21.05.2025

“72 in His Name: Reuchlin, Luther, Thenaud, Wolff and the Names of Seventy-Two Angels” by Ian Christie-Miller

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"Leading figures at the dawn of the sixteenth-century Reformation commonly faced the charge of "judaizing": 72 In His Name concerns the changing views of four such men starting with their kabbalistic treatment of the 72 divine names of angels. Johann Reuchlin, the first of the four men featured in this book,survived the charge; Martin Luther’s increasingly anti-semitic stance is contrasted with the opposite movement of the French Franciscan Jean Thenaud whose kabbalistic manuscripts were devoted to Francis I; Philipp Wolff, the fourth, had been born into a Jewish family but his recorded views were decidedly anti-semitic. 72 In His Name also includes evidence that kabbalistic beliefs and practices, such as the service for exorcism recorded by...>>

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20.05.2025

“The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science” by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A surprising and compelling journey into the business of paranormal investigation, and the state of scientific literacy in America. In 2010, a sleepy small-town business plaza in rural New Hampshire rented space to an unusual tenant: a ghost laboratory. The Kitt Research Initiative’s mission was to use the scientific method to document the existence of spirits. Founder Andy Kitt was known as a straight-shooter; and was unafraid — perhaps eager — to offend other paranormal investigators by exposing the fraudulence of their less advanced techniques. Kitt’s efforts attracted flocks of psychics, alien abductees, witches, mediums, ghost hunters, UFOlogists, cryptozoologists and warlocks from all over New England, and the world. And there were plenty of...>>

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20.05.2025

“Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKULTRA” by John Lisle

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "The inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project, MKULTRA, using never-before-seen testimony from the perpetrators themselves. Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s most cunning chemist. As head of the infamous MKULTRA project, he oversaw an assortment of dangerous—even deadly—experiments. Among them: dosing unwitting strangers with mind-bending drugs, torturing mental patients through sensory deprivation, and steering the movements of animals via electrodes implanted into their brains. His goal was to develop methods of mind control that could turn someone into a real-life "Manchurian candidate". In conjunction with MKULTRA, Gottlieb also plotted the assassination of foreign leaders and created spy gear for undercover agents. The details of his career, however, have long been shrouded in mystery....>>

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20.05.2025

“Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice” by Charlie Claire Burgess

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A liberating exploration of the queer divine in deities and figures of myth and legend that opens pathways for LGBTQIA+ people to revere the divinity within and create an affirming spiritual practice. Queer people have always existed and queerness has always been divine. Queer Devotion, by tarot teacher and deck creator Charlie Claire Burgess, reminds us of this by re-examining sacred stories through a queer and gender expansive lens. With exercises, reflection prompts, and ritual suggestions, readers can discover a deeper spiritual relationship with themselves and the divine and begin building an affirming personal practice of self-defined queer devotion. From gay Greek gods to genderfluid Norse ones, from transgender Catholic saints to queer Arthurian legends,...>>

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20.05.2025

“Mastering the Tarot Tableau: Revisiting Predictive Accuracy with Tarot” by Toni Savory

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"Unlock the secrets of the Tarot with Mastering the Tarot Tableau, a revolutionary approach to Tarot reading that transforms card spreads into vivid narratives of the querent’s life. Unlike traditional Tarot spread methods, the tableau style involves laying cards out in a sequenced grid called a tableau. Mastering the Tarot Tableau delves deep into this captivating technique, revealing how card sequence, influence, and movement can be interpreted for a narrative-driven reading with remarkable insights and accuracy. The tableau method turns every reading into a rich storytelling experience, shedding light on relationships, fortunes, and everyday occurrences. Discover how directionality and position add new layers of meaning to familiar cards, making your readings more dynamic and precise. With Mastering...>>

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