Magick Matters

12.09.2021

“LSD ― The Wonder Child: The Golden Age of Psychedelic Research in the 1950s” by Thomas Hatsis

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"A detailed history of the blossoming of psychedelic research in the 1950s. • Explores the different groups--from research labs to the military--who were seeking how best to utilize LSD and other promising psychedelics like mescaline • Reintroduces forgotten scientists like Robert Hyde and Rosalind Heywood • Looks at the CIA’s notorious top-secret mind-control program MKUltra • Reveals how intellectuals, philosophers, artists, and mystics of the 1950s used LSD to bring ancient rites into the modern ageExploring the initial stages of psychedelic study in Europe and America, Thomas Hatsis offers a full history of the psychedelic-fueled revolution in healing and consciousness expansion that blossomed in the 1950s--the first “golden age” of psychedelic research. Revealing LSD as a “wonder child” rather...>>

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12.09.2021

“Grandmother Ayahuasca: Plant Medicine and the Psychedelic Brain” by Christian Funder

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"An exploration of the history, shamanic use, psychoactive effects, current scientific studies, and therapeutic potential of ayahuasca • Examines how ayahuasca affects the brain from a neuroscientific perspective and how its effects on consciousness relate to ancient esoteric texts • Shares interviews with people who have experienced ayahuasca’s powerful “spirit doctor” effects and the author’s own ayahuasca journey from suicidal depression to a soul at peace • Investigates how ayahuasca is interwoven with the ancient practices of Amazonian shamanism Brewed from a combination of two plants—the leaves of Psychotria viridis and the vine stalks of Banisteriopsis caapi—ayahuasca has been used for millennia by indigenous tribes throughout the Upper Amazon for healing and spiritual exploration. The shamans of the...>>

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12.09.2021

“Palmistry: The Art of Reading Palms” by Anna Comerford

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"Discover the secrets to your life revealed in the palm of your hand. Have you always wanted to be able to read palms with ease and flair? Whether for personal use, with friends, or for clients, this book will create a great foundation for palm readings. Learn about traditional aspects of palmistry along with modern techniques. Included in the book is information about hand reflexology, chakras, and meridians to enhance your knowledge. You will also learn how to increase psychic energy so you can give palm readings that are intuitive, accurate, and heart-based. Palmistry Power provides comprehensive information, and its funky two-color design and clear graphics will help clarify palm reading instructions. Learn about major...>>

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12.09.2021

“A Healer’s Journey to Intuitive Knowing: The Heart of Therapeutic Touch” by Dolores Krieger

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"In this, her final book, respected Therapeutic Touch cofounder Dolores Krieger explores the energetic flow, intuitive knowing, and grounded centeredness that occur for a healer during a healing session. She shows how, as healers access their inner energies of compassion and intention, they are often led through a personal spiritual transformation or a self-awakening. Krieger explains the fundamentals of the energy healing process and how the healer establishes communication between her own Inner Self and that of the person receiving healing—reminding the patient of his or her own self-healing ability. Sharing case histories from Therapeutic Touch therapists as well as results from scientific studies on Therapeutic Touch, Krieger reveals how intuition and experiential knowing are...>>

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11.09.2021

“Mattering the Invisible: Technologies, Bodies, and the Realm of the Spectral” edited by Diana Espirito Santo and Jack Hunter

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"Exploring how technological apparatuses “capture” invisible worlds, this book looks at how spirits, UFOs, discarnate entities, spectral energies, atmospheric forces and particles are mattered into existence by human minds. Technological and scientific discourse has always been central to the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century spiritualist quest for legitimacy, but as this book shows, machines, people, and invisible beings are much more ontologically entangled in their definitions and constitution than we would expect. The book shows this entanglement through a series of contemporary case studies where the realm of the invisible arises through technological engagement, and where the paranormal intertwines with modern technology."...>>

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