Occult/MBS

Have you noticed a shift in the energy of your angelic guidance recently? A feminine essence that calls you to connect with your (read more)

Have you noticed a shift in the energy of your angelic guidance recently? A feminine essence that calls you to connect with your intuition? Now is the time to listen. The archangels have long been known as our strong, masculine guardians; protecting us, directing us, defending us. And now, with the rise in the Divine feminine, our angelic connections have expanded to fit the need.

In this book, Claire Stone introduces you to 11 female archangels who are stepping forwards to help us. Each offers simple yet effective ways of aligning your life through self-discovery, practices and meditations, all designed to help you to unlock your intuition. (hide)

Finding Beauty in the Other explores how beauty can be found in religions and cultures. It also views how the beauty of the Christian (read more)

Finding Beauty in the Other explores how beauty can be found in religions and cultures. It also views how the beauty of the Christian gospel should be communicated in different religious and cultural settings. This valuable collection of essays features a host of highly respected scholars, presenting a unique treatment of the concept of beauty as seen in a variety of religions and cultures.

These include Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. In addition, beauty as seen in various African cultures is discussed.

Published:31 Oct 2018 (hide)

When Vanessa Potter woke up one day to find herself blind and paralysed, she was stunned to discover that it was meditating, not (read more)

When Vanessa Potter woke up one day to find herself blind and paralysed, she was stunned to discover that it was meditating, not drugs, that saved her mind. Convinced she had more to learn, she embarked on her own consciousness road-trip, exploring the major schools of meditation, along with hypnotherapy and psychedelics. In order to objectively record her journey, Cambridge neuroscientists measured her brain activity, with their observations and results featured within the book. (hide)

Discover the ten ancient principles for more peace of mind in your daily life. Understand why you behave and think as you do, and (read more)

Discover the ten ancient principles for more peace of mind in your daily life. Understand why you behave and think as you do, and how to make the changes that will transform your day-to-day experience. With a down-to-earth approach and real-life examples from business and personal life, this book shows you how to make your mind stronger - and, ultimately, to make your life lighter and less stressful - by bringing yoga philosophy into your everyday.

This is no stuffy philosophical book. Rachel Bonkink drank too much, worked crazy hours, went for the money and always wanted more: yoga philosophy transformed her life, and it can transform yours too.
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Pastoral work has been described as stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. (read more)

Pastoral work has been described as stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often underappreciated and underpaid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than similar adults who are not in ministry.

Published:18 Oct 2019 (hide)

Most animal lovers, in their lives, have experienced bonding with a very special dog. These are the dogs that seem more than just (read more)

Most animal lovers, in their lives, have experienced bonding with a very special dog. These are the dogs that seem more than just dogs, almost human. They appear to reason and be responsible for their actions.

They are self-aware and therefore sentient. Jenny Smedley believes these are the dogs that 'return'. Life after life they reappear at our sides, spiritually understanding, and containing a spark of our own soul within them.
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Fresh From the Word: The Bible for a Change will inspire your reading of the Bible in a changing world. Bringing together top theologians (read more)

Fresh From the Word: The Bible for a Change will inspire your reading of the Bible in a changing world. Bringing together top theologians and biblical scholars, creative writers from around the world, cutting-edge church leaders, activists for peace and justice and a range of others, Fresh From the Word offers 366 sets of notes, prayers and suggestions for action on biblical themes. This fresh approach to Bible reading is aimed at new readers of the Bible from across the church, as well as anyone seeking a faithful, creative and challenging conversation with the Bible every day of the year.

Published:20 Sep 2019 (hide)

Precious stones, gems and crystals have been valued throughout history not only for their rarity and expense, but for their mystical (read more)

Precious stones, gems and crystals have been valued throughout history not only for their rarity and expense, but for their mystical properties too. Garnet is rumoured to stimulate the heart, while the pearl offers the protection of the goddess Diana - coral, so-called 'witch-stone', is said to guard against the evil eye, and amethyst is said to prevent drunkenness. Gem Magic guides the reader through the uses of and stories surrounding a cornucopia of stones.
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In hardback for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword (read more)

In hardback for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new foreword and brand-new tools to make the work your own. For over a decade, Brene Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveller. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you laugh and, on occasion, cry with you.

And what's now become a movement all started with The Gifts of Imperfection, which has sold more than two million copies in thirty-five different languages across the globe. What transforms this book from words on a page to effective daily practices are the ten guideposts to wholehearted living. The guideposts not only help us understand the practices that will allow us to change our lives and families, they also walk us through the unattainable and sabotaging expectations that get in the way.

Published:8 Sep 2020
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Grace is Not Faceless traces the trajectories of Ann Loades' distinctive contribution to Anglican Marian theology-for example, her (read more)

Grace is Not Faceless traces the trajectories of Ann Loades' distinctive contribution to Anglican Marian theology-for example, her emphasis on Mary in art, her attention to the iconology of the Rabullah Gospels, and the key she finds to approaching the mother of Jesus in Cornelius Ernst, OP's turn of phrase, "grace is not faceless." The book also adds new material by Ann herself, as well as responses to her Marian work. Introductory material further helps make accessible this important Anglican theologian's Marian theology for the wide audience it deserves.

Published:26 Feb 2021 (hide)