Alternative belief systems

It is acknowledged Church doctrine that sorcery is the specific domain of the Devil.

Am Schriftprinzip scheiden sich die Geister.

Like an ecosystem, cities develop, change, thrive, adapt, expand, and contract through the interaction of myriad components.

This unique book delves into the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) principles-rooted in scientific knowledge and technological advancements-with the concept of spiritual wellness, exploring their significance in our increasingly automated and digitized world.

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.

Title first published in 2003.

This volume offers a new account of the relationship between literary and secularist scenes of writing in interwar Britain.

Secular and spiritual prophets of doom abound in the information-rich twenty-first century - as they have for millennia.

This book introduces readers to the concept of the Axial Age and its relevance for a world in crisis.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Nach einem Überblick über Geschichte und Theorie der Gattung Autobiographie widmet sich die Dissertation der Frage nach den spezifischen Entstehungsbedingungen der deutschsprachigen jüdischen Autobiographie, die in der jüdischen Emanzipation seit der Aufklärung zu suchen sind.

Wangerin examines one small symbolic revolution against American capitalist culture.

In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or "e;dark shamanism.

Esotericism is the search for an absolute but hidden knowledge accessed through mystical vision, the mediation of higher beings, or personal experience.

Originally published as an English translation in 1981, The Middle English Mystics is a crucial contribution to the study of the literature of English mysticism.

*; 2023 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award*; Provides detailed instructions for making single-flower essences and magickal and therapeutic essence blends *; Shares new magickal uses for flower essences, from creating sacred space to dressing candles to preparing incense, as well as how to use essences in meditation, potions, spells, spagyrics, and ritual *; Includes a detailed directory of 100 flower and plant essences, complete with astrological, elemental, and magickal correspondences In this practical guide to using flower essences in witchcraft, alchemy, and healing, Nicholas Pearson provides detailed instructions for making and using flower essences based on traditional Western magick practices.

A practical guide to the ancient magical tradition of Russian sorcery and Eastern Slavic magical rites *; Offers step-by-step instructions for more than 300 spells, incantations, charms, amulets, and practical rituals for love, career success, protection, healing, divination, communicating with spirits and ancestors, and other challenges and situations *; Reveals specific places of magical power in the natural world as well as the profound power of graveyards and churches for casting spells *; Explores the folk history of this ancient magical tradition, including how the pagan gods gained new life as Eastern Orthodox saints, and shares folktales of magical beings, including sorceresses shapeshifting into animals and household objects Passed down through generations, the Slavic practice of magic, witchcraft, and sorcery is still alive and well in Russia, the Ukraine, and Belarus, as well as the Balkans and the Baltic states.

This monograph explores the way that the profile and the critical functions of the holy fool have developed in European cinema, allowing this traditional figure to capture the imagination of new generations in an age of religious pluralism and secularization.

Challenging the notion of the nonreligious in Japan being religious through tradition and institution, this book demonstrates how negativity and antipathy for religion relate to religious decline in Japan today.

This book collects in one readily-accessible volume the pioneering research of Carmel U.

This book approaches witchcraft and demonology through literary records.

The Western magical traditions are currently undergoing an international resurgence.

On October 19, 1876 a group of leading French citizens, both men and women included, joined together to form an unusual group, The Society of Mutual Autopsy, with the aim of proving that souls do not exist.

This ancient Gnostic text can be a companion for your own spiritual quest The Secret Book of John is the most significant and influential text of the ancient Gnostic religion.

*; Shares a detailed formulary, including rituals, magical correspondences, and recipes for working with the baneful herbs of occult herbalism*; Looks at the plants of fate and the divination practices they support, love magic with poison plants, shadow work and spell work, the devil's garden, and the use of nightshades as power plants for medicine and magic*; Explores poison history, lore, occult toxicology, and the alchemical power of working with poisonExamining the art and science of working with noxious and malefic plants and fungi, Coby Michael discusses the occult properties of poison and how poison plants can be used in spell work and other magical operations.

Seit den Anfängen des Films hat der Teufel in verschiedenen Rollen seine Auftritte auf der Leinwand: nicht nur in klassischen Horrorfilmen, sondern auch in verschiedenen anderen Filmtypen, vom Porno bis zur Literaturverfilmung.

This riveting and compelling expose tells the story of exploitation and undercover hate crimes the author endured at the hands of those she once loved and whom she risked her life to help.

The Cycles of Creation IIAquarius Our Solar System is entering another 26,000 year voyage through the Zodiac of the Ages.

Reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi Order of Sufis *; Shows how this order, also known as Oriental Freemasonry, preserves the ancient spiritual doctrines forgotten by modern Freemasonry *; Explains how to transform the soul into the alchemical Magnum Opus by combining Masonic grips and the abbreviated letters of the Qur'an *; Includes a detailed biography of Baron von Sebottendorff Originally published in Germany in 1924, this rare book by Baron Rudolf von Sebottendorff reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi Order of Sufis as well as how this order, also known as Oriental Freemasonry, preserves the ancient spiritual doctrines forgotten by modern Freemasonry.

'The Black Bird Oracle gives us everything we've come to expect and love from Deborah Harkness's All Souls series.

'This is a ghost train of a book, sometimes frightening, sometimes lurid but what it reveals is always entertaining.

Ikigai is a traditional Japanese concept that embodies happiness in living.

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Did you ever wonder if your loved ones who have passed away are around you?

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day.

Use ecstatic trance to journey to the time of Beowulf and learn first hand the ancient magic of the early Nordic people *; Reveals a hidden side to the epic of Beowulf through the perspective of Queen Wealhtheow *; Shows how Grendel respected and would not harm Queen Wealhtheow because she practiced the ancient magic of the Mother Goddess Freyja *; Explains how the magic practices of Queen Wealhtheow provide a blueprint for our emergence from the warlike nature of the past millennia into a time of peace and compassion for our Great Mother Earth Using the altered state of ecstatic trance to access the memories of the Universal Mind, Nicholas Brink takes us back to ancient Scandinavia, to the time of the epic of Beowulf, the oldest piece of literature written in the English language.

Den Begriff "Flammenschwert" findet man sehr vielen Bereichen.

The History of the Devil (1900) is a philosophical study by Paul Carus.

Applying the principles of Chinese medicine and Native American shamanism to answer the call of the Earth and heal its polluted landscapes*; Explains how to build a healing relationship with the natural world by making offerings of thanks and listening to the Earth's responses*; Details methods of diagnosis and several types of Earth acupuncture treatment, including building stone circles, planting crystals, and working with wooden and copper-rod needles*; Shares the author's journey of healing a river with these methodsAfter experiencing a powerful vision of the nuclear power plant near her home and its toxic effects on the Hudson River, acupuncturist Gail Rex was inspired to help heal the river and surrounding lands but was unsure how to begin.

Mit einer neuen, in sich abgeschlossenen Erzählung nimmt James Redfield in diesem Buch die Geschichte von Celestine wieder auf und schickt seine Leser auf die atemberaubende Suche nach der zehnten Prophezeiung, in der ein neuer Schlüssel zum Überleben der Menschheit verborgen ist.

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