Practices category: 4429 books
by Stephanie Mitchem
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
Cure a nosebleed by holding a silver quarter on the back of the neck. Treat an earache with sweet oil drops. Wear plant roots to keep from catching colds. Within many African American families, these kinds of practices continue today, woven into the fabric of black culture, often communicated through...
The Common Rule
Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines....
Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals
Eating and Embodiment in Medieval Kabbalah
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2005
Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals is the first book-length study of mystical eating practices and experiences in the kabbalah. Focusing on the Jewish mystical literature of late-thirteenth-century Spain, author Joel Hecker analyzes the ways in which the Zohar and other contemporaneous literature represent...
by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
The Jewish mystic path and its practices to attain God-consciousness.
by Sean Curley
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
By some estimates, over 1 billion people in the world are non-religious (humanist/secular/atheist) yet we base many of our parenting techniques and traditions on religion. There are many books available on parenting around each of the major religions, but few describe parenting in a Humanist household....
The Tradition of Household Spirits
Ancestral Lore and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2013
Examines how the ancient customs of constructing and keeping a house formed a sacred bond between homes and their inhabitants
• Shares many tales of house spirits, from cajoling the local land spirit into becoming one’s house spirit to the good and bad luck bestowed by mischievous house...
by Claude Lecouteux
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
An in-depth collection of ancient spells and magic practices drawn from rare and newly discovered texts
• Presents more than 600 magical prescriptions for healing and protection from both pagan and Christian sources
• Examines the practice of diagnosing illness through magic and...
by Orion Foxwood
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In Faery Seership the truths we seek can only be found within ourselves within nature and within our relationships to nature. At the center of the Faery Tradition lies the Tree of Enchantment: the symbol for these relationships and for the threefold life of humanity. At each level of the tree there are...
Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work
Seven Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life's meaning - experiences for which all spiritual seekers seek.
Dr Rupert Sheldrake – best selling author of Morphic Resonance...
by Matthew Martin
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2017
This book is not intended to be an exact description of any particular Native American tradition. Rather, the intention of this book is to highlight the spiritual essences fundamental to the Native American perspective, teachings, and practices. Native Earth Wisdom is not limited to any particular...
Days of Death, Days of Life
Ritual in the Popular Culture of Oaxaca
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Kristin Norget explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Oaxaca City, Norget provides vivid descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other popular religious practices....
The Liturgy of Life
The Interrelationship of Sunday Eucharist and Everyday Worship Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Everyday worship practices—from praying the rosary to moments of recognizing the beauty of God's creation, from being moved by the power of music to praying Vespers on an iPad—not only take place at different locations and during different days of the week but also dynamically interact with one...
Relig-ish
Soulful Living in a Spiritual-But-Not-Religious World
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
When it comes to religion, "choose one" is no longer your only option. You can be spiritual-but-not-religious or not particularly religious at all-yet still have a robust system of beliefs and values that guides you. Creating your own set of eclectic spiritual practices is not a sign that...
Traditional Wicca
A Seeker's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2018
A Down-to-Earth Guide to Traditional Wicca
While there are many powerful variations of contemporary Witchcraft, traditional Wicca offers unique experiences for those who seek it out. This book explores structured, coven-based styles of Wicca, in which the practitioners typically trace initiatory...