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The Llewellyn Complete Book of Psychic Empowerment: A Compendium of Tools & Techniques for Growth & Transformation (Llewellyn’s Complete Book Series)

Embark on the journey of a lifetime—master the psychic tools and techniques required to develop your highest potential and enjoy success beyond your wildest dreams.

Psychic empowerment is a continuous process of growth and self-discovery. When we are psychically empowered, we become increasingly aware of the boundless power within ourselves and the unlimited possibilities and opportunities around us and beyond. Through psychic empowerment, we can unleash vast inner sources of new growth potential and achieve new levels of personal fulfillment. We can lift our consciousness to a higher plane and add depth and greater meaning to our lives.

Written by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke and Joe H. Slate, Ph.D., this is the most comprehensive psychic development guide available anywhere. It is richly supported by detailed tables, charts, and developmental exercises. Incorporating the latest discoveries in quantum physics, it organizes the concepts of psychic empowerment into a progressive, cohesive plan that features straightforward instruction on a wealth of psychic empowerment methods and practices:

ESP • ASTRAL PROJECTION • AURA READING • THE CHAKRA SYSTEM  
CLAIRVOYANCE • REMOTE VIEWING • PRECOGNITION  • SIGILS 
DREAM INTERPRETATION/INTERVENTION  • PSYCHOKINESIS    
REMEMBERING PAST LIVES AND LIFE BETWEEN LIVES 
TELEPATHY AND SELF-TALK • VISUALIZATION 
DIVINATION  •  CRYSTAL GAZING • DOWSING • GEOMANCY
HANDWRITING ANALYSIS  •  I CHING  •  SPIRIT COMMUNICATION
RUNES • SAND READING • TAROT  •  SELF- HYPNOSIS 
TEA LEAF AND COFFEE GROUND READING  • MEDITATION 
MAGIC RITUALS AND SHAMANISM

Each technique strengthens the divine spark of greatness existing in everyone—and leads to better health, happier relationships, greater financial success, and enhanced spiritual growth.

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Koos Couture Collage: Inspiration & Techniques

This biography and illustrated guide highlights the work of master designer Koos van den Akker and provides inspiration for bold, unique sewing creations. Chronicling the designer’s 30 years in haute couture, this book follows van den Akker from his start in the Paris workrooms of Christian Dior to his rise in the fashion world and the establishment of his own Madison Avenue boutique. Included are demonstrations for duplicating several of his construction and design techniques that offer illustrated sewing instructions and intricate details for home sewers to imitate. The designs, with their richness of texture, generosity of color, and dynamic mix of fabrics, share the full scope of van den Akker’s masterful creations.

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Astrology for Self Empowerment: Techniques for Reclaiming Your Sacred Power

What can you do with your astrological birth chart?

If you’re an astrologer, you learn amazing information about your personality and make predictions. If you’re not an astrologer, you can puzzle over the circles and symbols–until now.

Astrology for Self-Empowerment by Dovid Strusiner moves astrology to entirely new realms, making this a must for both the astrological expert and those unfamiliar with the science. It takes the basic information from the chart and shows you how to change your life so you can achieve your spiritual and worldly goals easily.

The technique starts with the birth chart. If you are an astrologer, you can draw this yourself. If not, the book includes a coupon to receive a free natal chart. Even the postage is paid.

The book describes the basic meanings of the sun signs, planets, and more–but that is just the start–Astrology for Self-Empowerment shows that you are not at the mercy of the planets and stars. Instead, you can use their archetypal power to:

·Create the future you want
·Overcome self-defeating subconscious programming
·Create a life that is richer in every way

This book shows you how to do this with techniques of self-exploration, visualization, affirmation, invocation, breath work, and working with the gems and crystals associated with the planets and signs. These are tied together in a powerful and easy-to-use program for self-change and empowerment. Examples show you how to do this easily for yourself.

Astrology for Self-Empowerment will empower you to change your universe and become what you want to be. You owe it to yourself to get this book.

 

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Knitted Wire Jewelry: Techniques. Projects. Inspiration

Knitting & Wire Combine to Create 25 Gloriously Original Pieces!

Distinguished by their fine gauge and delicate beauty, the 25 projects in this book take jewelry-making to fresh and unexpected places. Using knitting to transform cold, hard wire into a moldable, organic fabric, Samantha Lopez creates sophisticated, one-of-a-kind pieces that defy definition.

Despite the complex appearance of some of the designs inside, every piece is born from the unconventional and artful combination of very basic techniques, all of which are illustrated in easy-to-follow sequences. So whether you have experience in knitting, jewelry-making or neither, you can create these projects with great success and minimal tools and materials.

You’ll find a thrilling range of styles inside: delicate and ultra-feminine, rugged and industrial, vintage-inspired, classic and modern. Create each project as-is, or factor in your own original interpretations, for results sure to WOW!

Everything you need to create wearable sculptures!

Step-by-step demonstrations of all the basic techniques needed to complete the projects: knitting, stitches, simple increases and decreases, stringing beads and more.25 projects -rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces – in a breathtaking range of styles.Striking ways to incorporate other materials, including sheet metal, gemstones, silk, velvet and patinas for additional texture opportunities.A simple wire-wrapping process for stronger, more wearable pieces.

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Upstyle Your Furniture: Techniques and Creative Inspiration to Style Your Home

Owning one-of-a-kind, bespoke furniture is no longer a privilege of the wealthy or the realm of professional designers. Upstyle Your Furniture shows the rest of us how easy it is to create custom pieces of furniture with a bit of imagination and easy-to-find materials. Why spend a fortune on designer furniture when it’s so easy to simply restyle old or inexpensive pieces? Inside, readers will find everything they need to create a look that complements their unique personality and style, including:An introduction to design basics, from tools and materials to understanding how to work with surfaces like wood, glass, fabric, and metalDozens of tutorials for faux painting techniques; refinishing and distressing surfaces; embellishing upholstery with trims, printing, and embroidery; and much moreResources for supplies, great websites for extra advice, a glossary of terms, and lots of money- and time-saving tips
An engaging feature of this book lies in its use of “case studies.” These brief profiles explore the challenges faced by non-professionals who tackled a project on their own and achieved great results. More than 300 full color images throughout.

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The Best of Quilting Arts: Your Ultimate Resource for Art Quilt Techniques and Inspiration

Celebrate the first 10 years of the groundbreaking Quilting Arts magazine with The Best of Quilting Arts, a collection of the best articles, projects, and techniques.

Pokey Bolton, founder of Quilting Arts magazine, has compiled the most popular articles that have inspired quilters and artists alike to move beyond the basics of art quilting and re-explore machine and hand stitching, fabric embellishment, surface design, and more.

Inside you’ll find:Quilt art techniques from fabric collage and applique to resist dyeing, stamping, and foiling.Machine-stitching and thread-painting tips and tutorials from award-winning art quilters.Ideas and advice for the professional quilt artist.An array of binding and stitching techniques to make your art quilt stand out.Methods for making realistic representational art quilts, including portraits of pets and people. Whether you’re making your first art quilt or are a seasoned quilt artist eager to enhance your designs, you’ll find endless instruction and inspiration in The Best of Quilting Arts.

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Quilting with Doilies: Inspiration, Techniques, & Projects

Beautiful vintage doilies are given new life in contemporary quilts and sewing projects. Beginning with an explanation of the various types of doilies readily available, 15 quilting projects creatively incorporate them into their design. With 10 patterns and 137 color images, the techniques are clearly demonstrated and explained. They include painted appliqué, machine-embroidered ribbon border trim, no math fabric-changing binding, adding embellishments and words, and tips for working with silk, denim, or upholstery fabric. So get your doilies out of storage and follow along to make a variety of quilts, pillows, holiday stockings, journal covers, and table runners, or be inspired to make your own creative item. This book is perfect for quilters, crafters, and sewers of all skill level.

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Just Add Watercolor: Inspiration and Painting Techniques from Contemporary Artists

A beautifully illustrated, easy-to-navigate guide to creating contemporary watercolors, pairing full-page paintings with insights and tips for artists.
     Featuring 200 of the best works of young, modern watercolor painters, paired with bite-sized painting tips and art instruction, Just Add Watercolor gives aspiring artists access to information about–and examples of–top work in the medium. Artist and instructor Helen Birch breaks down each painting by techniques, subject matter, and tools, providing art enthusiasts and painters with a one-stop resource and gallery of the best that modern watercolor has to offer. Its small trim size with one painting per spread provides a bold, but user-friendly alternative to traditional, process-heavy painting instruction texts. Just Add Watercolor shines the spotlight on featured paintings, while still giving readers all the insights needed to get started painting in this popular medium.

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My Body…My Life…: Empowering women through awareness, education, violence prevention and self-defense techniques

My Body…My Life… is a women’s empowerment program. The My Body…My Life… book is the training manual used to teach both instructors and participants, ages 13 to 93, to empower women and help protect their body and their life. My Body…My Life… is both fun and educational. We use personal stories, humor, practice and experience to help women develop self-esteem, boundary setting, build skills to recognize unsafe relationships, unsafe situations and provide the tools to protect your body and your life. We do this training in a variety of venues, ranging from school classrooms to public auditoriums. The author and developers of this program have over sixty years of combined experience in public speaking, through a variety of educational and professional venues, as well as through presenting this program in its many forms to schools, universities, professional organizations, civic organizations, businesses and government entities. The School Safety Advocacy Council (SSAC) has recognized the My Body…My Life… program with a prestigious National 2013 School Safety Award. The program has also received the Oklahoma Governor’s Commendation, the Oklahoma House of Representatives Citation and the 2013 Human Rights Award for their work combating violence against men and women in the schools and in the community. My Body…My Life… is an evidence based program that displays promising practice in prevention of violence against women ages 13 to 93. My Body…My Life… uses a multi-disciplinary approach to create a stronger awareness in your life, address violence in its many forms and empower you to remove yourself from harm. The full program addresses awareness, empowerment, relationships, self-esteem, abuse, alcohol, drugs, internet and texting, as well as physical self-defense techniques. My Body…My Life… uses simple visual, physical and auditory aids to help support increased understanding, development and retention with the audience; such as ‘intoxication’ goggles, experiential stories, videos, role playing and more.