Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems

Since 1966, Kwanzaa has been celebrated as a black holiday tradition - an annual recognition of cultural pride in the African American community.

Learn the secrets of The Witch of the Forest in this stunning follow-up to Natural Magick, and channelthe elemental forces which are all around you to master the practice of earth magick.

This book explores the history and evolution of Inochentism, a controversial new religious movement that emerged in the Russian and Romanian borderlands of what is now Moldova and Ukraine in the context of the Russian revolutionary period.

Since the 1960s a fresh wave of new religions and what has come to be termed 'spiritualities' have been evident on a global scale.

Using Spirituality in Psychotherapy: The Heart Led Approach to Clinical Practice offers a means for therapists to integrate a spiritual perspective into their clinical practice.

In this book, first published in 1990, the significance of televangelism in America is examined in detail.

Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so.

* Gives an account of the history, the theological basis, the practice and the current state of the study of religion and religions throughout the world* Combines a clear and non-technical style of presentation with a structure and range of contributions which reflect the richness and complexity of religion itself, of the religions of the world and the study of religions* Comprehensive index, bibliographies and suggestions for further reading`Intriguing philosophical questions are raised about the nature of religion and the qualities needed for studying it.

Chromatius of Aquileia and the Making of a Christian City examines how the increasing authority of institutionalized churches changed late antique urban environments.

In a supposedly 'global age,' which not everyone accepts, the late Dr Jennifer Crawford has brought together a range of disciplines in her creation of a unified, sensitive 'way of knowing' for the global era.

First published in 1902, this book investigates the history and development of early religion from an anthropological perspective.

Magic: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies.

This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations.

This book emphasizes the integral connections between imagination, creativity, and spirituality and their role in healing.

Theodore Parker (1810-1860) was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and of Jesus, a brilliant scholar who became a popular agitator for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, and a political theorist who defined democracy as "e;government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people--words that inspired Abraham Lincoln.

Recent theological scholarship has shown increasing interest in patristic exegesis.

The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts.

This book shows that widespread resacralisation has been taking place, which is producing new ways of perceiving God and the divine.

First published in 1828, "e;Letters to the Rev.

Infuse a drop of magick into your everyday life.

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages explores the response by medieval society to tales of marvels and the supernatural, which ranged from firm belief to outright rejection, and asks why the believers believed, and why the skeptical disbelieved.

Secular and spiritual prophets of doom abound in the information-rich twenty-first century - as they have for millennia.

Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.

The study of ethnology or 'Volkskunde' in Austria has had a troubled past.

Examines the `primitive' (traditional) non -mainstream religion and also 20th century sects such as the Moonies and Scientology.

New Religious Movements: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the field of New Religious Movements (NRMs).

"e;A Road to Self Knowledge and the Threshold of the Spiritual World"e; is a vintage self-help book written by Rudolf Steiner and first published in 1918.

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This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion.

Late Antiquity was an era of remarkable change as beliefs were shaped and reshaped by the competing philosophies of traditional Greco-Roman religion, Middle and Neoplatonist philosophy, and the theology of the early Church.

This volume draws on a range of ethnographic and historical material to provide insight into witchcraft in sub-Saharan Africa.

Radical Religious Movements in Early Modern Europe (1980) examines Western European history during three crucial centuries of transition.

This title was first published in 2001.

1960/1962 besuchte Werner Barfod einen der letzten Kurse der Heileurythmie-Ausbildung bei Isabella de Jaager in Dornach.

In studies of early Christian thought, 'philosophy' is often a synonym for 'Platonism', or at most for 'Platonism and Stoicism'.

A guide to the practice of planetary magic *; Offers tools for practitioners of green magic and folk magic to incorporate astrology into their practice *; Includes an extensive collection of magical remedies to resolve astrological afflictions *; Provides information on creating planetary altars and the astrological correspondences of traditional pagan holidays Traditionally, magically oriented astrology has focused on Sun-sign horoscopes while modern Western astrology has focused on attempting to become as ';scientific' as possible in hopes of aligning with its sister science of astronomy.

As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance.

Different conceptions of the world and of reality have made witchcraft possible in some societies and impossible in others.

In Freud's Early Psychoanalysis, Witch Trials and the Inquisitorial Method: The Harsh Therapy, author Kathleen Duffy asks why Freud compared his 'hysterical' patients to the accused women in the witch trials, and his 'psychoanalytical' treatment to the inquisitorial method of their judges.

The Vijayanagara Empire flourished in South India between 1336 and 1565.

"e;Either you believe in possession or you do not.

"e;The Principles of Occult Healing"e; is a vintage treatise by Mary Weeks Burnet.

This volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas, including the knowledge and practice of magic, were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, and Egyptian cultures.

This book explores the struggling genesis of a women's movement in the Orthodox Church through the ecumenical movement of the twentieth century at a time when militant conservatism is emerging in Orthodox countries and fundamentalism in the diaspora.

The neglected history of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have approached ideas of the occult which challenged biblical religion.

This book explores the complexity of Iberian identity and multicultural/multi-religious interactions in the Peninsula through the lens of spells, talismans, and imaginative fiction in medieval and early modern Iberia.

The Hindu-derived meditation movement, The Art of Living (AOL), founded in 1981 by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore, has grown into a global organization which claims presence in more than 150 countries.