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Cherry Gilchrist

    April 2, 1949

    Cherry Gilchrist delves into the ancient and the mysterious, drawing inspiration from extensive fieldwork across diverse landscapes, from Russian forests to the remote Easter Island. Her writing explores the interplay of mythology, alchemy, and personal connections, often illuminating timeless archetypes. She is known for connecting ancient wisdom with contemporary life, particularly focusing on the expression of feminine archetypes in women's everyday experiences. Her work offers readers a unique lens through which to understand deeper patterns of human existence.

    The royal family
    Princess Diana
    The Boys from Brazil
    Sense and Sensibility
    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Penguin Young Readers - 2: Aesop's Fables
    • Your Life, Your Story

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Your life is a unique story, with meaning and value. It is made up of all the experiences you have lived through - happy and sad, changing times in the world around you, and precious moments with loved ones. YOUR LIFE, YOUR STORY shows you how to: * Unlock and express your memories * Explore and describe your life-changing experiences * Develop a structure and a chronology for your story * Bring truth and authenticity to your narrative You might write your life story to gain perspective at a time of crisis, such as illness or bereavement, or in later life when you have time to spare. At any age, composing your life story can give you fresh insight into your relationships, family history, and your own life path to bring you confidence and fulfilment.

      Your Life, Your Story2010
    • The Turn of the Screw : Level 3

      • 56 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Classic / British English A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It's her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things -- the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?

      The Turn of the Screw : Level 32008
    • The Diary of a Young Girl

      • 61 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for their lives, so the Frank family hide. Life is dangerous but they hope for the best, until they are finally discovered. Anne Frank was a real person, and this is her diary.

      The Diary of a Young Girl2008
      4.3
    • Netradiční pohled na tradiční učení z dob "šerého dávnověku", které má k naší současnosti mnohem blíž, než si myslíme. Autorka se alchymii, kabale, astrologii a meditaci věnuje již několik desítek let a má na svém kontě více než dvacet úspěšných knižních titulů. Jak sama uvádí, alchymie je práce pro ty, kteří vědomě hledají změnu většího rozsahu, změnu pro duchovní růst. Všem těm - a nejen jim - je určena tato pozoruhodná publikace obsahující mnoho praktických rad, jak pomocí alchymie obohatit svůj život a dosáhnout kýžených cílů.

      Alchymie2008
      3.0
    • Die als Astrologin und Wahrsagerin arbeitende Anthropologin zeigt Wege auf, um verborgene Fähigkeiten zu aktivieren. Sie bedient sich dabei der allegorischen Embleme der "Atlanta Fugiens" (1617) des Alchimisten Michael Maier, die sie im Kontext alchimistischer Lehren interpretiert. Alchimie war nicht beschränkt auf den materiellen Aspekt einer Umwandlung von Blei in Gold, sondern dahinter stand die Idee eines geistigen Transformations und Wachstumsprozesses. So sind denn auch die Übungen angelegt, die Gilchrist empfiehlt, beispielsweise den eigenen Willen entdecken, Träume festhalten, vernachlässigte alte Aktivitäten wieder aufnehmen, über Veränderungen nachsinnen. Ziel auch der Visualisierungsübungen ist es, wieder "eine gesunde Verbindung zum Leben herzustellen". Wie modern Alchimie oder eine bestimmte alchimistische Sichtweise ist, deutet sich auch in alchimistischen Firmenkonzepten, etwa bei Wala und Weleda an (vgl. "Paracelsusmedizin", ID 36/01). Für ausgebaute EsoterikBestände. (3)

      So werde ich Alchimist2004
    • Penguin Young Readers - 2: Aesop's Fables

      The Fox and the Crow & The Monkey and the Dolphin

      • 15 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      Two famous fables 'The Fox and the Crow' and 'The Monkey and the Dolphin'. Aesop, who lived over 2000 years ago, used fables to illustrate human failings and they are still relevant today.

      Penguin Young Readers - 2: Aesop's Fables2002
      4.5
    • The Boys from Brazil

      • 59 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Alive and hiding in South America, the fiendish Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele gathers a group of former colleagues for a horrifying project—the creation of the Fourth Reich. Barry Kohler, a young investigative journalist, gets wind of the project and informs famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman, but before he can relay the evidence, Kohler is killed. Thus Ira Levin opens one of the strangest and most masterful novels of his career. Why has Mengele marked a number of harmless aging men for murder? What is the hidden link that binds them? What interest can they possibly hold for their killers: six former SS men dispatched from South America by the most wanted Nazi still alive, the notorious "Angel of Death"? One man alone must answer these questions and stop the killings—Lieberman, himself aging and thought by some to be losing his grip on reality. At the heart of The Boys from Brazil lies a frightening contemporary nightmare, chilling and all too possible.

      The Boys from Brazil1999
      4.0
    • [Penguin Readers Level 3]This is an examination of the past, present and future role of the British Royal Family. The book looks at the individual members of the most famous family in the world - their work, their hobbies and some of the events, both happy and sad, which have affected them all.

      The royal family1999
      3.6
    • "It's Saturday morning, and Charles is still asleep. He should be on his way to Angus and Laura's wedding! Charles is always late, and he is always going to his friends' weddings. He wonders if he will ever go to his own wedding. And then he meets Carrie... "--Cover, p.[4].

      Four Weddings and a Funeral1999
      3.7
    • Princess Diana

      • 60 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Original / British English Princess Diana, one of the most famous and popular women in the world -- the People's Princess. Read here about Diana's short life, her marriage to Prince Charles, her 'war' with the Royal Family and her love and hard work for sick and poor people all over the world.

      Princess Diana1998
      4.0
    • Sense and Sensibility

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Introduction and Notes by Professor Stephen Arkin, San Francisco University. 'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Elinor's character is one of Augustan detachment, while Marianne, a fervent disciple of the Romantic Age, learns to curb her passionate nature in the interests of survival. This book, the first of Austen's novels to be published, remains as fresh a cautionary tale today as it ever was.

      Sense and Sensibility1997
      4.1
    • Compass of Mind: The Circle of Nine

      Understanding the Feminine Psyche

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      An introduction to the nine feminine archetypes which make up 'The Circle of Nine'. Their role in mythology and the everyday lives of women is brought into focus - the Three Mothers, Three Queens and Three Ladies. This classic version has now been revised and expanded - see separate publication of 'The Circle of Nine: An Archetypal Journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine within', Weiser, 2018.

      Compass of Mind: The Circle of Nine1988