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The first book to examine the spiritual and therapeutic practice of retreat in physical darkness to explore inner light • Shows how experiencing complete darkness over prolonged periods helps in developing mental clarity and creativity • Draws upon many indigenous and spiritual traditions...

"Irvine, a philosopher, strikes an engaging, self-deprecatory tone as he criticizes his field for its aloofness and failure to engage with the world as it is." - The Creativity Post Why am I here? What does it all mean? These are the big questions we all ask ourselves at some point....

As one who has written extensively about the interior life, meditation, and psychotherapy, Ken Wilber—the leading theorist in the field of integral psychology—naturally arouses the curiosity of his numerous readers. In response to this curiosity, this one-year diary not only offers an unprecedented...

First published in 2003 and now available in paperback to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Thomas Merton's birth, When the Trees Say Nothing has sold more than 60,000 copies and continually inspires readers with its unique collection of Merton's luminous writings on nature, arranged for...

Infinite Awakening explores how modern spiritual seekers can follow a genuine awakening spiritual path, whilst at the same time fulfilling their most treasured worldly dreams. This book demonstrates just how miraculous our modern lives could be, if we all learnt to utilise the infinite power of universal...

Alister McGrath, a widely acknowledged master of contemporary spirituality, has written a profound meditation on one of the most deceptively simple-sounding tenets of the Christian faith, the centrality of Christ in the life of his followers, in Knowing Christ. Written in an accessible style...

Part philosophical treatise, part spiritual meditation, this short work looks at reading from the point of view of subjective experience: how it enlivens the imagination and even provides an alternate world. The author includes personal anecdote, but focuses on a general aesthetic of the reading experience....

The Mimes of the Courtesans Lucian translated by A.L.H. A collection of fifteen erotic stories based Lucian (2nd Century A.D. Greece), with numerous erotic illustrations, in a Beardsley style of art deco, by Charles Cullen. These are tales so descriptive of one phase of Greek life, discussed...

Quick and easy manuals with simple and effective instructions. We love to experiment what captivates us. We love to share what we learned. We love to keep learning while sharing! We are also big fans of experiential learning, or "learning by doing". To prevent you from doing...

Quick and easy manuals with simple and effective instructions. We love to experiment what captivates us. We love to share what we learned. We love to keep learning while sharing! We are also big fans of experiential learning, or "learning by doing". To prevent you from doing...

Quick and easy manuals with simple and effective instructions. We love to experiment what captivates us. We love to share what we learned. We love to keep learning while sharing! We are also big fans of experiential learning, or "learning by doing". To prevent you from doing...

Quick and easy manuals with simple and effective instructions. We love to experiment what captivates us. We love to share what we learned. We love to keep learning while sharing! We are also big fans of experiential learning, or "learning by doing". To prevent you from doing...

• Why you must pause, look up and out of the window. • Why a geranium flowering on the windowsill and wind soughing in the pines is serenity • How rain drumming on the roof can still the mind as effectively as a night of meditation • How to recognize serenity once you...

The "Varieties of Religious Experience" is the most profound series of lectures to inspire the founding fathers of what is commonly know as the 12 program towards spiritual revovery from alcohol and drugs; to include eating disorders and gambling. The highlights of the James Lectures are...