01.10.2024

“Lifting the Veil: A Witches’ Guide to Trance-Prophesy, Drawing Down the Moon and Ecstatic Ritual” by Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone

Magick Matters

"Written to fill the gap in available knowledge on trance, prophecy, deity-possession and mediumship within the neo-Pagan and Wiccan communities, Lifting the Veil has been developed from Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone's personal work and public workshops on trance-prophecy and ecstatic ritual over 25 years. The book covers the history and modern practice of trance as well as the methods of practice. It also explores the four keys to trance-prophecy, which include the importance of understanding mythical cosmology and psychology, understanding the role of energy in trance, the nature of spirits and deity, and understanding what trance is and the techniques involved. Because trance-prophecy is a very subjective process, the book includes descriptions of the...>>

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01.10.2024

“The New Science of the Paranormal: From the Research Lab To Real Life” by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke and Joe H. Slate

Magick Matters

"Use Scientific Research for Empowerment, Growth, and Success Sweep illusions away and use your mind for what it was intended: to lift human consciousness to a higher level and make this world a better place for you and future generations. The New Science of the Paranormal is a mind-expanding exploration of the scientific proof for paranormal phenomena and the ways you can use your paranormal potential to take control of your life. Discover a wealth of tools to create a life of greater success and happiness. Through expanding conscious awareness of your inner powers and abilities, you advance into the development of your Super-Conscious Mind where limitations drop away and realization of your most cherished dreams...>>

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30.09.2024

“Freud, Jung and Occultism” by Nandor Fodor

Magick Matters

"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

Magick Matters

"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

Magick Matters

"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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