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Spring ReadingSpring ReadingPain Relief Without DrugsA Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain and TraumaBy Jan SadlerPain Relief without Drugs is a practical, effective,and inspiring guidebook for dealing with chronicpain, explaining how to reduce pain’s grip on thebody and mind by changing one’s personal reactionto pain. Chronic pain keeps our attention fixedfirmly on our anguish, which then feeds the painfulreaction back into our perception of being in pain,creating a vicious cycle. By allowing our reaction tobecome one of relaxation and acceptance, the pain is dramatically lessened,both by the absence of a negative perception and by the infusionof relaxation into the point of pain. Author Jan Sadler provides easy-touseself-help techniques that offer support and understanding in breakingpain’s cycle—from relaxation, visualization, and breathing techniquesto setting goals, building self-esteem, and coping with pain flare-ups.The book is accompanied by a 55-minute CD narrated by the author ofkey techniques for controlling pain.Healing Arts Press. Paperback, $19.95.The Templar PiratesThe Secret Alliance to Build the New JerusalemBy Ernesto FrersThe Templar Pirates chronicles the maritime history of theKnights Templar following the Church’s attempt toexpunge them in southern France. The Templar Pirates isthe story of the birth and conduct of piracy on the seasof the New World and of the influence the Templars hadon their constituents, and, by their wealth, on the governments of nationsold and new. Frers shows that the pirates of legend actually originatedwith the Knights Templar’s secret navy. He also reveals the Templars’secret objective to establish a new universal order based on spirituality,wisdom, and individualism—the New Jerusalem.Destiny Books. Paper, $14.95.Health Is Your BirthrightHow to Create the Health You DeserveBy Ellen Tart-JensenAfter suffering from a variety of illnesses herwhole life—scoliosis, chronic pain, fatigue, anddepression—Ellen Tart-Jensen beganresearching natural health care with her fatherin-law,alternative health pioneer Dr. BernardJensen. She discovered that by simply listeningto one’s body and following nature’s laws,good health is attainable for everyone. In thiscomprehensive resource of simple, healthimprovingtips, natural healing expert EllenTart-Jensen carries on the legacy of Dr. Jensen. A hefty tome filled withseventy-five recipes and cleanses, plus tips on therapeutic teas andexercise, Health Is Your Birthright also features fifteen case studies tohelp readers with ailments such as allergies, depression, ear infections,chronic fatigue, high choles-terol, and more. Both healing and informative,Health Is Your Birthright is a road map for those looking to takecharge of their ailments for a more balanced, vibrant lifestyle.Celestial Arts. Paper, $18.95.Emotional WellnessTransforming Fear, Anger, and Jealousyinto Creative EnergyBy OshoThe second of three new major hardcover worksby Osho, Emotional Wellness is a unique andexciting guide to living a richer and fuller life byeffectively dealing with our emotions. This new,essential volume covers topics such as:Understanding the impact of fear, anger, and jealousy on our Lives;How guilt, insecurity, and fear can manipulate us; How to break outof unhealthy responses to strong emotions; and How to transformdestructive emotions into creative energy. Osho’s unique insight intothe workings of the human mind and heart goes far beyond conventionalpsychology. In this new book he teaches us to fully experienceour feelings and to deal with them creatively.Harmony Books. Hardcover, $22.00.Invoking AngelsBy Rabbi David A. CooperHave you ever experienced something soextraordinary as to leave you wondering whethersome higher power or force were responsible?We do not need to sit and wait for the finger ofGrace to tap us on the shoulder, explains RabbiDavid A. Cooper. “Rather, we can practice theinvocation of angels—cultivating profound experiencesthat immediately open us to guidance and blessings from theDivine.” Invoking Angels presents a book with a CD to help practitionersof any faith find self-empowerment through an active relationshipwith angels, which Cooper views as energetics that serve as mediumsthrough which God, humankind, and all of creation are interconnected.Readers are guided by this master kabbalist and storyteller in a completeprogram of daily meditations on CD. Intended to complement anexisting spiritual practice, comfort the sick, invite wisdom, and more,Invoking Angels will help anyone interested in a deeper relationshipwith these divine forces at work around us.Close Encounters on Capitol HillBy Robert M. StanleySounds True. Hardcover, $19.95.Although Washington D.C. is surrounded byrestricted and prohibited airspace, it is statisticallythe UFO sightings capitol of the world, reportsauthor and investigative journalist Robert M. Stanleyin this groundbreaking book. During research forClose Encounters on Capitol Hill, Stanley was able tolocate 224 UFO events that have reportedlyoccurred in the D.C. area from 1850 to 2006. Thehundreds of UFO events that have transpired inD.C. include many credible as well as incredible eye-witness accounts,radar returns, physical effects and photographs, attempted military intercepts,abductions and other close encounters with alien beings. Inchapter one we learn about the former ABC News photographer thataccidentally captured UFOs landing on Capitol Hill on film. These negativeshave been authenticated by a commercial film lab, Stanley notes. Acompelling and well-researched book, that also includes a CD containingmany photographs.Unicus Press. Paper, $27.00.68 EARTH STAR APRIL / MAY 2007