Appearing throughout the world's native cultures, the Native American medicine wheel symbolizes the four directions, each with a particular teaching and approach to life. This book demonstrates how ancient archetypes can be used in everyday life - just as indigenous peoples have continued to embrace these ways for centuries.

In this updated edition of The Tarot Handbook, now with a new introduction by the author, Angeles Arrien takes tarot beyond the limits of the fortune-telling realm and shows us how this time-honored application is both a visual and symbolic map of consciousness, and a source of ancient wisdom. An exciting handbook for either a beginning or an ardent student of the tarot, it contains a multitude of charts, spreads, illustrations of the Thoth Deck, and other methodology tools for anyone looking for insights into personal and spiritual development.An anthropologist who specializes in...

Describes each card of the Major Arcana in great detail, explores the symbols and meanings for each card, as well as its artistic structure and explains how to do Tarot readings.

Describes each card of the Minor Arcana in great detail, lists all of its symbolic structures, and describes the card's spiritual meaning as well as the way these meanings appear in readings.

-There is a grace in this book, an invitation to beautiful, deep wisdom, a banquet to refresh your spirit for the years ahead.---Jack Kornfield, PhD, author of A Path with Heart

-The Second Half of Life is a wise, unique, and beautifully written guidebook for those who want to live every day of their lives. A book for everyone who plans to grow old.---Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings

When you find the courage to change at midlife, - Angeles Arrien teaches, a miracle happens. Your character is...

Combining storytelling and courageous honesty for those who seek spiritually optimistic guidance, this compilation of inspiring stories of female creativity and compassion demonstrates the art of storytelling at its best. Consisting of approximately two dozen nonfiction essays--by authors such as Rev. Lauren Artress, Christina Baldwin, Bobbi Gibb, Mama Donna Henes, Jyoti, Dr. Gladys McGarey, Suni Paz, Hagit Ra'anan, Sheri Ritchlin, and Janet Riehl--each unique story is a celebration of courageous women living spiritual lives in the face of challenging circumstances. These authors go beyond...

What would happen if you made gratitude your focal point for one full year? With Living in Gratitude, Angeles Arrien invites you to find out. Integrating the latest teachings from social science with stories, prayers, and practices from cultures and traditions spanning the globe, she presents a 12-month plan for making gratitude your foundation for daily living.

Opening with themes such as Beginning Anew and The Power of Equanimity and progressing to Letting Be and Letting Go, The Mystic Heart, and more, readers will steep themselves in the parent of all virtues,...