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03.03.2021

“After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond” by Bruce Greyson

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"After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond" by Bruce Greyson
"The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness. Cases of remarkable experiences on the threshold of death have been reported since ancient times, and are described today by 10% of people whose hearts stop. The medical world has generally ignored these “near-death experiences,” dismissing them as “tricks of the brain” or wishful thinking. But after his patients started describing events that he could not just sweep under the rug, Dr. Bruce Greyson began to investigate. As a physician without a religious belief system, he approached near-death experiences from a scientific perspective. In After, he shares the transformative lessons he has learned over...>>
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03.03.2021

“Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus. Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus” by John Dee

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"Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus. Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus" by John Dee
"Written by John Dee in 1580, Tuba Veneris is a unique grimoire of ritual magic outlining a series of seven spirits which the operator may employ by making use of their sigillum or characters and invocations. Includes a both the Latin text and an English translation, as well as a preface about the translation, an introduction which explains the historical context of its time and a biographical sketch on Dee by Charles Mackay. Libellus Veneris Nigro Sacer, or Tuba Veneris, may well be said to be a minor text of the ritual magic tradition. However, in spite of its dubious attribution to John Dee, brevity and obscurity I believe it to be most worthy of...>>
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03.03.2021

“A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits” by John Dee

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"A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Years Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits" by John Dee
"What is here presented is a work of darkness." Yet it is no other than what with great tenderness and circumspection was tendered to men of the highest dignity in Europe, kings and princes, and by all listened unto for a while with good respect. By some gladly embraced and entertained for a long time, the fame whereof being carried unto Rome, it made the Pope to better himself, no knowing what the event of it might be, and how much it might concern him. And indeed, filled all men, learned and unlearned in most places with great wonder and astonishment: all which things will be showed and made good in the contents of...>>
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02.03.2021

“The Magic Seal of Dr. John Dee. The Sigillum Dei Aemeth” by Colin D. Campbell (1st edition)

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"The Magic Seal of Dr. John Dee. The Sigillum Dei Aemeth" by Colin D. Campbell (1st edition)
"The Magic Seal of John Dee comprises a detailed examination of the history and structure of the Sigillum Dei Æmeth of the Elizabethan scholar and magician, Dr. John Dee, as well as a study of its use in the practice of ritual magic. The book not only elaborates on the patterns used in constructing the Sigillum Dei, but also brings it out of the limited confines of the Enochian temple and shows it to be a magical system in its own right. The recognition of the patterns established in the construction of the Sigillum Dei allows us to view the seal in a new light, not as a static object whose design was immutably...>>
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