Occult studies

The Oxford Handbook of Russian Religious Thought is an authoritative new reference and interpretive volume detailing the origins, development, and influence of one of the richest aspects of Russian cultural and intellectual life - its religious ideas.

The Oxford Handbook of Russian Religious Thought is an authoritative new reference and interpretive volume detailing the origins, development, and influence of one of the richest aspects of Russian cultural and intellectual life - its religious ideas.

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God?

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God?

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day.

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day.

Defining 'magic' is a maddening task.

Defining 'magic' is a maddening task.

Ronald Hutton is known for his colourful and provocative writings on original subjects.

Caught in the grip of savage religious war, fear of sorcery and the devil, and a deepening crisis of epistemological uncertainty, the intellectual climate of late Renaissance France (c.

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they?

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they?

What is a grimoire?

Ronald Hutton is known for his colourful and provocative writings on original subjects.

Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages investigates the common medieval belief that magic could cause impotence, focusing particularly on the period 1150-1450.

What is a grimoire?

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic.

This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic.

Witchcraft, Witch-hunting, and Politics in Early Modern England constitutes a wide-ranging and original overview of the place of witchcraft and witch-hunting in the broader culture of early modern England.

In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol, a group calling themselves The Satanic Temple applied to erect a statue of Baphomet alongside the Judeo-Christian tablets.

In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol, a group calling themselves The Satanic Temple applied to erect a statue of Baphomet alongside the Judeo-Christian tablets.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Traces the life of Maurice Nicoll, who left a successful career as a psychiatrist in 1922 to study with G.

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

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.

Sind Sie bereit, eine Welt zu erkunden, in der sich jede Schwierigkeit in eine Gelegenheit zum Wachstum verwandeln kann?

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.

From the 1830s to the Civil War, Americans could be found putting each other into trances for fun and profit in parlors, on stage, and in medical consulting rooms.

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.

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

Australian Legendary Tales: Folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as Told to the Piccaninnies was first published in 1896.

Astrology and Magic from the Medieval Latin and Islamic World to Renaissance Europe brings together ten of Paola Zambelli's papers on the subject, four of which are published in English for the first time.

Illuminates how Bowies music, personas, and personal struggles reflect core Gnostic principles and the quest for awakening Details the influence of Jungian psychology, shamanic traditions, and esoteric philosophy on Bowies artistic evolution and spiritual practice Unveils the mystery of Bowies enigmatic Blackstar death ceremony, a Gnostic ritual of cosmic communionThe Occult Davie Bowie is a unique study of David Bowies journey from a traumatic childhood in post-war Britain to his emergence as a global icon.