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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of women fighting to gain their place as female monks, or Bhikkhunis, in male dominated Buddhist traditions around the world. "It's like a revolution has happened for women in Buddhism across the globe, yet if you're not connected with the Buddhist community you probably wouldn't know about it," says the film's director, Wiriya Sati. Sati was raised a Buddhist in Australia, but when she sought the path of ordination,...
Author
Series
Adventures of an accidental medium volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Tanz is a wine-loving, straight-talking, once-successful TV actress from Gateshead, whose career has shrivelled like an antique walnut. She is still grieving for her friend Frank, who died in a car crash three years ago, and she has to find a normal job in London to fund her cocktail habit. When she starts work in a 'new age' shop, Tanz suddenly discovers that the voices she's hearing in her head are real, not the first signs of madness, and that...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and guidance, The Tibetan book of the dead remains an essential teaching originating in the spiritual cultures of the Himalayas. Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this enlightening two-part series explores the sacred text and boldly visualizes the afterlife according to its profound wisdom.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America's longest- running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond. They believed they would live forever. So begins Mira Ptacin's haunting account of the women of Camp Etna-an otherworldly community in the woods of Maine that has, since 1876, played host to generations of Spiritualists and mediums dedicated to preserving the links between the mortal realm and the afterlife. Beginning...
Series
Language
English
Description
1 Death's Place in Our Lives; 2 Defining Death; 3 Death, Illusion, and Meaning; 4 Is It Rational to Fear Death?; 5 Understanding and Coping with Grief; 6 Death Rituals and the Corpse; 7 American Death Rituals; 8 Approaches to Dying Well; 9 Judaism on Death and the Afterlife; 10 Death and Hope in Christianity; 11 Islam on Returning to God; 12 Death, Rebirth, and Liberation...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A Balinese Trance Seance - Bringing offerings of rice, flowers, and woven coconut leaves, clients visit Jero in her household shrine to determine the cause of their son's death. Jero lights an incense brazier, sprinkles holy water, and recites mantras as preliminaries to trance. Several ancestors and finally the young son speak through her voice, revealing the nature of his premature death (witchcraft) and his wishes for cremation. In contrast to...
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Everything you need to know to create your very own "sacred space"--Perfect for practicing home-based witchcraft including spells, rituals, herbalism, and more!-from the author of The Green Witch. Your home is an important part of who you are-it makes sense to tie your practice of witchcraft closely to the place where you build your life. In The House Witch, you'll discover everything you need to live, work, and practice in your own magical space....
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Laura Lynne Jackson is a psychic medium and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us. She possesses an incredible gift--the ability to communicate with loved ones who have passed, convey messages of love and healing, and impart a greater understanding of our interconnectedness. Though her abilities are exceptional, they are not unique, and that is the message at the core of this book. Understanding "the secret language of...
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