Alternative belief systems

Vanguard of the New Age unearths a largely ignored dimension of Canadian religious history.

A fifteen-year-old girl who claimed regular communications with the spirits of her dead friends and relatives was the subject of the very first published work by the now legendary psychoanalyst C.

Sehr zu Recht lautet der Untertitel »Ein Beitrag zur Diskussion um die menschliche Zukunft«.

This volume examines the prevalence, function, and socio-political effects of slavery discourse in the major theological formulations of the late third to early fifth centuries AD, arguably the most formative period of early Christian doctrine.

This vintage book contains the original French version of Eliphas Levi Zahed's 1861 work "e;Dogme et Rituel - De la Haute Magie"e;.

Despite the forces of secularization in Europe, old pilgrimage routes are attracting huge numbers of people and given new meanings in the process.

This book is the first major study of England's biggest and best-known witch trial which took place in 1612, when ten witches were arraigned and hung in the village of Pendle in Lancashire.

A fifteen-year-old girl who claimed regular communications with the spirits of her dead friends and relatives was the subject of the very first published work by the now legendary psychoanalyst C.

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), a Hindu missionary to the United States, wrote one of the world's most highly acclaimed spiritual classics, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was first published in 1946 and continues to be one of the best-selling spiritual philosophy titles of all time.

In "Bogomilen: Pioniere des Dualismus - Wie eine gnostische Bewegung das byzantinische Reich und darüber hinaus prägte", nimmt uns Elena Morozova mit auf eine fesselnde Reise in die Vergangenheit, um eine der geheimnisvollsten und einflussreichsten gnostischen Bewegungen des Mittelalters zu erkunden.

This book presents a collection of original research about every day, innovative, interactive, and multiple religiosities among Sri Lankan Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and devotees of New Religious Movements in post-war Sri Lanka.

Mein Buch handelt von den Gegensätzen des Lebens, denen wir Menschen unterliegen.

A guidebook to the art of using Tarot.

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America's Civil War took a dreadful toll on human lives, and the emotional repercussions were exacerbated by tales of battlefield atrocities, improper burials and by the lack of news that many received about the fate of their loved ones.

"e;The most complete picture of Scientology so far.

"e;This book illuminates just one path to Heaven, but it is a real path.

Not every lie sounds untrue.

2016 Winner of the Gospel Coalition Book AwardsAt the time of his death, Christopher Hitchens was the most notorious atheist in the world.

This Element shows how New Religious Movements variously conceptualize science.

A unique collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750 provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were represented in print and manuscript over three centuries.

This book explores the reciprocity between Buddhist, Derridean, and Foucauldian understandings about ethics, subjectivity, and ontological contingency, to investigate the ethical and political potential of insight meditation practice.

Examining contemporary understandings of the term 'cult', this book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines, including sociology, anthropology and religious studies.

To talk about religion is to talk about politics, identity, terrorism, migration, gender, and a host of other aspects of society.

This book analyzes the variety of ways through which Japanese religions (Buddhism, Shinto, and new religious movements) contribute to the dynamics of accelerated globalization in recent decades.

The Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates.

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.

Winner of the Internationl Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) Book Award for Best Clinical Book 2024FDerived from Ruth Williams' more than 40-year immersion in spiritual practice, as well as her clinical experience as a Jungian analyst, this thought-provoking volume explores the nature of spiritual paths and trajectories in practical ways, incorporating personal anecdote and ground-breaking academic research and providing a window into how Jungian practitioners work with soul and spirit.

Unlock the mysteries of one of the most profound works of Jewish mysticism in The Light of Kabbalah: Discovering the Secrets of the Zohar.

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith.

Over the course of his career, Luther H.

The first complete historical and philosophical investigation into the ';invisible fraternity' of the Rosicrucians *; Contains the latest research on the origins of the Rosicrucian movement *; Presents the ties between Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, and the Templars *; Written by a ';perfected' Knight of the Rose Croix and the Pelican (18th degree, Ancient and Accepted Rite) For nearly 400 years, incredible myths and stories have been woven around the ';invisible' Brothers of the Rose Cross, the Rosicrucians.

Divination is any ritual and its associated tradition performed in order to ask a more-than-human intelligence for guidance.

This volume explores the reception, development and construction of Eastern practices in the Nordic countries.

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

The European Witch-Hunt seeks to explain why thousands of people, mostly lower-class women, were deliberately tortured and killed in the name of religion and morality during three centuries of intermittent witch-hunting throughout Europe and North America.

This volume argues that ancient Greek girls and early Christian virgins and their families made use of rhetorically similar traditions of marriage to an otherworldly bridegroom in order to handle the problem of a girl's denied or disrupted transition into adulthood.

Viewing the world with abhorrence, members of utopian sects isolate themselves from its influence.

If music has ever given you 'a glimpse of something beyond the horizons of our materialism or our contemporary values' (James MacMillan), then you will find this book essential reading.

If music has ever given you 'a glimpse of something beyond the horizons of our materialism or our contemporary values' (James MacMillan), then you will find this book essential reading.

Through in-depth analysis of musical theatre choreography and choreographers, Making Broadway Dance challenges long-held perceptions of Broadway dance as kitsch, disposable, a dance form created without artistic process.

This book is a study of contemporary spirituality as it is practiced in the world today, characterized by its secular and inclusive nature, and applied to art and art education.

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