Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems

According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries.

According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries.

As recent headlines reveal, conflicts and debates around the world increasingly involve secularism.

What can atheists tell us about religious life?

Alchemists are generally held to be the quirky forefathers of science, blending occultism with metaphysical pursuits.

The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity.

Imagine yourself sitting on the cool damp earth, surrounded by deep night sky and fields full of fireflies, anticipating the ritual of initiation that you are about to undergo.

Since the emergence of religious studies and the social sciences as academic disciplines, the concept of "e;magic"e; has played a major role in defining religion and in mediating the relation of religion to science.

In this penetrating and provocative assessment of the current state of religion and its effects on society at large, Philip J.

Satanism is a complex phenomenon that has often been the source of controversy across social and rhetorical contexts.

If we are to believe sensationalist media coverage, Satanism is, at its most benign, the purview of people who dress in black, adorn themselves with skull and pentagram paraphernalia, and listen to heavy metal.

If we are to believe sensationalist media coverage, Satanism is, at its most benign, the purview of people who dress in black, adorn themselves with skull and pentagram paraphernalia, and listen to heavy metal.

Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets provides an ethnographic study of varmakkalai, or "e;the art of the vital spots,"e; a South Indian esoteric tradition that combines medical practice and martial arts.

Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets provides an ethnographic study of varmakkalai, or "e;the art of the vital spots,"e; a South Indian esoteric tradition that combines medical practice and martial arts.

The concept of evolution is widely considered to be a foundational building block in atheist thought.

The concept of evolution is widely considered to be a foundational building block in atheist thought.

Daughters of Hecate unites for the first time research on the problem of gender and magic in three ancient Mediterranean societies: early Judaism, Christianity, and Graeco-Roman culture.

Who is God?

Who is God?

In this vivid account, Kryiacos C Markides introduces to us the rich and intricate world of Daskalso, The Magus of Strovolos.

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods.

Written in Berlin in 1934, Invitation to a Beheading contains all the surprise, excitement and magical intensity of a work created in two brief weeks of sustained inspiration.

« Le Cahier gnostique » est une nouvelle analyse de plusieurs textes classiques à travers la recherche de plusieurs niveaux cachés de signification.

Providing an accessible and comprehensive overview, The Story of the Salem Witch Trials explores the events between June 10 and September 22, 1692, when nineteen people were hanged, one was pressed to death and over 150 were jailed for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.

This book reveals how, when, where, and why vitalism and its relationship to new scientific theories, philosophies and concepts of energy became seminal from the fin de siecle until the Second World War for such Modernists as Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Hugo Ball, Juliette Bisson, Eva Carriere, Salvador Dali, Robert Delaunay, Marcel Duchamp, Edvard Munch, Picasso, Yves Tanguy, Gino Severini and John Cage.

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.

You really think I'd be here with you in the mud, the cold and the wet if I had proper magic?

This fascinating book explores the concept of slow living, offering a philosophical and psychological exploration of the need for a slower pace of life.

This book offers an ethnographic and conceptual analysis of contemporary UFO phenomena, focusing specifically on Chilean ufology and the ufological "e;absurd"e;, nonsensical instances for their experiencers in which there is no conceptual way out.

"e;Secrets of Strict Observance"e; delves into the veiled world of Freemasonry, offering a rare glimpse into the rituals and historical significance of this enigmatic fraternity.

"e;Jacoby writes with wit and vigor, affectionately resurrecting a man whose life and work are due for reconsideration"e; (The Boston Globe).

A hypnotic, suspenseful novel about the simmering obsessions, passions and rivalries between two young women and an enigmatic lecturer - unfolding on a university campus with the darkest history.

In einer Welt, die von Umweltkrisen und spiritueller Entfremdung gezeichnet ist, bringt Amanda Drakes "Das Göttliche in Allem: Eine pantheistische Vision für die Moderne" ein erfrischendes und tiefgründiges Konzept zurück in das Bewusstsein der modernen Gesellschaft: den Pantheismus.

Explores the origins and practices of early alchemy*; Examines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the ';Royal Art,' and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early alchemy*; Looks at the historical setting for the first alchemists, with detailed accounts of their apparatus, recipes, chemical processes, and the ingredients they used*; Reveals how changing the color of materials was more important in early alchemy than transmuting base metals into goldInvestigating the origins of alchemy and the legend of the Philosopher's Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the ';Royal Art,' and the first alchemists themselves.

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.

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

Die Dakota, ein stolzes Volk mit einer reichen Geschichte, haben eine tiefe und ehrfürchtige Beziehung zur Natur, die ihre Kultur und Spiritualität durchdringt.

Originally published in 1936, the author investigates the working of the mind in various types of experiences, showing how sense and thought, volition and cognition, practice and theory, work together, as well in secular as in religious experiences; that in each type of experience reality presents itself, but that while secular experiences are partial, religious experiences are whole experiences.

"e;El Karma"e; es una de las obras fundamentales de Annie Besant sobre la doctrina teosofica.

Networks, Entrepreneurship and Power in Contemporary Spirituality offers an in-depth analysis of the social organisation of New Age spirituality.

Networks, Entrepreneurship and Power in Contemporary Spirituality offers an in-depth analysis of the social organisation of New Age spirituality.

This volume investigates the central role of physical bodies, ritual technologies, healing practices, gender constructions, and visual imagery in creating and sustaining religious meaning in antiquity.

This volume investigates the central role of physical bodies, ritual technologies, healing practices, gender constructions, and visual imagery in creating and sustaining religious meaning in antiquity.