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Invoke the Goddess; Visualizations of Hindu, Greek, and Egyptian Deities Review

Invoke the Goddess; Visualizations of Hindu, Greek, and Egyptian Deities
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The strength of this book lies in the ritual baths and goddess meditations. While I thought the meditations were a bit too structured and guided, I appreciated the creativity behind them. It did surprise me, however, that the suggestion was placed where a goddess may refuse you during the meditation. I think planting that idea in someone's head is defeating the purpose of the working. It would have been better to say "how does the goddess respond to you" instead of going into the meditation worry if the goddess is going to refuse you. Also, there was little mention of thanking that goddess for her gifts/audience.
I thought the weakness of the book was in the Mundane Archetypes. For the most part, it gave the impression that the goddess are petty and the information did not necessarily follow the mythology presented earlier in the chapter - especially for Artemis (orgies?!). The book "Goddesses in Everywoman" by Jean Shinoda Bolen is a much better resources for this type of information. I think the author would have been better served to leave out these sections and maybe focussed more on the Tarot aspects.
I would recommend this book for the ritual baths and meditations (with less structure). I would not turn to it as a resource for goddess information. However, I was inspired to check out the author's bibliography to see where she got her background information.

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A Dictionary of Gnosticism Review

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This book is a terrific reference for anyone interested in religion, mysticism, esoterica, ancient history and any form of Gnosis from ancient to modern. Though it would appear at first glance to be a basic dictionary of words rarely used and seldom contemplated in the average everyday world, it is a storehouse of clues to the origins of Western esoterica and literary fancy. Take "AEEIOUO," an entry on page 5. Reminiscent of the Caterpillar's song in Lewis Carol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" it is also the (Greek) vowels chanted repetitively in certain forms of magic derived from Gnostic texts ... a little online cross-research explains that according to the Nag Hammadi, Aeeiouo is the shape of the Self Begotten Soul. (In Greek, Alice happens to mean "truthful.")
The Nag Hammadi codices are outlined beginning on page 168 where it is explained that the "tractates in the codices are in Coptic, but scholars believe they were originally composed in Greek."
What's a "tractate"? Look it up on page 247 where you can also brush up on the word "transcendence" contrasted with "immanence" on page 124.
A Dictionary of Gnosticism will help you comprehend Plato's Timaeus from which the concept of the "demiurge" originates, as well as modern film concepts. The 1999 movie "The Matrix" is explained on page 156 where "archon" equivalent characters (agents) govern reality "on behalf of the entity that created the world". The demiurge in Gnosticism is compared to the machines in the Matrix.
Try Googling all that! It is wonderful to have this handy Gnostic dictionary at one's fingertips as a quick reference for looking up some of the more obscure terms of Gnosis ("direct spiritual experience") - but it also helps in grasping much of what more mainstream literature and contemporary media have been trying to tell us all along. The truth is in between the lines ... or in the process of "inverse exegesis." Make up your "Nous" or mind and avoid the "interdict" if you are a heretic. Explore Pistis Sophia. Use this quick reference manual of Gnostic terms as a springboard for further inquiry. Ablanathanalba.


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A Dictionary of Gnosticism is a scholarly yet accessible guide that covers the people, mythology, movements, scripture, and technical terms related to this pre-Christian Western religion. It contains nearly 1700 entries, from Aachiaram, an angel in the Secret Book of John to Zostrianos, a third-century Gnostic text, and is a reliable reference for the Nag Hammadi library and other Gnostic texts. An introduction explains who the Gnostics were and provides a whirlwind tour through the history of this captivating movement.

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When the Soul Awakens: The Path to Spiritual Evolution and a New World Era Review

When the Soul Awakens: The Path to Spiritual Evolution and a New World Era
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After searching most of my life for answers to life's riddles, this book opened the flood gates for me.
I purchased many copies for like minded friends and the response was "This is a book who's time has come."
The authors invested much time and effort to translate esoteric teachings into every day language.
Helga Torda, Researcher

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The Nine Eyes of Light: Ascension Keys from Egypt Review

The Nine Eyes of Light: Ascension Keys from Egypt
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This book opens up a whole new, yet ancient realm into the unseen and multi-dimensional world in which we live. In a very clear and grounded way, it completely demystifies Ancient Egyptian and Atlantean spirituality for modern times. The Ancient Egyptians had many far advanced technologies for living in truth, harmony, wholeness and genius and this book revives and brings alive all of that ancient wisdom to be applied in today's ever-changing and demanding times. The truth and wisdom contained in these pages shows us very clearly that we are much more than our physical body alone and how we have 9 different ways to perceive our reality and ultimately ascend into a new set of spheres and dimensions at any given time using all 9 light bodies. The knowledge contained in this book blows apart any notion of a "limited" human being and restores a remembrance of the Original Human being, unlimited, boundless, vast and free.
Padma AOn Prakasha has very clearly transmitted a unique and timely piece of work here, that is the FULL DISCLOSURE on what has been kept silent for aeons of time about the truth of who we are and the many facets we need to integrate and embody at this important and unprecedented time of immense change for humanity. There is so much more waiting to be reunited and reintegrated and this is the "How to" manual for that ascension process.
We are all feeling it, that pull towards ancient wisdom, the ascension symptoms we all seem to be experiencing where life is hurtling at us so fast, forcing us to change our old ways and allow the new frequencies to enter and take us on that journey back to wholeness and unlimited love, creativity and true being.
An amazing book for the amazing times ahead that will birth a new consciousness... If there is one book you buy this year, make it this one! Truly astounding, remarkable and incredible...


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