Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems Books
Augsburg Fortress Publishers Mark and Method
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Judges and Method
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers The Bible and Contemporary Culture
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1517 Media Mark
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£97.48
1517 Media Romans
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£65.54
Augsburg Fortress Publishers Empire and the Christian Tradition
£25.99
Augsburg Fortress Publishers All That Is
£16.99
Augsburg Fortress Publishers God Reflected
£20.57
Augsburg Fortress Publishers Daughters of Miriam
£22.51
Augsburg Fortress Publishers The Social History of Ancient Israel
£21.99
Augsburg Fortress Publishers Palestine in the Time of Jesus
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Priesthood Pastors Bishops
£15.73
Augsburg Fortress Publishers Barcelona Berlin New York
£45.59
Baker Publishing Group A Popular Survey of the Old Testament
Book SynopsisIllustrated with photos, charts, and maps, and written in an easy, informal style, this survey will be enjoyed by all who want to enrich their understanding of Old Testament people and events.
£21.24
Baker Publishing Group Biblical Christian Ethics
Book SynopsisAfter examining what Scripture teaches about the goal and motive of the Christian life, the author addresses moral dilemmas, human-life issues, sexuality, economic justice, and truthfulness.
£27.03
Baker Publishing Group Biblical Hebrew Step by Step Readings from the
Book SynopsisA complete introductory textbook and inductive study of the text of Genesis.
£18.99
Cornell University Press Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition
Book SynopsisGlenn Alexander Magee's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel was decisively influenced by the Hermetic tradition, a body of thought with roots in Greco-Roman Egypt. Magee traces the influence on Hegel of such Hermetic thinkers as Baader, Böhme, Bruno...Trade ReviewBecause Hegel claimed to have attained wisdom rather than to be seeking it, Magee cannot count him as a philosopher... He draws evidence from both his work and his life. * Reference and Research Book News *
£21.84
Schocken Books The Great Partnership
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers 40Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer
£12.99
Augsburg Fortress Publishers My Name Is Child of God ... Not Those People
Book SynopsisThis personal and provocative look at poverty in America is shaped around the author''s own engaging stories, song lyrics, and poems, including the well-known Call Me Child of God ... Not Those People. The story of her growing up in a large Irish Catholic working-class family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, draws together the experiences of living in poverty, the role of the church and music in her life, and the many remarkable people who populated her life and the lives of her family.The author describes economic hardship and social challenges as being as regular as the turning seasons in my coming up years, and refers to her life in poverty as the soil of my art. Through her stories and reflections, Julia Dinsmore puts a face on poverty and challenges readers to answer God''s call to respond to poverty and its effects.
£9.93
1517 Media More Cat Psalms Prayers My Cats Have Taught Me
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers 40Day Journey with Parker J. Palmer
£14.16
Augsburg Fortress Publishers 40Day Journey with Julian of Norwich
£9.09
Augsburg Fortress Publishers 40Day Journey with Gerard Manley Hopkins
£9.09
University of Hawai'i Press Prophets of Peace Pacifism and Cultural Identity
Book SynopsisA study of a representative group of Japanese New Religions, exploring their concepts and practices of peace and pacifism. Robert Kisala advocates a more positive engagement in the debate on Japan's role in international security arrangements.
£19.16
Anthroposophic Press Inc Materialism and the Task of Anthroposophy
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£28.50
Anthroposophic Press Inc Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path
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£16.14
Anthroposophic Press Inc Staying Connected
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£17.09
Anthroposophic Press Inc First Steps in Inner Development
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£14.24
Anthroposophic Press Inc What Is Anthroposophy
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£11.99
Anthroposophic Press Inc Start Now
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£17.09
Ibis Press Tantric Temples Eros and Magic in Java
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£49.60
Rudolf Steiner Press Cosmic Memory
Book SynopsisIn the best tradition of ancient wisdom literature, COSMIC MEMORYreconstructs from the akashic record events between the origin of the earth and the beginning of recorded history, including a core investigation of the origins, achievements, and the fate of the Atlanteans and Lemurians. These remarkable lost root races developed the first concepts of good and evil, manipulated the forces of nature, laid the groundwork of all human legal and ethical systems, and defined and nurtured the distinctive yet complementary powers of men and women that brought humankind, many centuries ago, to its highest artistic, intellectual, and spiritual attainments. Through this discussion of our true origins, COSMIC MEMORY gives us a genuine foundation for our lives; allows us to realize our real value, dignity, and essence; enlightens us about our connection with the world around us; and shows us our highest goals, our true destiny.
£20.25
Temple Lodge Publishing The Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker
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£8.99
Green Magic Publishing Ley Lines
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£11.69
Green Magic Publishing The Lost Science of the Stone Age Sacred Energy and the I Ching
£22.51
Ginger Prince Publications The Nativity A Critical Examination
£15.73
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Ishtar Publishing Complete Rosicrucian Initiations of the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
£31.42
Osho International Gold Nuggets Messages from Existence
Book SynopsisExistence is a constant reminder, according to Osho; one just needs to be sensitive and alert to pick up the messages. The selected quotes in one of Osho’s most accessible books create an urgency very much in tune with a growing worldwide awareness that everything is not right with humanity and our beautiful planet Earth. These powerful meditations cover a wide range of subjects including love, death, friendship, and hate; together they remind us that we have only one moment in our hands, and that we must live it or leave it unlived.
£9.49
Urantia Foundation The Untold Story of Jesus
Book SynopsisJesus comes to life in this fascinating modern biography excerpted from The Urantia Book. Many of these historical stories are familiar to readers of the New Testament but dozens are new, including the missing years not found in the Bible. Here you discover Jesus presented as never before, both as divine Son and human hero whose matchless life inspires, comforts, and transforms you.It is beautifully written in modern, page-turning prose and complemented with 106 paintings from 35 renowned artists, including 42 originally commissioned works you will see for the first time. The paintings run the gamut of fine art celebrating the life of Christ, both classic and modern. These artists poured their souls into these portraits of higher spiritual reality. Our deep appreciation and humble gratitude go out to each one of them.These paintings illustrate Jesus’ life journey from his humble birth and childhood to adolescence and manhood; from private to public ministrTable of ContentsHow fitting that the last words of John’s gospel should be the first words of this book. The Untold Story of Jesus highlights his life and teachings in a biography excerpted from The Urantia Book. Many of these historical stories are familiar to readers of the New Testament but dozens are new, including the missing years not found in the Bible. Here you discover Jesus presented as never before, both as divine Son and human hero whose matchless life inspires, comforts, and transforms you. This new book provides relevant and empowering spiritual insights, helping you navigate the challenging yet promising conditions of the 21st century. We live in an exciting era of unprecedented improvements in our material lives brought about by scientific, industrial, and social achievements. Yet in spite of all this progress, many souls feel lonely and displaced. We need God and have an innate thirst for spiritual answers because of that “still, small voice” that lives within us. Finding God by living the personal religion of Jesus satisfies that thirst. The religion of Jesus is based on faith, love, and selfless service. His pure and original message of unending life through faith in our heavenly Father is the spiritual birthright of every man, woman, and child of every nation, race, religion, and economic status. The teachings of Jesus stand apart from any religious, political, or social institution. The religion of Jesus, distinct from the theological religion about Jesus, holds the key to happiness and productive living. His spirit invigorates the inner life and provides power from above to transform people who then go out to transform society. The brotherhood of men is founded on the fatherhood of God. The family of God is derived from the love of God—God is love. God the Father divinely loves his children, all of them. The Art in this Book The one hundred and six paintings in this book run the gamut of fine art celebrating the life of Jesus. Here you will find both classic and modern paintings by many renowned Christian artists. You will also see many newly commissioned paintings for the first time. Thirty-five artists poured their souls into these portraits of higher spiritual reality. Our deep appreciation and humble gratitude goes out to each one of them. These paintings illustrate Jesus’ life journey from his humble birth and childhood to adolescence and manhood; from private to public ministry and on to his death, resurrection, and ascension. The artwork celebrates his diverse life as son, father-brother, carpenter, boatbuilder, tutor, translator, caravan conductor, teacher, healer, minister, and friend. No one knows what Jesus looked like, but these artists painted their soulful interpretations to spark our imagination of these scenes from the Master’s life. Our intent is to give you a visual communion with Jesus that complements the enthralling narrative. About The Urantia Book The Urantia Book was first published in 1955 and contains four parts. The first three parts present an expansive new revelation of God, the cosmos, the afterlife, angels and the heavenly hosts, world history, and much more. The fourth part is a restatement of the life and teachings of Jesus. This narrative sometimes uses unfamiliar names or terminologies, which are defined in the glossary on page 346. The search for the genuine Jesus continues to intrigue humanity. Since the Bible only records an estimated fifty days in his life, it follows that there is more to his story. You will find it here in this detailed history of the Master’s entire life, including the public ministry recorded in the Gospels. It is beautifully written in modern, page-turning prose. It provides a coherent and seamless biography of this magnificent personality who continues to shape spiritual progress in our world. While we have captured many fascinating stories and noble teachings, our highlights represent less than a third of Part IV of The Urantia Book. Condensing the life and teachings of Jesus into these pages is like trying to illuminate the sun by lighting a candle. We encourage you to read the original source. The story of Jesus is one of the most enthralling chapters in human history. The closing passage of John’s gospel speaks to a life larger than even the world itself. In John’s day the Word was made flesh. In these days the Word is made book. A Final Thought We pray that these stories, teachings, and paintings provide you with a new sense of faith, comfort, and purpose. And to you who may not believe in Jesus, we ask you to look again. Read the stories, enjoy the art, and get to know the man through new eyes. What the world needs now is unconditional love, unfailing compassion and matchless good will. Even after two thousand years, Jesus’ teachings have not been practiced on a global scale. When that day comes, his inspired life will transform, transfigure, and rule this world. His message of personal faith in a loving heavenly Father coupled with unselfish service to one another is a clear and direct pathway to peace in this life and passage to the next. May you be blessed by the supreme adventure that follows!
£23.07
Taylor & Francis The Routledge History of Witchcraft
Book SynopsisThe Routledge History of Witchcraft is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates.This extensive collection covers the entire breadth of the history of witchcraft, from the witches of Ancient Greece and medieval demonology through to the victims of the witch hunts, and onwards to children's books, horror films, and modern pagans. Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of an international team of authors, the book examines differing concepts of witchcraft that still exist in society and explains their historical, literary, religious, and anthropological origin and development, including the reflections and adaptions of this belief in art and popular culture. The volume is divided into four chronological parts, beginning with Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Part One, Early Modern witTrade Review'The history of witchcraft, once narrowly focused on early modern Europe, now ranges widely across time and territory, and reaches deeply into every nook and cranny of human activity and experience. This diverse collection of essays, by leading experts in their fields, both reflects this remarkable historiographical development and does full justice to the importance of the subject in the twenty-first century.'Malcolm Gaskill, University of East AngliaTable of ContentsEditor’s Preface; Part 1: Witches in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages; Witches in Greece and Rome; Witchcraft, Magic and Demonology in the Bible, Ancient Judaism and Earliest Christianity; Demons and Witchcraft in the Early Church; Witchcraft and Demonology in the Middle Ages; The Rise of the Witchcraft Doctrine; Part 2: The Early Modern Witch Hunts: Regions and Issues; Witchcraft and Witch-Hunting in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy; Germany – "the Mother of the Witches"; Witch Hunts in the Low Countries (1450-1685); Witch Hunts in France; Witch Hunting in Spain: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; Witch Hunts in Britain; Witchcraft in Scandinavia; Witch Hunts in Eastern Central Europe; Witch Hunts in Eastern Europe; The Salem Witch Hunt; Witchcraft and the Early Modern Media; Witchcraft and Gender; Child-Witches; Witchcraft in Everyday Life; The Interrelationship of Magic and Witchcraft; Part 3: Modern Concepts of Witches; Child Eaters and Other Problems of Democracy: Witchcraft and the American Frontier; Witchcraft Accusations in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Europe; Shifting Figures of the Witch in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa; Wicca; Disciples of Hell: The History of Satanism; Part 4: Witches and the Arts; Witchcraft and Early Modern Art (1450-1550); The Witch Figure in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature; Where Have All the Witches Gone? The Disappearing Witch and Children’s Literature; Witchcraft in Film
£41.79
Taylor & Francis Ltd New Religious Movements
New Religious Movements: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the field of New Religious Movements (NRMs). Western culture is currently going through a wave of fascination with cults, with numerous documentaries and television series dedicated to describing these groups. Meanwhile, scholars have been wrestling with the intricacies of this loaded category for decades.Introducing the reader to some of the key issues and debates in the field of NRM studies, this book includes discussions on: how to define the term new religious movement critically unpacking the term cult how to study NRMs brainwashing and deprogramming prophecy and failed prophecy charisma and authority NRMs and violence gender and sexuality This book is essential reading for students and scholars of religion who are approaching the study of NRMs for the first time as well as those in
£18.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Nazi Occultism
Book SynopsisNazi Occultism provides a serious scholarly study of a topic that is often marred by sensationalism and misinformation.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 – Studies 1. The esoteric origins of Mein Kampf: Myths and realities 2. Nazi esotericism: Between völkisch thought and fantasy 3. Neopaganism and Nazism 4. The ‘mysterious history’ and the French extreme right Part 2 – Portraits 5. Evolian anthropology, the ‘spirit of the race’ and Judaism 6. Jacques de Mahieu: Between biological racism and the ‘mysterious history’ 7. Miguel Serrano: A Chilean neo-nazi between diplomacy and racial occultism 8. Counter-culture and ‘nazi esotericism’: The Thulean cycle of Wilhelm Landig 9. Between freak thinking and an identitarian world view: The writer Jean-Paul Bourre 10. Michael Moynihan and the Wulfing Kindred Conclusion
£34.19
Taylor & Francis Science and Specters at Salem
Book SynopsisMost studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science and Specters at Salem turns instead to the intellectual background of the judges to understand why they accepted controversial types of evidence.The role of judges in a witch trial was central. Goldish argues that in Salem the judges' acceptance of questionable touch tests and spectral evidence was a result of their intellectual commitments. Several of the Salem judges were highly educated, and some of them were adherents of a particular philosophical school in England led by Henry More and Joseph Glanvill which Goldish calls the anti-Sadducees. He demonstrates how the ideas of these leading thinkers, friends of Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton, could have led to the deaths of twenty accused witches in Salem.This book will interest students and scholars of witch trials, American colonial history, Atlantic history, legal history and early modern
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Taylor & Francis Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean
Book SynopsisThis volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas, including the knowledge and practice of magic, were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, and Egyptian cultures.Offering an original and innovative combination of case studies on the material aspects and cross-cultural transfers of magic and religion, this book brings together a range of contributions that cross and connect sub-fields with a pan-Mediterranean, comparative scope. Section I investigates the material aspects of magical practices, including first editions and original studies on papyri, gems, lamellae containing binding curses and protective texts, and other textual media in ancient book culture. Several chapters feature the Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri, the compilation of magical recipes in the formularies, and the role of physical book-forms in the transmission of magical knowlTable of ContentsPrologue – A Kind of Magic: A Tribute to Christopher Faraone - Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Carolina López-Ruiz, and Sofía Torallas Tovar; Section I Materials; 1. Mustering Knowledge in the Longer Greco-Egyptian Formularies - Richard Gordon; 2. The Composition of GEMF 31/PGM I and Its Sources - Sofía Torallas Tovar; 3. He Means ‘Rose’: Marginal Notes in the Greek Papyri of the Theban Magical Library - Korshi Dosoo; 4. The Magic Hour: Cultures of Timekeeping in GEMF 57/PGM IV - Kassandra Miller; 5. Practice your Spells When It Suits You Best. The “Cycles of the Moon” Transmitted in GEMF 74/PGM VII and GEMF 55 /PGM III - Raquel Martin Hernández; 6. Stars and Stones: Practice, Materiality, and Ontology in Astrological Rites - Ian S. Moyer; 7. The Limits of Textuality in Artemidorοs’ Oneirocritica - Kenneth W. Yu; 8. Magical Magnets? Mastering the Winds on a North Aegean Island - Sandra Blakely; 9. Fencing in the Drivers and the Chariot Horses in a Latin Defixio from Hadrumetum (DT 277 + 278) - Celia Sánchez Natalías; Section II Cross-Cultural Contexts;10. The Problem of the Magi - Bruce Lincoln; 11. Magicians and Mendicants: New Light from the Marmarini Inscription - Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; 12. Egyptian Herakles and Syrian Aphrodite?: Phoenician Art and Cultural Exchange in the Ancient Mediterranean - Carolina López-Ruiz; 13. Uncovering an Earlier Version of the Demeter-Persephone Story: The Anatolian Background of Hekate’s Appearance in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter - Mary R. Bachvarova; 14. A Bronze Medallion in Madrid: Cross-Cultural and Material Transmission of an Amuletic Tradition from Syria to Sicily - Roy D. Kotansky; 15. “Bind Them as a Sign on Your Hand”: Amulets and Tefillin in Rabbinic Texts - Megan S. Nutzman; 16. A Misplaced Mummy: Thelxinoe’s Corpse in Xenophon’s Ephesiaka - Janet Downie; Epilogue – A Kind of Magic: The Work and Legacy of Christopher Faraone - Clifford Ando.
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