Elemental Living

Elemental Living
Author: Phaidon Editors
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-11-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714873176
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60 stunning works of contemporary architecture, all of which have a special relationship with the natural landscape Elemental Living presents 60 works of architecture from across the 20th and 21st centuries that have a special relationship with the natural world. The book includes a visually breathtaking selection of architect-created houses that have been designed to create unparalleled views of a wide variety of natural landscapes; designed to be almost indistinguishable from the natural landscape; or designed using materials and forms found in the natural landscape. Each house demonstrates a deep concern with the creation of unique living spaces that connect their inhabitants with the forests, mountains, lakes, deserts, and oceans that have attracted humanity for millennia.

The Sassafras Science Adventures

The Sassafras Science Adventures
Author: Paige Hudson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781935614203
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Elemental

Elemental
Author: Antony John
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012-11-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101591137
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A lost colony is reborn in this heart-pounding fantasy adventure set in the near future. Enter the world of the Elementals, which James Dashner called “completely gripping and full of intrigue, revelation, mystery, and suspense.” Sixteen-year-old Thomas has always been an outsider. The first child born without the power of an element—earth, water, wind, or fire—he has little to offer his tiny, remote Outer Banks colony. Or so the Guardians would have him believe. In the wake of an unforeseen storm, desperate pirates kidnap the Guardians, intent on claiming the island as their own. Caught between the Plague-ridden mainland and the advancing pirates, Thomas and his friends fight for survival in the battered remains of a mysterious abandoned settlement. But the secrets they unearth will turn Thomas’s world upside-down, and bring to light not only a treacherous past but also a future more dangerous than he can possibly imagine. Written by an award-winning author, this dynamic series is perfect for fans of dystopian thrillers like James Dashner’s The Maze Runner and Marie Lu’s Legend. “Plenty of action for readers who enjoy survival stories with a twist of the supernatural and a hint of romance.” –School Library Journal “The novel’s captivating storyline, rapid pace, and cliffhanger ending are sure to leave fans of novels like Grant’s Gone series absorbed with the action and anxious for a sequel.” –Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Engaging characters and plenty of mystery, adventure, and action." -Publishers Weekly

Elemental Shaman

Elemental Shaman
Author: Omar W. Rosales
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2009
Genre: Shamanism
ISBN: 0738715018
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This fascinating true story chronicles one man's journey into the mysteries of spiritual consciousness and the indigenous healing practices of four shamanistic traditions: Toltec, Cherokee, Maya, and Buddhist. In his travels around the globe, Rosales witnesses the powerful channeled spirit Niño Fidencio, receives messages and healing from a Toltec shaman, and experiences a dramatic soul retrieval from a Cherokee spiritwalker. Rosales travels to Guatemala, where he meets a Mayan high priestess, or a'j' r'ij, and the secret brotherhoods called cofradias, whose mission is to guard Maximón, the last living Mayan god. Rosales's last journey is to Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, where he spends time with a holy lama. Praise: "Beautifully written, intriguing and mysterious, a work both of adventure and of serious research."--Graham Hancock, international bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods "Omar's adventures in Elemental Shaman are inspiring and lively, with a lot of useful insight and inspiration."-- Robert A. F. Thurman, professor of Buddhist studies at Columbia University and author of Why the Dalai Lama Matters "Superb. A real thriller!"--Carmen Harra, Ph.D., author of Everyday Karma

An Elemental Thing

An Elemental Thing
Author: Eliot Weinberger
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2007-05-17
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0811223701
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Internationally acclaimed as one of the most innovative writers today, Eliot Weinberger has taken the essay into unexplored territories on the borders of poetry and narrative where the only rule, according to the author, is that all the information must be verifiable. With An Elemental Thing, Weinberger turns from his celebrated political chronicles to the timelessness of the subjects of his literary essays. With the wisdom of a literary archaeologist-astronomer-anthropologist-zookeeper, he leads us through histories, fables, and meditations about the ten thousand things in the universe: the wind and the rhinoceros, Catholic saints and people named Chang, the Mandaeans on the Iran-Iraq border and the Kaluli in the mountains of New Guinea. Among the thirty-five essays included are a poetic biography of the prophet Muhammad, which was praised by the London Times for its "great beauty and grace," and "The Stars," a reverie on what's up there that has already been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, and Maori.

Elemental Living

Elemental Living
Author: Rebecca Gwynne
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781499325164
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Personal Growth / Self-Help Developing your inner peace and contributing to making the world a better place, no matter how small a beginning, becomes your personal project - Project Me. Elemental Living guides you as you design your own path tapping into your personal core manifesting the gift only you have to offer. Make yourself the project which makes a difference. Elemental Living provides a methodology of effective evolution to hone your personal growth skills and design a foundation for a life of choice.

An Elemental Life

An Elemental Life
Author: Louis A. Ruprecht
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-11-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0879076569
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Father Matthew Kelty was an especially beloved monk at the historic Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. Perhaps best known as Thomas Merton's colleague and confessor in the year prior to Merton's death, Father Matthew was also an enormously gifted spiritual writer in his own right, one whose homilies at Gethsemani attracted a wide following. This is the first book-length study of Matthew Kelty's life in relation to his spiritual writings and his profound reflections on the virtues of the monastic life in the modern age.

Elemental Philosophy

Elemental Philosophy
Author: David Macauley
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2010-09-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1438432461
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Bachelard called them "the hormones of the imagination." Hegel observed that, "through the four elements we have the elevation of sensuous ideas into thought." Earth, air, fire, and water are explored as both philosophical ideas and environmental issues associated with their classical and perennial conceptions. David Macauley embarks upon a wide-ranging discussion of their initial appearance in ancient Greek thought as mythic forces or scientific principles to their recent reemergence within contemporary continental philosophy as a means for understanding landscape and language, poetry and place, the body and the body politic. In so doing, he shows the importance of elemental thinking for comprehending and responding to ecological problems. In tracing changing views of the four elements through the history of ideas, Macauley generates a new vocabulary for and a fresh vision of the environment while engaging the elemental world directly with reflections on their various manifestations.

Elemental Energy

Elemental Energy
Author: Kristin Petrovich
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2016-12-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0062428837
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An aspirational guide to incorporating the transformative power of crystals and gemstones into a stylish life, from the founder of luxury crystal-infused skincare line Själ. There are many reference books on crystals on the market, but there is no book like Elemental Energy, which guides readers through incorporating the beauty, allure, and power of crystals into a stylish life. With its elegant aesthetic and lush, fashion-forward photography, Elemental Energy is an entirely new take on crystals—one that captures their magic and magnetism, but for a decidedly modern twenty-first century life, from organic skin care to at home spa treatments. Part aspirational, part prescriptive, Elemental Energy combines full-color photography throughout with innovative practices, tips, and techniques for harnessing the transformative energy of crystals and gemstones for optimal wellness and beauty. Author Kristin Petrovich—founder of luxury gem-infused skincare line Själ—takes readers from the basics of crystal and gemstone energy to building an affordable, essential crystal collection; from crafting crystal-infused skincare to self-care with crystal and gemstone massage; from creating luxurious and restorative crystal-centric rituals to finding the perfect stone to enhance every occasion. Timely and on-trend, Elemental Energy is the must have resource to a beautiful life infused with the energy of crystals and gemstones, from an unparalleled expert in the holistic, luxury beauty world—perfect for crystal obsessives and fashion savvy readers alike.

The Wind

The Wind
Author: Jeremy Bendik-Keymer
Publisher: punctum books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2018
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1947447955
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"Part primer, part parable, part elegy for the depth and decency we sacrifice daily to the order of self-possession, The Wind invites us to enjoy it inventively .... A philosopher coming up against the limits of philosophy's forms of communication ("Philosophy, without being in touch, is always abstract"), Bendik-Keymer courts a thoughtfulness in which wonder practically circumvents theory. Energized by "utopian anger," he invokes the clearing, shaking energies of wind against the violent social rigidities we accept as normal. The wind, impersonal, is the figure through which to keep the dynamic inter-personal in view. ... I admire this book's inventiveness, its willingness to break with discipline in pursuing a wider vision of accountability." (Sarah Gridley, author of "Weather Eye Open" and "Loom") A process begun in Pisa, Italy in April of 2016 during a workshop on political theory in the Anthropocene, The Wind An Unruly Living is a philosophical exercise (askêsis, translated, following Ignatius of Loyola, as "spiritual exercise"). In his exercise, Bendik-Keymer throws to the void: the ideology of self-ownership from a society of possession. By using the Stoic kanôn, the rule of living by phûsis, he follows an element. Unhappily for the Stoic and happily for us, the wind is unruly. A swerve of currents through a social fabric, it's full of holes, all holely. Stretch and stitch as you want, it might settle more shapely tattered into light, but it will never become whole. The wind's only holesome.