Magick Matters

“The Scent of Ancient Magic” by Britta K. Ager (incomplete)

"Magic was a fundamental part of the Greco-Roman world. Curses, erotic spells, healing charms, divination, and other supernatural methods of trying to change the universe were everyday methods of coping with the difficulties of life in antiquity. While ancient magic is most often studied through texts like surviving Greco-Egyptian spellbooks and artifacts like lead curse tablets, for a Greek or Roman magician a ritual was a rich sensual experience full of unusual tastes, smells, textures, and sounds, bright colors, and sensations like fasting and sleeplessness. Greco-Roman magical rituals were particularly dominated by the sense of smell, both fragrant smells and foul odors. Ritual practitioners surrounded themselves with clouds of fragrant incense and perfume to...>>

“The Spiritual Life of Water: Its Power and Purpose” by Alick Bartholomew

"Water's wisdom on renewal, communication, and holism * How water, as a conscious organism, unites all of creation in one vast communication network * Includes the research of Viktor Schauberger. MaeWan Ho and Masaru Emoto * Discusses the energetics of water, water treatments, finding the best-quality water, and the perils of bottled and distilled water Once held sacred the world over, water contains a wisdom few today acknowledge. Driving everything from our metabolic processes to weather patterns and climate change, its real significance lies in its role as a medium for metamorphosis, recycling, and exchanging energy and information. Seeking a return to our ancestors' reverence for water, Alick Bartholomew explores water's sacred uses, its role in our bodies and...>>

“Science of Life After Death” by Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marianna de Abreu Costa and Humberto Schubert Coelho

"This book examines the best available empirical evidence regarding one of the most challenging and pervasive questions throughout ages, cultures, and religions: the survival of human consciousness after death. It begins with a contextual overview of belief in personal survival and refutes misguided historical and epistemological arguments against the notion of survival after death (e.g., irrational, purely religious, impossible to be addressed by science, that has been proved false by neuroscience). The book provides an overview of the scientific evidence regarding the survival of human consciousness after death, focusing on studies on mediumship, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and reincarnation. Featured topics of coverage include: The belief in life after death in the...>>

“The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: A Graphic Novel” by H.P. Lovecraft and I.N.J. Culbard

"I say to you again, do not call up any that you can not put down." Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the insane, his method of escape baffling the authorities. Only the patient's final visitor, family physician Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett – himself a piece of the puzzle — holds the key to unlocking The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. A macabre mixture of historical investigation, grave-robbing and bone-chilling revelation, this adaptation artfully lays bare one of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying creations. With creepy, spooky art, and sinister, suspenseful text, I.N.J. Culbard brings new life―and death―to H. P. Lovecraft’s psychological mystery of forbidden knowledge and pursuits."...>>

“Generative Trance: The Experience of Creative Flow. Third Generation Trance Work” by Stephen Gilligan (incomplete)

"This book describes an entirely new way of conducting hypnotherapeutic interventions through the use of Stephen Gilligan's concept of generative trance. The first generation of trance work, that is, traditional hypnosis that still holds sway in most places, considers that both the conscious mind and the unconscious mind of the client are, to put it bluntly, idiots. So trance work involves first knocking out the conscious mind and then talking to the unconscious mind like a 2-year old that needs to be told how to behave. Milton Erickson created the second generation of trance work. He approached the unconscious as having creative wisdom and each person as extraordinarily unique. Thus, rather than trying to...>>