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Dispel the Misconceptions & Discover the Truth About Afro-Caribbean Magic Diamantino Fernandes Trindade, one of the most renowned spiritualist authors in Brazil, and Sebastien de la Croix, an initiated Houngan (Vodou priest), lift the shroud of mystery surrounding Haitian Vodou and North American Voodoo. Trindade and de la Croix introduce you to these distinct spiritualities and how they are connected to Hoodoo, an African American tradition that incorporates Voodoo, Indigenous traditions, spiritism, and European folklore. Vodou, Voodoo, and Hoodoo provides a variety of simple spells that require no initiation and support many aspects of contemporary life. You''ll also explore the life of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, a famous practitioner who was ahead of her time. Featuring deities, recipes, prayers, and more, this book gives you a genuine look at Afro-Caribbean magic.

Plongez au coeur de l’Histoire à travers vingt chapitres captivants, révélant les dynamiques complexes qui ont transformé chaque coin du globe en un théâtre d''opération. Redécouvrez au fil des pages les causes profondes du conflit, des alliances fragiles aux rivalités implacables dans un récit percutant qui éclaire l''héritage durable de cette période tumultueuse, invitant à la réflexion sur les leçons essentielles qu''elle peut offrir à notre époque.

Nouvelle édition en grands caractères avec une mise en page optimisée afin de faciliter la lecture. La nuit obscure de l''âme, aussi appelée nuit de la foi, est une épreuve spirituelle consistant à ne plus sentir la présence de Dieu dans la vie d''un croyant. Cette expérience est un phénomène traversé parmi les plus grands saints et mystiques chrétiens, plusieurs d''entre eux ayant témoigné avoir ressenti l''absence de Dieu pendant une période plus ou moins longue de leur vie, comme Thérèse de Lisieux et Mère Teresa. Loin d''être négative, cette période de crise, de doutes, d''obscurité spirituelle permet de purger l''âme de ses défauts et de l''enrichir, de la disposer à l''union du Parfait amour avec Dieu. De nombreux chrétiens sont ou seront confrontés au cours de leur existence à cette perte de foi. Ils pourront être tentés alors d''abandonner la vie mystique. Ce magnifique texte de saint Jean de la Croix leur rappelle que le silence de Dieu est le don suprême de Dieu à sa créature. C''est quand l''âme épuisée a cessé d''attendre Dieu, quand le malheur extérieur ou la sécheresse intérieure lui a fait croire que Dieu n''est pas une réalité, si néanmoins elle continue à aimer, si elle a horreur des biens qui prétendent le remplacer, c''est alors que Dieu après quelque temps vient jusqu''à elle, se montre, lui parle, la touche. C''est ce que saint Jean de la Croix appelle la nuit obscure. - Simone Weil (philosophe et mystique chrétienne)

"This landmark book provides a comprehensive anthropological introduction to contemporary Central Asia. Established and emerging scholars of the region critically interrogate the idea of a ''Central Asian World'' at the intersection of post-Soviet, Persianate, East and South Asian worlds. Encompassing chapters on life between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Xinjiang, this volume situates the social, political, economic, ecological and ritual diversity of Central Asia in historical context. The book ethnographically explores key areas such as the growth of Islamic finance, the remaking of urban and sacred spaces, as well as decolonizing and queering approaches to Central Asia. The volume''s discussion of More-than-Human Worlds, Everyday Economies, Material Culture, Migration and Statehood engages core analytical concerns such as globalization, inequality and postcolonialism. Far more than a survey of a ''world region'', the volume illuminates how people in Central Asia make a life at the intersection of diverse cross-cutting currents and flows of knowledge. In so doing, it stakes out the contribution of an anthropology of and from Central Asia to broader debates within contemporary anthropology. This is an essential reference for anthropologists as well as for scholars from other disciplines with a focus on Central Asia"--

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Saint Jean de la Croix (1542-1591), contemporain de sainte Thérèse d''Avila et réformateur du Carmel comme elle, est l''auteur de grands poèmes mystiques. Son oeuvre est ici rassemblée dans une nouvelle traduction conforme au texte original.C''est un bonheur de redécouvrir Les Sentences, La Montée du Mont Carmel, la Nuit obscure, les Poèmes et les Lettres qu''écrivit le grand saint et de comprendre que sa spiritualité est intemporelle.La nouvelle traduction réalisée par André Bord d''après l''edición critíca espagnole, enrichie de notes et d''explications, permettra au lecteur de pénétrer au mieux le message exceptionnel de saint Jean de la Croix. André Bord, est docteur es Lettres et membre correspondant de l''Académie nationale des sciences, belles lettres et arts de Bordeaux. Il est également membre sociétaire des écrivains catholiques, membre des philosophes chrétiens et doyen de la société de philosophie de Bordeaux.

NEGRA. ATIVISTA. REVOLUCIONÁRIA. Angela Davis é uma das maiores ativistas do nosso tempo. Sua história de vida e sua luta pelos direitos civis nos Estados Unidos a converteram em um símbolo do movimento negro e do feminismo. Nesta incrível biografia em HQ, Sybille Titeux de la Croix — acompanhada pelos brilhantes traços de Amazing Ameziane — refaz a jornada de Miss Davis, desde sua infância no Alabama, marcada pela segregação racial e pelos ataques da Ku Klux Klan, até sua saída da prisão em 1972, na Califórnia, após uma enorme mobilização mundial pela sua libertação. Esta é a oportunidade perfeita para leitoras e leitores conhecerem sua história. A obra conta ainda com um texto de orelha assinado pela filósofa e escritora Djamila Ribeiro.

Jeanne Féaux de la Croix maps three iconic places as part of Central Asians'' ''moral geographies'' and examines their role in navigating socialist, neo-liberal and neo-Islamic life models. Dams provide most of Kyrgyzstan''s electricity, but are also at the heart of regional water disputes that threaten an already shrinking Aral Sea. Mountain pastures cover much of Central Asia''s heartland and offer a livelihood and refuge, even to urban citizens. Pilgrimage sites have recovered from official Soviet oblivion and act as cherished scenes of decision-making. Examining how iconic places, work and well-being can mesh together, this book moves debates about post-Soviet memory, space and property onto fresh terrain.

"Let us make love as we make philosophy" is the theme of Plato''s revisionist final dialogue--the imaginative core of the novel. Plato''s Last Love transports the reader from today''s France and England to medieval Provence and Spain as well as ancient Greece of the fourth century, setting of the dialogue, The Erotic. The work has been lost for centuries but resurfaces in Provence and today''s world "like a submarine in mid-ocean," creating a chain of events related to three spectacular love stories. The action involves the brilliant, amorous professor, Philip Platner, the stunning but love-shy doctoral candidate, Dora von Neubeck, the dynamic, ambitious lecturer Adele Mansfield, and special forces major Lawrence Hunter, who constitute a motley but undefeatable investigative team in search of the lost Plato manuscript. They tangle with dangerous criminal elements in the South of France as well as the shadowy head of a mysterious, fanatical monastic order. This tale--involving non-stop action, passion, medieval romance, and a philosophical dialogue with Plato, Aristotle, and Hippocrates, as well as a love potion and the bewitching philosophy student, Kyniska--beloved of Plato--unfolds at a swift pace and culminates in a magical hymn to love.

Le Cantique spirituel est un poème que Jean de la Croix compose lors qu''il est en prison à Tolède entre 1576 et 1577. N''ayant pas de quoi écrire pendant la capture, il l''apprend par cœur. Lors de sa libération, il le récite aux carmélites qui lui demandent une explication. Il rajoute alors des commentaires dans les années suivantes. La Cantique spirituel devient alors un traité spirituel.Juan de Yepes Álvarez, Jean de la Croix en religion (en espagnol : Juan de la Cruz), né à Fontiveros le 24 juin 1542 et mort au couvent d''Ubeda le 14 décembre 1591, est un saint mystique espagnol, souvent appelé le « Saint du Carmel ».

World premiere. The first of its kind. This is volume 1 from a set of 2 volumes. It is the Social Register of the 500 fabulous women of the Middle East and the Arab World: Who''s Who of La Creme de La Creme. A de luxe glorious edition in full colors, printed on glossy heavy paper stock. The 2 volumes include photos, profiles, portraits, biographies, accomplishments, score, rating and rank order of the most important, influential and brightest women in the Arab world, Middle East and worldwide, from queens, royal princesses, billionaires to artists, activists, journalists and authors. Art, Entertainment, Cinema, Music, Leadership, Beauty, Power, Glamour, Intellect, Politic, Business, all are covered Written by the legendary and international best-selling author Maximillien de Lafayette. Published by Times Square Press, New York.

Fertility choices depend not only on the surrounding culture but also on economic incentives, which have important consequences for inequality, education and sustainability. This book outlines parallels between demographic development and economic outcomes, explaining how fertility, growth and inequality are related. It provides a set of general equilibrium models where households choose their number of children, analysed in four domains. First, inequality is particularly damaging for growth as human capital is kept low by the mass of grown-up children stemming from poor families. Second, the cost of education can be an important determining factor on fertility. Third, fertility is sometimes viewed as a strategic variable in the power struggle between different cultural, ethnic and religious groups. Finally, fertility might be affected by policies targeted at other objectives. Incorporating new findings with the discussion of education policy and sustainability this book is a significant addition to the literature on growth.

A deceased undertaker still carries out his life’s work. The spirit of a nun comforts mourners. Red carnations materialize from nowhere . . . Spooky Stories from the Dismal Trade Alternately hair-raising, creepy, and touching, Mariah de la Croix’s encounters with the supernatural during her tenure as a mortician are both chilling and unforgettable. Restless in Peace recounts her true experiences working in funeral homes—and the resident spirits’ frightening, bizarre, and sometimes amusing behaviors. From the angry spirit who follows her home after work to the deceased man who likes to communicate through a microphone, this book offers a rare glimpse of living and working among the spirited dead.

Chicago Whispers illuminates a colorful and vibrant record of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people who lived and loved in Chicago from the city’s beginnings in the 1670s as a fur-trading post to the end of the 1960s. Journalist St. Sukie de la Croix, drawing on years of archival research and personal interviews, reclaims Chicago’s LGBT past that had been forgotten, suppressed, or overlooked. Included here are Jane Addams, the pioneer of American social work; blues legend Ma Rainey, who recorded “Sissy Blues” in Chicago in 1926; commercial artist J. C. Leyendecker, who used his lover as the model for “The Arrow Collar Man” advertisements; and celebrated playwright Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun. Here, too, are accounts of vice dens during the Civil War and classy gentlemen’s clubs; the wild and gaudy First Ward Ball that was held annually from 1896 to 1908; gender-crossing performers in cabarets and at carnival sideshows; rights activists like Henry Gerber in the 1920s; authors of lesbian pulp novels and publishers of “physique magazines”; and evidence of thousands of nameless queer Chicagoans who worked as artists and musicians, in the factories, offices, and shops, at theaters and in hotels. Chicago Whispers offers a diverse collection of alternately hip and heart-wrenching accounts that crackle with vitality.

Les Maximes et Sentences spirituelles sont tirées de l''oeuvre de saint Jean de la Croix, maître de la vie intérieure. Elles contiennent et résument toute sa doctrine et en manifestent la profonde cohérence.Pour désirer et entrer dans l''intimité de Dieu tout au long de notre vie, nous sommes sans cesse confrontés à des choix. Ces maximes exposent, dans des formules concises et percutantes, les repères et les obstacles à l''élévation d''une âme qui aspire aux Biens qui ne passent pas. L''auteur :Saint Jean de la Croix, le « saint du Carmel », né en 1542, mort en 1591, a été proclamé « Docteur de la théologie spirituelle » et « Docteur mystique ». Si sa forte influence spirituelle demeure actuelle, la beauté et la richesse littéraire de ses écrits en font un des plus grands poètes espagnols et un des plus grands mystiques de tous les temps.

This book provides an in-depth treatment of the overlapping generations model in economics incorporating production.

Tentative de faire le point sur la connaissance de la légende du roi Arthur au fil d''une relecture. Chronologie des principaux textes, portraits des principaux acteurs sans oublier les objets extraordinaires : Table ronde, Excalibur, Graal. [SDM].

"In this volume, we have made every effort to preserve Helen Gardner''s freshness of style and, above all, her sympathetic approach to individual works of art and the styles of which they are a part."- Preface.

A leading French historian reviews the reigns, deeds, and misdeeds of France''s sovereigns - both famous and infamous - from the Merovingians of the fifth century to the abdication of Louis Philippe in 1848.

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Story of Franklin expedition, of Andree''s expedition, of the loss of the Saint Anne (1912-14) and of the Italia expedition.