Magick Matters

14.06.2024

“Alcoholism: The Hidden Significance” by Douglas M. Baker

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"Finally, a world renowned esoteric teacher and medical doctor has put it all together in a factual, hard-hitting, but loving and encouraging guide towards healing those of us, or a loved one near us, influenced by excessive alcohol consumption! This book is a masterly work, absolutely second to none! Alcoholism has become a major problem lacing civilization today. The stress of modern living, more money in the pocket, increased leisure time, and the availability of alcohol have all been blamed for this increase. But what of the deeper underlying causes of Alcoholism, the karmic origins of the disorder and the esoteric implications of this unquenchable thirst for Spirit? The author, with his medical training...>>

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14.06.2024

“The Knowledge That Leads to Wholeness: Gnostic Myths Behind Jung’s Theory of Individuation” by Robert Lloyd

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"The Knowledge that Leads to Wholeness is the first book to specifically illustrate how the major Gnostic myths underlie Jungs theory of individuation. It is a compelling and in-depth examination of a life-changing journey that begins with the author discovering the forgotten secrets of the Gnostics. These secrets are gradually unveiled as the author and his loyal dog, Gold, are initiated, each in their own way, to put the ancient knowledge into practice. Dr. Lloyd explores the esoteric side of Carl Jung and reveals the connections between Jungs pivotal theory of individuation, i.e. the journey to wholeness, and the powerful, visionary myths told by the pioneers of the psyche, the Gnostics. He details what happens...>>

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14.06.2024

“The Origins and History of Consciousness” by Erich Neumann

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"The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent. The intermediate stages are projected in the universal myths of the World Creation, Great Mother, Separation of the World Parents, Birth of the Hero, Slaying of the Dragon, Rescue of the Captive, and Transformation and Deification of the Hero....>>

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14.06.2024

“Dangerous Dimensions: Mind-Bending Tales of the Mathematical Weird” edited by Henry Bartholomew

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"I have stood on the dim shore beyond time and matter and seen it. It moves through strange curves and outrageous angles. Some day I shall travel in time and meet it face to face. Unlike nineteenth-century Gothic fiction, which tends to fixate on the past, the haunted and the ghostly, early weird fiction probes the very boundaries of reality—the laws and limits of time, space and matter. Here, unimaginable terrors lurk in hitherto unknown mirror dimensions, calamities in ultra-space threaten to wipe clean all evidence of our universe and experiments in non-Euclidean geometry lead to sickening consequences. In twelve speculative tales of our universe’s mathematics and physics gone awry, this anthology presents an abundance of...>>

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14.06.2024

“Magic and Masculinity: Ritual Magic and Gender in the Early Modern Era” by Frances Timbers

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"In early modern England, the practice of ritual or ceremonial magic — the attempted communication with angels and demons — both reinforced and subverted existing concepts of gender. The majority of male magicians acted from a position of control and command commensurate with their social position in a patriarchal society; other men, however, used the notion of magic to subvert gender ideals while still aiming to attain hegemony. Whilst women who claimed to perform magic were usually more submissive in their attempted dealings with the spirit world, some female practitioners employed magic to undermine the patriarchal culture and further their own agenda. Frances Timbers studies the practice of ritual magic in the sixteenth and...>>

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