*; Analyzes the syncretic magical system of Voudon Gnosticism and the traditions from which it is sourced*; Explains the practices of Voudon Gnosticism in detail, including how to speak with the Lwas (spirits) and establish relationships with them*; Explores the history of Voudon Gnosticism and significant teachers like Martinez de Pasqually, Lucien Franois Jean-Maine, and Michael BertiauxThe Voudon Gnostic systema unique melding of Haitian Vodou with Gnosticism, Martinism, and other traditionsis one of the most creative and rich ways to explore magic.
From the million-copySunday Timesbestseller comes acompelling and engrossing story of hidden lives and secret pastsLondon, present day: Emily Gordon has found her dream job, as an editor at a small publishing house.
*AS RECOMMENDED BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID "e;FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A GOOD LAUGH"e;*DON'T MISS NATALIE SUE'S HILARIOUS NEW NOVEL 'YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE', PUBLISHING IN AUGUST 2026'A darkly funny riot' The Times, Book of the Month A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION 2024Would you want to know what your colleagues say behind your back?
A story about the high price of repression, and how one woman, who lost nearly everything, must be willing to reveal the failures of the past in order to save future generations.
Eindringlich, elegant, bewegend:Der Coming-of-Age-Roman »Die Frau hinter der Bühne« erzählt mit großer sprachlicher Kraft von einer unsicheren jungen Frau aus Irland und der unbarmherzigen Welt hinter den Kulissen des Theaters.
This carefully crafted ebook: "Tender Is the Night (The Original Unabridged 1934 Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE*An unfulfilled college student hurtles through four parallel realities to explore the what-might've-been and the what-should-never-be in this Groundhog Day meets The Midnight Libraryesque novel from one of Japans most popular authors.
Explores the unified science-religion of early humanity and the impact of Hermetic philosophy on religion and spirituality *; Investigates the Jewish and Egyptian origins of Josephus's famous story that Seth's descendants inscribed knowledge on two pillars to save it from global catastrophe *; Reveals how this original knowledge has influenced civilization through Hermetic, Gnostic, Kabbalistic, Masonic, Hindu, and Islamic mystical knowledge *; Examines how ';Enoch's Pillars' relate to the origins of Hermeticism, Freemasonry, Newtonian science, William Blake, and Theosophy Esoteric tradition has long maintained that at the dawn of human civilization there existed a unified science-religion, a spiritual grasp of the universe and our place in it.
An exploration of the sexual practices and doctrinal secrets of Gnosticism*; Reconstructs the lost world of Gnostic spiritual-erotic experience through examination of every surviving text written by heresiologists *; Investigates the sexual gnosis practices of the Barbelo Gnostics of the 2nd century and their connections to the Gnostic Aeon Sophia, the Wild Lady of Wisdom *; Explains the vital significance of ';the seed' as a sacrament in Gnostic practiceExamining every surviving text written by heresiologists, accounts often ignored in favor of the famous Nag Hammadi Library, Tobias Churton reveals the most secret inner teaching passed down by initiated societies: the tradition of sexual gnosis--higher union with God through the sacrament of sex.
A gruesome, provocative, stylish fairytale Kaliane Bradley, internationally bestselling author of The Ministry of Time Magnificent and devastating Alan Moore, author of Watchman As mesmerizing as it is surreal, a haunting gothic tapestry Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamb I loved it Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under The Sea Will win awards Observer A worthy entrant into the contemporary gothic hall of fame Financial TimesMarguerite P rigord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames.
Open Wide will quite literally get under your skin - a weird, electrifyingly original love story about the mad, troubling and vulnerable things we do to get close to others'Will leave you questioning the boundaries we draw around those we love' CHELSEA BIEKER'Unputdownable' MARIE-HELENE BERTINO'Smart, unsettling, sexy and hilarious' CLARE BEAMS'Obsessed' MirrorOlive is desperate to get close to Theo really, really close.
"Madonna im Pelzmantel" ist ein berühmter Roman, der erstmals 1943 veröffentlicht wurde und seither unzählige Leserinnen und Leser bewegt und begeistert.
The books of the Bible are not the only ancient writings to tell the stories of Jesus and his followers - other Gnostic texts have also been found as well.
The search for the real historical person known as John the Baptist and the traditions that began with him *; Explores why John the Baptist is so crucially important to the Freemasons, who were originally known as ';St.
An investigation into the historical Jesus and the veracity of the Gospels *; Reveals the biblical Jesus as a composite figure, a blend of the political revolutionary Judas the Galilean and Paul's divine-human Christ figure *; Matches the events depicted in the New Testament with historically verifiable events in Josephus' history, pushing Jesus' life back more than a decade *; Demonstrates how each New Testament Gospel is dependent upon Paul's mythologized Christ theology, designed to promote Paul's Christianity and serve the interests of the fledgling Gentile Christian communities Scholars have spent years questioning aspects of the historical Jesus.
Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award (Fiction)"e;It was Indiana, it was the dirt she had bloomed up out of, it was who she was, what she felt, how she thought, what she knew.
'An utterly thrilling gothic tale' KIRSTY WARK'Rich in atmosphere and suspense' BELLA ELLIS'Two unforgettable heroines' ELLY GRIFFITHSDark and brimming with suspense, an atmospheric Victorian chiller set in brooding County Durham for fans of Stacey Halls and Laura Purcell1871.
