Magick Matters

05.09.2021

“Plant Teachers: Ayahuasca, Tobacco, and the Pursuit of Knowledge” by Jeremy Narby

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"The dose makes the poison," says an old adage, reminding us that substances have the potential to heal or to harm, depending on their use. Although Western medicine treats tobacco as a harmful addictive drug, it is considered medicinal by indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest. In its unadulterated form, it holds a central place in their repertoire of traditional medicines. Along with ayahuasca, tobacco forms a part of treatments designed to heal the body, stimulate the mind, and inspire the soul with visions. In Plant Teachers, anthropologist Jeremy Narby and traditional healer Rafael Chanchari Pizuri hold a cross-cultural dialogue that explores the similarities between ayahuasca and tobacco, the role of these plants in...>>

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04.09.2021

“Wisdom of the Plant Devas: Herbal Medicine for a New Earth” by Thea Summer Deer

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"Consulting plant spirits for spiritual and psychological guidance and healing: • Reveals how, by communing with the deva or spirit of a plant, we can call forth its medicine without even needing to ingest it • Includes wisdom from the devas of 13 herbs, such as rosemary, datura, and uva ursi • Empowers readers with the tools to develop their own inner resources for healing in relationship with the plant devas around them Each plant has a story to share with us, a healing story to guide us in trying times, a spirit medicine for the New Earth that is presently unfolding. Herbs are some of the most powerful allies we have for these transitional times—we just need...>>

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04.09.2021

“Humans are not from Earth: a scientific evaluation of the evidence” by Ellis Silver (2nd edition)

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"The Neanderthals had brow ridges to keep the sun out of their eyes, but why don't we? When a leading scientist walked into a wall and broke his nose, he decided to find out. In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Dr. Ellis Silver examines the evidence that's all around us ... and discovers that we evolved on a world distinctly different from the one we live on today. Here's what you'll discover: 53 factors that prove we couldn't have evolved on Earth Why we're here on Earth, and how and when we got here Where our true home planet is, and what it's like to live...>>

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04.09.2021

“The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion: How Feelings Link the Brain, the Body, and the Sixth Sense” by Michael A. Jawer and Marc S. Micozzi

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"A cutting-edge examination of feelings, not thoughts, as the gateway to understanding consciousness: • Contends that emotion is the greatest influence on personality development • Offers a new perspective on immunity, stress, and psychosomatic conditions • Explains how emotion is key to understanding out-of-body experience, apparitions, and other anomalous perceptions Contemporary science holds that the brain rules the body and generates all our feelings and perceptions. Michael Jawer and Dr. Marc Micozzi disagree. They contend that it is our feelings that underlie our conscious selves and determine what we think and how we conduct our lives. The less consciousness we have of our emotional being, the more physical disturbances we are likely to have—from ailments such as migraines, fibromyalgia,...>>

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03.09.2021

“The Black Book of Isobel Gowdie and Other Scottish Spells & Charms” by Ash William Mills

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"Britain’s most notorious accused witch Isobel Gowdie gave such a wealth of information regarding magical practices during her confessions, that it would have been worthy of a Black Book or Svartkonstbök as found recently by her Scandinavian neighbours. In this book, I have compiled together and translated the charms, spells, and magical operations of Isobel Gowdie as were relayed in her confessions. In such a way that it is applicable and operational to the modern folk magic practitioner, with additional notes to some of the charms tried and tested by the author. The book also includes the spells and charms from other Cunning Folk in Scotland accused as witches under the Witchcraft Acts during...>>

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