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Religion,
Spirituality, Self-Help, Metaphysics
Swami
Krishnananda - The Divine Life Society
This site has 20 free online books on meditation, spiritual practice,
yoga, philosophy, mysticism, metaphysics, Hindu scriptural texts,
Bhagavadgita, Upanishads,Vedanta, and cosmological poetry. The books
are authored by Swami Krishnananda, General Secretary of The Divine
Life Society, which was founded by Swami Sivananda in 1936. These
books are otherwise available only at selected bookshops or from the
publisher.
The Unbound Bible
This site from Biola University has a collection of Bibles, including
seven versions in English, four ancient Bibles, Greek and Hebrew
versions, and translations in fifteen other languages. All the Bibles
are searchable and can be viewed in a parallel view. If you need a
Hebrew font, you can download it here. Other resources for research
are Matthew Henry's Commentary, a Bible dictionary, and a topical
search. You can join the mailing list to receive a daily verse by
email, or join a group that reads through the Bible over the course
of a year.
http://unbound.biola.edu
From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
This extensive website on the life of Jesus and the rise of
Christianity is a companion site to the PBS documentary series "From
Jesus to Christ: The First Christians," a four-hour broadcast
exploring the intellectual revolution in New Testament scholarship
over the past 25 years which is challenging conventional notions
about Jesus and the origins of Christianity. The documentary first
aired in two installments during Easter Week and Passover, April 6
and 7, 1998. This website highlights archaeological finds which have
yielded new understanding about Jesus' life and the early Christians.
New Testament scholars comment on key issues, such as how to
reconcile Christian faith with the historical approach to Jesus and
the Bible. The website has a reference section with maps of early
Christian communities and major archaeological sites; images of the
Christian catacombs; a master chronology; an anthology of ancient
texts; the cast of characters from early Christianity; a New
Testament quiz; and discussion guides for viewers and educators. The
site includes a forum where viewers and scholars can exchange
ideas.
http://www.pbs.org/frontline
Lost in the Cosmos
This website explores traditional philosophical proofs for the
existence of God. The site introduces St. Anselm's ontological
argument, Gaunilon's and Kant's criticisms of Anselm's argument, and
Aquinas on Anselm. The moderated forum gives users a chance to
wrestle with some of the essential questions that have concerned
philosophers through the ages. Users can also join in CosmosChat
discussions on the problem of free will; the problem of evil;
non-epistemic arguments for the existence of God; meta-ethics and
religion; normative ethics and religion; or self-chosen topics.
http://members.aol.com/lothar603
Explore the Sacred Sites
Since prehistoric times sacred places have exerted a mysterious
attraction on people around the world. This website features
photographs of such places as the Dome of the Rock, the Pyramid of
Quetzalcoatl, Angkor Wat, the Bodhi Tree, Stonehenge, Easter Island,
the Basilica of St. Francis, and Mt. Olympus, with commentaries. The
creator of the website, Martin Gray, is a photographer,
anthropologist, and explorer specializing in the study of sacred
places and pilgrimage traditions around the world. Gray spent fifteen
years visiting and photographing more than 900 sacred sites in forty
countries. Based upon academic knowledge and his own experiences, the
author discusses pilgrimage places, sacred traditions,
archaeoastronomy, ancient civilizations, and mythology. There are
also many links to related WWW resources.
http://www.sacredsites.com
Alcoholics Anonymous on the Rio Grande
Internet technology comes to the assistance of recovering alcoholics
here at this site which has information on Alcoholics Anonymous
activities in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Over 100 pages of news,
stories, articles, poems, quotations, and bulletins cover topics
ranging from the tragedy of alcoholism to the joy of recovery.
Visitors can join discussions, get WWW links and other contact
information, and read the dictionary, FAQ, and calendar of
events.
http://www.twisted-serpent.com
The Natural Death Handbook
This page addresses the subject of how to prepare for dying,
including exercises that prepare one for dying, how to care for
someone dying at home, how to draw up a living will, alternatives to
euthanasia, personal accounts of brave and conscious deaths, and how
to organize a funeral with or without undertakers.
Hi-Tech I Ching
The I Ching or Book of Changes is an ancient Chinese oracle that has
been in use for centuries as a source of wisdom and advice. The I
Ching may or may not be a way of predicting the future. It is
certainly a useful tool for stretching one's thinking, however, and
it has been around for over 5000 years. Normally, one consults the
oracle by fixing the desired question firmly in mind and then casting
a set of changes (lines) using yarrow-stalks or tossed coins. The
resulting hexagram will be the answer to the question. Here one can
use the oracle the old way or havethe computer use a random number
generator which drives a simulated coin-toss divination.
Self-Help & Psychology Magazine
This online magazine has articles for general readers and
professionals about family & relationships, women, men, violence,
relaxation, anxiety, sleep, post traumatic stress disorder,
obsessive-compulsive disorder, mood disorders, hypnosis, eating
disorders, divorce, disability, depression, children, bereavement,
attention deficit, alcoholism, smoking, AIDs, adoption and other
psychology and self-help subjects. There are programs one can join,
book reviews and a psychology bookstore, and links to many psychology
& mental health resources.
http://www.well.com/user/selfhelp/
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