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Spirituality
Spirituality Books
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The Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques To Release Your Body's Own Medicine
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10
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Roger Jahnke
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A great introduction to Qi Gong which teaches a lot about the basics of the breath, self massage, and movement. A must have for anyone trying to learn easy techniques to allow their body work better and to gain a better understanding of how energy flows through the body.
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The Power of Now
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10
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Eckhart Tolle
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7 Minutes of Magic: Recharge Your Body Each Day with Qi Gong
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10
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Lee Holden
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A great book for those looking to start off in Qi Gong. It has details on two routines, one for recharging your energy in the morning, and one for destressing in the evening. Easy to follow and easy ti work into your life. Great stuff!
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The Four Agreements
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10
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Don Miguel Ruiz
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This huge best seller is one of the easiest books you will ever read. The premise is that if you make these four agreements with yourself you will allow your true nature to be released. These agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Words, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.
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Masters of the Living Energy: The Mystical World of the Q'ero of Peru
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10
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Joan Parisi Wilcox
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An in-depth look at the Q'ero shaman of Peru by Parisi who spent a few years studying them. Some great insites for Mesa carriers, healers, and for despacho ceremonies. A must for anyone on that path.
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Power vs. Force
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10
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David Hawkins
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Hawkin's pioneering work in kiniseology and spirituality in great detail. Just fantastic.
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Shaman, Healer, Sage
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10
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Alberto Villoldo
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Alberto's defining book and the one that made him a bestselling author explains many of the healing ways of the Inca Shaman. Part manual, part history, and part inspirational.
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Breakfast with Buddha
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9.6
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Roland Merullo
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A great little story of a happy guy who ends up on a road trip with a famous zenish monk. Fun, witty, and really interesting. Great stuff. I'll read this one again some day. A spiritual road trip that will make you smile.
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Slowing Down to the Speed of Life
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9.6
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Richard Carlson
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A great look at how being presetn improves so many parts of your life with great tips on how to get there. A book that works well for the beginner looking to learn more about themelves and their life or for folks who have read lots of other stuff. From the Amazon reivew, "Carlson recommends a "Psychology of Mind" approach that involves being fully present in each situation and not letting the attitudes of others ruin your day. This way, your thoughts become more organized--wiser, if you will--and you get more work done without even trying. This time management trick is what he says will improve your life--not a cell phone or an electronic scheduler or a personal assistant. "
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The Little Book of Yoga Breathing: Pranayama Made Easy
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9.5
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Scott Shaw
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A great little (and cheap) book about basic breathing techniques that can take 2 minutes and help you feel energized and more alert, or calmer and refreshed. Really easy to do. A great one stop shopper place to find out the basics and learn how to take advantage of years of Yoga practicioners research.
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You Can Heal Your Life
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9.5
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Louse H. Hay
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A great introduction on some basic energetic and spritual principles that help people heal their lives.
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The Impeccable Warrior of Light
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9.5
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Peace Mother Getta Sacrd Song
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A great book on how an impeccable warrior of light (one on a spiritual path) can walk their path with protection and help others. Real good stuff.
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Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
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9.5
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Joan Halifax
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Author Joan Halifax has a lot of experience as a care giver and gives some great insight on how to be with someone who is dying. And how we can have a more full life by acknowledging that we will someday die.
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Ariadne's Book of Dreams: A Dictionary of Ancient and Contemporary Symbols
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9.5
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Arainde Green
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Ariadne Green, the woman behind the dream interpretation service web site DreamThread, has put together this fabulous book on interpreting dreams from a Shamanic perspective. A great explanation of how dreams fit into the 3 world model along with a detailed dream dictionary make this a must have.
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Qi Gong for Total Wellness
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9.5
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Dr. Baolin Wu
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A great inside look at one of the most reverred and secretive Qo Gong practices, the 9 Palaces. Great background on where it came from and detailed explanations on the movements.
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The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi
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9.5
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Roger Jahnke
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A look at Jahnke's 9 phases to learn to work with Qi. A great book for beginners trying to learn some easy movements and a lot of the history of Qi Gong.
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Eat, Pray, Love
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9.4
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Fantastic memoir of a woman's trip to Italy, India, and Indonesia to find herself after a traumatic divorce. There's lots of books of people finding their path through life but author Elizabeth Gilbert is a highly entertaining author which adds a lot to the mix.
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Siddhartha
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9.4
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Herman Hess
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This 1951 classic is a great stoy, very readable, and a great learning experience. Siddhartha's quest for enlightment teaches many lessons along with the way with vivid moments of clarity that really help you understand his struggle.
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Practical Psychic Self-Defense: Understanding and Surviving Unseen Influences
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9.2
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Robert Bruce
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A great book that has a lot of stuff on signals of energetic disruptions, how to identify different factors, many different steps to take for clearing and protection.
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The Heart of Buddah's Teaching
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9
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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A great once over for the basic Buddhist principles from one of the most prolific teachers in Thich Nhat Hahn.
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The Alchemist
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9
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Paul Coelho
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Paule Coelho's classic fable of a poor shepherd trying to accomplish his "personal legend".
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The Four Insights
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9
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Alberto Villoldo
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Alberto's look into the four insights that will let you lead your life in a more conscious way as taught to him from the earthkeepers.
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Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner's Guide
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9
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Sandra Ingerman
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The definitive book on shamanic journeying.
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Courageous Dreaming
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9
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Alberto Villoldo
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Alberto writes about dreaming your world into being. A great look at how to set intention and your life and plenty about the basics of Shamanism.
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Intention
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8.8
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Wayne Dyer
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Dyer looks at the energy behind intention and gives some great ten step programs on how to make things happen in your life.
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The Miracle of Mindfullness
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8.8
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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Thich Nhat Han's simple and powerful book about how becoming mindful can change your life. FROM AMAZON: "Miracle of Mindfulness is a sly commentary on the Anapanasati Sutra, the Sutra on Breath to Maintain Mindfulness. "Sly" because it doesn't read like a dry commentary at all. One of Thich Nhat Hanh's most popular books, Miracle of Mindfulness is about how to take hold of your consciousness and keep it alive to the present reality, whether eating a tangerine, playing with your children, or washing the dishes. A world-renowned Zen master, Nhat Hanh weaves practical instruction with anecdotes and other stories to show how the meditative mind can be achieved at all times and how it can help us all "reveal and heal." Nhat Hanh is a master at helping us find a calm refuge within ourselves and teaching us how to reach out from there to the rest of the world. "
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Tarot & Dream Interpretation
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8.8
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Julie Gillentine
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A great how to book on using the Tarot to interpret dreams. Several spreads are included including detailed examples of using them along with a section outlining the dream meanings of all the cards.
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American Shaolin
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8.7
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Matthew Polly
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Matthew Polly was a college junior interested in the martial arts and in overcoming his own cowardice when he decided to go to China and study at the Shaoline Temple in the mid 90's Great account of what it takes to study the arts at this level, of life in China at that time, and of growing into your life.
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