Saint Germains VermächtnisEin westlich-abendländischer EinweihungswegSaint Germain, Aufgestiegener Meister und Menschheitslehrer, unterrichtete in den Neunzigerjahren des 20.
Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased brings together cutting-edge empirical and theoretical contributions from scholars in fields including psychology, theology, ethics, neuroscience, medicine, and philosophy, to examine how and why humans engage in, or even seek spiritual experiences and connection with the immaterial world.
In contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes devoted to historical, cultural, or theological treatments of demonology, this collection features newly written papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philosophical argument, debate, and dialogue involving ideas and topics in demonology.
"e;Revisiting the Bogomils' Mystical World: The Legacy of the Lost"e; by Elena Morozova dives deeper into the spiritual and historical footprint of the Bogomils, illuminating their doctrines' significance beyond their era.
At the core of African American religion's response to social inequalities has been a symbiotic relationship between socio-political activism and spiritual restoration.
THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER CELEBRATES ITS 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - THIS EDITION INCLUDES A SPECIAL BONUS CHAPTER FROM THE AUTHOR.
Authentic initiatic practices, rituals, and wisdom collected by the UR Group *; Shares a rigorous selection of initiatory exercises, including instructions for creating the diaphanous body of the Opus magicum, establishing initiatic consciousness after death, and the construction of magical chains (the enchained awareness of initiates) *; Offers studies of mystery traditions throughout history, presenting not only the principles themselves but also witnesses to them and their continual validity today The ';Gruppo di UR' was a group of Italian esotericists who collaborated from 1927 to 1929.
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 From one of Englands most distinguished intellectual historians comes an exhilarating ridethat will stand the test of time as a masterful account of (The Boston Globe) one of the Wests most important intellectual movements: Atheism.
Offering a new template for future exploration, Susan Greenwood examines and develops the notion that the experience of magic is a panhuman orientation of consciousness, a form of knowledge largely marginalized in Western societies.
Scoprite i segreti più reconditi e le profonde verità nascoste dietro la figura di Aleister Crowley, uno dei più controversi maestri dell'occulto del ventesimo secolo.
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.
Raja Yoga or Conquering the Internal Nature by Swami Vivekananda is a profound exploration of the ancient yogic path of Raja Yoga, offering readers guidance on achieving mental mastery, inner peace, and spiritual realization.
The great existential psychiatrist Ludwig Binswanger famously pointed out to Freud that therapeutic failure could "e;only be understood as the result of something which could be called a deficiency of spirit.
This collection of essays explores the rhetoric and practices surrounding views on life after death and the end of the world, including the fate of the individual, apocalyptic speculation and hope for cosmological renewal, in a wide range of societies from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Byzantine era.
In these talks, written and presented to a variety of audiences between 2001 and 2010, John Michael Greer explores the forgotten history of occultism and its unexpected possibilities in our time.
In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism.
This anthology of essays, a companion to Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects, Volume I, aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world.
Of the several works on the rise and development of the Babi movement, especially those dealing with the life and work of its founder, Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, few deal directly with the compelling and complex web of mysticism, theology and philosophy found in his earliest compositions.
This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day.
*; Reveals how mask rituals are akin to shamanic journeying and allow the mask wearer to personify an ancestral presence, spirit, deity, or power *; Examines animal guising and shows how mask customs are tied to creation myths and the ancestral founders of a people, tribe, city, or nation *; Looks at morris dancers and mummers in the UK, Krampuslauf and Perchtenlauf in Germanic areas, the Gorgon myths of Greece, Norse Berserker rituals, and the annual Black Forest rite to awaken ensouled masks every spring There is a spiritual power in masks that transports one into realms unseen and gives voice to things unspoken.
*; Examines the significant figures and groups of Finland's occult world, including their esoteric practices and the secret societies to which they were connected *; Investigates the relationship of nationalism and esotericism in Finland as well as the history of Finnish parapsychology and the Finnish UFO craze *; Looks at the unique evolution of Freemasonry in Finland, showing how, when Finland was still part of Russia and the Masonic order was banned, adherents created a number of other secret societies Finland has long been viewed as the land of sorcerers and shamans.
This essay was originally written for the Literary Society with the intention of proving that ghosts do indeed exist and that they are natural rather than preternatural in origin.
