Mysticism, magic and occult interests

A radical reinterpretation of the relationship of Judas and Jesus *; Reexamines the role and the purpose the key figure of Judas played in the crucifixion story *; Reveals how Judas was ';betrayed' by Jesus, and how, taken to the limits of his humanity, he lost everything he most cherished on the path to his true self The familiar story of Judas, betrayer of Jesus, is striking because of its incomprehensibility.

A book of recipes, spells, and rituals for celebrating our connection to the Earth and her seasons.

A comprehensive look at the life of Elias Ashmole, who represents the historic missing link between operative and symbolic Freemasonry*; Explores the true role of occult and magical studies in the genesis of modern science*; Explains the full meaning of the term magus, which Ashmole exemplifiedElias Ashmole (1617-1692) was the first to record a personal account of initiation into Accepted Freemasonry.

Explores the breakdown in the chain of cultural transmission that has led to the decimation of Hawaiian spirituality, and how it can be restored*; Shows how reconnection to the ancestral ways can be achieved through letting go and forgiveness of the effects of colonization*; Reveals how the lessons of the decline of Hawaiian spiritual tradition reflect on other religions *; Clarifies the complex nature of Hawaiian ancestral worshipHawaiian spirituality teaches that individuals can be truly fulfilled only if they are conscious participants in the long ancestral chain of witnessing and transmission that connects the present to the time of origins.

Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine*; The first complete English-language translation of the original Coptic Gospel of Mary, with line-by-line commentary*; Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought*; Offers a new perspective on the life of one of the most controversial figures in the Western spiritual traditionPerhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene.

A new translation and analysis of one of the most controversial of the apocryphal gospels *; Emphasizes an initiatic marriage between the male and female principles as the heart of the Christian mystery *; Bears witness to the physical relationship shared by Jesus and Mary Magdalene *; Translated from the Coptic and analyzed by the author of the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (over 90,000 sold The mainstream position of the Christian church on sexuality was perhaps best summed up by Pope Innocent III (1160-1216) when he stated that ';the sexual act is so shameful that it is intrinsically evil.

A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus*; Explores the gnostic significance of Jesus's teachings recorded in this gospel*; Explains the true nature of the new man whose coming Jesus envisioned *; Translated and interpreted by the author of the bestselling The Gospel of Mary Magdalene and The Gospel of PhilipOne of the cache of codices and manuscripts discovered in Nag Hammadi, the Gospel of Thomas, unlike the canonical gospels, does not contain a narrative recording Christ's life and prophecies.

An introduction to the ancient kabbalistic origins and meanings of the tarot *; Reveals the intimate relationship of the tarot to the esoteric teachings of the Torah and the Kabbalah*; Provides kabbalistic interpretations for all 78 traditional tarot cards*; Includes a detailed kabbalistic reading and interpretation of the Tree of Life spreadWhen the Greeks invaded Israel and forbade study of the Torah, the Jewish people began a secret method of Toranic study that appeared to be merely a simple way to fill time: playing cards.

Decodes the message inscribed on the Great Cross of Hendaye in France*; Uses the work of 20th-century alchemist Fulcanelli to predict the date of the fatal season of the apocalypse*; Shows how periodic galactic alignments may cause catastrophes on Earth*; Examines how the secret of the center of the galaxy reveals the true location of the lost civilization of Atlantis*; Reveals the alchemical secret of the imperishable Light Body of ancient Egypt deep within our DNAThe Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye reveals one of Western occultism's deepest secrets: The alchemical transformation of base metal into gold is also the transformation of the current Iron Age into the Golden Age.

An overview of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion popular in the Roman Legions*; Provides a comprehensive history of Mithraism, including its influence on Christianity and Islam*; Includes rituals, meditations, and teaching tales for readers who wish to follow the Mithraic path*; Studies the evolution and divergence of the Eastern (Persian) and Western (Roman) forms of MithraismThe Mysteries of Mithras presents a revival of the magical practices and initiatory system of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion that was immensely popular in the Roman Legions from the late second century B.

A bold cartography of the inner landscape visible only to those experiencing altered states*; Presents the psychedelic experience as an objective landscape that embodies the Other, rather than a subjective state of mind*; Provides corroboration of phenomena encountered by those who venture into this domainJourneying into the invisible world revealed by his use of the dissociative psychedelic DXM (dextromethorphan), Dan Carpenter found that what he experienced was not simply subjective sensations and psychological states but an objective world of familiar, if inordinately odd, landmarks and characters.

An examination of how the teachings of Jesus reveal the essential role of sexuality in spiritual growth and transformation*; Shows that Jesus did not come to redeem humanity from the life of the flesh, but to honor it as a spiritual path*; Uses Hebrew, gnostic, and early Christian source texts to reveal the true context of the words attributed to Jesus*; Explores the spiritual and physical relationship shared by Jesus and Mary MagdaleneOf all the major religions, Christianity is the only one that has utterly rejected sexuality as one of the many paths that can lead to enlightenment and salvation.

A guide to reconnecting with Jesus, Mary, and the saints as shamanic teachers of divine mysteries*; Contains meditations, contemplations, parables, and active ritual tasks that help bring forth a shamanic understanding and practice of Christianity*; Shows shamanic experience to be the root of mystical communionWhen the missionaries came to North America to ';save' the American Indians, they were perplexed to discover that while they talked about Jesus, some of the Indians claimed to talk directly with him.

Explores the ancient Iroquois tradition of dreams, healing, and the recovery of the soul*; Explains Native American shamanic dream practices and their applications and purpose in modern life*; Shows how dreams call us to remember and honor our soul's true purpose*; Offers powerful Active Dreaming methods for regaining lost soul energy to restore our vitality and identityThe ancient teaching of the Iroquois people is that dreams are experiences of the soul in which we may travel outside the body, across time and space, and into other dimensions--or receive visitations from ancestors or spiritual guides.

The author's journey to becoming a Bushman shaman and healer and how this tradition relates to shamanic practices around the world*; Explores the Bushmen's ecstatic shaking and dancing practices*; Written by the first non-Bushman to become fully initiated into their healing and spiritual waysIn Bushman Shaman, Bradford Keeney details his initiation into the shamanic tradition of the Kalahari Bushmen, regarded by some scholars as the oldest living culture on earth.

A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals*; Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists*; Examines the similarity between the pharaoh's afterlife voyage and shamanic journeying*; Shows shamanism to be the foundation of the Egyptian mystical traditionTo the Greek philosophers and other peoples of the ancient world, Egypt was regarded as the home of a profound mystical wisdom.

Reveals the hidden meaning of the Grail and a secret Christian doctrine for achieving higher consciousness*; Shows that Gnosticism is not a derivative of Christianity but the revelation of the true message of Jesus*; Describes the ancient relationship between water and spirit*; Explains the doctrine of immanence taught by Jesus at the Last Supper*; Features the translated source text from The Refutation of All Heresies by Bishop Hippolytus, the only existing record of the Naassene SermonIn the third century C.

Presents a new understanding of the laws of cosmic manifestation through the sacred geometry of the Sabbath Star diagram*; Explores three higher levels of consciousness above the four worlds of the classical Kabbalah*; Reveals the mathematical code of the laws of all cosmic manifestationThis landmark work by an innovative modern Kabbalist develops a scientific model for kabbalistic cosmology and soul psychology derived from the kabbalistic diagram of the Tree of Life and the author's own Sabbath Star diagram--a configuration of seven Star of David hexagrams.

A groundbreaking look at the phenomenon of the labyrinth, connecting this ancient symbol to modern scientific principles.

An Italian ethnobotanist explores the remarkable propensity of wild animals to seek out and use psychoactive substances.

More than 60 pagan leaders and teachers describe in their own words what they believe and what they practice.

A vast reconstruction of the knowledge of the ancient Jewish priest-scientists, with vital implications for contemporary spirituality and science.

An extensive examination of Hawaiian spiritual tradition and its emphasis on ancestral spirits by a descendant of an ancient lineage of Hawaiian priests*; Describes the time-honored intergenerational bond between a people and a land that embodies the heart of indigenous spirituality*; A powerful and authentic portrait of a culture on the cusp of extinctionIn Hawaiian spiritual tradition, the sacred bond formed between the land and its people is perpetuated in every new generation by the voices of the ancestors who pass on this inheritance.

A groundbreaking study of the connection between spirituality, psychology, and neurophysiology that is coded into the book of Genesis.

Reveals the transformative spiritual work by which the soul can reach ever higher dimensions of consciousness.

A guide for personal exploration of the path to the divine feminine and the spiritual power of women.

A highly successful plastic surgeon embraces shamanic healing techniques and helps her patients experience true beauty and ecstasy.

*; Discover the thoughts, history, and customs of the Shuar of the Amazon, as told in their own words.

*; Mongolian shamaness Sarangerel provides a hands-on guide for serious students of the shamanic path.

A powerful story of one man's redemption through the Lakota Sun Dance ceremony.

The first book written about Mongolian and Siberian shamanism by a shaman trained in that tradition.

The first exhaustive collection of goddess mythologies from India.

*; Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence*; A road map to fulfillment for the coming centuryIn A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew Fox, the popular and controversial author, establishes a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing.

The yoga and classical dance traditions of India have been inextricably entwined for millennia.

Explores the living spiritual tradition surrounding birds in Native American culture *; Pairs scholarly research with more than 200 firsthand accounts of bird signs from traditional Native Americans and their descendants *; Examines the legends, wisdom, and powers of the birds known as the gatekeepers of the four directionsEagle, Hawk, Crow, and Owl *; Provides many examples of bird sign interpretations and human-bird communication that can be applied in your own encounters with birds Birds are our strongest allies in the natural world.

Training methods for tracking and wilderness observation woven into extraordinary real-life stories of intuitive animal-reading skills *; Explains technical tracking methods and observational skills such as shadowing and envisioning through the innermost thoughts of an accomplished native tracker *; Reveals how to track by expanding your awareness and consciousness to become one with the animal you are tracking *; Shares stories of tracking Wolves, Bears, Deer, Cougars, and many other animals Stepping beyond the shape of a footprint and into the unseen story of the track, veteran wilderness guide Tamarack Song takes you inside the eyes and mind of an intuitive tracker, with intimate stories where Frogs show the way out of the woods, scat reveals life histories, and Bears demonstrate how to find missing people.

A guide to ecstatic trance for spiritual and emotional development, spirit journeying, and connection to the collective unconscious *; Describes more than 20 ecstatic trance postures for healing, divination, spirit journeys, shape-shifting, past-life recovery, and connecting to the Akashic field *; Explores the physiology and psychology of ecstatic trance journeying *; Provides guidance for those with little or no experience as well as methods to deepen practice Over the millennia shamanic trance journeying has been used as a way of healing, of providing answers to questions, and of offering solutions to individual, family, and community problems.

An exploration of mythological and archaeological evidence for prehistoric giants *; Examines the many corresponding giant mythologies throughout the world, such as the Greek and Roman titans, Norse frost giants, and the biblical Nephilim *; Reveals recent finds of giant skeletons in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and India *; Explains how giants passed on their sophisticated culture and civilization to humanity before being wiped out in the great age of cataclysms and floods Giants are a cornerstone of the myths, legends, and traditions of almost every culture on Earth.

An exploration of the megalithic complex at Gbekli Tepe, who built it, and how it gave rise to legends regarding the foundations of civilization *; Details the layout, architecture, and exquisite carvings at Gbekli Tepe *; Explores how it was built as a reaction to a global cataclysm *; Explains that it was the Watchers of the Book of Enoch and the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian tradition who created it *; Reveals the location of the remains of the Garden of Eden in the same region Built at the end of the last ice age, the mysterious stone temple complex of Gbekli Tepe in Turkey is one of the greatest challenges to 21st century archaeology.

A radical reinterpretation of Egypt's ancient origins and its esoteric philosophy *; Explains how the ';spontaneous' appearance of Egyptian civilization 5,000 years ago represents the remnants of an ancient worldwide advanced culture *; Explores astrophysical, geophysical, and anthropological evidence of forgotten civilizations beneath the Mediterranean and along the coast of northwestern Africa *; Examines the mystical traditions and initiatory rituals of the ancient Egyptians and their sophisticated understanding of precession, human evolution, and divine purpose Radically reinterpreting the time line of prehistory, J.

Reveals how the Nagual shamans move between this world and the dream realms*; Shows how the Twilight Language of Dreaming is an avenue for understanding the energetic gateways of human existence*; Presents detailed exercises for practical experiences in extra-lucid dreamingTwilight Language of the Nagual is a shamanic and spiritual account that illuminates the author's experiences under the tutelage of don Juan Matus, the Toltec shaman who mentored Carlos Castaneda, and the sorceress doa Celestina.

Uniting shamanism with quantum physics and psychology for conscious evolution, manifestation of desires, and the development of the soul *; Details each of the 8 circuits of consciousness, from the first circuit of physical survival to the eighth circuit of quantum consciousness *; Reveals how to balance and upgrade your circuits through shamanic techniques and activate your creative power to shape reality *; Explains how the 8 circuits are interconnected through feedback loops--if one is overactive, it can cause the others to shut down First outlined by Timothy Leary and later expanded by Robert Anton Wilson and Antero Alli, the eight-circuit model of consciousness explains how the soul is multidimensional and functions on eight distinct interconnected planes that form the eight circuits of conscious awareness.

The teachings of Bill Eagle Feather, Sun Dance chief and medicine man of the Rosebud Sioux, as told by his apprentice.

A traditional Native American healer from the Karuk tribe shares his personal story of reconnection to the Great Spirit in contemporary America.

A compilation of the teachings of Quetzalcoatl, avatar of the Toltecs, reconstructed from original source texts and the legends told at his birthplace in Amatlan, Morelos, Mexico.

The first book to seriously study the double goddess that figures prominently in Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures.

Reveals the discovery of an artifact that many experts believe may be the Holy Grail *; Traces the journey of the Grail from the Holy Land to Rome and eventually to a ruined chapel in Shropshire, England *; Uncovers new evidence identifying the historical King Arthur and his connection to the Holy Grail The popular Arthurian stories of the Middle Ages depict the Holy Grail as Christ's cup from the Last Supper, which was believed to have been endowed with miraculous healing powers and the ability to give eternal life to whoever drank from it.

Decodes the Dead Sea Scrolls to reveal Christianity's hidden Essene origins *; Reveals the Essenes as key figures behind Jesus's trial, torture, and crucifixion *; Shows how Jesus, a former Essene himself, was deemed ';the Wicked Priest' for his liberationist politics and humanist bent *; Examines the lost Christian doctrine of reincarnation and the secret role of Gabriel in the Virgin Birth The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1947 at Qumran, are generally believed to have been written by a Jewish sect known as the Essenes between 350 BCE and 70 CE--but until now no convincing methodology has linked the Scrolls to the actual life and teachings of Jesus.

Suggests that Jesus survived the crucifixion, went to Egypt, then settled in France *; Reveals new discoveries that show the beginnings of Christianity in Egypt *; Presents historical and archaeological research that proves a connection between Jerusalem, Egypt, and Rennes-le-Chteau in the south of France *; Posits Rennes-le-Chteau as the actual location of Jesus Christ's tomb, and that writings by him will be found there Jesus did not die on the cross.

The first book to approach reincarnation from the perspective of dreams *; Identifies soul bloodlines, the key to past life therapies *; Combines the author's own experiences with case studies and dreamwork with empirical research *; Reveals how the analyst and client are often karmically linked In Past Life Dreamwork, Sabine Lucas examines ';soul bloodlines'--character traits, talents, and life issues that are the common elements and circumstances of successive past lives.