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3) The shamanic bones of Zen: revealing the ancestral spirit and mystical heart of a sacred tradition
Author
Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
""I often felt my ancestors at ease with my practice of Zen. I felt they had led me through other traditions to this practice of ritual and ceremony. I had participated in rituals and ceremonies of African and Native American traditions but was not trained completely in those traditions. I had not been fused into priesthood with my Orisha (spirit) over my head in the African tradition. While I was a drum and song leader in the Native American Sundance...
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Explores the mystical aspects of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Taoism. Sheds light on the history of mysticism, purification practices for mind and body, challenges and struggles associated with traveling an esoteric path and mystical union with the One.
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Series
Language
English
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The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman's brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It's a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O'Donnell, Jane's professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club. On top of Beacon Hill, the club's acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead. The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our...