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Magick Matters
"Chinese culture of the Six Dynasties period (220–589) saw a blossoming of stories of the fantastic. Zhiguai, “records of the strange” or “accounts of anomalies,” tell of encounters with otherness, in which inexplicable and uncanny phenomena interrupt mundane human affairs. They depict deities, ghosts, and monsters; heaven, the underworld, and the immortal lands; omens, metamorphoses, and trafficking between humans and supernatural beings; and legendary figures, strange creatures, and natural wonders in the human world.
Hidden and Visible Realms, traditionally attributed to Liu Yiqing, is one of the most significant zhiguai collections, distinguished by its varied contents, elegant writing style, and fascinating stories. It is also among the earliest collections heavily influenced by Buddhist beliefs, values,...>>
"Discover the nature of the elements, types of spirits associated with each element, and correspondences in magical thought as well as rituals and divination methods in an animistic world of nature magic.
Included in Elemental Spirits are types of natural objects, and sometimes man-made objects, which attract nature spirit inhabitants as well as methods to see or communicate with these elemental spirits, places of worship or invocation, and the nature of thought-form spirits associated with the basic four elements; Earth, Air, Fire and Water, as well as the element of Spirit called Aether.
From fanciful fairies to guardian spirits of stone circles, Elemental Spirits is a 'must have' for anyone who has an interest in nature...>>
