Magick Matters

“Llewellyn’s Little Book of Spirit Animals” by Melissa Alvarez

"Explore the world of spirit animals and how they can guide you to live your best life. Llewellyn's Little Book of Spirit Animals is the perfect tool to connect you to your spirit animals, whether they are lifelong companions or sent to deliver a single, specific message. Spirit animals can help you feel more balanced, peaceful, and confident in everything that you do. This convenient, hardcover reference book features more than 200 entries for wild, domestic, and mythical animals, allowing you to understand what each one symbolizes, how it may appear to you, and how to best use its guidance and energy. You'll also find tips throughout the book and information on color and element...>>

“Miracles: An Examination of the Miraculous throughout History” by Geoffrey Ashe

"Do you believe in miracles? In this study, leading historian and Arthurian expert Geoffrey Ashe studies the question from every angle. Can a scientific explanation be found for every strange event, and should feats which are ascribed to ESP, or to psychic powers, be counted as miracles or not? And do we in fact have some psychological need to believe in miracles? Attention is paid to the cult of the Virgin Mary in Christian mythology, in particular the powerful tradition of the cures at Lourdes, and on to the claims of Hindu Yogis and to theories of the paranormal in Lamaistic Buddhism. Miracles includes an account of the experiment which the author devised some years ago...>>

“The Science of Can and Can’t: A Physicist’s Journey through the Land of Counterfactuals” by Chiara Marletto

"From a young British scientist, a groundbreaking exploration of a radically different approach to physics There is a vast class of things that science has so far almost entirely neglected. They are central to the understanding of physical reality both at an everyday level and at the level of the most fundamental phenomena in physics, yet have traditionally been assumed to be impossible to incorporate into fundamental scientific explanations. They are facts not about what is (the actual) but about what could be (counterfactuals). According to physicist Chiara Marletto, laws about things being possible or impossible may generate an alternative way of providing explanations. This fascinating, far-reaching approach holds promise for revolutionizing the way fundamental physics...>>

“Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us” by Heino Falcke

"A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes—a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific—from the premier German astrophysicist who made history in 2019, capturing the first one on film. A Light in the Darkness is the story of one of the greatest astrological achievements of all time: the first photographic evidence of black holes in April 2019, and its significance for humanity, told by the scientist who accomplished it. A man of faith ordained in the Protestant tradition, Heino Falcke wrestles with the ways in which black holes force us to confront the boundary where human life ends and the celestial begins. He also ponders why black holes are...>>