30.09.2024

“Freud, Jung and Occultism” by Nandor Fodor

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"Freud, Jung and Occultism" by Nandor Fodor
"Did the two giants of this century’s psychology—Freud and Jung—"believe" in the supernatural? In this absorbing study, Nandor Fodor has sifted through a wealth of notes and reminiscences to present the clashes and collaborations of the founder of psychoanalysis and the founder of analytical psychology concerning the occult. Of Jung, the author says: "The discussion of Jung’s psychic participation must begin by taking a deep breath. It is a story so unbelievable, so fantastic that--ever since it was fully revealed—analytic psychologists have been staggering under the impact, psychoanalysts have ignored it as a fairy tale, and parapsychologists have found it a diet so rich that up to now they have not been able to digest...>>
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29.09.2024

“The Child Witches of Olague” by Lu Ann Homza

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"The Child Witches of Olague" by Lu Ann Homza
"In the early seventeenth century, thousands of children in Spain’s Navarre region claimed to have been bewitched. The Child Witches of Olague features the legal depositions of self-described child witches as well as their parents and victims. The volume sheds new light on Navarre’s massive witch persecution (1608–14), illuminating the tragic cost of witch hunts and opening a new window onto our understanding of early modern Iberian life. Drawing from Spanish-language sources only recently discovered, Homza translates and annotates three court cases from Olague in 1611 and 1612. Two were defamation trials involving the slur "witch", and the third was a petition for divorce filed by an accused witch and wife. These cases give readers...>>
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28.09.2024

“Daoism Handbook” edited by Livia Kohn

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"Daoism Handbook" edited by Livia Kohn
"Thirty major scholars in the field wrote this new, authoritative guide to the main features and development of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism, Daoism in Korea and Daoist Ritual Music. Each chapter rigidly deals with a fixed set of aspects, such as history, texts, worldview and practices. Clear markings in the chapters themselves and a detailed index make this volume the most accessible key resource on Daoism past and present."...>>
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28.09.2024

“Quantum Magick: Reconfiguring the Field, A Powerful Companion to Mind Magic Methods” by Merlin Starlight

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"Quantum Magick: Reconfiguring the Field, A Powerful Companion to Mind Magic Methods" by Merlin Starlight
"Quantum Magick is a powerful companion to the previous book, Mind Magic Methods. It is intended for those who have read or listened to that previous book, as it expands and extends the magickal system it provided. Introducing the 6th Method of Mind Magic! While Mind Magic Methods gave you 5 key methodologies for working powerful magick, Quantum Magick adds a 6th method to the Mind Magic "power grid". Q: Why add a 6th method? A: To develop a form of magick that was always successful. The new methodology is closely patterned after the "collapse of the wave function" from quantum physics (which occurs when consciousness observes reality). It is designed to correspond to the actual function of the...>>
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