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Melissa Burch

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November 28, 1961

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Melissa Burch is a bestselling and award winning author, teacher and speaker who inspires men and women to live an adventurous life and to develop their own spiritual practice rooted in the teachings of the heroine’s journey.

Her newest memoir, “Yearning for Magic: Spiritual Journeys of a Mother, Healer, and Lover,” The Heroine’s Journey Book 2, explores the meaning and joy she discovered in surprising places: from a christening on a Greek Island to life in an East Village Quaker community, and from a miraculous healing in Brazil to a life-changing spiritual experience in India, and learning homeopathy.

"My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker,” The Heroine’s Journey Book 1, won the Melissa Burch is a bestselling and award winning author, teacher and speaker who inspires men and women to live an adventurous life and to develop their own spiritual practice rooted in the teachings of the heroine’s journey.

Her newest memoir, “Yearning for Magic: Spiritual Journeys of a Mother, Healer, and Lover,” The Heroine’s Journey Book 2, explores the meaning and joy she discovered in surprising places: from a christening on a Greek Island to life in an East Village Quaker community, and from a miraculous healing in Brazil to a life-changing spiritual experience in India, and learning homeopathy.

"My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker,” The Heroine’s Journey Book 1, won the Silver Award in the memoir category for both the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards and the Foreword INDIES book of the Year Award, and was a #1 Amazon bestseller.

Prior to doing this work, she was a filmmaker, producer and former war journalist for the BBC, CBS, and other networks. Her team was one of the first documentary crews in the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, and a story about her in Afghanistan was featured in “The New York Times.” She was just in her twenties when she traveled with the mujahedeen, filmed an attack on a Soviet convoy, slept with an Afghan commander, and climbed 14,000 foot mountains in the Hindu Kush. These experiences and many more are featured in her adventurous spiritual memoir, “My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker.”

Burch was the executive producer of "Women in Limbo Presents," a national public television series about women’s lives, and she served as president of the New York Film/Video Council. Her book, “The Four Methods of Journal Writing: Finding Yourself Through Memoir,” was a #1 Amazon bestseller. She spent several years as an internationally recognized leader in homeopathy, co-founded the Catalyst School of Homeopathy, and produced and hosted one of the first successful radio shows on Voice America on homeopathy. ...more

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	My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker, Feminist and Spiritual Seeker 3.89 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Four Methods of Journal Writing: Finding Yourself through Memoir 3.36 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vital Sensation Manual Unit 1: Casetaking in Homeopathy by Melissa Burch (Goodreads Author), Susana Aikin (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vital Sensation Manual Unit 2: Levels in Homeopathy by Melissa Burch (Goodreads Author), Susana Aikin (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vital Sensation Manual Unit 4: Miasms in Homeopathy by Melissa Burch (Goodreads Author), Susana Aikin (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vital Sensation Manual Unit 3: Kingdoms in Homeopathy 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yearning for Magic: Spiritual Journeys of a Mother, Healer, and Lover it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Criminal Record Complex: Risk, Race, and the Struggle for Work in America it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vital Sensation Manual Unit 5 : Vital Expression in Homeopathy: Based on the Sensation Method & Classical Homeopathy (Paperback)--by MS Melissa C. Burch Cch [2013 Edition] by Melissa Burch (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession

by Robert Falconer

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The I Ching or Book of Changes

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The Fundamentals of Esoteric Knowledge: An Introductory Course, Lessons 1 - 12 (Philosophers of Nature)

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Melissa Burch rated a book it was amazing Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives (Michael Newton's Journey of Souls Book 1) by Michael Newton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Melissa Burch rated a book it was amazing The Training & Work of an Initiate by Dion Fortune	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Best esoteric teaching Dion Fortune is a trusted source for a spiritual path. This book explains in concrete terms what are the means to develop spiritualy.
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Great study of Splendor Solis This book I used the KDP translation to understand MRA's teaching. A wonderful in depth analysis plus a technique to go deep into the studies. I highly recommend the book if you want to understand alchemy and the hermetic ...more
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Heartwarming Stories I loved how I could immerse myself in the memorable characters and feel the rhythm of East Texas. I appreciated the profound truths that can be found in these seemingly simple tales. A must-read for anyone who wants to enjoy some ...more
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Excellent resource Coming up for Air has many great ideas and ways to improve businesses, including a small business like mine. Thank you!
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“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”
― ANAIS NIN

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“Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you'll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga. ”
― William Zinsser

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