*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC HistoryIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen.
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.
The Lost Worlds: The Story of Atlantis & The Lost Lemuria gathers William Scott-Elliot's influential accounts of vanished continents, racial epochs, migrations, catastrophes, and spiritual evolution.
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.
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 Philosophers Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the Royal Art, and the first alchemists themselves.
Algernon Blackwood's JOHN SILENCE SERIES - Complete Collection gathers the celebrated tales of the "e;psychic doctor"e; whose investigations move beyond ordinary detection into haunted consciousness, occult survivals, and the hidden pressures of place.
Teaches ten clear protocols for ethical harvesting, ritual practice, and developing reciprocal relationships with plants Gives step-by-step instructions for preparing cleansing baths, mixing protective oils and healing incenses, and using ritual tools Provides a detailed herbarium with practical applications, planetary correspondences, and safety guidance for dozens of plants and resinsDrawing on animist principles and Latin American folk traditions, Vrylak Faemana presents a structured and practical approach to plant magic.
Presenta un curso de trece lecciones sobre Hkate con ejercicios, rituales, oraciones y autoevaluaciones para una prctica sostenida Detalla smbolos, eptetos, animales, plantas y correspondencias, incluyendo un jardn de Hkate para el trabajo con espritus vegetales Integra desarrollo personal, trabajo con la sombra y brujera devocional, culminando en una autoiniciacin como guardin de sus llavesLas llaves de Hkate es una iniciacin a la devocin y la brujera moderna de esta gran diosa por medio de un curso completo de trece lecciones que acompaan los trece ciclos lunares del ao.
