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Hunter Liguore's timely and fresh take on Sun Tzu's perennial bestseller The Art of War challenges us to see the text not as a tool for warfare but as a guide to inner harmony and personal fulfilment.

Art of War has been read mostly as a book of war strategies that teaches us how to beat our opponents on the battlefield. The Modern Art of War presents a new interpretation: it isn’t about conquering your enemies, devising strategies to overtake armies, or getting ahead against your competitors. Instead, the real art of war is the fight to control your mind and the thoughts that rule it.

What if Sun Tzu wasn’t a general at all, but a spiritual advisor, and that the Art of War was written not for a king, but for the people?

Join our webinar and share in Hunter Liguore's insights and guidance to the deeper meaning of the Art of War, from how to understand one’s own nature to strategies for drawing on our own wholehearted will and perceiving the inherent instability in all things.

The book contains over 150 reflection questions that prompt the reader to understand the text and guide them in their self-development journey, from ‘If you can change one idea about yourself to step into a new future, what would it be?’ to ‘Based on Sun Tzu’s teachings, what strategies can you incorporate into your daily activity or practice that would assist you in working through frustration or anger, without being harsh with yourself?’

Learn how to “conquer” or still the mind in order to reveal your own hidden teacher and recognize that the root of conflict (or war) begins within. By creating harmony within one’s self, you can then carry it forward to help bring more peace into the world.

Join author Briana Pegado for a presentation of her book MAKE GOOD TROUBLE: A Practical Guide to the Energetics of Disruption. Using various energy workings, including Theta Healing, tarot, astrology, goddess energy and so much more, this book will show the reader how to find their values, stand in their integrity, be a leader, and channel disruption for powerful change.

This is a practical guide for anyone who wants to harness the energetics of disruption to catalyse change in their own lives and in society as a whole.

Escape the Matrix with bestselling author and MIT computer scientist Rizwan Virk, author of The Simulation Hypothesis, as he delves into questions of ancient yogic wisdom and modern technology by exploring the question: Do we live in a computer simulation? Is the world an elaborate hoax? What do ancient texts and modern mystics like Swami Yogananda, the subject of Virk's latest book, Wisdom of a Yogi: Lessons for Modern Seekers from Autobiography of a Yogi say about this idea? Can we become attuned to our intuition and synchronicity to help us to navigate the video game of life?

John Matthews will talk about his latest deck, a new and original look at divination, The Fool’s New Journey Tarot (with illustrations by Charles Newington): how it evolved, how it works, working with the artist and following its course through publication and reader response. He will be signing copies at the end of the event.

The world is continually changing and will never be the same as it once was. Tarot, too, must change, and the Fool must begin a new journey. The advent of psychology, magical viewpoints, and worldwide societal upheaval changed everything and led scholar John Matthews to determine that something new was required—something that would bring Tarot into the present. The Fool’s New Journey Tarot, a 60-card deck, represents recognizable aspects of the human condition without losing the deeper resonance of the traditional 78-card deck. The art created by Charles Newington is very different from that of earlier times as it strives to be simpler, more direct, and more personal in order to better speak to modern issues. It is a deck that strips away the ancient symbology, brings the Tarot back to zero, and then takes it to places it has never been before, through new dimensions and by new roads.