Namadeva Acharya (Thomas Ashley-Farrand) was one of the few Western experts in Hindu and Buddhist mantras. In this illuminating book, he explains how and why mantras work and shows how to use them for everything from controlling habits to overcoming fear, from curing specific ailments to finding inner peace, from gaining wisdom to increasing mental clarity. In each of the more than fifty mantras, all translated from the original Sanskrit, Namadeva unlocks the power of every word, explains its appropriate application, and tells you how to pronounce it in easy-to-follow phonetic symbols.

A companion CD called Thomas Ashley-Farrand's Healing Mantras is also available. More information here.