This is Coelho's first book, written before he became famous and before the Alchemist. I was impressed by the Alchemist, 11 Minutes and the Zahir but I was bemused and trully horrified by this supposedly true story. I think it shows how traditional religion can distort people's perception of reality and led me to doubt Coelho's intelligence and sanity. It made me concerned that others might be persuaded to explore Christian mystic sects and take superstition seriously or even attempt to copy some of the extreme techniques in the book which seemed to describe Coelho engaging with demonic voices in his head... Does he suffer from schizophrenia? I think it shows how organised religion can be damaging and how people can be taken in by cults. Dangerous ... Read More:
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I have a mixed opinion regarding these cards. At first I thought they were rubbish. I tried to use them a lot and I just couldn't get anything out of them. I asked them for the winning lottery numbers and they gave me nowt. I asked for result for the 3:30 at Uttoxeter - zilch. I asked for the 'phone number of Britney Spears - not a bean. The only definite answer I got was when I asked should I rob the bakers in the high street and they said yes. Well a fat lot of good that did, I had to serve eight years for armed robbery. It led me to believe that my angels did not like me that much - which is fair enough, not too many people do. However, I think the instruction book may be poorly written because I seemed to be using them incorrectly. Then a strange ... Read More:
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This is my newest acquisition from the Meditainment range and as with all previous cds, it works beautifully.
The sound is crystal clear, of a very high quality and the guided meditations do relax you to a point, where I am actually nodding off. (Do not use whilst driving)
The 3 tracks on this cd are very well produced and it does exactly what it says on the tin - 'helps you in dealing with stress, tension and worry as you become deeply relaxed and enjoy feelings of total contentment and complete peace of mind'
I have over the years purchased many relaxation tapes and latterly cds, even ordering tapes and videos from America before there was any such thing as the Internet to try and find something that actually helped ... Read More:
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This is my newest acquisition from the Meditainment range and as with all previous cds, it works beautifully.
The sound is crystal clear, of a very high quality and the guided meditations do relax you to a point, where I am actually nodding off. (Do not use whilst driving)
The 3 tracks on this cd are very well produced and it does exactly what it says on the tin - 'helps you in dealing with stress, tension and worry as you become deeply relaxed and enjoy feelings of total contentment and complete peace of mind'
I have over the years purchased many relaxation tapes and latterly cds, even ordering tapes and videos from America before there was any such thing as the Internet to try and find something that actually helped ... Read More:
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Reading with God is a super really helpful book. The author explains in simple and effective ways the way of praying through Reading With God.
This book has brought a new prayer path into my life.
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Certainly a candidate for it. Hill's monumental work is probably the definitive work of the British Marxist Historians group of scholars who appeared in the immediate after of World War II. It featured such lumanaries as E.P. Thompson and Rodney Hilton and basically invented Social History through its study of what became known as 'History from Below'. Thompson's 'The Making of the English Working Class' is the most famous publication of the group, but 'World turned Upside Down' is, in the humble opinion of this author, the best.
It expands on Hill's thesis about the two revolutions that took place in England at the time of the Civil War. Focussing on the second, democratic, revolution, that ultimately failed; Hill examines some of the main players. Read More:
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I confess to being more than a little sceptical when I started reading this book. I have an aversion to religious jargon and there's a fair helping of it in here ("relational" etc). There are also some blind spots when it comes to making inferences from Scripture. For example, the clear emphasis in the New Testament (in the life of Jesus, the Acts of the Apostles, and Paul's epistles) on the power and importance of both teaching and preaching, is somehow overlooked. My impression is that the NT account presents personal discipleship/fraternal fellowship as something that complements, rather than substitutes for, the preaching of the word. Despite these reservations, the book has had a profound impact, clarifying and reinforcing my views in some respects, and thoroughly challenging them ... Read More:
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I've been a Daniel Dennett fan ever since The Mind's Eye, a mind-opening book he co-authored/edited with Douglas Hofstadter. In similar vein, I was enthralled by Kinds of Minds; and Darwin's Dangerous Idea showed just how extensive and versatile a thinker Dennett is.
So I was surprised to be disappointed by Breaking the Spell. Maybe it's because I'm older and wiser, or maybe I was expecting this book to be something that it wasn't, but it just seemed to lack substance. The essential thesis of the book is that religious belief is no sacred cow, and should be open to the same level of scientific and philosophical investigation as any other sphere of human activity. This much could have been said in less than a page; and Dennett is engaging and entertaining in outlining his arguments; ... Read More:
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An anonymous person sent me this book as a gift. S/he must have though it would benefit me in some way, or maybe s/he was just having a laugh. S/he needn't have bothered. It's meaningless, but sounds meaningful. Not since reading Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" have I come across such pretentious twaddle.
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