Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems

Magical realism has deep roots across many African languages and regions.

Baron Rosen's Babi/Baha'i archives presents private letters and diplomatic correspondence from the nineteenth century, preserved among the prominent Russian scholar Baron Victor Rosen's materials in the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St.

This book explores the ordinary beliefs and practices of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians in relation to the Holy Spirit.

This book examines political nationalism in Japan through an in-depth analysis of the organisation, ideology and influence of Nippon Kaigi, the most significant nationalist pressure group in contemporary Japan.

Jenseits des Sichtbaren liegt eine Welt voller mystischer Symbole und alter Weisheiten, eine Welt, die in diesem Buch lebendig wird.

Exploring what does and what does not constitute pilgrimage, Redefining Pilgrimage draws together a wide variety of disciplines including politics, anthropology, history, religion and sociology.

Birth, death and the rituals that take us from one to the other tell us a lot about humanity and our quest to understand ourselves.

Die Handlungen dieses Buches, sind die Gefühle und Worte, meines pubertierenden Bewusstseins.

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The main concern of this study, first published in 1990, is the part played by Protestantism in the complex of social processes of 'secularization'.

There is a little-known tradition of witch lore in Newfoundland culture.

Including both traditional and underrepresented accounts and geographies of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in late antique history, philosophy, and theology, this volume offers substantial re-readings of these and related concepts through theories of dis/embodiment.

Former Process Church members expose the inner workings of the notorious apocalyptic cult.

This monograph focuses on "e;Christian Goddess Spirituality"e; (CGS), the phenomenon of (mostly) women who combine Christianity and Goddess Spirituality, including Wicca/Witchcraft.

Interpreting Blake has always proved challenging.

This accessible introduction by the world's leading expert explains why the study of esotericism is not a marginal pursuit but belongs at the center of modern research in the humanities.

This important two-volume contribution to the field of secular studies offers the first comprehensive examination of atheists and non-religious people around the world.

"e;Few are agnostic about atheism and agnosticism; this eloquent, wide-ranging volume should appeal to many, as well as supporting recent academic interest in its subject.

A comparative analysis of both secular and religious communal groups in contemporary America, this study, originally published in 1978, shows that contemporary communalists stand in relation to collectivism much the same as early Protestants stood in relation to individualism - as the self-proclaimed pioneers of the new age.

Twentieth century science completely revolutionized human understanding of the world, rewriting the story of the universe with exciting discoveries and theoriesthe big bang, the relativity of space and time, the accelerating expansion of the universe, along with increasingly refined ideas of evolution and the origin of life.

A collection of Sir Walter Scott's letters to his son-in-law, publisher J.

The ancient world as a whole believed in the existence of a world of spirits beyond, or alongside, the visible, tangible world.

Die geheimnisvolle Welt des Golden Dawn, durchzogen von mächtigen Symbolen, rituellen Zeremonien und intensiven Initiationsverfahren, hat seit jeher die Fantasie von Suchenden, Mystikern und Historikern gleichermaßen ergriffen.

Many Peoples, Many Faiths places the world's religions in historical context, illustrating the complex dynamic of each religion over time, while also presenting current beliefs, practices, and group formations.

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career.

An eclectic volume on the history of the supernatural in Britain and Ireland.

Originally published in 1978 Spirit Possession and Spirit Mediumship in Africa and Afro-America is an incredibly diverse and comprehensive bibliography on published works containing ethnographic data on, and analysis of, spirit possession and spirit mediumship in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and in some Afro-American communities in the Western Hemisphere.

Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery.

Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women's voices in these trials in eight countries around the North Sea: Spanish Netherlands, Northern Germany, Denmark, Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the SubGenius, and Jediism.

All religions undergo continuous change, but minority religions tend to be less anchored in their ways than mainstream, traditional religions.

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology.

From one of the most important figures in Western occultism, a reference book on ritual magic compiling a number of nineteenth-century French grimoires.

New Age and holistic beliefs and practices - sometimes called the "e;new spirituality"e; - are widely distributed across modern global society.

Through the close study of texts, Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era examines the overlapping emphases and themes of two cosmopolitan and multiethnic cultural identities emerging in the early centuries CE - a trans-empire alliance of the Elite and the "e;Christians.

The first sociology of religion textbook to begin the task of diversifying and decolonizing the study of religion, Sociology of Religion develops a sociological frame that draws together the personal, political and public, showing how religion - its origins, development and changes - is understood as a social institution, influenced by and influencing wider social structures.

An examination of Gnostic religion in Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, using Greek, Latin and Coptic sources.

Examines how the ancient customs of constructing and keeping a house formed a sacred bond between homes and their inhabitants *; Shares many tales of house spirits, from cajoling the local land spirit into becoming one's house spirit to the good and bad luck bestowed by mischievous house elves *; Explains the meaning behind door and window placement, house orientation, horsehead gables, the fireplace or hearth, and the threshold *; Reveals the charms, chants, prayers, and building practices used by our ancestors to bestow happiness and prosperity upon their homes and their occupants Why do we hang horseshoes for good luck or place wreaths on our doors?

Unveil the Path of the WitchEvery Witch's story begins with a step into the unknown-but you don't have to do it alone.

- Organized by themes which are central to understanding religion today - Suitable for advanced undergraduates: emphasis on controversy and debates in the field - International range of sources and religions - Includes popular as well as scholarly sources

A leading figure in the Theosophical Society, Leadbeater was a prolific author, writing on subjects ranging from Buddhism, Masonic history and the origins of Christianity through to the power of thought and the fourth dimension.

In this book the approach of the natural sciences is adopted to confront the ontological question of how far mystical experiences can be considered as reports of an objective reality rather than reports of subjective delusions.

The American public's perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "e;anticult"e; movement of the 1970s, which gave a sometimes hysterical and often distorted image of NRMs to the media.

There is a little-known tradition of witch lore in Newfoundland culture.

Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories contributes to the study of conspiracy culture by analysing the religious and esoteric dimensions of conspiracy theories.

An exploration of how the contemporary Roman Catholic church tackles, regulates and accommodates belief in witchcraft.

In this volume, Khaled Anatolios presents a comprehensive study of Saint Athanasius, one of the most influential figures in the development of Christian doctrine.