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Carl Jung once wrote, "No matter what the world thinks about religious experience, the one who has it possesses a great treasure." Although fewer people than ever go to church, research indicates that perhaps as many as 66% of the population in secularized English-speaking countries are having significant religious experiences. This book explores the causes, nature, and effects of such experiences whether theistic or non-theistic, while indica...

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Drawing on insights from Scripture, tradition, psychology, and experience, this book offers a comprehensive guide to Prayer in Practice, an essential resource for students and seekers alike. Applying ancient wisdom to contemporary questions, Prayer in Practice responds to the perennial request, "Teach us to pray.

Drawing on insights from Scripture, tradition, psychology, and experience, this book offers a comprehensive guide to Prayer in Practice, an essential resource for students and seekers alike. Applying ancient wisdom to contemporary questions, Prayer in Practice responds to the perennial request, "Teach us to pray.

This is a guide on how we can free ourselves from the many debilitating influences that can take a stronghold in our lives, from fear and addiction to oppressive evil spirits.Though fear is a natural emotion, and addictions are forms of illness, nevertheless the devil can exploit them in order to lead people towards sin and away from God. Written from his personal experience of dealing with his own fears and anxieties, his research into the va...

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A collection of essays and speeches made by the famous Irish nationalist, Michael Collins. This collection spells out Collins' vision for the future of Ireland, as well as his analysis of its past. Parts of this book were written in the anguish of a civil war in which Collins saw his country torn apart while seeking to establish and defend democracy, liberty, and stability. Michael Collins' overall vision is still inspiring, he saw the necessi...

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The author writes: 'Many men and women have told me that they like to read books which help them to understand and practice their faith in a more enlightened fashion. With this in mind I have written Word and Spirit which consists of material drawn from different sources: articles for magazines, courses I have taught, and conference talks I have given. I have also written nine chapters specifically for this book. Some of them are short and sim...

The dictionary will tell you it is a plant out of place. In The Wonderous World of Weeds you will discover that the perceived weeds that grow around us hold special significance and wonderful medicinal values.

Feel the anticipation — and share the moment of discovery — as a young boy and his dad set out to find one of nature's unforgettable wonders.A father promises his young son that this summer they will see a deer. They set out over the dunes, through the marsh, and into the woods, searching for a white-flag tail or a set of leaping legs. But deer are hard to find, especially if your feet want to dance and your nose tickles until you sneeze. Squi...

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Helen doesn't want to stay in the fattening hut. She tells her mother she's too young to marry, and she doesn't want to be a heavy bride--like all the women of her tribe. When she finds out the terrible secret of the hut, Helen fights for the chance to be educated, young, and free.

Saoirse und ihr Bruder Ben leben gemeinsam mit ihrem Vater Conor in einem alten Leuchtturm am Meer. Weil der Vater mit dem Tod seiner Frau nicht zurechtkommt, schickt er die Kinder in die Stadt, wo sie fortan bei ihrer grantigen Großmutter leben sollen. Doch da Saoirse ein Selkie ist - ein Wesen halb Seehund, halb Mensch - wird ihre Sehnsucht nach dem Meer immer größer, sodass sie schließlich gemeinsam mit Ben flieht, um wieder nach Hause zu k...

It's 1849, and twelve-year-old Addie lives in the shipbuilding town of Essex, Massachusetts. Her father has left the family to seek gold on the West Coast, and tragically the flux has ended the lives of her mother and baby brother, leaving Addie all alone. Fearful of being taken in as a servant, Addie flees from her house into the snowy woods, where she endures hunger and bitter cold until Nokummus, an elderly Wampanoag woman, coaxes Addie to ...

While studying under Vivaldi, three girls in a Venice orphanage forge their own notions of love in a sensuous, engrossing novel told in three narrative voices.It is a longing and search for love that motivates three girls living in the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage renowned for its extraordinary musical program. But for Rosalba, Anetta, and Luisa, the love they seek is not where they expect to find it. Set in the early 1700s in the heart ...

Pope Benedict XVI has said: We must reflect seriously on how we might carry out a true evangelization today. People don't know God, they don't know Christ. A new paganism is present, and it is not enough just to maintain the community of believers. The purpose of this book is to spell out in more details, and with plenty of practical advice and approaches, how exactly this new evangelization might be carried out. Fr Collins covers a wide range...

Post-modern culture is like a broken mirror. Secular and religious certainties are fragmenting. All that remains are jagged shards that can only reflect partial truths. In this thought-provoking but practical book, Pat Collins reflects on a variety of contemporary issues in the light of Christian spirituality. First he looks at psycho-spiritual reflections on such things as intimacy, empathy, violence, envy, psychosomatic health, and boundary ...