Magick Matters

“Switchword Magic: The Secret to Getting Everything You Want in Life” by Natasha E. Williams

"Change your words, change your life. Make your own reality, your own fate, your own luck. Switchword Magic is the first step to manifesting your dreams, goals and desires into reality Have you read books about the Law of Attraction and manifesting and wondered why you aren't having the success you expect? Want to know something that is even more amazing than The Secret? No longer allow your mind to sabotage your ability to manifest the desires of your heart. Your word is your wand and thought is creative. Intentional creative thoughts bring about intentional desired results. Switchword Magic is a revolutionary method to speak and think your desires into existence using one-word affirmations that use...>>

“Ergodicity: Definition, Examples, And Implications, As Simple As Possible” by Luca Dellanna (2nd edition)

"Is ergodicity the most important concept in decision-making and behavioral sciences? (Yes.) Is it relevant for you in your daily life? (Yes.) Is it possible to explain it so simply that a grandma or a high-schooler can understand it? (Yes.) Even if they know nothing about maths? (Yes.) That's because ergodicity is an important idea with so many practical applications. Sadly, most books describe it in a very technical way, making it inaccessible to most people. In this short book, 6-times author Luca Dellanna describes ergodicity as simply as possible. You will read stories about how not knowing about it destroyed his cousin’s career as a skier, or how misunderstanding it caused additional deaths during...>>

“Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland” by Perttu Hakkinen and Vesa Iitti

"Finland has long been viewed as the land of sorcerers and shamans. Exploring the rich history of Finnish occultism, Perttu Häkkinen and Vesa Iitti examine the significant figures and groups of Finland’s occult world from the late 19th century to the present day. They begin with Pekka Ervast, known as the Rudolf Steiner of the North, who was a major figure in Theosophy before starting a Rosicrucian group called Ruusu-Risti, and they look at the Finnish disciples of G. I. Gurdjieff and the grim case of the cult of Tattarisuo. Investigating the relationship of nationalism and esotericism in Finland, the authors tell the stories of Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, who thought that Finns were the root of...>>

“The Queen of Wands: The Story of Pamela Colman Smith, the Artist Behind the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck” by Cat Willett

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Discover the life, work, and magic of Pamela Colman Smith, the visionary artist behind the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Deck, the most popular and renowned divination deck in the world. With rich imagery, stunning colors, and an iconic place in the realm of divination, the Rider-Waite Tarot is perhaps the best known deck in the world. Seasoned readers and fledgling diviners alike turn to these cards in search of inspiration, understanding, and even a hint at the future. But the story of their origin is less well known, with their brilliant creator's name stripped away from them for decades. Now, for the first time, mystics, art-lovers, and fortune-tellers will uncover the magical story of Pamela...>>

“Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny” edited by Thomas G. Kirsch, Kirsten Mahlke and Rijk van Dijk

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people’s domestic and intimate spheres of life. The chapters examine the uncanny in a cross-cultural manner, involving empirically rich case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Europe. They use an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to show how people are affected by their intimate interactions with spiritual beings. While several chapters focus on the tensions between public and private spheres that emerge in the context of spiritual encounters, others explore what kind of relationships between humans and demonic entities are imagined to exist and in what ways...>>