25.08.2021

“Chinese Alchemy: Taoism, the Power of Gold, and the Quest for Immortality” by Jean Cooper (kindle ebook version)

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"Here in one slender volume is a basic introduction to Chinese alchemy--a tradition that dates back 5,000 years. Chinese alchemy, largely associated with Taoism, has a recorded history of more than 2,000 years, but traditionally it goes back even further to nearly 3000 BC and the time of the Yellow Emperor. While Western alchemy was concerned with the search for spiritual and material gold, classic Taoist alchemy was a mystical quest for immortality with its aim being union with the Absolute. Jean Cooper describes the history and development of Taoist alchemy, compares it to similar traditions in India and Turkistan, and gives it context by contrasting it with the rationale of the Western hermetic tradition. As...>>

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23.08.2021

“The Psionic Generator Pattern Book” by John P. Boyle (kindle ebook version + original 1975 scan)

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"The Psionic Generator Pattern Book features twelve of the very latest inventions in the fascinating field of Psionic energy. This book examines the mysteries behind the power of pyramids and the energies released through other geometric shapes. It includes instructions, diagrams, and patterns for constructing a dozen ESP-activating devices, including a pyramid that mummifies meat, sharpens razor blades, and soothes pain. It has patterns for an Occult Illuminator you can use like a crystal ball, a Cone Cluster Generator that rotates with the energy from your body and Improved Dowsing Rods. It illustrates an Aurameter which detects energy waves emanating from the body. Full instructions for assembly, use, and further discovery are featured."...>>

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23.08.2021

“The Magister: Magick in History, Theory and Practice. The Order of Revelation” by Marcus Katz (kindle edition in 3 parts)

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"The Magister provides a comprehensive contemporary system of spiritual development via the Western esoteric initiatory system (WEIS). The Magister surveys the past century of esoteric teachings, drawing upon primary source material including Aleister Crowley’s handwritten diaries and notebooks, letters from Dion Fortune, unpublished material from S.L. MacGregor Mathers and Florence Farr, and little-recognised work buried deep within the archives of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. This rarely seen material has been meticulously collated during the course of the author’s travels to libraries and private collections throughout Europe and the USA over the past three decades. The Magister combines academic rigour with Frater V’s extensive practical experience and professional teaching discipline in order...>>

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23.08.2021

“Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred” by Jeremy Naydler

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"In this guide to the cosmology of ancient Egypt, Jeremy Naydler recreates the experience of living in another time and place. Temple of the Cosmos explores Egypt's sacred geography and mythology; but more importantly, it reveals with unprecedented clarity an ancient consciousness in tune with the rhythms of the earth. The ancient Egyptians experienced their gods not as remote beings but rather as psychic and natural forces, transpersonal energies that played a part in everyday life. This direct experience of the gods shaped the Egyptian concepts of human development, healing, magic, and the soul's journey through the Underworld as described in the Books of the Dead. While building on the pioneering efforts of R....>>

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23.08.2021

“Mediums Rare” by Richard Matheson

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"Prolific screenwriter and genre novelist has long maintained an interest in parapsychology, telepathy, ESP and the like. His brief and elegantly printed new volume amounts to a lightly fictionalized history and quick, evocative episodes of paranormal abilities from Greek antiquity to those of the renowned American psychic Edgar Cayce. Most of the episodes in between depict the famous seers, mediums and performers of the 19th century, whose feats Matheson admires. Margaret and Kate Fox, aged 10 and seven, in 1848 convinced their parents and many other Americans that they were in touch with the ghosts in a haunted house. (Matheson adds that the grown-up Margaret recanted, explaining how she had herself produced the ghosts'...>>

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