He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life. Elements of the worship of Dionysus, such as shape-shifting and ritualistic ecstasy, were fused with Orphic beliefs to produce a powerful and illuminating new religion that found expression in the mystery cults. Practitioners of this new religion composed a great body of poetry, much of which is translated in The Orphic Hymns.The hymns presented in this book were anonymously composed somewhere in Asia Minor, most likely in the middle of the third century AD. At this turbulent time, the Hellenic past was fighting for its survival, while the new Christian faith was spreading everywhere. The Orphic Hymns thus reflect a pious spirituality in the form of traditional literary conventions. The hymns themselves are devoted to specific divinities as well as to cosmic elements. Prefaced with offerings, strings of epithets invoke the various attributes of the divinity and prayers ask for peace and health to the initiate. Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow have produced an accurate and elegant translation accompanied by rich commentary.

    A Struggle of Inner Beasts, Secrets, and Sheer Will To Protect The Ones You Truly Love The North Peak Shifters Collection features strong, independent women locked in a battle between their dark past and the potential for a bright future. When a pack of drop-dead gorgeous, seductive shifters finally experience love, they're forced to face the reality of their dangerous lives. As fate trudges the pack North, the path to their happily ever after is filled with thorns, secrets, and the risk of losing it all. Featured Books in this Collection Book 2 – Blue Ridge Bear Book 3 – Peak Point Bear Book 4 – Bolt Castle Bear Book 5 – Alexander Bay Bear Other Books in this Collection Mason's Match Professor Drake Moonlight Alphas Exclusive free access to East River Bear: North Peak Shifters Book 1 is also included inside. This is a box-set is packed with stand-alone paranormal romance stories with no cheating or cliffhangers and a HEA! For those who love alphas, shifters, and steamy adventure. Story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only.

     All three books in the series are included in this set. After landing himself in a police cell, for assault, Paul starts a plan to reconstruct his life. He just didn’t plan that forcing one person out would let someone else in.1. Bearly Deniable2. Hunting for Love3. The Soul of a BearRatings coming back on this series are in the five-star majority, with an overall star rating of four point five. Don’t miss this smoking hot Paranormal Romance series that people are already talking about.

    When tragedy struck leaving Karrueche under the care of her evil step mother Elaine, she finds herself in the pit of misery, that is until her price charming Geek comes along and sweep her off her feet. Geek is a successful pharmacist by day, but a certified hustla with a closet filled with skeletons at night. Karrueche finds herself head over hills in love with Geek who has become her safe haven in her times of need; however, when the lies, deceit, and secrets begins to unravel Karrueche realize that happily ever afters are only real in fairy tales.

    224 pages 500 herbs, roots, minerals, and rare zoological curios, 750 traditional spells, tricks, and magical recipes, 50 black and white illustrations

    A fictional ghost story of: The haunting of the house in Gallows Lane A SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY SET IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND dating back to the 1950's and to the present. PRESENT: Whilst travelling in their camper van, a young couple come across a big, old, empty house hidden behind an overgrown and chaotic garden, unaware that it is haunted by one of its previous occupants. BEFORE: Magdalena is a beautiful, cultured, and sophisticated woman who is an accomplished musician and a renowned sculptress living a privileged lifestyle with her debonair husband, ten-year-old daughter and six-year-old son, in Juniper House in Gallows Lane. When her husband and son disappear without trace in the 1950's it has a devastating effect on her from which she never recovers. Finally abandoned by her daughter and living a reclusive life alone in the house, she waits in vain for her son to come home. In her old age, her estranged daughter returns to have her sectioned and to claim her inheritance. Magdalena spends the remaining years of her life as an old woman in an asylum. But when she dies she returns to haunt the daughter, eventually driving her insane until she suffers the same fate. PRESENT: When the young couple buy the house and begin to renovate it, unknown forces start to drive a wedge between them and soon they begin to drift apart. Sinister things start to happen and they unearth a secret which has remained a mystery for decades.

    But at the back of her mind she feels a nagging dissatisfaction - her matter-of-fact relationship with Pete, for instance, bears little resemblance to the romances of her movie-star idols, or even to the colourful liaisons of some of her more adventurous friends. And what about her more modest hopes for marriage and a baby of her own? Once again, Pete shows little interest. As war grows closer, Sally sees she must focus her mind on keeping those she loves safe and put her own selfish longings behind her. But war changes things ...

    His job is simple; look after the house for nine weeks before it is due to be knocked down and replaced with a new building by the new owners, Mr and Mrs Warren. While things seem pleasant enough to begin with, Sam soon realises that something isn’t right. There are noises in the walls, voices creeping in the darkness and a spectral force that seems increasingly hostile towards Sam’s presence. When Sam meets Cassandra Layton, the elusive heiress of the Layton fortune, she is baffled to discover that Sam knows nothing about the grisly history of the manor, and the curse that seems to have fallen upon every generation of the Layton family. As Sam becomes more and more obsessed with uncovering the mystery of Layton Manor, he begins to realise that it’s not just himself who is in danger, but Cassandra as well – and Sam soon finds himself in a race against time to solve the mystery and save the both of them before it’s too late. The Haunting of Layton Manor is a chilling story of ghosts and the supernatural, set against the backdrop of an old, haunted house, leading up to a terrifying twist of a finale.

    Menaced by hungry sharks, enduring tropical storms and with no food or water, Michelle hovered near death. For Michelle the miracle is not so much that she survived, but how she survived! At critical moments, she heard an audible voice telling her exactly what to do to survive. Featuring world wide in Readers Digest, this modern day Jonah tale of Michelle's experience with a merciful God and an amazing encounter with angels, is a story that will not only thrill but challenge you to have 100% Faith in God, in the midst of your own storms. Co-written by Michelle's mother Rachelle, she shares her story of a mother's tireless vigil to find her lost child, of human helplessness and the intervention of a sovereign God.

     A new start is always daunting but helped along by the enthusiasm of her flamboyant Aunt Naomi, new friendships are forged and a brighter life begins for Edie. She even meets a new man. Outside of her happy orbit, however, a dark secret threatens to destroy her world. Aunt Naomi and her not-so-law-abiding friends must join forces to shield Edie. But can they stop the cruel hand of fate from delivering a blow which could expose the shameful truth?

    It provides insights into soul attractions and how relationships develop within the framework of reincarnation.

    Advanced Tarot Secrets illustrates, step-by-step, how to do all of this. You are about to learn how to spot patterns in spreads, find spreads hiding in the spreads you already use, and how cards interact with each other. This book reveals the advanced spread techniques and trade secrets used every day by the top psychics in the world. It is a how-to-do-it handbook for the professional who charges $100 to $1,000 an hour to wealthy clients who expect results. These skills are essential if you are going to read for celebrity or corporate (or government) clients. Improve your accuracy and strengthen your intuition by practicing the 11 new exercises and playing the 6 new games detailed in this book. You will learn how to: Find lost items and missing people with the Tarot Manifest practically anything you desire out of thin air using your cards Read the distant past (and future); great for solving mysteries—and crimes Solve problems and brainstorm with the Tarot Overcome writer’s block and master storytelling in the section specifically for authors The Tarot is not a parlor game. In the hands of a master it is a research tool used to read the future and rewrite the events to be. This book is the official textbook for the House of White mystery school and it will take your readings to a level of mastery that puts you head and shoulders above most Tarot readers you will ever meet. There is no guesswork involved with the Tarot, or this book. There are time-tested techniques that work, and it is time that you learn and use them. Advanced Tarot Secrets picks up from where The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot—Ever!! left off. You build on the knowledge you already have to deepen your bond with your cards and make them reveal layers of information from the same exact spreads you are using right now. We start you off by learning and doing new exercises, all designed to strengthen your intuition. These simulate the exact methods you use in “real life” readings, and make you infinitely more comfortable reading for other people. Next we introduce you to 6 new games that teach you how to see the various layers of meaning each card offers, and how cards interact in a spread. These games help you understand how the Tarot reflects the intricacies of daily life: In a simple ten-card spread you can see more details than three other people reading the same spread. Next come advanced spread basics and advanced spread techniques. Here you apply everything you learn in the exercises and games: Quick and easy ways to clear your deck between clients (useful at parties or working psychic fairs and hotlines) Why every spread needs a protagonist How to instantly verify the accuracy of your spread (no more bad readings—ever) How to modify your favorite spread to meet your needs for each reading Hidden spreads, spread patterns and themes, the four passes through a spread every reading should have When to use clarification or expansion cards, how to read cards face down—and why How to give accurate “no-spread readings&rd

     The truth is that every person has psychic potential hidden deep inside. However, most people don't know how to develop these natural abilities. There are many psychic abilities a person can experience and this book is going to show you what these different abilities are. But more importantly, this book is going to show you some easy techniques that you can use every day to awaken your own innate psychic abilities. Here is a preview of what you will learn in this book. What it means to be psychic. Exploring the Different Types of Psychic Ability. The Science Supporting Psychic Phenomenon. Modern-Day Examples of Psychic Experiences. Clairaudience: Working with Clear-Hearing. Meditation: Your Main Tool for Psychic Ability. Discerning Ear Exercise. Hear the World Around You. Meditating on a Sounds. Clairvoyance: Working with Clear-Seeing Abilities. Improving Your Physical Well-Being Tapping into Your Intuition Learning to Trust Exercise Working with the Symbolic Mind. Using Zener Cards. Using Dreamwork to Improve Clairvoyance. Clairsentience & Claircognizance. Working with a Partner. Working with the Crown Chakra Exercise. Using Affirmations to Hone Your Abilities. Speak to the Divine. White Light Exercise. Clairolfactory & Clairgustance. Psychometry. Opening Your Third Eye. Antiques and the Help of Others. Summary and Conclusion.

    It's now days after the deadly crash and Jessica still holds out hope as the bodies of Juliet and her husband have yet to be recovered.Meanwhile, Sarah Callaway, sister of prime suspect Dave Callaway has a theory as to why no bodies have been found, a theory that, while disturbing, at least does offer a hope for survival.And yet, in the end, reality comes crashing down and Jessica must deal with the fact that her husband is gone.

    When he leasts expects it, numerous heads of cattle disappear mysteriously from both his ranch and the neighboring ones, and he soon finds himself caught in a dangerous trap. Still being a total outsider in the small town, the rumors about him being the cattle thief now spread like wildfire. Will Jethro manage to solve the puzzle that threatens to put his life in deadly danger?On the spur of the moment, Jethro decides to take matters into his hands and detect the shadowy figure behind the cattle rustling. While struggling to clear his own name, a sizzling passion grows inside him for Sunshine, the housekeeper of his ranch. But, little did he know that his affection for her would only complicate his demanding mission. Having the reputation of a wild girl, culpable of her mother’s early death, Sunshine was hated by almost everybody in town. Unfortunately, her scandalous connection to Jethro will quickly raise suspicion among townspeople. Will Jethro repel the malicious rumors, or will he be sentenced for a theft that he never committed?As Jethro is in search of vindication, some ghosts of his past will come back to haunt him… Will he manage to unravel the truth behind the enigmatic crime? Or will the menacing threats stop him from riding down the trail to justice?