Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge

Seit Jahrhunderten faszinieren Vampire die Menschheit, durchdringen Legenden und Mythen und wecken zugleich Furcht und Bewunderung.

A cornucopia of some of Britain's oldest and most beloved native trees, this book weaves together their rich history, folklore and traditions.

In the misty depths of Eureka Springs' Black Bass Lake, something ancient and ravenous stirs.

Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child.

In all of his works Blake struggled with the question of how chaos can be assimilated into imaginative order.

Este libro es un viaje para descubrir a La Diosa, el sagrado principio femenino que yace en tu interior, y en todas las cosas.

In the shadowed hollows of the Ozarks and the mist-shrouded mountains of the world, something ancient stirs.

Black Sea Atlantis: The Flood That Forged the Indo-EuropeansAround 5600 BCE, the tranquil freshwater lake that would become the Black Sea was violently transformed.

In the frozen heart of Antarctica lies a truth that the governments of the world have worked for decades to conceal.

Focusing on North Mull - north of Glen More, but excluding Craignure, Torosay and Brolas - this book is an anthology of the tales and traditions of Mull in the words of those who tell them.

The Magpie and the Wardrobe A Curiosity of Folklore, Magic and Spells, is a lovingly curated compendium of time-honoured traditions and curious customs that have bewitched us for generations.

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil.

Through a careful rendering of the text, deciphering its hidden ironies, Mr.

Fairy tales, often said to be 'timeless' and fundamentally 'oral,' have a long written history.

HermetikHaben Sie das Gefuhl, dass sich Ihr Leben in wiederkehrenden Mustern und vertrauten Dynamiken bewegt?

The eagerly-awaited sequel to Shadowmagic.

The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization.

The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago.

'Elegant and deeply sensory' Katherine May, author of WinteringAn exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean SpracklandDarkness can make the most ordinary activity feel adventurous.

A classic work of comparative mythology by acclaimed scholar Heinrich ZimmerDrawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil.

A mythic journey of psychological transformation and the development of the selfThe renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature.

A mythic journey of psychological transformation and the development of the selfThe renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature.

A classic work of comparative mythology by acclaimed scholar Heinrich ZimmerDrawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil.

A classic introduction to Indian art by acclaimed scholar Heinrich ZimmerIn this landmark study of Indian art and religion, Heinrich Zimmer offers a compelling introduction to the visual language of India's sacred traditions.

A classic introduction to Indian art by acclaimed scholar Heinrich ZimmerIn this landmark study of Indian art and religion, Heinrich Zimmer offers a compelling introduction to the visual language of India's sacred traditions.

The mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina are not just stone and snow.

A landmark account of the evolution of consciousness by one of the twentieth century's leading Jungian psychologistsThis book draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole.

A landmark account of the evolution of consciousness by one of the twentieth century's leading Jungian psychologistsThis book draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole.

Deep in the mist-shrouded hollows and ancient limestone bluffs of the Ozarks lies a hidden corridor — a fault-aligned seam where the Night Dwellers walk between worlds.

Skunk Ape: Florida's Hidden GiantIn the steamy swamps and palmetto thickets of central Florida, something ancient and massive has never stopped walking.

Mr BaloyiTruth By Last EldersWhat happens when the last keepers of wisdom begin to disappear?

What happens when the soul goes missing?

Take an unforgettable journey across the heart of India and Sri Lanka, tracing the path of the epic Ramayana across sacred geographies.

Take a step if you dare into the shadows, and discover the blood-curdling history of horror across the world in this gruesomely illustrated title.

Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.

History is rarely told through the food people ate.

Beyond the famous haunted cities and well known legends, America is filled with small towns where the dead are still said to walk.

What if the history of the occult is not a collection of fairy tales but a trail of real power, real fear, and real consequences?

Rothiemurchus is one of Scotland's most atmospheric ancient forests, a Highland landscape of pine, mist, ruined church ground, clan memory, and old supernatural warning.

Scotland's witch trials remain one of the darkest chapters in the nation's history.

England was once full of things.

In the autumn of 1889, a quiet farmhouse in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, became the centre of one of Canada's most unsettling and unusual paranormal cases.

Pendle Hill is more than a postcard landmark in Lancashire.

Ireland has always kept its dead close.

Why do people fear black cats, avoid certain numbers, hide shoes in walls, wear charms against the evil eye, or believe dreams can predict the future?

Before she became a demon, a warning, a witch, a goddess, and a symbol of female rebellion, Lilith was a shadow at the edge of the night.

Why do we say someone has "e;let the cat out of the bag"e;?

What if death was only the beginning?

Across Britain, Ireland, Brittany, and the wider Atlantic world, ancient stones still stand in fields, on moors, beside lochs, along ridges, and within landscapes shaped long before written history.

Across Britain, old stories speak of figures seen at the edge of the trees.