Aleisha is a medium and channel for the teaching guide Ishamcvan She takes dictation from this advanced spirit entity as he answers the questions put to him by many people from around the world on a wide variety of spiritual subjects. As well he gives insights to endless aspects spirituality, of the soul's passage through life, its development and the ultimate lessons it must experience whilst here on earth. This is a categorized record of some of those questions. Nothing has been altered. All answers are exactly as they were received. What is the meaning of life? How do you achieve true happiness? Why do we have to suffer? What happens when we die? How do we define love? These and hundreds more questions are answered with clarity and understanding by Ishamcvan, this teacher of all things spiritual. Unfold the mysteries of why we are living a life on earth. Forget what you heard before and read the basics. The answers are simple. You will never wonder again.

Bullsh * t. I've been raising this spirit beast for more than half a month. If I wasn't so short on money that I couldn't afford this pill and couldn't bear to let it starve to death in my hands, who else would be willing to sell such a good thing?

The book brings some highlight about God and human beings. God is three in one. God the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. When God created human beings He created them to be like Him possessing the spirit, soul and body. The book will therefore show that human beings are from God and for God. A human being is spirit has a soul and lives in the body. Each part has its role in maintaining the relationship with God. Each part has its significant role to make a man whole, and the book will show the role of each part in a man.

This monograph discusses the Zohar, the most important book of the Kabbalah, as a late strata of the Midrashic literature. The author concentrates on the 'expanded' biblical stories in the Zohar and on its relationship to the ancient Talmudic Aggadah. The analytical and critical examination of these biblical themes reveals aspects of continuity and change in the history of the old Aggadic story and its way into the Zoharic corpus. The detailed description of this literary process also reveals the world of the authors of the Zohar, their spiritual distress, mystical orientations, and self-consciousness.

In many parts of the contemporary world, spirit beliefs and practices have taken on a pivotal role in addressing the discontinuities and uncertainties of modern life. The myriad ways in which devotees engage the spirit world show the tremendous creative potential of these practices and their innate adaptability to changing times and circumstances. Through in-depth anthropological case studies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, the contributors to this book investigate the role and impact of different social, political, and economic dynamics in the reconfiguration of local spirit worlds in modern Southeast Asia. Their findings contribute to the re-enchantment debate by revealing that the “spirited modernities” that have emerged in the process not only embody a distinct feature of the contemporary moment, but also invite a critical rethinking of the concept of modernity itself.

"With the purchase of a venerable scroll from double-crossing Arabian bandits nearly complete, Max William York, the adventurous director of a New York consulting firm, will have to use all of his knowledge to escape with aged parchment--and his life."--Back cover

• Mongolian shamaness Sarangerel provides a hands-on guide for serious students of the shamanic path. • Includes complete directions for traditional Siberian rituals, meditations, and divination techniques never before published. • Shows how to recognize and acknowledge a call from the spirits. • Offers traditional wisdom for nurturing a working relationship with personal spirit helpers to promote healing and balance in a community. The shaman's purpose is to heal and restore balance to his or her community by developing a working relationship with the spirit world. Mongolian shamanic tradition maintains that all true shamans are called by the spirits--but those who are not from shamanic cultures may have difficulty recognizing the call or nurturing the essential shamanic relationship with their helper spirits. Buryat shamaness Sarangerel has written Chosen by the Spirits as a guide for both the beginning shaman and the advanced practitioner. Although raised in the United States, she was drawn to the shamanic tradition, and in 1991 returned to her ancestral homeland in the Tunken region of southern Siberia to study with traditional Buryat shamans. Her first book, Riding Windhorses, provided an introduction to the shamanic world of Siberia. Chosen by the Spirits delves more deeply into the personal relationship between the shamanic student and his or her "spirit family." Sarangerel recounts her own journey into shamanic practice and provides the serious student with practical advice and hands-on techniques for recognizing and acknowledging a shamanic calling, welcoming and embodying the spirits, journeying to the spirit world, and healing both people and places.

In his praise for Part I of Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, the eminent Kierkegaard scholar Eduard Geismar said, "I am of the opinion that nothing of what he has written is to such a degree before the face of God. Anyone who really wants to understand Kierkegaard does well to begin with it." These discourses, composed after Kierkegaard had initially intended to end his public writing career, constitute the first work of his "second authorship." Characterized by Kierkegaard as ethical-ironic, Part One, "Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing," offers a penetrating discussion of double-mindedness and ethical integrity. Part Two, "What We Learn from the Lilies in the Field and from the Birds of the Air," humorously exposes an inverted qualitative difference between the learner and the teacher. In Part Three, "The Gospel of Sufferings, Christian Discourses," the philosopher explores how joy can come out of suffering.