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No matter who, where or what we are, getting in touch with our true selves is not as straightforward as we'd like. However, our paths through self-discovery needn't be trodden alone. At Cygnus we want to help you on that path but also assist and encourage you to develop a sense of community and oneness with everything around us.
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Having said that this dialogue was over, in August 2016 Walsch was awakened again by a voice in the night. What he was told he could not keep silent about and so here is the 4th volume of this bestselling series, where Walsch listens closely to that voice that comes from within. Whatever our feelings about its origins, we must look coolly at what the voice says. For myself, I can say that these are words worth reading. These are powerful teachings, which offer a way out of a dead-end existence and an experience on earth where we risk not fulfilling our destiny. This was in hardback last year, and is now in paperback.
304pp, 197 x 130 mm, Paperback, 2018, RRP £9.99
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There’s a great quotation from renowned author Cilla Conway on this book, and it sums up my feelings as well: “I don’t normally read books on angels as I find many of them too saccharine, but I found Wendy Erlick’s book direct, authentic and sometimes very moving”. This gets it exactly right: it’s down to earth, everyday and for that very reason very inspiring. A spiritual gift like this can descend on any of us at any time, and her story is well-told and compelling, but the account becomes incredibly useful in the second half of the book when she goes into detail about her training and shows us how too we can get in touch with invisible beings. She discusses the different angels and what they specialize in and how we can work with them, but all this in a very straightforward and refreshingly non-ethereal way.
184pp, Paperback, 2016
£9.98 £14.99
One of the best and most practical healing manuals of recent years has been republished with a new jacket and with extra added material. This includes a foreword by Anna Parkinson, an extra appendix and a full-colour chakra reference chart. In 1975 Martin Brofman healed himself of terminal cancer in his spinal cord, and from that point he wanted to share his technique with the world. It’s a simple approach that combines Western psychology and the Eastern chakra system. The book is richly illustrated and patiently lays out every aspect of his approach. When we recognize the divine and the healing potential in all of us, anything CAN be healed.
228pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2019, RRP £14.99
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It is so common to hear sensitive people expressing their desire to change, to stop being an empath and to get some peace from anxiety and feeling verwhelmed. This is sad, because being sensitive is to be kind and caring and it would be a loss to everyone if you turned it off. Which is where this book comes in. Straightforward, clear and easy to follow, it focuses on how to overcome the challenges of being an empath and turn them to your advantage, into a super power if you like! The author, Jane Novak, is a self-admitted empath and she shares her innermost thoughts and her journey with us so you feel inspired by her to follow her path. Her guide includes tools to use, exercises to practise and helpful advice and context along the way. It’s a great new addition to all the books already out there.
192pp, 216 x 135 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £12.99
£5.54 £8.99
Mindfulness is a word much in use these days. We are constantly reminded it is the doorway to a better life, but trying to achieve it can still be a struggle. Rose Elliot has been well known for decades as a pioneer of vegetarian cooking, but here she uses her skill for writing clear and practical explanations to guide us towards achieving mindfulness through our breathing. The Buddha taught simple breathing exercises, so using the breath to assist focus and transform a mindfulness practice is nothing new. We all breathe, but learning how to perform in a mindful way something we all do unconsciously is a wonderful process. Breathing is far more than just air entering and leaving the body, it can be a powerful tool for developing self awareness, and no special equipment or study is required, just guidance towards recognising we already have all we need. A small simple book but something to treasure.
Paperback, 128pp, 130 x 165 mm, 2016
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Do you suffer from abdominal bloating; a chronic, nagging cough or sore throat; postnasal drip; a feeling of a lump in the back of your throat; allergies; or shortness of breath? If so, odds are that you are experiencing acid reflux without recognizing its silent symptoms, which can lead to serious long-term health problems, including esophageal cancer. In The Acid Watcher Diet, Dr Jonathan Aviv, a leading authority on the diagnosis and treatment of acid reflux disease, helps readers identify those often misunderstood symptoms while providing a proven solution for reducing wholebody acid damage quickly and easily. His 28-day programme is part of a two-phase eating plan, with a healthy balance of both macronutrients (proteins, carbs and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals and antioxidants), that works to immediately neutralize acid and relieve the inflammation at the root of acid reflux.
Dr Aviv guides readers through healthy dietary choices with targeted recipes, helping them balance their bodies and minds for optimal health and break acid-generating habits for good.
304pp, Paperback, 152 x 229 mm
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One of Cygnus’s bestsellers in hardback is now available in paperback. Dr Dispenza offers a set of tools in this book that allows ordinary people to reach extraordinary states of being. He brings together research in neuroscience, epigenetics, psychoneuro-immunology, neurocardiology, electro-magnetism, and quantum physics to show how human transformation and change take place and what they mean to our lives. With glowing reviews from authors like Lynne McTaggart (The Power of Eight) and Tony Robbins (Unshakable), this title is truly revolutionary and life-changing. Dispenza’s easy-to-understand and compassionate style will help you rewire your brain and recondition the body to make lasting change. What will it mean for you to become supernatural?
384pp, 228 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2019
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This nourishing book explores the journey of enlightenment through a tailor-made roadmap to follow including real-life signposts and obstacles that the reader will encounter on the way. By asking fundamental questions about who we are, the reader can guide him or herself through to a deeper understanding of life’s meaning. The book is not grounded in any particular religion and instead draws inspiration and wisdom from various denominations, mixed with author’s own poetry and meditation exercises. By outlining three simple steps - preparation, passage and persistence - one can learn how to find the way to their heart, and then truly live from their soul. The author is a high-profile British poet and spiritual teacher.
256pp, 216 x 135 mm, Paperback, 2021, RRP £12.99
£17.76 £25.00
In this big book the authors have brought together four previous shorter books: Return to Joy, Savage Grace, Saving Animals from Ourselves and Radical Regeneration. These were all published by a smaller and less high-profile publisher. Cygnus has featured many books by Andrew Harvey before and he is always bracingly wise and seriously spiritual. He is one of the best guides we have to sacred activism and I would recommend this book highly as a way into really getting involved in the work of healing the world. Sometimes it takes courage to immerse ourselves into the horrible things that are happening and I believe that sparing ourselves the pain can be justified. However this is the perfect book – succinct, clear and full of practical information – to turn to if we want to start facing head-on all the heavy issues.
576pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £25.00
£13.32 £15.99
The Undines are famous in spirituality and magic as the people of the water element, who can bring a special power into our lives. Now you can transform your world even when it’s not near water with this book on healing, spell work, and connecting to merfolk of all kinds. With this deep dive into the realm of mystical water creatures, you’ll find your mermaid self by exploring eight archetypes. From the Water Goddess to the Sea Witch to the Nymph, these archetypes help you balance your chakras, harness the power of the moon phases, call on the healing powers of water, and bring more abundance and happiness into your life. There are also rituals, devotions, healing exercises, energetic alignments, and more. With teachings as deep as the ocean, this book shows you how to find your own source of power and live an enchanted life.
264pp, 203 x 133 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £15.99
£12.21 £16.99
This is a book about polarity work, a holistic practice that can help us to integrate the masculine and feminine energies within us. Elliott Saxby, a practitioner and trainer, has written an excellent guide, useful both for anyone new to this form of healing or anyone more experienced looking for more insight and ideas. Fusing ancient Vedic knowledge and Western psychology with Tantric and Taoist wisdom, it lays out the overlying principles and concepts but also provides practical information, from the 4 main polarity maps through to examples and exercises to help us navigate our inner duality. The definitions of masculine and feminine are known to us, but by mapping them out clearly, it makes it easier to understand why we, and others, are behaving in a certain way. Polarity work then takes this knowledge and helps us to evolve physically, mentally, and emotionally.
240pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £16.99
£8.87 £11.99
The popular Cygnus author Rebecca Campbell says in the foreword of this lovely book “The Future Ancestor is a call to see the sacred in the everyday, and to develop a conscious relationship with the land that holds, sustains and nurtures us. It’s a clear call to action to own our story, personally and culturally, and to heal what’s ours to heal so that, ultimately, we can take our place as ancestors for those yet to come.” The author, Annabelle Sharman, is an Aboriginal Bush woman of the Mutti Mutti tribe, one of the “Stolen Generation” who were forcibly removed from their parents. Here she shares her own (some heart-rending) stories and wisdom along with the wisdom of her ancestors. Beautifully written, poignant, poetic and uplifting, this book is an absolute delight.
240pp, 178 x 127 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £11.99
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It can be daunting to tackle the fundamentals of karma, especially since there are some ongoing discussions of inconsistencies and controversies, so this book represents a refreshing change. Not only does it acknowledge and confront the issues by examining the difference between universal consequence and environmental consequence but it presents the information in the really approachable form of a conversation between a guru and his young student. The inquisitive and sometimes demanding student is keen both to question and to learn, and the guru calmly instructs him. We in turn learn about karmic debt incurred as the result of personal action, and about the path whereby karmic attachment can be decreased. It’s a comprehensive “discussion” and because it’s scripted as a conversation it’s easy to learn and feel well instructed in all its fundamental principles.
152pp, 215 x 141 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £11.99
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This newly published version of one of the greatest classics of esoteric literature - which first appeared in the early 20th century - does not tinker with the original text but now includes images for each of the chapters which “fulfil a representative and archetypal role of each of the chapters of the work”. They are designed to help those of us who are just beginning to read about Hermeticism to get to grips with its mysteries. This is a text that has influenced spiritual seekers for a long time. Even though it’s a work that’s deliberately been presented as esoteric, it is actually immensely practical. The work itself is based on seven fundamental principles that govern this universe which help you to understand that in whatever circumstance of your life you find yourself, you are where you need to be. It also makes it clear that the spiritual path is extremely personal and that you must walk it alone.
224pp, 215 x 141mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £11.99
£22.21 £28.99
Githa Ben-David wrote the popular book The Note from Heaven, which was a groundbreaking title on using the human voice for spiritual development. That title is now unavailable but it’s been included as part one of this new book: there are two other parts and the book as a whole is more than 500 pages long. She says that if you surrender to the Note from Heaven, you are led into a state of oneness. I did a class once with Githa and I remember singing notes that I could never have imagined reaching. I think this text must contain almost all you need to know about healing through the voice. It’s full of stories and anecdotes about the author’s own life and her training in India at the feet of several eminent teachers. There are several photographs and hand-drawn diagrams where necessary but most of all the teaching is experiential.
552pp, 216 x 142 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £28.99
£12.21 £16.99
This is a profound and daring book and what it covers is quite demanding but also so life-enhancing. I was drawn to it though because it contains commentaries by three authors who are popular at Cygnus: the storyteller Martin Shaw, Robert Simmons, author of The Book of Stones and Robert Bly, the poet and author of Iron John. It’s a book about Otherness, which can still be relevant to most of us who don’t have an overt “Other” aspect. Daniel certainly did – he was a survivor of childhood polio and he got around in a wheelchair. He was also a scholar of myth, and a storyteller and ritualist. Sharon Blackie calls this “A book to savour…a love song to the Outsider”. It is full of myths and stories of tricksters and of trauma, exile, disability, illness, death and grief. Through reading this enjoyable book we might be able to release the outsider in us, whether it is low or high profile.
288pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £16.99
£11.10 £14.99
Originally published in 2002, Healing Sounds has become the foundation for the field of sound healing and remains simply the best guidebook on the subject. To add to its already thorough examination of this form of healing and the exercises laid out in the book, this 30th anniversary edition also includes over 100 minutes of exclusive audio downloads featuring recordings of sound healing exercises, guided meditations and sonic excerpts. The book itself also looks at spiritual and scientific viewpoints on how to use the transformative power of sound for healing on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. It then explores overtone chanting - also called vocal harmonics - the ability of the human voice to create two or more notes at the same time, and describes how to perform them and experience their transformative and curative powers.
240pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £14.99
£8.87 £10.99
Iona Jenkins is an author, creative writer and poet, and here she brings together her love of wisdom, sacred places, native landscapes, legends, the arts and nature. She is also a Cygnus member and her book fits perfectly with the Cygnus spirit. It is beautifully crafted and a joy to read: part story, part poetry with a few practical suggestions, optional meditations and tasks at the end of each chapter to help us discover our own inspirations. While enjoying her narrative we discover how to connect with our souls by opening to the living world of Nature through simple exercises aligning our lives with the seasons, communing with the trees and embracing the wisdom of the animal kingdom. This book will really energise anyone who longs for a life filled with creativity and a spirituality that embraces both the beauty of the earth and the soul.
200pp, 216 x 140 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £10.99
£11.10 £13.99
Colin Wilson was one of the greatest writers in the esoteric field and his books have served as a crucial introduction to various subjects for many of us. He was an undoubted expert. But he was also a generous supporter and consequently he also wrote a staggering 180 introductions, forewords, prefaces and afterwords to other people’s books. He rarely said no to anybody. In these works he wasn’t interested in fulfilling a contractual obligation but wanted instead to convey his excitement and enthusiasm for the accompanying text. Here are 17 of his best pieces, chosen by Wilson expert Colin Stanley, and in them you can read his best thoughts on magic, witchcraft, exorcism, ghosts, poltergeists, the Loch Ness Monster, the afterlife, dowsing and much more. It’s a really interesting greatest hits.
224pp, 218 x 143 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £13.99
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We first engage with fairy tales in childhood and they never leave us. Characters such as the transformational Sleeping Beauty, the “rescuer” Prince Charming and the scary, shapeshifting wolf in Little Red Riding Hood are embedded deep in our imagination and conjure up feelings that we all can identify with on some level. Working with fairy tales can be as easy as aligning to a character in a tale and then putting a positive spin on it. The simple act of “making it real”, by living out the story in your mind, can change the way you think and behave. Alison Davies offers a whole host of tips and practical exercises for working with the symbols, characters and plotlines in fairy tales. These include storyboarding your own fairy tale to boost your creativity and learning how to be your own fairy godmothers in order to bring the changes you want into your life! This was previously published as Be Your Own Fairy Tale.
168pp, 216 x 135 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £12.99
£12.21 £16.99
The Kabbalah of Light lineage began with Rabbi Isaac the Blind in the 12th and 13th centuries and Catherine is the contemporary lineage holder in that tradition. This book contains 160 different exercises and practices, all rich in imagery, that will help you dialogue with your subconscious. It’s like an instant self-therapy and you don’t need to know too much about Kabbalah to start on the work. It’s practical but it’s also tinged with the beauty and mystery of the Jewish spiritual traditions. The process might initially throw up challenges but if we are brave and patient we can work through to get to a place of peace and tranquillity. With all the exercises included, I believe it would be hard not to benefit from this book.
352pp, 227 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £16.99
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This is a wise and calm book. Many people require reassurance nowadays and this book provides it. The author is a qualified counsellor who has appeared on mainstream television and radio. It’s about pain, grief and sleeplessness, about being awake – as she describes it – at 4.00 a.m. and all the pain and opportunities that entails. It’s not a practical book on helping with sleep although there are a lot of tips and advice. Rather it’s a wise arm around the shoulder and a gentle chat from someone who has seen it all. She talks in particular about how grief and loss can have an impact on our sleep and she is strong on dreams, on what to do when your dreams are getting you down, and how you can use dreams to get you out of it, because dreams can also heal you. There are many exercises in the book and also some extremely useful resources in the back.
232pp, 216 x 140 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £11.99
£9.98 £10.99
This is not a spiritual book and is very much straight down the line scientific, but it is also poetic and mysterious. Its subtitle is The History and Science of Dreams and that captures it all. The author is a Brazilian professor of neuroscience and he knows most of what there is to know about the brain. The obvious question is Why Do We Dream and the author looks at the whole of human history and culture to try and find out. He ends up coming to some exciting conclusions and along the way we learn a lot about different societies and groups all over the world and their different approaches to sleep and dreams. It also strays into mental illness, nightmares, drugs and a possible end to dreaming as we know it. It’s a big book but it’s never academic and I can’t think of a more authoritative book of dreaming.
480pp, 198 x 129 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £10.99
£19.98 £26.00
This is a lovely weighty hardback full of colour and helpful diagrams and illustrations. The subtitle is “A Cosmic Guide to Health, Healing and Harnessing the Power of the Planets” which pretty much sums up its approach and reach. It goes deep but it’s not daunting or academic. The positions of the planets mean a lot more than whether you are going to have a good day or what colour clothes you should wear. This book weaves together all the levels that are touched by astrology from nutrition to exercise and from healing to psychology. You can use this book to design daily practices and longer-term programmes to improve your life and feel more integrated. These can also be adjusted over the cycle of the year to stay in touch with planetary influences. This is a great book for people who know a bit about the planets and who now want to take a deeper dive.
320pp, 235 x 173 mm, Hardback, 2022, RRP £26.00
£14.43 £17.99
It is accepted that the Tibetan Buddhists have the best techniques for working with dreams and sleep. Andrew Holecek, the best non-Tibetan teacher on the subject, calls Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche “the pre-eminent voice in the world of dream yoga”. This is a new and revised edition of his seminal work on the subject. People talk about taking a retreat, but sleeping and dreaming – which takes up, all being well, one third of our lives – is a ready-made retreat possibility that we can use any time to step away from the everyday world. The book is of course full of exercises and there are some esoteric terms but the author guides us gently and patiently. There is also a glossary. With our busy waking lives it would be good to make space for personal development at night. The book carries a very positive foreword by the Dalai Lama.
272pp, 227 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £17.99
£12.21 £15.99
If you are unfamiliar with the Akashic Records, they consist of all thoughts, deeds and actions that have ever been created in the past, present or future. The author, a past life regression practitioner, realised through sessions with clients that more was needed to help them heal, and started to help them gain their own access to these records as part of their journey. In this book she shares the processes she used to do this, from the revelations that came after a near-death experience, to extensive, easy to follow exercises that she has developed over the years. If you are at all sceptical, don’t be, she is very clear that if you have the proper desire, technique and intention, you too can enter the Mindstream, and visit your own personal distinctive mystical spaces and find custom-made answers to life’s most perplexing questions.
216pp, 203 x 133 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £15.99
£9.98 £10.99
When Raymond Moody, author of Life After Life, calls a book “A major contribution to the study of what happens when we die, which will quickly prove to be a classic in near-death studies” you need to take notice. After is a ground-breaking book for anyone curious about the nature of consciousness and the pursuit of a meaningful life. What happens when we die? Ten percent of people whose hearts stop, and then restart, report near-death experiences. Stories of lights, tunnels and reunions with late loved ones have been relayed - and dismissed - since ancient times. But when Dr Bruce Greyson’s patients started describing events that he simply could not dismiss, he began to investigate. Here are the results of his research.
384pp, 197 x 128 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £10.99
£13.32 £15.99
Join world-renowned medium Michael Mayo on a step-by-step journey through the mechanics of spirit communication, where you will learn to sense the subtle energy around you and promote healing in yourself and others. Discover how and why evidential mediumship works and learn to apply these methods to your own work with Spirit. This book helps you cultivate your skills, sense the subtle energy around you, and promote healing in yourself and others. In addition to debunking myths about mediumship, Michael shares essential concepts that consistently yield affirming results. With this practical approach to evidence-based mediumship, you can build a reliable connection to the spirit world and develop the authentic abilities that have always been within you.
312pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £15.99
£12.21 £14.99
This is quite a simple book but it’s enjoyable and easy to read. Laura Lynne Jackson looks glamorous and very Hollywood but she is also an Oxford graduate and a school teacher. She works now as a psychic and this book is full of stories or amazing communications and all sorts of signs from loved ones on the other side that prove that death is not the end and that people are still there talking to us and guiding us. There’s an introduction and then 31 chapters and each one I believe tells a story that shatters the usual materialist view of the universe. There isn’t any analysis really, but the author wants to lift us and encourage us. You have to take a book like this as it comes but it will definitely lift your spirits and also encourage us to examine the signs around us to see whether we are actually being told or shown something.
320pp, 229 x 158 mm, Paperback, 2019, RRP £14.99
£16.65 £20.99
This is both a visceral narrative of having to deal with the diagnosis, hospital treatment, palliative care and death of a beloved husband, and an uplifting and reassuring personal account of signs and messages received by the author revealing life after life. The author captures the intensity of dealing with death and the confusion and conflicting emotions that come with grief. You really feel for her, but at the same time you get to feel joy at her gradual realisation that she was being contacted by her husband after his death. The sub-title of the book is Signs from the Other Side Offering Comfort and Hope after the Death of a Loved One and it delivers on this, but her honest narrative of the intensity of both the dying and the grieving process, before realising how and why she was meant to go on, make this a really helpful book.
424pp, 214 x 142 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £20.99
£9.44 £12.99
If you have been thinking about developing all your senses to see if you can release your psychic potential, then this book will really help. Internationally acclaimed psychic Billy Roberts, who sadly died this year, developed his techniques and these step-by-step exercises over several decades and here they are clearly and concisely laid out. In this book he urges that with practice you will be able to decode other people’s auras, see into the future, heal illnesses, go on astral journeys and even communicate with the dead. And with these new powers you should feel more confident, assertive and positive about life which is a very welcome side benefit! I can’t think of a more practical book than this, and it has the potential to transform your life.
224pp, 216 x 135 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £12.99
£14.43 £16.99
Lee Harris, author of Energy Speaks, has been receiving channelled messages from his guides, the Zs, since 1999. Here, in a conversation with psychotherapist Dianna Edwards, they deliver some amazing information about the true nature of our multidimensional reality. Kyle Gray calls Lee “one of the clearest and most potent channels of our time”. Other people talk about his wisdom and compassion, and if you can connect with his integrity with an open heart and mind, this information can change your life. A lot of it is practical and will help you connect with your own guides, use manifestation to make your life better and connect with other dimensions. It’s not a long book but there’s enough there to enable you to expand your consciousness.
224pp, 215 x 139 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £16.99
£11.66 £14.99
A must read for any Reiki practitioner or teacher. Frans Stiene has been pursuing the deeper meaning of Reiki and working to understand the teachings of Mikao Usui since the early 2000s. He has absorbed knowledge from teachers, writings, and his own practice, and in this book he shares all that he has learned; and in the process he has created the ultimate roadmap to discovering the essence of the system and the path to Self-Realisation. The book is split into two parts: the first looks at the less commonly adopted process of Preparation, and the second studies the various Practices in detail. There is also a helpful Appendix. To be a truly successful Reiki practitioner, Stiene urges you to get onto the path of becoming a better human being, and to understanding your true nature. In this book you will find out how.
224pp, 215 x 141 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £14.99
£14.43 £17.99
This could be an invaluable book for so many people who need help overcoming a critical voice in their head. At certain times it can be so insistent and even though we know it’s just a voice, just a mental phenomenon with no connection to “reality”, we are so used to it being given authority and dominating our minds that we lack the will and resolve to deal with it and see it for what it is. I am confident that this book will make all the difference. The author is a psychotherapist who has trained hundreds of individuals in the use of mindfulness, and interestingly the cover carries endorsements from three high-profile Buddhist teachers: Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg. Poor self-esteem is the bane of many people’s lives and this book puts forward six strategies that will help us loosen its grip.
240pp, 214 x 139 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £17.99
£13.32 £19.99
It’s really great to find books about love written by younger, cooler writers who recognise and want to confront the unique pressures faced by the younger generations. This author, a popular YouTuber, writer, poet and rapper, wrote this book as a result of the miserable realisation that he didn’t know how to love (himself or others) and wanted to find out why. His research soon made him understand that he and his generation are horribly prone to self-criticism and setting impossible goals, believing that love is something they have to earn or a destination to be reached, rather than a path to follow. In this guide he lays out techniques to help shake off these assumptions, clearing a path for the reader to begin to love. He writes with youthful vigour and vernacular, and includes lots of insightful stories and down to earth advice.
336pp, 203 x 152 mm, Hardback, 2022, RRP £19.99
£13.32 £18.99
In the epilogue to this lovely volume, the author says “I pray that the painting of the mandala will bring love, peace, quiet and harmony in the world” which beautifully sums up the joy of his book. In the first chapters you learn about the mandala itself and about the mandala way with an interesting description of how it was brought to the attention of the modern world by Carl Jung. Of course it has also existed in other cultures, especially Tibetan Buddhism, for millennia. There’s no substitute then for doing it for yourself and enjoying the process of revealing your inner spiritual world. The instructional chapters are very easy to follow, and are really approachable so you learn to sketch a template, then to meditate and lastly how to work on your mandala until it is finished. You’ll learn about the four components that make up the process - energy, physical, mental and emotional and before long you’ll be off. Enjoy!
200pp, 216 x 216 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £18.99
£14.43 £17.99
The author of this book is a social worker as well as a practitioner of magic. This makes it practical and deeply connected to personal development, but as a text it’s also spiritual in its approach and aware of the esoteric realms. I think if any book is going to transform you it’s this one because it uses cognitive behavioural therapy techniques alongside affirmations and positive self-talk. It’s a book to be taken slowly – the author uses images connected to gardening to describe the process and gardens take time to grow. The author focuses on 9 areas including sexuality, self-love and career and gives you ways of cultivating your garden through journaling and meditation, and even if only half of it sticks, it will be an effective tool for self-development.
256pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £17.99
£9.44 £12.99
This lovely, small, hardback book containing the journals of Krishnamurti is a complete edition, containing 36 pages that were not included in the first editions. Apart from the brief foreword by the original editor, Mary Lutyens, the rest of the book is a chronological presentation of Krishnamurti’s journals which you can read as laid out or enjoy dipping into at random. If you haven’t read these pieces before, we can highly recommend them because they are beautifully written, meditative and include the most evocative descriptions of nature alongside profound reflections on the workings of the mind. If you want to calm yourself and escape the distractions of the modern world, then pick up this book which is easily small enough to carry with you.
128pp, 185 x 130 mm, Hardback, 2023, RRP £12.99
£9.44 £12.99
Mel Robbins is the author of The 5 Second Rule, a motivational technique which became a global phenomenon, and it’s of some surprise that someone so successful should have looked into the mirror and suffered the same self-doubt that plagues so many of us. Having shared that with us, she goes on to explain how she came up with the idea of literally giving yourself a High 5 every day, based on the simple premise that you are your own best supporter. By doing this regularly in everything you do, you immediately increase your self-esteem – it’s clever and it works! In her entertaining book, Robbins describes how you can apply this principle to many areas of your everyday life, with exercises and examples to illustrate how to go about it. Her science-based wisdom, use of personal stories and reassuring real-life results really help in learning how to form a habit of believing in yourself and release a confidence you didn’t know you had.
264pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £12.99
£10.55 £12.99
This is not a deep or complicated book but it’s inspiring and easy-to-read. It tells a story of someone’s everyday struggles and how they changed their life and developed a whole new point of view on things. Katrina decided she was buying too much and so tried to go a whole year without buying anything. She was mostly successful and, as the year went on, she started to awake to other aspects of reality. Strange things also started happening that encouraged her to reassess and to explore pagan ways of being. Ultimately she became a druid. It’s a book about getting away from a materialist way of life and awakening to nature. She now lives a more authentic and fulfilling life. The beauty of the book is that it makes you feel you could do the same too.
168pp, 215 x 142 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £12.99
£11.10 £14.99
As the author remarks in his introduction, what most of us really want is a long life filled with vibrant health, meaning, and purpose, and in this book he shows us how we can work towards having all of this. He is also the maker of the documentary series The Human Longevity Project where he investigated the lives of long-lived, healthy populations around the world, discovering their secrets and the scientific basis underpinning their good health. In his travels he met and interviewed more than 100 health experts and dozens of amazing elders from around the world, and in this well-written and approachable book he shares with us what he learned. In the first part he illustrates the underlying fundamentals of life — what is biological ageing and how we heal; then, in the second part he focuses on the primary aspects of healthy living, detailing them and then connecting the dots between the latest science and the wisdom of the elders.
256pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £14.99
£16.65 £20.99
This book provides us with a useful guide to giving ourselves a full service, rather like we do our cars. By tackling physical, mental, energetic and emotional health in one place, we can look at every aspect of our wellbeing in some detail and be truly holistic in our approach. Don’t be put off by the scope or the length of the book, it’s laid out in bite-sized chunks so you can work your way through it without being overwhelmed. The author has a busy life and lots of health issues that have motivated him to write this guide, and he has worked with a series of experts in all the fields he addresses so we’re getting really good advice. He looks at the immune system, the chakras, emotional intelligence, mental health and meditation amongst others, all of which will help us to be as healthy as we possibly can. A great one to start off 2023!
390pp, 216 x 141 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £20.99
£12.77 £17.99
This is a really comprehensive guide to the angelic realm covering many different aspects of working with the angelic kingdom, and it is written with love and honesty. It is laid out in four parts, from how to become an Archangel Messenger through to the Archangel Alchemy Healing System via an in-depth look at all the Archangels and how they can help us. There are many exercises, meditations and invocations to help with the process and Alexandra also provides plentiful evidence of the Archangels’ existence. She writes with insight, wisdom and knowledge and leads us on a journey of discovery into the inner landscapes of our souls.
336pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £17.99
£13.32 £15.99
Use the abundant energy of the universe for optimal health and well-being. This extensively updated and revised version of The Energy Sourcebook provides dozens of exercises and activities to help you engage with the energy inside and around you, and not just study it. Jill Henry takes you on an in-depth exploration of amongst others meditation, feng shui, chakra work, and the five elements. You’ll even learn how the energy of beliefs has an impact on your life. Determine your mind-body type with a polarity energy self-assessment. Discover how to use relaxation as a catalyst for positive change and apply universal laws to help resolve problems. From releasing energy blocks to balancing the energy of your environment, Well-Being is a highly effective resource for energy work, written by an experienced teacher.
264pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2023, RRP £15.99
£14.43 £16.99
This is quite an introductory book and it’s mainstream by Cygnus standards, but I also think it is very helpful and will appeal to readers across the board. Michael Mosley is of course very well-known and this book is based on the programme and podcast he made for BBC Radio 4, likewise called Just One Thing. It’s an informative list – heavily backed up by science and research – of simple things we can do to make our lives better and ourselves healthier. Each habit separately will help and we can add them one by one for a cumulative effect, even if some of them don’t suit us and don’t stick. The “things” include Eat Chocolate, Get More Houseplants, Take a Nap and An Apple a Day. There are plenty of notes too which point us towards the scientific research backing up what he says. It’s not a big book but it’s great for getting most of us out of our troughs.
208pp, 226 x 161 mm, Hardback, 2022, RRP £16.99
£12.21 £16.99
This set of cards allies the powers of minerals and plants; just like gemstones, essential oils work on an energetic level to rebalance us spiritually, mentally, and emotionally and offer many physiological benefits. Each card shows an essential oil on one side with its related gemstone on the other and the detailed booklet describes therapeutic properties and safety precautions as well as how the gemstone relates to the use of the oil. The cards are colour-coded and divided into six groups: Focus, Grounding, and Protection; Health and Well-Being; Love, Friendship, and Romance; Money, Creativity, and Motivation; Happiness and Self-Confidence; Intuition and Communication – each helping you to understand yourself better. As author Margaret Ann Lembo explains, “this deck will help you focus on your intentions and ignite transformation in your life”.
42 full-colour cards and 160-page guide book, 2022, RRP £16.99
£8.87 £9.99
This card set is so simple it’s crazy but all the same I believe it works really well. There’s a small colourful box, about three inches long and two inches wide, containing 40 colour cards. On one side is a colourful sunburst design and on the other is a short slogan written in fun bubble-gum style writing, which is meant to inspire and uplift. There’s a one to three word headline then one sentence to follow: PLAY Give yourself Permission to be a Child Today; APPRECIATE Be Thankful for Something that DIDN’T Happen today; CONNECT Call a Dear Friend or Loved One; and SMILE It Will Turn on the Light in Your Soul. Of course on one level these are simple statements that any of us could come up with. However just having these on hand can really lift your day with their cheerful design and unselfconscious positivity.
40 colour cards, 2023, RRP £9.99
£12.21 £20.00
This is an amazing and very different deck and card set. The artist has chosen to honour lots of obscure, seemingly awkward, but immensely loveable animals with beautiful portraits and then affirmations or statements linked with those animals or inspired by the poses they are striking. The animals include warthogs, cockroaches, dung beetles, aye-ayes, jellyfish and axolotls. The images are charming and the affirmations fairly simple, like You Are More Resilient Than You Think and Your Voice Has Power. You would pick a card to help you in a situation and to get intuitive help on which course of action to take. But when the message comes from such charming and gutsy creatures, it makes you smile and I think it becomes even more encouraging. This would make a great gift.
54 full-colour cards and a 64-page guide, 2022, RRP £20.00
£14.43 £19.99
This is an interesting take on shadow work showing us how our buried histories and childhood fears take shape in our feelings and phobias around animals. By giving us a better understanding of the animals we dislike or fear, the author hopes to help us learn more about what we unconsciously fear and dislike in ourselves, and in this book she provides a rich and detailed history of the most common fear-triggering animals. More than that, she makes us examine our relationship with these animals and use this knowledge to work on ourselves. By presenting an animal-centred guide to shadow work, Brunke has revealed how shadow animals protect and advise, challenge and encourage, inspire and offer support to the spiritual adventure of enlightenment as we awaken to who we really are.
320pp, 229 x 152 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £19.99
£9.98 £11.99
If you, or someone you know, are embarking on the spiritual path, then this book is highly recommended, and its subtitle, A Mighty Companion on the Spiritual Awakening Journey, brilliantly sums up its content and the role it will play in your own process. Unlike some of the other titles in this field that are muddled and bewildering, this work is very well structured, extremely insightful and best of all, an easy read with light-hearted and fun elements that make you want to try harder and go further. Because the author has been on the same journey, she has first hand experience of what to expect, the highs and the lows, the clinging and the letting go. Her support gives much needed reassurance that you are not odd, that all the strange things happening to you are a normal part of your growth, and most importantly that life will get better.
208pp, 216 x 140 mm, Paperback, 2022, RRP £11.99
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