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This is a beauiful, brightly colored deck of affirmation cards to help you develop your inner wisdom. There are 64 2-sided, colored, original designs and illustrations in each deck.
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful and Uplifting.......2007-03-31
I keep one or two cards out on the table each day. I love the way they look and the affirmations keep me on track.
nancydrew.......2005-02-23
I love these cards but some do not fit my way of thinking. So just pick and choose the ones you like. There are enough to excuse the ones that are not so good. I love putting these cards around my house, or I read them before going to bed to give myself positive thoughts for sleeping. The quality of the cards is excellent--sturdy cards with a glossy finish. The artwork is whimsy. Have fun with these cards.
Inspirational and fun.......2005-01-29
These cards are attractive. The messages are fine though hardly profound. A card deck I much prefer is the Relax Deck. The images are symbolic and the messages on the backs are deeper and more thought provoking. The Perfect Calm deck is another one I prefer over this.
Beautiful *and* helpful.......2004-04-15
I ordered these cards after I read Louise Hay's "You can heal your life" book. The cards are gorgeous, so full of color they just make you happy looking at them... the affimations written on them recharge you in so many ways. These cards would make a great gift for anyone...especially yourself :)
interesting spin on positive gift giving.......2003-08-04
great gift. small. simple. these don't just lie around and gather dust, but can help you (& friends) clear the dust out of your head(s) and heart(s).
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A Beautiful Mind : A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr.
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Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound--such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model for The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple sneakers and writing numerology treatises on the blackboards. The Phantom was John Nash, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who had spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s. His most important work had been in game theory, which by the 1980s was underpinning a large part of economics. When the Nobel Prize committee began debating a prize for game theory, Nash's name inevitably came up--only to be dismissed, since the prize clearly could not go to a madman. But in 1994 Nash, in remission from schizophrenia, shared the Nobel Prize in economics for work done some 45 years previously.
Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees). This highly recommended book is indeed "a story about the mystery of the human mind, in three acts: genius, madness, reawakening." --Mary Ellen Curtin
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In this dramatic and moving biography, Sylvia Nasar re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose brilliant career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize.
A Beautiful Mind traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., from his lonely childhood in West Virginia to his student years at Princeton, where he encountered Albert Einstein, John von Neumann, and a host of other mathematical luminaries. At twenty-one, the handsome, ambitious, eccentric graduate student invented what would become the most influential theory of rational human behavior in modern social science. Nash's contribution to game theory would ultimately revolutionize the field of economics.
As a young professor at MIT, still in his twenties, Nash dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians. As unconventional in his private life as in his mathematics, Nash fathered a child with a woman he did not marry. At the height of the McCarthy era, he was expelled as a security risk from the supersecret RAND Corporation -- the Cold War think tank where he was a consultant.
At thirty, Nash was poised to take his dreamed-of place in the pantheon of history's greatest mathematicians. His associates included the most renowned mathematicians and economists of the era: Norbert Wiener, John Milnor, Alexandre Grothendieck, Kenneth Arrow, Robert Solow, and Paul Samuelson. He married an exotic and beautiful MIT physics student, Alicia Larde. They had a son. Then Nash suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown.
Nasar details Nash's harrowing descent into insanity -- his bizarre delusions that he was the Prince of Peace; his resignation from MIT, flight to Europe, and attempt to renounce his American citizenship; his repeated hospitalizations, from the storied McLean, where he came to know the poet Robert Lowell, to the crowded wards of a state hospital; his "enforced interludes of rationality" during which he was able to return briefly to mathematical research. Nash and his wife were divorced in 1963, but Alicia Nash continued to care for him and for their mathematically gifted son, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. Saved from homelessness by his loyal ex-wife and protected by a handful of mathematical friends, Nash lived quietly in Princeton for many years, a dreamy, ghostlike figure who scrawled numerological messages on blackboards, all but forgotten by the outside world.
His early achievements, however, fired the imagination of a new generation of scholars. At age sixty-six, twin miracles -- a spontaneous remission of his illness and the sudden decision of the Nobel Prize committee to honor his contributions to game theory -- restored the world to him. Nasar recounts the bitter behind-the-scenes battle in Stockholm over whether to grant the ultimate honor in science to a man thought to be "mad." She describes Nash's current ambition to pursue new mathematical breakthroughs and his efforts to be a loving father to his adult sons.
Based on hundreds of interviews with Nash's family, friends, and colleagues and scores of letters and documents, A Beautiful Mind is a heartbreaking but inspiring story about the most remarkable mathematician of our time and his triumph over a tragic illness.
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He Saw The World In A Way No One Could Have Imagined: A Tour de Force.......2007-10-06
~A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash~ is Sylvia Nassar's most remarkable biography of the life of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. This is not the most flattering of biographies, but a remarkably intriguing one nonetheless. Nicknamed the Kid Professor, Nash started teaching first at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at age twenty-three. Nash gained acclaim following after he became a Nobel Laureate in 1994 for his contributions to economics, game theory, and mathematics. But earning this prestigious accolade was marked by a career of alienation and hardship.
He devised the so called Nash equilibrium, and contributed a breathtaking corpus of research to the study of game theory. Game theory concerns itself with the study of strategic interactions between agents. Parties choose strategies which will maximize their return in response to the strategies that other parties choose. Nash transcended the earlier zero-sum game theories, and revolutionized the application of game theory to both economic, political and military strategic questions. Traditionally, game theory applications were primarily were zero-sum in nature, with the winner-take-all approach-- i.e., my win is your loss, or vice versa.
True genius is often thought to meet the edge of insanity by some people. This held true in the life of John Nash. Lamentably, Nash suffered from schizophrenia, and made harrowing descent into mental illness complete with psychotic delusions and bizarre visions. His illness fueled his bizarre obsessions with numerology and other eccentricities.
Nash resigned his post at MIT after his first serious episodes. He took a position with the enigmatic Cold War think tank the RAND Corporation. RAND, the ultra secretive civilian think tank had a casual campus environment in the laid-back Santa Monica, CA of the 1950s, which hosted some of the most brilliant minds in the United States. RAND was enveloped in a melange of detachment, paranoia, and megalomania. His tenure there perhaps fueled his later Cold War paranoia, which came to bloom when his mental illness reached its full blown stage.
After some breakdowns, Nash recouped his bearings and went onto teach at Princeton. There he met his future wife Alicia who was one of his students. She became enamored with his genius. And contrary to popular myth, though schizophrenics are often thought to be devoid of personal attachments, Nash could show empathy and love. Though his illness frequently revisited him, his wife helped him cope with it. Nash scrawled numbers all over Princeton Hall, and became a mysterious ghost-like figure on the campus of Princeton University. His illness ultimately strained their marriage to the point of separation for a while. At one time, he coped with his illness by traveling Europe and became enamored of his delusions of self-importance. When his mental illness became full-blown, it incapacitated him and left him feeling utterly worthless. His wife had him committed to an institution briefly, before reconciling and moving back in with him to care for him. Instead of being relegated to obscurity, Nash eventually overcame his mental illness with age, and with the recommendation of his peers began to earn the recognition he long deserved.
All things considered, this is a most remarkable look at the life of John Nash. Perhaps the eccentric Nash would not have been very well regarded but for his genius. But Nash showed himself capable of compassion, empathy and love in the relationship with his wife Alicia. Nash possessed as his wife Alicia saw--a beautiful mind. Nash's life was dramatized in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind based on Nassar's book, which renewed interest in the book first published in 1998.
My $.02 worth.......2007-09-30
I read this book long after it was published, and long after it had accumulated more reviews than anyone is likely to wade through. It's tough to think of a fresh approach, but here's a try:
An amusing, minor sub-theme in this book is the fact that John Nash, who ranks at or near the top among American mathematicians of the past century, was a flop at picking stocks. He devoted a tremendous amount of time to looking for patterns and other indicators that might help him beat the market, and he wound up doing worse than your average patzer. He even lost a sizable chunk of his mother's investment funds.
Think about that the next time you are tempted to respond to one of those blaring magazine or TV ads offering to sell you a technical stock-picking system that really works.
Dad's father's day gift.......2007-07-22
Amazon's website wouldn't let me type a zip code; the website defaulted the zip based on city name and zip was incorrect. As a result, package couldn't be delivered and I was issued a full refund.
Good, but sometimes to in-depth.......2007-06-29
Very good story, I could hardly put it down.
though at times Sylvia spent an entire chapter simply talking about a university, She struggled staying with her point, though only at times.
A Beautiful Book.......2007-06-15
In Nasar's biography of the Nobel prize winning mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., his descent into irrationality is portrayed by chronicling several experiences in his frenetic childhood and those from his early adulthood to the present.
In the first chapters of the book, Nasar juxtaposes several episodes in Nash's distinguished childhood, displaying his early genius in chemistry and math in conjunction with those that reveal a childishness equally as impressive. As a youngster, Nasar shows his penchant for pulling pranks on his friends, at one time electrocuting a neighbor and even his own sister, who was continually forced by her mother as they grew up to include the younger Nash in her social activities. However, Nash, though not taciturn, preferred reading encyclopedias and most of all, experimenting. His experiments with bomb-making actually killed one of his childhood friends, after which Nash stopped making them for the rest of his life.
The book describes Nash's early discovery of his love for math one day while reading a book about Fermat's Theorem on prime numbers, which he proved by his own self at the age of 12. It also details his spurning Harvard for Princeton University, a less recognized mathematics school then despite Albert Einstein's prominent position in the faculty, upon his graduation from Carnegie Mellon University, then known as the Carnegie Institute of Technology, because he felt they had not tried hard enough to pursue him.
Indeed, his egocentrism is depicted throughout the whole biography, and it is this megalomania which would later develop into full-blown schizophrenia and terrorize his whole constitution for decades, halting his academic production almost completely during that time period.
Nash ascribes his sudden affliction to a number of disappointments: first, though Nash had solved a problem on turbulence in which he was able to devise a mathematical model for notating its sudden changes in motion, he found out when he was about to submit his paper for publication that someone else, an Italian by the name of De Giorgi, had beat him to it and published his paper in the most obscure journal imaginable; secondly, he says in a letter that his attempt to revise quantum theory was "possibly overreaching and psychologically destabilizing."; third, he attributes his failure to win the Fields Medal in 1958--his last chance since it is generally awarded to young mathematicians--as a contributing factor to his disease. The rest of the book focuses on his delusional experiences and the assistance and loving care of his small group of friends, including his wife, which helped him finally regain control of his mind in 1990.
It was at Princeton that Nash became familiar with John von Neumann's famous theory on rational human behavior, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, which focused on zero-sum two person games, and which he felt was unrealistic for predicting most economic situations. Concentrating on what to him were gaping flaws in von Neumann's work, he set out to write his epochal dissertation on a theory that could encompass all realistic scenarios, called Non-cooperative Games, which contained the definition of his equilibrium theory, whose name he is now its eponym. His results also inspired the most famous game of strategy in all of social science: The Prisoner's Dilemma. More significantly, it was this work which won him his Nobel prize in Economics in 1994.
Nasar states that his hyper-competitive spirit was fueled by an intense drive to succeed. When he did not receive an assistant professorship offer from Princeton after obtaining his Ph.D at only 22 years of age, despite his seminal paper on algebraic manifolds, he was humiliated deeply and thereafter went to MIT where he was offered a fellowship. At 25, Nasar describes Nash's sudden impulse to solve the embedding problem for manifolds--a problem which had been left unsolved since it was suggested by Riemann--as a way to belittle a colleague at MIT. And he did. This is today one of the most famous works in pure mathematics.
The body of research which Nasar obviously has pored over is impressive, and it shows in the fluidity of his biography, which flows like a novel, and the immense number of sources cited. It is a fascinating book and one which I recommend as an insight into the emergence of a supposedly degenerative disease and its subsequent effects on a man who at the time seemed on the verge of unprecedented success and fame in the scholastic world. It also shows how even the most logical can at times seem most illogical, and vice versa. As Nash says, "the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did." For me, I was less intrigued by the episodes detailing Nash's battles with schizophrenia than I was with those of his academic achievements. His spirit and motivation is something I wish I possessed much more of.
All in all, this is a book I enjoyed immensely. And for $2 at Deseret Industries, I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend my money!
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From the inventor of lateral thinking — an exciting new way to develop your thinking skills, make yourself interesting, and so change your life.
People spend a fortune on their appearance — cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets — everyone is trying to be more attractive. But there’s an easier way to become a beautiful person. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that’s fascinating, creative, exciting — if you’re a good thinker — you can be beautiful. And it doesn’t necessarily come from being highly educated, or even from having a great personality; it’s about using your imagination and expanding your creativity.
In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how, by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to conversation, we can improve our mind. By learning how to listen, make a point, and manoeuvre a discussion, we can become creative and more appealing — more beautiful.
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How to Have a Beautiful Mind.......2007-08-29
Book shipped on or about 31 July 07.
Have not recieved it, as 29 Aug 07.
Am anxious to read this book.
Fairly interesting.......2005-12-11
The book is about building a beautiful mind to enhance ones' appeal (regardless of IQ, knowledge, or looks).
First 7 chapters deals pretty much with holding a decent conversation. Much of this sounds like common sense, but sometimes 'not so common' to some people. When holding a conversation, agreeing to everything is no good, as the other party might as well be talking to himself. Disagreeing everything is bad as it shows a mind that wants to demonstrate superiority to others (thus is ugly). There are many levels in between total agreement and disagreement. You can agree on certain points and disagree on certain points (agree to disagree). The key is to find out what you agree and disagree based on mutual understand of each others' values, point of view, personal experience, and extrapolation of what happens in the future. Once you understand the other party's 'logic bubble', you would be able to hold a better conversation without misunderstandings and negative emotions. To make the conversation interesting, you should also supplement , speculate, provide what-ifs, be open to alternatives, and explore points of interest. Edward explores the way you can do all these.
Chapter 8 addressed the concept of "6 Thinking Hats" or Parallel thinking (Edward has a whole book on this btw). In a Court of Law, a prosecutor will not mention points which will help a defence case, and vice versa for the defence attorney. Our usual thinking is based on using arguments as a method, as put forward by the Greeks: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. In an argument, each party is usually looking from his own side. Edward gives an alternative method called Parallel thinking where everyone explores the same side, and goes around to all sides until a complete view is understood. This is covered in more details in another book.
The book is easy to understand and digest, and filled with interesting examples of cases where we should look at both sides to understand the whole picture. I also liked the way that some concepts are indexed (see also page so-and-so) which makes it easy to refer. The book has been an interesting read for me.
Good Read.......2005-10-31
This is another good piece from DeBono. The popular concept of "six thinking hats" is addressed - just enough to understand and apply. Clearly, the first 2/3 of the book is excellent with simple examples to relate to most we do.
The last 1/3 is a bit of a drag. May be would not have made any difference if the book were thinner ;-)
Over all a good read, May be borrowing will work well than buying.
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Create one-of-a-kind metal projects for the home with these quickly learned "cold-connection" techniques that take the intimidation out of an appealing art form. Every step of the process is beautifully and pictorially covered, from piercing and sawing to riveting and bending, along with essential surface treatments, including filing, chasing, polishing, and adding patinas. Build your skills on 25 eye-catching items--attractive shower curtain hangers, decorative fans pulls, tabletop mirrors--made from sterling silver, copper, brass, and aluminum sheets. With each wonderful household object, you'll gain a solid foundation of cold connection metalworking techniques to use in the future.
"Helpful for beginners...[It] does a good job of explaining the different techniques....The project styles are very modern"--Art Jewelry
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Do-able Projects!!!!.......2007-06-17
Great book with beautifully illustrated step-by-step instruction. All of the projects are do-able and practical.
Who needs a torch?..........2005-09-30
If you think metal crafts are complex and expensive, you were wrong. This book will show you not even a torch or an anvil are needed. Joanna Gollberg guides you through the creation of 25 easy projects one can create just using metal sheets, simple scribes, a jeweler or marquetry saw, metal wires and thin tubes.
The projects are briefly described, but once you master the basic techniques you can get the general idea and then work on your own projects, creating beautiful little (or not so little) crafts.
The photographies and templates are first quality, and the book binding too, what a beautiful book!. Books like this one worths the effort I do ordering them from Spain!
I was curious about a book that claimed it was possible to create metal crafts using "cold joinery", and the truth is this didn't disappoint me. It deserves an eye from every casual crafter or hobby searcher. I want more books like this one!
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"The 6 Week Body Makeover is unlike any weight loss program you've ever tried before...It's not a diet. There ae no special meals you have to buy, no drinks to mix, no pills with side effects. And you don't ever starve yourself! You eat real food...and lots of it. The key is: learning how your body reacts to food, then using the right combination of foods to speed up your individual metabolism. You essentially use food to burn fat! That means, once you do your Blueprint you can stop starving yourself. In fact you have to eat if you want it to work. And not diet food. This plan is about delicious, nutritious, real food: chicken, fish, steak, potatoes... Probably the same foods you eat every day. That's because if you want to lose fat quickly, you have to eat real food to speed up your metabolism which will cause you to lose weight more rapidly than ever before. The key is that not everybody can eat exactly the same foods the same way get the same results. Foods that make you gain weight may have no effect on somebody else. You need to understand how your metabolism reacts to food, what foods work for you to help you lose weight and what foods don't. And once you do that you can eat more - not less. You'll learn how to use that food to burn fat. And since you're eating good, healthy food that you can get at any grocery store or restaurant, and you're not starving yourself, you can eat this way for the rest of your life. And that means..." [from booklet by (signed) Michael Thurmond, President, Body Makeover Systems, Santa Monica, California]
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For the true aficionado, nothing’s more exciting than a one-of-a-kind, beautiful bead—be it a flameworked glass orb or a glistening cut gemstone. But what can the obsessed beader do with all those amazing collectables that never fail to catch the eye? They can make these 30 spectacular pieces of jewelry, all dedicated to showcasing the most exquisite beads available! Even newcomers can achieve success, thanks to a thorough basics section with enough hand-holding for the most intimidated beginner. The instructions cover it all, from fashioning a simple ear wire to enlarging the bead’s hole. Create a lariat with one large, stunning bead on each end. Coil silver wire around a purchased chain, and add carved wooden beads. Loop candy-colored resin beads onto stretchy elastic cords for bold, slip-on bangles. They’re fun to make and to wear!
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Customer Reviews:
Not really what I was looking for but OK if that is what you like..........2007-07-16
Spends the first 30 pages going over the basics which most people would already know before buying this book. Then a few more pages talking about bead artists. For me, this was a waste of 30+ pages. For other people, it may not be which is why I rated it at least a 3. Once they do get into the designs, which I can only say simply that some are downright ugly, they are for more extravagant bead design wearers. Nothing I would wear out in public. Sorry, but this book wasn't that great for me...maybe someone else.
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Louise L. Hay, the internationally renowned author of You Can Heal Your Life, brings you 60 affirmation cards on a variety of subjects, including romance, wealth, health, forgiveness, creativity, stress, job success, and self-esteem. Post these cards in your home, workplace, car . . . or give them to friends and family. They’re sure to give you an enhanced sense of joy, power, and contentment!
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Wonderful CD.......2007-08-23
I listened to this CD in my first phase of healing from PTSD. It was soothing, and wonderful. I focussed on the positive. I made myself the positive affirmations.. and I promise you, I believed in them and they worked. I am so amazed. I also liked the Secret DVD, but this book from Louise Hay was more manageable. I didn't use the book as much as the CD. I just put it in my car and passively listened to it. I hope it gives you healing and positive energy!!
Please listen to the CD for a few weeks.......2007-06-17
It was hard to listen to at first, I was alone and I giggled. But kept an open mind and now I'm so glad I did. The whole thing is great but the biggest change in my life was how I view stress now. My shoulders aren't in my ears anymore. I feel so much better and I hope you will too.
Non-essential, but a treat just the same.......2007-05-13
I found these in a gift shop and bought them for a friend. When she opened them, the first card SHE picked reasonated with her. Browsing through them myself, I found two that were definitely MEANT for me. They aren't stocked many places, although Hay's other books can be found in many alternative/health type stores. They are great as meditation cards, journal inspirations, or "just" affirmations.
THE BEST BOOK AND CD SET THAT LOUISE HAY HAS EVER WRITTEN! IT REALLY WORKS!.......2007-04-26
In my opinion, everything that Louise Hay has written has been wonderful. Her very simplistic and down to earth writing really works for me. Since 1988, I have read Louise's books and listened to her tapes and CD's. When I first listened to this CD and read the book, I was amazed. This CD/Book set gives you practical help in everyday living and letting go of negative thoughts and old beliefs. And because I feel that Louise Hays teachings, CD's and books really work for me, I own 14 of them! And This CD really works for me and I have it to use when needed. Thanks Louise!
Wonderful affimations.......2007-03-21
The affirmations are really uplifting and give you a perspective on how life really can be. If you read enough of these affirmations on a daily basis, you start to believe them. Create your own positive reality with the help and guidance from this book.
Patrick Leonardi
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Bestselling author and lecturer Louise L. Hay brings you 50 affirmation cards designed to make you feel good about every part of your body from your scalp to your toes. Post these cards in your home, in your office, in your car . . . or anyplace else where you want to remind yourself that your body is a unique, glorious, and truly beautiful thing!
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These 30 unique crafts, inspired by a variety of cultures and shown in lovely color photographs, are more than just beautiful to look at: they can also promote peace, harmony, and personal well-being. Some, such as a soothing Tabletop Fountain and Crystal Light Box, encourage tranquility in the home. A wealth of intriguing facts accompany the projects.
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Creative Spirituality.......2006-10-05
Beautiful, vivid photos that definitely make the book. Gorgeous full color shots of all of the crafts, as well as zen photos randomly scattered through the book. I loved the quotes scattered throughout as well. The projects within are designed to bring a calm and peace to your daily life. The instructions are easy to follow for anyone making these crafts as well as easily adaptable if your needs differ. They vary from easy, such as the Healing Meditation Candle and the Receptivity Salts or can be quite involved such as the Star Light with Nine Points and the Doors of Perception Curtain. I have already made the Travel Altar, Smudge Pot, the Witness Mirror which I use for a small shrine, and of course the Low-Fire Kiln. I was very pleased to see the instructions for that included since I didn't really want to find try and find a local kiln that I could use. I have also used the kiln to make a Simple Earthen Chalice found in Witch Crafts by Willow Polson. I have a list of items that I wish to do soon, such as the Dream Decanter, the Amulet Bag, the Zafu and the Belly Belt. LOL. I have other projects to finish first or my husband won't let me buy the items needed for new stuff. I have 4 dresses cut and ready to sew for my daughters that have been sitting by the sewing machine for almost a month. :D I find this book invaluable no matter what Path you may be on.
A New Age.......2006-09-02
For those of us who are new age it is a wonderful book. Finally a book that gives you sights and scents that are really easy to make to put in your meditation area. And while you are making the art maybe put on some Yanni or David Arkenstone in your cd player to set just the right mood. Everyone needs a place where they can go and have some personal quiet time. This book gives you what you need to make it all that more relaxing.
Surround yourself with spiritual beauty.......2005-04-03
When I discovered this book I was filled with delight. The vivid photographs which are bursting with color depict each project in absolute detail. The instructions for making the crafts are easy to follow and the cost of gathering the necessary supplies is minimal when compared with purchasing something at a shop. I was especialy taken with the dream decanter, the retablo, and the hope vessel. Even if your not going to make any of the crafts, the photographs and pictures alone are worth having as a coffee table book.
Nice book if you have the resources..........2005-01-25
This is a beautiful book that will inspire you to create. The only problem is that it seems like you need to have a lot of materials to create these projects. There are really only TWO of these that I would find myself making: The travel altar and the chakra bracelet. These are two of the simplest ones. I would love to make the smudge pots, but you have to build your own kiln if you don't have one available. Then a few of the other projects you need a sewing machine for. Then on a few of the other ones you have to use a saw, drills and some lumber. This may appeal to some, but for those of us on budgets and looking for some simple projects, you won't really find it here!
An Invitation to the Spiritual.......2004-09-08
This is such an amazing book of projects and crafts which truly do enhance your spiritual life. Each and every project from the low fire kiln to the dream decanter is a wonderfull idea. My personal favorite however was the portable altar. Everyopne can benefit in some way from reading this book.
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ASIN: 0789303531
Release Date: 1999-10-01 |
Book Description
Drawing from her studies in anthropology and her travels among indigenous peoples around the world, fashion model Dawn Gallagher presents an organic and multicultural approach to beauty in this colorful, informative book. "Naturally Beautiful" is filled with recipes for skin, hair, and body care that use simple yet tropical ingredients like avocado and banana, and easy-to-perform relaxation rituals designed to nurture a healthier, happier lifestyle.
Gallagher believes that lasting beauty comes from inner radiance and a regimen of all-natural body treatments for the body and spirit. For the body, she focuses on the skin, hair, hands, and feet. The book presents the treatments that women of different cultures have sworn by since ancient times, including recipes for sandalwood bath soaks from India, a Tahitian coca butter nail and hand treatment, and an ancient Aztec favorite, crushed avocado facial mask. With step-by-step instructions and photographs, the author demonstrates, the author demonstrates how easy the treatments are to prepare and apply at home.
For the spirit, Gallagher shares her knowledge of Eastern relaxation exercises, meditation, and yoga. She embraces the beauty and sensuality of women of all sizes, shapes, colors, and ages.
Customer Reviews:
Snooze... not the best book on this subject.......2004-07-21
There are vastly better books out there for natural beauty recipes. This book, unfortunately, is an ego trip for the model-author, with often impractical or unimaginative recipes.
The beauty of Mother Nature.......2002-08-08
I am an avid beauty student and have learned a lot of neat recipes from this book. Although I've only had it for three days, I cannot wait to go back home to go through the recipes. Ingredients and recommendations are well explained and are clearly targetted to your skin type. The only down point is it doesn't contain an index (or at least my copy didn't have one) which makes it hard to find the recipes of ingredients you have. One point of caution... don't try all recipes at once. My face was over pampered due to my excitement. Enjoy, it's a great book to have in anyone's collection!
A beautiful book indeed!.......2001-11-13
A book fit to anyone who cares about the way to feeling and looking beautiful and not just about results. The perfect choice for anyone interested in natural skincare.
Changed my Daily Routine!.......2000-08-30
I bought this book back in May for my mother and me for mother's day. I loved the book the minute I started reading it. I have used only a small amount of the recipes but can definitely notice a difference in my face. I will never buy store bought lotions or facial scrubs anymore. I make all my own body care products from what God gave us. I cannot imagine ever living without this book. I think my body thanks me and I know my wallet does. People have asked me about my skin and what I have been doing different. I tell them, "I am Naturally Beautiful that is all!"
I recommend that you purchase a copy and stop giving your money away to companies that don't care about you but only care about you money. It is such a joy just to make these recipes as well as using them in my daily routine.
Wonderful book, learn how to pamper yourself.......2000-08-09
I first heard about this book from Dr. Weil's website. My fiance then organized an entire spa day based on recipes from this book. It was the best spa ever and I felt so good about myself afterwards. It has taught both of us alot about essential oils and the benefits of natural products such as honey and yogurt. Why pay $400 for spa day when you can have it exactly the way you like it at home? Learn the secrets of spa recipes from this book. It covers body wraps, facials, shampoo conditioner, baths, moisturizer, there's even a cellulite reducing recipe! I highly recommend it.
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