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The 15 tractates of the Corpus Hermeticum, along with the Perfect Sermon or Asclepius, are the foundation documents of the Hermetic tradition. Written by unknown authors in Egypt sometime before the end of the third century CE, they were part of a once substantial literature attributed to the mythic figure of Hermes Trismegistus, a Hellenistic fusion of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. 

This isn't a book about making your time more productive... this is a book being more productive with your time. Learn from a Zen monk how to find calm, be more present and get more out of the time you have. Learn from a Zen monk how to turn time pressure into tranquility. Time is our most precious commodity, but all too often it is swallowed up by the frantic pace of work and our always-on connection to the world.

I was baptized and brought up in the Orthodox Christian faith. I was taught it in childhood and throughout my boyhood and youth...

No one has commanded more universal comment and attention than the mystic who was known by the name of the Comte de St. Germain. A hero of romance, a charlatan, a swindler, and an adventurer; rich and varied were the names that showered freely upon him. Hated by the many, loved and reverenced by the few, time has not yet lifted the veil that screened his true mission from the vulgar speculators of the period. Then, as now, the occultist was dubbed charlatan by the ignorant; only some men and women here and there realized the power with which he stood possessed. 

We had been in India about two years, doing regular routine research work, when I met the Master known in these writings as Emil. While walking along a street in the city where we were staying, my attention was attracted to a crowd. I saw the center of interest was one of the street magicians, or fakirs, that are so common in that country. As I stood there I noticed beside me an elderly man who was not of the same caste as those about him. He looked at me and asked if I had been long in India.

Starting his journey from Jerusalem and passing through Nasibus and Iran, Jesus is shown to have reached Afghanistan where he met the Jews who had settled there...

In entering upon this course of instruction, each of you should, so far as possible, lay aside, for the time being, all previous theories and beliefs. By so doing you will be saved the trouble of trying, all the way through the course, to put "new wine into old wineskins" (Lk. 5:37). If there is anything, as we proceed, which you do not understand or agree with, just let it lie passively in your mind until you have listened to the entire book, for many statements that would at first arouse antagonism and discussion will be clear and easily accepted a little farther on.

The Cosmic Doctrine is a condensed blueprint outline of God’s manifestation in this creation. Complex indeed! But what has tended to bother some about the Cosmic Doctrine teaching has been the almost total emphasis in explaining evolution simply as being the psychic nuts and bolts of God. Leaving one with the impression that God may be reduced from a Great and Infinite Being to a kind of mechanical Newtonian clockwork. However there is much more to it than that.

In today's fast-paced world, confidence is key. Whether you're facing a job interview, a social event, or just the daily challenges of life, having a boost of confidence can make all the difference. That's where "21 Tricks to Make You Feel Confident in Minutes" by Ben Christie comes in. This practical and engaging guide offers you quick, easy-to-implement strategies to boost your self-esteem and walk through life's challenges with your head held high.

At birth you received a certain vibration consisting of the combination of ethereal vibrations existing at the moment. This vibration was impressed upon you very much as a note from an orchestra maybe transmitted by the stylus of a phonograph to the sensitive wax receiver with every single note and every shade of tone intact. Thus the time of birth determined the nature and intensity of the vibrations which are apparent in your mental, moral, spiritual, and physical characteristics, and these in turn indicate the character, environment, and opportunities which will come to you.

The belief in thought-transference prevailed from time immemorial. Passing over the legendary tales, and coming down to the time of recent history, we see many instances of the acceptance of this idea by the people of that old land of the strange and mysterious.

All the enlightened Buddhas follow this Mahayana Faith, and all the Bodhisattvas attain the perfection of Tathagatahood by the methods of this faith of the New Buddhism.

Do you ever feel that you're striving but only surviving? That life is a tedious and pointless daily treadmill, getting you nowhere? What if there was a way to change all that? What if you could tap into a hidden power that would make you special, enabling you to achieve your goals, overcome obstacles, alter reality and press the reset button on your life?

After the cataclysmic bombardment of asteroids destroyed all life on planet Earth, the 250,000 survivors of humanity sought sanctuary in Apollo City on the moon. Under the authoritarian rule of Governor Edmund Sears, art, science, and literature became the sole domain of the privileged. But resistance sprouts in the form of the Underground, led by the idealist Jim Callaghan and his friends Richard Barker and Sophie Ramirez.

There was sometimes a certain King, inhabiting in the west parts, who had to wife a noble Dame, by whom he had three daughters exceeding fair: of whom the two elder were of such comely shape and beauty, as they did excel and pass all other women living.

Jake Longly, ex-pro baseball player turned restaurateur, is back where he belongs: relaxing on the beach in front of his restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama. His peace is interrupted, however, when he receives a call from his private investigator father—April Wilkerson has gone missing from Lindemann Farms, the rustic, yet posh, resort built by self-help and financial guru Jonathon Lindemann.

The following treatise, Light on the Path, is a classic among occultists, and is the best guide known for those who have taken the first step on the Path of Attainment.

In publishing this, the second volume of Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, I am purposely omitting names of people and places. I feel that I am at liberty to withhold names of places and locations, according the listener the privilege of accepting as fact or fiction as they deems expedient.

This book is for serious students of the metaphysical but has the merit of being accessible to those who have discovered the fascinating world of the mind. It also serves as an alternative guide to harnessing the life-transforming power found where the worlds of quantum science and the paranormal meet. Not only is it an academic compendium of the unexplained but it is also a unique step-by-step guide to tuning into the unified force and opening up new possibilities.

Are you yearning for a new beginning? To be able to press the reset button on your life and make a fresh start? Did you know you have within you the tools to achieve the magical and miraculous? Using skills that were familiar to the ancients but lost in the modern world. Did you know that there is a hidden part of your mind that is linked to the most powerful force in the Universe? What if you could tap into that power and not only change your life but also the world around you?