| This wide-ranging book covers all the major religious traditions, while exploring monistic and theistic mysticism, and such key issues as altered states of consciousness, sex, and visionary experiences.
There is a widespread modem interest in religious affairs in the broadest sense, from Hare Krishna to the Jesus People and from Transcendental Meditation to the Charismatic Movement. Much of this religious concern does not stop at the traditional borders of religion but penetrates into the mysterious, occult and unfamiliar. There are probably greater varieties of religious experiment today than the Western world has ever known.
Experiment and experience are key words. One may try anything once, and discover by personal involvement whether what the gurus say is true. Religious experience rather than dogma and formal ritual seems to bring life into dull routine, although new movements may have their own dogmatic claims and ordered methods of meditation or worship. Experiment has also led to a search for physical and spiritual exaltation through drugs, music and trance, in attempts to discover higher levels of consciousness. |
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Nuts-and-bolts guidance on the laws, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sector—from leading nonprofit law expert, Bruce R. Hopkins
Nonprofits must comply with stringent federal and state laws due to their special tax-exempt status; the government's ultimate threat is revocation of a nonprofit's... | | Explaining Algorithms Using Metaphors (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
There is a significant difference between designing a new algorithm, proving its correctness, and teaching it to an audience. When teaching algorithms, the teacher's main goal should be to convey the underlying ideas and to help the students form correct mental models related to the algorithm. This process can often be facilitated by... |
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