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Crafting Calm: Projects And Practices For Creativity And Contemplation (2013)

by Maggie Oman Shannon(Favorite Author)
3.38 of 5 Votes: 1
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1936740400 (ISBN13: 9781936740406)
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English
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Viva Editions
review 1: An excellent book if you're looking for full immersion into the creative side of yourself.This is not just another craft book, it's an experience of getting to know yourself through a wide range of suggested activities. The quotes, stories and personal expressions shared by others along the way are wonderful elements of this creative compilation. "Crafting Calm" is an experiential book, one you will want to spend time with, contemplate and of course, create."Know the nature of creating.Where there is joy, there is creating.Know the nature of joy.Where there is the Infinite, there is joy."- The Upanishadspg 112 in "Crafting Calm"
review 2: For calm: anointing oils, biblical gardens, spiritual wisdom wall hangings, sacred bath salts, tabletop meditation fountai
... morens. For clarity: collage treasure maps, visual journals, personal prayer flags, blessing baskets, spiritual toolboxes. For comfort: portable shrines, prayer shawls, affirmation blankets, prayer cards, power pouches. For contemplation: prayer mats, tray sand gardens, luminarias, rock cairns, meditation cushions. For creation: prayer paintings, intention jewelry, inner wisdom dolls, icons, messages in bottles. For community: talking sticks, prayer-ribbon weaving, collage mandalas, group prayer beads, prayer arrows. For connection with others: thinking-of-you candles, prayer pillows, milagros boxes, homemade bread meditation, prayer stones. For connection with spirit: prayer outfits, finger labyrinths, personal holy books, tabletop altars, prayer pots. less
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kkooddaa
I enjoyed this book and liked the many ways in which to "craft calm".
joann1209
Want to make some of these this summer!
Dittebitten
really really want to read this one!
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