Alternative belief systems

It is often said that the devil has all the best tunes.

Witchcraft: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the scholarly study of witchcraft, exploring the phenomenon of witchcraft from its earliest definitions in the Middle Ages through to its resonances in the modern world.

Millions of users have taken up residence in virtual worlds, and in those worlds they find opportunities to revisit and rewrite their religious lives.

Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth.

Joining insights from social science and philosophy, this book offers a nuanced view on the discourse of evil, which has been on the rise in the West in recent years.

Ontdek de verborgen geschiedenis van vrouwen binnen de mysterieuze wereld van de vrijmetselarij door de ogen van Gwenda Roland.

Die Anazazi, einstige Bewohner des amerikanischen Südwestens, hinterließen ein beeindruckendes Erbe aus grandiosen Felsbehausungen, geheimnisvollen Zeremonialbauten und faszinierenden Petroglyphen.

Questions of secularity and modernity have become globalized, but most studies still focus on the West.

A classic initiatic primer for the serious magical aspirant, available now for the first time in English *; Details occult purification and preparations for the path of natural and divine magic *; Explains how initiation into the hermetic science transforms the novice not only mentally but also physically, altering even the very fluids of the body *; Offers a return to the original hermetic path of initiation, following the strict procedures and symbolism as defined in the spiritual practices of Pythagoras and his tradition The main purpose of the hermetic science, as seen by Giuliano Kremmerz (1861-1930), Italian alchemist, hermeticist, philosopher, and member of the Ur Group, is to allow the adept to concentrate on the natural and divine magic that will allow him or her to develop the latent powers innate in every human being.

Brewing a cup of tea can lead to a variety of exciting magical practices, andTea Magicis the perfect, gorgeously illustrated guide.

Why did ancient philosophers consult oracles, write about them, and consider them to be an important part of philosophical thought and practice?

Su-un and His World of Symbols explores the image which Choe Che-u (Su-un), the founder of Donghak (Eastern Learning) Korea's first indigenous religion, had of himself as a religious leader and human being.

Spiritualism is a religious movement based on the belief that spirits of the deceased exist and are able to communicate with living people.

This book discusses the importance of integrating spirituality from diverse knowledge backgrounds to be effective in its everyday use.

To the dismay of religious leaders, study after study has shown a steady decline in affiliation and identification with traditional religions in America.

This book explores the entanglements of gender and power in spiritual practices and analyzes strategies used by spiritual practitioners to attain what to social scientists might seem an impossible goal: creating spiritual communities without creating gendered hierarchies.

This book takes a critical look at the internationalisation of higher education and argues for the importance of grounding education in spiritual perspectives.

An inside look at sex magic in Eastern and Western Mystery traditions *; Details the sex magic practices of P.

This book provides a condensed but comprehensive up-to-date overview of spirituality and its application to health care.

"e;A layered inquisition and a reportorial forcea technicolor mystery.

Every year since 1933 many of the world's leading intellectuals have met on Lake Maggiore to discuss the latest developments in philosophy, history, art and science and, in particular, to explore the mystical and symbolic in religion.

Weltweites Entsetzen ruft die Zerstörung von Kulturgütern durch den "Islamischen Staat" einhellig hervor.

Spirituality is in the spotlight.

This richly illustrated and groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical.

Das deutschsprachige Referenzwerk zu allen Fragen rund um das Thema spirituelle Krisen in der therapeutischen und Beratungspraxis.

In einer Welt, in der Mythen und Legenden die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fiktion verwischen, erhebt sich die faszinierende Figur des Merlin als der geheimnisvolle Prophet und Zauberer.

How do we write about magic?

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

Auf faszinierende Weise erläutert Dieter Broers, dass wir in einem holografischen Universum leben, in dem an jedem Punkt die Information und die gestaltende Energie des Ganzen enthalten sind.

Während der Weihnachtstagung zur Begründung der Allgemeinen Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft versenkte Rudolf Steiner gemeinsam mit den Anwesenden den spirituellen Grundstein dieser Gesellschaft «in die Herzen» der Menschen.

The story of Devil from antiquity to the present.

A profound understanding of the surrealists' connections with alchemists and secret societies and the hermetic aspirations revealed in their works *; Explains how surrealist paintings and poems employed mythology, gnostic principles, tarot, voodoo, alchemy, and other hermetic sciences to seek out unexplored regions of the mind and recover lost ';psychic' and magical powers *; Provides many examples of esoteric influence in surrealism, such as how Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon was originally titled The Bath of the Philosophers Not merely an artistic or literary movement as many believe, the surrealists rejected the labels of artist and author bestowed upon them by outsiders, accepting instead the titles of magician, alchemist, or--in the case of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo--witch.

This book is an in-depth account of people's cultural and religious life in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Analytic theology can flourish in the secular academy, and flourish as authentically Christian theology.

The Church of Scientology is one of the most recognizable American-born new religions, but perhaps the least understood.

As the first woman, Eve was the pattern for all her daughters.

Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft is an exploration of witchcraft in the literature of Britain and America from the 16th and 17th centuries through to the present day.

Prudentius' Crown of Martyrs offers an English translation, with introduction and commentary, of the Liber Peristephanon, Prudentius' vivid collection of lyric hymns in honor of Christian martyrs.

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This vintage book was published in 1912 by the Yogi Publication Society.

Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan history.

A mystical experience, no matter what else, is a subjective occurrence in the psyche.

India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies.

This book provides a new sociological account of contemporary religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing, meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a New Age Movement.

Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926.

First published in the early 1900s.

Lost Causes: The Romantic Attraction of Defeated yet Unvanquished Men and Movements, by George and Karen Grant, is a thoughtful look at several causes that captured the hearts of people, survived defeat, and ultimately out-lived their foes.