Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
10 best books like Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century (Philip Carr-Gomm): Sophie's Choice, Crossroads of Twilight, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears, The Country Between Us, Redeployment, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, Blue Hour, The Angel of History, Gathering the Tribes, Pi in the Sky
| Author | William Styron |
| ISBN | 0679736379 |
”Mercifully, I was at the age when reading was still a passion and thus, save for a happy marriage, the best state possible in which to keep absolute loneliness at bay. I could not have made it through those evenings otherwise. But I was an abandoned reader and, besides, outlandishly eclectic, with...
| Author | Robert Jordan |
| ISBN | 0312864590 |
In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the power of the Shadow grows stronger.
Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine...
Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
| Author | Pema Chödrön |
| ISBN | 1590306341 |
Best-seller Pema Chödrön draws on the Buddhist concept of shenpa to help us see how certain habits of mind tend to “hook” us and get us stuck in states of anger, blame, self-hatred, and addiction. The good news is that once we start to recognize these patterns, they instantly begin to lose their...
| Author | Carolyn Forché |
| ISBN | 0060909269 |
“Here is poetry of courage and passion, which manages to be tender and achingly sensual and what is often called ‘political’ at the same time. This is a major new voice.” — Margaret Atwood
The Country Between Us opens with a series of poems about El Salvador, where Carolyn Forché...
| Author | Phil Klay |
| ISBN | 1594204993 |
Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these...
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
| Author | Parker J. Palmer |
| ISBN | 0787947350 |
With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he shares insights gained from darkness and depression...
| Author | Carolyn Forché |
| ISBN | 0060099135 |
"Blue Hour is an elusive book, because it is ever in pursuit of what the German poet Novalis called 'the [lost] presence beyond appearance.' The longest poem, 'On Earth,' is a transcription of mind passing from life into death, in the form of an abecedary, modeled on ancient gnostic hymns. Other poems...
| Author | Carolyn Forché |
| ISBN | 0060925841 |
Placed in the context of twentieth-century moral disaster--war, genocide, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb--Forche's ambitions and compelling third collection of poems is a meditation of memory, specifically how memory survives the unimaginable. These poems reflect the effects of such experience:...
| Author | Carolyn Forché |
| ISBN | 0300019858 |
The language and images of Carolyn Forché’s poetry are so closely bound to the natural cycles of the seasons, of generations, of the body’s functioning, that it is surprising to realize how many of her poems deal with uprootedness—hasty emigrations from Czechoslovakia and Kiev, the loss of...
Joss is the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe. His older brothers help his dad rule the cosmos, but all Joss gets to do is deliver pies. That's right: pies. Of course, these pies actually hold the secrets of the universe between their buttery crusts, but they're still pies.
Joss is...
The Art of Taking Action: Lessons from Japanese Psychology
| Author | Gregg Krech |
| ISBN | 0982427387 |
Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Buddhism, Japanese Psychology, Zen, the Samurai, and Martial Arts, Gregg Krech offers an approach to ACTION that guides you to doing what is important for you to do in the time you have available. Most of us associate Eastern wisdom with meditation and contemplation....
The Path of Paganism: An Experience-Based Guide to Modern Pagan Practice
| Author | John Beckett |
| ISBN | 0738752053 |
Paganism is a way of seeing the world and your place in it. It means challenging the assumptions of mainstream society and strengthening your relationships with the gods, the universe, your community, and your self. The Path of Paganism provides practical advice and support for honoring your values...
