The Mother Mantra by Williams, Selene Calloni -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Natural Spiritual Experience

BEAUTY GOOD DEATH THE SACRED AND RITUAL POWER THE SURVIVAL INSTINCT THE CALCULATION OF PERSONAL ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE THE TWO WAYS OF FIGHTING

Chapter 2. The Great Image

THE MYSTICAL MARRIAGE THE GREAT IMAGE IN THE HEART OF RELIGIONS THE GREAT IMAGE IN THE SHAMANIC YOGA TRADITION (SRI LANKA, 1985) THE GREAT IMAGE IN THE ESOTERIC CHRISTIAN TRADITION (SWITZERLAND, 2003) THE GREAT IMAGE IN ESOTERIC BUDDHISM (BHUTAN, 1996) THE GREAT IMAGE IN THE ANIMIST TRADITION FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GREAT IMAGE (SWITZERLAND, 2003) THE GREAT IMAGE IN ISLAM (YEMEN, 1993) MORE POETRY

Chapter 3. The Underworld or Celestial Bride/Bridegroom

THE IMMOVABLE PLEASURE EROS, THE CREATIVE ENERGY NONDISPERSION OF THE JUICE OF PLEASURE THE SEPARATION OF THE DIVINE LOVERS THE SOUL AND ITS MISSION THE SOUL’S MISSION

Chapter 4. The Four Movements of the Mother Mantra Tradition

FIRST MOVEMENT SECOND MOVEMENT THIRD MOVEMENT FOURTH MOVEMENT

Chapter 5. The Spiritual Practices of the Morning and Evening

THE MORNING AND EVENING STAR EXERCISES THE PRACTICE OF REMEMBRANCE THE FIVE SPIRITUAL RITUALS OF THE MORNING AND THE EVENING

Chapter 6. Rite, Myth, and Compassion

THE SEVEN MESSENGERS RITE AND THERAPY COMPASSION RITE AND MYTH

Chapter 7. Freeing the Hostage Prometheus

THE MYTH OF PROMETHEUS RESILIENCE IN IMPRISONMENT THE FINAL LIBERATION THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION REVOLUTION IN THE MOTHER MANTRA TRADITION

Chapter 8. Further Spiritual Practices for Well-Being

MAKING ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE ORACLE THE ORACLE SPEAKS THROUGH IMAGES THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD HABITS THE WILD SOUL AND THE LOVE FOR YOUR OWN BODY HEALING AND DEEP ECOLOGY THE ORACLES

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