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Chapter 6:
Patterns, Powers, and the Self |
Suggested Videos for Use with Chapter 6
In Another Life: Reincarnation in America - In Another Life was broadcast on PBS station KBDI in Denver, Colorado on January 11, 2003. Copies of the program are available for sale at the following link for DVD and VHS orders. The show is a five-year "labor of love" produced entirely independently, based on my 30 years' study of reincarnation and related subjects. It is a documentary about how Americans are discovering on their own that reincarnation exists, while their society as a whole continues to deny that it exists.
http://www.ial.goldthread.com/
The Great Gathering - This remarkable documentary provides a rare and fascinating study of the history, meaning, and diverse participants of the Maha Kumbha Mela, a spectacular Hindu sacred festival held every twelve years on the banks of the Ganges in India.
http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/films/anthropology_world_cultures/asian_pacific_studies/the_
great_gathering
Lucky Way - While guiding us through the sights of H.K., this documentary unveils the secrets behind geomancy (feng shui). Many of HK's rich and powerful are highly superstitious, so may be there is something to this fanaticism.
http://picpal.com/hk/rec00001/r0000812.html
Hawaiian Geomancy - A course on the art of using earth energies for healing body, mind and spirit, based on ancient Hawaiian tradition. This Hawaiian-style "feng shui" covers personal, social and environmental geomancy, as well as locating and creating power spots.
http://www.huna.net/HBM/Videos/hawgeo.html
Classical Feng Shui: Harnessing Nature’s Subtle Forces - This program focuses on the Land Formations and Flying Stars Schools of classical feng shui, demonstrating the ancient Chinese geomantic practice of living harmoniously with the environment as it is applied in Hong Kong and elsewhere. World-renowned teacher Grandmaster Yap Cheng Hai and several feng shui consultants provide a detailed overview of Taoism, chi, yin and yang, the five symbolic elements and animals, the bagua and its eight trigrams, and the lo pan compass. The feng shui of a number of buildings—Norman Foster’s Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and I. M. Pei’s Bank of China, among others—as well as several ancestral grave sites is assessed. The feng shui of a variety of locales in Europe is also analyzed.
http://www.films.com/id/4621
Feng Shui - Chi is the life force that runs through everything; feng shui, which means literally "wind and water," is the art of placing things in harmony with the environment, so that chi can flow freely. Feng Shui: Creating Environments for Success and Well-Being is an introduction to this Chinese art form that seeks to give you peace and happiness in your life. It doesn't matter whether you believe in feng shui or not, the video tells us; you don't have any choice in the matter--"your destiny intertwines with the workings of nature and the universe." Beginning with testimonies from those whose lives have been improved by feng shui and a brief explanation of its workings, master Lin Yun and expert Deborah Gee set about to improve a house using the basic elements of this form.
http://dvd.idealo.com/prices/P20008216836K2.html
Feng Shui: The Chinese Art of Design and Placement
http://www.fsdi.com/htm/video.htm
Activate Your Luck - Feng Shui - Feng Shui is the placement of objects in your world in order to maximize beauty, functionality and common sense. Thousands of years of practice have shown its effectiveness. Each DVD in this four pack focuses on a different topic: relationships, health, body and prosperity.
http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/dvd.php?829528000190
Witch City - Told from the perspective of a returning native, WITCH CITY is an uncompromising documentary about Salem, Massachusetts, a town that put the phrase "witch hunt" into the American vocabulary and a place where today a Disneyesque version of history serves the purposes of both commercial and religious interests. Filmmaker Joe Cultrera returns home to find a place where the historical facts are sensationalized for the benefit of T-shirt hawkers and wax museum owners. New Age Wiccans (witches) make the pilgrimage to Salem, and evangelical Christians use street theater to wage a fire and brimstone war against them. WITCH CITY is a cautionary tale about the consequences of manipulating historical facts for present-day gains.
http://www.artsgloucester.com/witchcity/wcpurch.html
Riding the Broom - an enchanting documentary about love spells. The film explores real love magic, charms and talismans through interviews with witches, authors and experts in the field, demonstrations from the staff of NYC’s oldest witchcraft store, Enchantments, and a visit to a coven during a ritual to honor Aphrodite, the goddess of love and desire.
http://www.reelmind.com/pages/media/asf_viewer.php?speed=1&movie_id=66&ck=7202
March on Fort God - a compelling documentary of the actual occurrences that took place in the Summer of 1993 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It is a chilling tale of Paganism emerging in the “Bible Belt” in the midst of the nearby West Memphis brutal murders of three young boys.
http://childrenofthecircle.com/MagickMoon/customer/product.php?productid=16138&cl=1&partner=sdcw
Witchcraft & Magic - Do curses really exist? Do potions and crystals really cure? Are castles and mansions really magical? Join host Patrick Macnee as he travels the globe in search of the world’s most baffling stories and events. Witchcraft & Magic investigates real events, infamous myths, the unsolved and the unexplained.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002QO4BS/qid=1110418421/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-9034022-
3135344?v=glance&s=dvd
Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) - Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath... Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the middle ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious—instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005O5CA/qid=1110418421/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-9034022-
3135344?v=glance&s=dvd
Witchcraft in America: Behind The Crucible - Explore the background of the witch trials of 17th-Century Salem in the context of the religious and social conditions of that era and as a background to The Crucible. Award Winner: National Educational Media Network's Apple Awards Film & Video Competition "Bronze Apple Award"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00063QDDE/qid=1110418421/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/102-9034022-
3135344?v=glance&s=dvd
Drawing Down the Moon - tells the story of an eccentric young woman who moves to a small town to start a homeless shelter. Her beliefs (she's a witch) and progressive ideas for the community bring her into conflict with both the respectable townsfolk and the local criminal element.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004XMSS/102-9034022-
3135344?v=glance
Discovering Witchcraft: A Journey Through The Elements - Featuring Janet and Stewart Farrar and Gavin Bone, these films are for all those interested in the paths of Magic and Witchcraft. Introduced and produced by leading authorities in their fields, these new films are exceptionally detailed in their explanations of what Magic and Wicca really mean, and provide significant insights into the actual practice of the Western Mystery Traditions.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1873943741/qid%3D1023636765/ref%3Djaded04-20/102-
9034022-3135344
What the Bleep Do We Know? - part documentary, part story, and part elaborate visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda, played by Marlee Matlin, finds herself in an Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality. The fourteen top scientists and mystics interviewed in documentary style serve as a modern day Greek Chorus.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006UEVQ8/102-9034022-
3135344?v=glance