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	Margo Anand THE ART OF ECSTASY (#H020)	1 hour $34.95

Margo Anand describes the "anti-ecstatic conspiracy" in modern life. We often forget the potential of our perceptual and emotional systems to create states of bliss. She discusses Hindu "tantra" as the art of expanding consciousness through an appreciation of the senses and the body. She takes issue with the Western traditions that create a duality between carnal and spiritual knowledge – suggesting instead that sexuality is a spiritual function. She describes various exercises that can enable couples to open to the sacred dimensions of spirituality. Margo Anand is founder and director of the Skydancing Institute based in San Rafael, California, with offices in eight countries. She is author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy, The Art of Sexual Magic, and The Art of Everyday Ecstasy.

	Angeles Arrien ARCHETYPAL FORMS AND FORCES (#H130)	1 hour $34.95

Archetypal energies beckon us to live a larger life. We are all healers, warriors, visionaries and teachers -- but often these potentials remain in latent form. Through song, dance, storytelling and meditation we can activate these archetypes. Angeles Arrien, Ph.D., a cross-cultural anthropologist, is on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies and the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She is author of The Tarot Handbook, The Fourfold Way and Signs of Life.

	Richard Bach ADVENTURE OF THE SPIRIT (#H300)	1 hour $34.95

Author Richard Bach describes the relationship between fact and fiction in his imaginative autobiographical books. He describes his own internal process of integrating the memories of his childhood. Through his work he has come to realize that ultimate reality is far deeper than the physical appearances of the senses, encompassing multiple dimensions of time and space. Richard Bach is the best-selling author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, One, Illusions, Bridge Across Forever and Running From Safety.

	Sylvia Boorstein EMBODYING BUDDHISM (#H270)	1 hour $34.95

Sylvia Boorstein presents the essence of the eightfold path and the four noble truths of Buddhism. She discusses Vipassana--or mindfulness--meditation which entails detaching from the thoughts, cravings and aversions that pass through the mind. Through this practice one gains insight into the impermanence of all mental states. Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and Buddhist mediation teacher, is author of It is Easier Than You Think, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There and Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist.

	Fritjof Capra THE WEB OF LIFE (#H140)	1 hour $34.95

Many new trends in the field of biology--including systems theory, complexity theory, chaos theory, the Gaia hypothesis--suggest a new approach to the understanding of living systems. this view of our intimate involvement with the web of life can lead us toward ways of living that are ecologically sound. Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., is author of The Tao of Physics, Uncommon Wisdom, The Turning Point, Belonging to the Universe and The Web of Life. He is director of the Center for Ecoliteracy.

Other Fritjof Capra titles.

	Sree Chakravarti A HEALING JOURNEY (#H225)	1 hour $34.95

Sree Chakravarti describes her journey of awakening from the life of a sickly housewife to that of a healer. She maintains that the pace of modern life is so rapid that people do not take enough time to appreciate each other even within families. This, she claims, causes much illness. We not only lose touch with our spirituality, we lose touch with our basic humanity. Sree Chakravarti, of Delhi, India, is author of A Healing Journey. She has practiced spiritual healing throughout the world.

	David Chalmers THE CONSCIOUS MIND (#H230)	1 hour $34.95

Philosopher David Chalmers points out that most modern attempts to explain consciousness fail to address the fundamental problem of subjective experience--i.e., what it is like to be conscious. He argues for a "naturalistic dualism" in which non-physical consciousness is viewed as a fundamental aspect of nature. David Chalmers, Ph.D., is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is author of The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory."

	Swami Chetanananda THE PHILOSOPHY OF TANTRIC YOGA (#H220)	1 hour $34.95

Westerners often mistakenly believe that tantric yoga is essentially a sexual practice. The essence of tantra is a focus on life energy or kundalini associated with the nervous system and the environment. The goal of tantra, as with other spiritual practices, is the achievement of unity consciousness. However, tantric yoga is considered a rapid path to that goal and contains some implicit dangers. Swami Chetanananda is founder of the Nityananda Institute in Portland, Oregon. He is author of Dynamic Stillness, The Breath of God and The Logic of Love.

	Francis Crick THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR THE SOUL (#H550)	1 hour $34.95

A noted scientist discusses free will, consciousness, attention and memory and their relationship to the human nervous system. In a wide ranging discussion, Crick points out that the hypothesis that the brain is the seat of consciousness has not yet been proven. Francis Crick, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of DNA's central role in the process of genetic reproduction. He is author of Life Itself, What Mad Pursuit and The Astonishing Hypothesis.

	Steven B. Duke DRUGS AND THE LAW (#H415)	1 hour $34.95

A distinguished law professor points out that many problems associated with drug use actually result from the prohibition of drugs. These include deaths, by violence and by overdose, theft, health risks, huge law enforcement expenditures. He notes that legalized drugs could still be highly regulated. Funds now spent on law enforcement could be diverted to treatment programs which are known to work. Steven B. Duke, L.L.M., is Law of Science and Technology Prof. at Yale Law School. He is co-author of America's Longest War: Rethinking Our Tragic Crusade Against Drugs.

	Marcia Emery UNLOCKING YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS WISDOM (#H125)	1 hour $34.95

Dr. Emery outlines a series of steps for activating the intuitive mind. These include framing the problem, centering, relaxing, receiving imagery, interpreting the imagery and taking action. She also enumerates the positive and negative emotional factors that can interfere with the intuitive process. She suggests specific exercises for determining whether such obstacles are causing distortions. Marcia Emery, Ph.D., is adjunct professor at the Masters in Management program of Aquinas College. She is author of Dr. Marcia Emery's Intuition Workbook.

	Ashok Gangadean AWAKENING THE GLOBAL MIND (#H145)	1 hour $34.95

The spiritual and philosophical traditions of humanity all point toward an underlying first principle which Dr. Ashok Gangadean refers to as the Logos. This principle partakes of both infinity and relationality. It speaks of the underlying unity of all reality, yet it is expressed differently in each culture. He highlights the paradoxes of consciousness as seen from the perspective of an ego-based way of using the mind. He notes that most spiritual systems attribute suffering and oppression to the ego-based style of mental functioning. Ashok K. Gangadean is professor of Philosophy at Haverford College, PA. He serves as director of the Global Dialogue Institute and is author of Meditative Reason, Between Worldsand The Awakening of the Global Mind.

	Murray Gell-Mann THE SIMPLE AND THE COMPLEX (#H465)	1 hour $34.95

Nobel laureate Gell-Mann addresses the relationship between the world of everyday experience and the mysterious world of sub-atomic particles. He points out that chaos theory shows that many large-scale events are extremely sensitive to initial conditions. Regarding complexity, he says that random systems which are difficult to describe may be no more complex than ones which are completely orderly. Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize for theoretical work in physics. He is professor emeritus at California Institute of Technology and author of The Quark and the Jaguar.

	Amit Goswami QUANTUM CREATIVITY (#H333)	1 hour $34.95

Just as quantum mechanics has been a powerful theory unifying our understanding of physics, it can also serve as a unifying theory in the field of creativity. Dr. Amit Goswami maintains that the discontinuities observed in quantum physics allow for the creative leaps that are at the heart of all fundamental innovations. He describes the "quantum self" as that aspect of our being that is capable of direct sensitivity to the creativity of the universe. Amit Goswami, professor of physics at the University of Oregon, is author of The Cosmic Dancers, The Self-Aware Universe and Quantum Creativity.

	Christina Grof ADDICTION, ATTACHMENT AND SPIRITUAL CRISIS (#H245)	1 hour $34.95

Christina Grof describes her own struggle to overcome alcoholism and suggests that the impulse that leads to addictive behavior stems from our yearning for spiritual union. Crises of spiritual opening, she says, may often look like episodes of acute psychosis and are often difficult and even painful. Unlike psychosis, however, such crises can lead to higher states of personality integration. Christina Grof is founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network. She is author of The Thirst for Wholeness, and is a developer, with husband Stanislav Grof, of Holotropic therapy.

	Stanislav Grof THE COSMIC GAME (#H105)	1 hour $34.95

Dr. Stan Grof makes the case that the experience of those in altered "holotropic" states—through psychedelic drugs or through certain breathing exercises—are virtually indistinguishable from classic mystical experiences. He maintains that the worldview cultivated in such states of consciousness says much about both the depths of the human psyche and about reality itself. Dr. Stanislav Grof is a professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is author of Beyond the Brain, LSD Psychotherapy, The Adventure of Self Discovery and The Cosmic Game.

Other S. Grof titles.