The Gift of Truth: Gathering the Good

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The Gift of Truth: Gathering the Good
Stephen David Ross
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Dark Conspiracy Trilogy: Book One-A Gathering Evil, Book Two-Evil Ascending, Book Three-Evil Triumphant
Michael A. Stackpole
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A Gathering Of Evil

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A Gathering Of Evil
Marilyn Ross
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A Gathering of Evil
Marilyn Ross
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A Gathering of Evil (A Paperback Library Gothic)

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In the Shadow of Evil (Gatherings)
Beatrice Cullen Mosionier
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Oppression, Injustice, Inhumane Treatment And That's Just For The Kids!

A great book!

Chilling, disturbing and utterly compelling

Great storyline, a little on the spooky side...

What?

The Gathering (Unabridged)
Isobelle Carmody
Manufacturer: audible.com
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Oppression, Injustice, Inhumane Treatment And That's Just For The Kids!.......2006-08-06

This is a very unique book because for once it does not Glorify or Romanticize Childhood. If you are honest with yourself you can look back and realize that your life was entirely run by parents, teachers and other persons with authority who could easily make your life miserable. 15 year old Nathaniel arrives at his new home in Cheshunt and discovers to his dismay that everybody in his new school are encouraged to be "Team Players" which I am sad to say is becoming the "Accepted Norm" in Today's Society. I have always thought that if Vincent Van Gogh had been a Team Player he would have painted houses for a living and Thomas Edison would be on a CD Walkman Factory Assembly line instead of inventing the Gramaphone, Electric Light Bulb , the Microphone and a host of oher things. Anyway back to the book. Nathaniel senses that something is very amiss in his new town which is confirmed when he encounters a group of young rebels who hold the secret to the town's Evil Past and Future. This is a very good book by a very talented Australian writer and should appeal to readers of all ages.

A great book!.......2005-10-03

Isobelle Carmody's The Gathering is a wonderful book! People of all ages will love it! It is a thriller with enough suspence to keep readers page-turning to the end. But the story is not so unrealistic that you can say, "That would never ever happen". In fact at parts in the book you might find yourself thinking "that could just as easily happen to me!" You definately don't want to miss out on this book!

Chilling, disturbing and utterly compelling.......2004-07-16

"Outside the wind was blowing the wrong way and the world was filled with the smell of death ..."

At face value, Cheshunt is a model neighbourhood. But almost as soon as he and his mother move there Nathanial knows there is something wrong--something hideously wrong. And it isn't just the stench from the old abattoir, which doesn't seem to bother most residents.

Nathanial soon learns he is not in Cheshunt by accident. As the dark calls its own, so does the light. Nathanial must confront phantoms from his own past if he and all the others called by the light have any hope of stopping the Gathering and its creator.

The word "dark" in The Gathering should really have a capital letter (as it does in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising) for the forces of evil could not have been more vividly realised than in this book. A number of people who have read it see the Cheshunt school's headmaster, Mr Karle ("the Kraken") as a representation of Hitler. In a quote on the book's front flyleaf Terry Lane is reported to have called The Gathering "a dark, grim allegory of fascism". Many young readers might not realise just how accurate the analogy is because Hitler actually ran an organisation called The Occult Bureau. (If anything proves how insane Hitler was, this waste of time and resources surely does.)

The evil depicted in The Gathering is truly spine-chilling and I think the main reason for this is that Carmody doesn't rely solely on occultism to create the evil. While Nathanial's schoolmate Buddha (a very strange name for an evil character) is clearly driven by the Kraken's supernatural influence when he burns Nathanial's dog alive, there is nothing supernatural about how he does it. I found this incident so disturbing it kept me awake for hours. The scene in the fourth Harry Potter book that several people described as too frightening for many children pales by comparison. This is partly because monsters like Voldemort exist only in someone's imagination. Any well-adjusted child knows this, but also knows that it would be all too easy to murder a little dog as Buddha does.

I found a page of reviews by teenagers (http://owl.infosys.utas.edu.au/reading_room/books/4.html) where there were quite a few readers who didn't like The Gathering, and I suspect this is because they had to study it at school and write an essay on it, or answer a series of questions calculated to make them really think. (Some of them seem to have entered their views here.) Most young people would probably have enjoyed The Gathering if simply given it as being a "cool" book to read. Although the page of reviews mentioned above is peppered with the sort of review so often found on amazon.com (i.e., the "this is the best book in the world" type of review) several children have posted the material they were required to produce when studying the book at school.

Great storyline, a little on the spooky side..........2001-09-05

... but then again, not, because it is so obviously fantasy and too unbelieveable. A really excellent read, recommended to all.
A review titled "Don't buy it, don't read it, don't TOUCH IT!" should not be paid any attention whatsoever. That was written as a joke.

What?.......2000-11-09

I don't know what book these Australian reviewers have read but The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody has been one of my favorite books since 1994. I have read the book at least eight or nine times. I am 18 years old and i still love this book. It has a wonderfully gripping story line and the characters are multidimentional and intriguing. Ofcourse it's not the best book in the whole world but it deserves nothing less than four stars. I've read everything from Anne Rice to Francesca Lia Block to Virgil and Shakespeare. And this book goes on the shelf of reread again and again. It's just a sweet story that has many deep meanings that everyone should read no matter their age.

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good start to the series
Excellent
Wow
cover blurb says it all
Dark, depressing, you'll have a great time

A Gathering Evil (Dark Conspiracy)
Michael A. Stackpole
Manufacturer: Plenum Publishing Corporation
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good start to the series.......2005-01-08

the book starts off great though depressing. it is about a guy trying to find out who he is and along the way who is trying to kill him. good read.

Excellent.......1999-07-15

Suspenseful, creative, and fast-paced, this book is wonderful. The chartacters are inventively developed and the story is engaging to the very last word.

Wow.......1998-09-04

One of Stackpole's best. Tight, gripping and full of the little details that let you fall into the story.

cover blurb says it all.......1998-08-21

This book has got to have the best cover blurb of all time (get a copy and see!)

This is one of Mr Stackpole's better books. One of the few I've read more than once. Depressing, realistic, detailed and exciting. It's also based on a game which really exists, called Dark Conspiracy.

Dark, depressing, you'll have a great time.......1998-08-09

Waking up in a body bag with amnesia, that can't be a good sign, but this is the first sign Tycho Caine recieves to an impending adventure. Tycho finds himself in Phoenix, Arizona, a dark and despressing city surrounded by a cape by the name of Frozen Shade. He qucikly finds himself to be a major pawn in a game for the calling of the Dark Ones into our world. He joins a band of agents of a person referred to by the name Coyote, Not only does Tycho have to stop whatever is trying to enter our dimension he also discovers he's the primary target for a traitor in the ranks of Coyote's group. The book is a little hard to get into, but once you're there you'll have a heck of a time. Stackpole builds a dark, depressing world and a plot that is kind of a hybrid of Blade Runner and Call of Cthulhu. This is truly a gripping book, if you like dark cyberpunk thrillers this is a good one to pick up.

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A Gathering of Evil
Marilyn Ross
Manufacturer: Paperback Library
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Not for the layman.......2006-12-19

According to my therapist I have an issue with the "puer eternus" archetype.

I decided to acquaint myself with my puer. I found Ann Yeoman's book to be rather too terse, scholarly, academic and specialist for my purposes. I think one would have to be very familiar with Jungian analysis to really be able to derive something useful from the book. I am simply too unfamiliar with the concepts and the vocabulary and as such have found it to be a frustrating struggle.

I am waiting for Marie-Louise Von Franz' work on the same topic which I expect will be much more accessible based on the sample chapters I have been able to read of Miss Von Franz' other books.

I am sure this is a good book, but think about who you are and what you need before ordering it.

Now or Neverland.......2004-03-11

In "Now or Neverland," Ann Yeoman invites her readers to explore the complex world of the archetype of the eternal boy (puer aeternus) through her lively psychological analysis of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Yeoman's book is an outstanding example of interdisciplinary scholarship. She intelligently integrates the work done in such seemingly diverse fields as Mythological Studies (Eliade, Campbell, Kerenyi), Literary Criticism (Frye, Calvino, Armitt), and Analytical Psychology (Jung, Hillman, von Franz). Her use of literature, both poetry (Coleridge, Auden, Keats, Wordsworth, Shelley) and fiction (Dostoyevsky, Joyce, Melville), to illuminate various dimensions of puer psychology is outstanding and speaks highly of her as a literary scholar. Her cultural contextualization of Peter Pan in history (Edwardian England, the current Information Revolution, the British public school system) presents a provocative analysis of the collective psychology of the times. Finally, her reinterpretation and elaboration of earlier (1970s) studies of puer psychology and psychopathology by analytical (Jungian) psychologists, makes her one of the foremost authorities on the psychology of what popular culture has called the "Peter Pan Syndrome". There is little doubt that Now or Neverland will become a classic and take its place alongside Hillman's "Puer Papers" and von Franz's "The Problem of Puer Aeternus."

A New Persective on the Peter Pan Myth.......2000-03-24

Peter Pan was always a childhood favorite of mine. Now, having read Ann Yeoman's "Now and Neverland. Peter Pan on the Myth of Eternal Youth", I will approach the story and its characters with a new and, dare I say it, "grown-up" (sorry Peter) perspective.

Ms. Yeoman's writing style is clear and a pleasure to read. She presents unique and interesting insight into the hero, Peter Pan in an easy to follow manner and hence facilitates an "deeper" understanding of the myth and how it relates to us all.

I highly recommend it!

Now or Neverland : Peter Pan, Enigmatic Messenger.......1999-12-29

I've just finished reading Ann Yeoman's stunning Jungian book, Now or Neverland Inner City Books, 1998, ISBN 0-919123-83-X. 191 pp.) I'm going to read it again quite soon, as it is so packed with new information and living ideas a single reading can't do it justice. I picked it up because I'm interested in the Divine Child and the Puer Aeternus archetypes, which I believe are very closely related, and I thought Peter Pan might have something to say on the matter. He does, but it's backward -- he is a strangely subversive and disruptive figure, refusing to settle into any one role -- hovering at the window of Barrie's England (its stuffy ideals still very much a part of our own social history and psyche), but equally uncomfortable in the Neverland to which he always escapes, no matter how much he crows and manipulates an enthralled Wendy, her brothers and the Lost Boys and the rest of Neverland. He is, this Peter Pan, an enigmatic, often dark figure, related to gods like Mercurius, Pan, Dionysus, and an astonishing lot of others (Icarus, Prometheus, Lucifer and Narcissus are mentioned, I think quite correctly).

I shall certainly never read PETER PAN the same way again -- forget Mary Martin or that Disney fraud. Forget Robin Williams too.

I wanted to read this book because Ann Yeoman is combining a career at New College, University of Toronto, where she is Dean of Students with teaching Jung and literature courses and a small practice as a Jungian analyst. What I hadn't expected was her brilliant concluding chapter, in which she compares Neverland and the Internet. She is certainly the first Jungian analyst I've found who is addressing the kinds of problems that have been concerning me for the past five years. So we may find out something about Peter Pan's dilemma from cyberspace -- I have certainly met lost boys (and lost girls) floating around, scarcely remembering where home is, and heard more than one ticking crocodile. There's more to come from this Peter Pan -- we have not heard the last word from him or from Ann Yeoman.

From the concluding chapter - "Peter Pan provides a metaphor for the unknown new - rootless consciousness is the dis-ease of contemporary society as it faces an uncertain future. The radical uncertainty of our future finds its own metaphor in our rapidly evolving electronic technology. In many ways, the elusive promise embodied in Peter Pan is the promise also of cyberspace. The new electronic era invites us to enter an indeterminate virtual realm where, it seems, everything and anything is possible, where we may create ourselves as we desire, where freedom and creativity know no bounds. Yet the very metaphors we use to describe this virtual zone are ambiguous. Netscape, Web, Internet, Windows, Paths -- images of boundless potential, but also metaphors for entrapment and delusion. On the one hand, Internet users access a seemingly unlimited network of information; on the other, the value and structure of that same information must be questioned, if one is not to run the risk of having one's mind made up for one, as an unwitting adherent of, to quote Derrick de Kerckhove, a 'collective, techno-cultural morality' which generates an 'average and averaging psychology.' Who are we when flying in the Neverland of cyberspace?" (pp. 175-6)

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Recognizing the reality of doubt.......2000-09-29

Tillich recognizes the human condition and the frailties of human existence. In the first 6 sermons on "the human predicament", he discusses such paradoxical human conditions as loneliness and solitude, forgetting and being forgotten, and "The good that I will, I do not". "The divine reality" section contains sermons on the harder aspects of Christianity, that no one can say with certainty that they are participating in the new reality, the Holy Spirit, and that the flight from God begins the moment we feel His presence. Tillich recognizes the reality of doubt, for if we could possess Him like any other familiar work, God would not be God (and perhaps if we do not have doubts, we are limiting Him too much!). Throughout the book, Tillich recognizes the message of "divine foolishness" (his phrase), and the role of the Holy in wisdom and meaning. These are thought provoking sermons, particularly for those of an existentialist bent.

Accessible and digestible Tillich.......2000-08-15

Part of a three volume collection of chapel addresses ("The New Being" and "The Shaking of the Foundations" are the companion volumes), this book is an unorganized introduction to Tillich's thought. Each sermon is self-contained; however, the collection has been organized into three sections.

The first, The Human Predicament, spoke strongly to me, perhaps because I identify so strongly with the sixties. Tillich's themes, loneliness, being forgotten, evil, being, ministry and eternity, are shared with a depth and insight rarely captured in sermon form. For example, he writes, "they never find the courage to make a total judgment against themselves, and therefore, they can never find the courage to believe in a total acceptance of themselves." In this section, Tillich reveals that he is thoroughly Christian, and thoroughly human.

I found the second section, The Divine Reality, less meaningful. Perhaps his themes were too familiar to me, but his comments on spiritual presence, the divine name, God's pursuit of man, salvation and eternity did not grab me with the same intensity as section one.

The last section is The Challenge to Man, in which Tillich deals with nonconformity, strength, maturity, wisdom and thanksgiving, is a return to what he does best - apply Christianity to the human condition. It is filled with practical, sermon-level applications of his ontological theology. "Be what you are - that is the only thing one can ask of any being."

I was quite impressed by Tillich the preacher. His grasp of both grace and humanity is exceptional.

A very capable introduction to Tillich's perspective........1999-06-08

Enegetic and simple, The Eternal Now is a very accessible introduction to the multi-faceted theology of Paul Tillich. Throughout this collection of sermons, Tillich emphasizes the connection between the temporal and eternal (a strength of his writing in general). And, this emphasis is achieved with a light hand, Tillich repeatedly walks the reader calmly towards the realization of how much can still be accomplished by the individual, what courage he or she can still gain -- how much, all of us, are still rooted "in divine ground." Tillich speaks from a Christian perspective, but his wisdom is non-denominational. His is a theology even for the stoutest critic, because as Tillich alludes to in the following passage from The Eternal Now, cynic and priest can ask similar questions from a similar conidition: "There are many ways in which solitude can be sought and experienced. And each way can be called 'religious,' . . . as one philosopher said . . . 'religion is what a man does with his solitariness.'" Emphasizing that such things as eternal questions and Love do not belong to a specific religion or era, Tillich's work speaks to, and beyond, our time and culture. He demands such a flexibility of perspective from us as humans. This is the legacy and promise Tillich offers, and The Eternal Now is a very capable introduction to it.

An Endless Falling in Love: What Eternal Life Means to You Now

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An uplifting book!
A treasure!
Excellent! Changed how I view God!
Amazing!

An Endless Falling in Love: What Eternal Life Means to You Now
Ty Gibson
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An uplifting book! .......2006-06-08

I have read this book many times as well as his others and have also shared this book. This book and all of Ty's books really made a huge spiritual difference in my life. Ty has a easy to read and understand style that is always biblical. All of Ty's books are outstanding! This review could be for anyone of his 6 books. He also has them on Audio CD's in the form of sermons. You can get the CD's from his website online store at [...]. His books are well worth any price you might spend. Can you put a price on spiritual health?? I suggest them all!!

A treasure!.......2006-04-30

This outstanding book paints a picture of God's character that will take your breath away and leave you shaking your head in amazement! Truth is stranger than fiction! I see God and love through new eyes...yes, I see now what I never dreamed existed.
This book is a treasure in my library.

Excellent! Changed how I view God!.......2005-10-02

This book is incredible! I was extremely blessed by how Ty turns sometimes dry theology into vivid and enlightening truths. I especially love the poems at the beginning of each chapter :) This is one of the best books I've read, period. If you long for a deeper and more meaningful love relationship with God, this is the book for you. I've loaned it to some friends and I don't think I'll be getting it back for a while so I'm buying some more copies! Thanks Ty:)

Amazing!.......2005-01-01

This is such a wonderful book! Ty's earlier book, See With News Eyes, is probably still my favorite, but this one is not far behind. When I got to the end of this book, I just flipped back to the first page and started reading it over again! I've loaned an extra copy of mine out to a few people and sent it as a gift, as well. Also, it has a gorgeous cover and beautiful poems Ty has written to introduce each chapter. I highly recommend this book!

God's "Eternal Purpose" Now Triumphing for Man's Good (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society)

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Wonderful publication!!
God's Eternal Purpose More Complicated Than We Ever Imagined

God's "Eternal Purpose" Now Triumphing for Man's Good (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society)

Manufacturer: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
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Wonderful publication!!.......2006-03-30

This book is wonderful! It successfully traces the development of God's "eternal purpose" in connection with Jesus Christ. From Genesis 3:15 where the "seed" was promised to the Revelation climax of Messiah's arrival in Kingdom power, this book is a delight. A knowledgeable Bible student will appreciate this book. However, someone trying to defend the "dark ages" teachings of Christendom's churches may be disappointed. Watch Tower books do not cater to the apostate creeds still dispensed to churchgoers.

God's Eternal Purpose More Complicated Than We Ever Imagined.......2006-02-03

This is also listed by another seller as "The Eternal Purpose Now Triumphing for Man's Good". I reiterate my review under that listing:

The title of this review pretty well sums up the target audience's reaction to this book (it was published as an in-house Bible study text for Jehovah's Witnesses). It is dry, disorganized, and has nothing to offer a Christian's daily life. The ONLY thing most of its readers can remember about it is the nit-picking distinction between Jehovah's "purpose" and Jehovah's "plan," which gets far too much play. More spiritual sawdust from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

BTW, this book was offered for only a dollar when it was new in the 1980's. I can't imagine who is bidding this book up to $9 and more.

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The Eternal Now
Paul Tillich
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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Gods eternal purpose now triumphing (for mans good)

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Gods eternal purpose now triumphing (for mans good)

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Are the Dead Alive Now?

Manufacturer: American Christian Press
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Collaborating with eternity: How to crash the barriers of time and space and live in the eternal now

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Collaborating with eternity: How to crash the barriers of time and space and live in the eternal now
Glenn Clark
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The Eternal "NOW"
Oliver A. Johnson , and Oliver A., Ph.D. Johnson
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The Eternal Now
Paul Tillich
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