spirituality

A NEW LIGHT ON ASCENSION revised and enlarged new edition of the bestseller A Little Light On Ascension gives us all we need to fulfil our highest spiritual aspirations. In her clear, down to earth way Diana Cooper introduces us to important aspects as well as being of the spiritual world and shows how we can connect more deeply with ourselves as with the unseen spiritual guides. Numerous examples from our day to day life illustrate Diana's explanations. Easy to use techniques for purification empowerment release and ways of connecting with the Ascended Masters and Archangels allows us to work with this book on a very practical level. Diana Cooper is a therapist healer and international author of many books.

Bee shamanism may well be the most ancient and enigmatic branch of shamanism. It exists throughout the world - wherever in fact the honeybee exists. Its medicinal tools-such as honey pollen propolis and royal jelly - are now in common usage and even the origins of Chinese acupuncture can be traced back to the ancient practice of applying bee stings to the body's meridians. In this authoritative ethnography and spiritual memoir Simon Buxton an elder of the Path of Pollen reveals for the first time the richness of this tradition: its subtle intelligence; its sights sounds and smells; and its unique ceremonies which until now have been known only to initiates. Buxton unknowingly took his first steps on the Path of Pollen at age nine when a neighbour - an Australian bee shaman - cured him of a near-fatal bout of encephalitis. This early contact prepared him for his later meeting with an elder of the tradition who took him on as an apprentice. Following an intense initiation that opened him to the mysteries of the hive mind Buxton learned over the next 13 years the practices rituals and tools of bee shamanism. He experienced the healing and spiritual powers of honey and other bee products including the flying ointment once used by mediaeval witches as well as ritual initiations with the female members of the tradition the Mellisae - and the application of magico-sexual nectars that promote longevity and ecstasy. THE SHAMANIC WAY OF THE BEE is a rare view into the secret wisdom of this age-old tradition. Simon Buxton is a beekeeper a member of the British faculty for the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and the founder/director of The Sacred Trust in England.