Raising the Devil reveals how the Christian Pentecostal movement, right-wing conspiracy theories, and an opportunistic media turned grassroots folk traditions into the Satanism scare of the 1980s.
Discover your cosmic identity with Astrology: Your Place in the Sun, Evangeline Adams' timeless guide to the Sun's powerful influence over the planets, the signs of the Zodiac, and your unique place in the Universe.
Developing Inner PeaceA Practical Guide to Reducing Stress and Finding HappinessLife is filled with noise, demands, and stressors that pull us in different directions, leaving little room for stillness.
A grimoire of green magic, The Folklore of Plants explores the traditional beliefs and magical associations tied to flowers, herbs, and trees across many centuries and cultures.
Karagiozis-a form of comic folk drama employing stock puppet figures-was immensely popular in Greece until recent years, when newer forms of entertainment have virtually eclipsed it.
England's Fairyland: Most books about the fairy lore of Britain tend to focus on the Celtic parts of the country, but The Crew that Never Rests is mainly about the local legends and tales of the fairies as recorded in the counties of England.
Exploring the ancient and widespread veneration of the snake in religion, myth, and ritual, Ophiolatreia reveals how serpent worship has shaped spiritual life across centuries and cultures.
England's Fairyland: Most books about the fairy lore of Britain tend to focus on the Celtic parts of the country, but The Crew that Never Rests is mainly about the local legends and tales of the fairies as recorded in the counties of England.
In einer Welt, die zunehmend von Algorithmen, Netzwerken und virtuellen Identitäten geprägt ist, entstehen neue Formen von Gemeinschaft, Macht und Symbolik.
From frontier times to the present day, Kentucky nurses have served with intelligence and energy, always ensuring that their patients received the best available care.
Enter a world of ancient symbols and hidden power with William Thomas and Kate Pavitt's book of talismans, exploring sacred objects, planetary influences, and zodiacal correspondences.
Was, wenn die Geschichte der Menschheit nicht nur von Königen und Revolutionen geschrieben wurde, sondern von verborgenen Mächten im Hintergrund – irdischen und außerirdischen Ursprungs?
Tennessee History Book Award Finalist The Upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee, often regarded as isolated and out of pace with the rest of the country, has a far richer history and culture than has been documented.
Embark on a celestial journey with this timeless collection of Evangeline Adams' three classic works: Astrology: Your Place in the Sun, Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars, and Astrology for Everyone.
In Astrology for Everyone: What It Is and How It Works, Evangeline Adams opens the heavens to readers with a clear and engaging exploration of all twelve Zodiac signs, offering insight into how astrology reveals the patterns of our lives.
For more than fifty years mountain-born Earl Palmer traveled the Southern Appalachians with his camera, recording his personal vision of the mountain people and their heritage.
While vampire stories have been part of popular culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent decades that they have become a central part of American culture.
Since Robert Flaherty's landmark film Nanook of the North (1922) arguments have raged over whether or not film records of people and traditions can ever be "e;authentic.
According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century.
Hotter and dryer than most parts of the world, the Middle East could soon see climate change exacerbate food and water shortages, aggravate social inequalities, and drive displacement and political destabilization.
'I start to see my own experience not as a woeful result of a system or a body that has let me down, but as a birth experience as ancient, rich and potent as any other kind of birth.
