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Elere-Omo (The Spirit-Child) is a monograph made to espouse an aspect of Yoruba culture relating to persons fated to have alliance with spiritual confraternity that have influence on their corporeal existence on earth. Alternatively referred to as Abiku, Emere or Elegbe-Omo, the phenomenon of persons having predetermined ties with extra-terrestrial confraternity that exacts devotion and propitiation from the spirit-child is still extant in Africa...

What does it mean to be responsible for our actions? In this brief and elegant study, Giorgio Agamben traces our most profound moral intuitions back to their roots in the sphere of law and punishment. Moral accountability, human free agency, and even the very concept of cause and effect all find their origin in the language of the trial, which Western philosophy and theology both transform into the paradigm for all of human life. In his search for...

Pursuing happiness is a fundamental human goal and an essential aspect of the human experience. It refers to the continual effort of individuals to seek out and attain happiness, contentment, and fulfillment in their lives. While happiness means different things to different people, it is generally associated with positive emotions, including joy, satisfaction, and a sense of meaning and purpose.Pursuing happiness involves various factors, including...

Commander Will Coburn's NCIS team is investigating the carjacking and assault of a young Marine and his wife. All evidence points to Bobby Lee Gant, son of the notorious criminal and suspected international drug smuggler Victor Gant. When NCIS agent Shel McHenry is wounded during a botched arrest, the team rallies around him even as Victor threatens retribution. Meanwhile, in west Texas, Shel's father, Tyrel McHenry, struggles with his own demons...

The author firmly believes that the philosophical standpoint of idealism provides the correct understanding of the world. Nothing material exists; all are conceptions in a single, universal consciousness. Is it possible? Is it likely? This book shows that it is, in fact, the most likely explanation of all. In a mental world, it is easy to connect the natural sciences with humanistic fields such as psychology, language, music, sociology, ethics, religion...

Analyzes contemporary technological society through the lens of Greek tragedy. Destiny Domesticated investigates three ways Western civilization has tried to tame fate: the heroic affirmation of fate in the tragic culture of the Greeks, the humble acceptance of divine providence in Christianity, and the abolition of fate in modern technological society. Against this background, Jos de Mul argues that the uncontrollability of technology introduces...

Este libro presenta los aportes de especialistas de diferentes campos de las ciencias sociales y humanas que han estudiado la naturaleza del totalitarismo y la paranoia, y su relación con la pregunta fundamental por la fragilidad humana. Estos aportes desarrollan tres asuntos fundamentales. En el primero, se intenta una aproximación al fenómeno totalitario en su perspectiva política, mostrando sus delimitaciones y concreciones históricas. En...

As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

This short ebook presents some basic and related concepts about the nature of reality construction. There are three kinds of electric force residing in the Electrical Universe. These are (1) Ordinary thoughts, (2) Psychological intensities, and (3) Emotional intensities. An Electric force can become a physical mass under certain conditions. Examples and diagrams are presented to detail the concepts. Seth and Jane Roberts provided us with a wealth...

A radical reappraisal of mental illness Madness, melancholy, insanity, lunacy, craziness, loco: a dizzying litany of words are used to describe a condition we don't truly understand. Despite centuries of scientific study, many mental disorders remain untreatable and their causes not understood. The consequences are terrible, both in human suffering and the economic impact of millions of unproductive or destructive people. In assuming that...