Secret Drugs of Buddhism is the first book to explore the historical evidence for the use of entheogenic plants within the Buddhist tradition. Drawing on scriptural sources, botany, pharmacology, and religious iconography, this book calls attention to the central role which psychedelics played in Indian religions.[/b] It traces their history from the mysterious soma potion, celebrated in the most ancient Hindu scriptures, to amrita, the sacramen ...
Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate relationship, Hesse brilliantly brings to life th ...
What is Fat Activism and why is it important? Charlotte Cooper, a fat activist with around 30 years experience, answers this question by lifting the lid on a previously unexplored social movement and offering a fresh perspective on one of the major problems of our times. In her expansive grassroots study she: Reveals details of fat activist methods and approaches and explodes myths Charts extensive accounts of international fat activist hist ...
‘An in-depth labour of love from a genuine Bush fanatic,’ Mark Radcliffe. Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory presents Kate Bush as you have never seen her before. Encounter the polymorphously perverse Kate, the witchy Kate, the queer Kate; the Kate who moves beyond the mime. Through in-depth readings of the often critically neglected works of Bush’s career ( The Kick Inside, Lionheart, The Dreaming, The Red Shoes and her film The Line, t ...
Producto de la ejecucion del proyecto de investigacion «Actividad fisica y parques en Bucaramanga, caracterizacion y factores relacionados con su uso», se presenta este libro dirigido a la comunidad en general y en especial a la bumanguesa, con el fin de proporcionar informacion de calidad, actualizada y util, en terminos sencillos, que contribuya al conocimiento de los parques de la ciudad, su importancia dentro del ecosistema urbano y la calid ...
Una de las acepciones de la palabra huella habla de la senal que deja el ser humano en la tierra por donde pasa. Entendiendo la tierra como el territorio, en esta obra el lector encontrara un analisis de las marcas que deja un paradigma de desarrollo economico, que no tiene en cuenta el bien comun y solo prioriza la creacion de una supuesta riqueza: afectaciones al medioambiente, violacion de derechos humanos, ataques a la poblacion y violencias ...
Tenemos una enorme capacidad verbal de lucha: nos involucramos a menudo en discusiones tensas; pero ignoramos profundamente la naturaleza de esos combates entre opiniones y voluntades opuestas. Tal vez porque nos arrebata, la lucha es misteriosa para la razon. Frente al espectaculo de las disputas verbales, la razon parece fruncir el ceno y elevar los ojos. La existencia de discusiones racionales en el ambito publico no ha anulado la aparicion d ...
Que un periodista de la premsa escrita, redactor des de fa mes de trenta anys, de cop i volta es posi a escriure amb imatges, fent fotografies, nomes pot voler dir dues coses: o que s'ha tornat boig o que el mon s'ha capgirat tant que ni es reconeix. Jordi Panyella (Barcelona, 1966) encara continua escrivint al diari El Punt Avui, com sempre, pero el mon ha canviat radicalment. I sobretot la seva ciutat, arran del brutal impacte de l ...
A reprint of «The Prophet of San Francisco,» by the Duke of Argyll, from the Nineteenth Century for April, 1884, and of «The Reduction to Iniquity,» by Henry George, from the same magazine for July. The literary reputation and the high social and political rank of the Duke of Argyll have attracted unusual attention to his arraignment of Mr. George's doctrine as to property in land. Mr. George's reply is vigorous and aggressive. ...