22.06.2022

“Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic” by Emma Wilby

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"Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic" by Emma Wilby
"In the hundreds of confessions relating to witchcraft and sorcery trials from early modern Britain we frequently find detailed descriptions of intimate working relationships between popular magical practitioners and familiar spirits of either human or animal form. Until recently historians often dismissed these descriptions as elaborate fictions created by judicial interrogators eager to find evidence of stereotypical pacts with the Devil. Although this paradigm is now routinely questioned, and most historians acknowledge that there was a folkloric component to familiar lore in the period, these beliefs and the experiences reportedly associated with them, remain substantially unexamined. Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits examines the folkloric roots of familiar lore from historical, anthropological and comparative religious perspectives....>>
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22.06.2022

“Astral High Magic: De Imaginibus of Thabit Ibn Qurra” translated by John Michael Greer

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"Astral High Magic: De Imaginibus of Thabit Ibn Qurra" translated by John Michael Greer
"De Imaginibus, "On Images" is, after Picatrix, the most important text for medieval and Renaissance astrological magic. De Imaginibus represents the height of astrological magic technique and goes far beyond merely planetary talismans in using the full range of traditional astrological technique developed by the sophisticated Harranian Sabians. De Imaginibus explains how to create house based talismans, how to use horary questions to forecast and anchor talismans and how to tune talismans to individual natal charts. The translator, John Michael Greer, is a noted Latinist and esoteric author. He is the co-translator of the Complete Picatrix. This translation was made from Francis Carmody's Latin critical edition of the astronomical works of Thabit Ibn Qurra...>>
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22.06.2022

“Astrological Transits: The Beginner’s Guide to Using Planetary Cycles to Plan and Predict Your Day, Week, Year” by April Elliott Kent

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"Astrological Transits: The Beginner's Guide to Using Planetary Cycles to Plan and Predict Your Day, Week, Year" by April Elliott Kent
"Understand the daily astrological influences in your life! In Astrological Transits, astrologer April Elliott Kent shows you how to compare the movement of planets (transits) to your birth chart to gain a complete view of how best to prepare for challenges, meet opportunities, and stay grounded in a constantly changing world. Your birth chart is a snapshot of the sky taken at the moment and place of your birth, one that reflects your character, personality, strengths, and challenges. But the moment after that picture was taken, the planets moved on—some quickly, some very slowly. In Astrological Transits, astrologer April Elliott Kent teaches you: How today's astrological weather affects your birth chart and...>>
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21.06.2022

“The Classic of Changes: A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi” by Richard John Lynn

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"The Classic of Changes: A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi" by Richard John Lynn
"Used in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the I Ching has been taken up by millions of English-language speakers in the nineteenth century. The first translation ever to appear in English that includes one of the major Chinese philosophical commentaries, the Columbia I Ching presents the classic book of changes for the world today. Richard Lynn's introduction to this new translation explains the organization of The Classic of Changes through the history of its various parts, and describes how the text was and still is used as a manual of divination with both the stalk and coin methods. For the fortune-telling novice, he provides...>>
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21.06.2022

“Totem Animals Plain & Simple: The Only Book You’ll Ever Need” by Celia M. Gunn

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"Totem Animals Plain & Simple: The Only Book You'll Ever Need" by Celia M. Gunn
"The idea of spirit guides speaking through animals and birds dates back to ancient times. Today, if we're open to watching and listening to our totem animals, we can develop beneficial relationships with them. We can also recognize that when a totem animal appears to us in a special way, it's offering insight into what's happening in our lives. This helpful book will give you a greater understanding of more than 60 totem animals and their unique meanings in an A to Z encyclopedic listing, lead you through the steps for accessing a chosen spirit, and help you explore the role of animal spirits in cultures around the world. Also included are chapters on: ...>>
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