books about: rites     books:       The New Jewish Wedding, Revised21 reviews Anita Diamant Scribner, 2001 This is indeed THE book to get My fiance and I were looking for a book to explain Jewish wedding laws and customs. We bought a few different books, and I think this was by far the best. I particularly liked its clarity and organization. While other books bombard you with random Hebrew and Yiddish terms (sometimes translating them into English and leaving out the original language), this book takes time to explain them. It ...             Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral89 reviews Kris Radish Bantam, 2006 A "Must Read" I read this book because it sounded intriguing. I've recommended it to many people and sent it to a friend who could be a participant if I had my own "traveling funeral". It's funny,serious, heart-touching and very real. this is one of the very few books I'm keeping to reread. Please read it before the movie comes out, because it's the kind of book that will be made into a movie, and the book ...             The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions: Readings, Rituals, Music, Dances, and Toasts27 reviews Carley Roney, Editors Of The Knot Broadway, 2000 It has it all... If you are looking for something besides the ordinary, this is a great book, with fabulous ideas. We had truly unique vows at our wedding, that were meaningful to us. And we got them out of this book.             Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies13 reviews Robert Lake-Thom Plume, 1997 Animals can tell us a lot... Animals have been living on Earth and dealing with nature a lot longer than us. They can sense when an Earthquake is about to happen. Pets can sense an illness within their owner before the owner does. Birds, insects, and other animals have evolved and adapted to deal with floods, climate changes and dangers that happen in their lives. Why NOT use their reactions and knowledge to help us deal ...             The Feasts Of The Lord God's Prophetic Calendar From Calvary To The Kingdom16 reviews Kevin Howard, Marvin Rosenthal Thomas Nelson, 1997 Beautifully done, beautifully written! This book is one of my absolute favorites! Not only is the information within EXTREMELY well written, there are many photographs and the artwork is among the best I've ever seen. There are overviews of the Spring Feasts and the Fall Feasts and an explanation of Jewish Time, broken down into the Jewish Day,Week and Month. There are chapters on The Feasts Of Leviticus 23 (the 7 feasts) as well ...             Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1 Million+: Your Insider's Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and ...69 reviews John Lucht Viceroy Press, 2000 If you are a corporate executive, or if you want to be one, then you should purchase this book. This week, I passed 300 connections on LinkedIn. Shortly thereafter, I received multiple unsolicited contacts from intellectual property recruiters. (I founded Clock Tower Law Group, which specializes in patent law and trademark law.) This is one of the downsides of LinkedIn: recruiter spam. I have nothing against recruiters. In fact, a good retainer recruiter is worth his/her weight in gold. ...             Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral82 reviews Gayden Metcalfe Miramax, 2005 Wonderful This is one of the best books I have ever read. Being from Alabama I know that what she says is absolutely true!             Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6)57 reviews Jim Butcher Roc, 2004 Ties of Blood This book opens with a trademark Harry Dresden move: fleeing a burning building. It's the fault of the giant monkey demons who are hurling napalm pooh. Harry races to his car, which has been eaten by mold demons...With a chortle of laughter, the reader settles in for another wild ride in Chicagoland as imagined by Jim Butcher. Harry gets to live every boy's dream: he's hired to help out on ...             Jewish Holidays8 reviews Michael Strassfeld Collins, 1993 Our standard Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gift This is our standard Bar and Bat Mitzvah gift, which has come in handy this year since one of our children is at the age where there is a simcha every weekend. It is accessible for the kids at this age, and will offer more as they keep it on the bookshelf for adulthood. The production values are nice, and the whole thing neither looks nor sounds (in tone) "too heavy," though in fact the book is ...             Equal Rites100 reviews Terry Pratchett HarperTorch, 2000 "We could buy you a much better broomstick." Eskarina Smith was born with a slight impediment a wizard desperate to leave his staff to an heir was so delighted to find the eighth child of an eighth child neglected to make one last quality check. And so the first female wizard was born. Granny Weatherwax quickly realizes the magnitude of the problem - there was no one to teach Esk to manage wizardry that is exactly like handing a ...             Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA4 reviews Julia Alvarez Viking Adult, 2007 A top pick for any public lending library, especially those strong in Latin culture. The party accompanying a Latin girl's coming of age or sweet fifteen celebration is one of the highlights of her life, and in ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA author Julia Alvarez attends the 'quince' of a young Queens woman to relate the confusion and planning over this special event, including interviews with other quince girls and her own memories to trace the origins and enactment of the ceremony. A ...             Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations19 reviews Dan Kimball, David Crowder, ... Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004 Emerging Worship We used this book as the text for a workshoop on Emerging Worship and we all found it an excellent, easy to read and understand book. Being "beyond" the age of most Emerging Worship groups we still found the book to be inspiring and stimulating. We "conducted" a short (30 minute) service for the others attending other classes and they found our service to be extremely inspirational amd planned ...             The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites & Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order (Llewellyn's ...42 reviews Israel Regardie Llewellyn Publications, 2002 Welcome to New Worlds Not for a rank beginner, this massive opus is a vademecum for those interested in and a desire to explore New Worlds. While basic Qabalistic knowledge is helpful (Regardie's ART OF TRUE HEALING or Dion Fortune's MYSTICAL QABALAH), this is a veritable labyrinth of information for the beginner. The new introductions are extremely helpful. Be advised that this is not a "read cover-to cover" tome, ...             Weddings from the Heart: Contemporary and Traditional Ceremonies for an Unforgettable Wedding22 reviews Daphne Rose Kingma Conari Press, 2002 More than words can say ... Kingma is king of vows! I plan to elope and have never wanted to say the standard religious vows from my Roman Catholic childhood. Kingma is a master of words. Capturing love is not easy. Saying the most with the least is the magic. Bring illumination into your personal ceremony with Daphne's wisdom. Better yet, consider having her as your marriage officiant.             The Tibetan Book of the Dead (The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between)17 reviews Bantam Books, Inc., 1993 Tibet's gift to the world, presented by Robert Thurman This book is an atlas. It is a valuable friend that will do more than save your life, it will alter your destiny beyond life as well. It is an essential guidebook for every voyager through life, death and rebirth. Inside are complete instructions to recognize every "in between state" and how to use them by remembering your true nature to become liberated from the wheel of death or to choose the ...             Rites of Spring : The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age26 reviews Modris Eksteins Mariner Books, 2000 Cubist Warfare Professor Ecksteins' book is, on one level, a history that places the Great War in the context of the popular cultural zeitgeist that produced it. While other books have analyzed the outbreak of the war from the perspective of politicians and diplomats, Ecksteins portrays it as a popular cultural upheaval. In this way, this book distinguishes itself from other histories of the period. On a ...             The Optimist's Daughter44 reviews Eudora Welty Vintage, 1990 deliciously southern wonderfully, really southern. Oh, how I love the classic southern writers. Rereading Eudora makes me realize the difference between mediocre and great writing, she doing the latter (and obviously I doing the former, ha ha).             Introduction to Christian Worship6 reviews James F. White Abingdon Press, 2001 Great Christian Worship book I used this book as an extra for my Christian worship class, and found that this biook is very good for the investigation of the history and evolution of worship in the church.             Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-Century Culture17 reviews Marva J. Dawn Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995 Don't Let Worship Be Flushed Down America's Cultural Toilet This book, along with Thomas Long's "Beyond the Worship Wars" is a must read for all committed Christians, particularly those who are worried about where both Christ-centered worship and church membership numbers are headed in the current wasteland of contemporary culture. Dawn goes into how we got into the current cultural mess in our society, though given the book's age it is a bit dated as ...             The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux (Civilization of the American ...8 reviews Joseph Epes Brown University of Oklahoma Press, 1989 If you want peace, read this book Joseph Epes Brown was fortunate in meeting men who possessed great human and spiritual qualities, especially Black Elk who had a unique quality of power, kindliness and sense of mission. 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