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In Quest of the Hero makes available for a new generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's Myth of the Birth of the Hero and the central section of Lord Raglan's The Hero. Amplifying these is Alan Dundes's fascinating contemporary inquiry, "The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus." Examined here are the patterns found in the lore surrounding historical or legendary figures like Gilgamesh, Moses, David, Oedipus, Odysseus, Perseus,...
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Americans are wealthier, smarter, and more beautiful than ever before, but we are also more depressed, anxious, and lonely. How can this be? The answer for many of us is perfectionism. Perfectionists pursue flawlessness and often reach great heights as a result, but we ultimately fall frustratingly short of our ideal. Christian perfectionists turn frustration into despair, because Christ commands us to "be ye therefore perfect, even as your father...
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"Spirituality Journey Into The Spiritual" is my latest book concerning my discovery of the invisible but very real Spiritual World that has always been with us, but we disconnected from it. We all experience and know that the Spiritual World exist, but few of us seek a closer look at it. Well, I craved to get closer to the CREATOR (GOD), and apparently, I took a different turn and the amazing world of Spirituality opened to me.So this book is about...
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Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels...
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The goal of this book is to help change misconceptions that have historically pervaded Christianity by educating both laity and clergy about serious mental illness. It will accomplish this goal via an in-depth, exegetic examination of biblical accounts of what may have been untreated serious mental illness from the perspective of a psychiatrist and Christian. This in-depth examination will demonstrate that 1) serious mental illness was likely present...
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With the current economic crisis and the general rigors of life, we all face struggles. Regardless of race, gender, income, or age, we face challenges daily. Even countries face struggles the main one being the inability to pay their mounting debts.
In his book How to Cope with Life's Struggles: Practical Advice for Victorious Christian Living, author Sherman Stevens describes some of the struggles we face and how the Lord has provided for us to...
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The tribal initiation of the shaman, the archetype of the serpent, exemplifies the death of the self and a rebirth into transcendent life. This book traces the images of spiritual initiation in religious rituals and myths of resurrection, poems and epics, cycles of nature, and art and dreaming. It dramatizes the metamorphosis from a common experience of death's inevitability into a transcendent freedom beyond individual limitations.
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God has kept His promise to reawaken the savior. The Messiah Jesus Christ is among mankind to reveal all things that can be known about existence. This book contains a warning about Judgment Day: God is angry at the human race because of rampant disbelief, constant violence, and false religions made by wicked greedy men who glorify themselves instead of God. There are no more prophecies pertaining to future events coming; informed people already see...
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Martin Ogden walks though his search for God in the 21st century, seeking to resolve the conflict between ancient faith and modern thought. He finds his scientific, objective experience conflicts with faith practices. He looks at historical religious knowledge and experience as he walks the reader though his faith journey. His path comes with unexpected encounters which lead to profound observations and conclusions about religion, society, and faith....
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'We must wake up. To dream is to be involved in a vortex of form. To wake up is to see the dream for what it is and to see beyond it, to infinity.' Meditations on the meaning of death, the nature of mind, feeling, spirit and Love, bring insight into the human condition with a positive message to fortify us in these troubling times. The book was, written between the 1950s and the 1980s, formulated from Halliday's experiences in the Second World War...
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Questions of meaning persistently sit at the edges of our consciousness: How do I anchor myself in an uncertain world? What practices keep me grounded? How do I connect myself to others, the human family? How do we fit into the global picture? In my short time here what contribution will I make? What summons me to act for the common good? In our innate search for meaning, many today rely less on our social, economic, spiritual and political structures...
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What is On the Other Side is a book about disability and spirituality based on my personal life experience and reflection. It is a story of how I have grown and changed as a person over the years, and how I have come to understand the power of faith and spirituality in the face of adversity. Growing up with a disability, I was often faced with challenges that seemed insurmountable. I was constantly told that I could not do something because of my...
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HOW EVIL WORKS, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION!
Evil puts thoughts and images in your mind, tempting you to choose, download, and think about them. When you choose to think about them, that is when powers and spirits can almost immediately enter your feelings, emotions and desires, with fear, anxiety, lust, anger, etc.
When you continue to DWELL on them, they intensify your emotions and desires to act on them. This can lead to obsession, when you cannot stop...
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How is mental integrity (the state of being complete, whole) achieved in light of serious mental illness? The author's intent is that this work will be a source of insight and healing for many and that it will equip the church, conjoined with the medical/scientific field of psychiatry, to do a better job of enabling people living with mental illness to access the resources they need for becoming whole. The author shares some of her personal story...
55) Who Said That?
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How many times have we felt that we were more than one person looking out at the world? Like Walt Whitman, we can often feel that we are a multitude of persons, and sometimes these strange and interesting people can stand in serious contradiction with each other. Many of us know well what it is like to feel that we are at war with ourselves. Grounded in the work of Carl Jung, active imagination invites us to shift from a simple, singular sense of...
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We all suffer, to some extent, from fear and anxiety. Here Eugene Halliday offers a way to overcome this negative state of mind, which, whether consciously or unconsciously, hinders our interaction with the world and our fellow human beings. He shows the underlying logic of our problem and gives practical exercises - a step by step process - which is clearly explained to the reader. This is most welcome in today's fraught emotional, social and political...
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Learning to Float is a life preserver when you find yourself adrift in the midst of your faith journey. When waves of doubt and anxiety threaten to rise above your head, or when you simply find yourself weary of swimming in the midst of unending waters, this book is your buoy. It's the gentle arms of friends holding you up so that you can breathe, even as currents of questions continue to sweep you up and move you along. It's the comforting whisper...
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We always say that Yahweh is so brutal and merciless when punishing his people that even innocent children are not spared from the annihilation, but is not Jesus more brutal and heartless for torturing sinners without end in the fires of hell?Is that the Jesus we know who is loving, good, and merciful?There are FOUR REASONS why Jesus is NOT evil for punishing people in a never-ending fire in hell.Happy reading!
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In 1965 Dr. William Thetford, former Professor of Medical Psychology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City ,expressed his frustrations to his colleague Dr. Helen Schucman about the antagonistic and competitive work environment they operated in, and that he, as the Head of the Psychology Department, was determined to find a way to change it for the better. To his surprise, Dr. Schucman agreed to help and work...
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Does cognitive science show that religious belief is irrational?
Kelly James Clark brings together science and philosophy to examine some of humanity's more pressing questions. Is belief in God, as Richard Dawkins claims, a delusion? Are atheists smarter or more rational than religious believers? Do our genes determine who we are and what we believe? Can our very creaturely cognitive equipment help us discover truth and meaning in life? Are atheists...
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