I first bought a copy of the audiocassette version of Walter Anderson's seminar in 1999. It just happened to catch my eye in a bookstore, and the premise seemed simple. Intrigued, I planned to take it home and listen to it. Instead, I played it on the way home. Maybe I shouldn't have, because I was paying too much attention to the tape and not on driving. His voice was so moving and powerful that it made me take notice. His simple style caught me off-guard, and was the best motivator I ever could have had. Walter became a presence in my life, and I feel that my life turned around because of him. I also feel I'm a better writer because of him.

I made at least two copies of the tape, and after they all warped, I bought a new original set. After it became available, I decided I wanted to get the book. After checking out a copy of my local library so many times I couldn't check it out any more, I bought a copy. I've only had it for a couple of months, but it is already dog-eared and written in. It feels like I've owned it for years.

I could keep this a balanced review and say something negative, but there isn't any point. There is nothing negative I could ever say about about this book. Every word is weighted with his earnestness and motivates the reader to search within himself to find out what he desires most. As he did with me, Walter will excitedly tell you to dream big, and will gently tell you that everyone struggles, and will motivate you to take the risk of doing what it takes to live your dream. His advice was the best I've ever received. Today I am doing what I have always wanted.
And it feels great.

well I think that this book was pretty cool. Iam only 15 and I read it and it has helped me alot personally inside. I still have trouble not being ever so shy around people but I just tell myself Iam just as good as them if better. Also I have found myself to be noticing how to deal and take responibilites for my own actions and apoligize etc when I know its right. I recommend this book to anyone that needs confidence or self esteem.

This book will help anyone either trying to improve their own self esteem or the self esteem of others. Walter tells a personal uplifting story then gives useful steps for ones own self fulfillment. Do yourself a favor and buy 2 copies, since as soon as you read it, you'll think of someone who needs it more than you do, and you won't want to give away your copy and its too hard to find in the book stores.

If you think that dreams are trivial and unimportant then think again. As Jane Teresa Anderson explains, your dreams are the key to understanding why you feel and act as you do in certain situations.

If you always know exactly why you react a certain way and are in complete control of any situation, or have never wondered why the same issues keep coming up for you over and over again, then you don't need this book. If, however, like the rest of us, you don't want to continue along the same, well-worn path that keeps leading you in the wrong direction, then you do need this book.

Dream Alchemy tells you everything you need to know to decode the language of your unconcious mind and to use its power for personal transformation. Read it and you'll see for yourself.

This has to be one of the most useful guides to working with dreams available today. It has enough theory to satisfy the intellect, but the focus is on understanding and working with the dream via a set of well defined and easily followed methods.

Once the meaning of the dream has been elucidated, dream alchemy practices are suggested to transform the wisdom presented in the dream into real life. 41 Common dreams, with variants are presented, as well as chapters on how to work with less common dreams. The methods described work equally well with actual situations as well as dreams, so for those who have trouble with dream recall, just pick an incident from real life explore it as though it were a dream and apply some dream alchemy!

Deciphering the meaning of dreams is something I've picked away at for years, but until coming across Jane Teresa Anderson I made little headway. This book is the answer . It is clear, well constructed and full of wisdom. And better than just helping you understand what you're dreams are telling you, it also tells you how to act on that information to change the things that aren't working in your life due to non-serving beliefs. This is real dream alchemy, enabling us all to find the gold in our lives through the wise and fascinating messages from our dreams.

This book is a great introduction to Psalms for you to share with your children. I bought this right away because since I was very young Psalm 139 has been very close to my heart. Oh but when I opened the book and read it to my child I had to read through tears. This is such a beautiful book with delightful yet simple illustrations. (Way to go Kristi!) Keep in mind the book is paraphrased from the Bible and not verbatim but a fantastic translation!

When your child is older and can read Psalm 139 (from the HOLY BIBLE) on his or her own it will make even more sense and beauty. The entire book is enthralling but especially the illustration inspired from verses 14-15 of Psalms 139! This particular illustration has a see-through version of a Mother's tummy with the baby inside. How perfect!

I highly recommend this book for parents to read to their child regularly! It's a very special book that illustrates a glimmer of our OMNIPOTENT AND OMNIPRESENT GOD! You won't be disappointed!

Thank you Joel!

I loved this book just as much as my 3 year old children! It is a great depiction of this very special verse in the Bible that reveals how wonderful God made each one of us. The pictures (computer- generated) draw you into the story of God's beautiful creation of the human body. Every parent should buy this book and start reading it to even the very very young.

What a fantastic job Mr. Anderson does in taking a Pslam that has always brought me great comfort and peace and bringing it down to the world of a child. Even I was awed by the simple words, "God knows me." I plan on reading this to my boys every night at bedtime. What a wonderful last thought before turning out the lights: that to God "even the darkness would be as bright as daytime..." The illustrations are warm and colorful. Showing things that aren't there as if they were. Great way to show kids how the hands of God hold you. And I like the fact that the child in the book could be either a boy or a girl. Great for both! Overall, I plan on giving this book as a gift to every family I know. It's a MUST have!

This is the best outdoor writing I've ever read. Awesome storie

This trilogy is probably the best rendition of hunting fishing adventures that I have ever read. These stories contain no grandiose panoramic gushing descriptions of landscape or sunsets, just simple, clarity. A great read.

Most outdoor writing is a bit boring: ". . . and then he hit my Royal Coachman like a freight train,[etc.]. . . ." Not these stories! MacQuarrie puts you right in the stream or field with him, without effort and with great, subtle humor. Only when he mentions an automobile do you realize these were written in the 20's and 30's. He wrote with the parsimonious beauty of Hemmingway. Read only one story per night, lest you get through the three volumns too fast.

The book is a WINNER and a welcome relief to a Neanderthal party giver such as myself. When I think what I put my son through two years ago for his high school graduation, I cringe inwardly and ask the heavens for forgiveness. But life is made for second chances and my daughter is graduating from high school in a couple of months (June 2001).

My communications with my strong-willed seventeen-year-old daughter can become, even with the best of intentions, an unfortunate "tug of war." By following the authors' advice in the section titled "Don't Forget the Guest of Honor," this book has already paid great dividends. Within fifteen minutes of asking my daughter the questions suggested by Ginger and Mary in this section, I had a clear and concise idea of the type and size of celebration she would enjoy and, miraculously, not a single frustrated word was said between us. My daughter seemed genuinely pleased with the thoughtfulness of my questions as well as some of my ideas. The fact that the questions and ideas came from "Graduation: Celebrate with Style!" shall remain my secret - I plan to take full credit for everything and bask in my daughter's good feelings. Using the SOUND, SENSIBLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD ADVICE given by Ginger and Mary in "Graduation: Celebrate with Style!" I am confident that my daughter's graduation celebration will be memorable and appreciated by the guest of honor

One warning to readers - do not read the book before going to bed. I got so excited thinking of ideas for my daughter's graduation celebration that I had a hard time falling asleep.

This book gave me lots of great ideas! I'm actually excited about planning my party now, instead of being anxious. It answered lots of questions in an easy-to-read format. Thanks, Mary & Ginger!

I found this book very helpful for many special event parties! The ideas, tips and guidelines are useful for all social gatherings. I am using it now for a wedding celebration. The book is also a GREAT gift to give other parents.

Soren Aabye Kierkegaard was indeed a moving and thought provoking man in his relatively short life, but there is probably no-one who familiarised himself with Kierkegaard's writings who would claim not to have been touched by his deepfelt sense of longing for something higher and truer to our inner self. In "The Concept of Anxiety" he addresses that one issue that makes us human and that makes our existence real and meaningful, namely anxiety. It is important to distinguish between "fear" and "anxiety" in such that "fear" is focused on an actual threat in the environment and "anxiety" is precisely not focused and not in our actual surroundings, but in our self. In anxiety it is what we call "I" that is rendered insecure, and our own freedom is the culprit of this insecurity. As Kierkegaard himself stated, "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." It is therefore our freedom that makes us experience dread. We naturally fear becoming "nothing". Consider the story of Adam and Eve, who lived in a utopian state (of mind) until the power of man's individual freedom was put to the test, which contravened and transcended the direct will of God. Man was then cast out of paradise and forced to live a life of hard work, insecurity and the threat of becoming "nothing" (ie. nonexistence), and human history was born. It was precisely this act of realising our own freedom that made us the sole bearer of all responsibility that sprouted from this realisation.
It is tantamount to a child growing up when at a certain age some behaviour gets punished and life loses it's absolute innocence. The fear of getting punished runs contrary to the individuals free will and this interplay between 'being-able-to-do' and 'not-allowed-to-do' is the source of anxiety. We are tricked into believing that we are not free while we actually made that choice ourselves to believe that.
This is what Kierkegaard essentially argues in this writing, which has been found by many important existential psychologists as probably the most thorough explanation of anxiety ever written.

This book once again proves that we as a human race could with thanks know a man such as Soren Kierkegaard who devoted his life to cast a light on those questions which haunt us into being...human.

_The Concept of Anxiety_ is one of Kierkegaard's most straightforward, honest, and personal works. Primarily, it deals with the typical human understanding of sin, why we designate certain acts as sinful, and how our perception or experience of these acts is altered by the fact that they are labled as "sinful". This book approaches the question of sin in a very enlightening and insightful manner, questioning certain aspects of sinfulness that we may have taken for granted. Kierkegaard reminds us that our experience of the sensual is greatly altered when the idea of "sinfulness" is attached to it, while paradoxically our understanding the definition of "sin" is contingent upon our sensual experiences. In other words, sin is simultaneously a necessary force in establishing what we consider to be sensual, while also being somewhat dependent on pure sensuality in order to establish itself as sin. Kierkegaard also examines the linguistic factors that contribute to our understanding of sensuousness and sinfulness. Kierkegaard asks us, to what extent to we depend upon language in order to solidify these primal sensual experiences in our memories? This book deals brilliantly with the entire spectrum of interrelationships among pure sensuality, sin, guilt, langauge, and memory. Kierkegaard weaves a tapestry showing us how all of the afforementioned concepts are inextricably intertwined. In sum, the message Kierkegaard is trying to convey is the fact that sin, language, memory, and the sensual are connected in both the retroactive and premonitory sense.

Overall this book is absolutely fascinating. It is not puritanical or biased in the orthodox religious sense. It deals very fairly with the human experience of sin and guilt, and suggests that these types of feelings are essential to the basic experiences of memory, sentient consciousness, and temporal, existential being. Highly recommended to anyone who is willing to entertain the idea that sin is a basic building block of intelligent subjective experience.

It's been a while since I've had to write in Philosophy-Speak...I think I've forgotten how. But let me speak plainly. This is one of the few philosophical treatises that I've actually read cover-to-cover. Kierkegaard is, by far, my favorite philosopher, and I tend to agree with most of what he has to say. As a religious person, I agree with what he has to say. The main proposition of this book is: Sin IS Anxiety, and the opposite of Anxiety (Sin) is Faith. As an existentialist, we are all radically free (I know, Sartre's phrase) so when we despair (The Sickness Unto Death) we actually CHOOSE to feel that way. Once we accept this, we can achieve serenity through Faith in God.

Overall this book is just fine for someone interested in cooking with a DO. The mix of recipes is fine, but they just seemed to be missing something. They were all more or less of the "huck a good sized hen into the pot and cook for a while until done" variety. All of the recipes look tasty, though I would have liked to have seen a few more meat dishes, especially some more creative ones. Let's be honest, when you pay for a book you'd like to see more than "...put a 5 lb beef roast into a preheated Dutch oven, salt and pepper to taste, cook until done." Give me a little something to work with here! Inspire me! I can already cook a roast like this in the oven. Having said all of that, I would still reccommend this book. The vegetable dishes and desserts look fantastic and I can't wait to try some of them. As an aside, this is the only Dutch oven book I've seen with heart-healthy recipes as well as more traditional fare. Given that the average DO book requires the use of a metric ton of lard, this will probably appeal to a wider range of cooks.

The third edition of this guide is packed with quick recipes for busy cooks, showing how to make meals without a lot of fuss at either campsite or back yard. All that's needed is a Dutch oven: Woodruff provides beginners with the rest of the basics, from the oven's care and storage to using it to cook meals and wild game.

I found this book to have simple but interesting recipes. I passed it on to my husband who is off on his own for three months. He tells me that he has successfully made a couple of recipes without a problem and he is a blatant novice at cooking!

Sherwood's ghost and his readers may not like the ugly pullet on the cover, but inside is a collection of wonderful writing and story-telling. If you write fiction, read it and learn.

Read "I'm a Fool" and see if Salinger was really so innovative after all.

Anytime we get a chance to read something by one of Hemingway and Faulkner's mentors, it's bound to be a unique treat, but this book will surprise you if you haven't read Anderson before. His delicate use of pathos and delicious sense of humor feel so contemporary. We Loved "The Egg" especially as it seemed to capture the American entreprenurial spirit and its often discouraging results with an especially humorous irony. Faulkner was right--short stories require more of a writer, as every word must forward the author's intent, and Anderson's success here proves that, like Hemingway, he may have been a better short story writer than novelist.

I love reading short stories, and I think this is the best collection of stories I've ever read. I hope I get these titles right: I think especially notable are A Death In The Woods, The Corn Planting, Brother Death, The Other Woman, and The Masterpiece. There's not a bad story in here, and there are like 30 stories. I find Anderson's simple prose to be enchanting. His characterization is his strongest point; eighty years ago, he wrote characters to whom I can relate and understand today.

Reflectively, and logically, God did not exist for women within the construction of religious except as the afterthought in the creation of man, a theory to which religion has remained fixed throughout the centuries as evidenced by the inadequate recognition of women in the daily life cycle of everything but being used as a vessel of child bearing. This theory is substantiated by most theories of gender dynamics (created mostly by men) to form a view that while women are disappointed to recognize they are second class citizens in a world bound by traditional religions, their unique qualities have never been given "equal time" or encouragement to develop to apply to what is thought as traditional male pursuits, usually defined by the hierarchies of dominance in military formats. Altering the dynamics of that reality requires than women give significant thought to their own strengths and vulnerabilities in a "larger" context to define their own place in social,political space and economic space and stop trying to fit into that designed by men, for men. Redefining the interpretation of themselves within traditional religious context may well be a part of that requirement to release their innermost ability and capacity for expression and social impact, an historic recognized need but as yet unrealized by most, and unaddressed. Sharing God within the traditional biblical philosophies will not be easy given historic interpretations of their place in humanity but may well be worth the effort to study and examine. No doubt, finding God for women may well lie in the "greater domain" of integrating their capacity to give birth as well as to maintain it according to an experience that men are incapable of appreciating fully from that larger perspective. Ideal reading for all adults interested in Christian gender integration and power potential.

The authors spent a lot of time researching and interviewing various women that are considered extremely spiritual. The result is a book of many stories of women from different backgrounds and the many paths to took to find their spirituality.

I found the book very inspiring and wanted to read it again as soon as I finished the last page. I recommend this book for every woman out there.

Upon reading this book for the first time I found myself pleasantly surprised. First published in 1991, this book is as germaine to women's spirituality today as it was then. Instead of being a book about Christian women only, Anderson and Hopkins have included a cross section of North American women in their study. Women of many different faiths candidly discuss their personal revelations regarding their spiritual growth and their relationships with the divine.

Interspersed with the women's stories are the experiences of the two authors as they struggled to research and write this book. This sharing of the authors' experiences makes the book accessible to anyone, reminding us that we are all only human - subject to doubts and questions as easily as we are to revelations and joy. Instead of being a dry, preaching, self-help book, the combined experiences of Anderson and Hopkins and their subjects create a story full of laughter, joy, pain, sorrow and, most importantly, a sense that as women we must explore our own spiritual lives in our own ways in order to live at our fullest potential.

I particularly enjoyed GREEN MAN because the author William Anderson brings together and explores many subjects of interest to me -- the natural world, mythology and archtypes, Gothic church architecture, Wordsworth, and the concept of Gaia. GREEN MAN has been described by it's critics as a book about Mythology and Ecology, but I think Anderson has also written a very fine art history.

Anderson suggests most art historians and critics have overlooked the Green Man as an archetypal element and artifact. And, although I've taken several art history classes on the topic of Western church architecture, I can't recall a single instructor discussing the foliate masks, vine disgorging heads, or human fruiting vegetation Anderson clearly describes. The photographs in his book show they can be found in many places in churches including on rood screens, columns, capitals, corbels, tympani, stringcourses, pediments, flying buttressses, with the Holy Virgin and child, and weeping over Christ.

Anderson suggests the Green Man (or our need for him) has morphed into variation after variation over the millenia. The Green Man probably began life as a Celtic mythical figure, but by the 20th Century he had become a hidden Art Deco element. His most amazing incarnation occurred in the Middle Ages in the Gothic cathedrals, especially very sacred spots like Chartres in France. Chartres was one of Joseph Campbell's favorite haunts, and he has shared many of his insights about the cathedral, as has the art historian Panofsky. Anderson shares a few more ideas involving the Green Man.

If you plan to visit churches or cathedrals in Britain, Ireland, or Europe, I think you'll find this book a good resource. You can also learn more about the Green Man and his link to the Earth Mother and the natural order.

I discovered this book in a small bookstore several years ago, and have thoroughly enjoyed reading it several times. Having ten years of training in art and art history, many books on art frustrate me, because many people don't know how to write about it. I found Anderson's book an absolute delight. He cites his sources, and it was always clear (to me, at least) when he was speculating, and when he was using references to support his statements. Discussing art and art history can all too often lead to muddy logic and subjectivity, which means that good art historians must meet a very high standard of proof. Anderson satisfied me on that count. Mind you, this is largely a work undertaken for his own curiousity and pleasure, so perhaps I wasn't as rigourous as I might have been with a work that claimed to be authoritative. But I know trash when I read it, and this is emphatically not trash. He's done his homework, and he knows his stuff. He states his case very well.

My own research into the Green Man and into the interface between Christianity and paganism in the Dark Ages and Middle Ages have led me to disagree with Anderson on a few points. But that doesn't diminish for me the pleasure of reading his book again.

I also enjoyed the many photographs. There's nothing worse than a book about art that doesn't illustrate the points made! And this book satisfied me there. I've used the illustrations as inspiration for my own artwork many times.

I count this as one of my favourite books of all time.

Very good variety of photos of Green Man sculptures. Poses interesting theories as to the disappearance and reappearance of the Green Man in art and sculpture.