Alternative belief systems

Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion.

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.

Are Christian families more - or less - strong than other families?

Addressing the role which divination played in ancient Greek society, this volume deals with various forms of prophecy and how each was utilised and for what purpose.

Ernesto de Martino was a major critical thinker in the study of vernacular religions, producing innovative analyses of key concepts such as 'folklore', 'magic' and 'ritual'.

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.

In one of the biggest religion news stories of the new millennium, the Associated Press announced that Professor Antony Flew, the world's leading atheist, now believes in God.

How to study the contemporary dynamics between the religious, the nonreligious and the secular in a globalizing world?

Linda Williamson, acclaimed medium and author of the bestselling Contacting the Spirit World, recounts her own experiences of living and working as a medium.

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.

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.

Science, Politics and Gnosticism comprises two essays by Eric Voegelin (1901-85), arguably one of the most provocative and influential political philosophers of the last century.

A new translation of the classic magical text from the original Latin*; Learn how medieval magicians conducted the rituals of angelic magic for quickly learning scholastic knowledge by means of prayers and figures*; Provides a complete translation of Ars Notoria, both the short and long versions based on Julien Veronese's critical Latin edition*; Includes the first translation of The Work of Works (Opus Operum), The Short Art (Ars Brevis), the abridged version attributed to Thomas of Toledo, and The Pauline Art (Ars Paulina)*; Presents all of the original figures (notae), essential for inspection during ritualThe magical treatise Ars Notoria offers a secret account of how King Solomon gained his famed wisdom and learning through sacred magic, revealed to him by the angel Pamphilius, thereby expanding upon the biblical narrative of Solomon's vision from God.

Training methods for tracking and wilderness observation woven into extraordinary real-life stories of intuitive animal-reading skills *; Explains technical tracking methods and observational skills such as shadowing and envisioning through the innermost thoughts of an accomplished native tracker *; Reveals how to track by expanding your awareness and consciousness to become one with the animal you are tracking *; Shares stories of tracking Wolves, Bears, Deer, Cougars, and many other animals Stepping beyond the shape of a footprint and into the unseen story of the track, veteran wilderness guide Tamarack Song takes you inside the eyes and mind of an intuitive tracker, with intimate stories where Frogs show the way out of the woods, scat reveals life histories, and Bears demonstrate how to find missing people.

Hätten Sie jemals gedacht, dass mit den weltweiten Impfkampagnen und Lockdownmaßnahmen das größte medizinische und gesellschaftliche Experiment in der Menschheitsgeschichte durchgeführt wurde und Sie das Versuchskaninchen dabei waren – und bis zum heutigen Tag immer noch sind?

Peter Danov (1864-1944) erhob die Liebe zum Sinn, Ziel und Inhalt des menschlichen Lebens wie des Universums überhaupt.

Knowing that we are finite, how can we live to the fullest?

Monsters in Greek literature are often thought of as creatures which exist in mythological narratives, however, as this book shows, they appear in a much broader range of ancient sources and are used in creation narratives, ethnographic texts, and biology to explore the limits of the human body and of the human world.

The Indigo Child concept is a contemporary New Age redefinition of self.

Spirituality and the Occult argues against the widely held view that occult spiritualities are marginal to Western culture.

In Enchanted Ground, Sharon Hatfield brings to life the true story of a nineteenth-century farmer-turned-medium, Jonathan Koons, one of thousands of mediums throughout the antebellum United States.

The scientific method is often assumed to provide particularly secure knowledge.

This revised and updated edition of The Ultimate Guide to Success combines Julia Seton's two powerful works, Concentration: The Secret of Success and The Science of Success.

This book offers a wide range of critical perspectives on how secularism unfolds and has been made sense of across Europe and Asia.

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.

Wisdom is an integratal part of all philosophical and religious traditions in the world.

How can we account, in a rigorous way, for alchemy's ubiquity?

This book presents a study of the rise of American neoliberalism in the aftermath of the modern Civil Rights movement, paying particular attention to the traumatic impact of the neoliberal age on countless African Americans.

Reveals how ancient Gnostic teachings predicted modern quantum physics*; 2024 Nautilus Book Award "e;Silver"e; Winner*; 2023 American Book Fest Best Book Award*; Explains how the perennial principles of Gnosticism, a repository of Judeo-Christian mysticism, describe major theories of quantum physics, such as the Big Bang, parallel universes, the Holographic Universe theory, and Einstein's Relativity*; Shows how these teachings reveal consciousness as the creator of reality*; Reveals how to harness quantum spirituality for personal empowerment, access to higher levels of consciousness, and manifestationFrom the dawn of history, a universal wisdom tradition has existed that explains humanity's purpose in the cosmos and our relationship to the Master Source Consciousness.

This book explores how spirituality and resiliency definesthe character of African women and inspires them to serve the communities andorganizations around them.

Rediscover the lost ancient mystery teachings of the Cosmic Womb *; 2017 Nautilus Silver Award*; Explains how each of us has a holographic blueprint of the Womb of Creation, our spiritual Womb*; Offers practices to help awaken your spiritual Womb, experience the Womb of God within, and activate the Womb's sacred magic of creation and manifestation*; Looks at the power of the moon and its connection to sacred Womb Consciousness*; Explores how the lost Womb mystery teachings were encoded in folk and fairy tales, the legends of the Holy Grail, and the traditions of Mary Magdalene and Sophia*; Includes access to three guided Womb Awakening audio journeysThe Ancients lived by a feminine cosmology of creation, where everything was birthed and dissolved through a sacred universal Womb.

Zorba the Buddha is the first comprehensive study of the life, teachings, and following of the controversial Indian guru known in his youth as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and in his later years as Osho (19311990).

This book deconstructs and debunks the lucrative and widespread marriage of quantum physics with pop-spirituality while tracing this pernicious strain of pseudoscience to its source: the founders of quantum mechanics themselves.

This new study examines the relationship of atheism to religious tolerance from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment in a broad array of literary texts and political and religious controversies written in Latin and the vernacular primarily in France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Nostradamus - apothecary, astrologer and soothsayer - is a continual source of fascination.

Instinct and Revelation revolves around the hypothesis that ritual behavior and imaginative awareness in early hominids may have helped to spawn the evolution of the human brain and human consciousness.

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

This book introduces students to the anthropology of magic and witchcraft, terms widely used but with no widely accepted definitions.

Spirituality is, too often, subsumed under the heading of religion and treated as much the same kind of thing.

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This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G.

New commentaries on Aleister Crowley's Book of the Law reveal how it is connected to both Right- and Left-Hand Paths *; Examines each line of the Book of the Law in the light of modern psychology, Egyptology, Gurdjieff's teachings, and contemporary Left-Hand Path thought *; Explores Crowley's identification with the First Beast of Revelations as well as his adoption of the Loki archetype for becoming a vessel of love for all humanity *; Recasts the Cairo Working as a text of personal sovereignty and a relevant tool for personal transformation *; Includes commentary on the Book of the Law by Dr.

This book shows that widespread resacralisation has been taking place, which is producing new ways of perceiving God and the divine.