Occult studies / Supernatural studies Books

Book SynopsisThe first major survey of the occult collection of artworks, letters, objects and ephemera in the Tate Archive and collection. Revealing over 150 esoteric and mystical pieces, some never before seen, this book gives a new understanding to the artists in the Tate collection and the history and practice of the occult. A lavishly illustrated magical volume acts a potent talisman connecting the two worlds of Tate – the seen public collection and the unseen secrets lurking in the archive. The pages of this book explore the hidden artworks and ephemera left behind by artists, and shed new light on our understanding of the art historical canon. It offers an in-depth exploration of the occult and its relationship to art and culture including witchcraft, alchemy, secret societies, folklore and pagan rituals, demonology, spells and magic, psychic energies, astrology and tarot. Expect to find the unexpected in the works and lives of artists such as Ithell Colquhoun, Paul Nash, Barbara Hepworth, Cecil Collins, John William Waterhouse, Alan Davie, Joe Tilson, Henry Moore, Eileen Agar, William Blake, Leonora Carrington and Pamela Colman Smith. For the first time, the clandestine, magical works of the Tate archive are revealed with archivist Victoria Jenkins exploring relationships between art and the occult, and how both can act as a form of resistance to challenging environments. This book challenges perceptions and illuminates the surprising breadth and extraordinary ways in which artists interpret not just the physical world around them but also the supernatural, to make the unseen, seen. If you think you know Tate artists, it’s time to think again.

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Book SynopsisThe author of The Green Witch, shows you how you can create your own green witch grimoire to record your favourite spells, recipes, rituals, and more. A grimoire is essential for any witch wanting to capture and record spells, rituals, and secret ingredients. And for a green witch, a perfect place to reflect upon the power of nature, and document the stones, plants, flowers, oils, and herbs used in her practice. The Green Witch’s Grimoire finally is a place for all your prized knowledge. Experienced witch Arin Murphy-Hiscock guides you on your path to creating your own personal book of your most cherished magic. Continue to hone your craft and grow into the green witch you’ve always dreamed of as you personalize your own Green Witch’s Grimoire.Trade Review“[This book] delivers. It. Is. Complete. … anyone can use this book.” —Magical Buffet“Easy to understand and takes you by the hand to get started on this magical path… a great companion book to The Green Witch.” —Facing North“A complete package… This is a book that you will want to spend time with.” —Pagan Pages “An incredible asset to any green witch’s library.” —Howling Libraries“A complete package of insight, guidance, knowledge and practicality.” —A Witch’s Sacred Journey"Arin has smashed another book out of the park… the perfect guide." —PrettyCore

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Book SynopsisBuilt at the end of the last ice age, the mysterious stone temple complex of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is one of the greatest challenges to 21st century archaeology. As much as 7,000 years older than the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge, its strange buildings and rings of T-shaped monoliths--built with stones weighing from 10 to 15 tons--show a level of sophistication and artistic achievement unmatched until the rise of the great civilizations of the ancient world, Sumer, Egypt, and Babylon. Chronicling his travels to Göbekli Tepe and surrounding sites, Andrew Collins details the layout, architecture, and exquisite relief carvings of ice age animals and human forms found at this 12,000-year-old megalithic complex, now recognized as the oldest stone architecture in the world. He explores how it was built as a reaction to a global cataclysm--the Great Flood in the Bible--and explains how it served as a gateway and map to the sky-world, the place of first creation, reached via a bright star in the constellation of Cygnus. He reveals those behind its construction as the Watchers of the Book of Enoch and the Anunnaki gods of Sumerian tradition. Unveiling Göbekli Tepe's foundational role in the rise of civilization, Collins shows how it is connected to humanity's creation in the Garden of Eden and the secrets Adam passed to his son Seth, the founder of an angelic race called the Sethites. In his search for Adam's legendary Cave of Treasures, the author discovers the Garden of Eden and the remains of the Tree of Life--in the same sacred region where Göbekli Tepe is being uncovered today.Trade Review“Andrew Collins has not only written the definitive explanation of Gobekli Tepe, but he has probably explained one of the most important mysteries of all time: Where and how did modern humans evolve? This is a masterpiece of work that brings ancient history to life.” * Gregory Little, author of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Mounds & Earthworks and ed *“Here is an author to watch. Here is someone interested in the truth who will take us there at all costs.” * Rand Flem-Ath, coauthor of Atlantis Beneath the Ice *“Göbekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods by Andrew Collins is a comprehensive interpretation of the oldest advanced temple complex on Earth. Like Pompeii emerging from volcanic ash in 1599, Göbekli Tepe’s last moments were preserved by back-fill 10,000 years ago that totally preserved it as a museum of early prehistory. The extraordinary raised reliefs, pictograms, and pillars—many over twenty-feet tall and weighing many tons—tell the story of a forgotten culture from 11,500 years ago. World-renowned for his explorations of the prehistoric Middle East, Collins weaves together archeological, anthropological, astronomical, and spiritual aspects of Göbekli Tepe. His insights of Paleolithic sky-to-Earth cultic practices open our minds to Eden in the early Neolithic. In my own books, I have theorized that a series of cataclysms around 13,000 to11,500 years ago devastated Earth and traumatized our ancestors. Collin’s insights into this ancient site constructed by humans who were most likely recovering from post-cataclysmic trauma are compelling. This clear and correct interpretation of Göbekli Tepe offers even more! He draws our minds even deeper back 17,000 years to the Solutrean phase to describe human cultural development before the cultural regression. Göbekli Tepe awakens ancient memory to process deeply hidden trauma, from the past because it is a faithful and accurate depiction of the Paleolithic advanced culture. A must-read for anybody who wants to know the real story before “history” began.” * Barbara Hand Clow, author of Awakening the Planetary Mind: Beyond the Trauma of the Past to a New Er *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Dating System UsedIllustration Credits Introduction by Graham HancockPrologue In Quest of AngelsPart OneConstruction1 A Lifetime’s Work 2 Monumental Architecture 3 Frozen in Stone 4 Strange Glyphs and Ideograms Part TwoCosmos5 Gateway to Heaven 6 Window on Another World 7 Turned toward the Stars 8 The Path of Souls 9 Cult of the Vulture 10 Cosmic Birth StonePart ThreeCatastrophobia11 The Hooded Ones 12 Fear of the Fox’s Tail 13 Cosmic Trickster 14 From a Fox to a Wolf 15 Twilight of the Gods 16 The Wolf Progeny 17 A Dark Day in Syria 18 AftermathPart FourContact19 The Reindeer Hunters 20 Swiderian Dawn 21 The Solutrean Connection 22 Obsidian Obsession 23 The Bingöl Masters 24 Wolf Stone Mountain 25 Saviors of the World 26 Strange-Looking People Part FiveConvergence27 In the Garden of Eden 28 The Fountain of Paradise 29 The World’s Summit 30 Rise of the Anunnaki 31 The Making of Humankind 32 The Coming of the Watchers 33 Mountain of the Watchers 34 Walking with Serpents Part SixCompletion35 A Quiet Corner of Eden 36 The Red Church 37 The Secrets of Adam 38 As Angels Ourselves 39 The Return to Eden 40 A Trip to Paradise 41 Göbekli Tepe Revisited 42 A Loss of Innocence Appendix Useful Dates Notes Bibliography About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisA detailed examination of the last 15 years of Crowley’s life• Reveals Crowley’s sex magick relations in London and his contacts with important figures, including Dion Fortune, Gerald Gardner, Jack Parsons, Dylan Thomas, and black equality activist Nancy Cunard • Explores Crowley’s nick-of-time escape from the Nazi takeover in Germany and offers extensive confirmation of Crowley’s work for British intelligence • Examines the development of Crowley’s later publications and his articles in reaction to the Nazi Gestapo actively persecuting his followers in Germany After an extraordinary life of magical workings, occult fame, and artistic pursuits around the globe, Aleister Crowley was forced to spend the last fifteen years of his life in his native England, nearly penniless. Much less examined than his early years, this final period of the Beast’s life was just as filled with sex magick, espionage, romance, transatlantic conflict, and extreme behavior. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries and letters, Tobias Churton provides the first detailed treatment of the final years of Crowley’s life, from 1932 to 1947. He opens with Crowley’s nick-of-time escape from the Nazi takeover in Germany and his return home to England, flat broke. Churton offers extensive confirmation of Crowley’s work as a secret operative for MI5 and explores how Crowley saw World War II as the turning point for the “New Aeon.” He examines Crowley’s notorious 1934 London trial, which resulted in his bankruptcy, and shares inside stories of Crowley’s relations with Californian O.T.O. followers, including rocket-fuel specialist Jack Parsons, and his attempt to take over H. Spencer Lewis’s Rosicrucian Order. The author reveals Crowley’s sex magick relations in London and his contacts with spiritual leaders of the time, including Dion Fortune and Wicca founder Gerald Gardner. He examines Crowley’s dealings with artists such as Dylan Thomas, Alfred Hitchcock, Augustus John, Peter Warlock, and Peter Brooks and dispels the accusations that Crowley was racist, exploring his work with lifelong friend, black equality activist Nancy Cunard. Churton also examines the development of Crowley’s later publications such as Magick without Tears as well as his articles in reaction to the Nazi Gestapo who was actively persecuting his remaining followers in Germany. Presenting an intimate and compelling study of Crowley in middle and old age, Churton shows how the Beast still wields a wand-like power to delight and astonish.Trade Review“Aleister Crowley has found the biographer he could have wished for. By staying close to the original sources, Tobias Churton has managed to dive deeply into the emotional life of an unparalleled religious thinker who celebrated life. Aleister Crowley in England is like the man himself--profound, witty, imaginative, and joyous.” * Frank van Lamoen, assistant curator and researcher, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam *“Tobias Churton’s masterful survey of the Beast’s declining years battling ill-health and poverty in England, records not only matters Magickal with the author’s usual scrupulous attention to accuracy and detail but also reveals other aspects of Crowley’s perverse personality, like the luxurious meals he prepared for guests even following bankruptcy, his priapic adventures, seemingly undiminished by chronic asthma, and more. All this is dished up with Churton’s customary eloquence and panache, a triumphant addition to the definitive multivolume biography.” * Patrick Robertson O.B.E., Historian *“Tobias Churton gives the deluxe treatment to Aleister Crowley’s often-overlooked final years: As a life of magick, romance, controversy, and intrigue draws to a close, the Beast crystallizes his incredible experiences into his most mature works, does his part for the war effort, reinvents the Tarot, and forges relationships that will carry his legacy well beyond his lifetime. Crowley beguiles and endures to the very end.” * Richard Kaczynski, author of Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley *“Tobias Churton’s excellent series of books exploring the different phases of Aleister Crowley’s life and work continues here, revealing much of the deeper details often overlooked in the Beast’s later years. Churton has a true gift for finding and correlating the different connections Crowley made with people who were first drawn by his reputation, only to be bewitched by his personal magnetism into staying when they had every reason to shun him.” * Toby Chappell, author of Infernal Geometry and the Left-Hand Path *“Resettled in the UK, neither financial problems nor failing health could stop the ‘Great Beast’ from creating The Book of Thoth and a multitude of occult classics. Churton’s masterful study of these final decades of Crowley’s life is as revealing as it is entertaining.” * Carl Abrahamsson, magico-anthropologist, filmmaker, and author of Occulture *“With delightful prose and his ever-present understanding of Aleister Crowley’s humor and humanity, Tobias Churton expertly separates the man, the myth, and the legend, revealing the clearest picture available of the world’s most famous occultist.” * Tamra Lucid, founding member of the experimental rock band Lucid Nation and author of Making the Ord *“Aleister Crowley in England, by scholar Tobias Churton, is a very precious and fascinating work, covering the last fifteen years of the Beast in his native England. It throws considerable light on his final period, not well known and as full of crazy events as his early days. A must-have.” * Philippe Pissier, French translator of Aleister Crowley *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments INTRODUCTIONHe Never Sold Out PART ONE Pre-War 1932-1939 ONE Never Dull Where Crowley Is TWOPotted Sex Appeal THREEJustice Swift The Trial FOURUnbelievable Terror A.M.O.R.C. Round One FIVE Bar 666 SIX Living in a Turkish Bath A.M.O.R.C. AgainSEVEN Seriously on the Path Hitler and Germany According to Protective Prisoner No. 303 Cornwall--August 1938EIGHT Khing Kang King Return of the Goetic Gourmet Qingjing Jing PART TWO WAR NINE Happy Dust TEN What Crowley Does this Year, England Does Next Torquay--Great Magical Retirement?ELEVENRobed as a Warrior Rudolf Hess TWELVE In the Hour of Battle Winston Plus Cigar “Defeatist Activities of Really Serious Groups” Cambridge SpyTHIRTEEN I Dreamed Time FOURTEENMonstrous Worlds The Duke Street-King Street Bomb The Bell A New Gnostic Church--Almost The Book of Thoth Nancy Cunard PART THREERETIREMENT FIFTEEN Death Is King Netherwood The Chinese Ambassadress SIXTEEN Eddies of Obsidian Babalon Now! SEVENTEEN The Universe Chronology 1875 to 1932: Crowley’s Life before He Returned to England Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of our extraordinary shift away from materialism toward renewal of the numinous, mysterious, and uncertain• Examines topics that evoke widespread misunderstanding, including the real history of secret societies, the wisdom of the Satanic, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, out-of-body experience, and the contemporary war on witches• Looks at the influence of the founding lights of modern occultism, including mystic Neville Goddard, occult scholar Manly P. Hall, and surrealist filmmaker David Lynch, and debunks famous pseudo-skeptics such as the Amazing Randi• Explores magickal practices, including Anarchic Magick, mind metaphysics, the Law of Attraction, and Ouija boards, and upends hallowed spiritual concepts like forgivenessAll of us today dwell in uncertain places--realities in which thoughts make things happen, ESP is provable by the scientific methods once used to debunk it, UFOs are mainstream, and magick no longer requires rite and ritual but is as near as your own mind. Today’s leading voice of esotericism and the occult, Mitch Horowitz explores topics that evoke widespread misunderstanding, including the real history of secret societies, the wisdom of the Satanic, the relevance of Gnosticism, and the slender but authentic connection between today’s spiritual culture and antiquity, including in areas of Hermeticism, deity worship, out-of-body experience, and magick. He demonstrates the occult roots of wide-ranging facets of modern culture, including politics, abstract art, mind-body healing, self-help, and breakthrough scientific fields such as quantum physics and neuroplasticity. He looks at the influence of the founding lights of modern occultism, including mystic Neville Goddard, occult scholar Manly P. Hall, and surrealist filmmaker David Lynch, and provides a magnificent take-down of famous debunkers and pseudo-skeptics such as the Amazing Randi. He explores magickal practices, including Anarchic Magick, mind metaphysics, the Law of Attraction, and the history of Ouija boards and questions time-honored spiritual values like forgiveness. Mitch also examines the contemporary war on witches around the world and what it is like to be blacklisted. Offering a thought-provoking investigation of the spiritual, the occult, the magickal, and the extra-physical, Mitch lays the groundwork for readers to continue their own journeys into these esoteric streams of consciousness.Trade Review“Treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today’s raised-voice discussions.” * Washington Post *“This book is nothing less than a masterpiece. It introduces, informs, inspires, and ignites critical thinking in a way that is unique to Horowitz’s creative mind. He is a constant source of infectious curiosity and openmindedness; no esoteric stone, small or big, is left unturned in his pursuit of new perspectives and connections. His mind and work are those of a restless rebel who provokes the stagnant and causally dull with sparks and nuggets of great wisdom. In many ways, Horowitz is the perfect mix of Manly P. Hall, Joseph Campbell, and Prometheus, eloquently carrying the torch of mythic and spiritual illumination into the twenty-first century.” * Carl Abrahamsson, author of Source Magic and Occulture *“In Uncertain Places, Mitch Horowitz achieves the impossible. He provides a crystal-clear look at topics that are drenched in the murkiest of ambiguities yet continue to fascinate every living soul. Horowitz aims a brilliantly lucid lens toward the great unwashed domain of the occult, and he magically manages to bring into view shocking truths about a realm that has always been hiding in plain sight.” * Dean Radin, Ph.D., author of Real Magic *“Mitch Horowitz is at his best when he throws new light on the hidden subtext of accepted dogma. From ‘anarchic magick’ to ‘reclaiming the damned,’ Uncertain Places stands as a sweeping reinterpretation of major themes at the sharp edge of American imagination.” * Jacques Vallée, coauthor of TRINITY: The Best-Kept Secret *“I admire Mitch Horowitz enormously. He has struggled virtually singlehandedly to get the American intelligentsia to give occult and esoteric currents the serious attention they deserve. This collection exemplifies the intelligence, sincerity, and integrity Mitch has always brought to his inquiry. He has fearlessly faced some of the most awkward subjects in his field and cast his own unique light on them. Fascinating and erudite.” * Richard Smoley, author of A Theology of Love: Reimagining Christianity through A Course in Miracles *“What a welcome guide in these uncertain times! Mitch Horowitz continues his program for bringing esoteric ideas out of the closet and into the public forum. Here he reveals the New Age for what it really is: the exoteric face of the Hermetic philosophy. Once we realize that the human mind is the extension of the divine creative power, the rest follows, like a flood sweeping away the debris of religions and anti-religions alike. To paraphrase: Mind is the ultimate arbiter of reality. All self-expression is sacred. The only evil is to prevent other beings from reaching their highest potential. We are all gods in the making, but more than gods, being forged in the crucible of the world. Even those familiar with this line of thought will relish the parade of characters, charlatans, and sages that emerge from Uncertain Places.” * Joscelyn Godwin, author of The Greater and Lesser Worlds of Robert Fludd *“Who are we? What are we? Have we ever really been entirely human? Whether or not we have or have not, if we want to make any advancement in this respect, we will have to delve into certain quagmires such as the occult and the paranormal to discover ourselves. This work is dangerous, but Mitch Horowitz has the courage to undertake it. As a bonus, his writing is very amusing.” * Peter Lamborn Wilson, author of Peacock Angel *“Here is a learned yet accessible book about the shaping power of will and intention, about the reality of an extraphysical world (or worlds), about just how wrong and stupid the debunkers and conspiracy theorists have been, and about religious belief as dissociation—the still unknown mirror in which we will someday come to recognize ourselves. Here are the ‘uncertain places’ that many of us have not yet gone but will.” * Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Reali *“To make the density of countless esoteric teachings and life-changing mind metaphysics accessible to nearly anyone is a gift Mitch Horowitz is currently in the practice of leaving us all with.” * Jesse Draxler, American visual artist and author of Misophonia *"A fast-paced collection of essays covering a wide range of controversial topics--among them: the creative agency of the mind, the dynamic interplay of inner and outer realities, paranormal research, causality of thought, the metaphysical dimension of the human experience, and alternative spirituality. This book serves as a compass to navigate the tricky maze of occulture's house of mirrors, with its seductive dead-ends, alluring distorted images, and misinformation galore. Horowitz's essays are erudite yet accessible, persuasive and pragmatic, full of striking observation casting a new light on how we see and interpret the world." * Ferdinando Buscema, BoingBoing.nt *Table of ContentsREINTRODUCTION POWER AND UNCERTAINTYPART IStrange Fire1 RECLAIMING THE DAMNED2 CHOOSE YOUR OWN REALITY 3 “MY WILL BE DONE”4 IS YOUR MIND A TECHNOLOGY FOR UTOPIA?PART II Magickal Operations 5 ANARCHIC MAGICK 6 GOD OF THE OUTSIDERS 7 “DOWN WITH THE BLUE BLOODS”8 SUFFERING AND THE LIMITS OF MAGICK 9 AGAINST TRADITION 10 YOU ARE YOUR MASK11 IS MAGICK NECESSARY? PART III “Up, Up O Ye Gods!” 12 THE NEW AGE AND GNOSTICISM 13 HERMES RESURRECTED 14 THE DEVIL AND MR. JONESPART IVIncarnations 15 OCCULT AMERICAN 16 SEEING IN THE DARK: DAVID LYNCH UNCUT17 THE MAN WHO DESTROYED SKEPTICISMPART V Damned History 18 THE WAR ON WITCHES 19 HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE ILLUMINATI 20 A DIABOLICAL DEVICE21 VISIONS FROM SOMEWHERE 22 THE MAGIC STAFF 23 THE PREFACE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BANNEDAFTERWORD HOW IT FEELS TO BE BLACKLISTED ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Book SynopsisSixty years after the defeat of the Third Reich, the complexities of Nazi ideology are still being unravelled. This enormously influential book has provided the first serious account of these ideological origins. The book demonstrates the way in which Nazism was influenced by powerful occult and millenarian sects that thrived in Germany and Austria at the turn of the century. These sects (principally the Ariosophists) promoted doctrines of popular nationalism, 'Aryan' racism and occultism to support their advocacy of German world-rule. Their ideas and symbols filtered through to nationalist-racist groups associated with the infant Nazi party, and in time exerted a strong influence on Himmler's SS. Their fantasies were played out with terrifying consequences in the Third Reich: Auschwitz, Sobibor and Treblinka are the hellish museums of the Nazi apocalypse, the roots of which lay in the millennial visions of occult sects. This bizarre and fascinating story contains lessons we cannot afford to ignore.Trade ReviewGoodrick-Clarke's now classic work triumphantly demonstrates that scrupulous scholarship and sound judgement can illuminate a crucial episode in the genesis of Nazism. The political dangers of the new century posed by the mixture of modernity with faith and esoteric mysticism make it particularly timely. -- Professor Roger Griffin, author of The Nature of FacismAn extensive survey of...theology, astrology, and 'ariosophy' (Aryan-racists-occult-theories)... An intriguing study of apocalyptic fantasies... * Times Literary Supplement *If anyone still questions the power which myth exercises over the human mind, he should read The Occult Roots of Nazism. -- Anthony Storr, Fellow, Royal College of PsychiatristsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Illustrations Author's Preface to 2004 Edition Foreword Introduction Part 1: The Background 1. The Pan-German Vision 2. The modern German Occult Revival 1880-1910 Part 2: The Ariosophists of Vienna 3. Guido von List 4. Wotanism and Germanic Theosophy 5. The Armanenschaft 6. The Secret Heritage 7. The German Millennium 8. Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels and Theozoology 9. The Order of the New Templars Part 3: Ariosophy in Germany 10. The Germanenorden 11. Rudolf von Sebottendorff and the Thule Society 12. The Holy Runes and the Edda Society 13. Herbert Reichstein and Ariosophy 14. Karl Maria Wiligut: The Private Magus of Heinrich Himmler 15. Ariosophy and Adolf Hitler Appendix A: Genealogy of Lanz von Liebenfels Appendix B: Genealogy of the Sebottendorff Family Appendix C: The history of Ariosophy Appendix D: New Templar Verse Appendix E: The Modern Mythology of Nazi Occultism Notes and References Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA guide to discovering the shadow wisdom hidden in your birth chart. Recently rediscovered by modern psychology, the shadow self was recognized in ancient teachings as an inseparable part of the human being, a vital portion of who we are. The ancient Egyptians regarded working with the shadow as a necessary part of spiritual growth, and shadow work practices are alluded to in the oldest writings. In this practical guide to shadow astrology, Maja D’Aoust explains how to determine the shadow polarities of your natal chart and explore the hidden wisdom and challenges of the oppositional identity within. She shows how finding your shadow planets is easy—they are the opposite sign of the planets in your birth chart. For example, someone with the sun in Libra will have their shadow sun in Aries. She explains how, just like the traditional planets of astrology, each shadow planet governs a specific area of human activity: Venus shadows speak of taint

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Book SynopsisWe are all surrounded by spirits. Many people feel called to work with them, but few know where to begin. Enjoined by the gods and spirits to fulfill this need, Raven Kaldera and Galina Krasskova have reconstructed the indigenous spiritual traditions of northern Europe and Scandinavia extinguished more than one thousand years ago by the spread of Christianity. Arising from basic survival needs, these practical traditions are fundamentally tied to the elements found in the harsh world of the ancient North. Beginning with the skills tied to the Earth element, necessary for grounding prior to the more demanding aspects of the practice--working with Sun, Moon, Plants, Animals, Water, Fire, Craft, and Air--the authors explain, step by step, how to build relationships with each elemental spirit and the Ancestors. Offering 83 practical exercises, from cleansing with the Moon or borrowing the legs of Reindeer to making sacred space with Mugwort or creating an ancestor altar, they also explore building spirit relationships through altered states. Emphasizing the proper management of your spirit relationships to avoid spiritual debt or offense, the authors outline the ancient cultural rules and taboos that circumscribe these practices, essential knowledge for successful and fruitful spirit alliances. Detailing the beginning set of skills needed to work with the spirits of this ancient world, this comprehensive workbook offers a unique ancestral spiritual outlet for those of northern European descent as well as an accessible guide for anyone trying to fulfill their shamanic callings.Trade Review“Our modern world is hungry for Spirit, and this hunger leads to some dark places if it isn’t met by Spirit. The shaman’s path is the strongest means we have of addressing this hunger in a meaningful way. Kaldera and Krasskova offer a grand mix of tradition, magic, and reconstruction in service to a broad community. Those with a genetic, cultural, or spiritual link with northern European culture will find this book especially satisfying.” * Kenn Day, author of Dance of Stones *“Neolithic Shamanism is a primer in the finest sense; it will prime you to get well started on this path. It is so thorough it can well be the first book of any you read about shamanism. It is also primary in a touching, inspirational sense: Raven and Galina have an almost childlike belief in the work and spirituality they love and teach, and they have the simple courage to tell us all, ‘This is For Real.’” * Crow Swimsaway, Ph.D., author of Spirit Knife, Soul Bone *“Neolithic Shamanism approaches an ancient practice with modern sensibility; it is both a restructuring and reimagining of tribal practices for a modern world. Still, it is based on techniques as old as the human race, hallowing life in all its forms. I find that the book inspires hope as the authors gently lead their readers to one conclusion--there is no part of life that is not sacred.” * Ócha’ni Lele, author of Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería *“Neolithic Shamanism is an outstanding book, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about shamanism. For those who want to study other traditions, it’s a wonderful jumping off point. For those who want to study the Norse tradition, this will be a priceless treasure you will cherish on your path.” * Terry Donahue, Psychic-Magic Zine, March 2013 *“Never has a book had a more profound and positive impact on my personal spirituality, than Neolithic Shamanism; Spirit Work in the Norse Tradition, by Raven Kaldera and Galina Krasskova...All in all, this is a book I cherish above almost all others. It brings forth aspects of Norse spirituality most don't see, and gives information about it you really can’t find anywhere else. If you have any interest in Norse spirituality, I cannot recommend this book enough or more highly. Highly, highly recommend. This is a must read.” * Jessica Elizabeth, Facing North, May 2013 *“It is an entry-level book for anyone who wants to learn basic shamanic techniques from a northern perspective...While it is a very accessible book, there is plenty here to work with, especially if you choose to delve into a lot of the craft projects. These practices could provide years of experience and bring practitioners to the level where they can easily move on to a variety of intermediate books, or take further guidance directly from the spirits with whom they have built relationships.” * Laura Gyre, Witches and Pagans, December 2013 *Table of Contents Introduction: The Ancient World of Northern Shamanism How to Use This Book 1 The Beginning Place: Earth 2 The Golden World: Sun 3 The Silver World: Moon 4 The Green World: Plants 5 The Brown World: Animals 6 The Blue World: Water 7 The Red World: Fire 8 The Gray World: Craft 9 The White World: Air 10 The Black World: Ancestors Epilogue: Broken Promises Appendix: Elemental Disasters Resources for Further Study Index

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Book SynopsisOne of Neville's Most Transformative Works With a Major Biography and TimelineWritten in 1944, Feeling Is the Secret resounds with the full power of Neville Goddard's mystical vision. With total persuasiveness, Nevillewriting at the peak of his abilitiesdemonstrates how the world without reflects your world within. What's more, the mystical visionary explains exactly how to use his system of mental creativity through the methods of prayer, sleep, and assumption. Feeling Is the Secret is one of the most revolutionary works of practical spirituality ever written. It promises a turning point in your life.In this beautifully designed deluxe edition you benefit not only from Neville's radical statement, but also from a comprehensive and enthralling analysis and biography of Neville, Chariot of Fire, by spiritual thinker Mitch Horowitz, who is considered the most powerful interpreter of Neville's ideas today. Mitch's comprehensive essay is a spiritual and historical journey in itself. This edition is rounded out with Mitch's timeline of Neville's life. Here is a resource book that you will turn to again and again.NEVILLE GODDARD (1905-1972) was one of the most remarkable mystical thinkers of the past century. In more than ten books and thousands of lectures, Neville expanded on one core principle: the human imagination is God. He was a compelling presence at metaphysical churches, spiritual centers and auditoriums. Neville was not widely known during his lifetime, but today his books and lectures have attained new popularity. His principles have influenced several major spiritual writers, including Carlos Castaneda and Joseph Murphy.

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Book SynopsisAngels vs demons, demons vs angels: there can be no light without darkness and no darkness without light. This unique oracle of 72 cards combines both infernal and divine powers, with each card containing the image of one goetic demon and the Kabbalistic angel that rules over that demon. In addition to the drawings of the spirits, their summoning sigils are shown behind them. For ease of reading the astrological meaning of each spirit is printed on the card.Oracle of Heaven and Hell can function much like any standard tarot or oracle deck, however, each card provides both a positive and a negative meaning. These should not be seen as either good or bad but rather as two sides of the same coin or, to borrow from Eastern symbology, as the concept of yin and yang or two parts that comprise a whole.

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Book SynopsisDavid Sempill is being torn apart. Young and idealistic, his loyalty to his King conflicts with his Covenanting sympathies, which are, in turn, tested by the brutality he witnesses towards Montrose's beaten army. When black magic is uncovered in the ancient Witch Wood, as a man of God he must fight it, but his love for the beautiful, pagan Katrine and the religious extremism of the time puts him at the centre of a deadly spiral. Buchan's favourite novel - and an inspiration for the young C.S. Lewis - is a terrifying portrait of a cruel and intolerant age. With an introduction by Allan Massie. This edition is authorised by the John Buchan Society.Trade Review'One of Scotland's most enduringly popular writers' * The Scotsman *'Buchan knew that you can't buck the consequences of your actions, and that your life is what you make of it. Perhaps his peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due to return to fashion' * The Independent Magazine *

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Book SynopsisA new edition of A.E. Waite's classic The Pictorial Key to the Tarot that explores tarot's radical political potential and its usefulness for the left. A.E. Waite's The Pictoral Key to the Tarot has been a mainstay among tarot reference guides for more than a century. As an acclaimed occultist and scholar of the Kabbalah, Waite collaborated with artist Pamela Colman Smith to create what has become possibly the world's most famous tarot deck. The pictoral key offers a rich introduction to the history and symbology of the modern tarot in addition to providing a detailed explanation of the 78 cards found in the original Rider-Waite deck. Readers will enjoy an in-depth exploration of the tarot's secrets while gaining insight to the conventional meanings and reversed readings associated with each card. Repeater's re-release of this classic text contains a forward by Sereptie (Craig Laubach), creator of The Philosopher's Tarot, celebrating the importance of the tarot to artists, activists, and others seeking to transform a world fraught with material and psychic oppressions. This expanded edition also includes an appendix featuring a quick reference guide to common keywords and interpretations.

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Book SynopsisThe 13th-century magical treatise Ars Notoria offers a secret account of the angel Pamphilius revealing the sacred magic to King Solomon by which he gained his famed wisdom and learning, thereby expanding upon the biblical narrative in which Solomon received a vision of God. Solomon’s writings were transmitted to the first-century philosopher, Apollonius of Tyana, who provided a commentary entitled the Golden Flowers (Flores Aurei), which is contained within Ars Notoria. The magical text presents a complete system of angelic magic consisting of prayers addressed to angels, using figures called notae, for the purpose of acquiring scholastic and heavenly knowledge. Due to its rising popularity among university students, the magical ritual was reworked time and again, producing five treatises, dating from the 13th to 15th centuries; The Work of Works (Opus Operum), the Book of Flowers of Heavenly Teaching composed by the French Benedictine monk named John of Morigny, The Short Art (Ars Brevis), the abridged version attributed to Thomas of Toledo, and The Pauline Art (Ars Paulina), thereby establishing an entire notorial art tradition. In this new and complete translation of Ars Notoria, based on Julien Veronese’s critical Latin edition, translator Matthias Castle presents the classic magical text, both short and long versions, including four of the later treatises. Castle explains how these theurgic ritual practices were performed, giving special attention to all the original pictorial figures (notae), and how the art of memory relates to angelic magic. Providing practical instruction, extensive commentary, and in-depth background research and annotations, Ars Notoria: The Notory Art of Solomon is an essential sourcebook on angelic magic for scholar and magician alike.Trade Review“This is one of the most important books on medieval magic to be published in many years. Enormously popular for decades, Ars Notoria was adapted and mutated into many versions, making it very challenging to understand. It is exciting to see an expert translation based on Véronèse’s reliable critical edition of the Latin versions and other primary texts. Matthias Castle’s tome is massive but worth every penny for its encyclopedic but lucid treatment of the many elements, such as the angelology, magical figures, rituals, art of memory, and liberal arts. Given the significant impact Ars Notoria had on later magical texts, including the Key of Solomon and Sworn Book of Honorius, Castle’s edition should be valuable to scholars and practitioners alike.” * Joseph H. Peterson, author, translator, and creator of the Esoteric Archives website *“One of the lost treasures of medieval occultism, the Ars Notoria is a system of Solomonic angelic magic used by students and scholars to attain knowledge of the arts and sciences. Matthias Castle has done an exemplary job in translating the original texts and setting out all the details of the notory art for today’s scholars and practitioners of magic.” * John Michael Greer, coauthor and cotranslator of The Complete Picatrix: The Occult Classic of Astrol *“This volume offers readers for the first time an English translation of this important work of image magic, based on the best available critical edition. Readers can count on a combination of readability and accuracy, and the book represents a substantial contribution by rendering this text accessible to a new audience of students and practitioners alike.” * David Porreca, Ph.D., associate professor and codirector of the medieval studies undergraduate progr *“Offers a methodical foundation for understanding and exploring the various manuscripts of the Ars Notoria tradition and its historical contexts. Richly illustrated with a wide evidentiary range of the Ars Notoria’s sacred diagrams, figures, sigils, and seals from across the manuscript corpus and presenting section-by-section close readings of the prayerful and conjurational texts in question, this book furnishes those enamored of the notory art a deeper understanding of its peculiar prayers and protocols. This work should provide all those interested in medieval angelology, manuscript illumination, grimoiric conjuration, and visual cultures of sacred art a valuable historical resource for understanding and engaging with these most pious and pedagogical of grimoiric traditions.” * Alexander Cummins, Ph.D., historian and coauthor of An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke *Table of ContentsA Note on the TranslationAcknowledgments The History, Art, Ritual, and Method of the Ars NotoriaBy Matthias CastleI The Mythical and Material Story of the Ars Notoria II Elements of the Ars Notoria III The Knowledge of the Ars Notoria IV The Art of Memory V Analysis of the Figures VI The Complete Ritual Procedures Ars Notoria Version A 1 Flores Aurei Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 2 [Fragmented Supplements] Ars Nova Novem Termini The Specials Addendum 3 Notae Supplement Version A Ars Notoria Version B 4 Glosses and Variations Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Ars Nova Novem Termini 5 Notae Supplement Version B Branches of the Ars Notoria Tradition6 Opus Operum (Work of Works) 7 Ars Brevis (Short Art) 8 Ars Notoria Abbreviata (Abridged Notory Art According to Thomas of Toledo) 9 Ars Paulina (Pauline Art [of Seven Figures]) AppendicesA1 Manuscripts and Editions A2 Magical Figures of the Ars Notoria A3 Authorship of the Ars Notoria A4 Medieval Computations of Time A5 The Enlightened Work from the Wisdom of Solomon A6 Works Attributed to Apollonius A7 Works Attributed to Solomon A8 Annotated Bibliography of Medieval Scholarship Bibliography Index of Prayers General Index

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Book SynopsisThe Egyptian Star Oracle is the first of its kind: an oracle deck that uses only authentic Egyptian artwork, spells, translations, names, and meanings to create a divination tool that is entirely Egyptian. The Egyptian Star Oracle is not merely an “Egyptian themed” deck, it is an authentic Egyptian Oracle, utilizing astrology as it was originally practiced in 2400 BC, with all Greek, Persian, and Hebrew influences stripped away. The foundation of this deck is the astrology practiced by the ancient “star priests” of Asyut for divination and evocation of the thirty-six unwavering stars known as "decans”. The cards are packed with information, transformative energy, and ritual magic details. Seasoned readers of the classic tarot will find many parallels between the meanings of this deck and the cards of the Minor Arcana. At the core of this deck are the thirty-six decans of Egyptian astrology. Each decan represents both a specific star and a deity. These are not the same as the thirty-six decans of modern astrology, although they are connected. Produced with exceptional detail, the Egyptian Star Oracle features 42 cards printed in full-colour with gilded edges, an extensive 144-page guidebook, and comes with a small Eye of Horus charm all packaged in a sarcophagus-shaped boxed adorned with motifs of Egyptian art. Renowned occultist and best-selling author Travis McHenry has sourced all the images on these cards from ancient Egyptian artwork, including papyrus, pottery, and from the walls of tombs. The background of each card contains a snippet of texts that the author personally gathered from the Pyramid of Teti in Saqqara. Each card includes historical details, meaning, and ritual uses. This oracle set is ideal for art lovers, those fascinated with ancient Egypt, tarot historians, and collectors alike.

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Book SynopsisThe Satanic Bible was written by Anton LaVey in 1969. It is a collection of essays, observations and basic Satanic rituals, and outlines LaVey''s Satanic ideology. It contains the core principles of LaVeyan Satanism and is considered the foundation of the philosophy and dogma that constitute Satanism.

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Book SynopsisAfter coming of age and graduating in the tumultuous sixties, Ahad Cobb found himself wandering without direction. A chance road trip with a friend led him to Ram Dass, thus beginning an enthusiastic journey of spiritual awakening and deep involvement with three spiritual communities originating in the sixties and still thriving today: the Ram Dass satsang, Lama Foundation, and Dances of Universal Peace. Sharing his opening to the inner life, his poetry and dreams, his spiritual passions and astrological insights, Ahad Cobb’s memoir begins with his summer with Ram Dass and his satsang, immersed in meditation, devotion, and guru’s grace. His path takes him to New Mexico, to a newly established intentional spiritual community, Lama Foundation, where he lives on the land for thirteen years, experiencing the disciplines and rewards of communal living and spiritual practice. At Lama, he is initiated into universal Sufism in the tradition of Hazrat Inayat Khan and the Dances of Universal Peace. He travels overseas to spend time with Sufis in Chamonix, Istanbul, Konya, and Jerusalem. After the birth of his son, Ahad moves off the mountain and serves as sacred dance leader and musician for 35 years in Santa Fe and later Albuquerque. When Lama Foundation is nearly destroyed by a forest fire in 1996, Ahad serves as a trustee, guiding the rebuilding of the community. He imparts insights from his personal work with Jungian analysis and trauma release, shares his search for and discovery of his soul mate, and details his twelve years of study with Hart DeFouw in the wisdom stream of Vedic astrology. Offering a poignant reflection on life lived from the inside out, and the delicate balance between spirituality and psychology, this memoir leads readers on an outer and inner journey steeped in poetry, music, astrology, dreams, inner work, and spiritual practice in the context of community devoted to awakening.Trade Review“Ahad’s metaphoric journey vividly evokes the spiritual awakening that exploded in the ’60s. He writes with humor, insight, and a compass needle aimed at Truth. His love is magnanimous, his recollections are luminous, and his prose is visionary. He has a gift for transmitting gems of wisdom embedded in personal parables.” * Rameshwar Das, coauthor with Ram Dass of Be Love Now, Polishing the Mirror, and Being Ram Dass *“A wonderful telling of an awakening life dedicated to manifesting loving kindness and compassion throughout life’s changing conditions. Through Ahad’s journey we meet many great teachers and experience firsthand living in spiritual community.” * Pir Shabda Kahn, spiritual director of the Sufi Ruhaniat International and coauthor of Physicians of *Table of Contents1 Satsang, Summer 1969 2 Restless, 1947-1970 3Early Lama, 1970-1972 4 Overseas, 1972-1975 5 Holy War, 1975-1977 6 Living Lama, 1977-1983 7 Santa Fe, 1983-2006 8 Jyotish, 1998-2010 9 MaryRose 10 Sufi Path 11The Inner Life

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Book SynopsisThis manuscript is a grimoire, a manual of practical magic, a sorcerers handbook. It is a composite grimoire drawn from a number of different sources. It is not the sort of grimoire which has a complete method of calling up a set register of spirits, like the Goetia, nor does it have a wide range of pentacles or talismans like the Key of Solomon. It is however quite special as it was also was a practising Cunning man's grimoire, a very interesting blend of learned and local village magic. It also contains a lot of critical astrological information (including its own set of astrological tables) which are an important part of magic, but which dont feature to a large extent in other grimoires. It goes way beyond Planetary days and hours, to detailed aspects of timing and also contains magical operations connected with the 28 Mansions of the Moon and image magic, which were usually absent from Solomonic grimoires. The 28 Mansions of the Moon belong to a different magical tradition which owes its origins to Arabic and Indian roots, rather than the Greek roots of Solomonic magic. This manuscript literally stands at the crossroads of several different magical streams.Table of Contents"List of Illustrations 12List of Tables 13Acknowledgements 14Introduction 15Preliminary Preparation & PrayersThe Secret of Secrets 31Of the Angells & their Power 31Mans Power over Spirits 32Preface with Directions & Aphorisms 32Astrological Timing of the Operation 35That the holy Angells may helpe thee in thyne occasions 37Making a Pentacle to hold in thy hand 39The figure of a Pentacle & how to keep it 40An Narration to the 7 Planetary Angells of the 7 Planetary heavens 41The Seales & Characters of Angells and Spirits & their Use 42Experiments1. An Experiment to have thy owne proper good Angell 43The Call for thy proper good Angell 482. An Experiment of 3 holy Angells: Ancor, Anacor, Analos, 51Consecration of the Crystall stone or glass 533. A most Noble Experiment for the glasse or cristallomanticall Art 57The Invocation Descend 58Fumigation for thy selfe 594. A true Experiment of 3 Spirits: Durus, Artus, Æbedel 60An Exhortation to the Artist 625. Another Experiment of the 3 horsemen sayd to be approved true 63License to Depart 656. The Experiment of Birto the Spirit 66License to Depart 67Admonition to the Artist 68Astrological & TimingAstrological Considerations 69Directions for practise for gaining thy owne proper good Angell 70Of Essentiall Dignities of the Planets 71Of Essentiall Debilities of the Planets 73Planetary Hours 74Table of the Names of each houre in every Day & every Night. 75Table of the Day of the weeke, Planets, Angells & their Seales. 76Names of the 4 Seasons 77Angells of the 4 Seasons 77Angells of the Head of the Signe of the 4 Seasons 78Names of the Earth in the 4 Seasons 78Names of the Sun & Moon in the 4 Seasons 79Briefe table on the sequence of writing the Names in order 80Angels & SpiritsA Table of Hebrew Names of the 7 Angells set over the 7 Planets. 82Spirits of each of the 7 Planets. 835 Angels & their offices or officiall Names 83How long each of the 7 Planetary Angels rules the world 84Things proper to be done in each houre of the Planets. 84Angels & Spirits of the 12 Signs 85Angells of the 28 Mansions of the Moon 867. An Experiment of Askariell in a glass or cristall 87Fumigations & IncensesOf Fumigations, Unguents, Collyries & Unctions causing Apparitions 90A Fumigation for all 7 Angells together 92A Table of the Fumigations for every Planet & Planetary hour 93To Consecrate the Fumigation 94Fumigations of Divers sorts 94SpiritsTo gather Spirits together presently 95To make Spirits dread thee & to see Secret Things 95To Call all kinds of Spirits that you wilt 95To have might to binde & loose Spirits 95Another ointment to see Spirits 96To see Spirits in the ayre 96To have friendship of a Prince of Spirits of the Ayre 96To hide Treasure 97Of the power & vertue of Fumigations, Sacrifices & Unctions 98When best to compound Fumigations 101By what means does fumigation cause spirits to appear with bodys 101What the Spirits appearing in this world are, according to Hermes 102To gather Spirits of the ayre together 103Visions, Oracles, Fumigations, Images, etc.For a Vision, in the night 103Men shall see Visions. 105Directions for receiving an Oracle or Vision 105To make the Ring of ' for receiving an Oracle or true dreame 106A Ring of ! for an Oracle 107Another way to receive a true Oracle by the image of the Planets 107Metalls, trees, stones and herbs of each of the 7 Planets 108Making of the Images of the Planets 110To know when any degree of any Signe will come to the Ascendant 112For an Oracle or true Dreame. 1148. Another true Experiment for a vision in thy sleepe 117Mansions of the MoonHow to worke by the 28 Mansions 117What the 28 Mansions of the Moon are 129A Table of the 28 Mansions of the Moon 129Decembers Observations (an insert) 132Table of Houses for London, 1644 January-December 133Table of Terms of the Planets 145Simple SpellsTo drive away & consume Locust & Wormes 146To drive away Serpents, Dragons, & all creeping things & wild beasts 146To drive away wolves, foxes and cats 147That haile fall not in a place where you wouldest not have it fall 147That the ! appear & shyne forth openly on thee 147To quench fire burning a house 148That a thiefe enter not into thy house 148Magical RingsRings of the 7 Planets but for other purposes 149This Ring of the ! for honour and a swift horse 149The Ring of the ; for waterworks, fighting ships & trees bearing fruit 150The Ring of % for castles & kings doing battle 151The Ring of # for skill at all kinds of play, favour of Lords & Judges 151The Ring of & for profit & delivering out of thrall 152The Ring of $ for love & favour of men and women 152The Ring of ' for binding tongues & slanderous speeche 152Characters of the Angels called by the Rings according to the days 153A Table of this Book (the original Contents table) 155Bibliography 161Index 169"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A truly important and courageous book that will help many people to understand their soul's journey, to heal grief, and to let go of fear." -- -- Brian L. Weiss, M.D., author of Many Lives, Many Masters

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the ancient beliefs and spiritual power of subterranean spaces • Examines in depth the myths, symbology, deities, and beliefs connected to the underworld from many different cultures and mystery traditions • Investigates the role of the underworld in initiatory rites and mystical practices, such as the Orphic Mysteries, the chambers of reflections in Freemasonry, the cult of the Black Madonna, and the cult of Isis • Discusses the telluric currents that run through ley lines, the significance of underground waterways, Hollow Earth theory, and the denizens of the subterranean realms, such as dragons, gnomes, and dwarfs Ancient cultures around the world understood the spiritual powers of the underworld. For millennia, natural caves and caverns were turned into sacred underground temples and, from holy mountains and cliffs, churches were beautifully carved into solid rock. Offering a guide to the spiritual energies that flourish beneath the surface of the Earth, Jean-Pierre Bayard explores the esoteric mysteries of the underworld, including the symbolic significance of caves, caverns, and underground temples. He examines in depth the myths, symbology, deities, and beliefs connected to the underworld from many different cultures and mystery traditions, from ancient Egypt to Scandinavia and Europe to the Middle East and India. He investigates the role of the underworld in initiatory rites, such as the Orphic Mysteries and Christ’s descent into hell, revealing that at the heart of these teachings is the transformative power of a hero’s descent into and return from the underworld. The author connects the esoteric attributes of the world below with the cult of the Black Madonna and the earlier cult of Isis. He discusses the telluric currents that run through ley lines, the significance of underground waterways, the esoteric properties of gems and stones, and the “mineral blood” of the alchemists. He also looks at Hollow Earth theory and the denizens of the subterranean realms, such as dragons, gnomes, and dwarfs. Explaining how the Earth is the womb of the world, Bayard shows how initiatic descent into the sacred subterranean realms reflects the descent of spirit into matter and its slow crystallization. By entering the body of the Earth Mother we are transformed, initiated into primordial wisdom and reborn as spiritual beings.Trade Review“. . . steers a careful path between the symbology of Guénon, the scholarship of Eliade, the alchemy of Fulcanelli, and the sensationalism of Pauwels and Bergier. Bayard never loses sight of the essence of the subterranean mysteries: the restoration of our primordial state.” * Joscelyn Godwin, author of Mystery Religions in the Ancient World *“A deliriously speculative and erudite examination of caves. Echoing the modes of writers as divergent as Bachelard and Eliade, Jean-Pierre Bayard’s examination benefits enormously from a deep draft from the font of esoteric wisdom. With these tools he creates a narrative that presents the myth of the cave as a story of human initiation, knowledge, and self-discovery.” * Jesse Bransford, clinical associate professor of visual arts, NYU Steinhardt *“What I also love about this book is how Bayard takes all of this information and somehow manages to not only make it interesting, but to also leave space for the reader to question. There is no feeling that the material presented is the final word on any of the subjects contained within: this is more of collection of writings on a variety of topics that all have an esoteric thread linking them to one another. Each section blends seamlessly into the next and there is enough information in each section that links to the next, something that I found kept me on track and engaged despite the vast amount of information being presented.” * Sarrah October Young, Musing Mystic *Table of ContentsPreface PART ONEThe Symbolism of the Underworld and the Cave 1 Preamble 2 Earth, Mineral Blood 3 The Telluric Currents 4 The Root 5 Underground Water 6 The Rock 7 The Gems from Underground 8 Descent into Hell 9 The Underground Temple 10 Initiatory Passageways and the Tomb of the Christian Woman 11 An Initiatory Passageway: The Underground Labyrinth 12 The Virgin of the Crypt, from Green to Black 13 The Telluric Reptile and the Spiral 14 The Temples in Caves 15 Burial Caves 16 The Underground Factories 17 Conclusion PART TWO The Cavern 18 Preamble 19 The Cave on the Earthly Plane 20 The Cave on the Divine Plane 21 The Cave on the Cosmic Plane 22 Conclusion APPENDIX 1 Extract from the Mytho-Hermetic Dictionary by Dom Antoine-Joseph Pernety, 1758 APPENDIX 2 Hollow Earth Mysticism Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom its inaugural Black Plaque in honour of Witchfinder General director Michael Reeves, this unique collection follows a veridical trajectory to the frontiers of belief. Reeves' film becomes a conspiratorial cauldron drawing in a host of tragic players in the end game of the Sixties. The Cornwall of Du Maurier's The Birds is ploughed to reveal the hidden psychic codes of our Blitz spirit. In a powerfully relevant occult rendering of a bruised Island, the myth of Churchill is dissected and re-animalised. New maps of hell are drawn by colliding the forensic vision of JG Ballard and Lovecraftian magic. Actors, witches and psychopaths maraud across a nightmare terrain of murderous henges and abandoned military bases; conflating creative research into a surreal documentary, history as hallucination. Geography becomes an alchemical alembic, a vale of soul-making distilled by the lysergic psychobiology of Stanislav Grof, the alcoholic lyricism of Malcolm Lowry, and the convulsive travelogues of the Marquis de Sade. If history is revealed as paranoid ritual, how do we escape its time traps to wild new imaginative geographies? The English Heretic collection is a darkly comical, urgently lyrical, mental escape hatch from the hells of our own making.Trade Review"Compelling, playful, and unsettling... To open this book is to open a gate leading to an England you always — but never before — knew existed.""The English Heretic Collection is a tour de force through contemporary occult and popular culture, a madly spinning windmill of the mind. It’s a work that leaves the reader haunted by the multitude of interconnections that cram its pages, forcing a stark re-evaluation of former certainties.""At last a compendium that documents the high wyrdness of English Heretic's expeditions and research. Now that's what I call hauntological and psychogeographical transubstantiation...""Andy Sharp is dangerous. An occult folklorist, he explores an alternate reality that seems to exist only in the underlit margins of pop culture. The entities he reveals may be familiar, some repulsive, but once you submit to his method, there’s no escape to the surface, because this hell zone is life itself.""This is an alternative England, one of decommissioned nuclear bunkers, abandoned villages and creepy public information films, an England where the shadow on the horizon could be a signpost but might be a gibbet.”

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Book SynopsisThis classic book is a complete but concise guide to the origins, meaning and psychological applications of the Tarot. Its aim is to demystify and to make Tarot symbolism an effective and accessible means of self-enlightenment.Volumes 1 and 2 have now been combined and completely updated into one volume.Trade Review‘Rachel Pollack’s Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom is on my‘Top Ten’list of all time Tarot greats! You can’t do better than this for discovering how Tarot symbols offer insights into the meaning of daily events and guidance through life’s quandaries. This classic book will never outgrow its usefullness.’Mary K. Greer bestselling author of Tarot For Yourself: A Workbook For Personal Transformation and Women of the Golden Dawn

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the traditional rites of auspicious building and crafting• Explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in the laying out of foundations not only for sacred buildings like temples but also for homes and barns• Examines the principles and ceremonies of electional astrology and details how to compute natural time, as opposed to clock time• Shares examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the Renaissance and include secret societiesWhen we make things--whether a building, a sacred space, or a magical object--there is a precise moment when the artifact comes into being as a separate entity. That moment in time possesses its own unique quality, and because of this, there is a right time to do something and a wrong time. And, as Nigel Pennick reveals, we have the power to select favorable moments for our creations, just as our ancestors did. Illustrating ancient principles of divination, chronomancy, and electional astrology, Pennick examines all the factors behind the ancestral art of geomancy: the auspicious creation and alignment of sacred buildings as places of power. Sharing examples from ancient Egypt, Iran, India, and Europe that range from the Stone Age to the modern day, including secret societies like the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons, he explains how many cities were constructed on specially selected sites and founded ritually at precise, predetermined moments. Looking at the traditional rites of creating places of power, Pennick explains the ceremonial beginnings and Hermetic principles in the laying out of foundations as well as the use of sacrifice in the building of many notable structures. Examining the role of sacred geometry in geomancy, Pennick explains the Hermetic meaning assigned to each direction in traditional European cultures as well as the principles of natural measures and the science of understanding lucky and unlucky days. Revealing how geomantic principles are rooted in the structure of the world and the cosmic patterns of space and time, the author shows how they transcend the ages and are just as meaningful today as they were to our ancestors.Trade Review“Scholarly yet accessible, this book presents all the essential precepts of geomantic design and construction timing within the Western traditions. It is ideal reading for anyone wishing to create meaningful sacred spaces in contemporary times or to imbue secular spaces with the timeless spiritual truths that uplift the atmosphere of place.” * Richard Creightmore & Jewels Rocka, leading international teachers of dowsing, geomancy, and self-de *“The archaic lore that traditional builders in Europe once used to bring structures into creative harmony with their physical and spiritual environments has become all but inaccessible to students of the mysteries in today’s world. Creating Places of Power remedies that, placing a wealth of once-secret lore in the reader’s hands. Encyclopedic in its scope and detail, this is the definitive work on a crucial dimension of old earth magic.” * John Michael Greer, author of The Secret of the Temple and The Twilight of Pluto *“In Creating Places of Power, Nigel Pennick, an established authority on folklore, folk magic, and ancient beliefs with more than 60 books to his name, hones his work on the European ancestral heritage of geomancy, sharing fascinating facts and practices that are accessible and also of value today. Crammed with a generous sharing of wisdom, this illustrated book is highly recommended.” * June Kent, publisher and editor of Indie Shaman magazine *Table of ContentsPreface to the New EditionIntroduction CHAPTER 1 Patterns of ExistenceConsciousness, the Gods, and the Stars CHAPTER 2Ceremonial Beginnings Finding and Marking the Place CHAPTER 3 Foundation Offerings, Sacrifices, and Relics CHAPTER 4Consecration, Evocatio, and BlessingsThe Sacred and the ProfaneCHAPTER 5 Symbolic Foundation Laying and Consecrating the First Stone CHAPTER 6 At the Center of the World The Earth’s Navel, the Cosmic Column, and the World TreeCHAPTER 7Space, Time, and Ceremony The Eightfold Division of the World and the Eight Winds CHAPTER 8 The Meaning of the DirectionsSymbolism and Nature of the Winds CHAPTER 9Natural Measure Dimensions Emergent from Nature and the Land CHAPTER 10 Traditional Time-Telling Sunlight and Shadow CHAPTER 11Orientation Facing in the Best Direction CHAPTER 12The City of the Omphalos Cosmic Centers and Symbolic Street Plans CHAPTER 13 At the Right TimeFavorable Days in the Calendar CHAPTER 14 Principles of Electional AstrologyChoosing the Correct Time for Rites and Ceremonies APPENDIX 1 Zodiac Signs and AssociatesAPPENDIX 2 The Egyptian Calendar APPENDIX 3Ruling Signs of CitiesGlossary Bibliography and Sources for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisOtto Rahn’s lifelong search for the Grail brought him to the attention of the SS leader Himmler, who shared his esoteric interests. Induced by Himmler to become the chief investigator of the occult for the Nazis, Rahn traveled throughout Europe--from Spain to Iceland--in the mid 1930s pursuing leads to the Grail and other mysteries. Lucifer’s Courtis the travel diary he kept while searching for “the ghosts of the pagans and heretics who were [his] ancestors.” It was during this time that Rahn grasped the positive role Lucifer plays in these forbidden religions as the bearer of true illumination, similar to Apollo and other sun gods in pagan worship. This journey was also one of self-discovery for Rahn. He found such a faithful echo of his own innermost beliefs in the lives of the heretics of the past that he eventually called himself a Cathar and nurtured ambitions of restoring that faith, which had been cruelly destroyed in the fires of the Inquisition. His journeys on assignment for the Reich--including researching an alleged entrance to Hollow Earth in Iceland and searching for the true mission of Lucifer in the caves of southern France that served as refuge for the Cathars during the Inquisition--also led to his disenchantment with his employers and his mysterious death in the mountains after his break with the Nazis.Trade Review" . . . a definite 'must read' for any serious student of lost wisdom, and certainly for any student of the Cathar tradition. It is well written, personal, and utterly riveting." * Lesley Crossingham, New Dawn, Nov/Dec 2008 *"New Age collections will find it intriguing and packed with adventure." * The Midwest Book Review, May 08 *Table of ContentsTranslator’s Foreword: Prolegomenon Prologue: The Journey Begins Part OneBingen am Rhein Paris Toulouse Pamiers Foix Lavelanet Montségur in the Pyrenees Again, Lavelanet Castle L. in the Toulouse Region Carcassonne Saint-Germain-en-Laye Cahors Ornolac in Fuxean Country Mirepoix Port Vendres, Roussillon Marseille Puigcerda in Catalonia Lourdes Part TwoNight Journey Genoa Milan Rome Verona Meran Bolzano Rose Garden On the Freienbühl above Brixen Brixen Gossensass Geneva On a Southern German Roadside Worms Michelstadt in the OdenwaldAmorsbrünn Amorbach Part ThreeWith Relatives in Hesse Mellnau in the Burgwald Marburg am Lahn Giessen Siegen Runkel am Lahn Cologne Heisterbach Monastery Ruins Bonn Asbach in the Westerwald Goslar Halberstadt Berlin Warnemünde-Gjedser Edinburgh In the Pentland Sea In the North Atlantic Reykjavik Laugarvatn Reykholt Back Home Bibliography

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