Magick Matters

“Quantum Psychics: Scientifically Understand, Control and Enhance Your Psychic Ability” by Theresa M. Kelly (incomplete)

"This pioneering 2nd Edition book, written by bestselling author and professor, Theresa M. Kelly, MsD., utilizes an extensive list of new scientific research studies to reveal how the laws of physics do not have to be rewritten to explain how psychic abilities work. These research studies consist of initiatives in parapsychology, psychology, neuroscience, quantum physics, and related single and interdisciplinary fields. The author reveals the how's, the why's, and the when's of psychic potential and practice, and exposes it all from extrasensory perception (ESP) to psychokinesis (PK). This book includes a wide collection of detailed and practical techniques, exercises, and experiments, designed for beginners, laypersons, and professional researchers, as stepping stones to assist the reader...>>

“Cassell’s Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Lore” by Randy P. Conner, David Hatfield Sparks and Mariya Sparks

"Did you know that in medieval French folklore a person might change sex by passing under a rainbow? Or that same-sex unions have been celebrated by peoples of the ancient Mediterranean, Africa, China, and indigenous America? Or that Sappho, da Vinci, Emily Dickinson, Nijinsky, Benjamin Britten, Mishima, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Keith Haring, Boy George, and Derek Jarman number among those who have explored the spiritual dimension of gender and sexuality in their works? While the terms many of us employ today to identify ourselves — 'queer', 'lesbian', 'gay', 'bisexual', 'transgendered' — differ markedly from those of peoples of other times and places, we are nevertheless the bearers of a rich spiritual history that...>>

“Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings” by Rob Brezsny (older 2005 edition)

"Readers were beguiled by Rob Brezsny’s new approach to the humble horoscope when his Free Will Astrology column first appeared. Instead of the generic, one-size-fits-all style of similar columns, Brezsny used witty parables, tender rants, cultural riffs, and love letters in his playfully positive readings. He brings that same sensibility—and the same message of a benevolent universe—to this self-help book for people who may be skeptical about self-help books. Brezsny persuasively advises readers to go along with the universe’s good intentions. But his rejection of cynicism isn’t rooted in denial. On the contrary, he makes a case for a cagey optimism that requires a vigorous engagement with the dark forces. He asks us to rethink...>>

“The Shamanic Odyssey: Homer, Tolkien, and the Visionary Experience” by Robert Tindall

"Reveals the striking parallels between indigenous cultures of the Americas and the ancient Homeric world as well as Tolkien’s Middle Earth • Explores the shamanic use of healing songs, psychoactive plants, and vision quests at the heart of the Odyssey and the fantasy works of J. R. R. Tolkien • Examines Odysseus’s encounters with plant divinities, altered consciousness, animal shapeshifting, and sacred topography—all concepts vital to shamanism • Reveals how the Odyssey emerged precisely at the rupture between modern and primal consciousness Indigenous, shamanic ways of healing and prophecy are not foreign to the West. The native way of viewing the world—that is, understanding our cosmos as living, sentient, and interconnected—can be found hidden throughout Western literature, beginning...>>