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1) The Chakras
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Series
Pub. Date
[1927]
Description
Chakra (Sanskrit, "wheel") refers to the ancient Hindu concept of seven vortices of energy located on the spine from the tailbone to the crown of the head. These centers define the physical and spiritual contact points in the human body. In yoga they are bridges to higher consciousness symbolizing the journey from the material world to the divine. Alternative-medicine healers recognize them as a dynamic resource for health. First published in 1927,...
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Pub. Date
c1978
Description
A clairvoyant, Leadbeater wrote, is simply a person who develops the power to respond to another octave out of the stupendous gamut of possible vibrations and so is enabled to see more of the world. . than those of more limited perception. And what a world Leadbeater describes for us in these pages---a world of Master adepts and their pupils, untapped human powers and potentials, ancient mysteries, devas and nature spirits--in short, the unseen workings...
13) Colorado gold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Preacher's daughter Amy Randolph finds her beliefs and values challenged when her father moves them from the comfort and familiarity of their home in the East, to a Colorado mining town in the midst of the Gold Rush.
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Understanding Islam (preface to the original edition) -- Spiritual adventures : dream and pilgrimage -- Allah's divine song : inside the Qur'an -- Reality -- Revelation -- A way of living -- The qur'anic vision : worldview of Islam -- Meditations on the Holy Qur'an in their traditional order.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Amy's commitment to her husband, an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, is strained by the system of circuit-riding which keeps him away from home, and their faith is further tested by the rigors of the Civil War.
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Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Description
North meets South with a mighty clash of wills, each side clinging stubornly to political ideals destined to separate families, ruin fortunes, and touch off a war that would devastate an entire nation. Some men and women, driven by principle, joined together, risking everything in order to protect a race of people that were considered to be less than human--a race that could be bought and sold as slaves, subject to the whims and abuses of their masters....
19) Jewel of promise
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Series
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Description
Jewel of Promise begins in late 1860 with newly married Olivia and Alex Duncan ending their long anticipated honeymoon amid the rumbles of discontent in the pro-slavery southern states. Alex's honeymoon gift to Olivia, a black onyx and gold filigree broach, is destined to symbolize a promise of hope they never dreamed possible. When Lincoln wins the presidential election, they decide to visit Alex's family in South Carolina. Over the course of the...