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January 25, 2024

All Is Leaf Essays and Transformations

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Free Download John T Price, "All Is Leaf: Essays and Transformations "
English | ISBN: 1609388356 | 2022 | 218 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB
Drawing inspiration and urgency from the storied Goethe Oak tree at Buchenwald concentration camp-and from the leaf as symbol of all change, growth, and renewal-award-winning essayist John Price explores a multitude of dramatic transformations, in his life and in the fragile world beyond: "the how of the organism-that keeps your humanity alive."

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August 16, 2023

Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf Zen Poems of Ryōkan

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Free Download Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf: Zen Poems of Ryōkan By Ryōkan, John Stevens
2012 | 114 Pages | ISBN: 0834826089 | EPUB | 3 MB
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryōkan (1758-1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryōkan’s poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like his contemporary Thoreau, Ryōkan celebrates nature and the natural life, but his poems touch the whole range of human experience: joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, enlightenment and illusion, love and loneliness. This collection of translations reflects the full spectrum of Ryōkan’s spiritual and poetic vision, including Japanese haiku, longer folk songs, and Chinese-style verse. Fifteen ink paintings by Koshi no Sengai (1895-1958) complement these translations and beautifully depict the spirit of this famous poet. Review"Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf is a welcome addition to the growing body of Ryokan’s work available in English."- TricycleAbout the AuthorJohn Stevens is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Aikido instructor at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan. He is the author or translator of over twenty books on Buddhism, Zen, Aikido, and Asian culture. He has practiced and taught Aikido all over the world.

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July 24, 2023

The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations

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Free Download The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations By Braude, Stephen E
2007 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 0226071529 | PDF | 2 MB
For over thirty years, Stephen Braude has studied the paranormal in everyday life, from extrasensory perception and psychokinesis to mediumship and materialization.The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigationsis a highly readable and often amusing account of his most memorable encounters with such phenomena. Here Braude recounts in fascinating detail five particular cases-some that challenge our most fundamental scientific beliefs and others that expose our own credulousness.Braude begins with a south Florida woman who can make thin gold-colored foil appear spontaneously on her skin. He then travels to New York and California to test psychokinetic superstars-and frauds-like Joe Nuzum, who claim to move objects using only their minds. Along the way, Braude also investigates the startling allegations of K.R., a policeman in Annapolis who believes he can transfer images from photographs onto other objects-including his own body-and Ted Serios, a deceased Chicago elevator operator who could make a variety of different images appear on Polaroid film. Ultimately, Braude considers his wife’s surprisingly fruitful experiments with astrology, which she has used to guide professional soccer teams to the top of their leagues, as well as his own personal experiences with synchronicity-a phenomenon, he argues, that may need to be explained in terms of a refined, extensive, and dramatic form of psychokinesis.Heady, provocative, and brimming with eye-opening details and suggestions,The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigationswill intrigue both adherents and detractors of its controversial subject matter alike.

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