“The Devil is a Gentleman: The Life and Times of Dennis Wheatley” by Phil Baker

"One of the giants of popular fiction, with total sales of around fifty million books, Dennis Wheatley held twentieth-century Britain spellbound. His Black Magic novels like The Devil Rides Out created an oddly seductive and luxurious vision of Satanism, but in reality he was as interested in politics as occultism. Wheatley was closely involved with the secret intelligence community, and this powerfully researched study shows just how directly this drove his work, from his unlikely warnings about the menace of Satanic Trade Unionism to his role in a British scheme to engineer a revival of Islam. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, Phil Baker examines Wheatley's key friendship with a fraudster named Eric Gordon...>>

“Yahweh: Origin of a Desert God” by Robert D. Miller II

"Recognizing the absence of a God named Yahweh outside of ancient Israel, this study addresses the related questions of Yahweh's origins and the biblical claim that there were Yahweh-worshipers other than the Israelite people. Beginning with the Hebrew Bible, with an exhaustive survey of ancient Near Eastern literature and inscriptions discovered by archaeology, and using anthropology to reconstruct religious practices and beliefs of ancient Edom and Midian, this study proposes an answer. Yahweh-worshiping Midianites of the Early Iron Age brought their deity along with metallurgy into ancient Palestine and the Israelite people."...>>

“Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise” by Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Silence isn’t just the absence of noise. It’s a presence that brings us energy, clarity, and deeper connection. Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz take us on an unlikely journey—from the West Wing of the White House to San Quentin’s death row; from Ivy League brain research laboratories to underground psychedelic circles; from the temperate rainforests of Olympic National Park to the main stage at a heavy metal festival—to explore the meaning of silence and the art of finding it in any situation. Golden reveals how to go beyond the ordinary rules and tools of mindfulness. It’s a field guide for navigating the noise of the modern world—not just the noise in our ears but also...>>

“Empowering Practices for the Highly Sensitive: An Experiential Guide to Working with Subtle Energies” by Bertold Keinar

🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Sensitivity is a gift if you discover how to embrace your unique nature fully. In Empowering Practices for the Highly Sensitive, empath Bertold Keinar presents easy solutions for the everyday challenges of the highly sensitive, whether at work, at home, with friends, or out in the world, and helps you master your emotions and thoughts. He explains the levels of our subtle energy bodies—the etheric, the emotional, and the mental—showing how they are impacted in our daily activities and environment and how we can support ourselves in consciously working with them. Exploring the nature of the sensitive, he emphasizes how important it is for empathic people to understand and experience their own core...>>