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If you never knew disappointment, would you ever grow? If you had never felt loss, could you have compassion for another? Without real heartache, would you ever know the greatness of love? On When the Heart Breaks, David Whyte invites you to join him in an investigation of a question that rests at the center of human experience. With a poet's insight into the landscape of the soul, he offers a deeply moving exploration of how we experience love and loss, and how with resilience and time we can rise again each time we are broken.

What is standing between you and a life of health and well-being? As an inspiration for all of us seeking to embrace our truth, healer and author David Elliott lays out a path for people to pursue their own healing. Healing takes you deeper into the core issues that prevent the flow of balanced energy in the body. David combines personal stories, examples from his work, exercises, and meditations to help the listener along the journey. This is truly a healing handbook for everyone, awakening the healer in each of us.

An Uncarved Life is a quiet book for a noisy world. Rooted in the traditions of Daoist (Taoist) wisdom, this meditative work offers short, poetic reflections on simplicity, stillness, and the art of not forcing. Without personal stories, without academic exposition, it invites listeners into direct experience—each chapter a doorway, not a destination.

Perhaps no declaration incites more theological and moral outrage than a human's claim to be divine. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically represented as the most hubristic and dangerous tyrants. Their horrible punishments are predictable and still serve as morality tales in religious communities today. But not all self-deifiers are saddled with pride and fated to fall.

Discover the profound historical mystery of the Star of David in this definitive guide to one of the world's most enduring symbols. This book takes you on a transformative journey beyond the surface, revealing the esoteric secrets and sacred geometry that have shaped civilizations for millennia. By exploring the Star’s deep connection to the legendary Seal of Solomon, you will unlock ancient wisdom regarding the balance of opposites; heaven and earth, male and female, and the physical and spiritual realms.

This volume offers an accessible investigation of the Naassene discourse embedded in the anonymous Refutation of All Heresies (completed about 222 CE), in order to understand the theology and ritual life of the Naassene Christian movement in the late second and early third centuries CE. The work provides basic data on the date, genre, and provenance of the Naassene discourse as summarized by the author of the Refutation (or Refutator).

Over the course of seven years, David Sauvage wrote about his healing journey, sharing stories of Burning Man, Ayahuasca, multi-generational trauma, overcoming suicidal depression and the sudden emergence of his psychic abilities—all on Facebook.