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The Black Arts : A Concise History of Witchcraft, Demonology, Astrology, and Other Mystical Practices Throughout the Ages

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Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England

Keith Thomas · 716 pages

Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explana

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Three Books of Occult Philosophy

Cornelius Agrippa · 938 pages

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Paulo Coelho · 285 pages

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Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View

Richard Tarnas · 592 pages

From a philosopher whose magisterial history of Western thought was praised by Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith comes a brilliant new book that traces the connection between cosmic cycles and archetypal patterns of human experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, Richard Tarnas explores the planetary correlations of epochal events like the French Revolution, the t

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The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries

Carlo Ginzburg · 216 pages

Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives, the book recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centered on the benandanti. These men and women regarded themselves as professional anti-witches, who (in dream-like states) apparently fought ritual battles against witches and wizards, to protect their villages and harvests. If they won, the harvest would be good, if they lost, there would be

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Four Blood Moons: Something is About to Change

John Hagee · 264 pages

It is rare that Scripture, science, and history align with each other, yet the last three series of Four Blood Moons have done exactly that. Are these the "signs" that God refers to in His Word? If they are, what do they mean? What is their prophetic significance? In this riveting book, New York Times best-selling author, Pastor John Hagee, explores the supernatural connection of certain celest

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The Book of Thoth

Aleister Crowley · 287 pages

Now a classic in the field, used by students of the Golden Dawn as well as by those who want to understand Crowley's tarot. This is the definitive study of the Egyptian tarot and is used as a key to all Western mystery disciplines. Color plates of eight cards.

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Imbolc: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Brigid's Day

Carl F. Neal, Llewellyn Publications · 190 pages

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The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order

Israel Regardie, Cris Monnastre, Carl Llewellyn Weschcke · 753 pages

First published in 1937, Israel Regardie's The Golden Dawn has become the most influential modern handbook of magical theory and practice. In this new, definitive edition, noted scholar John Michael Greer has taken this essential resource back to its original, authentic form. With added illustrations, a twenty-page color insert, additional original material, and refreshed design and typography, th

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Linda Goodman's Star Signs

Linda Goodman · 528 pages

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Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches: The Riddles of Culture

Marvin Harris · 276 pages

This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. The author shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions. It is by isolating and identifying these conditions that we will be able to understand and cope with some of our own apparently senseless life styles. In a devastat

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