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William James, en su libro Las variedades de la experiencia religiosa (con prólogo de Aranguren), dedica un apartado a la "Inutilidad de las definiciones sencillas de la religión" .Y Kolakowski escribe: "Nunca estoy seguro de qué es la religión, y menos aún de qué es la filosofía, pero, sea lo que fuere, la religión incluye la historia de los dioses, de los hombres y del universo" . No es momento de analizar el significado plural del término...
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Exploring history, folklore, mythology, and science, this book gives you a unique look at two of the most popular magical creatures of all time. The crow and his cousin, the raven, are featured players in many cultures throughout the world, including Norse, Celtic, Jewish, and Indigenous traditions. This guide teaches you how to welcome these highly intelligent birds into your own spiritual practice, whether you follow Wicca, Heathenry, Druidry, or...
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Life is a delicate, ever-changing balance of happy and sad, good and bad. It's a journey filled with thousands of challenges that can push a person to just give up once in a while. When there seem to be few specks of hope, and it all seems to swing between breaking down, slipping into depression, or ratcheting up your stress levels to high anxiety, you need a helping hand to help lead you out of it. This book has all the tools to help lead you to...
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Creating, collecting curating, and narrating The Yoga Library is the work of lifelong bhakti yogi, Sripad Jagannatha Das. The acclaimed internationally best-selling author and Emmy-nominated actor began the project ten years ago in Vrndavana, India researching and recording rare articles on the most important, timely, inspirational, and detailed aspects of the over 5,000-year-old Vedic yogic philosophy and culture.
Here, in an inspirational, exciting,...
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The Diamond Sutra, also known as the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, is a significant Buddhist text that belongs to the Prajñāpāramitā genre, which emphasizes the perfection of wisdom. The Diamond Sutra is considered one of the earliest dated printed texts, dating back to 868 CE. The narrative within the Diamond Sutra revolves around a conversation between the Buddha and his disciple Subhuti.
In this dialogue, the Buddha imparts profound...
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Devotional giving help and encouragement for Christian moms.
Motherhood is one of life's most joyful yet most difficult gifts. We are eager to get it "right," yet parenting usually highlights our weaknesses and leaves us worried about our mistakes.
These hope-filled, positive devotions recognize the realities and pressures, joys and disappointments of motherhood and will give you a precious reminder of grace from God's word to hold onto each...
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Peter Dennis is a hypnotist and has done many past life regressions with his clients. A few years ago, some of Peter's clients, while visiting past lives, started reporting lives on other planets. This prompted Peter to pursue this further and, in so doing, a number of clients began to channel. After five women began Channeling, Peter wrote this book detailing some of the concerns, inhibitions and fears that these women dealt with as they pursued...
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In dem berühmten und hier erstmals als Hörbuch vorliegenden Werk "Über das Wesen des Guten" aus dem Jahre 399 belehrt uns Augustinus, der große Kirchenvater und unermüdliche Vorkämpfer der Christenheit, über das Gute im Menschen und wie wir es in der Liebe zu Gott verwirklichen können.
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"Wiccan Chronicles: From Ancient Roots to Modern Practice- Exploring the History and Traditions of Wiccan Craft" will take you on a fascinating journey through the history of Wicca, from its prehistoric beginnings to its thriving modern existence. This book provides a thorough overview of Wiccan spirituality's historical evolution and ongoing traditions, allowing readers to fully engage themselves in an immersive examination of the complex tapestry.
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One troubling trend amongst people today is the belief in "Luck". If you ask "What is Luck?" giving the impression you never heard of it before they are at a loss of words to explain what exactly "Luck" is. They've never actually thought about it but just believed that it existed. First we must know what luck is before we can come to classify it, if it exists.
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Thick Nhat Hanh's The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
In The Heart of Buddha's Teaching (1998), Thich Nhat Hanh dives deeply into the teachings of Buddhism, bringing forth its accessibility and application in our daily lives. He covers the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, and much more, providing the fundamentals of Buddhist thought.
With eloquence and spirituality,...
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What is the purpose of studying history? How do we reflect on contemporary life from a historical perspective, and can such reflection help us better understand ourselves, the world around us, and the God we worship and serve?
Written by an accomplished historian, award-winning author, public evangelical spokesman, and respected teacher, this introductory textbook shows why Christians should study history, how faith is brought to bear on our understanding...
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Summary of Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion evaluates popular arguments for the existence of God. The idea that God is not an object that can be accessed and reviewed using human reason is rejected. Instead, evidence that proves with at least 51% certainty is presented to prove that God does, in fact, not exist, casting reasonable doubt on the efficacy and usefulness of belief in God.
Genuine curiosity as disciplined by a sound scientific method...
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The most comprehensive examination to date of the claim that Islam, as a system of scripture, law and spirituality, is antiblack
It is commonly claimed that Islam is antiblack, even inherently bent on enslaving Black Africans. Western and African critics alike have contended that antiblack racism is in the faith's very scriptural foundations and its traditions of law, spirituality, and theology. But what is the basis for this accusation?
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Disillusioned by narrow theologies, church dysfunction, and constricted readings of Scripture, people are leaving Christianity in droves. But Jesus describes the reign of God as a house with many rooms, writes Debie Thomas, one of the most auspicious voices in religious writing today. In this work of sprawling spiritual and literary imagination, Thomas claims that wherever God dwells, there is expansiveness and belonging.
Thomas knows what a cramped...
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Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933) was a Jewish professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, popular lecturer, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement, and is often considered one of the main influences on modern Humanistic Judaism
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Buy now to get the key takeaways from Eknath Easwaran's The Bhagavad Gita.
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1) The Bhagavad Gita serves as a personal guide. It offers questions and answers on how to successfully survive in a world full of obstacles and change. It is a map for life.
2) The central subject of the Bhagavad Gita is not the external war, but the war within. It tackles the fight for self-mastery that is present within every person, a battle that...
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Don't navigate the blues alone. In this 90-day devotional, Katara Washington Patton openly shares her personal experience with the blues. She offers hope through practical steps and godly wisdom that have helped her and many others find freedom from worry, anxiety, and depression. Each day contains an easy-to-listen devotion with Scripture, as Patton warmly reminds you that even Jesus suffered and overcame depressing times. Katara Washington Patton...
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Summary of Tara Westover's Educated is a memoir about how an uneducated young woman raised in the remote mountains of Idaho came to earn a doctorate from Cambridge University. Raised outside of society, in a violent household run by Mormon fundamentalists, Tara never saw herself as a person with choices or prospects...
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The concept of the "Waking Buddha" is a profound and transformative idea deeply rooted in Zen Buddhism. It encapsulates the essence of Zen practice, where awakening to one's true nature is not relegated to some far-off spiritual attainment but is a lived reality, an ever-present possibility. In this essay, we will explore the notion of the Waking Buddha, what it means, and how it pertains to our daily lives.
The Waking Buddha represents the idea...
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