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1. Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire - Iain Gardner & Samuel N. C. Lieu 2004

Founded by Mani (c. ad 216–76), a Syrian visionary of Judaeo-Christian background who lived in Persian Mesopotamia, Manichaeism spread rapidly into the Roman Empire in the third and fourth centuries ad and became one of the most persecuted heresies under Christian Roman emperors. The religion established missionary cells in Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Rome and has in Augustine of Hippo the most famous of its converts. The study of the religion in the Roman Empire has benefited from discoveries of genuine Manichaean texts from Medinet Madi and from the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt, as well as successful decipherment of the Cologne Mani-Codex which gives an autobiography of the founder in Greek. This first ever single-volume collection of sources for this religion, which draws from material mostly unknown to English-speaking scholars and students, offers in translation genuine Manichaean texts from Greek, Latin and Coptic.

2. The Canadian Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine - Sherry Torkos 2007

Health consciousness is an area of transformational and unprecedented growth in the North American public today. More and more people are seeking alternative solutions to conventional medical practices. For many, a natural approach to healing everything from common ailments to serious diseases is preferable when compared to the invasive medical procedures and prescription drugs that abound.

Sherry Torkos, one of Canada’s leading pharmacists is widely regarded for her knowledge of complementary medicine. Her latest book, The Canadian Encyclopedia of Natural Cures, is the definitive source for alternative health care for Canadians; it is totally comprehensive and easy-tofollow, providing natural cures for everyday problems such as insect bites and muscle aches, as well as for serious chronic disorders such as osteoporosis, Parkinson’s disease, and diabetes. Torkos emphasizes the role of lifestyle, nutrition, exercise and supplements in optimizing health and preventing disease. This book features a detailed A to Z reference of ailments and disease, with the latest information on the natural cures that have been proven to assist in their treatment. Detailed information will also advise readers of potential drug interactions that can occur when supplements are taken alongside prescribed medications.

Canadians seeking to create a more holistic and personalized health program for themselves and for their families will turn to this reference time and time again.

3. Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies - by Alan L., MD Rubin

The latest on blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery

Your friendly guide to taking control of type 1 diabetes and living well

Do you have type 1 diabetes — or have a child who does? This plain-English,reassuring guide helps you understand and manage the disease, with tips on working with your doctor, administering insulin, developing a diet and exercise plan, and coping with illness and travel. You'll know just what to do so you or your child can stay healthy and feel good!

Discover how to:

*Overcome short-term complications

*Eat a diabetes-friendly diet

*Handle school, work, and other activities

*Help your child maintain a high quality of life

*Prevent long-term complications

4. Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth - Clive Ruggles 2005

Clive Ruggles is professor of archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester and has published numerous astronomy works in past: his ANCIENT ASTRONOMY: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSMOLOGIES AND MYTH provides over 200 A-Z entries in an updated collection of world case studies revolving around themes ranging from calendars and space/time concepts to key issues of assessing evidence. Jargon-free explanations, discussions of problematic issues, bibliographic references and history and observations make for a reference recommended to a wide audience, from high school through college.

5. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (20 Volumes) 2007

A tradition of excellence continues with the long-awaited Tenth Edition of McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

The definitive source for keeping up with the amazing changes in science and technology - complete with more than 1,700 new and updated articles

Free supplemental website available to all users!
www.mhest.com

Featuring entries written by international leaders in science and technology selected by McGraw-Hill's distinguished board of consulting editors, no other reference so thoroughly and dynamically chronicles the expanding frontier, facts, and trends so vital to students, professionals, and general readers. For more than four decades, McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology has provided readers with the information they need in an understandable, authoritative way that invites critical inquiry and captures the imagination. There is truly nothing else like it and no library can be called complete without it.

Readers will find 7,000+ articles covering nearly 100 fields of science in this amazing 20 volume set. The new Tenth Edition features more than 1,700 new and updated articles, 12,000+ illustrations, and more than 5000 contributors - including 25 Nobel Prize winners. Also new to the Tenth Edition is a companion website that will provide selected updates to the Encyclopedia along with additional material such as special graphics and illustrations.

The logical organization of the 20 volumes, a 500 page analytical index, an extensive topic index, along with Study Guides, make finding information fast and easy.

Cutting-edge topics covered include: Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Cloning, Food Allergy, Genomics, Stem Cells, Cellular Automata, Computational Intelligence, Computer-Aided Circuit Design, Voice-Over IP, Water Supply Engineering, Fossil Humans, Fossil Primates, and many, many more.

From Library Journal
Since its initial appearance in 1960, this encyclopedia has been the preeminent work in its field. Countless reference searches for student, lay reader, and professional have started with this source. Each edition has improved upon the one preceding, and this new edition, the 6th, is no exception. The numbers alone are impressive: the new edition's 20 volumes (up from 15) contain 7700 articles, 2000 of which are either new or totally revised. Nearly 4000 of the work's 15,000 illustrations are also new or wholly redone. There are more subtle improvements as well: for example, in the new edition much of the illustrative material has been enlarged, making it easier to work with. Changes in topic coverage in the new edition reflect changes of emphasis in science and technology over the past several years. For example, "Neutron Optics" was a relatively short, largely definitional article in 1982, mirroring the embryonic state of the field at that time; in the 6th edition it has been accorded significantly longer and more comprehensive treatment. Conversely, the lengthy article on "Nuclear Explosion" has been cut by more than one-third, with the relatively few recent developments in this topic spun off into articles of their own. The bibliographies at the end of many articles have been thoroughly revised, a welcome improvement: the 5th edition's shorter, often outdated bibliographies limited the encyclopedia as a teaching tool, both for students and for librarians. Even in those cases where the article itself is relatively unchanged, there has been an obvious effort not only to update the bibliographies but to expand them as well. For example, "Nuclear Chemistry" is largely unaltered from the previous edition, but its bibliography is lengthened from 5 items to 12, only one of which was published since the 5th edition. Conversely, in "Optical Communications," a rapidly developing field, all but one ofthe items in the bibliography have come out since the previous edition. Until now, McGraw-Hill had to itself the field of multi-volume, general sci-tech encyclopedias. This situation has changed, in part, with the appearance of the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology ( Academic Press, 1987. 15 vols.). I say "in part" because the newcomer is confined to the physical sciences and their application, with no attempt to cover the entire spectrum of the sciences. The two also differ radically in format: rather than the traditional encyclopedic arrangement of a great many articles of varying length, Academic offers a lesser number of state-of-the-art, review essays of fairly uniform length. Combined with excellent bibliographies, this makes it a valuable teaching tool, both for the student and for the more experienced professional venturing out of specialty. However, for meaningful, day-to-day scientific and technological reference work, McGraw-Hill's comprehensive coverage and unparalleled indexing make it the essential first choice. Donald J. Marion, Univ. of Minnesota Inst. of Technology Libs., Minneapolis

6. The Essential Underground Handbook

Already one politician has done everything within his power to silence this 'explosive and dangerous' book. Here’s why:

The Essential Underground Handbook is probably the most revolutionary book to be offered for sale anywhere in the world. Discover the secrets your government doesn't want you to know.

This is your guide to some of the most closely guarded insider techniques, used by major crime syndicates and politicians alike - information you won't find anywhere on the web.

Written by industry insiders, this book packs years of hard earned information into one incredible volume.

Here's what's inside:

The quick start guide to offshore banking - how to open 5 offshore bank accounts in less than 5 minutes.

Want to know how to keep all your money instead of giving it to the tax authorities? We'll show you how to get money paid directly to offshore accounts

Transfer money anonymously and safely using pass-through accounts, stash accounts and spend accounts

Open anonymous merchant accounts to take credit card payments from anywhere in the world

More detailed information about opening hidden bank accounts in many other countries such as Latvia, Belize, Switzerland, Dominica, Granada, Ireland, Bahamas and Mexico

How to get anonymous Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards that you can use at over 850,000 ATM machines worldwide and 3 million retailers

How to set up discreet mail drops in over 100 countries with little or no identification requirements

How to remotely set up telephone numbers in most major cities in the world to provide a perceived international presence for you or your organization

How to anonymously route international calls directly to your cell phone

How to make cheap telephone and fax calls worldwide by routing your phone calls through the internet

How to surf the internet anonymously using a network of 'public' proxy servers

How to route your anonymous internet connection through multiple countries in order to cover your tracks even more effectively

How to quickly and easily set up your own corporation or Limited Liability Company

How to set up International Business Corporations (IBCs) in over 30 offshore jurisdictions such as Panama, Channel Islands and the Bahamas

How to get a legal second passport from another country and use it to travel safely worldwide

Second Citizenship - how to become a legal citizen of another country

Escaping offshore - We'll show you how to move abroad and sever ties with your country of origin

How to get fake identity documents (including a collection of 20 different types of identity documents)

How to acquire and use an International Drivers License in a different name to drive legally in any country around the world

Gaining access to other peoples computers remotely - a hacking walkthrough that describes one easy technique that gives almost guaranteed access to files on other peoples computers – plus how to secure your own computer against this type of attack!

Automated hacking tools – how to set up, install and use automated hacking tools that can give you almost complete control of other peoples computers

Underground hacking resources – a directory of hacking resources and tools

Tracing and Tracking people - including missing persons - includes some of the methods used by Private Investigators to find those who don't want to be found

Performing background checks on people - find out hidden information about new employees, business associates and potential clients

Little known database searches - access a range of useful information from little known sources. Find information on property ownership, company directors, drivers licenses and tax violations

Finding Property - uncover hidden property, there could be thousands of dollars worth of assets with your name on them.

Confidential Check Cashing Services that will cash any check in any name, even if you don't have ID

Discover sources for the most controversial insider magazines and journals. You won't find many of these advertised in the mainstream - they are truly underground

How to get a prestigious title - you could become a Lord, Lady, Count, Countess or Sir for only a few dollars

How to be ordained as a minister - free of charge, form your own church and be legally exempt from taxes

7. Home Made 50.Cal Rifles

(a) Maddi Griffen:
The most sinister looking of the 3 with it's Bullpup design. This is the gun that Mr. Stewart went to prison over a few years back. It's a good design, just slow loading with the shell holder, screw- in bolt...

(b) Gunmetal Designs:
Hands down the best looking of the Home bilts, also, probably the most expensive and complicated build. Still well worth the effort

8. Conspiracy Theories - Kate Tuckett

The ultimate compendium of conspiracy theories--from A-Z.

An encyclopedic listing exposing some of the most famous--and infamous--conspiracies throughout history, including the JFK assassination, Area 51, the death of Princess Diana, the events of 9/11, the "Men in Black," and many more.

9. Encyclopedia Of Philosophy (10 Volume Set) - Donald M. Borchert 2006

The first edition of Encyclopedia of Philosophy, published in eight large volumes in 1967, was the standard philosophy reference for more than a generation. Though it has aged gracefully, the passing years nevertheless called for updated bibliographies, revisions, and new articles, culminating in the 1996 one-volume Supplement. Now, in the face of significant competition since the late 1990s, comes the second edition, which integrates most of the 1967 and 1996 material with hundreds of new articles, addenda to earlier articles, and updated bibliographies. Section editors were given the task of reviewing the earlier entries and deciding which could be retained, with perhaps only bibliographical updates, and which required addenda or completely new material.

The new edition and 1996 Supplement alike have been the occasion for many articles on philosophers, new subfields of philosophy, and other topics not appearing at all in the first edition. The high proportion of earlier articles and addenda retained is testament to the quality of those entries and to the philosophical enterprise that builds upon the monuments of its past. To prevent confusion, each 1967, 1996, and 2005 entry and bibliographical update is dated. This practice is repeated in the list of contributors and their articles, revealing a number of contributors to both the 1967 and 2005 editions.

The more than 2,100 entries include, according to the publisher, some 1,000 biographical entries and "more than 450 new articles." Biographical entries range from less than a page (Francesco Bonatelli, Cheng Hao) to more than 20 pages (Aristotle, John Locke, Bertrand Russell). The 10 separately authored overviews under Chinese philosophy (Buddhism, Confucianism, etc.) together run 90 pages. Gene Blocker's merely 8-page Japanese philosophy justifies in part its relative briefness with this opening: "The first, and perhaps the most interesting, question regarding Japanese philosophy is whether there is such a thing." Other solid overviews include Human Genome Project, Medical ethics, Neuroscience, and Philosophy of chemistry. The combined articles on the history and varieties of logic are a small book, concluding with a 27-page glossary of logical terms. Lengthy articles such as Computability theory, Infinity in mathematics and logic, and Information theory, laden with logical and mathematical symbols, will perhaps be beyond the grasp of the average undergraduate philosophy major; such articles are by far the exception, and most will be comprehensible to the informed general reader. Volume 10 opens with 13 articles that missed the deadlines for being included in volumes 1 through 9. These are followed by a thematic outline of contents; extensive bibliographies, in many languages, of philosophy dictionaries and encyclopedias, journals, and bibliographies published since 1965; and a 545-page index.

The competition is significant. The 10-volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, published to acclaim in 1998, appeared to be the Encyclopedia of Philosophy 's logical successor and quite possibly, in a new age of online resources, the last wholly new philosophy encyclopedia of such scope we would see in print. Its online counterpart, available through subscription, Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online, has added more than 100 new articles to the print version and will continue to add more. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http://plato.Stanford.edu], launched in 1995 as a freely accessible online-only undertaking, is comparable in scope, depth, and authority to Encyclopedia of Philosophy and REP Online; new articles continue to be added, while earlier articles are updated as necessary. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http://www.iep.utm.edu], also launched in 1995 as a free dynamic online resource, continues to grow. It lags behind the other products mentioned only in number of articles; original articles will eventually replace a number of temporary or "proto articles." It and Stanford both remain free. Outstanding single-volume philosophy encyclopedias from Cambridge, Oxford, and Routledge published since the late 1990s are low-cost print alternatives. Every encyclopedia mentioned privileges the Western philosophical tradition, with greater or lesser nods to non-Western traditions.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy, second edition, is highly recommended for academic and public libraries and will be indispensable to most. Don't be too quick to retire your first edition, unless you are willing to do without such entries as Walter Kaufmann's Nietzsche and its opening section, "Life and Pathology"; it has been replaced in the second edition by Alan Schrift's article. Likewise, new articles on Plato by Charles Kahn and on Aristotle by Stephen Menn replace 1967 entries by Gilbert Ryle and G. B. Kerferd, respectively. Craig Bunch

10. A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English - John Grimes 2006

Most people would probably agree that any serious attempt to learn Indian Philosophy requires some knowledge of Sanskrit, at least enough to recognize a verb form and consult a full Sanskrit Dictionary. However, when dealing with philosophical texts written in English,
in which frequent use of Sanskrit philosophical terminology is adopted, to use a full dictionary
such as Monnier-Williams or Apte becomes unpractical. This is a particularly serious
problem when one attempts to read philosophical essays written in English
by Indian scholars, who often take for granted a lot of terms considered well-known
among educated Indians. Unfortunately in the West even some readers who consider themselves quite educated on Indian philosophy may be
surprised, when reading academic books written by Indian scholars,
by the amount of Sanskrit terms that they never met before.
Here is a wonderful sourcebook for transliterated(i.e. roman lettering) terms with definitions in English for the new Vedanta or Sanskrit scholar or spriritual seeker.
In addition, the Devanagari script(i.e. Sanskrit) is in a nice, clear printing.

11. The Criminal History Of The Papcy - Nexus Magazine

part 1 2 & 3

12. Twenty First Century Warplanes And Helicopters - Peter Darman

13. US Nuclear Sites - U.S Government 2009

File containing locations and layouts of nuclear sites across the USA. Was released by the government into the public domain, some say accidentally, others say imprudently, maybe both.

14. Marijuana Growing e-books

Greg Green - The Cannabis Grow Bible (4th Edition).pdf
Todd McCormick - How To Grow Medicinal Marijuana.pdf
The Joys Of An Herb Garden At Home (Version 3).pdf
Cannabis Alchemy - FULL BOOK.pdf
Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Growing Tips - Excellent ! - eBook.pdf
Guide of growing Marijuana.pdf
Beginner's Guide to Growing Hash.pdf
Beginner's Guide To Growing Marijuana.doc
Marijuana Grower's Handbook.doc
The Marijuana Grower's Guide.doc
The New Marijuana Growing Guide.doc
How To Grow Marijuana Hydroponically.txt
Cannabis Strain Base v1.1 (4xpdf)

Extras: The Science of Marijuana.pdf
Chris Eudaley - How To Be A Pot Star Like Me.pdf
Ganja Etiquette.pdf
Marijuana Terms U Should Know.pdf

Extras: The Science of Marijuana.pdf
Chris Eudaley - How To Be A Pot Star Like Me.pdf
Ganja Etiquette.pdf
Marijuana Terms U Should Know.pdf

15. Rapidshare Downloader

FOR FREE USERS WHO DOESNT HAVE AN RS ACCOUNT
You aren't a Rapidshare premium member and downloading a movie or a program takes too long?
here is a Rapidshare downloader that is very simple to use and you can download files at night on when you are gone!
1. Download Firefox (mozilla), an internet browser (better than internet explorer)

2. install this add-on: Rdown
Code:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8376

3. restart firefox, go to Tools and click on "Rapidshare Downloader"
copy/paste the rapidshare links in the box and click on "start", and the add-on will download the files for you, you don't have to do anything (except wait)

you can find your downloaded files in the directory where all your downloaded files are (go to Tools -> Options -> Main and next to "Save files to" you see the directory where all your downloaded files are)

16. Birth of the Symbol: Ancient Readers at the Limits of Their Texts - Peter T. Struck 2004

Nearly all of us have studied poetry and been taught to look for the symbolic as well as literal meaning of the text. Is this the way the ancients saw poetry? In Birth of the Symbol, Peter Struck explores the ancient Greek literary critics and theorists who invented the idea of the poetic "symbol."
The book notes that Aristotle and his followers did not discuss the use of poetic symbolism. Rather, a different group of Greek thinkers--the allegorists--were the first to develop the notion. Struck extensively revisits the work of the great allegorists, which has been underappreciated. He links their interest in symbolism to the importance of divination and magic in ancient times, and he demonstrates how important symbolism became when they thought about religion and philosophy. "They see the whole of great poetic language as deeply figurative," he writes, "with the potential always, even in the most mundane details, to be freighted with hidden messages."
Birth of the Symbol offers a new understanding of the role of poetry in the life of ideas in ancient Greece. Moreover, it demonstrates a connection between the way we understand poetry and the way it was understood by important thinkers in ancient times.

17. Kundalini & The Chakras: Evolution in this Lifetime (Llewellyn's new age series) 2002

As a Druid High Priestess leading a large circle and running PsychicSpellCaster.com, I have researched many references on the topics that are covered in this book. I know what is very important to know about these topics if a person wants to apply them to life. This book has these important high lights. It is a regular sized book, but covers what is needed..... Opening your personal kundelini should not be taken lightly- heed this book's warning of 'taking things slow'.

18. Transmission: A Meditation for the New Age - Benjamin Creme 2006

The next step in today's 'spiritual revolution' is putting the gains of personal development to work for the world, says Benjamin Creme, author of 12 books on practical spirituality and life ahead in the new millennium. In a new, expanded 5th edition of his book, Transmission-A Meditation for the New Age, Creme explains that the time is past to focus on one's own spiritual progress without engaging in some form of service. Transmission Meditation, he says, is the simplest way to do both--at the same time. Transmission Meditation is a group service activity which 'steps down' the great spiritual energies that continually stream into our planet, focused by the Masters of Wisdom--our 'Elder Brothers'. This process, which makes the energies more useful to humanity, is like that of electrical transformers, stepping down the power between generators and ordinary outlets. These transformed spiritual energies, Creme explains, are gradually uplifting all life forms and changing our world for the better. "What is unique about this work," says Creme, "is its simplicity. It is a perfect vehicle for the aspirations of very busy people. It is safe, highly scientific, non-denominational, free of any charge, and unbelievably potent. It is a service in which we can involve ourselves for the rest of our lives and know that we are helping in the great transformation to a more just and compassionate world. At the same time I know of no other form of service which makes for such far reaching and fast spiritual growth." The preface includes Creme's extraordinary account of his 40-year collaboration with a Master of Wisdom, and how it led to his primary work of preparing the way for Maitreya, World Teacher for the coming age.

19. Monumentality and the Roman Empire: Architecture in the Antonine Age - Edmund Thomas 2008

The quality of "monumentality" is attributed to the buildings of few historical epochs or cultures more frequently or consistently than to those of the Roman Empire. It is this quality that has helped to make them enduring models for builders of later periods. This extensively illustrated book, the first full-length study of the concept of monumentality in Classical Antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in molding their individual or collective aspirations and identities. Although no single word existed in antiquity for the qualities that modern authors regard as making up that term, its Latin derivation--from monumentum, "a monument"--attests plainly to the presence of the concept in the mentalities of ancient Romans, and the development of that notion through the Roman era laid the foundation for the classical ideal of monumentality, which reached a height in early modern Europe. This book is also the first full-length study of architecture in the Antonine Age--when it is generally agreed the Roman Empire was at its height. By exploring the public architecture of Roman Italy and both Western and Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the benefactors who funded such buildings, the architects who designed them, and the public who used and experienced them, Edmund Thomas analyzes the reasons why Roman builders sought to construct monumental buildings and uncovers the close link between architectural monumentality and the identity and ideology of the Roman Empire itself.

20. Remarkable Remains of the Ancient Peoples of Guatemala - Jacques VanKirk and Parney Bassett-VanKirk 1997

This lavishly illustrated book provides a photo record of numerous sites and objects left behind by the Maya and other pre-Columbian peoples in Guatemala. Jacques VanKirk and Parney Bassett-VanKirk settled in El Peten, Guatemala, in the early 1960s, started a guide service, and spent the next twenty years photographing both well-known and obscure ruins that they visited. Many of the archaeological treasures have subsequently been stolen or destroyed, so that few if any records of them, other than the VanKirks' photographs, remain. The materials are organized to correspond with three regions of Guatemala: the south coast, the lowlands, and the highlands. Within these regions, photographs of well-known sites such as Quirigua, Tikal, and Seibal are interspersed with images of lesser known, often small ones such as El Bilbao, Itsimte, and Zaculeu. The two hundred and twelve black-and-white and eighty-five color photographs, accompanied by informative, anecdotal text, will be of interest to armchair travelers, collectors, and archaeologists alike.

21. Enlightenment Through Orbs - Diana Cooper, Kathy Crosswell 2009

Intended as an introduction and initiation to a worldwide fascination, this experiential tool draws its conclusions from the careful scrutiny of thousands of digital photographs containing orbs—visible proof of the presence of angels in the form of ghostly spheres. The book answers technical questions and offers practical guidance, such as who the orbs are, what purpose they serve, and how they can help. The dozens of full-color photos included within allow the orbs to enlighten and transform lives with their specific energies as well as provide tools for confidence, love, empowerment, hope, and spiritual expansion. Seekers will find the orbs especially enlightening, whether they are looking to make simple connections to angels and other spirit guides or ultimately to accelerate their own spiritual ascension.

22. Another Place to Die - Sam North 2006

Another Place to Die is a vivid account of individuals caught up in a worldwide flu pandemic. Set in Vancouver, Canada, this is a terrifying and realistic scenario of people facing the horror of a killer virus that will kill millions. Everything your Government said would protect you is a lie. Make a choice. Escape to a safe place or tough it out. As martial law is declared and soldiers have orders to shoot anyone breaking curfew, normal life begins to break down. Mass burial pits are being dug. Everyone is afraid of each other. The Pandemic is coming. Where will you go? Where exactly is safe? Another Place To Die is an essential survival manual everyone should read.

23. Who Am I ? A book that will change your life

There is more to life than just living. There has got to
be more to life than to just live. There should be a higher
purpose in life. The purpose of life is to come to the real
answer of ?Who am I?? This is the unanswered question of
infinite previous lives. The missing links of the search for
?Who am I?? are now being provided through the words of
the Gnani Purush (The One who is completely Self-Realized).
These words are edited for the purpose of comprehension.

Who am I? What am I not? Who is the Self? What is
mine? What is not mine? What is bondage? What is Moksha
(liberation)? Is there a God? What is God? Who is the ?doer?
in the world? Is God the ?doer? or not? What is the real nature
of God? What is the nature of the real ?doer? in this world?
Who runs the world? How does it function? What is the real
nature of illusion? Whatever one knows, is it real or is it an
illusion? Will one become free or remain bound with the
knowledge one has?

This book will give the precise understanding of the
truth behind these questions. In addition, the reader of these
pages is introduced to the essence of Akram Vignan (the direct
approach to liberation). "

24. The Ninth Arch - Kenneth Grant

The Ninth Arch is woven around a transmission received over the course of New Isis Lodge workings, 'The Book of the Spider' or 'Liber OKBISh'. This transmission first started during a magical working of the 29th Tunnel of Set, Qulielfi, around 1952. The principal medium for the transmissions was a priestess known as Soror Arim. She appears in Grant's novel Against the Light as Margaret Leesing. She was not the only medium for the transmissions, but she played the larger role and co-ordinated the work of several priestesses of the Lodge.

The Book of the Spider is essentially a collection of cryptic oracles which were received over a number of years, and were in retrospect arranged into 29 chapters, each of 29 verses. Some of the verses were not heard, or have been lost, but this is the basic pattern. A couple of years after the original transmission was received, the Current once again became active, and a second transmission was received. This was a smaller number of verses, and again was arranged retrospectively into 3 additional chapters, again of 29 verses each.

The transmissions were sometimes audible, but sometimes apprehended visually also. Thus there are sigils amongst the verses.

With all this talk of transmissions, I think that we had better stop and remind ourselves of what Grant had to say in relation to the transmission of the Wisdom of S'lba:

The series of verses entitled collectively the Wisdom of S'lba ... were not written down at any particular time or place, although the state of consciousness in which they were received was invariably the same. The process was initiated as early as the year 1939 when the Vision of Aossic first manifested in the manner described in Outside the Circles of Time (chapter 8). The vision unfolded sporadically throughout the time of Aossic's association with Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare. But the dynamic aspect of the Working, that is to say the integration of the Vision into a coherent whole, occurred during the period of New Isis Lodge's existence.

Transmissions are not a matter of establishing some sort of radio contact with a discarnate entity and transcribing what it has to say. A transmission can be via any of the senses. Often it will be intuited or subtly apprehended, with the imagination as catalyst. Imagination is not whim or fancy, though this is the baggage that the word has accumulated in modern times. Rather, imagination is the space in which things occur. It is cosmic, though there are individual areas of awareness of imagination, and it is those areas around the individual of which he or she is more immediately aware, that we regard as "our" imagination. The truth is, though, that it is not "ours", but a common or cosmic area, the local reaches of which we are more immediately aware.

Transmission takes many forms. It is an inspirational flow into the more personal areas of imagination, and will often become garbed in forms drawn from the personal subconscious. We see this in Lovecraft's work for instance, much of the inspiration occurring through dream, and expressed through imagery drawn from the extensive reading and day-dreaming of Lovecraft's childhood. This is not to be wondered at. Much as light is refracted and transformed by its passage through a prism or a piece of coloured glass, or as the setting sun through atmospheric matter produces a pageant of glorious and stirring colours, so the transmission of a Current will be coloured by the personal areas of imagination. This is absolutely inevitable. The wind, for instance, only becomes manifest in the stirring leaves of the tree through which it moves, the perfumes which it agitates, the skin against which it brushes, the shapes into which it swirls the desert sand.

At the time of the New Isis Lodge workings which attracted and then incubated this informing Current, the main Priestess, Margaret Leesing, and many of her colleagues, were extremely caught up in occult fiction, and in two books in particular - Dope by Sax Rohmer, and The Beetle by Richard Marsh. At this time, New Isis Lodge had evolved a magical ritual technique which involved the dramatization of fiction. As Kenneth Grant describes it in The Ninth Arch:

"As already mentioned in the General Introduction to this book, the ritualists of New Isis Lodge utilized certain novels and stories as other magicians might use paintings or musical compositions to affect perichoresis and astral encounters. They entered into a tale as they might enter into a given picture, a scene, a desert, a crowded drawing-room, or other venue. Applied to the novel, the process develops dramatically as a vividly kinetic experience that becomes startlingly oracular. We used, principally, Richard Marsh's novel The Beetle, and Sax Rohmer's A Tale of Chinatown or Dope, for no other reason than because the chief Skryer had recently read these writings, and because other Lodge members also were acquainted with them. Marsh's tale, in particular, was chosen because it contained the only published account known to the present author of the Children of Isis, and therefore seemed en rapport with the Wisdom of S'lba and with the oracles of OKBISh."

These are the circumstances, the prism, the coloured glass, though which the verses of the Book of the Spider is expressed. There is reference, for instance, to such characters as Shöa, the Evil Woman; to Sin Sin Wa, the Chinese villain and sage; to Tling-a-Ling, his pet raven and familiar; to Sam Tûk, his revered Ancestor; all these characters are drawn from Sax Rohmer's Dope. There are also references to other characters drawn from fiction, such as Helen Vaughan and Mrs Beaumont from Arthur Machen's story The Great God Pan. These are masks, clothing, and are not intended to point to profundities of meaning inherent in the stories in which these characters occur. There are references to scenes in novels, such as The Brood of the Witch Queen by Sax Rohmer; or characters from Lovecraft's stories, such as Joseph Curwen in The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

The Ninth Arch is the diadem of the Typhonian Trilogies. I have the impression that although the work done in New Isis Lodge was Grant's formative work, the foundation of everything which he has done since, by the same token it is the work done over the years since New Isis Lodge which has enabled Grant to understand fully the work of those earlier years, and to take it to another level. Kenneth Grant's initiation continues apace.

25. Apollo's Warriors: US Air Force Special Operations During the Cold War - Michael E. Haas 1997

Haas has an unbeatable book on Air Force Special Operations. This book covers the periods from WWII with high lights about the OSS (Office of Strategic Services, forerunner to the CIA and Green Berets) onto Korea covering air missions on psychological operations and support efforts, rolling into the late 50s early 60s coving various clandestine and covert operations, like the "Bay of Pigs". Haas then picks up with the 2nd Indochina war starting in the early 60s with Laos wrapping it up the Vietnam section with the Son Tay Raid. This book also covers Medal of Honor winners and other heroes and personalities of Air Force special operations. The book has an index and bibliography.
I rated this book 4 instead 5 stars for one reason. There are to versions of this book both soft cover, but the problem lays in that one version is printed in full color on high quality glossy pages and the other completely in black & white on low end paper, both soft covers are the same quality. This book being primarily and illustrated history with pictures, illustrations, charts and diagrams on practically every page it looses a lot of its luster in B&W. I guess if you never seen the color version it would not matter but I own both, because I borrowed a copy (color version) from a friend and liked it enough to add it to my library, I ordered the book on line an got the B&W version, so I went on the hunt and found another copy in color (FYI: Air University Press, Alabama, 1997 printed the color edition), big pain in the but and costly! Over all I highly recommend this book in ANY version it is truly a landmark edition to US Air Force Special Operation and American Spec Ops in general