20.05.2026

“Emerald Tablet Magic” by Daniel Hollis

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"Emerald Tablet Magic" by Daniel Hollis
"The Emerald Tablet has been called the most influential text in the history of magic — and the least understood. Isaac Newton translated it. The Golden Dawn was built on it. The line "as above, so below" comes from its opening verses, repeated by millions of people who have never read the source. For a thousand years, scholars, alchemists and spiritual writers have circled the same short text, and almost none of them have asked the simplest question about it: What does it actually tell you to do? In Emerald Tablet Magic, Daniel Hollis decodes the practical instructions hidden inside the most famous occult text in the Western tradition. Once a single missing word is restored to...>>
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20.05.2026

“The Little Book of Wicked Spells: Binding and Retribution Magick” by M. Belanger

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"The Little Book of Wicked Spells: Binding and Retribution Magick" by M. Belanger
"Magick, and especially binding spells, have long been subversive acts, frequently employed by those denied more socially acceptable paths to justice — the marginalized and the oppressed. In The Little Book of Wicked Spells: Binding and Retribution Magick, M. Belanger offers nineteen spells, charms, and rhymes which are wholly modern, yet employ many time-honoured techniques with an eye toward restorative justice."...>>
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20.05.2026

“Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West, Volumes I and II: A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE” by Celia SĂĄnchez NatalĂ­as

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"Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West, Volumes I and II: A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE" by Celia SĂĄnchez NatalĂ­as
"Defixiones, also known as curse tablets, are one of the most revealing sources for ancient magico-religious practices. Born of rancour, anger, desire, love, envy, or just out of desperation, curse tablets were a strategy for obtaining "individual justice" for those who could not accomplish their purposes through the available means, due to a lack of knowledge, power or legal/economical resources. In this work, the reader will find a detailed catalogue that discusses 535 curse tablets written in Latin and a wide range of local languages. The catalogue is preceded by a full introduction in which the main features of these inscriptions are discussed together with leading scholarship. Such a detailed yet global study of...>>
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19.05.2026

“Tao Te Ching: A New Translation” by David Bentley Hart

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"Tao Te Ching: A New Translation" by David Bentley Hart
🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "In this new translation, a world-renowned scholar brings out the metaphysical, moral, and poetic power of Laozi’s classical Chinese text Drawing on his extensive study of philosophy, religion, and literature across traditions, David Bentley Hart, with the help of Patrick Robert Hart, presents Laozi’s timeless work and its paradoxical wisdom with clarity and grace. Mesmerized by the Tao Te Ching’s condensed and elliptical nature, and moved by both its generosity and restraint, Hart began his study of the text forty years ago. It is a work, he shows us, that abounds in paradox, telling us that true strength lies in yielding, true wealth in possessing nothing, true greatness in humility, true wisdom in apparent folly,...>>
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