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An absorbing memoir of one man's path to understanding how we can learn to lead lives of greater blessing and to be sources of blessing and service for the world as a whole.For as long as he can remember, David Spangler has been physically aware of a spiritual world existing alongside this one. In 1965, David Spangler left college to follow an inner spiritual calling and encountered an extraordinary presence, which he named "John." Over the next quarter-century John would assist David in exploring the "inner worlds" of the spirit, and would tutor him in some of the most basic mysteries of life and the nature of the human spirit. In Apprenticed to Spirit, Spangler recounts how John showed him the way to develop a spiritual intelligence-what Spangler calls "a mind of the soul"-and how to integrate it into everyday life. Spangler learned to think with his soul and embarked on the apprenticeship to understanding the sacredness of our world and of the realms beyond ours-a journey that continues to this day.

Writer, mystic, and father of four, David Spangler understands that the birth of a child is a spiritually significant event--a mystical experience. There is a feeling of magic in the parent/child relationship that relies on intuition, total presence, and impulses that come from the soul. The acclaimed author of The Call shares his stories from the trenches, blessings from the day-in and day-out of child-rearing, and encourages us, with grace, wit and common sense, toward the kind of parenting that brings to the world creative, honest, enlightened, and independent kids.

“Techno-elementals” are subtle beings that align themselves with human technology and artifacts. This book explores the emerging life of technology, It describes some of the effects the technological environment has on our humanity and the dangers and opportunities that lie ahead. To understand techno-elementals, we need to stretch into unfamiliar territory—to see the subtle realms as an ecosystem and subtle beings as living organisms. This writing seeks to introduce people to the reality, the wonder, and the naturalness of the non-physical world around us. 

This is my third anthology of stories. Because each of them was written as a Christmas present for family and friends, all six stories have a Christmas theme. But Christmas to me is a time of wonderment, so I think of these really as stories of wonder. They all have an element of magic to them, but then so do our lives. So really these stories are about who we are when we look beneath the surface of our lives and of our everyday world. They each arise from my sense of who we are as human beings and as spiritual beings. At Christmastime, we may come closest to touching the wonder of our deeper selves, but this experience is available to us any time, not just once a year.So I think of these stories as more than just Christmas tales. My hope is that whenever you read them, they will brighten your heart and bring delight to your day. May you experience in reading them all the joy I felt in writing them.David Spangler, November, 2015

This textbook is an edited transcript of a live online class presented by the Lorian Association. The objective of this book is that at the end, you will have an expanded and empowered view of yourself, of who you are as an incarnate person. To do this, this textbook examines both a set of ideas on the processes of incarnation and the application of those ideas into everyday life. This book further elucidates David Spangler''s Incarnational Spirituality and has philosophical and cosmological components, but its ultimate intent is a practical one. The benefits will come from applying this wealth of information into your everyday life.

This full color book leads the reader on a meditative journey chronicling the soul''s response to the Call of the World into incarnation. Steps along this epic journey are highlighted through beautiful and evocative illustrations by Deva Berg. This book offers several contemplative exercises designed to help the reader attune to their own spiritual call. It is a great way to begin exploring Incarnational Spirituality, David Spangler''s term for the body of work he has been developing with inner colleagues for over 40 years.

This book is based on a series of conversations between the Sidhe and David Spangler. It offers a fresh vision of the "Faery worlds" and invites the reader into a new relationship with these "People of Peace". Unfolding within these pages is a remarkable record of communication with the "Shining Ones", our ancient kin. It is filled with wonder, exercises, methods of contact and practical wisdom.

Who am I? Why am I here?What is my life about?These are the questions that have shaped philosophy religion, and human civilization as a whole. They are also the questions we use to shape and measure our own individual lives. And in the uncertainty of the present, we struggle perhaps more than ever before. There is opportunity but also discouragement. We yearn for an interior sense of direction, we listen for a call.In this fascinating discussion, David Spangler presents fresh insights about what motivates us, inspires us, transforms us, and sustains us. He examines the impulses behind what we choose to value in life-the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual framework within which we conduct ourselves.For thinkers, seekers, and anyone looking for the courage simply to be themselves, The Call offers gently provocative thoughts on the content and character of our destiny.

This classic book, first published in 1978, shows some of the beginnings of the spiritual work of David Spangler while co-director of the Findhorn Community and shortly thereafter. It contains a new preface and one new chapter written in 2012. May it be a blessing to you.

This is David Spangler''s newest introduction to Incarnational Spirituality a term he uses to describe his approach to spirituality.Since 1965, David Spangler has worked clairvoyantly and intuitively with a group of non-physical beings from the inner worlds of spirit. They identified themselves as being part of an inner school whose purpose was to explore and develop a spiritual teaching around the process of incarnation. This teaching is intended to empower incarnate persons living in the physical world-individuals such as you and me-to lead lives of greater blessing and capacity and to be sources of blessing and service for the world as a whole. From 1970-1973, David was a co-director of the Findhorn Foundation Community in Northern Scotland. In 1974 he co-founded the Lorian Association, a non-profit spiritual educational organization, and continues to work with it today. David is also a Fellow of the Lindisfarne Association, a gathering of scientists, mathematicians, artists, spiritual and religious teachers, ecologists, and political scientists, all interested in promoting a new culture based on holistic and Gaian values. For further information on his work, writings and classes, please visit www.lorian.org.