A great selection of articles examining ancient cultures and traditions of the peoples populating the territory of Kazakhstan throughout the ages. The handsome edition also features a great selection of artifacts, including the details of the famous Golden warrior costume and the new discoveries of Berel.

Of Gold and Grass: Nomads of Kazakhstan, Treasures of the Kazakh Steppes

Claudia Chang

Katharine S. Guroff

Arts & Photography

Mosaic

America's Seafarers: The Story of the Seafarers International Union Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Water District/NMU, AFL-CIO

Ray Denison and Philip Ross

<p>When the certainty of the world collapses around us, the danger of cynicism, withdrawing or becoming numb increases. Following a Native American myth that tells how healing ceremonies and artful practices began, this exciting workshop recording with mythologist Michael Meade offers ways to find and sustain a 'bigger life.' In mythic terms, each person carries a piece of the original cosmic dust and seeks to enter the Great Dance of Life. Also called the 'big medicine,' this dance includes finding one's own natural rhythms, innate gifts and inherent styles. In the dance of life emotions are 'divine influxes,' the guides intended to awaken us and connect us to the 'world behind the world.' Through the essential vitality of the emotions we continually re-enter the dance that moves to and from the center of ourselves. Healing and growth require that we change and artful practices offer authentic ways to expand how we are woven into the world. From acute cultural critique to insights into ancient practices, Meade provides fuel for artists, seekers, social activists, teachers and innovators of all kinds. Listeners exclaim: Remarkable insights that redeem the negative emotions and make a passionate life more possible. Suddenly, I could see the relationship between art and spiritual practice, the dance between, the way one can lead the other on.</p>

The Great Dance: Finding One's Way in Troubled Times

Michael Meade

Self-Help

<p>Using traditional myths, Meade shows the three steps of initiation: separation, ordeals, and the conscious return to community. Initiation is the way the soul grows and finds its unique project in life. Initiation requires both ascents and descents, climbing the ladders of wisdom, and descending to the depths of love and healing. Through the dual lenses of myth and depth psychology, initiation becomes the ideal context for understanding anxiety and addiction, death and divorce, illness and healing. In this study of the "awakened soul" imagination becomes the essential power which can turn painful traumas and twists of fate from victimization to initiation. Themes Include: Three Steps of Initiation Birth of the Elder; Ordeals that Made Me Sacred Means Healing and Dangerous Walking the Holy Hills The Story of Poder Encounters with Power</p>

Initiation and the Soul: The Sacred and the Profane

Following myths from ancient India and Ireland Meade weaves together cosmology, psychology, philosophy, and poetry in order to open the soul's vision and catch the fish of wisdom. Rather than being abstract knowledge, embodied wisdom is shown to be both immediate and eternal, both spiritual and soulful. Using the inner eyes of the soul, Meade looks behind the great conflicts of modern culture and uncovers hidden connections between youth and the elders. Using poetry and wit, he makes the case for the necessity of a meaningful life and the authenticity of each soul. Using cogent ideas from the East and the West, he brings a soulful sense of wisdom back to life. Wisdom combines the spontaneous with the eternal, the personal with the universal, the practical with the symbolic, and unites soul with spirit. Inner wisdom fosters emotional intelligence, reveals unique visions, and keeps the soul lively at any age.  Themes Include: Wisdom and the Soul An Authentic Life Darkness Matters Swimming Towards God Paths to the Sacred The Fish of Wisdom Soul Making The Inner Sage Puer and Senex Unique Torchbearer

Inner Wisdom: The Eternal Youth and the Wise Old Sage

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