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"Climate change and natural disasters have always been hot topics of discussion and debate from the living rooms of citizens to meetings at the UN's General Assembly. The consensus from the scientific and academic community on the threat of climate change clashes with the lack of consensus from business and government leaders, while citizens question the scientific data on climate change and if it really affects their cities. Many cities have stepped up to provide united experience-backed testimonies explaining this threat and how climate change contributes to natural disasters, habitat destruction, and food shortage. This book brings together lucid essays and case studies from both scholars and individuals on the front lines who manage international collaborations, lead local communities, provide services for people impacted by disasters, and drive policy change that will lead to a sustainable future"--

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Cover Image -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Orion Foxwood -- AN IN-SPIRITED LIFE -- THE ORIGINS OF GENIUS -- WHY THIS SUBJECT, WHY NOW, AND WHY THIS BOOK? -- Preface -- Introduction. Feminizing and Decolonizing Our Perceptions of Reality -- Part 1. The Past -- Chapter 1. Hidden in Plain Sight -- A TRANSCULTURAL PHENOMENON -- IN THE MARGINS OF HISTORY -- Chapter 2. History, Folklore, and Religion -- ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY -- FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY -- RELIGIOUS LITERATURE AND PRAXIS -- Chapter 3. The Occult and Psycho-Spiritual Practice -- THROUGH A TRANSPERSONAL LENS -- Part 2. The Present -- Chapter 4. Contemporary Stories of Spirit Marriage -- TELLING OUR STORIES -- Chapter 5. The Faery Seer -- RITUAL INVOCATION AND GRATITUDE -- FIRST CONTACT -- BRIGH: THE FAERY QUEEN -- DISMEMBERMENT -- THE FAERY MARRIAGE -- TRANSFORMATION AND TEACHINGS -- DISCERNMENT AND SEXUALITY -- THE DAY-TO-DAY RELATIONSHIP -- REQUIREMENTS -- BENEFITS AND RISKS -- FUNCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP -- Chapter 6. The Shakta Tantric -- INVOCATION AND ORIENTATION -- WHO IS KAMA'S KALI? -- FIRST CONTACT -- DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIP -- THE MARRIAGE -- IMPACT ON OTHER RELATIONSHIPS -- GENDER AND SEXUALITY -- PURPOSE OF THE MARRIAGE -- REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARRIAGE -- THE SHAPE OF THE DEITY -- CLOSING REMARKS -- Chapter 7. The West African Shrine Keeper -- DAGARA COSMOLOGY -- THE PROPOSAL -- THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY -- THE COMMUNITY -- THE FUNCTION OF A TINGAN SOB -- EXPERIENCING TINGAN -- IMPACT OF THE RELATIONSHIP -- MARRIAGE REQUIREMENTS -- DIVINATION -- BENEFITS -- RISKS -- COMMUNITY IMPACT -- CHALLENGES -- A VISIT TO TINGAN -- Chapter 8. The Washington, DC, Witchdoctor -- BACKGROUND FOR SPIRIT MARRIAGE -- ANCESTRAL TIES -- PRIMARY DEITY -- FIRST CONTACT -- SENSORY EXPERIENCE -- AGREEING TO MARRY.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: From Success to Significance -- Part 1: Good Money -- 1. Money Is Good, So Make More of It -- 2. Does Money = Happiness? -- 3. What Is Happiness? Ask Lottery Winners -- 4. Happiness Is What You Do, Not What You Have -- 5. Generosity Makes You Wealthy -- 6. Pairing Purpose with Profits -- 7. The Good Money Framework -- 8. Investing: Buckets and Lanes -- 9. Save More (Lever 1) -- 10. Crush Your Debt (Lever 2) -- 11. Earn More Now (Lever 3) -- 12. How to Ask for a Raise -- 13. Burn the Ships -- 14. Taking the Plunge -- 15. Failure as Fertilizer -- 16. Rise and Shine or Rise and Whine -- 17. Sweet Spot Solution: The Ultimate Retirement Redemption Plan -- 18. The Seven Biggest Retirement Mistakes You Can Make -- 19. Your Biggest Retirement Questions Answered -- Part 2: Bad Money -- 20. Is Your Money Mindset Holding You Back? -- 21. Mind Your Own Business -- 22. Five Attitudes about Money that Hold You Back -- 23. Flip Your Money Script -- 24. I Was Blind, Now I See: The Money Talk -- 25. Three Money Lessons Nobody Is Teaching Your Kids -- 26. The Power of the Screwup -- 27. Turning Five Dollars into Much, Much More -- Part 3: Good Money Giveaway -- 28. Giving Will Change You -- 29. Giving Makes You Happier and Is Contagious -- 30. Giving Makes You Healthier -- 31. Giving Is Good Business -- 32. Four (Bad) Reasons for Not Giving -- 33. Plan Your Giving and People Portfolio -- 34. What Really Matters -- 35. Give at Work -- 36. Eternal Investing -- 37. The Good Money Challenge -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.