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The Roman emperor is fearful of a Delphic oracle which states that "From the bones of twelve, a phoenix shall rise that will rule Rome." An imperial investigator is sent to determine the paradoxical threat to Rome--to find the twelve and where they hid the missing bones of their founder. Their disappearances resolve into bones and a surprise murder mystery. Read this work to place yourself in the first century where oracles, bones, and small g...

Those on the periphery of society are not necessarily culturally or spiritually poor. "Street persons" can harbor a rich life-story and genuine philosophic concerns. This work seeks to make public this hidden cultural wealth. We invited persons with hardship to create fiction or, in recounting an experience, to offer an image of hope.. From Clem who writes as he recovers from frost bite in the hospital the humorous "My Little Spot, " to Theodo...

This work offers a guide that sums up years of dream interpretation. We are given both general guidelines on how to approach our dreams and specific tools to understand their symbolic significance. Each of these is illustrated by the author's own dream life. Not only will we discover how to find meaning in dreams, but we will come to see the value of their beauty and mystery. The net result is that we will become comfortable handling the dream...

This work shares a contemplative journey with an imagined spirit being. The author wrestles with issues in his spiritual life: how to love, how to integrate one's body, how to face failure, and how to finish his life's work. Often it is a crisis that brings answers to these questions and the motivation for doing what is necessary to fulfill them. While writing this, the author is informed of the impending death of his brother. This work, compl...

This book offers a vision of renewal as one encounters the novel obstacles of later life. Issues such as caring for the body are addressed, including the paradox of how a prior solution can become the problem. The basic triad of our biological-psychological reality is also focused upon: how we need to tend to consciousness, mobility, and the social dimension throughout our life. Read this work to gain needful insights and a vision which will h...

Delphi and Detinna try to retire from the struggle of their times, but become entangled in a movement that resists empire. After a series of action-packed, mathematically calculated escapes, they find themselves at the center of the resistance. Using psychic means they enter the halls of power to topple the empire, but encounter forces much darker and powerful than they had imagined. The result is unexpected and the protagonists find themselve...

This work explores the meaning of rock art, especially from deep caves of the paleolithic era. It approaches the problem of interpretation by focusing on a key concept, that art and ritual were used to generate life. Interestingly, this work further considers that creativity emerged from the tension between chaotic lines and more formed shapes. Past interpretive frames, statistical studies, and indigenous parallels are summoned to examine this...

The chameleons' adventures continue after a twister upoots them, and they end up living in a tree by the elephant. The theme of friendship and having adventures mix with a tension between the two. In the end, they find that having adventures works quite well with finding and having friends.

A hunter of mystery stones deciphers the markings of a petroglyph, which reveal an alternate view of the universe. A wide cast of beings appears, including a shamanic half-skeletal who serves as guide to this rich archetypal realm. The shapes on the Stone touch upon the twinned nature of reality, our hidden self, the nature of light/consciousness mixed with the demands of love, and the immortal nature of form. Come journey with us, following t...

This set of stories features a lion who becomes friends with a tricky chameleon. The colorful cast of African animals grows to include a hyrax and hoopoe bird and more chameleons who must find ways survive the many "snakes" of their world. The perennial theme of friendship and the meaning of being a true friend are addressed. These stories seem to move toward a typical ending, then go in an unexpected direction which makes for a wisdom for the...

This work is a philosophic exploration of a Mystery Stone found near the Lower Shenandoah River. Questions arise as to the origins of the Stone's markings, the nature of beauty, what makes for meaning and what it means for something to be true. One conclusion reached is the universe tests our love by gifting us with humble things that have unexpected significance. Join this exploration which reveals how a Stone can become a portal for beauty a...

These set of stories are inspired from persons who appear in the Gospel, often no more than a few sentences. It imagines the drama from their encounter with a founder of a world religion at the time of the Roman Empire. An internal world is opened up, from a soldier at an execution, to a child who gives his food away, and from a madman who inflicts self harm, to a woman who is at death's door. What surprises us more than 2000 years later is ho...

A beautiful tablet-like mystery stone has been found by the Shenandoah River, near Berryville, Virginia. Underneath its brown-orange patina, peck-marked shapes reveal a crystalline heartstone underneath and intriguing designs. Varied opinions have been offered by experts on the oriign of the designs, so the author takes you on a tour of the stone so you can make your own judgement. He illustrates surprising gestalts, their aesthetic nature, an...

Finn, retired from researching, attempts to time travel in the outback of Australia. He stays in the present, however, and encounters an indigenous person who's following dreaming tracks. The two are captured by an outlaw group, who fight for indigenous rights, and Finn finds himself becoming their leader. Facing the military, Finn and his group must somehow overcome overwhelming odds. The key to survival is the help of a dreaming animal, a ma...

Detinna and Delphi go to Guatemala to gain access to another world, so they can free the Time Thief imprisoned in a deep cave. The journey is an incursion into the beautiful landscape of Guatemala, interfaced with the spirits of olden times. The Lady of the Falls and the Spirit of Air are archetypal companions who would help them battle the Cave God who has more power than them all. In the end, the couple discover something more important than...

Delphi takes a time expansion workshop and finds he has a gift for out-of-body experiences. Soon, he finds himself remotely spying and engaged in a psychic war against powerful forces. He allies with Detinna, a defector who becomes his dream partner, and together they navigate the hazards of having a dream body. The main dangers are Time Thieves who are pirates of time and Watchers who track your movements. Read this story to imagine how a new...

Two lone survivors of a battle fleet make alien contact. Befriending and understanding an alien becomes the key to their survival as they encounter even more remote aliens who are disembodied. This is the start of an Odysseus-like tale, in which the survivors meet aliens in ever more exotic forms.

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Caseness and Narrative contrasts two ways of trying to help persons in emotional distress. The first, called Caseness, sees signs of distress as symptoms without significant meaning, makes a diagnosis in which the psychiatric system names the experience, and then uses methods such as drugging or electroshock to minimize or stop symptom expression. The second way, called Narrative, allows the story to unfold, uses the structure of narrative to ...

In human prehistory, children who were born early were the evolutionary future, but they needed special care to survive. Kinder is such a child and her mother, Bough, is a fierce defender. But because the father is absent, she offers her child to the Elements. A second child, Huntress, helps them survive by making an alliance with a young wolf. Dangers in prehistory abound as adults are the size of pre-teens today, and they face many predators...