Soul Quest

Finding himself at midlife, feeling hollow and a like fraud, Paul Hawker embarks on a journey into the wilderness. In the tradition of the vision quest, like a hero in a mythic tale, he leaves his family and community to spend 40 days and 40 nights on a New Zealand mountaintop knowing full well the solitude, deprivation, and dangers he will face from exposure to the elements. But like many mystics and sages before him, he chooses a path of physical and spiritual testing as way to break through the veneer of his life. Soul Quest: A Spiritual Odyssey through 40 Days and 40 Nights of Mountain Solitude is the ruthlessly honest account of Paul Hawker's attempt to open himself to the Source, to discern the voice of God in his life.

Do you want to find your Soul’s purpose and connect with your life’s mission? Are you stuck and feeling as if there should be more to life? Do you long for greatness, fulfillment, and a life that lifts your spirit? In Your Soul’s Quest, author Rod C Ezekiel integrates metaphysics with powerful success principles, taking you on an internal journey to discover your heart’s deep love and the answers within the depths of your soul. Using exercises, stories, and Rod’s gentle guidance, you will unlock the secrets hidden within you to find your authentic self and create a miraculous, new life. Your Soul’s Quest offers answers to questions such as: How do you uncover the inborn soul strengths and genius that are linked to your purpose? How do you find alignment with your love to create authentic, meaningful goals? Through identifying what internal values you carry, you will come to understand why you make the decisions you do, and you’ll learn how to rewire your belief system to replace limiting thoughts with boundlessly successful ones. By the end of the journey, you will comprehend your mission and purpose and be poised to embark on a life of significance with greater joy and wondrous creativity. Let’s begin!

This book offers a comprehensive view of the legal, political, and ethical challenges related to the global regulation of ayahuasca, bringing together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars. Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew containing N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which is a Schedule I substance under the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the legality of its ritual use has been interpreted differently throughout the world. The chapters in this volume reflect on the complex implications of the international expansion of ayahuasca, from health, spirituality, and human rights impacts on individuals, to legal and policy impacts on national governments. While freedom of religion is generally protected, this protection depends on the recognition of a religion’s legitimacy, and whether particular practices may be deemed a threat to public health, safety, or morality. Through a comparative analysis of different contexts in North America, South America, and Europe in which ayahuasca is consumed, the book investigates the conceptual, philosophical, and legal distinctions among the fields of shamanism, religion, and medicine. It will be particularly relevant to scholars with an interest in indigenous religion and in religion and law.

Joy Manne brings her experience as a psychotherapist, her years of Vipassanna meditation, and her knowledge of Buddhism to a blend of East and West called "Soul Therapy". Her book is based on the premise that true and lasting healing comes from the Soul Quest, or spiritual development.

This is a book about the intersections of three dimensions. The first is the way social scientists and historians treat the history of psychiatry and healing, especially as it intersects with psychedelics. The second encompasses a reflection on the substances themselves and their effects on bodies. The third addresses traditional healing, as it circles back to our understanding of drugs and psychiatry. The chapters explore how these dimensions are distinct, but deeply intertwined, themes that offer important insights into contemporary healing practices. The intended audience of the volume is large and diverse: neuroscientists, biologists, medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists; mental health professionals interested in the therapeutic application of psychedelic substances, or who work with substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and PTSD; patients and practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine; ethnobotanists and ethnopharmacologists; lawyers, criminologists, and other specialists in international law working on matters related to drug policy and human rights, as well as scholars of religious studies, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians; social scientists concerned both with the history of science, medicine, and technology, and concepts of health, illness, and healing. It has a potentially large international audience, especially considering the increasing interest in “psychedelic science” and the growing spread of the use of traditional psychoactives in the West.