Is your pet special? When you talk to it, do you feel it listening and even understanding? Has an animal ever saved your life - physically, emotionally or spiritually? Like humans, animals are spiritual beings. Their many qualities include unconditional love, joy, forgiveness, patience, courage, and gratitude - virtues that are often lacking in our high-tech world.We all know a pet that can anticipate its owners' return home, but did you know that some dogs have the ability to spot cancerous tumours? Horses have been known to drag their injured rides back to the stables; the US Epilepsy Institute say dogs can tell when someone is about to have a seizure; and all types of animals are now used in alternative therapy.In this riveting collection of testimonials from around the world, Emma Heathcote-James investigates and celebrates inspirational tales of amazing animals. Do pets possess an innate psychic ability which gives them powers of perception and even permits them to see into the future? It's time to take a look at what we humans might be missing...and to give our pets the respect that they are due.

This book examines one of the most pressing cultural concerns that surfaced in the last decade - the question of the place and significance of the animal. This collection of essays represents the outcome of various conversations regarding animal studies and shows multidisciplinarity at its very best, namely, a rigorous approach within one discipline in conversation with others around a common theme. The contributors discuss the most relevant disciplines regarding this conversation, namely: philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, theology, history of religions, archaeology and cultural studies. The first section, Thinking about Animals, explores philosophical, anthropological and religious perspectives, raising general questions about the human perception of animals and its crucial cultural significance. The second section explores the intriguing topic of the way animals have been used historically as religious symbols and in religious rituals. The third section re-examines some Christian theological and biblical approaches to animals in the light of current concerns. The final section extends the implications of traditional views about other animals to more specific ethical theories and practices.

Is there life after death? Bestselling author Emma Heathcote-James is the first to present the astonishing and compelling evidence that suggests spirits can be made to appear in physical form. Drawing on scientific research from colleagues and her own recordings and eyewitness accounts, Emma reveals the incredible cases that may provide conclusive proof of an afterlife. Charting the phenomena of moving apparitions and objects passed from the spirit world to ours, this book takes the field of psychic study into the 21st century. Written in an accessible style, "They Walk Among Us" will appeal to anyone with an open mind and an interest in alternative views of what happens to us when we die.

Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion on key themes on human-animal interactions and their implications, along with recent major advances in research. Humans share the world with a bewildering variety of other animals, and have interacted with them in different ways. This variety of interactions (both past and present) is investigated through ethnozoology, which is a hybrid discipline structured with elements from both the natural and social sciences, as it seeks to understand how humans have perceived and interacted with faunal resources throughout history. In a broader context, ethnozoology, and its companion discipline, ethnobotany, form part of the larger body of the science of ethnobiology. In recent years, the importance of ethnozoological/ethnobiological studies has increasingly been recognized, unsurprisingly given the strong human influence on biodiversity. From the perspective of ethnozoology, the book addresses all aspects of human connection, animals and health, from its use in traditional medicine, to bioprospecting derivatives of fauna for pharmaceuticals, with expert contributions from leading researchers in the field. - Draws on editors' and contributors' extensive research, experience and studies covering ethnozoology and ethnobiology - Covers all aspects of human-animal interaction through the lens of this emerging discipline, with coverage of both domestic and wild animal topics - Presents topics of great interest to a variety of researchers including those in wildlife/conservation (biologists, ecologists, conservationists) and domestic-related disciplines (psychologists, sociologists)

First developed twenty years ago by Vianna Stibal, ThetaHealing is essentially applied quantum physics. Using a theta brain wave, which until now was believed to be accessible only in deep sleep or yogi-level meditation, the practitioner is able to connect with the energy of All That Is – the energy in everything – to witness healings of the physical body, and to identify and change limiting beliefs. This book is for those who have already started to experience the magic of this energy healing modality, and wish to deepen their understanding of the Seven Planes of Existence – the philosophy behind the creation of ThetaHealing. Vianna presents exciting new information to help you take your skill with this work to the next level, and brings the reader into dimensions that she believes to be the beginnings of life itself, on a journey that leads outward, past the universe, to transform beliefs, showing that with a theta state of mind it is possible to connect to a Divine Energy before it becomes anything in this universe.

This book enriches our views on representation and deepens our understanding of its different aspects. It arises out of several years of dialog between the editors and the authors, an interdisciplinary team of highly experienced researchers, and it reflects the best contemporary view of representation and reality in humans, other living beings, and intelligent machines. Structured into parts on the cognitive, computational, natural sciences, philosophical, logical, and machine perspectives, a theme of the field and the book is building and presenting networks, and the editors hope that the contributed chapters will spur understanding and collaboration between researchers in domains such as computer science, philosophy, logic, systems theory, engineering, psychology, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, linguistics, and synthetic biology.

A world first! This is a unique opportunity to hear what celebrities' animals have told Jackie, a renowned and respected animal psychic. Jackie's amazing gift came to the fore having beaten cancer in 2005 and she is dedicated in her efforts to make a difference for the animal kingdom. Her communications with these celebrities' pets will leave you in no doubt that animals can converse with people and do understand what you say. Thanks to these celebrities endorsing her work, her dream has come ever closer as even more people will start to see animals as the wonderful and sentient beings they really are. Hear all about the lives and thoughts of animals belonging to people such as: William Roache MBE, Stephanie Beacham, Paul McKenna, Jacky Newcomb, Tony Stockwell... Forewords: Jacky Newcomb - Sunday Times Best-selling Author "Jackie arrived at my Midlands home and didn't even need my pets in the room although one of them joined us anyway. I was stunned - It really was just like she was having a conversation with my cats and telling me their reply! The insights she brought me were so interesting and amazingly accurate. Not only did she seem to connect with them they even passed their mannerisms over to her. My two cats are very individual and her conversations demonstrated this perfectly which you will read in this very fascinating book." Jenny Smedley - TV Presenter and Author "Jackie has taken a huge step forward for those animals with this book, which will bring animal communication to the forefront - where it should be. I salute people like Jackie who are pursuing this end with dogged determination and enviable courage. Jackie has proven her abilities over and over again and I really feel this book is the one that will give her the credit she deserves. Inspiring and often breath-taking, this book will lead you on an incredible journey you'll be so glad you took." Matthew Rhys - International Actor - Films, TV and Theatre. "To hear personally what my horses wanted to share with me was astounding, incredible and something everybody should experience. These animals that we so often share our homes with, and whom we share such vast swathes of our time, know so much more than most us would ever have thought. Meeting Jackie showed and proved to me how fundamentally important this is. Its reward is immediate, apparent, and incredibly gratifying."