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02.05.2024

“Murder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard” by Owen Davies

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"In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belief in magic and the powers of the devil, considerable effort was made to establish whether these beliefs were symptomatic of insanity. It seems that Dove murdered his wife to hasten a prediction made by Harrison that he would remarry a more attractive and wealthy woman. Dove employed Harrison to perform various acts of magic, and also made his own written pact with the devil...>>

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02.05.2024

“How to Use a Crystal: 50 Practical Rituals and Spiritual Activities for Inspiration and Well-Being” by Richard Webster

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"A World of Possibilities with Just One Stone All you need is one crystal to deepen your magical practice and reach your goals. Bestselling author Richard Webster presents an accessible and inspiring guide filled with practical rituals and spiritual activities that can be performed with a single stone. Discover how to choose, cleanse, and energize your crystal. Once you've prepared your chosen crystal, you can explore fifty ways to use it: attract love, control stress, bless your home, enhance creativity, deal with regrets, communicate with spirit guides, recall past lives, make crystal elixirs, find forgiveness, and much more. How to Use a Crystal is the ideal guide to greater health and happiness through crystal work."...>>

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02.05.2024

“How to Use a Pendulum: 50 Practical Rituals and Spiritual Activities for Clarity and Guidance” by Richard Webster

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"Find All the Answers You Seek with Just One Pendulum From the bestselling author of How to Use a Crystal comes a straightforward guide to understanding pendulums and the many ways you can use them to improve your life. In his simple and clear style, Richard Webster introduces you to fifty practical and spiritual activities that can be performed with a single pendulum. How to Use a Pendulum guides you every step of the way, from choosing your pendulum to using it to find lost objects, ask and answer divinatory questions, and communicate with spirits. Pendulums can reveal information not found any other way, and this book features uses for them that you may have never...>>

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01.05.2024

“Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History” by Owen Davies

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"Cunning-folk were local practitioners of magic, providing small-scale but valued service to the community. They were far more representative of magical practice than the arcane delvings of astrologers and necromancers. Mostly unsensational in their approach, cunning-folk helped people with everyday problems: how to find lost objects; how to escape from bad luck or a suspected spell; and how to attract a lover or keep the love of a husband or wife. While cunning-folk sometimes fell foul of the authorities, both church and state often turned a blind eye to their existence and practices, distinguishing what they did from the rare and sensational cases of malvolent witchcraft. In a world of uncertainty, before insurance and modern...>>

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01.05.2024

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values” by Robert M. Pirsig (50th anniversary edition)

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"With a new foreword by Matthew B. Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft The bestselling masterpiece about one man’s search for meaning on a motorcycle trip through the American West— an enduring examination of how we live and how to live better One of the most important and influential books of the past half century, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is Robert M. Pirsig’s classic exploration of human experience and endeavor. Pirsig’s narrative of a father and son on a summer motorcycle trip becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life’s fundamental questions. A true modern classic, it remains at once touching and transcendent, resonant with the myriad confusions of existence and...>>

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