Books published by Inner Traditions Bear and Company

An initiatic guide to temple construction on the spiritual and physical planes

An exploration of the historical origins of the "witches' ointment" and medieval hallucinogenic drug practices based on the earlist sources.

With the exploding popularity of Thai massage in the West, dozens of Thai massage "how to"-books have been published, yet those who seek a deeper understanding of the modality and the traditional medical system from which it stems have found themselves without resources for advanced study and authentic instruction.

A full-color guide to fortune-telling with the Lenormand oracle • Explores the meanings of the 36 Lenormand cards and their playing card insets to help build a resourceful, interpretative vocabulary • Provides instructions for many spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards • 416 pages and full-color throughout • Reveals the origins of the Lenormand oracle from both coffee-ground symbols and playing card cartomancy More than 200 years old, the 36 Lenormand cards are an oracle combining standard playing cards with images from the everyday world, such as key, book, animals, and flowers. Their simple, predictive, and non-esoteric nature opens the realm of fortune-telling to all, offering a traditional cartomantic divination where card combinations fuse together to give clear answers. In this complete guide to Lenormand card reading, Caitlín Matthews explains the multiple meanings for each card, providing keywords so the reader can quickly build an interpretive vocabulary for Lenormand fortune-telling. She details how to lay spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards. She explores the significance of the playing card pips and suits on each card and how cards combine to create a variety of meanings. Matthews enables readers to learn the Lenormand card keywords so they can both read for themselves and express their interpretations to clients. Providing real case histories for readers to interpret, she also includes self-tests and practice exercises with answers to check at the end of the book. In addition to her comprehensive practical introduction to the Lenormand oracle, Matthews delves deeply into the history of cartomancy to reveal the mythic blueprint that underlies this simple deck, the key to which lies not in their imagery but in their connection to playing cards.

Naturally occurring DMT may produce prophecy-like states of consciousness and thus represent a bridge between biology and religious experience

A firsthand, behind-the-scene account of the controversies surrounding modern explorations at Giza

Digestive Intelligence tells the fascinating story of how our digestive systems are the centre of our bodies’ second brain and how we think and live our emotions via our stomachs. Not surprising when you consider there is something equivalent to the size of a village football pitch hiding inside our bellies – that’s the incredible magnitude of our digestive systems. Dr Matveikova answers the obvious questions: “How?” and “Why can this be so?” by explaining, in straight forward layman’s language, that the digestive system contains more than one million neurones, identical to those in the brain and is responsible for producing 90% of the body’s hormone, serotonin, the all-important hormone which makes us feel happy and full of wellbeing. It follows that, if our stomach is “out of sorts” we feel irritable and lacking in energy; and those feelings block our intellectual productivity, disorientate us and completely change our thought patterns and physical processes.

A visionary guide to safely using psilocybin mushrooms to tap in to the wisdom of Nature and reconnect humanity to the biosphere.

A practical guide for both individuals and couples to transform sexual energy into spiritual and erotic fulfillment.

An exploration of the chemical, biological, psychological, and experiential dimensions of ayahuasca.

The first collection of Leary's writings devoted entirely to the research phase of his career, 1960 to 1965.

A fully illustrated guide to the most advanced Kan and Li practice to birth the immortal spirit body and unite with the Tao.

An insider’s account of the journey to become an ayahuasquero, a shaman who heals with the visionary vine ayahuasca.

A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150-year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution.

Retells the Ramayana, the ancient Indian tale of love, duty, and sacrifice, for a modern audience.

A comprehensive study of the use of talismans and amulets in the Western Mystery Tradition.