The Source of Dreams: When Human Imagination Died

The Source of Dreams: When Human Imagination Died
Author: Jack Tanner
Publisher: Magus Books
Total Pages: 199
Release:
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

What is the Source of Dreams? Where is it? In ancient times, humanity had the most enchanting ideas about dreams. That enchantment is gone. The human imagination is dying. It's time to revive it. Come with us to the magic lands where you can once again revel in the sheer power of imagination and creativity.

On Prophecy, Dreams and Human Imagination

On Prophecy, Dreams and Human Imagination
Author: Donald A. Russell
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2014-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161524196

Synesius' essay De insomniis ('On Dreams') inquires into the meaning and importance of dreams for human beings and treats themes - most of all the relationship of humans to higher spheres -, which for religiously- and philosophically-minded people are still important today.

The Evolution Of Gods : The Scientific Origin Of Divinity And Religion

The Evolution Of Gods : The Scientific Origin Of Divinity And Religion
Author: Ajay Kansal
Publisher: Epicurus Books
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-04-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9350294389

Did gods create mankind, or did mankind create gods? Why, when and how did mankind begin to worship gods? Religious scriptures the world over claim that one or the other god made man, but science has not yet identified any supernatural power that created and governed human beings. Was it man who came up with the idea of gods to help him cope with his own fears? Could it be that ancient people attributed natural phenomena-unfathomable and frightening to them-to the working of invisible gods? What kind of sufferings or bewilderments made people bow before unseen powers or gods as we call them? When were these gods created? Who invented morals and methods of worship? Who wrote the ancient scriptures such as the Bible and the Vedas? Most crucially, have gods and the scriptures shaped our responses to the world around us? The Evolution of Gods seeks to answer these questions, and explains scientifically how, when and why religions and gods came into being. Ajay Kansal marshals anthropological and historical facts about the development of religions in a simple and straightforward manner to assert that it was mankind that created gods, and not the other way around.

Love’s Shadow

Love’s Shadow
Author: Paul A. Bové
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0674249879

A case for literary critics and other humanists to stop wallowing in their aestheticized helplessness and instead turn to poetry, comedy, and love. Literary criticism is an agent of despair, and its poster child is Walter Benjamin. Critics have spent decades stewing in his melancholy. What if, instead, we dared to love poetry, to choose comedy over Hamlet’s tragedy, or to pursue romance over Benjamin’s suicide on the edge of France, of Europe, and of civilization itself? Paul A. Bové challenges young lit critters to throw away their shades and let the sun shine in. Love’s Shadow is his three-step manifesto for a new literary criticism that risks sentimentality and melodrama and eschews self-consciousness. The first step is to choose poetry. There has been since the time of Plato a battle between philosophy and poetry. Philosophy has championed misogyny, while poetry has championed women, like Shakespeare’s Rosalind. Philosophy is ever so stringent; try instead the sober cheerfulness of Wallace Stevens. Bové’s second step is to choose the essay. He praises Benjamin’s great friend and sometime antagonist Theodor Adorno, who gloried in writing essays, not dissertations and treatises. The third step is to choose love. If you want a Baroque hero, make that hero Rembrandt, who brought lovers to life in his paintings. Putting aside passivity and cynicism would amount to a revolution in literary studies. Bové seeks nothing less, and he has a program for achieving it.

Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics

Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics
Author: Fred Rosner
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Total Pages: 1290
Release: 2003
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781583305928

Ethical issues in modern medicine are of great concern and interest to all physicians and health-care providers throughout the world, as well as to the public at large. Jewish scholars and ethicists have discussed medical ethics throughout Jewish history.

Re-imagining Periphery

Re-imagining Periphery
Author: Charlotta Hillerdal
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789254531

This edited volume delves into the current state of Iron Age and Early Medieval research in the North. Over the last two decades of archaeological explorations, theoretical vanguards, and introduction of new methodological strategies, together with a growing amount of critical studies in archaeology taking their stance from a multidisciplinary perspective, have dramatically changed our understanding of Northern Iron Age societies. The profound effect of 6th century climatic events on social structures in Northern Europe, a reintegration of written sources and archaeological material, genetic and isotopic studies entirely reinterpreting previously excavated grave material, are but a few examples of such land winnings. The aim of this book is to provide an intense and cohesive focus on the characteristics of contemporary Iron Age research; explored under the subheadings of field and methodology, settlement and spatiality, text and translation, and interaction and impact. Gathering the work of leading, established researchers and field archaeologists based throughout northern Europe and in the frontline of this new emerging image, this volume provides a collective summary of our current understandings of the Iron Age and Early Medieval Era in the North. It also facilitates a renewed interaction between academia and the ever-growing field of infrastructural archaeology, by integrating cutting edge fieldwork and developing field methods in the corpus of Iron Age and Early Medieval studies. In this book, many hypotheses are pushed forward from their expected outcomes, and analytical work is not afraid of taking risks, thus advancing the field of Iron Age research, and also, hopefully, inspiring to a continued creation of new knowledge.

Death and Delusion

Death and Delusion
Author: Jerry S. Piven
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1607528479

This book argues that conventional interpretation of Freudian psychology has not accounted for the death anxiety and its relation to illusions and delusions. It contends that there is evidence to support the view that death anxiety is a very normal and central emotional threat human beings deal with by impeding awareness of the threat.

Opium and the Romantic Imagination

Opium and the Romantic Imagination
Author: Alethea Hayter
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2015-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0571306012

Does the habit of taking drugs make authors write better, or worse, or differently? Does it alter the quality of their consciousness, shape their imagery, influence their technique? For the Romantic writers of the nineteenth century, many of whom experimented with opium and some of whom were addicted to it, this was an important question, but it has never been fully answered. In this study Alethea Hayter examines the work of five writers - Crabbe, Coleridge, De Quincey, Wilkie Collins and Francis Thompson - who were opium addicts for many years, and of several other writers - notably Keats, Edgar Allan Poe and Baudelaire, but also Walter Scott, Dickens, Mrs Browning, James Thomson and others - who are known to have taken opium at times. The work of these writers is discussed in the context of nineteenth-century opinion about the uses and dangers of opium, and of Romantic ideas on the creative imagination, on dreams and hypnagogic visions, and on imagery, so that the idiosyncrasies of opium-influenced writing can be isolated from their general literary background. The examination reveals a strange and miserable region of the mind in which some of the greatest poetic imaginations of the nineteenth century were imprisoned.

John Wesley's Scriptural Christianity

John Wesley's Scriptural Christianity
Author: Thomas C. Oden
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 031075321X

This important work condenses the teachings of John Wesley--18 massive teachings and writings--into one remarkably consistent, highly accessible volume for the masses. This first book in a series is based primarily on Wesley's sermons. Later books will deal with his pastoral and ethical teachings. *Lightning Print On Demand Title

Neville Goddard and His Mentor Abdullah

Neville Goddard and His Mentor Abdullah
Author: Neville Goddard
Publisher: NOLADA LLC
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2024-03-22
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

Unlock the secrets of manifestation and spiritual enlightenment with "Neville Goddard and His Mentor Abdullah." This comprehensive compilation brings together Neville Goddard's lectures where he mentions his esteemed mentor, Abdullah, and shares the transformative teachings he received. Between 1929 and 1936, Neville Goddard had the privilege of being mentored by Abdullah, an Ethiopian rabbi residing in New York. Abdullah introduced Neville to the mysteries of Kabbalah, taught him Hebrew, and guided him on a profound journey of spiritual understanding. In this complete series of lectures, discover the profound influence of Abdullah on Neville's understanding of consciousness, imagination, and manifestation. Each lecture is a testament to the enduring wisdom imparted by Abdullah and Neville's dedication to sharing these invaluable insights with the world. Whether you're seeking to achieve your goals, improve your relationships, or simply live a more fulfilling life, "Neville Goddard and His Mentor Abdullah" will guide you on the path to mastering your mind and unlocking your unlimited potential. Get ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and awakening as you explore the teachings of Neville Goddard and his revered mentor, Abdullah. May this compilation serve as a guiding light on your path to manifesting your dreams and transforming your reality. The book includes the following lectures and chapters: Abdullah How We Got Together Q&A The One Greater Than John (January 9, 1964) Who Are The Condemned? (March 10, 1964) Gift Bestowed By God (June 4, 1971) Lesson 3, Thinking Fourth-Dimensionally, 5 lessons (1948) Awakened Imagination - Chapter 2 - Sealed Instructions (1954) Changing The Feeling of "I" (1953) Is Christ Your Imagination? (March 22, 1963) Incubate the Dream (May 10, 1963) The Supreme Ideal (January 21, 1964) Eternal States (February 20, 1964) The Cabala (January 15, 1965) In Praise of Wisdom (April 23, 1965) Your Future (January 04, 1966) The Secret of Praying (October 6, 1967) Conception (March 11, 1968) Partakers Of The Divine Nature (December 6, 1968) A Lesson in Scripture (October 23, 1967) The Serpent: Jesus Christ (March 25, 1968) Enjoy your reading