Magick Matters

“The Geometry of Energy: How to Meditate” by Ethan Indigo Smith

"Geometry focuses on understanding the tangible. Meditation focuses on understanding the intangible. The benefits of understanding the outside world are stupendous, and the benefits of understanding the inside world are limitless. The Geometry of Energy: How to Meditate includes numerous meditation instructions and concepts, but focuses on meditation comprehension. The more one comprehends meditation the more one potentially benefits. The Geometry of Energy explores meditation and subtle energy through the four dimensions of geometry: Points, Lines, Planes, Solids. The four dimensions of geometry in relation to meditation and energy illustrate the true sacredness of sacred geometry. The Geometry of Energy enhances comprehension of meditation and conceptualization of energy. The four dimensions of geometry provide a formula...>>

“Proof of Life after Life: 7 Reasons to Believe There Is an Afterlife” by Raymond A. Moody and Paul Perry

"A groundbreaking book that combines nearly fifty years of afterlife and near-death experience research to provide proof of the existence of the soul and life after death from psychiatrist and bestselling author of Life After Life, Dr. Raymond Moody and New York Times bestselling author Paul Perry. After spending nearly five decades studying near-death experiences, Dr. Raymond Moody finally has the answer to humanity’s most pressing question: What happens when we die? In Proof of Life After Life, Moody and coauthor Paul Perry reveal that consciousness survives after the death of the body. Featuring in-depth case studies, the latest research, and eye-opening interviews with experts, Proof explores everything from common paranormal signs to shared-death experiences, and...>>

“The Spiritual Gift of Madness: The Failure of Psychiatry and the Rise of the Mad Pride Movement” by Seth Farber

"A bold call for the "insane" to reclaim their rightful role as prophets of spiritual and cultural transformation • Explains how many of those diagnosed as schizophrenic, bipolar, and other forms of “madness” are not ill but experiencing a spiritual awakening • Explores the rise of Mad Pride and the mental patients’ liberation movement • Reveals how those seen as "mad" must embrace their spiritual gifts to help the coming global spiritual transition Many of the great prophets of the past experienced madness—a breakdown followed by a breakthrough, spiritual death followed by rebirth. With the advent of modern psychiatry, the budding prophets of today are captured and transformed into chronic mental patients before they can flower into the...>>

“Haunted Japan: Exploring the World of Japanese Yokai, Ghosts and the Paranormal” by Catrien Ross

"A delightfully creepy telling of Japanese ghost stories. Japanese folklore is abundant with tales of ghostly creatures and the supernatural. In Haunted Japan, author Catrien Ross reveals the legends that have been passed down for generations and continue to terrify us today. To research this book on the country's ghosts, demons and paranormal phenomena, Ross collected accounts from across Japan including: Sacred Mount Osore, a Japanese gateway to the land of the dead, where people gather to contact those who have passed on The Tokyo grave of the samurai Taira no Masakado, where passersby regularly witnessed his ghost until prayers finally laid him to rest The...>>

“On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears” by Stephen T. Asma

"Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters—how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious—Behemoth and Leviathan, Gog and Magog, Satan and his demons, Grendel and Frankenstein, circus freaks and headless children, right up to the serial killers and terrorists of today and the post-human cyborgs of tomorrow. Monsters embody our deepest anxieties and vulnerabilities, Asma argues, but they also symbolize the mysterious and incoherent territory...>>