Author: Ron Brunton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: cultural, studies, social, anthropology, cambridge, instability, narcotic, kava, abandoned, melanesia
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1990-08-31
List price: $57.99
ISBN-10: 0521373751
ISBN-13: 9780521373753

Ron Brunton revives a problem posed by the great anthropologist W. H. R. Rivers in History of Melanesian Society (1914): how to explain the strange geographical distribution of kava, a narcotic drink once widely consumed by south-west Pacific islanders. Rivers believed that it was abandoned by many people even before European contact in favour of another drug, betel, drawing his speculations from the ideas of the diffusionist school of anthropology. However, Dr Brunton disagrees. Taking the varying fortunes of kava on the island of Tanna, Vanauta, as his starting point, he suggests that kava&#

Author: Paul Brunton
Publisher: Ebury Press
Keywords: india, secret, search
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1844130436
ISBN-13: 9781844130436

The late Paul Brunton was one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers of and writers on the spiritual traditions of the East. A Search in Secret India is the story of Paul Brunton’s journey around India, living among yogis, mystics, and gurus, some of whom he found convincing, others not. He finally finds the peace and tranquility which come with self-knowledge when he meets and studies with the great sage Sri Ramana Maharishi.

Author: Paul Brunton
Publisher: Pilgrims Publishing,India
Keywords: modern, world, discovery, spiritual, path, technique, secret
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 2002-06-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 8173031924
ISBN-13: 9788173031922

Author: Paul Brunton
Publisher: Nesma Books
Keywords: message, maharshi
Number of Pages: 77
Published: 2002-12-01
List price: $5.00
ISBN-10: 8188225509
ISBN-13: 9788188225507

Referring to Sri Ramana Maharshi Paul Brunton says.. "One could not forget that wonderful pregnant smile of his, with it’s hint of wisdom and peace won from suffering and experience. He was the most understanding man I have ever known: you could be sure always of some words from him that would smooth your way a little, and that word always verified what your deepest feeling told you already. The words of this sage still flame out in memory like beacon lights." I pluck golden fruit from rare meetings with wise men" wrote trans-Atlantic Emerson in his diary, and it is certain that I

Author: Paul Brunton
Publisher: Larson Publications
Keywords: brunton, notebooks, paul, volume, wisdom, timeless, ways, perspectives
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 1984-07-25
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0943914094
ISBN-13: 9780943914091

A registered art therapist and certified grief counselor created the Children Can Cope series of workbooks to help children work through feelings about traumatic events and changes using art.

Author: Paul Brunton
Publisher: Kier Editorial
Keywords: spanish, secreto, sendero
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1994-03
List price: $7.30
ISBN-10: 9501700429
ISBN-13: 9789501700428

Authors:Pat Brunton, Linda Thornton,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: bringing, practice, years, approach, reggio
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2007-06-25
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1843124300
ISBN-13: 9781843124306

Have you ever wondered what the Reggio approach is all about, why it works, and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This book will answer all your questions and more. It includes: an explanation of how the approach works in its original Italian home town, Reggio Emilia examples of how Reggio has been included in UK settings suggestions for activities advice on planning for the Reggio approach.