Teen Witch Kit

This kit book contains everything that may be needed to cast spells that deal with 40 of the situations, topics and dilemmas that face teenagers every day – self-esteem, finding true love, tackling homework, and making and keeping friends.

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The Holy Bible

 What do you think of this book? How do the vary between the orginal and the translated ones? How do they vary from old editions and new editions? What is your take on this book?

Experiencing the World’s Religions

(my copy has a different cover on it)

Experiencing the World’s Religions provides a clear and compelling account of religion as a diverse, lived experience by peoples around the world. Global in its coverage, the text conveys the vitality and richness of the world’s religions as a living cultural wellspring that not only concerns systems of belief but how those beliefs are expressed in ceremonies, food, clothing, art, architecture, pilgrimage, scripture, and music. The text demonstrates why an understanding of the world’s religions enriches our lives. In an engaging narrative emphasizing the experience of religion, the text takes students on a personal voyage through doctrines, history, the religiously inspired arts, ceremonies, and everyday expressions of belief and combines these with powerful photographs from around the globe. The text goes beyond traditional approaches to personally connect students with the vitality of the great religions and how they reach into the lives of individuals and the culture at large.

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Scriptures of the World’s Religions

(my copy has a different cover on it.)

Scriptures of the World’s Religions, third edition is an anthology that gathers together many of the world�s most influential sacred texts. This leading book includes chapters on the twelve major religious traditions today, plus two additional chapters on indigenous religious practices. With comprehensive introductions in each chapter, the selected writings emphasize the religion�s founders, central doctrines, and historical development. The translated texts in this collection are stylistically clear and up-to-date, many of which were translated specifically for this book. The selections vary in length from a few paragraphs to 10 pages. It can be used in a wide range of courses including introduction to religion.

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Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament

“The author of more than ten books on New Testament history and early Christian writings, Ehrman has established himself as an expert on early Christianity. These two works should soundly solidify his stature, as they illuminate the flavor and varieties of early Christian belief.”–Library Journal (on Lost Christianities and Lost Scriptures)
“History, it’s often said, is written by the victors. Bart Ehrman argues in a pair of intriguing new books that the same could be said of the Bible’s New Testament…. Will shock more than a few lay readers.”–The Boston Globe
“Lost Scriptures provides a good sample of the literature and illustrates nicely the complex and often exotic world of second- and third-century Christianity.”–America
“Fresh authoritative translations of the texts that fell outside in the canon.”–Christian Science Monitor

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The Apocrypha

The Apocrypha consists of the books that are found in the Greek version of the Jewish Bible–the Septuagint, the earliest complete version of the Bible we possess–but that were not included in the final, canonical version of the Hebrew Bible. For this reason, they were called “Apocrypha,” the hidden or secret books, and while they formed part of the original King James version of 1611, they are no longer included in modern Bibles. Yet they include such important works as The First Book of Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, and the stories of Susanna, Tobit, and Judith, and other works of great importance for the history of the Jews in the period between the rebuilding of the Temple and the time of Jesus, and thus for the background of the New Testament. These works have also had a remarkable impact on writers and artists. Beyond this, they are often as powerful as anything in the canonical Bible.

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A Contemporary Study of the Holy Spirit

This is another book I have that I can not fine a cover of it from the internet. It is from Bennie S. Triplett. Copy right 1970 by Pathwary press.

Chapters: The Holy Spirit in Definition, The Holy Spirit in Experience, The Holy Spirit in Demonstration, The Holy Spirit in Manifestation, The Holy Spirit and the Contemorary Scene, and The Holy Spirit in You.

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The World’s Religions

The World’s Religions, by Huston Smith, has been a standard introduction to its eponymous subject since its first publication in 1958. Smith writes humbly, forswearing judgment on the validity of world religions. His introduction asks, “How does it all sound from above? Like bedlam, or do the strains blend in strange, ethereal harmony? … We cannot know. All we can do is try to listen carefully and with full attention to each voice in turn as it addresses the divine. Such listening defines the purpose of this book.” His criteria for inclusion and analysis of religions in this book are “relevance to the modern mind” and “universality,” and his interest in each religion is more concerned with its principles than its context. Therefore, he avoids cataloging the horrors and crimes of which religions have been accused, and he attempts to show each “at their best.” Yet The World’s Religions is no pollyannaish romp: “It is about religion alive,” Huston writes. “It calls the soul to the highest adventure it can undertake, a proposed journey across the jungles, peaks, and deserts of the human spirit. The call is to confront reality.” And by translating the voices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, and Judaism, among others, Smith has amplified the divine call for generations of readers.

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The Book of Mormon – Another Testament of Jesus Christ

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, is a record of God’s dealings with the inhabitants of ancient America.

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Secret Societies: Inside the World’s Most Notorious Organizations

Does a sinister cabal actually control international affairs? Were William Shakespeare and Abraham Lincoln secretly involved with a group founded to discover and preserve the principles of alchemy? Has an ancient mystical religion really been reduced to a length of red string that sells for a dollar an inch? Secret societies surround us, yet they often remain a mystery. Their secrecy suggests sacrilege and crime, and their loyalties stand accused of undermining the worldÕs governments. They generate fear, suspicion, andÑabove allÑfascination. From the parched wadis of the Middle East to the crowded boutiques of Beverly Hills, award-winning author John Lawrence Reynolds peels away centuries of speculation and paranoia and shines a brilliant light on organizations that have been shrouded in secrecy for ages, from the Templars and the Mafia to the Priory of Sion and Skull & Bones. He offers a smart and surprising behind-the-scenes exploration of the talesÑconfirmed and fabricatedÑthat surround the best known and often least understood secret societies.

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