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Books to Live By
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Blackthorn's Botanical Magic
Amy Blackthorn
Part reference guide, recipe book, and ritual journey, Blackthorn offers readers an in-depth exploration of the hidden potential in their hearts and noses. From rose-scented rosaries, the lingering aroma of frankincense, or the ritual energy of white sage, readers will delve into the hidden realms of scent found in rituals of all kinds. One of the few aromatherapy books focused on the use of scents in magic, ritual, and witchcraft, this book includes recipes, history, lore, and magical craft projects. Read more... |
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The Circle of Nine
Cherry Gilchrist
Drawing from history, her work with women’s groups, and contemporary observations, Gilchrist presents a mythology that explores the psychology of the modern woman. Her analysis, interpretations, and practical advice help to unravel the mystery of the divine feminine through nine archetypes representing different, but equally important aspects of the female psyche. They portray both the life of the individual and the story of woman as a whole—a circle of ever-changing patterns that is a source of wisdom and inspiration. Read more... |
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Cannabis
Danny Danko
This is the most accessible, attractive, and easy-to-use beginner’s guide to growing marijuana. In 144 illustrated pages, High Times senior cultivation editor, Danny Danko, covers the basics of successful pot cultivation with clear instructions and step-by-step guidance, including setting up a grow room; genetics and seeds; germination; sexing, cloning; building buds; harvesting; pests, fungi, molds, and deficiencies; concentrates, edibles, tinctures, and topicals. Read more... |
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The Seven Chakra Personality Types
Shai Tubali
This book presents a system for classifying people into seven personality types based on the wisdom of the chakras. Each of us has one chakra that is more dominant than the others as well as a second and third chakra that influence how we experience life. Understanding our chakra type can help us better recognize our own unique structure and reveal why we have certain tendencies. We can use this information to help us fulfill our greatest potential in life. Read more... |
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Phantom Messages
William J. Hall, and Jimmy Petonito
William J. Hall and Jimmy Petonito are on a mission to unravel the mysterious world of impossible communication—emails from deceased friends, startling predictions sent via computer message that come true, phone calls to yourself from a future you, and other eerie communications. Shared by witnesses as well as experts on scientific and paranormal theories, here are real life paranormal messages of hope, terror, time slips, and wonder. Readers who enjoy hauntings and UFO phenomena, will love exploring this book. Read more... |
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Working Conjure
Hoodoo Sen Moise
Conjure is currently the most popular form of modern magic, and this is one of the few books that is accessible to anyone new to the practice. Also known as "hoodoo" or "rootwork," conjure is an old, powerful, and popular system of North American folk magic. This book is a practical how-to guide for “working” conjure and explores the primary materials, spells, rituals, and workings for various purposes. It also includes the history, culture, principles, fundamentals, and ethics of conjure. Read more... |
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Each Journey Beings With a Single Step
Deng Ming-Dao
Drawn from The Tao Te Ching, The Yijing, and 300 Tang Poems, Deng Ming-Dao provides key poetic lines that distill the essence of Taoism, organizing them in the form of a journey. "We walk the Way each day. We don’t know what’s ahead and so it’s helpful to have the wisdom of others to guide us. They have left us a message to encourage us. Like good pathfinders, they give us direction and prepare us for what we might encounter.” Read more... |
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The Woman's Book of Hope
Eileen Campbell
This book of daily meditations has been designed to help restore hopefulness and purpose. It is the perfect antidote to despair by offering concrete steps to be happier in the face of pain and suffering. Included are stories of those who have triumphed over adversity such as Maya Angelou, Hildegard of Bingen, Grace Lee Boggs, Oprah Winfrey, Xiaolu Goo, Natascha Kampusch, as well as inspiring stories of refugees from Uganda, Iran, and Syria who have made new lives for themselves. Read more... |
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C. S. Lewis' Little Book of Wisdom
C. S. Lewis, Compiled by Andrea Kirk Assaf
Novelist, poet, critic, lay theologian, and bestselling author of the Narnia series, C. S. Lewis' works have become timeless classics around the world. In this one concise volume is the essence of his thought on subjects ranging from love and faith to ethics and morality and myth and literature. The book provides sustenance, wisdom, and hope for believers and seekers—and is an entry point for those unfamiliar with Lewis that will make them want to explore his works further. Read more... |
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Face Reading Plain & Simple
Jonathan Dee
The face is the first thing we focus on when meeting any new person—we automatically assess a person’s mood, feelings, and intentions by what we “read” on that person’s face. This book will introduce you to the ancient Chinese art of face reading and help you gain insight into the personalities of your loved ones and those you meet. Chinese face reading demonstrates that faces are open books, and their individual features provide the keys to interpreting their message. Read more... |
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Protest Kitchen
Carol J. Adams, Virginia Messina
Protest Kitchen is a provocative and empowering guide to the food and lifestyle choices anyone can make for positive change. Our food choices not only affect our personal health and the environment, but are also tied to issues of justice, misogyny, national security, and human rights. This is the first book to explore how a more plant-based diet challenges regressive politics and fuels the resistance. Featuring over 50 vegan recipes (all accessible to “aspiring vegans”) along with practical daily actions. Read more... |
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More Ghost Chronicles
Maureen Wood, and Ron Kolek, Foreword by Jeff Belanger
Ron Kolek, a skeptical ghost hunter with his down-to-earth scientific approach, and Maureen Wood with her psychic insight take readers on another journey into the realm of the unknown, the unexplained, and the unbelievable. They investigate an ancient evil known as the Puckwudgie, hunt for the true identity of Button Wood’s spirit, investigate Daniel Lady Farm in Gettysburg, widely considered one of the most haunted locations in America, and they include follow-ups to investigations compiled in the original Ghost Chronicles. Read more... |
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Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Love
Kahlil Gibran, Edited by Neil Douglas-Klotz
Kahlil Gibran’s aphorisms, stories, and poetry remain among some of those best known to Western readers. His views, however, extend beyond the most-quoted "greeting card" sayings to a wide realm of human emotions and relationships— passion, desire, idealized love, justice, friendship, and the challenges of dealing with strangers, neighbors, and enemies. In this book of over 90 selections from Gibran’s writing Neil Douglas-Klotz captures love and life in all of their complexities and nuances, and all their splendor and joy. Read more... |
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Serve Up, Coach Down
Nathan Jamail
Nathan Jamail shows leaders in the middle just how powerful they are and he answers fundamental questions like: why do leaders who care about their teams still struggle to gain their boss’s approval; why do those same leaders have difficulty getting their teams to step it up? Achieving performance requires leaders in the middle to serve up to the boss, serve out to peers and serve down to their teams – the result will be greater productivity in a team-driven environment. Read more... |
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Storytelling Alchemy
Renée Damoiselle
We all have stories we tell ourselves, personal narratives that define who we are. These stories take root in our subconscious and limit us, like a shadow holding us back from our full potential. But words and storytelling also have the power to free ourselves from these shadows and to profoundly transform our lives. Storytelling Alchemy provides tools and exercises designed to help you change your relationship to your personal stories in a way that is empowering and life changing. Read more... |
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Control the Conversation
James O. Pyle, and Maryann Karinch
In Control the Conversation, authors Pyle and Karinch guide you to crafting a response to a question, not just an answer. A response should be multi-dimensional, including relevant and compelling information that goes beyond a mere answer. The authors help both build and apply the skill set by teaching you how to manage four areas of disclosure: people, places, things, and events in time; along with techniques that will help you take control and steer every exchange in your favor. Read more... |
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Conversation Marketing
Kevin Lund
In Conversation Marketing, Kevin Lund helps businesses to connect their brands, not just with the minds of their consumers, but to their hearts. Slick slogans and catchy ads may still work in some instances, but today’s discerning consumers demand more. They want information and a reason to connect with a brand before they act – they want a conversation. Kevin Lund provides powerful tools and strategies to help brands become publishers, increase sales, and establish a lifelong conversation with their customers. Read more... |
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Radical Generosity
M. J. Ryan
Gratitude and generosity go hand in hand—the more we appreciate our lives, the more we want to give back. In Radical Generosity M.J. Ryan, author of bestselling Attitudes of Gratitude explores generosity: what creates it, what blocks it, and what it brings to our lives. In a series of short essays, Ryan encourages us readers to stop living from what she calls "the ledger sheet mentality" of obligatory gifting and to begin giving from an abundant and loving heart. Read more... |
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The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
This gift-sized collection offers powerful, profound advice on how to live a peaceful and fulfilling life amidst all the conflicts of the modern world. In this distillation of his life and teachings, the Dalai Lama paints a compelling portrait of his early life, reflecting on the personal and political struggles that have helped to shape his understanding of our world. This is the first paperback edition. Read more... |
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