Lifestyle & Religion

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Gary Markwick has used his incredible insight and experience of the human psyche to provide us with an antidote to the stresses and tensions that beset our lives today.

Now it Begins at its heart, has the simple assertion that once you can let go of illusion and draw upon a deeper, universal source of motivation, then you will reconnect with your true purpose on earth.

The book is illustrated throughout with ancient learning and stories that gently bring home the important points being made.

Now it Begins will consistently inspire and encourage people on their exciting journey to freedom and fulfilment.

There has probably never been a time when a book like this has been so necessary and the reader will find both comfort and inspiration among its pages. It is now time to stop serving the illusion and see the reality. It is your awakening, So … NOW IT BEGINS.

Author Gary Markwick is an international professional Palmist and Psychic who has been using his talent for the last twenty years. In addition, Gary is a Usui & Karuna Reiki Master, Teacher and spiritual healer. He is also a qualified clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP, Past life Regressionist and a trainer in the law of attraction.

Gary has also written Mirror Images in Palmistry and Tarot and Adventures of the Great Marlo and the Blue Pearl. In his capacity as a talented singer-songwriter, Gary has performed at venues including, the Glastonbury festival, live on radio and had singles released in the past.

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We are all born with a creative soul.

Yet often in our lives we experience blocks that prevent our creativity from flourishing.

In this ground-breaking and enlightening book, we learn to recognize our ‘creative blocks’ and discover how to transform them into tools that facilitate us producing our creative masterpiece!

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This book uses yogic philosophy and practice to first understand, then to heal the heart, mind and the body.

This ancient guidance is as relevant today as it was 4,000 years ago as it provides guidance on how to thrive in life. This philosophy supports a more relaxed, purposeful and grounded life. You will feel naturally well.

When you have ease in the body, you have less dis-ease, ill health physically, mentally or emotionally.

PATHH gives you understanding of the natural rhythm within your body and mind and the reactions to the strains of modern living. It offers support on positive, conscious decision making to gently find your way back to feeling like you again. The real you. The best you.

This book is based on a program of the same name, run by the author, which has helped many people back to natural health and the confidence to take control and responsibility for their life journey and happiness. You too can take back your power to move forward and experience life as you were meant to do.

Enjoy your PATHH, embrace your purpose, love yourself and your life. This purchase is the first step and I wish you well on your journey forward.

Author Barbara Chrisp began practicing yoga over twenty years ago during a very difficult time in her life. Work was very stressful in the banking sector with business targets of over £10million per month.

She was a single parent of a two-year old, working long hours when her mum was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Life became a blur. She took up a yoga class to give her a little me time, to feel normal and calm again for just an hour or two per week. However, over the next ten years, it became her lifeline and gave her strength to continue each day. She learnt how to control her emotional swings and used yogic philosophy to ground and then strengthen her resolve and focus.

After a ten-year battle, her mum passed away and she decided to change that painful life lesson into a positive and began training as a yoga teacher to help others who were struggling with life, as she had. Barbara Chrisp has been teaching since 2011 and offers support and guidance through yoga classes, workshops and retreats within her local community in East Durham. You can find her on Facebook at Sensesyoga.

In Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, life was revolving at a fast pace. Socialist policies were being replaced by an attitude which said, ‘as long as I am okay’; to be upwardly mobile was the aim.

Modern technologies were constantly being updated. Food scares prevailed constantly from eggs to coffee. It was difficult to know what was good or unacceptable. Men were competitive especially in trading markets. Women were supposed to work out to look like Jane Fonda and climb the glass ceiling career ladder whilst running and maintaining homes and families. Stress levels were rising as more was expected from people than in any previous generation.

Labour saving devices and gadgets did not seem to save time, just create more clutter. Time was tight in all spheres and life hurtled from one deadline to the next target.

As green environmental issues were gaining in popularity, a wealthy benefactor bought a remote uninhabited island and raised funds to see if there was a better, alternative lifestyle. Candidates would be chosen according to their skills and life experience instead of qualifications. Money would not be used, there would be ample provisions, shelter and privacy for all.

This story traces the path of three successful candidates all seeking something different, each hoping that life can be more meaningful. Can it? Will it? Will their dreams come true? Will they get what they want? Will they still want it? Will they lose what they had? Can anybody have it all? Follow their trails and see if they can manage to live happily ever after or if there is a sting in the tail.

Hi everybody, my name is Anne Attias, thanks for tuning in. I have always written mainly media reports as I began my career as a trainee reporter for the local paper. In 1986 I wrote my first script for The Paradise Scheme, about a group of people seeking an alternative lifestyle to escape the Rat Race. Once typed out this was put in a brown folder at the back of my wardrobe where it remained until 2018, when it was published by i2i Publishing and was well received.

This encouraged me to write some more so I wrote a short story called Lifetimes following the dramatic changes that took place from the 1950s to date including: decimalisation, first man on the moon, supermarkets, colour tv, the swinging sixties, regeneration of inner cities, all seen through the life of a modern emancipated woman.

My latest published book is called Allbrite which is the name of a small town in Montana, USA. It follows three generations of the O’Brien family, dealing with the triumphs and traumas of a contemporary family. I try to keep fit, go to art classes, enjoy my lovely grandchildren and make the most of life. Thank you for dropping in, all the best.

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From the Pulpit is a selection of sermons preached by Peter in England and Spain between The Second Sunday before Lent in 2012 and the Seventh Sunday of Easter in 2017.

Peter Morrell was born just before D-Day. After school and university, where he read French, he qualified, first as a solicitor, and then as a barrister. He practised at the Bar until 1992, when he was appointed a circuit judge, trying criminal and civil cases in London and the East Midlands. Peter retired from the Circuit Bench in 2009 but continued to preside over Mental Health Tribunals until 2014.

Peter has been an observant Christian since childhood and, in 2008 in the Diocese of Peterborough, he was ordained deacon of the Church of England and priest a year later. He currently ministers in the Watersmete Benefice, a collection of country parishes near his home in East Northamptonshire, where he has lived for the past forty-five years; and to the Anglican English-speaking community in the Costa Blanca Chaplaincy, Spain, where he and his wife, Mary, own a house.

Peter is the author of a trilogy of novels. The first two were published in 2015; The Rector of Pepynbridge and The Islamist of Pepynbridge; and the third, The Honourable Member for Pepynbridge, in 2016. Set in Pepynbridge, a fictional village in Northamptonshire, the trilogy deals with challenging and contemporary social issues and draws upon Peter’s professional experiences as barrister, judge and clergyman and his knowledge and love of rural life.

Peter and Mary married in 1970. They have two grown-up daughters and a granddaughter.

There are many stories waiting to be told, but it seems that in our financially motivated environment, the only way your story can reach a wider audience is if you are a celebrity! At least, this was one of the responses the author received when she sent her autobiography off to yet another publisher. And it was this response that inspired the title of her book.

She has a real story to tell, a story that she hopes will contribute to breaking preconceptions of a faith that to her, exudes peace and love. The spirit of the book is to shed some positive light on Islam, but despite this, there is no political agenda. Sahera Patel has simply written about the reality of being a Female British Muslim in a modern society.

Her work is a voyeuristic journey. It takes the reader through the stages of the life of a Muslim that many will have only heard about in passing. It reveals real life tales; her parent’s arranged marriage, agreed through a window, and her own which was only agreed after she met with countless potential candidates.

Her story has been told with positivity, emphasizing the true nature of faith.

This book gives its reader an opportunity to take a journey that will educate, inspire and perhaps, change the heart forever.

Over the last sixty years immigration has changed the UK significantly. This book allows you to see life through the eyes of one relatively ordinary British Muslim of Indian origin. Reading how she went about husband hunting through the arranged marriage system should dispel many myths and I particularly recommend her experiences of Hajj. I found the book very easy to read and always wanted to know what happened on the next page.

Mohammed Amin, Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum and Co-Chair of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester.

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Concern for the wellbeing of children is receiving considerable emphasis today. Parents are constantly searching for what is best for their children’s future. Holistic wellbeing is a mirror to show simple techniques that can help them to develop concentration and self-confidence in their offspring from a very young age. It is a philosophy for living a life with wisdom.

Awake your inner consciousness through meditation: the energy that makes you alive, the true nature of yourself, that is nothing more than the pure consciousness residing inside you which is beyond the normal senses and intellect.

The creation of a conscious self, possessing a degree of autonomy and free will, is a pre-requisite for life to grow and evolve, as no life can exist without a centre of consciousness. This acts as both guardian and guide in each sentient and non-sentient being. This centre of consciousness (‘Jīvātmāṅ’, ‘Man’/‘Mun’ or conscious self) comes into being when the creator (‘Ātmāṅ’, ‘Parmātmāṅ’ or the Primal Soul) interacts with, and partially expresses itself as a surrogate of itself, functioning within the physical body. One’s conscious self, within the confines of the allotted degree of autonomy, free will and endowed attributes, creates a sense of self within the physical body, enabling it to achieve its maximum potential according to its innate nature, ever-changing world view and its interactions with the empirical world. This is at the heart of the evolutionary process which created diversity from unity and the simplest to the most complex forms of life, with human beings, as they are now, at the pinnacle of this process.

However, an individual’s conscious self, innate nature, and world view (ego-consciousness) remain divergent from that of the creator (God-consciousness). The goal of human beings is, therefore, to realise and perceive God-consciousness in action in the universe and to align and harmonise perfectly with it in one’s lifetime. This what Gurū Nānak, the founder of the Sikh religion, expresses in the first stanza of ‘Jap(u)’ in the Srī Gurū Graṅth Sāhib, the ‘living Gurū’ and the holy Sikh scripture. Spiritual Evolution focuses on the process of achieving this goal, exploring, and explaining, in detail, the verses of ‘Jap(u)’ and the steps which lead to an understanding of one’s ‘real self’ and, ultimately, to perfect alignment with God-consciousness.

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The latest literary offering by celebrated and well-known Palmist, Gary Markwick.

The book is a collaborative effort, co-written with long-time friend and associate of Gary’s, Isabella du Lac, an experienced and well-respected Tarot reader. The authors uniquely blend Palmistry with Tarot, in an innovative way, never before attempted. Each Tarot card is described, and then its meaning is revealed and interpreted by Isabella. At the same time, Gary gives his explanation of this particular card and interprets it in an esoteric and practical way.

Author Gary Markwick is an international professional Palmist and Psychic who has been using his talent for the last twenty years. In addition, Gary is a Usui & Karuna Reiki Master, Teacher and spiritual healer. He is also a qualified clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP, Past life Regressionist and a trainer in the law of attraction.

Gary has also written Now it Begins and Adventures of the Great Marlo and the Blue Pearl. In his capacity as a talented singer-songwriter, Gary has performed at venues including, the Glastonbury festival, live on radio and had singles released in the past.

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I am a chef at a large primary school in Manchester where the children all call me Chef Martin.

I have created this book so that families can cook together during lockdown to enjoy some tasty recipes and to bring some classic school meals home and some additional treats.

With all the hard work being carried out by health professionals to keep us as healthy as possible during this difficult time, I thought it would be worthwhile trying to raise a little money for our wonderful NHS.

I hope you enjoy the recipes. They are designed to be really simple to make, use things we often have in our cupboards, to avoid additional shop visits, and are relatively cheap.

The composting and growing section has some fun ideas for using your garden to aid your cooking and growing your own veg.

Stay safe and look after each other.

Chef Martin

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Whether you are trying to cope with the unthinkable or simply want more from life, this inspiring book will show you how to move forward and achieve more.

When Lauren’s daughter, Liora died unexpectedly at just twenty-years-of age, she was devastated. Inspired by Liora’s legacy of having achieved so much and encouraged by the 15,000-strong Facebook group that has supported her and her family, Lauren felt compelled to share their story and the tools and techniques that have helped them move forward following Liora’s passing.

Her wish is that this book will also help you to lead a more fulfilling and purposeful life.

Inside you will discover Liora’s inspiring story and find out how to use positive mindset techniques and energy tools to enhance your life. Through exercises and activities, you will understand more about yourself, what you want from life and how you can achieve it through consistent action. Lauren Rosenberg is an Energist, International Fear and Phobia Relief Expert, Holistic Therapist, Speaker and Trainer. She uses her skills to help her clients overcome fear and lead more joyful lives.

Golden Voices is a heartwarming collection of articles, reflecting on cherished moments of the past and how they shape our present. The book delves into the good old days, offering a nostalgic look at family, community, and the little things. Whether reminiscing about the warmth of your neighbours and friends, or the charm of a world without constant connectivity, Golden Voices invites you to reconnect with the timeless values that still hold meaning today.

Interviews with the Founders of World Religions.

Bodee’s Search for Soul is a religious dialogue presented in the form of a novel. It portrays a protagonist who engages in time travel in order to gain as much spiritual insight as he can from seven of the world’s leading religious figures. Beginning with Brahma in Hinduism and ending with Muhammad in Islam, Bodee seeks to relieve some of the angst he has suffered from being relegated to orphan status at a tender age. Spiritual expansion for him represents a centeredness and stability he did not know from his childhood. Now a young man, he burns to learn as much as he can from the spiritual sages he initiates in doctrinal dialogue. His quest for understanding brings him profound insight by novel’s end.

A fascinating and often surprising journey into the belief and practice of magic in Pakistan, exploring the country’s myths, legends and folklore. The supernatural and the religious intertwine to produce a unique cultural landscape where the holy and the superstitious combine inextricably and practitioners of both white and black magic gain legitimacy and status from the incorporation of Quranic elements in their rituals, from faith healing and protection to harmful sorcery.

Far from an arcane relic of times long past, the practice of magic is ubiquitous in Pakistan today and amongst its diaspora across the globe, constantly changing and adapting to new environments and influences.

Neither is the popularity of magic limited to the impoverished or illiterate, belief is widespread regardless of status and education, with a resurgence in interest from younger people, perhaps disillusioned with modern society and organised religion and seeking a return to a more natural way of life.

The risks of exploitation and abuse from unprincipled charlatans are commonplace, especially since they are promoted by the media and unregulated by law, but genuine, religiously legitimate practitioners also exist and their help is sought by millions, suggesting a deep-seated human need for connection to the supernatural.

Most of us look at a book with the question, ‘What’s in it for me?’ Rarely do we ask, ‘What qualities lie waiting to be developed, so that I can fulfil my potential?’ Out of an authentic experience of the dimension of the soul, Heinz Grill describes principles and qualities that have a deep, universal truth, and shows readers how they can develop these qualities themselves with the help of yoga practice.

Using artistic photographs and poetic imagery, The Soul Dimension of Yoga describes almost forty different yoga poses in their inner essence or soul-meaning along with detailed instructions for their practice. Each pose is assigned to one of the seven so-called chakras or ‘soul regions’ This book is a practical handbook for yoga, but it also holds a living, transformative substance for spiritual development.

Dedicated study of the concepts presented here, and conscious practice of the exercises, fosters in readers a new depth of soul, a substance in the personality, and with time they come to radiate a silent wisdom and strength towards others.

Do you believe that we have discovered the key to immortality, poverty, equality, disease, happiness, economic stability, and climate change? If yes, then you may also believe that humanity’s success is due to human evolution and a global transition called ‘the era of Homo Deus’ (the era of the ‘man god’). If your answer is no, then you are probably among those that are confused by the state of the world and the conflicting messages in the pulpit.

The Hidden Tree is an examination of this and other philosophies that are the fuel of the largest global transition since the industrial revolution. Using the metaphor of a tree we explore the historical, out-of-sight root system and its evolutionary origin while looking forward to its purpose and goal through the use of God technology, dark intel and the tools of self-determination (humanism).

Are we the result of an evolutionary process, or have we been duped into believing the technological revolution and other global transitions have successfully moved us towards a better future?

The Art of Patience

Iggeres Haramban, the letter that Rabbi Moshe Ben Nachman wrote to his son in the 13th Century, contains lessons for life that are just as significant today as they were when they were first written. In this Sefer, Yaakov Yardley explains the letter, with particular emphasis on achieving humility and avoiding anger, quoting a wide range of Torah sources.

Can we understand G-D and his creation?

What is man’s role in creation?

How does G-D oversee his creations and to what final purpose?

Spiritual Illumination in the Modern World was conceived as a work of Jewish outreach and targeted to help connect those who feel distant from G-D and uninspired by the practices of the religion, regardless of level of observance. For the committed Spiritual Seeker there is a strong emphasis on the Jewish Mystical tradition, the Kabbalah, which has so much to offer in addressing the big questions in life.

The book emphasises the vibrancy and spiritual uplift at the heartbeat of Judaism, the Torah and the Mitzvot. It is written in a distinctly modern idiom by an Orthodox Jewish scientist, without cutting corners or relying on oversimplifications. Notwithstanding, to aid clarity in understanding interspersed throughout are helpful Figures, Graphics, Tables, Visualisations and Summaries.

In addition, most Chapters begin with a short recapitulation of the previous chapter in order to instil a sense of continuity and progression. Another feature is that most of the chapters were crafted to be potentially stand-alone self-contained units.

After an Introduction, the work opens by asking the tantalising question: Is Science on the verge of Discovering G-D? followed by addressing perhaps the greatest paradox faced in Jewish Philosophy (Hashkafa): Why did G-D create a physical world populated by a species like mankind, the majority of whom deny His very existence? By adopting visualisations, metaphors and allegories, an ambitious attempt is made to impart insights into the Oneness of the Creator (Hashem, may He be blessed) and His Creations, focussing on the Supernal Worlds, G-D’s Emanations (via the Sephirot) as well as governance of our physical existence.

Man, defined as a composite of the physical and Spiritual, is represented as an ongoing conflict of opposing emotional forces, the good inclination versus the evil inclination, the outcome of which has cosmic ramifications. As the book reaches its climax, the focus turns to the Torah and Mitzvot to expose infinite levels of depth, many of which are accessible to man. The final chapter touches on the Torah and Science debate and eschatology, the end of days, our present era.

The work completes by offering practical advice towards Spiritual Illumination carefully selected from several of the Great Figures in Jewish thought throughout the ages including: the Rambam, the Arizal, the Ramchal, the Vilna Gaon, the Rebbes of Lubavitch and Rav Kook.

After the death of his father, Rabbi Irwin Landau in 1969, his son David Landau often spoke about his idea of publishing his father’s sermons. Unfortunately, David was unable to achieve this in his lifetime. However, David’s widow Angela and the family were determined to see this through to fruition and for that we must all thank them.

The Rabbi’s sermons combine current affairs, within the context of Jewish life in the United Kingdom, along with the weekly Parashat HaShavuah and the Jewish holidays. This provides a detailed historical record of the matters, both national and international that were of serious concern to British and indeed world Jewry in those days.

It must be remembered that this was a momentous period in Jewish history. The Jewish people were still reeling from the catastrophe of the Shoah, while the fledging State of Israel was at the same time inspiring a miraculous renaissance.

There will be many families today whose forebears were members of the Gladstone Park and Neasden Synagogue in London, where Rabbi Landau was Minister for some twenty-five years. Many of the descendants of celebrants of Barmitzvahs, Weddings and other significant occasions, will be fascinated to learn of the Rabbi’s personal addresses to their forebears on those occasions.

Rabbi Landau’s sermons and Torah insights provide a record of what virtually encapsulated Jewish life in the United Kingdom in the mid-twentieth century and we are fortunate to be able to enjoy them and to allow succeeding generations to appreciate their ever-increasing historical value.

Our world is a turbulent and uncertain place and many of us are seeking answers but reading all the self-help books and going on the many retreats, in an attempt to find inner peace, doesn’t always give us what we are seeking. If this sounds like something you have been struggling with, then know you are not alone.

My journey has had its ups, downs and a whole lot in between and sometimes all we truly need is someone to explain their experiences to help us navigate our own path.

I won’t pretend I am morally perfect; I am a sinner in a broken world. Where I have been exposed to darkness, I have used my own inner light to battle it and I now find myself in a place where I want to help you make sense of this world gone mad, giving you inspiration on how to flourish, during this thing called life.

I am a butterfly woman. I have changed and grown and become something so beautiful, that I’m not sure the old me would recognise anymore. I will continue to lead my simple and peaceful life, knowing that I am enough, dropping into my intuitive intelligent heart and spreading my wings to fly. Delve in and accompany me on this ride, cosmic womb man.