This special collection assembles some of the most pre-eminent scholars in the field in African, African American, and American Studies to explore the ways writers reclaim the Black female body in African American literature using the theoretical, social, cultural, and religious frameworks of spirituality and religion. Central to these discussions is Black women’s agency within these realms—their uncanny ability to invent and reinvent themselves within individual and communal spaces that frame them as both outsider and insider, unworthy and worthy, deviant and sacred, excess and minimal. Scholars have sought to discuss these tensions, acknowledged and affirmed in prose, poetry, music, essays, speeches, written plays, or short stories. Forgiveness, healing, redemption, and reclamation provide entry into these vibrant explorations of self-discovery, passion, and self-creation that interrogate traditional views of what is spiritual and what is religious. Discussed writers include Toni Morrison, Phillis Wheatley, James Baldwin, Tina McElroy Ansa, Toni Cade Bambara, and Thomas Dorsey.

A comprehensive guide to maintaining health and treating stress-related illness. Boston-based Benson and Stuart offer proven techniques developed by the Mind/Body Institute for exercise, diet, and stress management to help readers cope with many common conditions. Includes how-to illustrations and case histories.

There are fundamental ideas of consciousness, cognition, intentionality, landscapes of information, intellect, body-mind processes, etc, which in their holism, form the basis of eligibility for your potential optimization and lasting wellness. This eBook invites you to witness your ‘I’ journeying into landscapes and dimensions of ‘Me’, for easy-simple actualization of all life-living successes. Intellect is not needed for culturally benchmarked, repetitive-restricted success of slavish endowments. Tragically; world of probabilities, of novel and alternative utility-worth, for bliss and contentment opens up only when ‘I’ has the Will and Wherewithal to witness realities and journey ‘Me’, beyond subconscious intentionality. Intellect is eligibility. I Witnessing Me, pathways beyond-ness. This I Witnessing Me is structurally embedded in brain states itself and its functionality, though multidimensional, is amenable to patterned understanding. This is science but has larger elements of personal artistry to actualize the optimal potentials of the landscape of I Witnessing Me. This artistry has been elaborated in ancient Oriental traditions of Yoga and Buddhist philosophies. Modern day art of Vipasana is related to this very idea. However, most of these artistries are very restrictive as they have become hugely ritualistic. It is another reality for long deliberation as how democratization of idealism emaciates its shiny verve and renders it to mediocrity of ritualistic pragmatism. Since thousands of years, this very probability or hypothesis of I Witnessing Me has been the very basis of philosophies. The personhood, its feel about individuality, its interactions with external milieus and their experiences, the impact of such experiences on personhood et al were agenda of philosophical interests. They all emerged out of the three elements of I, Me and Milieus. Later, especially in modern and contemporary times, science took over the agenda and added its researched and experimented discoveries to the existing knowledge of humanity about the above-mentioned domain. Both philosophy as well as science has common agenda and the singular aim and purpose of all their endeavors are to understand reality better and create such knowledge, which could make life-living experiences improved and empowered for every human being. An individual can do the same. He or she does not need to be either a philosopher or a scientist to make his or her life better. It is available for any common person, who is open to the idea of I Witnessing Me and practices the artistry involved in these processes of witnessing. It is however important to understand the science behind the artistry and purpose shaping up the artistry. This eBook journeys you through the scientific factuality about some very crucial ideas and idealisms. It also elaborates the details of artistry involved in the idea behind I Witnessing Me. Like all my 52 eBooks; this eBook is also part of my continued and humble enterprise to share with you, what I have internalized, in a holistic way and ease of understanding, to facilitate your potential optimization. It is short and crisp. Hopefully, it shall make you feel happy as the eBook deals with very usual life-living issues, with a very novel and alternative perspective. Welcome.

In "I AM A DIVINE WARRIOR," author Alisha Jackson pens a deeply personal memoir chronicling her journey as an African American woman navigating the treacherous terrain of trauma and adversity. From childhood to adulthood, Alisha confronts harrowing experiences of abuse and loss, yet emerges as a testament to the power of resilience and faith. Grounded in her Christian beliefs, she embarks on a courageous quest for healing and self-discovery, unearthing the strength within herself to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. With each challenge she faces, Alisha discovers new depths of empowerment and spiritual growth, ultimately emerging as a beacon of positivity and inspiration. Through her candid reflections and unwavering optimism, she offers readers a roadmap for transformation, encouraging them to embrace their own journey toward healing and empowerment. "I Am a Divine Warrior" is a testament to the human spirit's capacity for resilience and the transformative power of faith in the face of adversity.