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T.S.BOOKSHOP NEWS Volume 16 Issue 2 August 2011 Don’t forget to visit our website: www.tsbookshop.com.au The Bond Connecting Through the Space Between Us Lynne McTaggart HC $45.00 BOOKS COMPACT DISCS DVDS TAROT CARDS CRYSTALS INCENSE AROMATHERAPY OILS AURA-SOMA INDIAN ARTEFACTS (special price $35.00 till 30th September) “The world essentially operates, not through the activity of individual things, but in the e ic connection between l pr cia e p them - in a sense, in s the space between things. The most essential aspect of life is not the isolated thing … It is the relationship itself; the inseparable, irreducible Bond.” In this meticulously researched book, awardwinning journalist, Lyn McTaggart, who brought us The Field and The Intention Experiment, once again draws together all the threads of the latest scientific research to offer a breathtaking, visionary plan for a new way to live in harmony with our true nature, and with each other. “The Bond ultimately posits ... a new paradigm for living ... I hope to offer you an entirely new vision of yourself and your place in the world, not as its master or its competitor, but as its cooperative partner.” Customer Loyalty Programme Don’t forget to register for our Customer Loyalty Programme. Twice a year, you’ll receive a voucher for 10% of what you’ve spent during the past six months - there is no minimum amount to spend! Once you’ve become a member, you can look forward to your first bonus on 1st December, 2011. Check our website for terms & conditions. THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY BOOKSHOP SECOND FLOOR 126 - 128 RUSSELL ST MELBOURNE 3000 TEL (03) 9650 3955 FAX (03) 9650 4894 TRADING HOURS MONDAY - THURSDAY 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM FRIDAY 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM SATURDAY 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CLOSED SUNDAYS e-mail: [email protected] The Mind That Changes Everything 48 Creative Meditations That Will Enrich Your Life Ian Gawler PB $27.00 Exciting new scientific studies reveal the brain’s life-long capacity to change its structure and function - depending on how we use it. Yet similar studies tell us that the mind is more than the sum of the brain’s physical parts. “The secret lies in understanding … that we think in images. This book then is offered as a user’s guide to the inner workings of your mind - the use of imagery.” Ian Gawler is an authentic authority on the mind and its potential. Having used meditation and imagery as the basis for his own remarkable cancer recovery several decades ago, Gawler has pioneered and remained in the forefront as a teacher of these techniques. The Mind That Changes Everything is full of evocative stories, practical wisdom and 48 techniques that range from the simple to the profound. Wired for Joy A Revolutionary Method for Creating Happiness from Within Laurel Mellin PB $19.95 Laurel Mellin is an associate clinical professor of family and comm unit y medicine and paediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, who specializes in emotional brain training (EBT). In Wired for Joy, she presents a simple yet proven way to train your brain to move through stress and back to joy. Her method T.S. Bookshop focuses on rewiring the emotional brain rather than the thinking brain, which has been the focus of most other stress-relieving methods. Based on the cutting-edge science of neuroplasticity, Mellin outlines the five emotional states of the brain, and presents a specific tool for each that easily and quickly switches the brain back to well-being. “Using these tools creates a revolution from within, decreasing stress symptoms and helping you uncover what lies beneath that stress: joy.” Flourish A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being Martin Seligman PB $32.95 Traditionally, the goal of psychology has been to relieve human suffering, but the goal of the Positive Psychology movement, which Dr. Seligman has led for fifteen years, is different - it’s about actually raising the bar for the human condition. He asks “what is it that enables you to cultivate your talents, to build deep, lasting relationships with others, to feel pleasure, and to contribute meaningfully to the world. In a word, what is it that allows you to flourish?” While certainly a part of well-being, happiness alone doesn’t give life meaning. In this latest book, well-being takes centre stage, and Happiness becomes one of the five pillars of Positive Psychology, along with Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment. Flourish tells inspiring stories of Positive Psychology in action, and provides interactive exercises to help you explore your own attitudes and aims. Page 2 August 2011 The Four Purposes of Life Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World Dan Millman HC $24.95 This book is for anyone seeking deeper insight into themselves and their lives, but especially for those at a crossroads, facing a challenge or change, when past approaches no longer work. Dan Millman, famous for his book (and now movie), Way of the Peaceful Warrior, asks the question, “What is the purpose of my life?” Distilling decades of exploration and experience into a concise map of what we’re here to accomplish on our life’s journey, Millman outlines four major purposes: learning life’s lessons, finding your career and calling, discovering your life path, and attending to this arising moment. “The four purposes not only lend meaning to our lives but also provide the foundation for this great spiritual purpose: the quest for illumination.” Inside-Out Healing Transforming Your Life Through the Power of Presence Richard Moss PB $19.95 (more stock due September) “I know that much is written about living in the Now, but there is frustratingly little about how to actually arrive there: how to become and remain fully present. In this book, you will be given an effective practice and a map of real value in this journey into presence.” Richard Moss, an internationally respected “soul teacher” in the field of con- scious living and inner transformation, presents powerful principles, tools, and practices for transforming sel f-lim iti ng pat ter ns of thought and behaviour, and for staying in the present, even in the midst of very difficult feelings. Presence is associated with feelings of aliveness, connection, creativity, satisfaction and flow. “As you become more present, you will not only become more truly healthy, but you will also be serving the transfo rmat ion of the world around you.” Active Dreaming Journeying Beyond Self-Limitation to a Life of Wild Freedom Robert Moss PB $22.95 Active Dreaming is a way of being fully of this world, while maintaining constant contact with another world - the “worldbehind-the-world” where the deeper logic and purpose of our lives are to be found. “Active dreamers are choosers. We learn to recognise that, whatever situation we are in, we always have a choice.” Robert Moss’s extraordinary dreamwork comes from the fact that he is not confined to scientific rationale, methods, and explanations. Instead, his background in journalism has opened his mind as a storyteller. Active Dreaming offers three core areas of practice: talking and walking our dreams to bring energy and guidance from the dreamworld into everyday life; shamanic lucid dreaming; and conscious living. “This approach includes paying attention to night dreams, but it is not only, or even essentially, about what happens at night. It is a method for conscious living.” T.S. Bookshop News August 2011 The T.S. Bookshop is pleased to be hosting the first in an occasional series of events “Conversations with the Author” on Thursday 11th August at 6:00 pm. The evening will begin with a talk by Amit Goswami, Ph.D., in the Theosophical Society Auditorium on the ground floor, followed by an opportunity for booksigning in the T.S. Bookshop. Goswami is a pioneer in using quantum physics to articulate the paradigm shift from a materialist to a consciousness-based worldview. Reared in the sacred Hindu tradition, he integrates Western science with Eastern mysticism to show that consciousness is the ground of all being. The event is free, and there is no need to book, but because of his popularity, we recommend that you arrive early. The Auditorium will be open from 5:30 pm. Healing through the Akashic Records A free talk & book signing at the Theosophical Society Auditorium & T.S. Bookshop Thursday 11th August 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm dozens of reflection exercises and practices, Healing through the Akashic Records will help you discover your soul’s immutable perfection. She includes questions for you to ponder and explore, and daily Using the Power of Your Sacred Wounds practices to help you embrace what to Discover Your Soul’s Perfection you’ve learned. “We can’t control Linda Howe HC $32.95 the outside world, but with the The Power of Your Spirit power of Spirit, we can create a “ ... We work in the A Guide to Joyful Living sense of purpose within that brings Akashic Records, Sonia Choquette PB $17.95 about deep satisfaction and perusing the wounds sonal peace - regardless of what is we have suffered Sonia Choquette, going on around us.” during our lives as the six -sen sor y the means to come spiritual teacher, The Map of the Soul to know our true believes that, de- Discovering Your True Purpose selves, to discover spite the fact we Tricia Brennan PB $32.95 our soul’s perfection.” With her long to know our book How to Read the Akashic ReDivine selves, we What is your cords, Linda Howe helped readers aren’t committed Soul’s Purpose? to access valuable information in to engaging in the practical work Does your life the Akashic Records - an energetic necessary to achieve this. “I be- have a higher archive of every individual’s soul lieve the reason for this frustration meaning, or is it and its journey. In this latest book, and spiritual impasse is that way merely a series of Howe shares her expert insights on too many of us are trying to make random events? how we can all use this powerful a transformational, energetic shift Do unseen forces resource to help heal our sacred through intellectual means alone.” influence the course of your fate? wounds - transforming our rela- In The Power of Your Spirit she in- Can you trust your intuition? The tionship with the limiting patterns troduces four stages you must pass Map of the Soul answers these and and behaviours that interfere with through on the way to reconnect- many other questions - allowing our ability to experience our true ing with your Spirit: Awakening, you to discover for yourself the anpotential and divine nature. With Discovery, Surrender, and Flow. swer to the most important quesPage 3 T.S. Bookshop News tion of all - Why are you here? Tricia Brennan is an internationally acclaimed intuitive counsellor, author and spiritual teacher who has helped transform the lives of thousands of people. In The Map of the Soul she combines her unique wisdom with practical, informative exercises and insights to help you discover your own True Purpose. “This will allow you to gather clues that ultimately reveal your Soul’s Purpose and help you discover your true Destiny.” August 2011 The Intuitive Advisor A Psychic Doctor Teaches You How to Solve Your Most Pressing Health Problems Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D.,Ph.D. PB $29.95 Common Wealth Our Legacy of Places of Power and the Transfiguration of the Human Soul Freddy Silva PB $45.00 Fol low ing a In this enlightenglobal catastroing book, Mona phe in 9703 BC, Lisa Schulz shows groups of Sages you how to comembarked on a bine intuition with mission to reintelligence, to solve build a worldyour most pressing wide network health problems. of temples that would maintain inBut she’s not your run-of-the-mill definitely a society in balance with intuitive. Described as a psychic itself and the cosmos. These places Afterlife doctor with humour, solutions, and of power were constructed at magUncovering the Secrets credentials, Dr. Schulz gives you no- netically sensitive locations and of Life After Death Barry Eaton PB $25.00 nonsense, grounded, practical, in- according to prescribed laws that your-face advice on how to fix are capable of altering states of What does happen yo ur re la ti on sh ip /j ob /f am il y/ consciousness. The aim of the temwhen som eone physical/emotional problems. She ple-builders was to preserve and dies? What does it also explains how to deal with transmit a body of spiritual knowlfeel like? Why do many ailments that affect your edge capable of transfiguring the some people find it well-being, including fatigue, aller- soul. But can temples really transhard to leave gies, skin problems, weight issues, form ordinary people into extraorplaces and loved depression, anxiety, and much dinary beings? Bestselling author ones behind? How much more. By mastering the Freddy Silva, respected for his do people who die in accidents and “Seven Rules for Intuitive Health”, writings on Crop Circles, examines other sudden deaths fare? How you can learn to intuitively con- the origins of sacred places, and does our grief affect those who quer pain and suffering, and create what makes them so. “The archihave passed on? What is the tunnel a life filled with health and happi- tects designed these heirlooms for experience all about? Is there any ness. “When we … look at the di- our common wealth … They built such thing as a life review? Do vine purpose behind the event, these places of power so we’d alpeople reincarnate? If so, what do with the help of friends, family, ways remember who we really they have in their life to come? and a higher power, we inevitably are.” Ranging all around the globe, Based on his own amazing experi- learn that what doesn’t kill us will this is a fascinating study of the ences of life between lives, and his always make us stronger.” world’s greatest sacred spaces. numerous communications with those who have passed over, psy- Oracle of the Shapeshifters Lucy Cavendish with artwork by chic intuitive Barry Eaton answers Jasmine Becket-Griffith Guidebook & 45 cards $34.95 many questions about the spirit The Oracle of the Shapeshifters Deck contains mesworld. “Ezio De Angelis, one of sages from magickal familiars. These trustworthy the best mediums I have ever mystical companions of the wise ones share their known, maintains that as there is honest and instinctual guidance for times of perno such thing as death, then life acsonal and planetary transition. They will lend you tually continues in another domain. their courage, point out new paths, help you make This means there is not really an fresh discoveries, spark your creativity and inspire afterlife as such, but merely another you with encouragement. Stunningly illustrated by the popular Jasmine sphere of existence.” Becket-Griffith, this is a truly unique and empowering deck. Page 4 AURA-SOMA AT THE T.S. BOOKSHOP Did you know that the T.S. Bookshop carries the gorgeous colour healing system called Aura-Soma? In this system, colour is used as a medium to connect with the soul. It is a non-intrusive self-selective therapy - the basis being that “you are the colours you choose”, and this reflects who you are and what you need at this point in time. Aura-Soma was created by an inspirational woman named Vicky Wall, who’s father was a master in Kabbalah, Zohar and plant medicine, which he passed onto her. Throughout her life, Vicky was gifted with auric sight, clairvoyance and the ability to perform spontaneous healings. As a young woman she worked in a pharmacy, learning the art of apothecary, which she combined with the knowledge she had learned from her father. She then trained as a podiatrist, and set up a clinic with her friend Margaret Cockbain. During her life, Vicky had three Near-Death Experiences and suffered ill health, including the loss of her eyesight due to diabetes but at this time her auric sight increased. On her retirement, having lost all her savings, she began making creams and lotions, and it was then, during three consecutive nights in her meditation, waves of colour came to her, with the message “divide the waters”. In 1983 Aura-soma was born. In 1991 Vicky passed away leaving AuraSoma to Mike Booth. The range has continued to expand, with the latest bottle, 109, Archangel Zachari el, Mag enta ove r Mid -ton e Olive, being birthed on Tuesday 26th July, 2011. Equilibrium Bottles At the heart of the Aura-Soma colour care system are the Equilibrium bottles, with 109 different ones to choose from. These are dual-coloured bottles that contain a layer of oil sitting on top of a layer of water. Within each bottle there are two colours which have vibrational wavelengths, and living energies of crystals, gems, herbs and essential oils. Once a bottle is chosen it is shaken and applied to the body. Colour, crystals, herbs and essential oils are absorbed into the skin and then radiate out into the energy field, restoring clarity in the related chakras, bringing about balance. The dynamic living energies contained in the Equilibrium bottles can benefit you in many ways: In a state of balance you become more relaxed, self esteem improves, mood lightens and you become more confident. Once harmony is regained, it allows you to become clearer about who you are and what you want from life. The Rescue Set Within the range of equilibrium bottles is the “Rescue set”. These bottles are fantastic to have on hand or in the first aid kit. They can be used any time for immediate support. The Rescue bottles include: *Physical rescue – for peaceful, clear communication. *Heart rescue – for decision making and communicating feelings in a peaceful way. *Sunshine rescue – for rediscovering joy when the light within feels lost. Helps connect the inner knowledge and wisdom. *Love rescue – for warmth, caring, self acceptance and unconditional love of self and others. *Star child – for inner child work. *Etheric rescue – for shock and trauma. Helpful in letting go of the past. *Coral rescue – for shock, abuse and unrequited love. *Energy rescue – for renewal of energy levels and passion for life. *Archangel Metatron – for the exploration of shadow work. *they restore the light body and balance the chakras *support the soul’s journey as we reconnect to spirit and our life purpose *help access and enhance intuition *enhance self-awareness through the colours you choose *enable you to feel more relaxed and at peace, becoming a beneficial tool in the management of stress *overcome fears and blocks, release old patterns and restore synchronicity in your life *promote wellbeing *provide new tools to meet life’s The Equilibrium Bottles are supported by the Pomanders and challenges. Quintessences, which we will discuss in the next Newsletter. Page 5 T.S. Bookshop News Into the Heart of Life Buddhist Teachings on Wisdom and Compassion Tenzin Palmo PB $25.00 showing us how the insights of the enli ghte ned teac her of India known as the Buddha can help make us happy, healed, and whole again ...” Bien provides exercises, Hidden from the meditati ons and concrete aprest of the world, proaches to practicing happiness high in the Himala- and well-being, drawn from mindyan mountains, the fulness and other ancient Buddhist people of Tibet de- insights. veloped a science of the mind over Falling Into Grace the centuries it Insights on the End of Suffering took the West to build cars and Adyashanti HC $37.95 planes. Forty years ago, Tenzin Palmo was one of the first Western Adyashanti’s teachwomen to be ordained as a Budings have been dhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. compared to some Now, in her characteristically clear of the early Ch’an and insightful style, she delivers (Zen) masters of Dharma talks, introducing us to the China, as well as essential teachings on impermateachers of Advaita nence, happiness and compassion, Vedanta in India. and showing us how we can use In this latest book, he shares funthem to enha nce our live s. damental insights that will “spark Whether or not you are a Buddhist, a revolution in the way we perInto the Heart of Life can help you ceive life”. Adyashanti asks us to develop more sanity, wisdom, com- let go of our struggles with life and passion and fulfilment in your life. open to the full promise of spiritual awakening: the end of deluThe Buddha’s Way of Happiness sion and the discovery of our esHealing Sorrow, Transforming Nega- sential being. Falling Into Grace is a tive Emotion, and Finding Well-Being book that gets to the core of why we suffer. “The teachings in this in the Present Moment Thomas Bien, Ph.D. PB $25.95 book are simply ways to open ourselves to grace, to open ourselves The Buddha’s Way to that mysterious element of light of Happiness is a that enters in the hidden and quiet guide to putting moments.” aside your anxieties about the fu- Realizing God ture, regrets about Lectures on Vedanta by the past, and con- Swami Prabhavananda stant longing to Edith Dickinson Tipple (ed) change your life for the better, and HC $16.95 awakening to the joy of living. “This is precisely where Thomas Swami Prabhavananda (1893-1976) Bien comes in, with his humanistic, contributed a great deal to the unempirical, and non-dogmatic new derstanding of Vedanta in the contribution to the emerging field West. He was a teacher with an of what I call positive Buddhism, extraordinary ability to make even Page 6 August 2011 the most subtle or enigm atic ideas exciting and comprehensible. Realizing God has been edited from transcripts of Swami Pr ab hava na nd a’ s lectures and talks contained in the Archives of the Vedanta Society of California, spanning the years 1935-1976. From year to year, even from month to month, he changed content when speaking on the same topic, illustrating his multifaceted thinking on any given subject. “Swami Prabhavananda’s only aim was to point the student toward realization of God - as he used to say, ‘by hook or by crook’!” The Quotable Krishnamurti Compiled by Robert Epstein PB $18.95 Born in 1895, Jidd u Kris hn amurti was groomed by Theosophists to become the next World Teacher. Yet later he broke away, declaring that “truth is a pathless land”, and urging his vast following to pursue freedom from any doctrine. Here for the first time, is an alphabetized collection of his brilliant insights, offered in compassion to jolt us into awareness. Topics range from anger and belief, to courage, forgiveness, love, nonviolence, relationship, truth and vision. “There was one thing, and one thing only, that Krishnamurti was interested in: what is.” The transformation of a single psyche, Krishnamurti said, affects everyone’s consciousness. May his profound understanding inspire change within you. CD & DVD REVIEWS eQuinox Ralph Zurmühle CD $24.95 In the tradition of George Winston, Michael Jones and other solo pianists, Swiss composer Ralph has produced an album of self-penned and traditional tunes. Always maintaining an air of calm, Ralph’s playing is engaging and often displays an emotive poignancy that sets it apart from many other recordings in this genre. Songs like Mediterranean Suite contain rich, passionate passages and moments of reflective calm, while traditional standards Auld Lang Syne and Shenandoah are welcome musical touchstones that receive sensitive interpretations. Personally, Epitaph is the standout track for me, containing a degree of impressionistic playing that evokes the spirit of Eric Satie. I Vinens Speil (In the Mirror of Wine) SKRUK & Mahsa Vahda CD $28.95 Norwegian choir SKRUK and Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat lend their sublime harmonies to the Persian poems of Hafez and Rumi. Led by choir director Per Oddvar Hildre, SKRUK have been creating unique combinations of western choral music and other music forms for nearly thirty years now. In the Mirror of Wine continues this musical exploration further still with the addition of jazz pianist Tord Gustavsen’s musical arrangements. This is a beautifully realised project that manages to bring three differing musical legacies together as a harmonious and complementary musical vision. From the yearning intonations of Mahsa, blending into the heavenly choral voices of SKRUK and further again into poignant jazz improvisation, this is Sufi poetry given a reverent and contemporary interpretation. Yoga Meditation Journeys Through the East Pravana CD $26.95 Pravana is a musical project of Melbourne composer/musician Simon Lewis. Readers may know him also through his world-fusion ensemble – Amanaska. Yoga Meditation is a meditative series of musical compositions played on acoustic instruments such as the Indian bansuri flute, didjeridu, sarangi, tabla and other worldwide instruments. Many of the aforementioned instruments are played by guest musicians from the local world music community – testament to a diverse and thriving scene. The music here is perfectly suited to yoga classes, relaxation and quiet listening. It may interest readers to know that music from Pravana’s previous release Yoga Mystique were featured in the recent SBS documentary Go Back to Where You Came From. Climate of Change Brian Hill DVD $31.95 From the producers of An Inconvenient Truth comes a documentary on how ‘ordinary’ people are addressing the issues we all face with climate change. Applying the principle of “think globally act locally”, we are shown how individuals and groups of people on different continents are contributing towards a grass roots movement of direct action. A nascent group of children at two schools in India come together to address the issue of plastics overuse; an environmental educator/activist in Africa addresses a school and playfully engages their attention; and in the depths of the Norwegian permafrost we are shown the global seed-vault. These and other examples serve to inspire and remind us that it may not be prudent to wait for governments and their authorities to act. Epic of Gilgamesh Abed Azrie CD/DVD $34.00 Gilgamesh was an historical king who existed around 2700 BC. Tablets dating from 2000BC exist in the Sumerian language that tell the tale of this king’s exploits as myths and stories. These Sumerian stories were all collected and later compiled into a long form poem in the Akkadian language, dating from around 700BC. As one can imagine, to attempt to place these compositions in a musical context is an undertaking to be treated with great respect. It is a project that has been close to Abed Azrie for thirty years now, and the results are a fitting tribute to what stands as mankind’s oldest written story (stories in Gilgamesh later appear as Old Testament tales!). Supported by a chamber ensemble of western & middle eastern instruments, Abed’s warm, intimate voice croons and narrates the epic in Arabic as a storyteller might relate the tale to a rapt audience. The disc comes with an accompanying booklet and DVD that you can follow the story with, shedding light and emotional nuance on the narrative. This production is a deeply satisfying experience by one of the Arabic world’s most sublime musical interpreters. T.S. Bookshop News T.S. Bookshop News 1997 More Fabulous Bargains - Limited Stocks! August Holy Smoke Incense & Scent in the Home Raje Airey & Charlotte Melling HC $15.50 Best-Ever Book of Organic Cooking Ysanne Spevack HC $17.50 Sage-ing While Age-ing Shirley MacLaine PB $10.00 Energy Medicine for Women The Other Islam Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony Stephen Schwartz HC $19.95 The Kindness Handbook A Practical Companion Sharon Salzberg HC $11.95 Zen in Plain English Experience the Essence of Zen Stephen Schuhmacher PB $12.50 Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu John H. McDonald (trans) PB $15.00 The Mythology of the Secret Societies J.M. Roberts PB $19.95 Happy for No Good Reason 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out Marci Shimoff PB $9.95 De-Stress Your Life In 7 Easy Steps Glenn Harrold PB $14.95 Beginner’s Tarot Kathleen McCormack Book & Tarot Deck $25.00 Portraits: Edward S. Curtis The Many Faces of the Native American Wayne L. Youngblood HC $30.00 The Green Man Tree Oracle Ancient Wisdom from the Spirit of Nature John Matthews & Will Worthington Kit $24.95 Egypt Gods, Myths and Religion Lucia Gahlin HC $34.95 Partnering with Nature The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth Catriona MacGregor PB $10.00 Aligning Your Body’s Energies to Boost Your Health & Vitality Donna Eden & David Feinstein PB $14.95