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As so many of us look outside ourselves for ways of reaching the understanding and meaning to our lifes, David Feinstein and Stanley Krippner, provide us with a sacred journey through which we discover our inner self. A Mythic Path is a Psycho-spiritual journey through which self appreciation, respect and love is ultimately embraced. Each stage provides a path through which you reach this ultimate experience. It is a comprehensible program designed to help the layman and the professinal. As a spiritual counselor who experience this program first hand, I can attest it's validity not only in my life, but in my own personal practice as well. Thank you for your wisdom......

Reviewed by Patty Inglish for Reader Views (5/07)

This book contends that we all have an inner mythology working. It tells us that we might benefit from a quiet and sacred appraisal of outdated notions we feed ourselves, perhaps unknowingly. This concept is a welcomed relief in our daily lives amid loud debates and fistfights, murder in the streets, standardized testing, high oil prices, racism, too much trash in our dumps (literally and figuratively), harsh rap music, and a hundred other tragedies and annoyances.

Other authors have called this notion of self-inflicted mythology manifesting as "self talk" that can be positive or negative. The negative includes such ideas as -- "Real men don't wear pink," "Women can't be leaders," and "I'll never be able to find a good job that I like." Most people seem to live according to a pattern developed over the years of their lives and experiences, often tagged as a unique personal behavior set, or overall personality in psychological terms. Some believe that this set cannot be changed after a certain age, if ever. Many people state, "That's just me," or "I'm set in my ways," and feel that they cannot change their personal patterns of living. In fact, many are not even aware of their behavior patterns. These people live a rather unexamined life. They do not live on purpose; they live at random. The authors of this book demonstrate that such randomness may not be random and does not need to be true. In fact, it is not true in anyone's case.

Everyone lives by some pattern and system of beliefs, learned and developed with varying degrees of accuracy and truth in each belief or myth. Myths can be true or false. A personal mythology is a set of beliefs and motives that operate under the surface of the mind, like the wizard behind the curtain in Oz. The set actually guides one's choices throughout life. If unknown and/or unexamined or if an individual is not even aware of the existence of belief systems, then their choices are far fewer in any circumstance. Feinstein and Krippner show that the underlying belief system (mythology) should be a guiding tool for our conscious use and not a secret mastermind. Moreover, the tool should be the most up to date and effective as possible for each one of us. Fairy tales and horror stories learned in childhood can be left behind for a new, effective truth.

First, one must discover the specific mythology that one is using as a guidance system. "The Mythic Path" offers a systematic approach for effectively doing so in well-organized and very easy exercises. The authors call this a treasure hunt. Even if the treasure turns out to be full of negative messages, there is treasure in the discovery of the myths imposed on one by one's family of origin and culture, because once discovered, the negatives can be replaced with more- effective beliefs. This includes working toward emotional healing and cognitive reframing for a better-working belief system.

This Third Edition of "The Mythic Path" is an update of about 30-years of wok, providing a five-step, twelve-week workbook for ritual observations that is pleasant, freeing, and uplifting. It also contains a set of energy exercises, or energy psychology activities, set on a more spiritual level - even a kind of religious level; these can be either added or ignored. The energy exercises include such simple techniques as acupressure paired with thinking activities. The work overall is not Hindu, although there are elements of that system included. It is not Christian, although there are some concepts included that are familiar to Christians. There are elements of the work of psychologist Carl Jung and mythologist Joseph Campbell as well. There are concepts and wisdom from global systems of many kinds. Therefore, this book can be useful to anyone of any faith, or none. The book seems to have a wide application, because it combines professional experience in many specialties of psychology, reframing, healing, philosophy, shamanism, Chinese medicine, and mythology. In reading the book, I found that I could gather what I needed, leave out what I did not, and have an effective program for my unique self.

The `Mythic Path' provides readers and seekers the ability throughout 12 weeks to contact their mythic path, to heal their childhood wounds, to create a personal creation myth and connect with their inner selves. "Personal mythology is but the flower on the bush" and it is this flower that one is asked to explore. The book is composed of five stages where the reader is asked to identify their personal myth using elements of the Socratic thesis, the second stage where they identify their opposing conflicting myth, a third stage of synthesis, the fourth stage of testing the `hypothesis' and the fifth stage where the myth is woven into everyday life and action.

The stages and the program provides all the necessary tools to discover these inner personal myths through dreams and inner images, and through careful instructions on how to cultivate these myths and understand them. The incredible degree to which the book walks one through the process, the insight into ancient Greek mythmaking is a real value for anyone searching for meaning in life and hoping to discover themselves. This is an immensely successful and all encompassing program and it should be embarked upon with care and after a period of reflection of what commitments it entails, but surely it provides many answers for people feeling lost or empty, and even for those who feel they have all the answers.

Seth J. Frantzman

what DO we think and believe about ourselves, our place in the world, and the world around us? we have the beliefs, they influence us in more ways every day than we probably realize, but rarely take a look at what they really are. this book is an exploration into the mythology of individuals, complete with exercises and methodologies. if you really want to know and are ready to look, and as a result change and free yourself from old unconscious beliefs, this book might well be a great place to start.

As so many of us look outside ourselves for ways of reaching the understanding and meaning to our lives, David Feinstein and Stanley Krippner, provide us with a sacred journey through which we discover our inner self. A Mythic Path is a Psycho-spiritual journey through which self appreciation, respect and love is ultimately embraced. Each stage provides a path through which you reach this ultimate experience. It is a comprehensible program designed to help the layman and the professinal. As a spiritual counselor who experienced this program first hand, I can attest to it's validity, not only in my life, but in my own personal practice as well. Thank you for your wisdom......

This book and music CD combination is a wonderfully uplifting worship experience. The book is filled with Scripturally sound discussion about Christian living, prayer, and worship that beautifully compliments the music on the CD.

And, oh, what wonderful music it is! Freddy Hayler's powerful tenor voice is accompanied by heavenly orchestra music, and intermittent choir and female vocals.

When I relax, and take the time to really listen to this CD and several others by Freddy Hayler, I find myself going into a very worshipful state of praise and reverence for Almighty God, and His Son, and I truly do feel surrounded by angels, and God's transcendent peace.

If you want to draw near to God in worship, prayer, and praise, this CD will greatly enhance your ability to do that at home. It also makes a wonderful gift.

Freddy Hayler's songs area definately from his heart. They inspire & bring one closer to the presense of God. Great worship & very beautiful music.
I recommend this album to everyone.

This book is one of a kind. Pastor Lamont gives real information to
strengthen the lives of Christians. This insight is straight from the heart of God.

This cd is 10 Star rating! I'm not a "weeper", but this does it!
Never in my years have I heard the like. It lifts the heart heavenward

The book has a strong emphasis on living a holy life. Not much heard
about that these days. I've given eight of these away so far. It's that
good. You won't be disappointed!

Allan Gernhardt

Good music is without a doubt in the ear of the listener, and even good music will sooner or later be placed in the portion of the queue that gets almost no attention. Even praise and worship music are not free of that fate. This CD by Freddy Hayler, along with the others in the Angels series, has defied that fate for me. Mind you, I am one who delights in well-crafted electric guitar riffs and melodious drums backing vocals that are scripturally based. But there is a beauty the srings section of an orchestra can portray that surpasses any rock or pop oriented ensemble. Add to that the vocal power of a world-class tenor, who when staying in the low register shines with the emotion that can only come from countless of intimate hours with the Father, and you have something that simply approaches the angelic. Oh, and the book is a great bonus worth reading.

I wanted to comment on my experience with the book and some of the other customer reviews.

You do not need to be a market maker or veteran options trader to read and get value from this book. I am a retail options trader, with a very serious full time job, and have virtually no mathematical aptitude, and I have already started benefiting greatly from the book.

In my opinion you should make sure you have basic familiarity with how options work, and some of the basic outright positions and spread techniques and what market view they support, and you will be ready to start learning what options are really about from there. You cannot go wrong by using this book and Mr. Cottle's other materials as the very next step.

Be under no delusion---after the basics---options can get very complicated very quickly--if you let them. I have discovered, contrary to my initial impression, that Mr. Cottle in fact through the use of detail is really attempting to simplify option strategy decisions and trading itself. Through the use of what seems to be complicated examples---CC cuts through the fog and gets to the meat of options strategies and how and why one might choose one over the other--and invariably the best choice is something straightforward.

Based on what I know about him and my experience with his materials, he is committed to teaching. If you expect to read this book without pen and paper in hand, with little or no effort on your part, and have him simply say "do x and you will get rich" this book and his approach is definitely not for you. He is like any good teacher. He will make you work for the answer, but not leave you hanging when you struggle. In working for the answer---and having his approach, experience and techniques available--you will most assuredly gain a grasp of options and how to make money trading them that you never had before.

Don't be intimidated when you first view the book. The presentation looks strange, the tools he uses will be different from those you have seen or used before, and the terminology will be strange to some. There is a reason he takes the approach he does and it will, with a modicum of effort, become clearer every time you are exposed to it and use it.

Here is what it has done for me.

It has forced me to actually think about what may be happening underneath the option quote and the day to day change in a position.

It has convinced me that trading outright positions whether short naked or long does not necessarily produce the best results. Yes longs are problematic due to all the standard theta reasons, and yes naked shorts are risky---we all know that---the trick is to figure out how to take the inherent advantages of either of these approaches, and make them work for your view of the market without getting killed in the process.

What he has made me a believer in is that risk can be reasonably controlled, while still making very attractive rates of return, and if you are looking for a method to make reasonable returns in the market, the raw tools are there for the taking.

He has convinced me that uncomplicated but well constructed spreads, for debit or credit, can actually allow me to participate in the market with a reasonable expectation of success, and allow me to sleep at night in the process without position adjusting every 10 minutes. He has also made me a true believer that options, by their very nature, provide huge flexibilities that outright underlying positions cannot, and allow much wider margins for error if I prove to be wrong in my view in any given position if they are structured correctly in the first place.

You do not have to be a rocket scientist to make money in options. In fact if you arbitrarily go out and sell an option this afternoon at random, odds are it will expire worthless and you will make money. The problem lies in the odds piece that is not in your favor. You also do not have to be a rocket scientist to get killed by these odds. Although small in most cases, when it goes against you---you will be dead unless you are very savvy and well prepared to deal with such an eventuality. This is the piece that CC is so good at getting at--managing the underlying risks in any given option situation, structuring the position correctly and buying or selling it right to hold as much risk as possible in check--while still giving you the opportunity to make some money.

The thing that finally made me a believer was the time he took to talk to me. He is not a prima donna. When I had concerns about spending even one more nickel on books, learning materials, educational seminars, etc. because so much of what I spent has been a waste of money and merely kept the educator in new Mercedes for so long---CC came through with flying colors. He took almost a half hour and spoke with me on the phone, and since then has never failed to answer a polite note or inquiry in his forum on his website Riskdoctor.com. He certainly is not getting rich from my buying the book or a seminar tape as his prices are very fair and honest. All these factors have convinced me that he must have the true teaching bug and his desire is to teach and help me improve.

He is not an easy taskmaster--and he is not going to tell you what to trade. He is a good teacher and like any good teacher he always tries to stay out in front of you a bit with his teaching and materials. This is a good thing for those willing to stretch just a little because the nuances start to emerge very quickly. The best part is he is there to get you untangled when you do get stuck in the weeds.

One more thing, after you read through the book once---go on his website and spend a little money and get one of his taped training sessions that he has actually done with live students [I started with Straddles and Strangles]. It will DEFINITELY help you clear some of the confusion that the book will inevitably create.

If you want to know more about options than any of these get rich books can ever tell you--buy the book---it will pay for itself many times over in your first couple trades, and the bonus is you will understand why it paid for itself, rather than your just having made a lucky guess or two.

DDK

I wanted to comment on my experience with the book and some of the other customer reviews.

You do not need to be a market maker or veteran options trader to read and get value from this book. I am a retail options trader, with a very serious full time job, and have virtually no mathematical aptitude, and I have already started benefiting greatly from the book.

In my opinion you should make sure you have basic familiarity with how options work, and some of the basic outright positions and spread techniques and what market view they support, and you will be ready to start learning what options are really about from there. You cannot go wrong by using this book and Mr. Cottle's other materials as the very next step.

Be under no delusion---after the basics---options can get very complicated very quickly--if you let them. I have discovered, contrary to my initial impression, that Mr. Cottle in fact through the use of detail is really attempting to simplify option strategy decisions and trading itself. Through the use of what seems to be complicated examples---CC cuts through the fog and gets to the meat of options strategies and how and why one might choose one over the other--and invariably the best choice is something straightforward.

Based on what I know about him and my experience with his materials, he is committed to teaching. If you expect to read this book without pen and paper in hand, with little or no effort on your part, and have him simply say "do x and you will get rich" this book and his approach is definitely not for you. He is like any good teacher. He will make you work for the answer, but not leave you hanging when you struggle. In working for the answer---and having his approach, experience and techniques available--you will most assuredly gain a grasp of options and how to make money trading them that you never had before.

Don't be intimidated when you first view the book. The presentation looks strange, the tools he uses will be different from those you have seen or used before, and the terminology will be strange to some. There is a reason he takes the approach he does and it will, with a modicum of effort, become clearer every time you are exposed to it and use it.

Here is what it has done for me.

It has forced me to actually think about what may be happening underneath the option quote and the day to day change in a position.

It has convinced me that trading outright positions whether short naked or long does not necessarily produce the best results. Yes longs are problematic due to all the standard theta reasons, and yes naked shorts are risky---we all know that---the trick is to figure out how to take the inherent advantages of either of these approaches, and make them work for your view of the market without getting killed in the process.

What he has made me a believer in is that risk can be reasonably controlled, while still making very attractive rates of return, and if you are looking for a method to make reasonable returns in the market, the raw tools are there for the taking.

He has convinced me that uncomplicated but well constructed spreads, for debit or credit, can actually allow me to participate in the market with a reasonable expectation of success, and allow me to sleep at night in the process without position adjusting every 10 minutes. He has also made me a true believer that options, by their very nature, provide huge flexibilities that outright underlying positions cannot, and allow much wider margins for error if I prove to be wrong in my view in any given position if they are structured correctly in the first place.

You do not have to be a rocket scientist to make money in options. In fact if you arbitrarily go out and sell an option this afternoon at random, odds are it will expire worthless and you will make money. The problem lies in the odds piece that is not in your favor. You also do not have to be a rocket scientist to get killed by these odds. Although small in most cases, when it goes against you---you will be dead unless you are very savvy and well prepared to deal with such an eventuality. This is the piece that CC is so good at getting at--managing the underlying risks in any given option situation, structuring the position correctly and buying or selling it right to hold as much risk as possible in check--while still giving you the opportunity to make some money.

The thing that finally made me a believer was the time he took to talk to me. He is not a prima donna. When I had concerns about spending even one more nickel on books, learning materials, educational seminars, etc. because so much of what I spent has been a waste of money and merely kept the educator in new Mercedes for so long---CC came through with flying colors. He took almost a half hour and spoke with me on the phone, and since then has never failed to answer a polite note or inquiry in his forum on his website Riskdoctor.com. He certainly is not getting rich from my buying the book or a seminar tape as his prices are very fair and honest. All these factors have convinced me that he must have the true teaching bug and his desire is to teach and help me improve.

He is not an easy taskmaster--and he is not going to tell you what to trade. He is a good teacher and like any good teacher he always tries to stay out in front of you a bit with his teaching and materials. This is a good thing for those willing to stretch just a little because the nuances start to emerge very quickly. The best part is he is there to get you untangled when you do get stuck in the weeds.

One more thing, after you read through the book once---go on his website and spend a little money and get one of his taped training sessions that he has actually done with live students [I started with Straddles and Strangles]. It will DEFINITELY help you clear some of the confusion that the book will inevitably create.

If you want to know more about options than any of these get rich books can ever tell you--buy the book---it will pay for itself many times over in your first couple trades, and the bonus is you will understand why it paid for itself, rather than your just having made a lucky guess or two.

DDK

Reviewer: The author, Charles M. Cottle *** charles@RiskDoctor.com
Although this original text was written for professional market makers, it proved to be a valuable resource for sophisticated retail investors and hedgers. I therefore created a new book, "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" (available for free download at www.riskdoctor.com) which borrowed about 80% of the original text and added more tools for non-professionals including an email dialogue with a relative novice, spanning 2 months. Most of the strict market making tools have been removed but will be resurrected in book 3; "Taming Your Portfolio" due out later this year.

There are basically two types of options books: mathematical
books on valuation that tend to be filled with solutions
for ever more exotic contracts, and books for traders that
go over the practical workings of positions in various
concrete scenarios. Cottle is definitely of the second type.
There's not really much math in it, unless you're intimidated
by three-dimensional graphs. What it does have is an incredible
wealth of insight, from experience, into the tricks and the

exceptions--the rent-a-call, the dividend plays, contract
risk and post-expo deltas, complicated synthetics, the
interrelations between greeks.

That said, what moved me to write a review was to take
exception with a previous reviewer's comment: "No lazy
editing or prose here". The prose is okay, but the editing
is worse than lazy--it's horrendous. Flipping my copy open
at random I come to p.151-152 on Break-Even analysis. Try
finding column 7 in exhibit 4-23, or the supposed arrow in
column 4. It's all a mess. That's an extreme case, but
throughout the text, it's hard enough trying to pick up
the bond options lingo (futures in 32nds but futures-options
in 64ths--all "ticks"; and the different multipliers for
indexes and futures), without having to deal with missing
words, inaccurate references, etc, etc. But ultimately, working
to figure it all out gets you to understand it all the better.

With five years of floor trading as an equity options market
maker, and having read and reread and rereread... Natenberg,
Baird, Hull, Connolly, Cox Ross Rubinstein, Chriss, Taleb--and
others--I'd say Cottle is clearly the best book. That said,
however, I don't know how much use a non-professional--someone
who doesn't manage a large, actively traded book of options--
will get out of it. It should be intellectually rewarding if you
can figure it out. Maybe inspire you to go look for a minimum
wage clerking job in Chicago, NY, Philly, or SF to get abused
for a year or so and then maybe get a badge.

I read Options: Perception and Deception at least 3-4 times before many of the advanced concepts began to sink in. This is not a book for an options novice; in fact, I would suggest that most people read Natenberg's book on options prior to engaging in this incredible text. While many of the advanced 3-D graphs were beyond my grasp, I particularly liked Cottle's description of "real world" options positions, how he executed them and how he managed them throughout their duration. Of particular interest to many readers should be the concept of "gamma scalping", and the section on wingspreads and adjusting positions. This text is so far beyond "mainstream" options books, that words do not describe how important this book will become.

It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. And so it was when I met Joe Donlan several years ago, as we chanced to sit next to one another on a flight from New Orleans to Atlanta. I was ready for his teaching! Before long our conversation drifted to his passion -- how to create a satisfying life utilizing the positive forces of the mind. Already on that path myself, Joe's message encouraged me to explore the field of positive thinking. Additionally, he invited me to become one of his "test readers."

"Ordaining Reality" is a book I've read several times in its initial stages, but have vastly enjoyed having the finished product in my hands. It requires time to read and digest, but it is worth every moment of time thus spent.

How many of us are rankled by the Doubting Thomases of this world who say, in response to matters of faith and the metaphysical, "Prove it to me and I'll believe it!" Joe Donlan's book does just that: he proves the existence of a universe that is both interactive and all-empowering.

There are many sections of "Ordaining Reality" that I have read and re-read. Thanks to Mr. Donlan, I have at least a basic understanding of the quantum world. Additionally, his history of man's search for knowledge about how things really work is fascinating. However, he also enlightens us that many ancient philosophers, as well as Eastern Mystics, have, for millennia, intuited the existence of this "cosmic soup" that surrounds us.

I smile when I read notices that researchers are narrowing their pursuit of the Akashic Records (as if they could be a "physical" find!). Mr. Donlan proves to us that the universe itself is the Akashic Record (although he does not call it such). The universe contains all that ever was, is, or will be, we are told in his grand book.

The message of Joe Donlan's work is very empowering. Although he does not discuss reincarnation or karmic cycles, his message of FOREVER is very comforting. In the metaphysical world, there is no linear sense of time. All exists simultaneously -- past, present, and future. And while many of us already sensed this, how delightful to have it proven to us!

Mr. Donlan's highly entertaining and very readable style is at its best as he enlightens us on his Harmonic Theory. Just the name itself sounds like something we should ALL read about. As I have praised "Ordaining Reality" to other readers, several have asked to borrow my copy. Just seeing the book on my office table reminds me that I, too, as other reviewers have stated, will re-read many sections lest I be tempted to slack off in my positive quest for a harmonic and positive life. And so I tell them to go get their own copy!

Thank you, Joe Donlan, for this wonderful book and all its knowledge and lessons. Please write another one soon.

Our actions are driven by our thoughts; it is therefore logical that our thoughts influence the actions of others. This book, unlike The Secret explains this link clearly. Although the science portions of the book may be more than some readers can tolerate, the author presents it in layers so that the uninitiated can pick and choose the parts they need. In converse, I found that The Secret confused this principle via the simplistic black and white world it paints and its unabashed advocacy of materialism and greed. I recognize that in the US, at least, materialism is the Holy Grail, and success in life is measured by the toys we have and the size of our portfolios. That is why people who are struggling financially are grist for this mill and led to the success of her book. While it is true that positive thought beget positive outcomes, The Secret suggests that people who are starving in parts of Indonesia and Africa are entirely responsible for their own circumstances. In contrast, Ordaining Reality fosters human compassion and empathy and makes the case that we are all in this world together, and one's own happiness and gain is brought about by helping others to gain. This book should be read by every member of our government so that they would understand nature and re-align their priorities.

This book, unlike any other that I've ever read, explains in clear terms how events and objects are connected through thoughts and how they either attract or repel each other. As its title states, it actually explains the science behind the power of positive thinking. I have a background in science, so I drank all of it in. Good stuff. However, I can see that readers with little or no background can read the first 100 pages or so 'all non-technical', jump to chapters Seven and Eight and then go to the last chapter and probably get just as much out of it in the end. Read what you can and then carefully follow Chapter Thirteen.

I just finished it. Very good writing style for complex topics as the author presents the complex portions in a layered form and uses italics to give supporting details that most readers will just skip.
This book is just loaded with information about who we are, why we're here, and where we're going (or at least where we could be going). It addresses subjects that I've been thinking about my whole life. I would pass it on, but I want to reread parts of it and really get my money's worth. The last chapter is something that I plan to read every few months to refresh my ability to concentrate on what I want from deep inside me.

I read many books, often several at the same time. I generally read non-fiction. This is the most informative and provocative book I've read in a long time. It gets into so many topics of interest and presents them in understandable language. There were parts I needed to read more than once to fully grasp them, but I think I followed everything, even the sections that the author said were optional. I'm wiser for my effort. The book reinforces a lot of the topics it presents and makes a lot of forward and backward references. That was very helpful.

This was obviously quite an effort to produce, and I think its title betrays its range of value. However, now that I am through with the last Chapter, I shall put it to the test of helping me to shape my future. I am confident that it will and I think others will gain this ability when they read this book.

This is a statement of my view of this book, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was read thoughtfully and almost meditatively. It has added to my life by expanding my world view (which, like so many of us, is so easily skewed by identifying with one culture). Thank you for these lessons and hopefully others will also find it so expanding..

From NETWORK, Journal of the Scientific & Medical Network, U.K. The originality of John's book lies in his understanding of the common assumptions underlying science and history. As he says, they are the dominant myths of the modern age and are linked "by a common epistemology of time"; also ... by a common belief in their own sufficiency and objectivity. His book examines the structure and underlying assumptions of our modern scientific understandings of reality. It then moves on to consider other ways of knowing available from our diverse cultural heritage and opens up the possibility of communication with other life forms in nature. Here he takes the view that humans are unique but not superior. His analysis of modern scientific articles of faith is one of the most thorough I know. He argues that other ways of knowing involve entering realms of time other than the linear. John's approach is encapsulated in four assumptions and two precepts: (1) The widespread perception of an ecological crisis is well founded. (2) Science cannot give us all the answers. (3) Through other ways of knowing we can reconnect with an older human wisdom. (4) By acknowledging the living consciousness of the Earth we open ourselves to learning from our companions in nature. The two precepts are (1) We must unlearn the dualistic teaching of our European languages that sets us apart from nature, and (2) Everything we are given by the Earth must be held sacred. The rest of the book develops and illustrates these themes from a very wide range of reading and experience. A Chapter on spiritual politics draws inspiration from Gandhi and Schumacher. There follows a chapter on an education that gives people meaning and purpose, and a final statement of the perennial insight that "this is an intentional, life-enhancing universe with love as its vital force."

Anne Simpkinson, editor of COMMON BOUNDARY: In the opening paragraph, Broomfield declares: "Take heart! Humanity is wise and, in its rich diversity, possessed of vast reservoirs of creativity, inspiration, and spiritual energy with which to meet the challenges of the new millenium. Be of good cheer, for this is an intentional, life-enhancing universe with love as its vital force." My husband Charles read that far and set the book aside, depressed over the gap between Broomfield's optimistic view and the sorry state of the world (plus our own daily avalanche of troubles). I too had been feeling discouraged of late, but Broomfield is no Pollyana spouting mindless fluff. OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING is a thoughtful presentation of a new paradigm for humanity. Weaving a synthesis of observations from science, nature, philosophy, mysticism and personal experience, Broomfield presents us with a vision conguent with the realizations which are coming to us all through spiritual awakening. Arguing against the bloodless "objective" approach to life, Broomfield points instead to the resurgent wisdom of befriending the sentient beings with whom we share this planet. The imperialist European model of conquest, dominance and the supremacy of the white male is giving way to a more holistic sense of reality. "We must cherish and nurture variety in landforms, life forms, cultures, ways of knowing, and styles of expression." The book is punctuated by Broomfield's personal mystical experiences. While living in the Himalayan foothills, he and a friend simultaneously saw before them a hundred foot high apparition of the Mother Goddess. She appeatred on a cliff face of a jungle ravine, sitting naked in a yogic lotus position. Says Broomfield: "Then I looked around to discover a transformed world, radiant and in dancing motion. Everything was flowing into everything else: trees, plants, butterflies, water, earth, and myself. I knew in the very fibre of my being that there are no separations. All is one. I am nature and nature is me." OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING is a passionate testimony to the grandeur of life, and a vote of confidence in the potential of human consciousness. We're all in this together, as Broomfield says, "to piece together a wise and joyful way of being in the world."

From THE BOOK READER, "America's Most Independent Review of Books" Using the observations of Buddhist monks, Loren Eiseley, John Berger, Jung, various shamans, even Will Rogers, Broomfield gives us the pattern that connects .... He writes exquisitely, his knowledge is huge.

If you want to gain a deeper understanding of the growing trend towards a popular acceptance of spiritual ideas and beliefs this book is a must read. Drawing from an impressive range of source material, John Broomfield takes a wide-ranging look at ancient and modern concepts which are shaping our understanding of spirituality and its place in our lives. Discussion of the modern scientific principles of Chaos Theory and Quantum Mechanics is blended with an examination of ancient mystical traditions and the shamanic practices of native cultures to introduce the reader to a new and radical view of reality. The book challenges the reader to discard old beliefs and ways of thinking and to come to terms with the fact that our logical rational Western way of looking at the world may be incomplete and even distorted. I found the main argument promoted by the book compelling - that there are other ways of knowing which can give us a more complete understanding of the world and can lead us to acceptance of a reality which is far more miraculous than anything we could ever have imagined. Richard Creasy Webmaster 21st Century N.Z. Website

Although Stephen's writing style may make it difficult for the scholar to take him seriously (he sounds more like an Info-Age
geek than a academic), he presents some extrordinary ideas that shouldn't be ignored or overlooked. For example, his list of the new elements and principles of design spawned by Info-Age art
forms is revolutionary. A must read for the Info-Age artist,
art critic, social-critic, or art educator!

I read Stephen's last summer and I'm now rereading parts of it in preparation for using video in my classroom next Fall. There's no doubt what Stephen says is true. The role of the image can often be even more powerful than the word. For example, Henry Hampton's documentary, Eyes on the Prize, conveys much more emotionally and intellectually than any book on the Civil Rights Movement. Even the most prolific readers out there are moved by powerful motion pictures and documentaries. So far me Stephen's work is only a start in terms of examining what we can be done with visual communication, especially the video.

I teach a graduate design class, and this book is a great way to let students think about their role in the fast changing world of visual communications. Stephens has a great way of putting things in perspective, and notes that each fundamental change in communication has met with resistance, i.e. we still think of TV as the Boob Tube. When I read it a few years ago, it seemed so new--it's fun to see how his theories are quickly melding into our culture seamlessly. It's been an optional read for my students--now it's time to make it mandatory!

His take that nobody has really fully taken advantage of "the language" of video because it is still in its infancy was very interesting and supported pretty well in the book. However, I felt there has to be more to developing video than the fast cuts of Pellington who he so often refers to. Also, I felt he undervalued the contribution new media will have, choosing to encapsulate aspects of interactivity and other digital technologies under the umbrella term of "video." It seems if video is going to fulfill a new function in terms of its ability to change how we get information and even think, it will do so within the framework of digital media, in which video, still images and words can each co-exist seamlessly and utilize their particular strengths.

His ideas are intriguing and challenging and his clear writing style makes the book a very good read. Even with what I felt were the weaknesses mentioned above, his challenge to video to rise above what it is now is needed and will hopefully encourage even more people to experiment with what video can do.

With TV viewing increasing, it is no wonder more people depend on television than books or newspapers. Mr. Stephens states that the image has not conquered the word yet, it may not happen at all, but he fears it will. Eloquently written and researched, with an excellent chapter 'thinking "above the stream"' that includes director Mark Pellington (Arlington Road). This book is especially useful for journalism students.

A Five Star work of spiritual pragmatism by a master practitioner. Soul Visioning is an excellent work by a spiritual samurai who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk as well. This fact is further and in fact best attested to by the reality that Susan has helped many others learn to do the same along their pathways. This book is for everyone ranging from the early seeker wanting to explore construction of a solid spiritual foundation to those that have spent a lifetime searching for incremental practical touchstones to add retro-rockets to their journey. Wiseheart hits the nail squarely on the head with Soul Visioning. This work should be on the nightstand of any person serious about spiritual and personal development.

Soul Visioning is like no other book I have found--and that's saying a lot, because I own enough books on manifesting and spiritual growth to open a small library. I used to wonder what was stopping me from creating a life of purpose, abundance, and happiness. Sure, I knew some of my longstanding beliefs that were keeping me from focusing on and manifesting my soul purpose and passion. But on my own, I couldn't release them. One-on-one sessions with a good holistic therapist or life coach might have helped. But I'd think: when I clear my old blocks surrounding money, I'll have the money to hire someone who can help me clear my old blocks!

Now holistic psychotherapist Susan Wisehart has thrown us a lifeline. Soul Visioning offers a "workshop within a book" that is as experiential and user-friendly as possible. As you progress through Susan's 7-step process, you will connect with your soul's wisdom and take several guided journeys to peak experiences and to your ideal future (as if it is happening right now). You can listen to audio steps on CD or as a free MP3 download that is on the author's website: [...]. You can also download worksheets to use with writing exercises that will help you express your soul's wisdom in the most important areas of your life.

But the true value of Soul Visioning is that Susan guides us past the places where most of us get stuck when we try to manifest. First, when we're choosing WHAT we want to create, often we base those choices on the limited perspective of our ego or personality. Through Susan's guided audio sessions, you connect instead with the purpose of your Higher Self and receive guidance on how to express that purpose in every area of your life, including health, career, finances, relationships, and personal growth. Second, many of us feel "blocked" by unconscious beliefs and patterns that sabotage our soul's expression. Soul Visioning presents new, revolutionary self-help methods to clear those old beliefs and install new ones, including an Energy Psychology technique that is easy to learn and use but profound in its results.

The book's first half takes you through the entire process, including inspiring true stories on how Soul Visioning has helped others to express their soul's vision. But what about those of us with limiting beliefs that are so deeply buried beneath our conscious awareness that we can't access and heal them on our own? The second half of Susan's book introduces you to two soul-based therapies that often work when other methods don't: Past-Life regression and Life-Between-Lives regression. You'll learn what happens during a regression, read dramatic case histories and long-term follow-up interviews with people who have transformed their lives using these powerful methods, and access resources to help you find a qualified PLR or LBL practitioner.

And the journey doesn't end with this book, because Susan offers many resources for further exploration. Down the road, she will offer teleconferences "for those who want added group support to keep their vision alive," in addition to her current workshops and retreats. So if you have enough self-help books to open a library but still haven't created the life you desire, give yourself the gift of this book.

Soul Visioning is a clearly written and highly useful guide for navigating the journey to soul consciousness. With the scope of a veteran psychologist and the depth of a spiritual mentor, Susan offers seven transformational steps to connecting with your soul's vision. The insightful discussion of both personality and soul, along with very effective methods for removing obstacles to soul consciousness, offers guidance that is as practical as it is profound. I highly recommend this powerful book.

"Soul Visioning" is the most thorough book on transforming your life in the marketplace. It goes beyond manifestation and provides many practical self-healing techniques for clearing blocks and limitations in every aspect of your life. Susan generously shares over 30 years of experience and wisdom. The actual case studies are informative and inspiring! "Soul Visioning" is a must read for the therapist as well as anyone who desires to live a life aligned with their soul.
I highly recommend it for all!
Sharon Cohen, "Transformation Specialist"

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. If you saw my copy, you'd laugh at all of the post-it tabs sticking out from the pages. But those tabs are there for a reason--some of them take me to exercises or guided experiences and others take me to a paragraph or phrase that I want to be reminded of when I need insight.

What I especially like about the book is that it's really comprehensive. I didn't expect a book about manifesting at the spiritual level to contain so many truly practical techniques for getting unstuck that are useful almost every day.

In Soul visioning, Susan Wisehart gives us her "Seven Steps to Connecting with your Soul's Vision." I know that a lot of people have been reading about manifesting what they want. This book goes so much deeper. It's about doing the work of learning what your soul wants...what it wants for you.

Part One takes us through the philosophy and practice of the seven steps:

One: The Evolving Relationship between Our Soul and Personality
This chapter talks about obstacles to soul expression, the role of personality, and Susan's theory of Personality Integration and the stages of personality-soul alignment.

Two: Answering the Call of the Soul
How to tell the difference between messages from the personality and the soul. This chapter also goes into specific qualities of the soul and the importance of discovering your soul's passion.

Three: Connect to Your Soul, Discover Your Ideal Future
Chapter Three gets to the first of the "guided journeys" (there are recordings of these on Susan's web site) and written exercises (these are also available on Susan's site) that took me from theory and philosophy to getting in touch with my own soul's ideals. I found the guided journeys to be helpful in getting past goals I want to achieve to ideals that my soul wants me to live.

Four: What's Really Holding You Back?
We're really getting into it here: limiting beliefs and payoffs. Damn.

Five: New Methods to Clear Your Path
Susan starts this chapter, "Here is the chapter you have been waiting for!" I guess so, given the number of post-it flags directing me back to these pages. Susan talks about several Energy Psychology techniques including the "WHEE Method" (Whole Healing--Easily and Effectively). After I used the method a few times, it felt pretty easy. And I'm always amazed that it actually works. I just have to remember to do it.

Six: Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness
Soul forgiveness, that is. Some good exercises and meditations in this chapter.

Seven: Real Life Accounts of Soul Visioning
Even though Susan has placed lots of examples of people's experiences throughout the book (and I mean LOTS--she's obviously been doing this for some time and has collected some amazing experiences), I appreciated having an entire chapter filled just with stories of other people's soul journeys. Lots of insights here.

Part Two takes us into Regression Therapy:

Eight: Past-Life Regression and Life-Between-Lives Regression
I've read several of Brian Weiss' books and Susan's experiences with clients are similar. She explains the process and her philosophy of regression therapy clearly.

Nine: Case Histories of Past-Life and Life-Between-Lives Regression
All I can say is: absolutely fascinating!

There are also more book resources and information on Susan's web site, SusanWisehart-com. I appreciated being able to print out the written exercises and I especially enjoyed being able to listen to the guided journeys.

This book is great fun, seemlessly taking you back to that magical time when we were all just a little bit younger, a little more experimental, and a little more trashy. Anyone who was a part of any kind of local punk rock/alternative scene (and/or KNOWS that Scully's fantasies couldn't possibly only include Mulder) will be able to relate to practically every word. Brilliant!

The first thing you need to realize is that this is a CHAPBOOK (construction paper and typing paper stapled like a magazine) not a regular paperback. Other than that, this collection of short stories [is really good]!

Fab book. I especially appreciated the oblique references to fruit indigenous only to a small island off the south coast of Wales, and the repeated use of the word "merkin". Thankyou for enriching me so, I will never forget it - Jemiah, you'll get your reward in Devon. Mwah! ttfn xox C

Combining the sublimely erotic with the ridiculousness of the heady world of celebrity, Jefferson captures the style, the glamour, the beauty, and the underlying sickness of our culture's obsession with fame and sex. Philosophically unsound, yet strangely compelling, Jefferson's writings drip with a bohemian sophistication which will make you laugh, squirm and orgasm- possibly all at the same time. Do we not like that? Yes we do!

Ms. Jefferson rips new ground in the fecund field of sex and music in Portland's dark night world. Her frenetic plowing yields many fruits and flowers. You can't so much read it as feel it and smell it.

This book is helping me understand where I and my husband are in our emotional states, as well as what is missing from the plans for our separation that is making it harder for both of us to move forward. I wish I had gotten it months ago!

Using case studies and easy to follow language (not heavy psychological talk) it has practical tools and exercises to follow. I was the 'left spouse' and this book (along with counseling) has helped me to understand what I am needing and feeling to turn a jumbled time into some real personal growth.

If you think you need space, are headed for divorce, or want change in your relationship, please read this! It may spare you and your spouse months of conflict and grief.

This is an excellent aid to any marriage, whether in crisis or not. Even happy couples can benefit from new insight and ideas to improve their relationship and monitor its health. I strongly encourage everyone to at least read the first few chapters of the book, as they apply to the relationship. Types of separation (physical or psychological) are discussed later.

This book has really helped me! If you or someone you know is struggling in their relationship buy them this book. The concept of taking a "time out" to be with yourself and improve yourself so that you can be a better person in your relationship is priceless advice. All of those folks in that danger zone of divorce or separation need the suggestions given in this book. The many exercises and examples that are offered by Buchicchio are things anyone can do to work on their conflict and create peace with their significant other. I highly recommend this book!!

This book gives you the framework to building a stronger relationship and at the same time can give you a more positive outlook on everyday life. If your relationship has come to an emotional stand-still, reading this book can help you re-establish a means of communication and cement a more positive foundation for interaction.
I've purchased nine copies of the book and shared them with friends and family members, and have received only positive responses. Even those that think that they have a perfect relationship, there is still much to learn from simply reading this book.

this is a great book that offers a new and important way of looking at
the issues that arise in any significant partner relationship. it is wonderful not only as a self-help book but also for mental health professionals doing couples work. It is easy to read and packed full of good ideas within the context of "taking space."

I could not believe that someone would finally write about such a pivotal ship. The development and influence of this sub on ALL the following submarines of the world, conventional and nuclear cannot be overstated. The only flaw (and a minor one at that) is the minimal information about the Barbel Class subs built for the Navy. Since these were the last conventional submarines built for the Navy and were directly influenced by the Albacores design, I would've liked some more info. I find it amazing the amount of xdesign work they got out of a single test ship. I can't believe they deployed a B-47 parachute underwater to test performance changes!

Well documented, full of stories, detailled technics, the different phases and improvements...etc...Everything about this test submarine and her evolution.

Very good text.

Some nice b&w pictures.

I would have liked to see more drawings. It is the reason why I do not give a 5 stars.

I recommend this book !

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The USS Albacore, preserved today at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the prototype of the modern submarine in all respects except nuclear power. She served the US Navy as a floating test bed for numerous technological advances including the teardrop hull, single-stick control, and the towed sonar array, for nearly twenty years. This book is based on interviews with her captains, crew members, the engineers and scientists who conceived and designed her, and the shipyard workers who built her.

I brought my family to the memorial at the end of our vacation. We had a great a great time. I bought the book on impulse and was rewarded with a very interesting read.
I served on submarines (SSN-703 & SSBN 626B)and I think this is a very informative book. A must read for an submarine history buff.