A Spirit In Motion
Published on 8. October 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-0-692-51553-2 (ISBN)
Description
While there are thousands of books which cover a single religion or spiritual topic, A Spirit In Motion serves as today's starting point for understanding worldwide views of the spirit, soul and afterlife. This all-encompassing book by Aaron J. Schieding addresses many of the great questions asked by people of every generation: What is the inner spark of life? Do we live more than once? Is there an afterlife? A Spirit In Motion features exclusive interviews with experts in the six largest religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity; get the inside story on the spiritual and afterlife beliefs of these faiths through academics and religious leaders from three different continents. Find out what they have in common and what they don't. Discover earlier influences on modern faiths from civilizations from antiquity. Follow Aaron J. Schieding's quest for spiritual knowledge as he delves into views from the medical and scientific communities, as well as the world of art, film, music, paranormal research, and emerging technology. Read about those who report previous lives. Learn about varying views on the place of the spirit in the martial arts through the stories of well-known figures, as well as an original interview with two martial arts masters. Finally, become versed in the apparent connection between psychedelics, the brain, the divine and the spiritual, by way of an exclusive interview with a medical doctor.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-692-51553-2 (9780692515532)
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Aaron J. Schieding is from New Hampshire, USA, has travelled all over America, and has been to Canada, Japan and Thailand. In his free time, he enjoys seeing movies, playing MMORPGs, watching documentaries & anime, and reading nonfiction books. He has always been curious about science and history. He believes that we must learn from the past and from those who came before us. In college, Aaron originally studied computers, but ended up changing to a major in English. He loves to write and appreciates the power of the written word. He is also a musician and has written dozens of song lyrics over the last decade. Aaron has a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire. He will go on to teach English as a foreign language overseas. He has an onsite TEFL certification from Kaplan International English. He also served as an assistant instructor in an adult ESOL program. Aaron enjoys helping others to improve their English and looks forward to working in the field professionally. Aaron is the author of A Spirit In Motion (2015), a non-fiction book about the spirit, soul, and afterlife. He has also been published in Business NH Magazine (June 2016). He was also awarded the 2015-2016 English Scholarship Award for academic excellence at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, with his essay "Dracula: Pierced by the Bite of Spiritualism". The essay details evidence that Bram Stoker was influenced by connections to the Spiritualist movement, which affected his writing of Dracula. This and other academic essays appear in his writing portfolio at WritingForToday.com.