18.04.2022

“A Guide to the I Ching” by Carol K. Anthony

Magick Matters

"Used by its readers as an oracle, this book, based on the terminology used in the classic Wilhelm/Baynes translation, puts the I Ching into modern language. This allows its wisdom to be applied to the situations of everyday life. Decoded are words such as the superior and inferior man, and the inferiors, which refer respectively to the true self, the ego, and the bodily self. Expressions such as crossing the great water and seeing the great man are seen to mean getting past the danger of giving up on oneself, and remembering the potential for good in every person. Understanding such words and phrases occurs in the context of the reader's following his/her innermost...>>

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18.04.2022

“The Philosophy of the I Ching” by Carol K. Anthony (2nd edition, expanded and revised)

Magick Matters

"A companion book to A Guide to the I Ching, this book on the philosophy embedded in the I Ching remains a steady backlist favorite. It helps us understand and apply that philosophy to our daily lives. The book explains terms such as “the Sage,” the Cosmic teacher that answers when we consult the I Ching, “the superior man,” as referring to “the true self,” and “the inferior man,” in referring to “the ego.” The book also reveals the core philosophical concepts that have made the I Ching the Number One book in the Chinese Library for over 3000 years. It makes us aware that these concepts are the wellspring of wisdom from which both Confucianism...>>

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17.04.2022

“The Amber Witch” by Wilhelm Meinhold

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"Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold pretended that The Amber Witch, a great favorite of the Pre-Raphaelites, was the true story of a seventeenth-century minister’s daughter falsely accused of witchcraft. Meinhold claimed he found the minister’s manuscript in the refuse of an old church. When the book received critical attention, Meinhold admitted to the hoax, but audiences didn’t believe him at first. Oscar Wilde described this as "Favorite romantic reading when a boy." And, horror fans may understand why it was a Wilde favorite. Set in the Thirty Years War in what is now Germany, The Amber Witch claims to be a clergyman's manuscript found in an old church. It tells the tale of Maria Schweider, a clergyman's...>>

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17.04.2022

“The Theory Of Celestial Influence: Man, The Universe, and Cosmic Mystery” by Rodney Collin

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"Originally published in 1954, The Theory of Celestial Influence is an exploration of the universe and man’s place in it. Drawing extensively on the teachings of Russian mathematician and esotericist P. D. Ouspensky and Greek-Armenian Esoteric doctrine teacher George Gurdjieff, author Rodney Collins examines 20th century scientific discoveries and attempts to unite astronomy, physics, chemistry, human physiology and world history with his own version of planetary influences. He concludes that the driving force behind everything is neither procreation nor survival, but expansion of awareness. Collin sets out to reconcile the considerable contradictions of the rational and imaginative minds and of the ways we see the external world versus our inner selves."...>>

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16.04.2022

“Mysteries in the Mist: Mist, Fog, and Clouds in the Paranormal” by W.T. Watson

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"Many researchers associate certain phenomena with episodes of high strangeness. They speak of a curious feeling that comes over the experiencer, an odd silence that falls over the area where the incident occurs and a sense of dislocation from time. In Mysteries in the Mist, author W.T. Watson proposes another marker of the paranormal … mist, fog and clouds! Ranging from cryptids to UFOs to ghosts to mysterious disappearances, Mysteries in the Mist looks at tales of high strangeness and their repeated association with mist, fog and clouds. In these pages, the reader will also encounter strange mists that seem to have an anti-gravity effect, missing time associated with fog encounters and even teleportation of persons...>>

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