The Rudra Chronicles: The Endless Knight


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Prepare to be thrust into the heart of darkness as the gripping saga of The Endless Knight unfolds. Building upon the notorious legacy of ‘the devil’s haven,’ our journey commences within the impenetrable walls of a clandestine maximum-security prison concealed deep in the desolate Nevada desert. Here, inmates undergo unspeakable transformations, their bodies turned into brutal cyborgs, vessels intended to be possessed by hordes of demonic entities. Unbeknownst to the world, the prison’s very warden is a powerful demon prince in disguise, an architect of sinister plans. Fuelling the warden’s malevolent ambitions is the genius intellect of a deceased Nazi professor, his consciousness preserved within a bombproof capsule, his brain floating amidst an array of war machine robotic bodies. Accompanied by an army of robotic ghosts, former inmates driven to madness by Hellish augmentations and experimental mutations, the professor and the warden seek to orchestrate the ultimate sacrifice—the brutal annihilation of the prison population, unleashing Hell on Earth. In this riveting sci-fi odyssey, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Can the enigmatic yogi holy man, the shadowy CIA super agents, or even the battle-hardened Team Alpha rise to the challenge and thwart the impending cataclysm? As religious and racial divisions are tested and divisive paradigms shattered, the Rudra himself imparts wisdom to his most unconventional disciples—the lost and forsaken souls of San Diablo.




Ardor


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In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: they left behind almost no objects, images, ruins. They created no empires. Even the hallucinogenic plant, the soma, which appears at the centre of some of their rituals, has not been identified with any certainty. Only a 'Parthenon of words' remains: verses and formulations suggesting a daring understanding of life. 'If the Vedic people had been asked why they did not build cities,' writes Calasso, 'they could have replied: we did not seek power, but rapture.' This is the ardor of the Vedic world, a burning intensity that is always present, both in the mind and in the cosmos. With his signature erudition and profound sense of the past, Calasso explores the enigmatic web of ritual and myth that define the Vedas. Often at odds with modern thought, he shows how these texts illuminate the nature of consciousness more than neuroscientists have been able to offer us up to now. Following the 'hundred paths' of the Satapatha Brahmana, an impressive exegesis of Vedic ritual, Ardor indicates that it may be possible to reach what is closest by passing through that which is most remote, as 'the whole of Vedic India was an attempt to think further'.




The Rudra Chronicles


Book Description

Prepare to be thrust into the heart of darkness as the gripping saga of The Endless Knight unfolds. Building upon the notorious legacy of 'the devil's haven, ' our journey commences within the impenetrable walls of a clandestine maximum-security prison concealed deep in the desolate Nevada desert. Here, inmates undergo unspeakable transformations, their bodies turned into brutal cyborgs, vessels intended to be possessed by hordes of demonic entities. Unbeknownst to the world, the prison's very warden is a powerful demon prince in disguise, an architect of sinister plans. Fuelling the warden's malevolent ambitions is the genius intellect of a deceased Nazi professor, his consciousness preserved within a bombproof capsule, his brain floating amidst an array of war machine robotic bodies. Accompanied by an army of robotic ghosts, former inmates driven to madness by Hellish augmentations and experimental mutations, the professor and the warden seek to orchestrate the ultimate sacrifice-the brutal annihilation of the prison population, unleashing Hell on Earth. In this riveting sci-fi odyssey, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Can the enigmatic yogi holy man, the shadowy CIA super agents, or even the battle-hardened Team Alpha rise to the challenge and thwart the impending cataclysm? As religious and racial divisions are tested and divisive paradigms shattered, the Rudra himself imparts wisdom to his most unconventional disciples-the lost and forsaken souls of San Diablo




Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Strategy Guide


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The guide for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition features all there is to see and do including a walkthrough featuring coverage of all Chapters, Quests, Affinity Charts, and much more. Including an in-depth walkthrough of Future Connected, the new story and all of the new changes that Definitive Edition brings. Inside this guide you will find: - A Complete Walkthrough - Taking you through the main story and side quests. - An in-depth Quests section - All the side quests found in the different cities and regions. - Extensive Tour Guide section - Annotated maps and details on enemies found in each region. - Full coverage of Future Connected - Everything you need to know about the new DLC! - Detailed information on all Characters - Pages dedicated to Arts and Skill Trees for each character. - And guides on so much more: Equipment, Gems, Affinity Charts, Records, Trials.




Merging with Śiva


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This book is a guide for one who is ready to diligently walk the spiritual path. Great new vistas open up throughout its 365 daily lessons as Gurudeva shares, in the clearest terms, deep metaphysical insights into the nature of God, soul and world, mind, emotions, ultimate realizations, chakras, purpose of life on earth and much, much more. Simple but effective practices are taught: how to remould our nature and karmas, calm the mind, develop self-esteem, begin to meditate, clear up the past and create a bright future. At the same time, the seeker is guided in establishing a regular devotional and yogic practice whereby the gains of his inner life and realizations are stabilized and used in practical ways.




Dancing With Siva


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This 1,008-page sourcebook answers many questions to quench the soul's thirst for God and Self-knowledge. Every spiritually-inclined human being will be enriched by the path revealed in this extraordinary book. India's tolerant and diverse vision of the Divine is all here: meditative, devotional, philosophical, scriptural and yogic. In question-and-answer style, Dancing with Siva guides the aspirant deep into the Hindu heart. Lavishly illustrated with 165 black and white reproductions of paintings from India. Resources include a Hindu timeline, comparisons of 12 world religions, a children's primer and more.




Sum


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At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.




Rude Awakenings


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Half down-and-dirty adventure and half inspirational memoir, this title documents an unusual pilgrimage taken by earthy scientist Nick Scott and fastidious Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto, who together retraced the Buddha's footsteps through India.




Shiva


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Lord Shiva is the personification of all the main practices of Yoga, as the origin and ruling power over asana, prana, mantra, inner seeing and meditation. The current book unfolds the presence, light, energy and consciousness of the Supreme Shiva to take us beyond all death and duality.




The Travels of Dean Mahomet


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This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company's army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H. Fisher's portrayal of Mahomet's sojourn as an insider/outsider in India, Ireland, and England. Emigrating to Britain and living there for over half a century, Mahomet started what was probably the first Indian restaurant in England and then enjoyed a distinguished career as a practitioner of "oriental" medicine, i.e., therapeutic massage and herbal steam bath, in London and the seaside resort of Brighton. This is a fascinating account of life in late eighteenth-century India—the first book written in English by an Indian—framed by a mini-biography of a remarkably versatile entrepreneur. Travels presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole. Connoisseurs of unusual travel narratives, historians of England, Ireland, and British India, as well as literary scholars of autobiography and colonial discourse will find much in this book. But it also offers an engaging biography of a resourceful, multidimensional individual.