Random House New Releases - Body, Mind & Spirit

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden by Lisa Steinke

2010-07-20T00:30:00-05:00

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden
Written by Jamie Wood
Illustrated by Lisa Steinke

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | Celestial Arts | Body, Mind & Spirit - Magick Studies; Body, Mind & Spirit - Supernatural; Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies | $17.99 | 978-1-58761-354-8 (1-58761-354-9)

Steps on the Stone Path by Robert Sardello

2010-07-20T00:30:00-05:00

Steps on the Stone Path Working with Crystals and Minerals as a Spiritual Practice
Written by Robert Sardello

Trade Paperback, 120 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - Crystals; Body, Mind & Spirit; Body, Mind & Spirit - Gaia & Earth Energies | $15.95 | 978-1-55643-898-1 (1-55643-898-2)

Through myths and legends, the knowledge of the power of certain gems and crystals has been preserved over generations. However, the practical aspects of how to use these precious stones to promote spiritual development have been lost to all but a few initiates. In Steps on the Stone Path, Robert Sardello offers strategies and rituals for recapturing that lost power.

Sardello starts with guided meditations and rituals for developing awareness of, and the ability to experience, stone qualities such as deep silence, form, transparency, and color as modes of spiritual consciousness. Entering these modes of silent, creative consciousness requires befriending the elemental angelic beings embodied in stones. Sardello develops these initial practices into a sensory yoga of stones, in which the connection between the self and the Divine Self manifests through the medium of stone-awareness. He encourages readers to wear certain gems or to keep specific crystals close to their body, allowing them to enter the world of spirit. Steps on the Stone Path explores the possibility of uniting our soul being with the soul of specific stones, reveals unknown inner qualities and dimensions of humankind, and presents a dazzling theory of stones as critical tools in the making of a New Heaven and a New Earth.

Undines by William R. Mistele

2010-07-06T00:30:00-05:00

Undines Lessons from the Realm of the Water Spirits
Written by William R. Mistele

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - New Thought; Body, Mind & Spirit - Gaia & Earth Energies; Body, Mind & Spirit - Spirituality - General | $18.95 | 978-1-55643-908-7 (1-55643-908-3)

Undines—from the Latin root unda, which means “wave”— are water elementals, or spirits of the water world. Like their fellow elementals—salamanders (fire), sylphs (air), and gnomes (earth)—undines are united with, and personify, their element. First mentioned in the alchemical works of medieval botanist Paracelsus, undines appear throughout European folklore. Who are these mysterious creatures of lakes, oceans, and waterfalls?

Undines takes readers directly into the water spirits’ realm through stories, personal encounters, and interviews with such luminaries as Istiphul, the undine queen whose presence embodies the magical essence of the feminine. Whether seen as fact or fairy tale, Undines presents archetypal truths and insights into human nature. The powers and abilities that undines display are latent in us all and crucial to humanity’s evolution (or mere survival): harmony with nature, empathy and compassion, a deep capacity to love, and a cooperative rather than combative relationship to the world. Undines will appeal broadly to readers of mythology, fantasy, and fairy tales, particularly to practitioners that work with nature spirits and elemental beings—Druids, Wiccans, pagans, and those interested in magic and mysticism.

Green Medicine by Larry Malerba D.O.

2010-06-29T00:30:00-05:00

Green Medicine Challenging the Assumptions of Conventional Health Care
Written by Larry Malerba D.O.

Trade Paperback, 448 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Alternative Therapies; Body, Mind & Spirit - Mental & Spiritual Healing; Social Science - Disease & Health Issues | $18.95 | 978-1-55643-902-5 (1-55643-902-4)

Modern medicine, according to Dr. Larry Malerba, has perfected the short-term technical repair of the physical body at the expense of the long-term emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of the whole person. In Green Medicine, he examines this issue and provides a conceptual foundation and valuable guide for those who seek deeper and more lasting healing. Using layperson’s language, the author draws on a rich range of fields—including physics, philosophy, Jungianism, shamanism, alchemy, dream theory, Eastern thought, Western esotericism, and orthodox medicine—to create a green medical paradigm that represents a powerful synthesis of medical inclusivity.

Dr. Malerba interweaves case histories from his own practice with the latest research in the fields of alternative and traditional Western medicine. He addresses a wealth of timely questions: Do pharmaceutical drugs create more problems than they solve? Is our current vaccination policy effective? How can conventional doctors and spiritual healers begin to work together? How can readers transform corporate medicine by becoming educated participants in their own healthcare? Green Medicine offers a practical and philosophical basis for building a viable green alternative that draws on the inherent unity of body, heart, mind, and soul.

Nine Lives by William Dalrymple

2010-06-15T00:30:00-05:00

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Written by William Dalrymple

Hardcover, 304 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; Body, Mind & Spirit - Mysticism; Travel - Asia - India | $26.95 | 978-0-307-27282-9 (0-307-27282-6)

From the author of The Last Mughal (“A compulsively readable masterpiece”—The New York Review of Books), a mesmerizing book that explores how traditional religions are observed in today’s India, revealing ways of life that we might otherwise never have known.

A middle-class woman from Calcutta finds unexpected fulfillment living as a Tantric in an isolated, skull-filled cremation ground . . . A prison warder from Kerala is worshipped as an incarnate deity for two months of every year . . . A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment watching her closest friend ritually starve herself to death . . . The twenty-third in a centuries-old line of idol makers struggles to reconcile with his son’s wish to study computer engineering . . . An illiterate goatherd keeps alive in his memory an ancient 200,000-stanza sacred epic . . . A temple prostitute, who resisted her own initiation into sex work, pushes her daughters into the trade she nonetheless regards as a sacred calling.

William Dalrymple tells these stories, among others, with expansive insight and a spellbinding evocation of remarkable circumstance, giving us a dazzling travelogue of both place and spirit.

Nine Lives by William Dalrymple

2010-06-15T00:30:00-05:00

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Written by William Dalrymple

eBook, 304 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography - Religious; Body, Mind & Spirit - Mysticism; Travel - Asia - India | $26.95 | 978-0-307-59359-7 (0-307-59359-2)

The Divine Life of Animals by Ptolemy Tompkins

2010-06-08T00:30:00-05:00

The Divine Life of Animals One Man's Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live On
Written by Ptolemy Tompkins

eBook | Crown | Pets; Body, Mind & Spirit; Nature - Animals | $22.99 | 978-0-307-45134-7 (0-307-45134-8)

The Divine Life of Animals by Ptolemy Tompkins

2010-06-08T00:30:00-05:00

The Divine Life of Animals One Man's Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live On
Written by Ptolemy Tompkins

Hardcover, 256 pages | Crown | Pets; Body, Mind & Spirit; Nature - Animals | $22.99 | 978-0-307-45132-3 (0-307-45132-1)

Presence Meditation by Peter A. Levine

2010-06-08T00:30:00-05:00

Presence Meditation The Practice of Life Awareness
Written by Jens-Erik Risom
Introduction by Peter A. Levine

Trade Paperback, 96 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - Meditation; Religion - Buddhism; Body, Mind & Spirit - Spirituality - General | $15.95 | 978-1-55643-912-4 (1-55643-912-1)

First developed as a short manual for students in a yearlong meditation course, Presence Meditation offers a step-by-step program for increasing self-awareness through simple but revelatory exercises. The practice of presence meditation involves becoming present to whatever is going on and letting things be just as they are. This awareness is characterized by open attention and neutral observation, which increases the capacity to observe without judging, enables transformation without forcing, and opens the way to a more immediate sense of meaning and joy in life. Author Jens-Erik Risom begins by describing the purpose of meditation and the “four introductions” (rootedness, attention to breathing, fullness of feeling, and witness awareness), and then presents the gradual steps for achieving presence, deepening neutrality, opening to trust, sensing spaciousness, and more.

There are many books about meditation on the market, from Western authors like Eckhart Tolle to Tibetan Buddhist teachers. But many people find it difficult to translate the message of these books into an actual experience of deepening awareness. Whether readers are seeking a spiritual practice, a more serene approach to stressful situations, improved concentration, or greater relaxation for better health, this compact manual offers a simple, undogmatic approach to meditation.

Beyond the Matrix by Patricia Cori

2010-05-25T00:30:00-05:00

Beyond the Matrix Daring Conversations with the Brilliant Minds of Our Times
Written by Patricia Cori

Trade Paperback, 400 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - New Thought; Body, Mind & Spirit | $18.95 | 978-1-55643-893-6 (1-55643-893-1)

Those concerned with the current eco-crisis most often look only to scientists and politicians for solutions. In this important book, Patricia Cori invites another, overlooked group—perhaps the most important one—to join the discussion. Beyond the Matrix collects some of the most provocative, forward-thinking interviews conducted on Cori's radio show of the same name, bringing together leaders in various fields of alternative thinking to propose new and exciting perspectives on the future of humanity as we approach the potentially life-changing 2012.

Beyond the Matrix offers a portrait of a surprisingly optimistic future. The book features free-wheeling, in-depth interviews with such renowned thinkers as New York Times best-selling author and theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, whom many call the Einstein of our times; radical Egyptologist Stephen Mehler; former astronaut and the sixth man on the moon Dr. Edgar Mitchell; crop circle expert Andy Thomas; shaman MaAnna Stephensen; Paradigm Research Group director Stephen Bassett; founder of bluevoice.org Hardy Jones; and nine others. The conversations cover a bracing range of subjects, from string theory, UFO and extraterrestrial life, crop circles, and ecology to healing, Egyptian mysticism, ascension, and other significant topics in the New Age and New Thought genres. With its blend of lively conversation and thoughtful ideas, Beyond the Matrix offers both hope and reassurance in these challenging times.

The Late Great United States by Mark Hitchcock

2010-05-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Late Great United States What Bible Prophecy Reveals About America's Last Days
Written by Mark Hitchcock

Trade Paperback, 208 pages | Multnomah Books | Religion - Christian Life - Social Issues; Body, Mind & Spirit - Prophecy | $13.99 | 978-1-60142-141-8 (1-60142-141-9)

Is it possible the United States, a superpower without peer in history, might not be a key player as the world makes its way down the road to the Battle of Armageddon?

This is the central question explored by prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock in The Late Great United States, a fascinating behind-the-headlines look at numerous current events and how they relate to what the Bible says about the last days.

Americans are accustomed to seeing their country center stage as a world power, but as Hitchcock carefully details, this may not be the case in the final scene. Based on extensive research of the Bible and other sources, The Late Great United States provides compelling and often surprising answers to questions like these:
•Does the Bible say anything about America in the last days?
•How could the U.S. fit into God’s prophetic plan?
•Will America survive?
•Might the anti-Christ come from America?
•Could America’s addiction to oil be her undoing?
•Will America be destroyed by a nuclear attack?
•Could America fall from within as a result of moral corruption?
•Is America still a “blessed” nation?
•How should individual Christians respond to a world in chaos?

Regardless of America's final fate and the outcome of dire events at the end of the age, Hitchcock urges us to find our hope in a God who will not forsake us–no matter what cataclysms we experience on earth.

From the Hardcover edition.

Crystals and Stones by The Group of 5

2010-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

Crystals and Stones A Complete Guide to Their Healing Properties
Written by The Group of 5

Trade Paperback, 318 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - Crystals; Body, Mind & Spirit; Body, Mind & Spirit - Gaia & Earth Energies | $27.95 | 978-1-55643-918-6 (1-55643-918-0)

Crystals and Stones: A Complete Guide to Their Healing Properties helps readers to incorporate the healing power of stones into daily life. Aimed at both beginners and experts, the book showcases nearly 200 crystals and stones, describing their impact on human beings' physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual states. The book begins with historical background and practical considerations, such as how stones work and how to clean and recharge their energy. The relationship of stones to chakras is explored, as are practices such as channeling via certain powerful crystals. The heart of the book is an A to Z guide covering everything from amber to zoisite that explains which stones are most effective for particular medical conditions, emotional and energy blockages, and spiritual impasses. Stones and crystals have been important tools for health and spiritual transformation for millennia. This book shows modern readers how to best utilize those tools.

“If we could follow the step by step transformation of coal into diamond, we would discover what enabled Prince Siddhartha to 'awaken' and become this Being of Light known to this day as the Buddha.”—from the book

Deeper Than Words by David Steindl-rast

2010-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

Deeper Than Words Living the Apostles' Creed
Written by David Steindl-rast

eBook, 176 pages | Image | Body, Mind & Spirit - Meditation; Religion | $12.00 | 978-0-307-58962-0 (0-307-58962-5)

Spiritual Bypassing by Robert Augustus Masters

2010-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

Spiritual Bypassing How We Use Spiritual Practice to Avoid Our Difficulties
Written by Robert Augustus Masters

Trade Paperback, 208 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - Personal Transformation; Self-Help - Personal Growth; Philosophy - Eastern - Buddhism | $16.95 | 978-1-55643-905-6 (1-55643-905-9)

Spiritual bypassing—the use of spiritual beliefs to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs—is so pervasive that it goes largely unnoticed. The spiritual ideals of any tradition, whether Christian commandments or Buddhist precepts, can provide easy justification for practitioners to duck uncomfortable feelings in favor of more seemingly enlightened activity. When split off from fundamental psychological needs, such actions often do much more harm than good.

While other authors have touched on the subject, this is the first book fully devoted to spiritual bypassing. In the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa’s landmark Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Spiritual Bypassing provides an in-depth look at the unresolved or ignored psychological issues often masked as spirituality, including self-judgment, excessive niceness, and emotional dissociation. A longtime psychotherapist with an engaging writing style, Masters furthers the body of psychological insight into how we use (and abuse) religion in often unconscious ways. This book will hold particular appeal for those who grew up with an unstructured new-age spirituality now looking for a more mature spiritual practice, and for anyone seeking increased self-awareness and a more robust relationship with themselves and others.

Heart Yoga by Rodney Yee

2010-05-04T00:30:00-05:00

Heart Yoga The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism
Written by Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson
Foreword by Rodney Yee

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | North Atlantic Books | Health & Fitness - Yoga; Body, Mind & Spirit - Mental & Spiritual Healing | $17.95 | 978-1-55643-897-4 (1-55643-897-4)

In Heart Yoga, renowned spiritual writer and Sacred Activist Andrew Harvey and longtime yoga teacher Karuna Erickson present a vision of hatha yoga practice that links ancient spiritual traditions to contemporary life. Including excerpts of poetic sacred writing from mystical sages through the ages, the book reminds readers that the purpose of yoga is not to improve one's physical health or even to achieve peace of mind (although these results may be achieved along the way), but to reach a state of unity with the divine, the goal of mystics from all traditions. With detailed descriptions and photographs of fifty yoga poses and their alchemical effects on the body and consciousness, Heart Yoga presents yoga as a simple meditative practice that enables the practitioner to dwell in the heart and experience the bliss of union with the sacred power underlying all of life. The book explains how to prepare for Heart Yoga and describes the “Five Great Joys” that are part of the path. Included are the authors' own compelling stories of their individual journeys along the path of yoga: stories of suffering, transcendence, and joy that both inspire and enlighten.

Handbook to the Afterlife by Jon Klimo

2010-04-20T00:30:00-05:00

Handbook to the Afterlife
Written by Pamela Heath and Jon Klimo

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit; Body, Mind & Spirit - Channeling; Body, Mind & Spirit - Spiritualism | $17.95 | 978-1-55643-869-1 (1-55643-869-9)

In Handbook to the Afterlife, two seasoned experts with decades of experience working with channeled material describe the stages that spirits go through, focusing on the details that these accounts have in common. Just as life itself has different stages of growth and development, so most accounts of the afterlife are consistent with the authors’ view that dying and rebirth are also continuous processes.

Beginning with the moment of death itself, progressing through different transitional stages, and ending with the return of spirits to the physical plane, authors Pamela Heath and Jon Klimo define the purposes and pitfalls of each stage. They look at the kinds of adjustment problems that occur in each phase, and how spirits can be helped to move forward. Questions of pain and emotional state at the time of death, karma, and reincarnation are sensitively addressed. The book includes practical techniques for opening up communication with those who have passed on to the other side. While of interest to anyone seeking a general overview of the subject, Handbook to the Afterlife is particularly useful for those dealing with spirits who have not moved on, such as ghosts.

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough by Wayne Muller

2010-04-13T00:30:00-05:00

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough
Written by Wayne Muller

eBook, 272 pages | Harmony | Body, Mind & Spirit - Personal Transformation | $25.00 | 978-0-307-59003-9 (0-307-59003-8)

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough by Wayne Muller

2010-04-13T00:30:00-05:00

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough
Written by Wayne Muller

Hardcover, 272 pages | Harmony | Body, Mind & Spirit - Personal Transformation | $25.00 | 978-0-307-59002-2 (0-307-59002-X)

2013 by Richard Grossinger

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

2013 Raising the Earth to the Next Vibration
Written by Richard Grossinger

Trade Paperback, 416 pages | North Atlantic Books | Body, Mind & Spirit - New Thought; Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays; Religion - Spirituality | $15.95 | 978-1-55643-878-3 (1-55643-878-8)

For the Earth to move to the next vibration, says Richard Grossinger, consciousness must change in profound ways, and these involve core elements of humanity: evil, grief, bliss, and compassion. 2013 locates these elements in often unlikely places and seeks their nature and capacity for change. With playfulness and precision, 2013 tackles the questions of creation and existence in their twenty-first-century incarnation. In these intellectual field notes, the author’s absorbing style combines memoir with scientific deconstruction, metaphysical ontology, and experimental prose that recalls the Black Mountain school to draw transcendental insight from the ephemeral space-time we call daily life. Moving with equal ease between matters cosmic and earthly, Grossinger details existence as an exhilarating adventure always pushing us toward a higher state in this wide-ranging, humorous, and heartfelt book. Including an informal course in psychic development, 2013 sheds light on the ephemera of planets and iPods, politics and Zen, Buddy Holly and road trips in its study of the elements of psychic development that could transform humankind and the Earth.

The Lucky Book by June Eding

2010-03-23T00:30:00-05:00

The Lucky Book
Edited by June Eding

Hardcover, 120 pages | Hatherleigh Press | Body, Mind & Spirit | $15.00 | 978-1-57826-328-8 (1-57826-328-X)

Random House New Releases - Body, Mind & Spirit

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden by Lisa Steinke

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden Written by Jamie Wood Illustrated by Lisa Steinke

Steps on the Stone Path by Robert Sardello

Steps on the Stone Path Working with Crystals and Minerals as a Spiritual PracticeWritten by Robert Sardello

Undines by William R. Mistele

Undines Lessons from the Realm of the Water SpiritsWritten by William R. Mistele

Green Medicine by Larry Malerba D.O.

Green Medicine Challenging the Assumptions of Conventional Health CareWritten by Larry Malerba D.O.

Nine Lives by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern IndiaWritten by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern IndiaWritten by William Dalrymple

The Divine Life of Animals by Ptolemy Tompkins

The Divine Life of Animals One Man's Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live OnWritten by Ptolemy Tompkins

The Divine Life of Animals by Ptolemy Tompkins

The Divine Life of Animals One Man's Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live OnWritten by Ptolemy Tompkins

Presence Meditation by Peter A. Levine

Presence Meditation The Practice of Life AwarenessWritten by Jens-Erik Risom Introduction by Peter A. Levine

Beyond the Matrix by Patricia Cori

Beyond the Matrix Daring Conversations with the Brilliant Minds of Our TimesWritten by Patricia Cori

The Late Great United States by Mark Hitchcock

The Late Great United States What Bible Prophecy Reveals About America's Last DaysWritten by Mark Hitchcock

Crystals and Stones by The Group of 5

Crystals and Stones A Complete Guide to Their Healing PropertiesWritten by The Group of 5

Deeper Than Words by David Steindl-rast

Deeper Than Words Living the Apostles' CreedWritten by David Steindl-rast

Spiritual Bypassing by Robert Augustus Masters

Spiritual Bypassing How We Use Spiritual Practice to Avoid Our DifficultiesWritten by Robert Augustus Masters

Heart Yoga by Rodney Yee

Heart Yoga The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and MysticismWritten by Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson Foreword by Rodney Yee

Handbook to the Afterlife by Jon Klimo

Handbook to the Afterlife Written by Pamela Heath and Jon Klimo

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough by Wayne Muller

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough Written by Wayne Muller

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough by Wayne Muller

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough Written by Wayne Muller

2013 by Richard Grossinger

2013 Raising the Earth to the Next VibrationWritten by Richard Grossinger

The Lucky Book by June Eding

The Lucky Book Edited by June Eding

The Faerie's Guide to Green Magick from the Garden
Written by Jamie Wood
Illustrated by Lisa Steinke

Steps on the Stone Path Working with Crystals and Minerals as a Spiritual Practice
Written by Robert Sardello

Undines Lessons from the Realm of the Water Spirits
Written by William R. Mistele

Green Medicine Challenging the Assumptions of Conventional Health Care
Written by Larry Malerba D.O.

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Written by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Written by William Dalrymple

The Divine Life of Animals One Man's Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live On
Written by Ptolemy Tompkins

The Divine Life of Animals One Man's Quest to Discover Whether the Souls of Animals Live On
Written by Ptolemy Tompkins

Presence Meditation The Practice of Life Awareness
Written by Jens-Erik Risom
Introduction by Peter A. Levine

Beyond the Matrix Daring Conversations with the Brilliant Minds of Our Times
Written by Patricia Cori

The Late Great United States What Bible Prophecy Reveals About America's Last Days
Written by Mark Hitchcock

Crystals and Stones A Complete Guide to Their Healing Properties
Written by The Group of 5

Deeper Than Words Living the Apostles' Creed
Written by David Steindl-rast

Spiritual Bypassing How We Use Spiritual Practice to Avoid Our Difficulties
Written by Robert Augustus Masters

Heart Yoga The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism
Written by Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson
Foreword by Rodney Yee

Handbook to the Afterlife
Written by Pamela Heath and Jon Klimo

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough
Written by Wayne Muller

A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough
Written by Wayne Muller

2013 Raising the Earth to the Next Vibration
Written by Richard Grossinger

The Lucky Book
Edited by June Eding