Entrancement


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This study of dreaming, death and shared consciousness develops a context that is humanistic, comparative and evidence-based in its engagement with the work of cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology and the study of the imagination. It also reaches into current research on consciousness at the interface of neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, musicology, computer studies, psychology/parapsychology, literature and cognitive studies, in the process of drawing its content from a range of original writing from diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds.




Motifs:


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Just as DNA determines the genetic makeup of every individual, a motif determines individual biopsycho-social, emotional, and spiritual behaviors and attitudes. This epigenetic theory of individuality describes the motif as a unique artistry of organizing principles. The author uses the concept of motif to explain physiology, behavior, and attitude and to show how each person has his or her own unique system of motifs that comprises the fabric of every level of personality. Case studies exemplify the way in which motifs manifest the ""self"" and how the core personality is understood once the individual's motif is revealed. Of interest to graduate students in psychology and clinicians and counselors in the field of humanistic and clinical psychology, holistic medicine, wellness and mind-body healing, psycho-biology, and spirituality this book will bring new understanding to personality and behavior studies.




Vampire


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Includes tips on characters and storylines for storytellers Develop your character, understand the World of Darkness, and play today! Vampire lore has intrigued ordinary mortals for centuries. Sink your teeth into this book and find out how to slip into their mysterious, mystical world! Create the vampire of your dreams (or nightmares), choose attributes, skills, and advantages, understand the characteristics of each clan, enter the World of Darkness -- and throw away the garlic. Discover how to * Calculate your character's advantages and Blood Potency * Set the mood for the game * Select a clan and a covenant for your character * Explore sources of inspiration * Master the art of storytelling




The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics


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" . . an important addition to the translations of Heidegger's lecture-courses . . Heidegger's voice can be heard with few of the jolting Germanicisms with which so many translations of Heidegger's texts have been burdened. . . ." —International Philosophical Quarterly "The translators of these lectures have succeeded splendidly in giving readers an intimation of the tensely insistent tone of the original German. Heidegger's concern with a linguistic preconsciousness and with our entrancement before the enigma of existence remains intensely contemporary." —Choice "There is much that is new and valuable in this book, and McNeill and Walker's faithful translation makes it very accessible." —Review of Metaphysics "Whoever thought that Heidegger . . . has no surprises left in him had better read this volume. If its rhetoric is 'hard and heavy' its thought is even harder and essentially more daring than Heideggerians ever imagined Heidegger could be." —David Farrell Krell First published in German in 1938 as volume 29/30 of Heidegger's collected works, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics includes an extended treatment of the history of metaphysics and an elaboration of a philosophy of life and nature. Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behavior, and environment are uniquely developed and defined with intensity. This work, the text of Martin Heidegger's lecture course of 1929/30, is crucial for an understanding of Heidegger's transition from the major work of his early years, Being and Time, to his later preoccupations with language, truth, and history. First published in German in 1983 as volume 29/30 of Heidegger's collected works, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics includes an extended treatment of the history of metaphysics and an elaboration of a philosophy of life and nature. Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behavior, and environment are uniquely developed and defined with intensity.




The Rappers


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The Time of Our Lives


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A study of the emergence in post-Kantian continental philosophy of a focus on the lived experience of temporality. The project of all philosophy may be to gain reconciliation with time, even if not every philosopher has dealt with time expressly. A confrontation with the passing of time and with human finitude runs through the history of philosophy as an ultimate concern. In this genealogy of the concept of temporality, David Hoy examines the emergence in a post-Kantian continental philosophy of a focus on the lived experience of the “time of our lives” rather than on the time of the universe. The purpose is to see how phenomenological and poststructuralist philosophers have tried to locate the source of temporality, how they have analyzed time's passing, and how they have depicted our relation to time once it has been—in a Proustian sense—regained. Hoy engages with competing theoretical tactics for reconciling us to our fleeting temporality, drawing on work by Kant, Heidegger, Hegel, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Nietzsche, Gadamer, Sartre, Bourdieu, Foucault, Bergson, Deleuze, Žižek, and Derrida. Hoy considers four existential strategies for coping with the apparent flow of temporality, including Proust's passive and Walter Benjamin's active reconciliation through memory, Žižek's critique of poststructuralist politics, Foucault's confrontation with the temporality of power, and Deleuze's account of Aion and Chronos. He concludes by exploring whether a dual temporalization could be what constitutes the singular “time of our lives.”




Contemporary Male Sexuality


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This accessible guide confronts myths and pressures surrounding men and sex, promoting a positive and healthy model of male sexuality that replaces traditional expectations. The chapters in this book engage with cultural assumptions about male sexuality, from harmful early messaging, to the importance of enjoying intimacy, pleasure, and eroticism over the age of 60. The authors challenge the effects of toxic masculinity and traditional gendered roles in sex, celebrating sexual diversity, confronting double standards, and empowering men and couples to develop an equitable sexual bond. Case studies and psychosexual skill exercises are integrated throughout to make each concept personal and concrete, and incorporate the Good Enough Sex (GES) model to promote an authentic sexual self throughout the lifespan. With a focus on mutual consent and pleasure, Contemporary Male Sexuality offers a new model of male sexuality that helps men and couples achieve a satisfying, secure, and sexual bond, replacing damaging expectations with healthy sexual values.




The Occult Sciences


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Great benefits will be bestowed upon the reader of this occult book. For in it, Norvell reveals the mystic and occult formulas used by the richest men of history to gain control of vast fortunes. The reader will discover how to achieve his life goals; how to become more dynamic and magnetic; how to tap the psycho-magnetic wave- lengths in the universe and channel them to work miracles of healing, success, fame, riches and abundance. SECRET OF TRANSMUTATION REVEALED! Here, revealed for the first time, is the occult secret of Transmutation, by which the reader may change the undesirable situations in his or her life into happy, prosperous, loving and joyous ones ...the shimmering gold of success and riches. Through occult power, the reader will learn how to build the mystical and cosmic rainbow of golden dreams, that will re- lease him from pain and sickness and old age, and bring freedom, happiness and useful activity. The reader will see how to weave a Magnetic Spell over the minds and hearts of other people, and attract love and undying romance, as well as friendship and all the other rewards of love and affection. HOW TO PROJECT THOUGHT-FORMS! Through occult power the reader will learn how to project Thought Forms to others' minds for more power, more money, more rewards of life, and to achieve any desire. With the miraculous Sixth Sense, the reader will see how to discover hidden treasures, lost objects, how to magnetize and attract to himself people he wants to meet. WHAT THE STUDY OF OCCULTISM PROMISES YOU When you have learned the hidden secrets of occultism you will literally become a miracle worker. You can use your knowledge to influence and control others for good purposes. You can project dynamic mental power and magnetize and attract money, jobs, possessions and objects that you desire. You can use the transcendental power of occultism to elevate your consciousness to the level of a genius, performing with effortless ease all kinds of astounding actions. You can use the higher power of occultism to release psychic and clairvoyant powers, giving you precognition and the ability to know your future. You can communicate with other minds; you can project your soul to the astral planes while you sleep, and travel back into history or into the future dimensions of time and space, knowing secrets that are denied to ordinary mortals. Occult science differs from physical science in this respect: Physical science deals with the world of matter, that which can be measured, weighed, seen, felt and heard through the five senses. Occult science deals with the invisible phenomena of the universe, that which transcends the limited bonds of materiality and the known dimensions of time and space.




Entranced


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Have you ever loved anyone so much that you'd give them up at the expense of your own happiness?No? Well, I did.Okay, that's not the first lie I've ever told myself. I fought tooth and nail for the only man I'll ever love, but in the end, I had to concede defeat.Even now, seven years later, the cruel words Ryker uttered the morning after he took my virginity still wield the power to shatter the remains of my heart. Yet fate has a way of shaping our lives.No matter how hard we fight for a different outcome.Have you ever feared losing someone so much you'd give up the only woman who made your heart race?No? Well, I have.She holds the power to bring my entire world crashing down, which is why I've spent the last seven years forgetting she exists.And until today, I'd succeeded. But time isn't a healer, she's a cruel mistress.One who won't be ignored.Entranced is the first book in a brand-new six-part billionaire romance series from International Bestselling Author Tracie Delaney.




Entranced


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Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and A Court of Thorns and Roses, this romantic series about a mortal girl and her dealings with a roguish Fae Prince will keep you turning pages late into the night! Never Anger the Fae. Never Trust the Fae. Never Love the Fae. Clara is an Obligate-a human servant at the Court of Dawn. She doesn't know why. She knows only that she broke the Pledge and must therefore spend her days obliging the every whim of a capricious fae princess. If she can keep her head down and follow the rules, she might survive to the end of her Obligation. But how can she stop devastatingly beautiful Lord Ivor from looking at her in that special way that makes her heart stutter? And how can she avoid the jealous fury of Princess Estrilde, who seeks to claim Lord Ivor for herself? Most of all, how can she elude the conniving Prince of the Doomed City . . . who is determined to buy her Obligation for his own dark purposes? Do you love all the lethal intrigues of a twisted fae court? Then don't miss Entranced, book 1 of the Prince of the Doomed City series. Bargains and treachery abound in this tale of slow-burn romance and heart-pounding adventure.