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This guide provides readers with essential background information for studying and practising with Patrul Rinpoches Words of My Perfect Teacher. Rinpoches book is important to all practitioners and scholars of Tibetan Buddhism. Its nineteenth-century author is well-known for his direct teaching style, his sense of humour, and his skill with anecdotes and teaching stories. The Guide brings this work into perspective with an interesting overview.

"This is more than a useful corrective for the pop-Kabbalah fantasies that have become fashionable among some spiritual seekers--it is also a serious aid to anyone seeking a serious encounter with Je

Coleen Nolan singer TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth straight talking and compassion But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way formed by her own deeply felt experiences of loss and grief Inspired by her own life and her podcast on grief Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings but on those of friends and celebrities she s interviewed who share their personal takes on loss and life after it By turns moving courageous and inspiring each chapter also features a poem to make you smile think or shed a tear Written with accessibility heart and fellow feeling this is not a guidebook but a companion a friendly word in the darkest times packed with advice understanding and hope a book to say you re not alone

Over 700,000 copies of the original hardcover and paperback editions of this stunningly popular book have been sold. Karen Armstrong's superbly readable exploration of how the three dominant monotheistic religions of the world--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--have shaped and altered the conception of God is a tour de force. One of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, Armstrong traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. From classical philosophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the modern age of skepticism, Armstrong performs the near miracle of distilling the intellectual history of monotheism into one compelling volume.

Armstrong, a British journalist and former nun, guides us along one of the most elusive and fascinating quests of all time--the search for God. Like all beloved historians, Armstrong entertains us with deft storytelling, astounding research, and makes us feel a greater appreciation for the present because we better understand our past. Be warned: A History of God is not a tidy linear history. Rather, we learn that the definition of God is constantly being repeated, altered, discarded, and resurrected through the ages, responding to its followers' practical concerns rather than to mystical mandates. Armstrong also shows us how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have overlapped and influenced one another, gently challenging the secularist history of each of these religions. --Gail Hudson

A modern classic--the most authoritative and readable history of the Jewish state ever published--this massively updated volume carries the full story of Israel, from its early 19th-century ideological beginnings to the most recent peace agreements with Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinians. 34 maps.

This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. The author takes the story back to the 13th century, when visual images of Satan first started to appear, and forward to the 20th Century, dealing with, among others, the place of the diabolical in the films of Stanley Kubrick, including "Eyes Wide Shut," The changing figures of Evil over time are shown to correlate with the way in which men conceive of their destinies and the future of their civilisation. Fascination with the diabolical having reached its height in the witch-hunts of the 15th and 16th centuries, by the enlightenment, begins to show signs of decline, a process which has continued up to today. The result of this process, for modern western society, is a subtle metamorphosis of the notion of the devil from fear of Satan, into an internal demon, "the demon within" characterised by a distrust of oneself and ones desires. It is this conception of the diabolical that is visible today in our interest in the supernatural, exorcism, and for example, in the role of the "devlish good" in advertising.