times, and an Half - Be Ye Wise as Serpents - The Water and the Blood - A Mystical View - THE LAW & THE PROMISE - Foreword - The Law - Imagining Creates Reality - Dwell Therein - Turn the Wheel Backward - There Is No Fiction - Subtle Threads - Visionary Fancy - Moods - Through the Looking Glass - Enter Into - Things Which Do Not Appear - The Potter - Attitudes - All Trivia - The Creative Moment - The Promise - Four Mystical Experiences - THE POWER OF AWARENESS - I Am - Consciousness - Power of Assumption - Desire - The Truth That Sets You Free - Attention - Attitude - Renunciation - Preparing Your Place - Creation - Interference - Subjective Control - Acceptance - The Effortless Way - The Crown of the Mysteries - Personal Impotence - All Things Are Possible - Be Ye Doers - Essentials - Righteousness - Free Will - Persistence - Case Histories - Failure - Faith - Destiny - Reverence

    Dream Yoga brings the best from modern science and Tibetan wisdom to offer you this extraordinary opportunity. With expert guidance you'll learn everything you need to know to penetrate the mysteries of the night, including:Meditations for calming and clarifying your mind• How to have lucid dream states naturally using Tibetan practices and contemporary dream induction techniques• Practical tips for overcoming common obstacles, enhancing dream recall, working with nightmares, and gleaning insights from your dreams• Bringing your skills together to explore the deepest dimensions of awakened consciousnessEach night you touch into the possibility of enlightenment. With Dream Yoga you will emerge from the darkness of ignorance into the luminous experience of awakening—in every moment, day or night.

    These are the core of our ritual practice. Dream, lunar and, critically, menstrual magic are explored as a path to this knowledge. The wolf, the Devil, and the Goddess of witchcraft are then encountered in a landscape that ultimately reveals the witch to her or himself. These are not separate threads, but arise from a deep mythic structure and are woven together into a single unifying vision. Alternating between polemic, poetic and ecstatic prose, an harmonious course is revealed in a sequence of elegant stratagems. The book is threaded together with a cycle of hymns to Inanna, pearls on the tapestry of night. Seemingly disparate aspects are joined into a vision which is neither afraid of blessing nor curse. This is a daring undertaking, born from both urgency and need. It offers a renewed sense of purpose and meaning for a witchcraft that has seen many of its treasured ideas about itself destroyed. An apocalyptic age demands an Apocalyptic Witchcraft, and this is a book which is offered up to revolutionise the body of the craft, a way out of the dark impasse.

    This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive, and convenient guide explores the subtle and whimsical realm of flower magic.As a manifestation of divine beauty and wisdom, each flower offers you unique magical and spiritual ways to connect with it. Enjoy healing, spiritual growth, and the life conditions you desire by using flowers for aromatherapy, charms and rituals, herbal potions, divine alignment, and more. If you've always wanted to commune with flowers in holistic ways, this is the book for you.

    352 pages.

    It contains essays, equations, seals, poetic transmissions, diagrams, fully worked drawings, and detailed instructions for highly structured meditative practices. It takes the reader deep within the kabbalistic process of ‘iy’yun’ (ideational contemplation), which alchemically distills profound meaning from the unfolding of perception. Its outer dimensions are intellectual, but its inner life consists of subtle non-conceptual resonances (or 'aromas') which are unveiled layer after layer. This strips the chain of worlds of their coarse barriers, until the reification and division which fragments subject and object becomes nullified. The process isolates the 'dew' of gnostic realization, which accumulates as the distilled radiance of consumate wonder and astonishing beauty. As an authentic expression of this rare devotional path, Blazing Dew of Stars stands alone as completely unique in an age where such things are practically unheard of.

    This accessible guide provides readers with the basic knowledge and tools that will allow them to find their way in this bewildering but fascinating field. What is it that unites phenomena as diverse as ancient gnosticism and hermetism, the -occult sciences- of astrology, alchemy, and magic, rosicrucianism, as well as Christian theosophy, occultism, spiritualism, and the contemporary New Age spiritualities? What can the study of them teach us about our common cultural and intellectual heritage, and what is it that makes them relevant to contemporary concerns? How do we distinguish reliable historical knowledge from legends and fictions about esoteric traditions? These and many other questions are answered clearly and succinctly, so that the reader can find his way into the labyrinth of Western esotericism and out of it again.

    

    This fully-revised and updated book details over forty of Savannah’s most infamous ghost stories, resulting in a paranormal compilation unlike any other. Discover the truth about Savannah’s haunted history as you explore spine-chilling tales about the Hostess City’s shadowy “Other Side,” as told by a master storyteller. This volume combines exhaustive searches of historical archives, detailed analysis, and engaging first-hand accounts of spectral activity as experienced by eyewitnesses, even by the author!Haunted Savannah: America’s Most Spectral City is not a collection of dry facts, dates and folklore; it is an enlightening and entertaining journey for anyone interested in the paranormal, from magical mystery tourist to serious ghost hunter. Containing over 50 photos and a detailed map of Savannah’s Historic District, this book is the perfect ‘pocket tour guide’ for the do-it-yourself ghost seeker.

    From metallurgy to metaphysics, alchemy engages the technical, fine and hieratic arts in order to provide a living phenomenology of the one, single, elusive process that acts through all things. Ultimately-in its guise as ars transmutationis-alchemy penetrates to the heart of the transfiguring spiritual intensity that underpins the perfection of life, not only from 'mineral to man', but from humanity to divinity. Despite this profoundly all-embracing purview, alchemy continues to be conceived as either proto-chemistry or proto-psychology. The present volume seeks to redress this false dichotomy by exploring alchemy as a quintessentially integral phenomenon. Opening wide the full spectrum of alchemy-from east to west, in history and practice, from antiquity to the avant-garde-our aim is to penetrate as deeply as possible, within the limits of a single volume, into the rich practical and experiential traditions of the alchemical mysterium. Featuring both well-established scholars and emerging, cutting-edge researchers, this book synthesises a quintessentially high caliber of academic authorities on the vast and baroque heritage of the alchemical world. As a whole, the volume seeks to strike the perfect balance-the golden mean-between strict, historical objectivity and empathic, phenomenological insight. Drawn from international ranks (Europe, the Antipodes, the Americas) and cutting across disciplinary boundaries (Egyptology, Classics, Sinology, Indology, Tibetology, philosophy, religious studies, Renaissance studies, history of science, art history, critical theory, media studies), the contributors to this volume include some of the most gifted investigators into the world's esoteric lineages. Aaron CHEAK Algis U DAVINYS Angela VOSS Christopher A. PLAISANCE Dan MELLAMPHY David Gordon WHITE Hereward TILTON Kim LAI Leon MARVELL Mirco MANNUCCI Paul SCARPARI Rodney BLACKHIRST Sabrina DALLA VALLE

    It can take us to the throne of God, it can connect us to the stream of infinity and allow us to see the universe for what it really is. Controlled use of the imagination is fundamental to magical practice, and this comprehensive study by an experienced practitioner provides the keys to understanding and using these powerful inner techniques. Based on Nick Farrell's previous book Magical Pathworking, this greatly revised and expanded edition includes new chapters which further develop the techniques of pathworking for magical and spiritual purposes. It covers group work, divination, visiting other inner world dimensions and working towards what Farrell calls objective pathworking. "Even if you think you know all about visualisation, pathworking and the magical key of imagination - even if you teach the subjects - this book will astound you. Nick Farrell explores magical imagination with depth and discernment, revealing principles and methods that will enrich and transform your magical and spiritual practice. Quite simply, this book is the best of its kind and extends the magical use of imagination to new heights and insights. It is an essential book for all magicians, Pagans and anyone who works with the inner realms." - Peregrin Wildoak, author of By Names and Images.

    With a wealth of riveting stories from her work with leaders and peacemakers from around the world, she pinpoints the dysfunctional habits and beliefs within our collective consciousness that are keeping us mired in destructive and self-destructive behaviors. Simultaneously, she celebrates the journey of healing and transformation that millions have embarked on and shares some powerful practices from her workshops. Many popular books celebrate the evolution of human consciousness and the joys of spiritual awakening, yet ignore the very real obstacles lurking within the human psyche. If such inner adversaries are mentioned at all, they are dismissed as aspects of "the ego," which we are supposedly capable of discarding at will. While such books have "feel-good" value, they typically fail to trigger real transformation. The Sacred Ego is one of the very few books that faces our collective dysfunction head-on, without judgment yet with clear-sighted pragmatism. Based on her work with peacemakers from around the world, Jalaja Bonheim pinpoints the exact sources of conflict and warfare within our own psyche and shows how and why we undermine our desire for peace. From there, she goes on to show us the practical steps we can take towards transforming the collective habits, both in ourselves and in our world, that stand in the way of peace. The Sacred Ego bridges spirituality, psychology, and activism in a way very few other books have achieved. Though all spiritual teachings aim to change the world for the better, the general perception is still that spirituality is a private matter that has little bearing on public life. Bonheim shows the fallacy of this view. Clarifying the distinction between religion and spirituality, she explains why spirituality, far from irrelevant, actually holds the key to human survival in our times. She also highlights the key role that women are playing at this time of global transformation and shows how by strengthening feminine qualities within ourselves, we can create a gentler and more compassionate world for future generations. Though Bonheim does not deny the seriousness of the crisis we're facing, her message is one of hope. Filled with inspiring stories, this book makes readers feel that they belong to a global family and have the power, not only to heal their own life, but also to make a meaningful contribution towards healing our planet.

    Burroughs, author of some of the most notorious literature of the 20th century. Its importance in the creation of the Cut-up Method and Burroughs’ view of language as a virus is undermined by the omission of details regarding his interest in the religion over the course of a decade – certainly the most creatively fertile period of his life. Instead, biographers and critics tend to focus on his other obsessions in the realm of fringe science, and on the period during the early 1970s when Burroughs left the religion and began a public crusade against it.However, Burroughs’ involvement with L. Ron Hubbard’s organization was no fleeting interest; he was a fully-fledged member and even obtained the rank of ‘clear’ – a prestigious achievement for a Scientologist. Scientology ultimately inspired the plot, the structure, and various elements of some of Burroughs’ most important works, including The Soft Machine and The Wild Boys. His fascination was genuine, and his progress through the hierarchical structure of the Church signals a dedication that he would later downplay after being excommunicated in 1969.Now, for the first time, his life and literature are reexamined in the light of newly uncovered information about Burroughs’ fascination with this ‘weird cult,’ as he once described it.