Magick Matters

15.07.2022

“The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment” by Julia V. Douthwaite

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"This study looks at the lives of the most famous "wild children" of eighteenth-century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (captured in 1731 and baptized as Marie-Angélique Leblanc), offering a fascinating glimpse into beliefs about the difference between man and beast and the means once used to civilize the uncivilized. A variety of educational experiments failed to tame these feral children by the standards of the day. After telling their stories, Douthwaite turns to literature that reflects on similar experiments to perfect human subjects. Her examples range from utopian...>>

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15.07.2022

“The Life Fantastic: Myth, History, Pop and Folklore in the Making of Western Culture” by Noa Menhaim

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"Explore the sprawling network of culture to discover the incredible ways in which ideas connect to shape the world we see today. These mind-blowing essays dig down to the roots of stories, myths and literary genres, travelling from art to politics to history to folklore, and from high to popular culture and back again. Through an intricate web of sidenotes, embark on a voyage of discovery from the unluckiest book ever made to Viking horned helmets to the sex life of vampires …. or from mermaids frolicking in the margins to the ancient Amazons to the power of Amazon and on to Utopia and Atlantis … This is western culture as you’ve never...>>

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15.07.2022

“The Golden Key: The Complete Original Edition: Plus Five Other Original Works” by Emmet Fox

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"Open yourself up to the goodness that is truly yours Emmet Fox was a prominent New Thought teacher who became one of the most popular spiritual leaders of the twentieth century. The Golden Key: The Complete Original Edition is a collection designed for the modern reader that features the original editions of his most influential writing. In it, he explores ‘the golden key to harmony and happiness’ sharing a message of transformational empowerment. This small volume features six of Fox’s most pivotal works, including The Golden Key, The Mental Equivalent, Life is Consciousness, Getting Results by Prayer, You Must be Born Again, and The Great Adventure. Each book is brief―something you’ll be able to read in...>>

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14.07.2022

“TechnoMage” by Dirk Bruere (incomplete)

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"TechnoMage is a collection of technological paradigms and techniques for the modification of consciousness and reality in magick. These range from hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to the exotic statistical argument that this reality is a simulation and the ramifications of that from an "operational magick" point of view. In between there are detailed investigations of the effects of electromagnetic fields on the brain, as well as low level direct electrical stimulation in the alteration of consciousness. Modern paranormal, or Psi, effects are detailed with regard to Remote Viewing (and influencing) as well as contemporary séance practices, physical mediumship, aspects of Ultraterrestrial (UFO) and interdimensional communications and their relationships to traditional demonology. And the...>>

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14.07.2022

“Wicca Essential Oils Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to Working with Magical Oils, with Simple Recipes and Spells” by Lisa Chamberlain (2022 edition)

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"Magical oils are among the most mysterious and intriguing tools used in Wicca and other forms of Witchcraft. Since before recorded history, shamans and healers of all kinds have used fragrant oils in ritual, magic and medicine, knowing as we do that their use has the potential to transform lives on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Because of their unique effects on the mind of the practitioner, botanical oils provide a direct tie between the natural physical world and the spiritual plane. But what exactly are magical oils and where do they come from? Unlike other natural ingredients such as crystals and plant roots, oils don’t come fully-formed into the world on their own—instead, they...>>

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