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Death is a process which is one with that of life. Death is the joyous activity of Spirit ever and ever entering into life. There is only continuity. There is no death. As a doctor and spiritual teacher, Adriana Balthazar MD; PhD has seen too many people afraid of death. Treating death and mourning as a taboo subjects hurts both the dying and their loved ones. In The Western Book of Death, Balthazar seeks to illuminate the misunderstandings that have poisoned us. With open communication and a new perspective, we will become prepared, both for our own death and those around us. Instead of seeing death as an end we will truly see it for what it is – only one part of a long and continuing journey. Both spiritually rich and comfortingly practical, The Western Book of Death serves as a valuable guidebook for every stage of life.
Compendium Of Metaphysics V discusses in dept the relation of human beings to God and the whole of Creation. It takes us through an exploration of the created Cosmos with its planes, dimensions, universal laws, cycles, and evolution. Also, explains the place of our Solar System, and consequently ourselves as human beings, within the whole. Of out most importance is the description of the existence and function of the Cosmic Creative Rays in relation to the Cosmos, our Solar System, planet Earth with its kingdoms of nature, and particularly, to our human constitution.
The science of metaphysics teaches ancient spiritual knowledge. The starting point of true learning is trying to know our real selves, and this will eventually open doors to knowledge of God and the entire Creation. Our real constitution is multidimensional, consisting of different vibrational bodies from gross to subtle. In order to achieve the goal of spiritual growth, we must work on the purification and refinement of these bodies. In accordance with our way of living, the physical body may be coarse or refined in different degrees. Our work to purify the physical body encompasses paying careful attention to the following: What we eat How we eat Hygiene Breathing Speech and silence Exposu...
Compendium of Metaphysics III deals with the process of development human beings undergo at all levels of their constitution (physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual) under the interplay of energetic elements such as focal centers of energy (chakras) and the generalized influence of energy coming from various cosmic rays of creation. Incarnated individuals move constantly among three states of consciousness: deep sleep, sleep with dreams and awake. Through spiritual evolution the person discovers or awakens to broader and higher states of consciousness: soul consciousness, cosmic consciousness, divine consciousness and total oneness consciousness. When we consciously and purposely w...
Compendium of Metaphysics IV discusses the subject of death as the process that involves the departure of the individual soul from its outermost garment of flesh (physical body) and the subsequent events that pertain to the progression of the soul through different realms of spiritual existence. Dying is merely crossing a threshold that leads to a new life, with different conditions. Death is brought about by the will of the soul/spirit when a cycle of incarnated life has reached its end. Death, as we understand it, is really the biggest illusion of the material plane. There is no death, only a continuum of life. Death is an interlude for reflection, assessment, integration, and renovation p...
As part of the process of spiritual growth, we must work on the purification and refinement of our different vibrational bodies. In order to purify and evolve our emotional body, we must remain vigilant to expose our habitual emotional patterns and thus become able to change the old recordings that are impressed on our etheric body. Also, we must learn new ways of dealing with negative emotions, how to stimulate positive emotions, and how to remain in balance by making this body sensitive to the guidance of our soul. Our work to purify and develop our mental body involves developing intelligence, cultivating moral capacity, encouraging new attitudes, developing correct discernment, reprogram...
Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, this volume contains the principal papers from an international symposium titled "Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice" at the University of Leiden in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from June 26 to 29, 1995. The symposium—designed for art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, and museum curators worldwide—was organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Leiden and the Art History Department of the Central Research Laboratory for Objects of Art and Science in Amsterdam. Twenty-five contributors representing museums and conservation institutions throughout the world pro...
This comprehensive, up-to-date reference book is intended to serve as the standard guide in the field. It covers the epidemiology and etiology of the various sexually transmitted infections and associated diseases, reviews novel diagnostic methods, and discusses in depth both new and established treatment methods. An important part of the book is devoted to prevention and particularly to immunoprevention by vaccination. Related issues such as sexual abuse, psychosocial aspects, and economic and political considerations are also included. The expertise of many worldwide renowned specialists and superb color illustrations make this book a valuable resource for practitioners from a variety of medical disciplines. It has a reader-friendly structure with “core messages” and “take-home pearls”.
A detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini's music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson's study explores the ways in which Puccini's music and persona were held up as both the antidote to and the embodiment of the decadence widely felt to be afflicting late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy, a nation which although politically unified remained culturally divided. The book focuses upon two central, related questions that were debated throughout Puccini's career: his status as a national or international composer, and his status as a traditionalist or modernist. In addition, Wilson examines how Puccini's operas became caught up in a wide range of extra-musical controversies concerning such issues as gender and class. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of both the history of opera and of the wider artistic and intellectual life of turn-of-the-century Italy.
Drawing upon the empirical scholarship and research expertise of contributors from all settled continents and from diverse life settings and economies, Viral Loads illustrates how the COVID-19 pandemic, and responses to it, lay bare and load onto people’s lived realities in countries around the world. A crosscutting theme pertains to how social unevenness and gross economic disparities are shaping global and local responses to the pandemic, and illustrate the effects of both the virus and efforts to contain it in ways that amplify these inequalities. At the same time, the contributions highlight the nature of contemporary social life, including virtual communication, the nature of communit...