books about: arkana

books about: arkana

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Arkana

Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design (Arkana)

Laurence G. Boldt

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

An amazing resource for people looking for meaning in their work
I am an integral coach who does a lot of career counseling. This is hands down my absolute favorite book on this topic because it provides inspiration, practical tools and presents good information in a way that is very easy for anyone to understand. This book is ...

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Arkana)

Malidoma Patrice Some

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995

Without repeating others
This book is a transformative agent that releases the Western mind of all false concepts of spirituality and the spiritual world. I highly recommend this book. Recognize that you will not be the same after completing this journey in the form of literature. Bless!

The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer (Arkana)

Kyriacos C. Markides

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989

a deeper view of the world we inhabit
I have often advised young people to travel the world, not as a tourist but for extended visits to immerse themselves in other cultures. If nothing else, the traveler encounters a diversity of beings and ways of living that change, to a greater or lesser degree, how ...

A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume

Foundation for Inner Peace

Viking Pr, 1996

The most important book of my life.
I am well educated by modern western standards - I have a masters degree in electrical engineering, and a masters degree in business (MBA)...I am middle-aged so I have had plenty of time to witness life on earth...I was also in the US Navy at an early age...I hope this ...

Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind

Alexander Lowen

Penguin / Arkana, 1994

Great Book!
Lowen's book does what they all do -- it gets us back in touch with our genuine, inner selves by making the emotional expression of oneself through the body the vehicle for authentic self-expression and spontaneity. It liberated me to feel more spontaneously without ...

The Beloved: Reflections on the Path of the Heart (Arkana)

Kahlil Gibran

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

When Love calls nothing can stand in its way!
"His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own." -- Claude Bragdon Kahlil Gibran, on Love: Love was the ...

Mysticism and the New Physics (Arkana)

Michael Talbot

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993

Another great book by Michael Talbot!
First read the Holographic Universe and was entralled because I see or have worked with wierd things before and after Reiki. His examples made sense, all getting back to quantum physics. Now comes a book to refine the info in the Holographic Universe as related to the ...

The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (Arkana)

Kahlil Gibran

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

I love this book!
Each short is unique and beautiful. The way he articulates, the metaphors he uses, the message he puts forth....It all comes together and just makes you smile! And I smiled and nodded my head while reading most of this book. I couldn't put it down. I read it straight ...

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita : A New Translation and Commentary, Chapters 1-6

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990

A Happy Ending to a Long Search
Several years ago I read one of the many translations available of the great classic, The Bhagavad-Gita. I was deeply moved by its beauty and by the ring of truth it conveyed. But it left me frustrated. I wanted to know how I could experience for myself the great ...

Be as You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Arkana)

Sri Ramana Maharshi

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989

Essential Wisdom, Must Read, Extraordinary Sage
Be As You Are is a spiritual classic from one of the most revered sages of modern day India. First and foremost, the book carries the frequency of presence and will have its effect without even reading a single word. As far as structure, David Godman has compiled ...

The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Arkana)

Arthur Koestler

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990

A Masterwork
Koestler has written a superb summary of the early history of science. The views expressed are certainly partial but it is almost impossible not to be transported by Koestler's prose into a world inhabited by Aristotle, Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler and Galileo. It is a ...

The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders (Arkana)

Desmond Seward

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996

Tough knights in shining armour
This is a very good introduction to the history of the military religious orders: Templars, Hospitallers of Saint John (today Knights of Malta), Santiago, Calatrava, Alcantara, Teutons and others. The first ones, Templars and Hospitallers, were founded in the XII ...

The Sorcerer's Crossing: A Woman's Journey (Arkana)

Taisha Abelar

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993

Sorcery from a woman's perspective
For anyone who has followed the legendary exploits of Carlos Castaneda, whether you judge them to be fact or fiction, the personal account of Taisha Ablelar's induction into Castaneda's realm is an experience not to be missed. If anything, her accounts offer the reader ...

Music, Mysticism and Magic: A Sourcebook (Arkana)

Malcolm Godwin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988

Royal Road To The Divine ~ Extolling The Spiritual Nature Of Music
'Music, Mysticism and Magic' by Joscelyn Godwin is an absolutely amazing first of its kind sourcebook that belongs in a honored spot in the bookcase of every serious musicologist, mystic, magician and theologian. This scholarly and invaluable work contains the ...

The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image (Arkana)

Jules Cashford, Anne Baring

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993

One of the Best Books Available on the Goddess
Simply put, this is one of the best books out there on the Many-Named Goddess. The two authors spent over ten years researching and writing this book and it shows. The book traces the evolution of the Divine Feminine from Inanna, to Ishtar, to Isis, to Gaia, to Athena, ...