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The Rise of Shams is the first volume of a story that follows the spiritual awakening of a superfluous millennial in a new world.His name is Darien Shams, a young Iranian living in Dubai, whose life is void of meaning and direction. On one of his darker nights, he is visited by a deity in a dream, who tells him to follow the sun. And on the eve of his best friend's wedding, he meets a girl who has a sun tattooed on her arm. He follows the sun as he...
82) Religion
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If you're waiting for the world's "Holy Men" to tell you the truth about their religions, do you suppose they'll mention that: The Tao Te Ching was only created because Lao Tzu was thrown in jail by a disciple who didn't want to let him leave town without writing down his teachings? "Passover" celebrates God killing all firstborn Egyptian kids while Jewish homes were "passed over" by the angel of death?
Shinto, a nature-loving, mellow religion, was...
83) How the Children Became Stars: A Children's Treasury of Inspirational Stories, Myths, and Fables
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All children love stories. Parents and teachers love them too because they connect us to the wisdom and beauty found in all cultures and peoples of the earth. How the Children Became Stars is a gift of fifty-two of our most time-tested and often-told stories, myths, and fables for today's children to learn from and enjoy. In this book, they'll discover a whole world of inspiration - from the Aboriginal Australian hero who chased a kangaroo and discovered...
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Love and Life Behind the Purdah (1901) is a collection of short stories by Indian writer, lawyer, and social reformer Cornelia Sorabji. Raised by Christian missionaries, Sorabji trained as a lawyer at Oxford University before returning to India to work with women and orphans across the country. Her fictional work illustrates a creative imagination and well-rounded sense of the diverse political and religious identities that make up the population...
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The idea of punishment after death-whereby the souls of the wicked are consigned to Hell (Gehenna, Gehinnom, or Jahannam)-emerged out of beliefs found across the Mediterranean, from ancient Egypt to Zoroastrian Persia, and became fundamental to the Abrahamic religions. Once Hell achieved doctrinal expression in the New Testament, the Talmud, and the Qur'an, thinkers began to question Hell's eternity, and to consider possible alternatives-hell's rivals....
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"WHAT COMES AFTER NATIONS?" is the right question for these turbulent times.
Much of this turmoil is a result of the conflict between nations around the world. Nations and nationalism, are the most recent form of governance, however, while their numbers and sovereign powers increased over time, in today's world, every nation's sovereignty is under assault by powerful global forces.
Humanity's history is not just a collection of chance events, but...
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Tour the most formative period for religion and philosophy in world history. Join award-winning classics professor Matthew Dillon and explore the myriad developments of the Axial Age.
Axial Age refers to the era (800—200 BCE) when five Eurasian civilizations experienced an unprecedented period of development in philosophy, religion, and art. In this compelling audio course, Professor Matthew Dillon argues that the schools of thought that emerged...
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"How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people-as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has shown. But it isn't easy to maintain a sense that there are invisible spirits who care about you. In How God Becomes Real, acclaimed anthropologist and scholar of religion T. M. Luhrmann argues that people must work incredibly hard to make gods real and...
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In his probing study of the role of death rites in the making of Islamic society, Leor Halevi imaginatively plays prescriptive texts against material culture and advances new ways of interpreting highly contested sources. His original research reveals that religious scholars of the early Islamic period produced codes of funerary law not only to define the handling of a Muslim corpse but also to transform everyday urban practices. Relying on oral traditions,...
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The groundbreaking professional resource for providing spiritual guidance to people from faith traditions other than your own.
This comprehensive resource offers valuable information for providing spiritual guidance to people from a wide variety of faith traditions. Covering the world's faith traditions as well as interfaith, blended and independent approaches to spirituality, each chapter is written by a spiritual guidance professional from that...
91) A Persian Tale
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For millennia, the Arab world has been one of extremes: a place where wind-swept desert plains coexist with tropical climes and rich vegetation. It is a place where the splendor and majesty of some of the largest and oldest cities on earth provide a stark contrast to wandering desert nomads who travel with all belongings in tow–a place where warring peoples are as common as a depth of spiritual commitment found few places on earth. This novel traces...
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Since the dawn of civilization, religion has shaped the human mind and experience. But until recently, the world's religious traditions existed in different spheres, separated by barriers of culture and geography.
Now, Wisdom from the World's Religions folds the teachings of the great faith traditions into one easy and illuminating educational experience. Grounded in a comparative religionist approach, this audio series introduces you to the principles...
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This Volume Presents An Outer Conception Of The Science Of Mentalphysics.
Many people, however, ask "What is the Logos?"
I must explain, then, that in all philosophy and theology, ancient and modern, the word "Logos" has always been used. Its full meaning, however, is obscure. It is a Greek word, whose dictionary definition is "the word or form which expresses a thought; also the thought." Webster defines the word as "the rational principle in the...
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Welcome to the companion Workbook of Cosmic Truth, God, Us, and the Extraterrestrials. I designed this Learning Aid to assist you with organizing your thoughts about the world you now live in. Religion and Science, as well as Faith and Reason, are about to be shaken once again. Questions about God, Creation, Earthly Life, Us, the Cosmos and Extraterrestrial Intelligence is about to get very serious for a lot of people, especially since many authorities...
95) Theosophy. Classic Collection. The Complete Works of H. P. Blavatsky. Works of Henry S. Olcott. I
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Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism, it draws upon both older European philosophies such as Neoplatonism and Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
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The Middle East is the center of three great ancient civilizations--Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian. It is also the seat of four monotheistic religions--Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam. Because of the strategic location between the West and the East, the Middle East, since the early nineteenth century, became the fulcrum of competition among and between great powers, including Czarist Russia, and it became intensified with the outbreak...
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Iran is rarely out of the headlines, and there is likely to be a rush of interest from tourists and investors if the provisional framework agreement reached in April 2015 is implemented, lifting most sanctions in exchange for limits on its nuclear program for at least ten years. Western fascination with Iran is nothing new. For centuries, foreigners have been entranced by a country that is quite distinct from all others in the region. Iran is home...
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The Iranian Plateau has an extensive history dating back to 100,000 BCE!
Today, Persia is known as the country of Iran, but long ago, Persia was once home to various nomadic tribes. It saw the rise of many empires and dynasties. The Assyrians fell to the Medians, who paved the way for the emergence of the Achaemenid Empire, one of the greatest empires in ancient history.
Throughout history, Persia made great contributions to the language and culture...
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Long before it was known as Afghanistan, and even longer before it acquired its current reputation, Afghanistan's modern borders were fairly congruent with the ancient country known as Bactria. Bactria was the seat of several different kingdoms during the course of many centuries, but none were as successful as the Kushan Empire, the dominant political entity in Central Asia from the early 2nd century BCE until the early 3rd century CE, during which...
100) Karakalpakstan
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“Bradt's Karakalpakstan” is the longest, most detailed and most up-to-date travel guidebook to this autonomous republic-Central Asia's best-kept secret. With detailed information on what to see and do, listings for accommodation and restaurants, and guidance on getting around, this guide provides all the practical advice adventurous tourists need to visit or explore this exciting destination.
Roughly the size of Sweden, Karakalpakstan borders...