Magick Matters

06.04.2021

“The Land of Stone Flowers: A Fairy Guide to the Mythical Human Being” by Sveta Dorosheva

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"Classic fairytales get a refreshing satirical twist in this collection of illustrated stories in which gnomes, pixies, and other fairy folk share tall tales of the strange and unbelievable human world and its inhabitants. Brimming with keen observations and wild assumptions on human anatomy, customs, languages, rituals, dwellings, and more, The Land of Stone Flowers is as absurd as it is astounding, examining contradictory and nonsensical human behaviors through the lens of the fantastic: from the bewitching paper wizards who live in humans' wallets to their invisible hats, known as "moods," which cloud their view of the world. Bursting with intricate and evocative illustrations, The Land of Stone Flowers will draw readers into a...>>

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06.04.2021

“Bible Stories The Illustrated Guide: From the Creation to the Resurrection” by DK

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"Revisit the most important Bible stories with this comprehensive visual guide, covering every major covenant, prophecy, miracle, and parable in the Old and New Testaments. Richly illustrated, this sumptuous and accessible new version of DK's Illustrated Bible is packed with maps, archaeological sites, historical artefacts, and fact-filled panels to retell and explain stories from the best-selling book of all time. Discover why the Bible has absorbed readers for centuries and understand its position as a historical as well as a religious document. Follow the course of the Old and New Testaments from start to finish, and trace the events and places that have shaped the scriptures. Learn about the key figures ­- from Adam and Eve...>>

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05.04.2021

“Contemporary Women’s Gothic Fiction: Carnival, Hauntings and Vampire Kisses” by Gina Wisker

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"This book revives and revitalises the literary Gothic in the hands of contemporary women writers. It makes a scholarly, lively and convincing case that the Gothic makes horror respectable, and establishes contemporary women’s Gothic fictions in and against traditional Gothic. The book provides new, engaging perspectives on established contemporary women Gothic writers, with a particular focus on Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison. It explores how the Gothic is malleable in their hands and is used to demythologise oppressions based on difference in gender and ethnicity. The study presents new Gothic work and new nuances, critiques of dangerous complacency and radical questionings of what is safe and conformist in works as diverse as...>>

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05.04.2021

“The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time. Silver Anniversary Edition” by Preston B. Nichols and Peter Moon

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"The Montauk Project chronicles the most amazing and secretive research project in recorded history through the eyes of Preston Nichols, an expert in radar whose job duties required him to study The Philadelphia Experiment of 1943 which led to the revelation that he had a secret life as a technician for a radar installation at Montauk’s Camp Hero air force station that was designed to control the emotions and minds of human beings. Additional research led to the discovery that radar could also be used to rescramble matter and even to manipulate time itself. This Silver Anniversary Edition not only includes the original text of The Montauk Project as it appeared over twenty-five...>>

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05.04.2021

“Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times” by Thomas Waters (kindle ebook version)

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"The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present day Cursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magic in modern times. Few topics are so secretive or controversial. Yet, whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck or personal misfortunes mounted, many Britons found themselves believing in things they had previously dismissed – dark supernatural forces. Historian Thomas Waters here explores the lives of cursed or bewitched people, along with the witches and witch-busters who helped and harmed them. Waters takes us on a fascinating journey from Scottish islands to the folklore-rich West Country, from the immense territories of...>>

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