Alchemists sought to transform lead into gold. This book shows how we similarly all have the natural ability to turn the lead of our confused minds into the gold of insightful clarity. Tara Bennett shows how we can learn to see ourselves as we really are & thus learn to disengage from those emotional patterns that undermine our lives. Drawing on the latest research into cognitive science & neuroscience with ancient principles of Buddhist psychology, this profound yet very practical book shows how the mind can heal the very heart of our being.'A wise & practical guide to emotional freedom' Joseph Goldstein, author of Insight Meditation'A wonderfully clear, compassionate & insightful guide to freeing ourselves from difficult emotions' Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness' Written with humour [and] warmheartedness in lively prose -' Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth ...

There is more & more discussion today about our vital need to release trapped, negative feelings as a way of reaching personal fulfilment & optimal health. In this ground-breaking, highly praised work, John Ruskan presents a profound system of self-therapy, based on both Eastern & Western methods, through which you can learn how to: Understand your real feelings & use them for emotional & spiritual growth. Prevent negative ones from contaminating your life & relationships. Enhance emotional release through well-tested, easy-to-follow techniques. Initiate deep personal change. Typical emotional issues with which we all struggle include depression, anxiety, anger, love/hate, loneliness, sexual blocks, tendencies to control, various compulsions, relationship problems & so on. This book provides the practical skills to deal intelligently with your feelings
- & touch & transform all levels of your being. ' Ruskan has achieved a challenging & difficult task, clarifying the interface between Western psychology & Eastern spiritual tradition'
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In Emotional Healing, world-renowned alternative-health expert Jan de Vries turns his attention to the myriad of mental & ...

On a peat & heather island off the west coast of Scotl&, Effie & her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors & tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was ...

On a peat & heather island off the west coast of Scotl&, Effie & her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors & tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was ...

On a peat & heather island off the west coast of Scotl&, Effie & her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors & tell each other stories. Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was ...

The Emperor Constantine crosses the Alps at the head of a great army from the Rhineland in AD 312, & marches south to take Rome from the tyrant Maxentius. As he lays siege to the city of Verona, Constantine waits for the arrival of his wife, Fausta
- his enemy's sister
- whose cool detachment torments him. Emperor is a superbly imaginative reconstruction of the dramatic weeks leading up to Constantine's triumph in Rome. Written in the form of extracts from his own journal & letters from his empress, her frivolous female companion, his cynical secretary & a Christian bishop who is travelling with the army, the novel records a train of events which will change the world. Constantine is plagued by spiritual doubts, tortured by his wife's coldness, but he defies the omens to win a great victory at Verona & to lead his army south. On the road to Rome, the conqueror becomes the conquered as a blinding vision strikes him from his horse in an astonishing conversion to Christianity. Emperor summons up the Roman world of two thousand years ago, the everyday life of soldiers on campaign & the intrigues at court. But it is also the many-faceted story of a man's loss of faith in God & in human love, told with uncanny brilliance.

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With fascinating insight, impeccable research, & captivating writing, controversial psychoanalyst Jeffrey Masson, a new father himself, showcases the extraordinary behaviour of outstanding fathers in the animal kingdom. From the emperor penguin, who incubates the eggs of his young by carrying them around on his feet for two months, to the sea-horse, the only male animal that gives birth to its young. Mason also examines nature's worst fathers; lions, bears, & humans. A book that will forever change our perceptions of parenthood & love. ...