"When we engage in a daily relationship with angels, our lives become filled with a vast array of heavenly sparks that inform us of the divinity within even the most mundane activities … Come and see for yourself how to invoke angels, and discover a new way to experience your world."—Rabbi David A. CooperHave you ever experienced something so extraordinary as to leave you wondering whether some higher power or force were responsible? "We do not need to sit and wait for the finger o...

A spiritual memoir by the author of  God Is a Verb."This book is a treasure map, but not like any you have seen before. Most people believe that the object of a treasure hunt is to find a chest of gold. The mystical approach, however, is that the search itself is the treasure…. Here is an invitation to begin an exploration of the treasure fields of your own mind…the most exciting and rewarding adventure you will ever take."from the IntroductionHere is an insiders look at a...

A comprehensive, nonsectarian guidebook to the basic principles and practices of meditation. By showing the way to what mystics have experienced for thousands of years, David Cooper's accessible, clear advice provides invaluable guidance both for students already studying with a meditation teacher and for those who want to develop a meditative practice on their own. Drawing from the wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions, Cooper teaches basic meditative principles and practices to l...

Guarded for centuries, its secrets once passed by word of mouth only, the Kabbalah remains one of our oldest mystical paths for union with the divine. What is the Kabbalah, and why are its teachings so treasured by those who know them?On The Beginner's Guide to the Kabbalah, you will join Rabbi David Cooper for an uplifting introduction to this living cornerstone of Judaism's esoteric tradition. Join him as he lifts the veil on the Kabbalah's core teachings and practices, and their...

Over 2,000 years ago, Jewish mystics devised unique meditations to enhance awareness and contact higher planes of consciousness, becoming vessels for the light of God. They developed a precise system—the Kabbalah—and passed its teachings by word of mouth only, believing that the secrets of the Kabbalah transcend the written word.In the spirit of this great oral tradition, Kabbalah Meditation will immerse you in this traditional school of sacred wisdom for reaching peace through unio...

An Original Path to EnlightenmentWhen the prophet Ezekiel described his great vision of a holy chariot flashing like lightning, with eyes all around, he bequeathed to us a mystical tradition that has endured 2,500 years. For Judaism's first mystics, this chariot was a vehicle leading to the Upper Worlds and the Throne of God, states of supreme awareness that unify all of creation with the divine.Now this original system for reaching beyond the heavens is ful...

Not only is silence a great healer, but inner spiritual retreat can also provide life-changing insight into deeper spiritual truths. The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. Silence, Simplicity & Solitude traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major faith traditions, sharing the common techniques and practices of the retreat experience and clearly instrucsts how to creat an effective, self-gui...

A spiritual memoir by the author of God Is a Verb."This book is a treasure map, but not like any you have seen before. Most people believe that the object of a treasure hunt is to find a chest of gold. The mystical approach, however, is that the search itself is the treasure…. Here is an invitation to begin an exploration of the treasure fields of your own mind…the most exciting and rewarding adventure you will ever take."—from the Introduction...

Kasih is a robotic child drawn into a project to discover her secrets, and into a war that threatens all humanity, including her own.The murder of her family by Union troops in Bandung leaves the rebels’ robotics experts, Losana Maraiwai and Wei Dingxiang, with nobody to explain Kasih’s design but Kasih herself.She is not what anyone expected. In Darwin, Dingxiang suspects a magic trick may explain away her human-like artificial intelligence. In Beijing, Union politician Ga...

Kasih is a robotic child drawn into a project to discover her secrets, and into a war that threatens all humanity, including her own.The murder of her family by Union troops in Bandung leaves the rebels’ robotics experts, Losana Maraiwai and Wei Dingxiang, with nobody to explain Kasih’s design but Kasih herself.She is not what anyone expected. In Darwin, Dingxiang suspects a magic trick may explain away her human-like artificial intelligence. In Beijing, Union politician Ga...

Spirit of the Environment brings spiritual and religious concerns to environmental issues. Providing a much needed alternative to exploring human beings' relationship to the natural world through the restrictive lenses of 'science', 'ecology', or even 'morality', this book offers a fresh perspective to the field.Spirit of the Enironment addresses:* the environmental attitudes of the major religions;* the relationship between art and nature;* th...

This foreign policy analysis textbook is written especially for students studying to become national security professionals. It translates academic knowledge about the complex influences on American foreign policymaking into an intuitive, cohesive, and practical set of analytic tools. The focus here is not theory for the sake of theory, but rather to translate theory into practice. Classic paradigms are adapted to fit the changing realities of the contemporary national security environment...