New Age and holistic beliefs and practices - sometimes called the "new spirituality" - are widely distributed across modern global society. The fluid and popular nature of new age makes these movements a very challenging field to understand using traditional models of religious analysis. Rather than treating new age as an exotic specimen on the margins of 'proper' religion, "New Age Spirituality" examines these movements as a form of everyday or lived religion. The book brings together an international range of scholars to explore the key issues: insight, healing, divination, meditation, gnosis, extraordinary experiences, and interactions with gods, spirits and superhuman powers. Combining discussion of contemporary beliefs and practices with cutting-edge theoretical analysis, the book repositions new age spirituality at the forefront of the contemporary study of religion.

This book will tell you about impressive encounters between a human being and dolphins. It is the story of a woman named Ocean, who has dedicated her life to the oceans and life in these waters. It is a meditation in itself, will move you deeply. The heart will open up to all the beauty and the indispensible gifts oceans and seas gift us with. The land with all its life cannot exist without the water with all its life. Ocean rightfully urges us to treat the treasures of the ocean and sea life with respect. This book aims at being a source of inspiration, information and education; it connects us to the essence of life, shows us the role of dolphins in this, and offers guidelines for “heart and hand”. It is meant to be a practical guide with simple solutions and a supportive beacon, based on decades of the author's own experience, for people who still wish to visit the natural habitat of dolphins. She shares these experiences to keep and protect these treasures, as a gift of life to life, and, most of all, to nurture the dolphin-heart. The energy of dolphins and whales is always present on Earth and will be resonating forever. Dolphins and whales are the bearers of pure and clear consciousness. This makes them highly sensitive; the power of their love raises the frequency of our planet. Text and pictures place the reader directly in the now. All proceeds of this book, talks, and workshops are used integrally for the protection of dolphins and whales and organizations supporting this cause.About the AuthorOcean became the pioneer for Belgium and the Netherlands for communication and interaction with the wild dolphins, with whom she has a deep inner contact and an extraordinary relationship. Water is her element and since her childhood she dreamed of swimming with dolphins. When theosophy came into her life, her heart's desire was to get to know great people personally, and this happened. Frequently she spent time in the company of these Great Beings such as Mother Teresa and Lame Deer, a well-known North American Indian shaman. She was surrounded by great yoga masters from all over the world. They were her guiding light to the dolphins. When she met movie maker Armando Acosta, the flame was rekindled to swim with dolphins and then everything gained momentum when Indra Devi 'the first lady of yoga' crossed her path.For the last 25 years she has travelled to sacred sites around the world in Asia, Central and South America, Europe and Egypt. In a professional way she guides the unique encounter between dolphins and human beings in their search for their inner truth and destiny. Meanwhile she has become their protector and ambassador worldwide.Ocean says, “Dolphins are a spontaneous manifestation of love. They are here on Earth to cultivate the language of the heart." Ocean lives within this spontaneous manifestation of love and shares this love with anyone who is ready to receive its message. Her biggest concern is to protect the dolphins in their natural habitat. If dolphins are treated in a loving and respectful manner, taken care of and protected, the huge amount of debt humankind has built up through abusing, molesting and killing all kinds of animals is also transformed.

Do our relationships with animals bring us closer to God?

In this extraordinary book, the Andersons offer true stories about animals who all but prove the existence of miracles--and whose unconditional love has healed their human companions during their darkest hours.

• Shares Tom’s profound teachings on life, death, and unconditional love gained through his near-death experiences and direct encounter with the Light • Includes more than 160 true and remarkable stories about Tom completing his mission to spread God’s Unconditional Love • Details Tom’s death experiences and how in 2007, when he felt he had fulfilled his mission from God, he consciously left life on Earth In the early evening of May 23, 1978, while making repairs under his pick-up truck full of firewood, the heavy truck crashed down on Tom Sawyer, crushing his chest flat. A 33-year-old Olympic-trained bike racer and mechanic, Tom was clinically dead. Fifteen minutes later, he came back to life, recounting his strange experience of going through a tunnel, having his life review, and meeting the Light. Spiritually energized by this experience and endowed with supernatural abilities, Tom demonstrated repeatedly that the reality we believe in is an illusion, that walls are not necessarily barriers, severe health challenges can be healed in a moment, and it is possible to walk on water. During his death experience, Tom was charged by God with a three-part mission: teach that death does not exist, prevent nuclear war, and promote the Order of Melchizedek, in which he became a highly respected teacher. Through more than 160 remarkable stories, Rev. Daniel Chesbro and Rev. James B. Erickson share Tom’s profound and enlightening insights on life, death, and Unconditional Love. The most complete and in-depth account of the life and teachings of Tom Sawyer, this book reveals Tom as a modern-day messenger of God who returned to life a powerful conduit of Unconditional Love, compelled to create positive change for humanity.

(black & white) After swimming with wild dolphins, Adena Tryon began receiving messages from angelic dolphin beings called Stella Maris (Starlights of the Sea). This book shares their light messages, dolphin wisdom, the medicine of the divine feminine, and healing blessings for humanity.Stella Maris first speaks as a collective. They explain the concept of Starseeds and speak of the Stella Maris High Council, which also includes Mother Mary, Quan Yin, and Queen A'Mara. Then, individual Stella Maris members share light messages, healing activations, and scrolls of affirmations. The book concludes with a Beauty Way invitation. Visionary art from Florencia Burton synchronizes with the words of Stella Maris, creating a truly transformative experience.