“Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness” by Graham Hancock (retail EPUB and PDF)

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by scientists as "the greatest riddle in human history," all the skills and qualities that we value most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as though bestowed on us by hidden powers. In Visionary, Graham Hancock sets out to investigate this mysterious "before-and-after moment" and to discover the truth about the influences that gave birth to modern human mind. His quest takes him on a journey of adventure and detection from the stunningly beautiful painted caves of prehistoric France, Spain, and Italy to remote rock shelters in the...>>

“Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature, and Film” by Elisabeth Bronfen

"In the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting them, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual representations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in which exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out. Elisabeth Bronfen investigates the nocturnal spaces in which extraordinary events unfold, and casts a critical eye into the darkness that enables the irrational exploration of desire, transformation, ecstasy, transgression, spiritual illumination, and moral choice. She begins with an analysis of classical myths depicting the...>>

“Quantum Magick: Quantum Computing and the Coming Singularity” by Tony Johnson

"Quantum Computing … the coming “Singularity” … Transhumanism … Post Humanism … Artificial Intelligence … The Force of Real Magic (Magick) … If you are curious about these issues, and how they are all interconnected, then this book is for you. In a straight forward, plain language way, this book discusses these issues. What is the coming Singularity, and how do Quantum Computing and Magick combine to determine exactly what it is and how it will come about? Indeed, what is modern magic or magick? We hear more and more that science and real magick are the same thing. Many today say that magick is simply unknown science. There is some truth to that notion,...>>

“Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation” by Henrik Bogdan

"For more than three hundred years the practice of Masonic rituals of initiation has been part of Western culture, spreading far beyond the boundaries of traditional Freemasonry. Henrik Bogdan explores the historical development of these rituals and their relationship with Western esotericism. Beginning with the Craft degrees of Freemasonry—the blueprints, as it were, of all later Masonic rituals of initiation—Bogdan examines the development of the Masonic High Degrees, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn—the most influential of all nineteenth-century occultist initiatory societies—and Gerald Gardner’s Witchcraft movement of the 1950s, one of the first large-scale Western esoteric New Religions Movements."...>>

“Money Magic: Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your Finances” by Jessie Susannah Karnatz

"This fun-to-read guide to personal finance features a combination of practical advice and mystical rituals designed to help you manifest your money goals. Using a simple seven-step system, financial coach Jessie Susannah Karnatz—aka the Money Witch—provides an easy-to-follow method to take control of your money with clarity and confidence (plus a few crystals!). Discover how to assess your financial landscape, overcome emotional blocks to success, and create an action plan for achieving your financial desires, plus self-care rituals and confidence-boosting meditations that encourage a money-making mindset. Written with warmth and humor and brimming with expert wisdom and opulent illustrations, Money Magic makes a perfect gift for recent graduates, modern mystics, and anyone who wants to...>>