Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage

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Summary: Spirits and Celebrations
Review: I'm kind of mad this book is out-of-print since I read it once at a library and haven't been able to find it since. This book is filled with anecdotes and spiritual quests, as well as a large selection of spiritual traditions celebrated throughout the world. This book gives you a brief glimpse at various indigenous holidays throughout the world. Worth picking up if you find it by some miracle.

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Summary: A truly delightful and deeply moving sipritual experience
Review: Luisah Teish is amazing and this book really shows you that. Stories of her personal spiritual journey while at her family home in New Orlenes, on the bus in Africa and dealing with mryids of friends relatives everywhere provide a rich "real world" context for her journey towards spirit. The main focus is that Spirit is everywhere, and she emphasises this with wonderful cross cultural descriptions of celebrations from throughout the world. Ms. Teish shows us that it is our intentions and celebrations that connect us to the Spiritual world. She goes on to show us clearly that it is this connection to Spirit that forms the foundation for our physical world and can effect every aspect of our lives as a result. Although it is full of beautiful narative, this book is more of workbook or an extended meditation. It takes us on a journey through the seasonal year from a perspective of celebrating Sprit. There are many practical lessons to be learned from this book, including some very funny and quite powerful advice about what NOT to do when praying for abundance. Read it. You will feel like celebrating that you did.

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Summary: Out of print? AWFUL
Review: This is a wonderful American book. It covers celebrations from all over the world and is incredibly diverse. Teish not only gives the reader an insight on the religion of her family, Oshun, she embraces many of the customs and traditions of the earth-based religions of the world. This book is a MUST have if you are a student/practitioner of any earth-based faith/path/religion.