13 B'aktun
Mayan Visions of 2012 and Beyond
Gaspar Pedro González
As 2012 looms with its promise of radical cultural and spiritual change, humankind is increasingly seeking strategies to survive and thrive. In 13 B'aktun, Gaspar Pedro González turns to the traditional Mayan belief system to navigate this uncertain future. In addition, 13 B'aktun incorporates the insights of modern philosophers, scientists, and religious texts concerning consciousness, human behavior, and predictions for the future. Countering the widespread hype and misinformation surrounding 2012, González blends past and present thought into a persuasive plan for moving into the new era.
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Earth, My Likeness
Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
While Walt Whitman is best known as America's first great urban poet, he was also a gifted nature poet, as the selections in this book show. Here his celebration of the "body electric" from Leaves of Grass expands into a celebration of an equally electrifying nature as he memorializes the seashore, the night sky, animals, even daydreaming in the grass. Earth, My Likeness showcases Whitman's entwining of outer nature and inner nature, the unique way he made his nature poetry and his love poetry inseparable.
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Mind Body Zen
Waking Up to Your Life
Jeffrey Maitland
In Mind Body Zen, long-time Zen student, world-renowned Rolfer, and former philosophy professor Jeffrey Maitland combines his expertise across the mind-body-zen spectrum to help bridge the East-West gap in spiritual practice. Tackling the prevailing misconception that Zen is a philosophy, Maitland provides an in-depth explanation of why Zen is an eminently practical, grounded discipline. Mind Body Zen will appeal to the growing number of Western Buddhists and spiritual seekers interested in Zen or meditation.
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Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition
The Life of Aleister Crowley
Richard Kaczynski
The name "Aleister Crowley" instantly conjures visions of diabolic ceremonies and orgiastic indulgences—and while the sardonic Crowley would perhaps be the last to challenge such a view, he was also much more than "the Beast," as this authoritative biography shows. Perdurabo traces Crowley's remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a boarding house as the world's foremost authority on magick. Based on Richard Kaczynski's twenty years of research, Perdurabo paints a memorable portrait of the man who inspired the counterculture and influenced generations of artists, punks, wiccans, and other denizens of the demimonde.
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