The Other Within
The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, and Psyche
Written by Daniel Deardorff
Price: $16.95
North Atlantic Books
Daniel Deardorff knows otherness firsthand. This highly regarded “singer” in the old sense of that word—musician, storyteller, maker of ritual—had polio as an infant and has used a wheelchair most of his life, giving him a lived perspective that deeply informs his views on this subject. In The Other Within, Deardorff...
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Love and the Soul
Creating a Future for Earth
Written by Robert Sardello
Price: $15.95
North Atlantic Books
With economies in peril, war in the Middle East, genocides, global warming, and a host of other grim phenomena, the world has never seemed so besieged. The solution, says Robert Sardello, lies with the individual. In this timely, thoughtful book, he explains how the soul can engage with the outer world...
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The Road to Eleusis
Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
Written by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann and Carl A. P. Ruck, Preface by Huston Smith
Price: $18.95
North Atlantic Books
The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece for nearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strange accounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In this groundbreaking work, three experts—a mycologist, a chemist, and a historian—argue persuasively that the sacred potion given to participants in the course of the ritual contained...
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The Twelve Gates
A Spiritual Passage Through the Egyptian Books of the Dead
Written by John Rush
Price: $26.95
Frog Books
In The Twelve Gates, clinical anthropologist John Rush embarks on a spellbinding journey through death rituals in various cultures, centering on the ancient Egyptian philosophy of death and resurrection. The first part of the book provides an overview of different rituals, encouraging readers to confront their feelings about death and to...
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Persephone Unveiled
Seeing the Goddess and Freeing Your Soul
Written by Charles Stein
Price: $17.95
North Atlantic Books
Persephone Unveiled reveals the goddess in all her guises, as the daughter of Demeter; the Queen of the Underworld; the archetypal female healer; and as a central figure in the Eleusinian Mysteries, where celebrants experienced sacred visions through secret rituals fueled by an LSD-like substance. The author examines the known details...
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