17.11.2021

“Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination” by Avery F. Gordon

Magick Matters

"Drawing on a range of sources, including the fiction of Toni Morrison and Luisa Valenzuela (He Who Searches), Avery Gordon demonstrates that past or haunting social forces control present life in different and more complicated ways than most social analysts presume. Written with a power to match its subject, Ghostly Matters has advanced the way we look at the complex intersections of race, gender, and class as they traverse our lives in sharp relief and shadowy manifestations."...>>

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16.11.2021

“The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express, until now—from the creator of the popular online project of the same name. Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass on the street, realizing that everyone is the main character in their own story, each living a life as vivid and complex as your own? That feeling has a name: “sonder.” Or maybe you’ve watched a thunderstorm roll in and felt a primal hunger for disaster, hoping it would shake up your life. That’s called “lachesism.” Or you were looking...>>

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15.11.2021

“The Little Book of the Great Enchantment” by Steve Blamires

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"William Sharp (1855-1905) was a prolific writer; friend and confidant of the literati of the day; an active member of the occult world of the late Victorian period; and a man who spent his life cloaked in secrets. The most important being that he was the pen behind the writings of the mysterious Fiona Macleod. He kept her true identity a closely guarded secret. Many famous people of the day, including W.B. Yeats, "AE", MacGregor Mathers, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, were involved in Sharp's short life; he was a member of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and of Yeats' secret Celtic Mystical Order; and he and Fiona Macleod were involved with the mysterious...>>

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15.11.2021

“The Mammoth Book of Lost Symbols: A Guide to the Language of Symbolism” by Nadia Julien

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"Humanity has always used symbols-material objects used to denote difficult, abstract concepts-to describe thoughts and feelings, or to protect secret truths from common knowledge. This concise A-Z guide is a fascinating work of reference that brings to light all the symbols and symbolisms of the world, many aspects of which have been lost to time, including Freemasonry, the Kabbalah, the tarot, astrology, alchemy, Zoroastrianism, and ancient cultures from Egypt to Japan."...>>

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15.11.2021

“Rhiannon: Divine Queen of the Celtic Britons” by Jhenah Telyndru (Pagan Portals, kindle ebook version)

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"To truly know Rhiannon, we must excavate the layers of her myth, decode the meaning of her symbols, and seek to restore the significance of her very name. Although she has a mythology around her, and has many modern-day devotees, nowhere in ancient lore has she been identified as a Goddess. We have no known cult centers or devotional altars dedicated to Rhiannon. How then do we approach this revered Lady? How can we best know her as Goddess? We need but call to her, and ask for what we need. Be it her bag of plenty, the soul-healing song of her birds, or the empowerment of the sovereignty she holds, when you call...>>

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