Автор: Rupert Spira Название: Being Aware of Being Aware ISBN: 1626259968 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626259966 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The overlooking of our own being is the root cause of all unhappiness and, therefore, the root cause of our search for happiness. This collection of contemplations, the first volume in the Essence of Meditation series, will lead readers toward their own experiential understanding of that which we all call "I," inviting them to relax into awareness and explore their true nature.
Автор: Spira, Rupert Название: You are the happiness you seek ISBN: 1684030129 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684030125 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 3036.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Kingdom of Watetu and Songaland is an autobiographical story about Mpeki, the princess of the Watetu tribe who realised early that FGM in her tribe was wrong and who sought out to bring about a change, a journey that caused her and her loved ones a lot of pain, because the Watetu tribe practised FGM while the neighbouring tribe, the Songa, appreciated sexuality. The differences that their cultures represented brought about a clash after the prince of Songaland assisted Princess Mpeki to run off after she hindered the mutilation of her sister. This started a rift between both tribes that resulted in the abduction of the prince of Songaland, and the princess`s sister, whose mutilation the princess had hindered, was bought back by the missionaries. The prince of Songaland ended in Portugal as a slave, making his father furious - reason for a war that lasted for two decades. It was finally after the abolition of slavery worldwide that the prince of Songaland came back with Mpeki and the missionaries who had travelled with her to help her evade her own mutilation. Upon the arrival of the prince, his father ordered him to leave the princess, claiming that she was cursed. In fact, the princess was not cursed as all had thought. It was through her sacrifices that the two tribes reunited, becoming one under the prince and princess`s rule in the new kingdom of Watetu and Songaland, a kingdom of peace, justice and harmony. The story ends with a bombastic marriage between the two tribes, the result of the eradication of FGM.
Автор: Andrew Spira Название: The Invention of the Self: Personal Identity in the Age of Art ISBN: 1350091057 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350091054 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 25344.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book is an examination of personal identity, exploring both who we think we are, and how we construct the sense of ourselves through art. It proposes that the notion of personal identity is a psycho-social construction that has evolved over many centuries. While this idea has been widely discussed in recent years, Andrew Spira approaches it from a completely new point of view. Rather than relying on the thinking subject's attempts to identify itself consciously and verbally, it focuses on the traces that the self-sense has unconsciously left in the fabric of its environment in the form of non-verbal cultural conventions. Covering a millennium of western European cultural history, it amounts to an 'anthropology of personal identity in the West'.
Following a broadly chronological path, Spira traces the self-sense from its emergence from the collectivity of the medieval Church to its consummation in the individualistic concept of artistic genius in the nineteenth century. In doing so, it aims to bridge a gap that exists between cultural history and philosophy. Regarding cultural history (especially art history), it elicits significances from its material that have been thoroughly overlooked. Regarding philosophy, it highlights the crucial role that material culture plays in the formation of philosophical ideas. It argues that the sense of personal self is as much revealed by cultural conventions - and as a cultural convention - as it is observable to the mind as an object of philosophical enquiry.
Автор: Sevush Ralph Название: Spira Mirabilis: Fantastic Tales from the Marvelous Spiral ISBN: 0692738517 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692738511 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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taQ'Lut Press presents "Spira Mirabilis: Fantastic Tales from the Marvelous Spiral", a lauded collection of eight thematically linked fantasy, horror, and science fiction short stories and novelettes, written by Ralph Sevush and illustrated by Susan Kaufman.
"Spira Mirabilis", Latin for "miraculous" or "marvelous" spiral, is the name given by mathematician Jakob Bernoulli to the logarithmic curve with a uniquely "miraculous" quality: though the size of the spiral increases, its shape remains unchanged by each successive curve. As a result, the Spira Mirabilis has evolved in nature, appearing in certain forms such as the arms of spiral galaxies.
According to the author, "myths arise in different contexts throughout human history. They expand and evolve, yet, like the Spira Mirabilis, they remain essentially the same. And this is likely so because WE remain essentially the same, give or take a millennium.
Violent, funny, poignant and romantic, in varying proportions, these tales are also about the act of telling the story, and the storyteller, too.
"... Sevush leads readers on an imaginative tour of pulp genres and popular mythology. Overall, these stories are grand, world-building genre pieces condensed into a few pages each, and Sevush displays great facility with the rhythm and lexicon of the various styles he assays. A rollicking, good-spirited ride..." - Kirkus Reviews
"These astonishing stories are as funny, lyrical and literary as they are original, big-hearted and human. It's as if some mad scientist has taken parts of Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, Mickey Spillane, Ursula Le Guin and Edgar Allan Poe, and sewn them all together to create something magnificent and wholly original." -- David Lindsay-Abaire, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, librettist, lyricist and screenwriter (Rabbit Hole, Shrek the Musical)
"This remarkable collection highlights a voice that will remind you why you fell in love with science fiction in the first place. From the gritty characters to the landscapes they inhabit, Ralph Sevush is a true "world builder," calling on well-known tropes and upending them with his own clever imagination. One of my favorite pieces of genre fiction I've read this year... truly marvelous " -- Qui Nguyen, Playwright (Vietgone, She Fights Monsters), and Artistic Director of the off-Broadway theater company, Vampire Cowboys
"Masterfully careening from fantasy to horror to science fiction, this memorable collection boasts sly references from Gilgamesh to Superman, but like all great storytellers, his literary prowess is always in service to his ultimate quest: to illuminate the human heart." -- Doug Wright, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, librettist and screenwriter (I Am My Own Wife, Grey Gardens, Little Mermaid)
"Ralph Sevush's terrifically entertaining tales live somewhere between the classic pulp fiction of SF's Golden Age and the 21st-century cutting edge of Gaiman and Gibson... smart, startling and memorable." -- David Auburn, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter (Proof, The Columnist)
"9/10 rating... That's some good stuff right there...not a bad story in the bunch and some of them] still resonate. Recommended." -- David L. Felts, SFReader.Com
Автор: Spira Rupert Название: A Meditation on I Am ISBN: 1684037948 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684037940 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2124.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In A Meditation on I Am, spiritual teacher Rupert Spira offers beautiful and contemplative prose poetry to help readers reach an experiential understanding of their own essential being.
Автор: Spira, Rupert Название: I am always i ISBN: 1915635136 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781915635136 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Anca, Cristiana Название: Nourishing noodles ISBN: 1631061844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781631061844 Издательство: Quarto Рейтинг: Цена: 2177.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Spira Rupert Название: Being Myself ISBN: 1684031621 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684031627 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Following in the footsteps of Being Aware of Being Aware, Being Myself marks the second addition to renowned spiritual teacher Rupert Spira`s The Essence of Meditation Series. In this transformational work, Spira further delves into the nature of consciousness, self-awareness, and what it means to be human.
Автор: Spira, Rupert Название: Presence, volume i ISBN: 1626258740 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626258747 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 3034.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Dziuban, Peter ; Spira, Rupert ; O`Keeffe, Jac ; M Название: The Greatest Secret ISBN: 1665017171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781665017176 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 3134.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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