Magick Matters

08.12.2022

“Defining Nature’s Limits: The Roman Inquisition and the Boundaries of Science” by Neil Tarrant

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"A look at the history of censorship, science, and magic from the Middle Ages to the post-Reformation era. Neil Tarrant challenges conventional thinking by looking at the longer history of censorship, considering a five-hundred-year continuity of goals and methods stretching from the late eleventh century to well into the sixteenth. Unlike earlier studies, Defining Nature’s Limits engages the history of both learned and popular magic. Tarrant explains how the church developed a program that sought to codify what was proper belief through confession, inquisition, and punishment and prosecuted what they considered superstition or heresy that stretched beyond the boundaries of religion. These efforts were continued by the Roman Inquisition, established in 1542. Although it...>>

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08.12.2022

“Spiritually Loose: Uncover the Path to Your Divine Life” by Susan Pearse

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"Your divine life is as individual as your fingerprints: your spiritual path is unique. Spirituality isn’t always found in organised religion, temples, or gurus. It doesn’t need to be outsourced. Your divine life lies within, all you need to do is listen to your inner voice! Spiritually Loose shows how one woman replaced soul-destroying expectations and obligations with connection, meaning and possibilities. Susan’s journey included raves in Ibiza, jazz bars in New York; lectures on quantum physics in Italy, philosophy classes in Australia; traditional hula dancing in Hawaii and qualifying as a Kundalini yoga teacher in Spain. Instead of finding answers, she found rules. Instead of joy, she found judgement. However, once she began looking inward, she...>>

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08.12.2022

“Practical Mindfulness: A Physician’s No-Nonsense Guide to Meditation for Beginners” by Greg Sazima

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"Breathe in and out through the stressors of life with this accessible meditation guide. Learn the life-changing benefits of mindfulness to navigate these uncertain times. Training exercises that work. Practical Mindfulness approaches mindfulness and meditation from a hands-on, how-to, irreverent perspective—appealing to all readers curious about meditation, and health care and education professionals looking to learn and teach the fundamentals of meditation to their patients and students. Applying Dr. Sazima’s training routines, we can all learn better coping methods and less burnout, in the midst of all that is happening. An accessible approach to finding home". We all search for that safe, comfortable feeling of peace of mind–our inner "home". When we face challenges–from a tough...>>

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08.12.2022

“Magickal Tarot: Spreads, Spellwork, and Ritual for Creating Your Life” by Robyn Valentine

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"Magickal Tarot offers a unique approach to tarot that teaches you how to tap into the energy and archetypes of the Major Arcana for manifesting and amplifying desired outcomes. Tarot is a powerful tool for divination. Its magick, however, goes far beyond fortune-telling and prediction. Tarot cards represent situations we experience as we progress through the journey of life, with each card holding specific messages of perspective and guidance. Each individual tarot card holds rich symbolism that is imbued with energy and vibration. That energy can be applied to nearly all forms of manifestation, thus making your tarot deck a powerful magickal tool you can use to invoke specific outcomes in spells and ritual work....>>

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08.12.2022

“Zen Druidry: Living a Natural Life, With Full Awareness” by Joanna van der Hoeven (Pagan Portals)

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"Taking both Zen and Druidry and embracing them into your life can be a wonderful and ongoing process of discovery, not only of the self but of the entire world around you. Looking at ourselves and at the natural world around us, we realise that everything is in constant change and flux — like waves on the ocean, they are all part of one thing that is made up of everything. Even after the wave has crashed upon the shore, the ocean is still there, the wave is still there - it has merely changed its form. The aim of this text is to show how Zen teachings and Druidry can combine to create...>>

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