Inprint - New Books of interest by Jeanne Spiro

Virbrational Healing through the Chakras: with Light, Color, Sound, Crystals, and Aromatherapy by Joy Gardner. (The Crossing Press, $18.95, Paperback.)

The human body is made of frequencies that are harmonic and balanced when one is healthy. But as one experiences physical or emotional stress, the vibrations of the body become out of tune. Vibrations and harmonic frequency thus have an instrumental, though often little known, effect on one’s well-being.

In Vibrational Healing through the Chakras, Joy Gardner presents information on guiding one’s body to a healthy, harmonic resonance. Vibrational tools such as aromatherapy, bodywork, homeopathy, crystals and musical influences are used as a means of replacing dysfunctional physical and emotional patterns with uplifting and rejuvenating vibrations. Gardner also addresses how chakras and energy fields are used as healing sources. Whether one is interested in improving their own health or intent on becoming a healing practitioner, this is an invaluable resource for a positive, well-balanced lifestyle.

Tibetan Magic & Mysticism by J.H. Brennan. (Llewellyn Publications, $12.95, Paperback.)

To the Western mind and imagination, Tibet is a land of mystery and marvels—the Mystic Capital of Planet Earth—and a haven of spirituality whose dedication to religion should be an object lesson to us all. It has been through much turmoil and severe strife that Tibetan spirituality moved outside of this once insular nation and into the broader world.

Expanding on his previous book, Occult Tibet, J.H. Brennan looks to the generations of sequestered monks who devoted their lives to an unparalleled investigation of the human mind. Traversing the subjects of death and rebirth, Karma, the mantra, and the Six Realms, and touching upon the extraordinary experiences of luminaries like Huxley, Crowley, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Guatama Buddha, and others, Tibetan Magic & Mysticism offers a unique and fascinating view of Tibetan culture and spirituality, and aims to lead you toward your own exploration of inner space and personal enlightenment. It contains an overview of Tibetan mysticism, Buddhism, and magic, and examines Tibetan subtle energy systems, gurus, prayer forms, dream yoga, and esoteric myths and legends.

The Presence of Love: God’s Answer to Humanity’s Call for Help by Paul Ferrini. (Heartways Press, $12.95, Paperback.)

The Presence of Love is the third book in Paul Ferrini’s Mastery Series. Like the previous two books in the series, The Laws of Love and The Power of Love, this book helps us learn how to dissolve the blocks to love’s presence in our lives and to give and receive love without conditions. These three books provide us with a roadmap for the evolutionary spiritual journey of healing and atonement that we are on individually and collectively.

Ferrini feels that the human family is at a crossroads now, that we can no longer live as we have lived in the past. We can no longer afford to be sloppy, careless, or impulsive with our creations. We need to create compassionately and be responsible for what we create. This is a time of great energy. It is a time when the potential for healing and transformation is greater than it has ever been before. If we are ready to heal, this is a good thing. If we aren’t, it is a scary time to be alive. He says our work of love is calling to us, that our gift is needed, and that without it the world cannot be lifted up out of darkness.

Even Jesus Has a Booth at the Better Life Convention by Frank L. Passalaqua. (Intuitive Arts Press, $16.95, Paperback.)

Even Jesus Has a Booth at the Better Life Convention shows us how to go beyond our limitations, conquer our fears, eliminate barriers, and let go of all those “little things” that keep us from reaching our full potential. This humorous and poignant adventure follows Frank and his wife as they travel to a convention filled with the greatest spiritual teachers, inventors, philanthropists, and scientists of all time. They meet quirky characters along the way, including Helen, the amnesiac who takes a vacation she no longer remembers planning, Jim Pudge, a gambler who never gambles with money, and Olaku, his twelfth-century Anasazi guide.

What do God and a baseball have in common? How can a croissant help us experience life in the present? What are “Pocket Change Fears” and how do they affect our lives? Learn about these and more as Frank encounters unusual situations and off-beat characters who help him figure out what all this has to do with living a better life.

Training for the Marathon of Life: Choosing Jesus as Our Life Coach by Peter Watson Jenkins. (Resource Publications, $18.00, Paperback.)

Do you need a life coach? Thomas Jefferson did—he called Jesus’ teaching “the most sublime code of morals ever offered to man.” This book echoes Jefferson’s sentiment, and coaches readers by examining fifty core sayings of Jesus, authenticated by the scholars of the Jesus Seminar. This selection reveals the forceful theme of his original teaching. Each saying is carefully considered and then arranged in a unique order to clarify his positive challenge.

In every age, followers have followed Jesus’ coaching, working for the Good Society which, he asserted, is created by God’s loving will. His grassroots approach to personal and social reform is compared with the failed social and political philosophies of our day.

Author Peter Watson Jenkins has thoughtfully picked the fruits of modern scholarship, making them available for all to ponder, enjoy, and adopt, as Jesus’ authentic coaching. He explains how his life as a student changed when, after reading Jesus’ message for himself, he chose Jesus as his coach for his lifelong marathon. Training for the Marathon of Life is not just a Bible study; it’s a call to action, an invitation for us all to play our part in creating the Good Society.

The QOD Diet: Eating Well Every Other Day: Set Free the Real You by John T. Daugirdas, M.D. (White Swan Publishing, $18.95, Paperback.)

QOD is a term used by doctors meaning every other day. The QOD diet is a weight loss method based on eating regular amounts of food one day, and then restricting food every other day while taking in key minerals to keep up one’s energy level.

The QOD diet is less onerous than other diets. Because one reduces food intake only every other day, one can always look forward to a day of normal eating the next day. Most people have trouble in markedly lowering the amount of food they eat even for one day. Dr. Daugirdas believes that feeling poorly when not eating much is due to loss of sodium and other minerals by the kidneys. He suggests that by taking in sodium, potassium, and other minerals, plus high-biologic-value protein, while eating a small number of calories, you can continue to feel well and keep up your energy level.

In addition to letting people eat well every other day, the QOD diet may have a metabolic advantage. Normally, when a person goes on a diet, survival and starvation mechanisms kick in and fuel is burned more efficiently. The body learns to get by with less. With this diet, the body still senses a normal amount of food coming in every other day, so it doesn’t feel the need to go into protection mode and drop the metabolic rate.

Whispers from the Woods: The Lore and Magic of Trees by Sandra Kynes. (Llewellyn Worldwide, $17.95, Paperback.)

A walk in the woods makes it easy to understand the awe and reverence our ancestors had for trees. It speaks to something deep and primal within us—something we don’t hear as often as we should. When you become reacquainted with the natural world, you gain access to different levels of energy and awareness that, in turn, can bring deeper meaning and spiritual satisfaction to your life.

Trees are a gateway into the world of spirit. By exploring a variety of mysteries and traditions of trees, Whispers from the Woods helps readers get reacquainted with the natural world and find their place in the earth’s rhythm. This guidebook presents the essentials of the Celtic Ogham and tree calendars, then goes on to include instruction in meditation practices, shamanic journeys, feng shui, spellcraft, and ritual. The second half of the book, set up in an easy-to-use field guide format, offers a wealth of information on fifty trees, including their attributes, lore, powers, and seasonal correspondences.