  Teachings
on Love by Thich
Nhat Hanh
Thich
Nhat Hanh is known for writing about Zen philosophy with a Western
audience in mind.
What makes his books unique is that while the message is made applicable
to Western sensibilities, it is not watered down. So while this
book gives lots of inspiration for dealing with the human condition
and relationships, it does so while advocating monogomous relationships
and sex for love's, and not its own, sake.
With chapters on living mindfully, deep listening, love meditations
and prostrations the book lessens the divide between those who wish
to love and live openly and freely, and those who wish to explore
the Buddhist sense of non attachment. |
 The
Age of Bede
Contains
Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and
Jarrow; Eddius's Life of Wilfrid; The Voyage of St Brendan and,
new to this edition, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith.
A fascinating insight into the early Church, when the sixth and
seventh centuries witnessed a clash between Roman episcopal orthodoxy
and the democratic monasticism that was spreading over Ireland and
Northern England.
This Penguin translation preserves the flavour and atmosphere of
the original and gives an intriguing background into an important
religious and spiritual era. |
 The
Imitation of Christ by Thomas
a Kempis
Every
since its publication, over 500 years ago, this book has had a deep
impact on the Christian faith. As such it makes interesting and
absorbing reading for anyone interested in the background of Christian
spiritual thought. The basic theme is humility and how, without
God, man and his existence is futile. |
 Be
a Goddess by Francesca
De Grandis
A
guided journey through Celtic Shamanism, designed as a 15 week course.
Topics include casting spells, making an altar creating your own
rituals and lots more. |
 The
Complete Guide to the Kabbalah
by Will
Parfitt
The
best book on personal understanding and use of the Kabbalah that
I have yet seen. Meaty, intellectual, practical and full of info
and exercises. |
 Ariadne's
Thread: A Workbook of Goddess Magic by
Shekinah
Moutainwater
A
magical workbook, which takes a year and a day (13 moons) to complete.
Sensitive, informative, uplifting and encouraging it winds its way
through all the aspects of goddess magic...from creating an altar
and a Book of Shadows to group rituals and divination. |
 A
New Earth by
Eckhart
Tolle
Hugely
popular author, on the back of his work, The Power of Now. In
this follow on, Tolle explores a way of transforming yourself -
and hence the world - "to bring about a shift of consciousness,
that is to say to awaken". |
 The
Tibetan Art of Serenity by
Christopher
Hansard
Tibetan
Bon spirituality as a means of accessing every day peace. Easy to
follow exercises and insight from this experienced practitioner.
|
 Love
Thyself: the message from water III by
Masaru
Emoto
This
chap took the new age world a bit by storm with his photographs
of water and his belief that water literally holds cosmic truths.
In this book he shares some of the lessons he's learnt from water
- namely how universal peace can be gained through prayer. |
 Brilliancy:
the essence of intelligence by
A
H Almass
Explores
the 'essence' of our intelligence, which the author believes to
be a quality of our essentially spiritual nature. |
