Author: Rosalyn Bruyere File Type: pdf Wheels of Light explores the seven chakras, or energy centers, of the body with particular focus on the first chakra, which has to do with our basic life force, our physical bodies, and our sexuality. Drawing on scientific research, Native American culture, the ancient traditions of the Egyptians and Greeks, the philosophies of the Hindus, and the religions of the East, Rosalyn L. Bruyere presents a unique perspective on the value and healing potential of the chakra system.ReviewLynn Andrews author of Medicine Woman With integrity and grace, Rosalyn L. Bruyere connects the physical realms of manifestation with the dimensions of the spirit...A true healers healer.Barbara Brennan author of Hands of Light Rosalyn L. Bruyere has been one of the most important teachers of hands-on healing in the world for many years. I will always be grateful for what I have learned from her.Dan Millman author of The Way of the Peaceful Warrior Wheels of Light serves as a bridge between science and mysticism by providing, in well-researched and readable language, essential keys to understanding ourselves and our evolutionary journey.Rita Mae Brown author of Rubyfruit Jungle We ignore ancient wisdom at our individual and collective peril. Wheels of Light literally helps us find the light. You will finish this book with a profound respect for life.Meditation magazine A most impressive blend of extensive research and expert personal observation, this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in this subject. About the AuthorRosalyn L. Bruyere is an internationally acclaimed healer, clairvoyant, and medicine woman. Trained as an engineer, she was instrumental in the eight-year research on the human electromagnetic field conducted at UCLA. An ordained minister, she is the founder and director of the Healing Light Center Church in Glendale, California, where she also offers a four-year training program for healers. She lives in Sierra Madre, California.

Author: Michael W. S. Ryan File Type: pdf By consulting the work of well-known and obscure al-Qaeda theoreticians, Michael W. S. Ryan finds jihadist terrorism strategy has more in common with the principles of Maoist guerrilla warfare than mainstream Islam. Encouraging strategists and researchers to devote greater attention to jihadi ideas rather than jihadist military operations, Ryan builds an effective framework for analyzing al-Qaedas plans against America and constructs a compelling counternarrative to the Wests supposed war on Islam. Ryan examines the Salafist roots of al-Qaeda ideology and the contributions of its most famous founders, Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a political-military context. He also reads the Arabic-language works of lesser known theoreticians who have played an instrumental role in framing al-Qaedas so-called war of the oppressed. These authors readily cite the guerrilla strategies of Mao, Che Guevara, and the mastermind of the Vietnam War, General Giap. They also incorporate the arguments of American theorists writing on fourth-generation warfare. Through these texts, readers experience events as insiders see them, and by concentrating on the activities and pronouncements of al-Qaedas thought leaders, especially in Yemen, they discern the direct link between al-Qaedas tactics and trends in anti-U.S. terrorism. Ryan shows al-Qaedas political-military strategy to be a revolutionary and largely secular departure from the classic Muslim conception of jihad, adding invaluable dimensions to the operational, psychological, and informational strategies already deployed by Americas military in the region. **

Author: Can Erimtan File Type: pdf The Tulip Age, a concept that described the beginning of the Ottoman Empires westward inclination in the eighteenth century, was an idea proposed by Ottoman historian Ahmed Refik in 1912. In the first reassessment of the origins of this concept, Can Erimtan argues the Tulip Age was an important template for various political and ideological concerns of early twentieth century Turkish governments. The concept is most reflective of the 1930s Republican leaderships attempt to disengage Turkeys population from its Islamic culture and past, stressing the virtues of progress, modernity and secularism. It was only the death of Ataturk in 1938 that precipitated a hesitant revival of Islam in Turkeys public life and a state-sponsored re-invigoration of research into Turkeys Ottoman past. In this exciting reassessment Erimtan shows us that the trope of the Tulip Age corresponds more to Turkish societys desire to re-orientate itself to the Occident throughout the twentieth century rather than to early eighteenth-century Ottoman realities. **

Author: Olympia Panagiotidou File Type: pdf The Roman Mithras Cult A Cognitive Approach is the first full cognitive history of an ancient religion. In this groundbreaking book on one of the most intriguing and mysterious ancient religions, Roger Beck and Olympia Panagiotidou show how cognitive historiography can supplement our historical knowledge and deepen our understanding of past cultural phenomenon. The cult of the sun god Mithras, which spread widely across the Greco-Roman world at the same time as other mystery cults and Christianity, offered to its devotees certain images and assumptions about reality. Initiation into the mysteries of Mithras and participation in the life of the cult significantly affected and transformed the ways in which the initiated perceived themselves, the world, and their position within it. The cults major ideas were conveyed mainly through its major symbolic complexes. The ancient written testimonies and other records are not adequate to establish a definitive reconstruction of Mithraic theologies and the meaning of its complex symbolic structures. Filling this gap, The Roman Mithras Cult A Cognitive Approach identifies the cognitive and psychological processes which took place in the minds and bodies of the Mithraists during their initiation and participation in the mysteries, enabling the perception, apprehension, and integration of the essential images and assumptions of the cult in its worldview system. **Review This book makes a provocative proposal that cognitive science can help us understand not only our own minds, but also those of our ancestors. This avant-garde idea will seem radical to some and self-evident to others, but will surely be intriguing to all, and makes for a fascinating reading. * Dimitris Xygalatas, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, USA * Promising young scholar Olympia Panagiotidou has joined forces with pioneer Roger Beck in applying a neurocognitive approach to the Mithraist worldview. The result is a highly competent and innovative analysis of the perceptions, thoughts, and feelings of Mithraist initiates. This book is a refreshing combination of religious studies, cognitive science, and classical scholarship that simultaneously challenges and improves these fields of inquiry. * Armin W. Geertz, Professor of the History of Religions, Aarhus University, Denmark * Panagiotidou and Beck have produced an erudite and insightful work, combining the latest methods and theories of the cognitive study of religion and cognitive historiography in order to account for the `lived experience of the Mithras adherents. Considering the scarcity of our sources, Panagiotidou and Beck masterfully examine this obscure but fascinating ancient cult. A must-read for everyone interested in ancient religions and cults. * Nickolas P. Roubekas, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Vienna, Austria * About the Author Olympia Panagiotidouis a researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Roger Beckis Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada.