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To a young, teenage girl, Scientology seemed to be just what the author was looking for; a way to improve herself and attain spiritual enlightenment. But it was only after she joined Scientology’s elite inner circle, the Sea Organization, and signed a Billion Year contract that she discovered the dark...

‘Status of Women in Islam’ is part of a book series by Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad. The series focuses on at addressing those matters of life and religion, which are essential in facilitating a woman’s role as a mother, teacher and nurturer. After “Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence Concerning...

This book works well as a handbook for those, who already do Mysore-practice as well for those, who want to start to practice the Mysore-style. If you haven´t done Ashtanga-yoga before, we recommend you to start the practice with qualified yoga instructor. Build your practice slowly and practice...

This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world’s three major monotheistic religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death. Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking...

Miracle-worker or man of straw? Count Alessandro Cagliostro was a cult figure of European society in the tumultuous years leading to the French Revolution. An alchemist, healer and Freemason, he inspired both wild devotion and savage ridicule – as well as novels by Alexandre Dumas, a drama by Goethe...

The fifth installment of the “Odd True Tales” series… This volume focuses exclusively on the Inquisition, and is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. It’s divided into four chapters: Profit & Pain, Cries in the Dark, A Miscellany of Madness, Letter from Hell…

I've had the honor of being a hospice nurse for the last fourteen years. When I read the current bestsellers describing their end of life experience they made me angry. Dying is not a religious experience; it's a spiritual experience! From Sun to Sun is written without all the religious dogma...

A look at the feats martial artists are able to perform as well as how to develope internal power and meditate

From the towers of St. Cecilia�s Cathedral to the Buddhist statuary garden visible from North Omaha�s Sorensen Expressway, Omaha�s physical expressions of worship represent the world�s major faiths. Images of America: Omaha�s Historic Houses of Worship tells the story of how Omahans since the...

Profound, honest, and masterfully written—Between Gods forces us to reexamine our beliefs and the extent to which they define us. Growing up in a tight-knit Christian family, Alison Pick went to church regularly. But as a teenager, she discovered a remarkable family secret: her paternal grandparents...

The radicalization of Muslims and Islamic institutions in the United States, Europe, and across the Islamic world has fostered a new generation of Islamist activists, many of them willing to use violence to achieve their aims. In Radical Islam in America, Chris Heffelfinger describes the development...

In this sixth volume of The New Church's Teaching Series, Rebecca Lyman introduces us to the world of the early church. Beginning with the Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures in which the first followers of Jesus lived and worshiped, she traces the growth of the Christian church's theology, worship,...

Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk’s searing visions of the unity of humanity...

Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linked ritual activities. Is it a sport? Is it a religious ritual? Could it possibly be both? Why has it...