Explores the origins and practices of early alchemy Examines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the Royal Art, and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early alchemy Looks at the historical setting for the first alchemists, with detailed accounts of their apparatus, recipes, chemical processes, and the ingredients they used Reveals how changing the color of materials was more important in early alchemy than transmuting base metals into goldInvestigating the origins of alchemy and the legend of the Philosophers Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the Royal Art, and the first alchemists themselves.
• Revela el simbolismo y el significado adivinatorio de los 24 “pentagramas” rúnicos
• Proporciona instrucciones claras sobre cómo fabricar tus propias piedras rúnicas
• Explica el papel de las runas en la tradición de la sabiduría nórdica y su influencia en obras como El señor de los anillos de Tolkien
Las runas nórdicas son un sistema mágico potente y profundamente transformador que brinda a los lectores contemporáneos acceso a la antigua tradición de las culturas del norte de Europa.
Seit Anbeginn der Zeit hat die Menschheit vom Ende der Welt erzählt – von Sintfluten und Feuerregen, von kosmischen Katastrophen und selbstverschuldeten Apokalypsen.
Examines the intricate carvings, chambers, and structures, revealing the sites acoustical properties, shamanic symbolism, and astronomical alignments Reveals how Karahan Tepe was used by shamans to connect with the Milky Ways Galactic bulge in its role as the head of the cosmic serpent Explains how the sites builders, who created the worlds first post ice age civilization, are remembered in myth and legend as the Watchers and Nephilim of Jewish religious tradition and as the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian mythologyConsidered the most important archaeological discovery of the 21st century, Karahan Tepe is an enormous complex of stone structures in southeastern Turkey covering an estimated ten acres.
In ›Die Erfindung des Ku-Klux-Klan‹ wird eine tiefgreifende Analyse der historischen Wurzeln, Entwicklung und Auswirkungen einer der kontroversesten Organisationen in der amerikanischen Geschichte präsentiert.
A practical guide to the creation of natural wands for magical work Explains the variety of woods and other botanicals that may be used to craft wands, their magical and hermetic attributes and virtues, and how these influence the adepts intention and magical workings Offers detailed harvesting advice, explaining the necessary magical actions specific to each tree as well as important influences such as the phases of the moon and the seasons Offers step-by-step instructions for wand practice, including magical workings, cleansing, intention, potentializing, and how to properly return a wand to natureFrom Moses to Merlin to the power of the royal scepter, the wand has been a key magical device found in nearly every civilization and esoteric tradition throughout history.
Provides context and history for the traditional Irish lament known as the keen, examining the origins of the ritual and its history from paganism through Christianity Explores keenings shamanic dimensions and mythological connections to the Otherworld, including the world of Faerie while drawing on archaeology and traditional Irish folklore Looks at the practicalities of keening, considering the wake as a rite of passage, the role and burden of keeners, the structure and music of the keen, and the contemporary rebirth of the practiceCombining scholarship, storytelling, and embodied wisdom, Mary Mc Laughlin offers an authoritative yet accessible guide to the Irish keen as both an ancient funeral rite and a modern tool to help you navigate bereavement.
Teaches ten clear protocols for ethical harvesting, ritual practice, and developing reciprocal relationships with plants Gives step-by-step instructions for preparing cleansing baths, mixing protective oils and healing incenses, and using ritual tools Provides a detailed herbarium with practical applications, planetary correspondences, and safety guidance for dozens of plants and resinsDrawing on animist principles and Latin American folk traditions, Vrylak Faemana presents a structured and practical approach to plant magic.
Presenta un curso de trece lecciones sobre Hkate con ejercicios, rituales, oraciones y autoevaluaciones para una prctica sostenida Detalla smbolos, eptetos, animales, plantas y correspondencias, incluyendo un jardn de Hkate para el trabajo con espritus vegetales Integra desarrollo personal, trabajo con la sombra y brujera devocional, culminando en una autoiniciacin como guardin de sus llavesLas llaves de Hkate es una iniciacin a la devocin y la brujera moderna de esta gran diosa por medio de un curso completo de trece lecciones que acompaan los trece ciclos lunares del ao.
Explores the uses of plants across cultures and centuries for healing, protection, transformation, divination, ritual, spiritual awakening, and symbolic art Looks at 72 plants traditionally associated with death and the afterlife, heart-healing plants, alchemical herbs, protective plants, and sacred trees Draws on ancient texts like Plinys Historia Naturalis and Dioscorides De Materia Medica, as well as insights from folklore and religious and spiritual traditionsFor as long as humans have told stories, plants have served as tools, guides, symbols, and sacred allieslinking us across time to our most ancient ancestors.
