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15.02.2022

“Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred” by Jeffrey J. Kripal

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"Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred" by Jeffrey J. Kripal
"Most scholars dismiss research into the paranormal as pseudoscience, a frivolous pursuit for the paranoid or gullible. Even historians of religion, whose work naturally attends to events beyond the realm of empirical science, have shown scant interest in the subject. But the history of psychical phenomena, Jeffrey J. Kripal contends, is an untapped source of insight into the sacred and by tracing that history through the last two centuries of Western thought we can see its potential centrality to the critical study of religion. Kripal grounds his study in the work of four major figures in the history of paranormal research: psychical researcher Frederic Myers; writer and humorist Charles Fort; astronomer, computer scientist, and ufologist...>>
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15.02.2022

“All About the Sixth Sense: Exploring the Extrasensory World” by Tom Pearson

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"All About the Sixth Sense: Exploring the Extrasensory World" by Tom Pearson
"Call it telepathy or déjà vu, everybody is familiar with the sixth sense. This examination of supernatural abilities surveys the history and tradition of the sixth sense, presents recent research, and explains how everyone can become better aware of their sixth sense and develop it. Telepathy, predictive abilities, psychokinesis, psychic photography, levitation, psychomotor is, channeling, and other phenomena are explained here. In addition, other extrasensory experiences are explored, including the jinx, automatic writing, haunted houses, stigmata, astral travel, life after death, and so on. This book is a practical guide that teaches the reader to reinforce and operate extrasensory abilities. Not only can "experts" use the power of the sixth sense, but everyone can. The...>>
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15.02.2022

“The Astrological Houses: The Spectrum of Individual Experience” by Dane Rudhyar

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"The Astrological Houses: The Spectrum of Individual Experience" by Dane Rudhyar
"In all his works, Dane Rudhyar's main preoccupation has been to integrate various fields of human knowledge into a consistent and well organized whole, and to build foundations of thought needed for the development of global society. In this context, he has sought to develop a theory of "humanistic" astrology that would bring this ancient and controversial science to a level of thinking at which it can be fully accepted today. He broadens the entire concept of astrology by applying to it his extensive knowledge of Oriental as well as western philosophy, and Jungian psychology. This book deals with the astrological houses. Using the houses—which he defines as "archetypal categories of experience" through which an...>>
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15.02.2022

“The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope” by Howard Sasportas

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"The Twelve Houses: Exploring the Houses of the Horoscope" by Howard Sasportas
"In The Twelve Houses, acclaimed astrologer Howard Sasportas explores in detail the experiences and situations associated with each of the houses, describing not only their tangible associations but also the more subtle meanings of each of the different spheres of life. A pioneering volume and a favourite among students and professionals alike, this is the recognized as the definitive work on the subject. This revised edition contains a new foreward by Liz Greene and tribute essays from leading astrologers Darby Costello, Melanie Reinhart, Erin Sullivan and Laura Boomer Trent."...>>
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14.02.2022

“Eros and Pornography in Russian Culture” edited by Marcus Levitt and Andrei Toporkov

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"Eros and Pornography in Russian Culture" edited by Marcus Levitt and Andrei Toporkov
"Since glasnost and the political changes in Russia over the past few decades, strict censorship has been replaced with free speech, allowing pornographic literature to appear in public. Not only has contemporary pornography become a new freedom, past Russian erotic literature, hidden away for decades, has been revealed. This volume is part of the series “Russian Forbidden Literature”, shedding light on previously inaccessible material. This bi-lingual collection of articles addresses a broad spectrum of questions connected to the history and national character of erotica in Russian literature, folklore and art of the XVIII-XX centuries. It is based on papers given at the international Russian-American "Conference on Russian Pornography", held at the University of Southern California...>>
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