Magick Matters

“Bizarre Thailand: Tales of Crime, Sex and Black Magic” by Jim Algie

"Bizarre Thailand takes readers off the well-rutted road of tourist hotspots into the darkest and sexiest hinterlands. Welcome to a twilight zone where travellers become soldiers and cowboys, a black magician courts politicians and film stars, sacred tortoises mate on the streets of a small town, and Fertility Goddesses are wooed with massive phalluses. In this strange land, nothing is what it seems: a prison becomes a tourist attraction, a 20-storey robot is a building, a man becomes a beauty queen, a Buddhist temple turns into hell on earth, a loving wife is immortalized as the most famous and ferocious of all phantoms, and a serial killer’s corpse is reincarnated as a museum exhibit. Bizarre Thailand...>>

“Mysticism: Empowering the Spirit Within” by Hua-Ching Ni

"The mother of spiritual knowledge or omniscience is mysticism, or the spiritual energy of the universe itself. Human spiritual energy equals mysticism and mysticism is something accessible to all those sincere seekers who have the correct training. 5,000 years ago the Yellow Emperor sought out achieved masters to receive their mystical instruction; 3,000 years prior, I Ching instruction was passed down orally. Thus for 8,000 years, mystical knowledge has been passed down from the Taoist sages to Master Ni, Hua Ching. Mysticism presents another kind of knowledge that does not use senses or machines: omniscience. People generally accumulate knowledge by way of study and experience through their limited sensory capabilities and technological devices. However, these fail...>>

“You Need Not Age Nor Die!” by Rev. Donald C. Barrie

"A lifetime spent on in-depth research, trial and error, in experimentation and prayer by Dr D.C. Barrie, plus his actual death in a doctor’s office and his return to life, bringing back with him first hand experience of God-Power and how to use it to transform one’s present life and circumstances. Dr Barrie’s book contains no profound philosophy, no plethora of words without meaning, no vagueness, no nonsense – JUST FACTS AND TECHNIQUES; methods by which most readers can avail themselves of this precious knowledge, immediately! Fear of everything and anything can be removed from your mind now and forever. The ability to cure yourself of disease, poverty, failure, etc is YOURS NOW. The way...>>

“The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture” by Darrel Ray

"Dr. Darrel Ray, psychologist and lifelong student of religion, discusses religious infection from the inside out. How does guilt play into religious infection? Why is sexual control so important to so many religions? What causes the anxiety and neuroticism around death and dying? How does religion inject itself into so many areas of life, culture, and politics? The author explores this and much more in his book The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture. This second-generation book takes the reader several steps beyond previous offerings and into the realm of the personal and emotional mechanisms that affect anyone who lives in a culture steeped in religion. Examples are used that anyone...>>

“Killing for God: An Analysis of Conflict in the Abrahamic Religions” by Stephen Schwalbe

"Given the extremely high cost of overseas military operations today, the author offers readers scholarly insights as to what motivates kingdoms, countries, and groups to engage in religious conflict, beginning with those found in the Hebrew Bible. To do this, he analyzes three related religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, to determine their similarities and differences regarding the killing of people. The areas of conflict analysis include Fundamentalism, Proselytization, Sacrifice (to include martyrdom), and Revenge (to include genocide). The insights of preeminent religious and political scholars are integrated into this comprehensive analysis of conflict involving religion, leading to an answer to the ultimate question: Is the killing worth it?"...>>