Alternative belief systems

Quest for Confirmation, the second volume of the series Come Along: We Are Truth-Bound, is a cross-examination of the concepts derived in Volume One, A Dialogue and Dialectic: Bridging the Great Epistemic Divides.

"e;Wicca for Life is a step-by-step guide to Wicca as a lifestyle: practical, easy to read, and no-nonsense in its tone.

Teaching Spirits offers a thematic approach to Native American religious traditions.

Young people are doing faith differently.

This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America.

This is the second volume of Doyle's The History of Spiritualism.

Boldly argues that magic has throughout the history of Britain been at times as culturally and politically significant as religion.

This scarce antiquarian book is a reprint of the original.

While humanist sensibilities have played a formative role in the advancement of our species, critical attention to humanism as a field of study is a more recent development.

Witchcraft has proven an important, if difficult, historical subject to investigate and interpret over the last four decades or so.

BECOME WHAT YOU IMAGINETruth depends upon the intensity of the imagination, not upon external facts.

In einer Zeit des globalen Wandels und gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche gewinnen längst vergessene weibliche Gottheiten neue Bedeutung.

Who is God?

Against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess.

The last few years have seen a remarkable surge of popular interest in the topic of atheism.

In 1981 a sermon was given in Leiden in which the minister called angels, 'a forgotten group'.

This anthology consists of fourteen topically arranged essays that explore a form of humanism characterized by epistemic humility, a progressive ethical orientation, as well as a respect for the positive features of religion.

Science and Magic in the Modern World is a unique text that explores the role of magical thinking in everyday life.

You're no idiot, of course.

The Bible is the most overrated book in the world, and Jesus of Nazareth the most overrated person in world history.

Activate the energy of your crystal collection and create beautiful, personalised homeware, jewellery and gifts with 25 easy, step-by-step projects.

Imagining the Witch explores emotions, gender, and selfhood through the lens of witch-trials in early modern Germany.

An exploration of Ireland's most infamous cases of witchcraft and demonology, including studies of prominent witch trials and court cases in the seventeenth century.

John Chryssavgis explores the ascetic teaching and theology of St John Climacus, a classical and formative writer of the Christian medieval East, and the author of the seventh-century Ladder of Divine Ascent.

Theodore Parker (1810-1860) was a powerful preacher who rejected the authority of the Bible and of Jesus, a brilliant scholar who became a popular agitator for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, and a political theorist who defined democracy as "e;government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people--words that inspired Abraham Lincoln.

Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905) was one of the key thinkers and reformers of modern Islam who has influenced both liberal and fundamentalist Muslims today.

In its day, spiritualism brought hundreds of thousands of Americans to s?

This set collects together in 19 volumes a wealth of texts on Sociology of Religion.

A compelling history of atheism in American public lifeA much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God.

*; Examines the foundational texts and principles of Hermeticism and alchemy, showing how they offer a foundation for a psycho-spiritual creative practice *; Takes the reader on a Hermetic journey through each of the seven traditional planets, offering meditative discourses that speak directly to the intuitive soul *; Provides examples from traditional alchemical art and the author's own intricate esoteric paintings Drawing on ancient Egyptian and Greek cosmogonies and essential Hermetic texts, such as the Corpus Hermeticum, the Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina), and the Nag Hammadi codices, Marlene Seven Bremner offers a detailed understanding of Hermetic philosophy and the art of alchemy as a foundation for a psycho-spiritual creative practice.

An introduction to a wide range of alchemical authors and works.

Before invasion, Turtle Island-or North America-was home to vibrant cultures that shared long-standing philosophical precepts.

A sizeable minority of people with no particular connection to Eastern religions now believe in reincarnation.

Tarot is a fascinating practice, full of wonder and mystery, but if you have never picked up a deck before, all of that mysticism can seem overwhelming.

Learn how to tap into your psychic and medium abilities through trusting your intuition and practising your craft.

Occultism and the Origins of Psychoanalysis traces the origins of key psychoanalytic ideas back to their roots in hypnosis and the occult.

*; Traces the course of Atlantean civilization through its three empires, as well as the colonies and outposts formed by its survivors in Egypt, Gbekli Tepe, India, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, and North and South America *; Shows how pyramids and other megalithic monuments testify to the survival of a ';Sacred Science' of Atlantean origin and how this Sacred Science provided the foundation for esoteric traditions and secret societies throughout the ages *; Draws on more than 500 ancient and modern sources and the author's own personal exploration of hundreds of archaeological sites Exploring more than 100,000 years of Earth's history, Marco Vigato combines recent discoveries in the the fields of archaeology, geology, anthropology, and genetics with the mystery teachings of antiquity to investigate the true origins of civilization.

Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world.

Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of Alan Watts' contributions to psychology, religion, arts, and humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the ongoing criticisms which surround Watts' life and work.

Exploring religious and spiritual changes which have been taking place among Indigenous populations in Australia and New Zealand, this book focuses on important changes in religious affiliation in census data over the last 15 years.

This was originally a two volume set which is now bound as one.

The closing months of 2008 saw the world's nations united in financial uncertainty.

In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft.

This is the first major study of the enigmatic religious society.

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

Of all the important thinkers of the twentieth century, Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) is perhaps the most difficult to come to grips with.