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03.03.2021

“Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America” by Morgan Shipley

"Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America" by Morgan Shipley

"Concerned with scholarly, popular, and religious backdrops that understand the connection between psychedelics and mystical experiences to be devoid of moral concerns and ethical dimensions—a position supported empirically by the rise of acid fascism and psychedelic cults by the late 1960s—Psychedelic Mysticism: Transforming Consciousness, Religious Experiences, and Voluntary Peasants in Postwar America traces the development of sixties psychedelic mysticism from the deconditioned mind and perennial philosophy of Aldous Huxley, to the sacramental ethics of Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner, to the altruistic religiosity practiced by Stephen Gaskin and The Farm. Building directly off the pioneering psychedelic writing of Huxley, these psychedelic mystics understood the height of psychedelic consciousness as an existential awareness...>>

03.03.2021

“Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture” edited by Mariko Namba Walter and Eva Jane Neumann Fridman (2-volume set)

"Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture" edited by Mariko Namba Walter and Eva Jane Neumann Fridman (2-volume set)

"A guide to worldwide shamanism and shamanistic practices, emphasizing historical and current cultural adaptations. This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices. What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by initiates. They detail the costumes, music, rituals, artifacts, and drugs that shamans use to achieve altered states of...>>

03.03.2021

“Living in the Matrix: Understanding and Freeing Yourself from the Clutches of the Matrix” by Michael Hammer

"Living in the Matrix: Understanding and Freeing Yourself from the Clutches of the Matrix" by Michael Hammer

"Why are things the way they are on this planet? There is a very cleverly designed Matrix, hidden in plain view, which we believe is our very reality, that is created to be an imposition and limitation on every aspect of our lives. Almost everything we encounter on this earth and beyond, even our religions and spirituality are an aspect of this Matrix which controls and manipulates us to feed those who run things mostly behind the scenes. This book connects the dots and exposes the grand architect(s) behind the many aspects of the matrix. Even if you are well versed in conspiracy theories, when you see how everything works together, it is truly mind blowing...>>

03.03.2021

“After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond” by Bruce Greyson

"After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond" by Bruce Greyson

"The world's leading expert on near-death experiences reveals his journey toward rethinking the nature of death, life, and the continuity of consciousness. Cases of remarkable experiences on the threshold of death have been reported since ancient times, and are described today by 10% of people whose hearts stop. The medical world has generally ignored these “near-death experiences,” dismissing them as “tricks of the brain” or wishful thinking. But after his patients started describing events that he could not just sweep under the rug, Dr. Bruce Greyson began to investigate. As a physician without a religious belief system, he approached near-death experiences from a scientific perspective. In After, he shares the transformative lessons he has learned over...>>

03.03.2021

“Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus. Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus” by John Dee

"Tuba Veneris, The Trumpet of Venus. Libellus Veneri Nigro Sacer or, the Little Book Sacred to the Black Venus" by John Dee

"Written by John Dee in 1580, Tuba Veneris is a unique grimoire of ritual magic outlining a series of seven spirits which the operator may employ by making use of their sigillum or characters and invocations. Includes a both the Latin text and an English translation, as well as a preface about the translation, an introduction which explains the historical context of its time and a biographical sketch on Dee by Charles Mackay. Libellus Veneris Nigro Sacer, or Tuba Veneris, may well be said to be a minor text of the ritual magic tradition. However, in spite of its dubious attribution to John Dee, brevity and obscurity I believe it to be most worthy of...>>