History of religion

A groundbreaking exploration of how psychedelics and quantum science are vital to understanding the evolution of consciousness and reality *; Explains why altered states of consciousness exist, how they work, and why psychedelics have the effects that they do *; Describes how quantum waves, rather than the DNA molecule, have been the driving force behind biological and historical evolution *; Explains how psychedelics interact with the human mind to create altered states that may further the continued evolution of consciousness In this groundbreaking book, Carl Johan Calleman reveals the quantum science of the Maya, a science lost to the modern world that explains the phenomenology of psychedelics and altered states of consciousness.

An experiential guide to the ancient healing rituals of the Black Madonna *; Reveals the practices and rites of the still-living cult of the Black Madonna in the remote villages of Southern Italy, including the healing rites of the tarantella dance *; Details shamanic chants, rhythms, and songs and how to use them for self-healing, transformation, and recovery from abuse, trauma, depression, and addiction *; Explores the many sacred sites of the Madonnas and connects them to other Great Goddesses, such as Isis, Aphrodite, Cybeles, and the Orisha Yemanja and Ochun *; Includes access to 12 audio tracks The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times, to the ancient devotion to Isis, the Earth Goddess, and the African Mother, to the era when God was not only female but also black.

An investigation into the historical Jesus and the veracity of the Gospels *; Reveals the biblical Jesus as a composite figure, a blend of the political revolutionary Judas the Galilean and Paul's divine-human Christ figure *; Matches the events depicted in the New Testament with historically verifiable events in Josephus' history, pushing Jesus' life back more than a decade *; Demonstrates how each New Testament Gospel is dependent upon Paul's mythologized Christ theology, designed to promote Paul's Christianity and serve the interests of the fledgling Gentile Christian communities Scholars have spent years questioning aspects of the historical Jesus.

Barricade Books re-introduces Up, Up, and Oy Vey to the book publishing world.

The Kaddish has long been considered to be a special prayer for the dead.

A guide to meaningful life choices for living an ethical life without theology or religious faith.

Using logic, common sense, philosophy, ethics, history, and science, the author rebuts every argument that claims to "e;prove"e; the existence of God.

'A heavenly book, elegant and thoughtful.

'Beautifully written, sumptuously illustrated, constantly fascinating' - The TimesOn 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king.

'Destined to be a classic' Sunday Independent'Gabriel Byrne tells his story brilliantly' - Edna O'Brien'Dazzles with unflinching honesty' Washington Post'An absolutely marvellous book' - Colm ToibinBorn to working-class parents and the eldest of six children, Gabriel Byrne harboured a childhood desire to become a priest.

'The Prophet' is a truly ground breaking inspirational book of poetry consisting of a series of prose poems.

The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, "the little Genesis," purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through the medium of an angel, and containing a history, divided up into jubilee-periods of forty-nine years, from the creation to the coming of Moses.

The Cloud of Unknowing draws on the mystical tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Christian Neoplatonism, which focuses on the via negativa road to discovering God as a pure entity, beyond any capacity of mental conception and so without any definitive image or form.

The first non-Western writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature Rabindranath Tagore was the literary voice of India.

The Golden Bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief.

Collected in this omnibus edition are three classic works exploring the mystical nature of God.

Rituals reflecting Shinto culture and beliefs, many of them drawing on the mythology of Shinto as reflected in the earlier Kojiki.

In ''The Wars of the Jews'' Flavius Josephus gives us valuable insight into the first Jewish Roman War and the rebellions that followed thereafter.

Ralph Waldo Trine was an influential member of the New Thought movement.

Ralph Waldo Trine was an important New Thought writer.

It is given to us to reveal our soul, that which is One in us, which is eternal.

Prentice Mulford was one of the leaders of the New Thought Movement.

Prentice Mulford was one of the leaders of the New Thought Movement.

In the Spiritual Canticle St.

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism.

IT WAS through Saint Germain''s assistance that I was privileged to have the experiences recorded in this series of books, and that permission has been granted for them to be put in a form which can be given to the public.

The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary was Charles Fillmore''s crowning achievement.

No class of works is received with more suspicion, I had almost said derision, than those which deal with Science and Religion.

In Mystic Christianity-Religion, Philosophy and Science are known to be one and the same thing.

The purpose of this book is to bring together in one convenient volume some of the best devotional verse the English language affords, and thus to make available to present day Christians a rich spiritual heritage which the greater number of them for various reasons do not now enjoy.

Here are the complete prophecies of Nostradamus.

The Ascent of Mount Carmel is the third major work of St.

The Interior Castle, or The Mansions, (Spanish: El Castillo Interior or Las Moradas) was written by St.

Isis Unveiled is a master key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology.

''Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to the Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern'' is a 1915 book by James E.

Published early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, of England, only five years after the death of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, the work is an affirmation of the Protestant Reformation in England during the ongoing period of religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants.

The purpose of Life from the very beginning has been dominion-dominion over every adverse circumstance.

Prentice Mulford was one of the leaders of the New Thought Movement.

Here is the book that converted C.

In The Changed Life, Henry Drummond instructs us on how we may change our lives to be more like Christ.

The Book of Enoch is the most notable extant apocalyptic work outside the canonical Scriptures.

"e;Can anything orthodox come from Pentecostalism?

Reader's Choice Award WinnerMost Christians have heard a familiar description of the Samaritan woman in John 4: she was a sinner, an adulteress, even a prostitute.

The doctrine of deification or theosis is typically associated with the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

Christianity Today Book Award Finalist-Bible and Devotional"e;Lent is inescapably about repenting.

At its best, all Christian worship is led by the Holy Spirit.

If you are a parent wrestling with God, you are not alone.

Preparation for the Christmas season can often feel busy and frantic, but it doesn't have to be this way.