New Releases by Stephen Mitchell

»The Work« – Der Schlüssel zu Selbsterkenntnis und innerer Freiheit Ob Trauer, Wut, Verzweiflung ... Wie oft stecken wir in negativen Gefühlen fest und hadern mit dem Leben so, wie es ist? Dabei sind es vor allem destruktive Gedanken, die uns Leid und Schmerzen bereiten. In ihrem Hauptwerk stellt Byron Katie, eine der bedeutendsten spirituellen Lehrerinnen der Gegenwart, ihre revolutionäre Methode »The Work« vor. Vier einfache Fragen helfen dabei, Gedanken und Glaubenssätze infrage zu stellen, die uns zusetzen, beschränken und aus der inneren Balance bringen. So gelingt es, die Perspektive zu wechseln und völlig neue Einsichten zu gewinnen. Dieser Prozess hat die Kraft, das Leben tiefgreifend zu verändern. In dieser Reihe erscheinen folgende Titel im Arkana Verlag: Eckhart Tolle, Jetzt! Die Kraft der Gegenwart Louise Hay, Heile deinen Körper Thich Nhat Hanh, Das Wunder der Achtsamkeit Eckhart Tolle, Eine neue Erde Shunryu Suzuki, Zen-Geist - Anfänger-Geist

How couples with kids can transform 13 common relationship fights into closer connection, from popular Instagram counselors Erin and Stephen Mitchell (@couples.counseling.for.parents). Parenting changes a couple’s relationship in fundamental ways, but most parents are too exhausted from the demands of life, work, and engaging their kids to prioritize their relationship. This can lead to repeated conflict and an overwhelming sense of anxiety, anger, hurt, and loneliness…just when you need your partner’s support the most. The good news: conflict is actually a sign that you are trying to connect with your partner—you’re just stuck in an old pattern of communication. In Too Tired to Fight, Erin and Stephen Mitchell use their 20-plus years of counseling experience to walk couples through the 13 conflicts that are not just normal but necessary to keep a partnership strong once kids enter the picture, including: The “Your Parenting Is Wrong” Conflict The “I’m More Tired Than You” Conflict The “Stop Choosing Your Family Over Ours” Conflict The “Sex Life? What Sex Life?” Conflict In each scenario, they show how this conflict plays out—and offer scripts, questions for reflection, and their tried-and-true Conflict to Connection Equation that couples can use in the moment to communicate true repair and resolution. Their secret: by expressing your feelings and intentionally listening to your partner—not just venting or reacting to your stress-response system—you can work through the “pain points” of parenthood together and actually make your relationship happier and healthier as a result.

A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research In the newly revised 3rd edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700, distinguished historians Geoffrey Greatrex and Stephen Mitchell deliver a thoroughly up-to-date discussion of the Later Roman Empire. It includes tables of information, numerous illustrations, maps, and chronological overviews. As the only single volume covering Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period, the book is designed as a comprehensive historical handbook covering the entire span between the Roman Empire to the Islamic conquests. The third edition is a significant expansion of the second edition—published in 2015—and includes two new chapters covering the seventh century. The rest of the work has been updated and revised, providing readers with a sweeping historical survey of the struggles, triumphs, and disasters of the Roman Empire, from the accession of the emperor Diocletian in AD 284 to the closing years of the seventh century. It also offers: A thorough description of the massive political and military transformations in Rome’s western and eastern empires Comprehensive explorations of the latest research on the Later Roman Empire Practical discussions of the tumultuous period ushered in by the Arab conquests Extensive updates, revisions, and corrections of the second edition Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of ancient, medieval, early European, and Near Eastern history, A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700 will also benefit lay readers with an interest in the relevant historical period and students taking a survey course involving the late Roman Empire.

「一念之轉」、「探究功課」（The Work）原來與東方智慧相契！ 一場東方底蘊和西方剔透的心靈共舞。 你唯一需要的，只是一顆開放的心， 一顆願意去質疑內在升起任何有壓力念頭的心， 用一張紙、一支筆，一份探究功課， 透過四個提問及反轉的過程， 讓你的心，安住在家。 心靈大師拜倫凱蒂，從1986年覺醒於真相以來，已經幫助了世界各地數百萬人從焦慮、挫折、憤怒和哀傷中解脫。她確信，人們需要的，不是她個人的在場，而是一種讓他們可以自己發現她所領悟到的真相。這套可以落實在生活中的自我探究方法，她稱之為「探究功課」（The Work）。 本書圍繞著《金剛經》裡「無我」，也就是「慷慨無私」的概念，進行寬廣且深入的探討。當我們透過「探究功課」理解到我們真正是誰、那個隱藏在所有困惑想法背後的真實身分，我們將能在生命裡的每一天、每一刻，都像呼吸一樣自然地慷慨無私。 透過「探究功課」，我們不僅僅能對造成壓力的想法保持敏銳的注意力，還會進一步質疑它們。透過質疑的過程，這些想法將失去影響我們的力量。 從拜倫凱蒂這位已深深了解實相的人的眼睛來觀看這世界、她所看到的每個充滿光亮的時刻，以及沒有分離、內心滿溢著愛的恩典狀態，你將能找到直接通往覺醒心靈的入口。 好評推薦 拜倫凱蒂的功課是我們星球一個偉大的祝福。——艾克哈特．托勒，《當下的力量》作者 拜倫凱蒂比我認識的任何一位靈性老師，不管是活著或已逝去，都還要徹底地震撼了我的世界，撼動、鬆綁了我的心智。——伊莉莎白．吉兒伯特，《享受吧！一個人的旅行》作者 一位古老靈性大師的話語，透過一位現今靈性導師闡述的光照下揭示給我們，超越痛苦的生命是可能的，而且能夠帶領每一位讀者的心回家，回到它獨一無二、無可比擬、無限珍貴的自我。——瑪莎・貝克，《找到自己的北極星》作者 深邃的洞見在書本每一頁裡閃爍著光輝，但它們將永遠像指路的明燈照耀著。——保羅・霍肯，《看不見的力量》作者 如果你願意擺脫自己的模式，這本書就是進入你真正是誰或能成為是誰的大門，走進去、再走進去，然後安住下來。安住在家中是深具感染力的。——喬・卡巴金，《正念療愈力》作者

"O Trabalho de Byron Katie é uma dádiva para o nosso mundo." — ECKHART TOLLE, autor de O poder do agora Vivemos tempos difíceis, e a maior parte da população sofre com ansiedade e depressão, medo e raiva. Em seu livro mais aguardado desde Ame a realidade, Byron Katie traz um raio de luz mais do que necessário para nossas vidas, uma fonte de esperança e alegria. Em Uma mente em paz, ela apresenta ensinamentos de um dos mais profundos e antigos textos do budismo, o Sutra do Diamante — traduzido para o inglês por Stephen Mitchell —, além de seu sistema revolucionário de autoinvestigação chamado O Trabalho. Profundamente esclarecedor, este livro nos revela a natureza da mente e nos liberta dos pensamentos que nos trazem sofrimento de forma prática e inspiradora.

Discover the truth hiding behind troubling thoughts with Byron Katie’s self-help classic. In 2003, Byron Katie first introduced the world to The Work with the publication of Loving What Is. Nearly twenty years later, Loving What Is continues to inspire people all over the world to do The Work; to listen to the answers they find inside themselves;and to open their minds to profound, spacious, and life-transforming insights. The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light. Loving What Is shows you step by step, through clear and vivid examples, exactly how to use this revolutionary process for yourself. In this revised edition, readers will enjoy seven new dialogues, or real examples of Katie doing The Work with people to discover the root cause of their suffering. You will observe people work their way through a broad range of human problems, learning freedom through the very thoughts that had caused their suffering—thoughts such as “my husband betrayed me” or “my mother doesn’t love me enough.” If you continue to do The Work, you may discover that the questioning flows into every aspect of your life, effortlessly undoing the stressful thoughts that keep you from experiencing peace. Loving What Is offers everything you need to learn and live this remarkable process, and to find happiness as what Katie calls “a lover of reality.”

“I love The First Christmas. What a charming way Stephen Mitchell has found to tell my favorite story of all, the Nativity, character by character (I love the donkey and the ox), with wise and thrilling interludes about God, reality, truth.” –Anne Lamott In The First Christmas, Stephen Mitchell brings the Nativity story to vivid life as never before. A narrative that is only sketched out in two Gospels becomes fully realized here with nuanced characters and a setting that reflects the culture of the time. Mitchell has suffused the birth of Jesus with a sense of beauty that will delight and astonish readers. In this version, we see the world through the eyes of a Whitmanesque ox and a visionary donkey, starry-eyed shepherds and Zen-like wise men, each of them providing a unique perspective on a scene that is, in Western culture, the central symbol for good tidings of great joy. Rather than superimposing later Christian concepts onto the Annunciation and Nativity scenes, he imagines Mary and Joseph experiencing the angelic message as a young Jewish woman and man living in the year 4 bce might have experienced it, with terror, dismay, and ultimate acceptance. In this context, their yes becomes an act of great moral courage. Readers of every background will be enchanted by this startlingly beautiful reimagining of the Christmas tale.

★大文豪托爾斯泰譽為「世界上最美的故事」 ★可蘭經收錄此故事，稱為「最美敘事之作」 ★全球暢銷書《享受吧！一個人的旅行》作者感淚推薦 深入約瑟與其他角色的內心世界， 在巧妙瑰麗的敘事中，獲得新的感動。 身為以色列始祖雅各的第十一個兒子，約瑟從小天資傲人、長相俊美，受盡父親疼愛，卻也因為他的自負與受寵，引起兄長們的嫉妒，聯手將他賣到埃及為奴，從此開啟他跌宕起伏、充滿戲劇性的一生。 如同〈創世紀〉其他篇章，這個故事的書寫風格極為精簡，留下許多祕而不宣的暗示，讓人覺得晦澀不明、難以理解。本書的新穎之處，在於抒情感性、鮮活生動的散文文體，以及令人耳目一新的觀點，讓這個古老故事獲得新生。 全書讀來宛如一部後現代小說，在優美的敘事之外，交織了深層的心靈感悟，加上出其不意的禪宗哲思，不僅拓展了故事面向，也進一步闡明了故事的主要命題－－寬恕。 這個扣人心弦的故事將會抓住現代讀者的心靈，證明古老的故事迄今依舊能吸引我們，在欣喜與驚奇中再次受到感動。 【鄭重推薦】 吳雅鳳／臺灣大學外文系教授 施以諾／作家、職能治療師 莫 非／創世紀文字培訓書苑主任 鄭印君／輔仁大學宗教學系系主任 嚴任吉／耶穌會神父、輔大副教授 出版社 啟示 (城邦)

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“One of our oldest stories of grace . . . The heart cannot help but be moved and healed by the treasure to be found in these pages.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Stephen Mitchell’s gift is to breathe new life into ancient classics. In The Way of Forgiveness, he offers us his riveting novelistic version of the Biblical tale in which Jacob’s favorite son is sold into slavery and eventually becomes viceroy of Egypt. Tolstoy called it the most beautiful story in the world. What’s new here is the lyrical, witty, vivid prose, informed by a wisdom that brings fresh insight to this foundational legend of betrayal and all-embracing forgiveness. Mitchell’s retelling, which reads like a postmodern novel, interweaves the narrative with brief meditations that, with their Zen surprises, expand the narrative and illuminate its main themes. By stepping inside the minds of Joseph and the other characters, Mitchell reanimates one of the central stories of Western culture. The engrossing tale that he has created will capture the hearts and minds of modern readers and show them that this ancient story can still challenge, delight, and astonish. “A beautiful ‘retelling’ of one of the most profound and moving passages in the Bible. Stephen Mitchell has fashioned a deceptively simple version of the story of Joseph and his brothers, and given it back to the world in luminous prose that the authors of the King James Version would applaud. A unique and special kind of masterpiece.” —John Banville, Booker Prize–winning author “Stephen Mitchell has offered us a lovely treat, a creative and heartfelt way to re-inhabit this biblical story full of wisdom and healing.” —Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart

We seem to be obsessed with perfection. It''s everywhere, permeating our conversations, our language, our advertising, our films and our religion. It''s not only widespread across our culture; it has roots deep in the beginning of our civilization. For the sake of our well-being and our faith we need to be liberated from this pre-occupation. Past Perfect unravels some of the confusion surrounding our use of the word in many different contexts, and shapes an understanding of God that is free of this notion.

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Erkenntnisse über das Leben aus Sicht einer Erwachten Byron Katie ist eine der bedeutendsten spirituellen Lehrerinnen der Gegenwart. In ihrem Klassiker „Lieben was ist“ stellte sie ihre revolutionäre Methode „The Work“ vor, die Millionen von Menschen als einfache und doch hochgradig wirksame Technik der Selbsterforschung nutzen. In ihrem Buch „Ich liebe, was ist“ schließt Byron Katie an ihr Hauptwerk an. Diesmal steht sie selbst im Mittelpunkt: Indem sie ausgewählte Passagen aus dem Diamant-Sutra, einem buddhistischen Schlüsseltext aus dem ersten Jahrhundert n. Chr., aus ihrem Erleben heraus erläutert, verbindet sie in einzigartiger Weise tiefe Erkenntnisse zur östlichen Weisheitslehre mit ihrem eigenen Leben. Herzerwärmende, weise und humorvolle Anekdoten geben uns einen faszinierenderer Einblick in den Alltag einer Erwachten und zeigen, wie wir allen Umständen, ob vermeintlich gut oder schlecht, mit umfassender Akzeptanz und Liebe begegnen können.

A headlong adrenaline-rush of a new novel from one of our most beloved and original writers: Slade House, which has its origins in Mitchell''s famously Twitter-released short story last year, is his most entertaining and accessible novel yet. A cycle of linked ghost stories perfect for any dark and stormy night. An ordinary road in a town like yours: bus routes and red-brick houses. A dank narrow alley, easy to miss, even when you''re looking for it. A small black metal door set into the wall: no handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it opens onto a sunlit garden, sloping up to a house that doesn''t quite make sense... Go through, and the door closes discreetly behind you. In David Mitchell''s exhilarating new novel, five "guests" separated by nine years enter Slade House for a brief visit--only to vanish without trace from the outside world. Who draws them to the heart of Slade House, and why is the house missing from maps? Beginning in 1979 and ending in 2015, these five interlacing narratives will enchant Mitchell''s readers, old and new, with a signature blend of mystery, realism and the supernatural.

Een gewone vrouw blijkt een beslissende pion in een bovennatuurlijke strijd tussen goed en kwaad.

The Second Edition of A History of the Later Roman Empire features extensive revisions and updates to the highly-acclaimed, sweeping historical survey of the Roman Empire from the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 to the death of Heraclius in 641. Features a revised narrative of the political history that shaped the late Roman Empire Includes extensive changes to the chapters on regional history, especially those relating to Asia Minor and Egypt Offers a renewed evaluation of the decline of the empire in the later sixth and seventh centuries Places a larger emphasis on the military deficiencies, collapse of state finances, and role of bubonic plague throughout the Europe in Rome’s decline Includes systematic updates to the bibliography

Dé everseller van Byron Katie – al meer dan 80.000 exemplaren verkocht! Stap voor stap naar een gelukkiger leven Terwijl ze een doodgewoon leven leidt, wordt Byron Katie in toenemende mate depressief. Gedurende tien jaar zakt ze steeds dieper weg in woede, wanhoop en gedachten aan zelfmoord. Tot ze op een ochtend wakker wordt in een staat van uitzinnige vreugde en met een heel duidelijk inzicht waarmee haar lijden tot een einde gebracht kan worden. Dit besef van vrijheid heeft haar nooit meer losgelaten, en nu kun je dit gevoel zelf ervaren aan de hand van The Work, een methode die Byron Katie zelf ontwikkelde. The Work bestaat uit vier vragen die je, zodra je ze toepast op een specifiek probleem, in staat stellen dat wat jou dwarszit in een totaal ander licht te zien. Zoals Katie het zelf zegt: ‘Het is niet het probleem dat ons lijden veroorzaakt, het is onze gedachte over dat probleem.’ Vier vragen die je leven veranderen laat je stap voor stap door middel van verhelderende en levendige voorbeelden zien hoe je zelf dit revolutionaire proces kunt toepassen om uiteindelijk gelukkiger te worden. In de pers ‘Byron Katie toont ons dat door een ijzeren logica te volgen elke negatieve gedachte kan verdwijnen.’ Flair ‘Selfmade woman Byron Katie is een charismatische kruising tussen een spottende psycholoog, een spirituele gids en een lieve tante.’ Happinez Byron Katie is een grote zegening voor onze planeet.’ Eckhart Tolle, auteur van De kracht van het Nu

Zusammen mit dem Taoismus-Experten Stephen Mitchell erläutert Byron Katie das Tao Te King des chinesischen Weisen Lao Tse. Die oft als schwierig und verrätselt empfundenen Worte werden so erfrischend, lebendig und anekdotenreich behandelt, dass die klassische Weisheit ganz aktuell und anschaulich wird. Die geistige Verwandtschaft mit Prinzipien der genialen Fragetechnik „the Work“ wird hier ganz offenbar: Lao Tses Prinzip des „Wu Wei“ (Nicht-tun, Geschehen-lassen) stimmt in verblüffender Weise mit Byron Katies Aufforderung zu „Lieben was ist“ überein.

Una mañana tras años de estar sumida en una profunda depresión y de pensar obsesivamente en el suicidio, Byron Katie se sintió invadida por un estado de dicha absoluta. Lo que se despertó en Katie fue un proceso silencioso de interrogación personal que la condujo a acabar con su sufrimiento. La libertad que le proporcionó ese conocimiento nunca la ha abandonado y, ahora, en "Amar lo que es", también tú puedes descubrirla mediante El Trabajo, el método creado por la autora que consta sencillamente de cuatro preguntas que, aplicadas a un problema específico, te permiten ver lo que te perturba desde una óptica nueva. Una vez que hemos hecho El Trabajo alcanzamos el punto en el que somos capaces de amar verdaderamente lo que es, tal como es, y nos convertimos en "amantes de la realidad". Como dice Katie: "Lo que provoca nuestro sufrimiento no es el problema, sino lo que pensamos sobre el mismo". Paso a paso, y mediante ejemplos claros, Amar lo que es te enseñará a poner en práctica este proceso revolucionario.

The book reveals how disparate people connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky.

All richly illustrated with lustrous line drawings throughout, they are here for young readers to rediscover: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Abu Keer and Abu Seer, and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp in its original setting of China. These stories will bring you to a whole new world; one where clever wit will save the day, thieves give chase with swords and spears, kings can kill with a glance, honesty is rewarded with a vast, unheard-of treasure.

"Pasazer statku, z utesknieniem wygladajacy konca podrozy przez Pacyfik w 1850 roku; wydziedziczony kompozytor, usilujacy oszustwem zarobic na chleb w Belgii lat miedzywojennych; dziennikarka-idealistka w Kalifornii rzadzonej przez gubernatora Reagana; wydawca ksiazek, uciekajacy przed gangsterami, ktorym jest winien pieniadze; genetycznie modyfikowana uslugujaca z restauracji, w oczekiwaniu na wykonanie wyroku smierci; i Zachariasz, chlopak z wysp Pacyfiku, ktory przyglada sie, jak dogasa swiatlo nauki i cywilizacji - narratorzy Atlasu Chmur slysza nawzajem swoje echa poprzez meandry dziejow, co odmienia ich los zarowno w blahym, jak i w donioslym wymiarze."--Cover.

¿Puede el amor, el poder del bien incluso en la adversidad, perdurar más allá de la vida que conocemos y prolongarse a través de siglos y lugares? Los seis protagonistas de la novela, en escenarios bien disímiles, ajenos a la trascendencia de sus acciones, tienen un papel mucho más relevante en la posteridad de lo que pueden imaginar.

Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed to be able—and who in some instances thought themselves able—to manipulate the world around them through magical practices, and on the responses to these beliefs in the legal, literary, and popular cultures of the Nordic Middle Ages. His sources range from the Icelandic sagas to cultural monuments much less familiar to the nonspecialist, including legal cases, church art, law codes, ecclesiastical records, and runic spells. Mitchell''s starting point is the year 1100, by which time Christianity was well established in elite circles throughout Scandinavia, even as some pre-Christian practices and beliefs persisted in various forms. The book''s endpoint coincides with the coming of the Reformation and the onset of the early modern Scandinavian witch hunts. The terrain covered is complex, home to the Germanic Scandinavians as well as their non-Indo-European neighbors, the Sámi and Finns, and it encompasses such diverse areas as the important trade cities of Copenhagen, Bergen, and Stockholm, with their large foreign populations; the rural hinterlands; and the insular outposts of Iceland and Greenland. By examining witches, wizards, and seeresses in literature, lore, and law, as well as surviving charm magic directed toward love, prophecy, health, and weather, Mitchell provides a portrait of both the practitioners of medieval Nordic magic and its performance. With an understanding of mythology as a living system of cultural signs (not just ancient sacred narratives), this study also focuses on such powerful evolving myths as those of "the milk-stealing witch," the diabolical pact, and the witches'' journey to Blåkulla. Court cases involving witchcraft, charm magic, and apostasy demonstrate that witchcraft ideologies played a key role in conceptualizing gender and were themselves an important means of exercising social control.

This is the essential pregnancy guide for dads-to-be and comes complete with must-have man-centric checklists so you won''t forget anything. From the joys of conception, the pain of labour and the exhilaration of birth, this easy-to-read book will empower you with authentic, reassuring, realistic, bloke-authoritative advice so you can be the most supportive and useful partner ever for your pregnant other half. This is more than what to expect, it is what to do...for blokes. Congratulations and enjoy the ride.

"Breaks fresh ground...Mitchell''s translation tells the stories in a voice much like the ancient Hebrew, without adornment." — Seattle Times From the author of The Gospel According to Jesus comes a new adaptation of the book of Genesis. In this highly acclaimed translation, Stephen Mitchell conveys in English the simplicity, dignity and powerful earthiness of the original Hebrew. More than just interpreting it, he also separates stories that were combined by scribes centuries after they were written, explaining their sources and omitting all verses that are recognized as scribal additions. Like removing coat after coat of lacquer from a once-vibrant masterpiece, this allows readers to appreciate the clarity of the original tales. Genesis is an extraordinarily beautiful book that is accessible in a way that no other translation has ever been. It will shed new light on readers'' understanding of this seminal work of sacred scripture.

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