A Dark Muse: A History of the Occult, Paperback - Gary Lachman

Reducere. The occult was a crucial influence on the Renaissance, and it obsessed the popular thinkers of the day. But with the Age of Reason, occultism was s...

Publisher: Dedalus LtdAuthor(s): Gary LachmanNumber of pages: 378Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 201 x 126 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

For the last four centuries, science has tried to account for everything in terms of atoms and molecules and the physical laws they adhere to. Rece...

Reducere. Description"For most people in the U.K., Mid Wales and its border with England will be somewhere vague, a landscape largely unknown and barely cons...

Reducere. The gritty business of politics is not something we usually associate with the occult. But esoteric beliefs have influenced the destiny of nations ...

Reducere. From "Aarab Zereq" to "Zos Kia Cultus, " this is the most up-to-date, comprehensive guide to the history, philosophies, and personalities of Wester...

The author of }The Strange & Beautiful Sorrows Of Ava Lavender{ offers up a haunting story in which a magical curse appears to have passed contempo...

Publisher: Clemson University Digital PressNumber of pages: 237Collection: Clemson University PressPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 24...

A clear and concise overview of the life and work of the immensely influential but little understood eighteenth-century mystic-scientist Emanuel Sw...

Writers have been killing themselves for centuries. From Petronius in ancient Rome to the 20th Century Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, writers, mo...

Historian Gary Lachman delivers a fascinating, rollicking biography of literary and cultural rebel Colin Wilson, one of the most adventurous, hopef...

The ability to imagine is at the heart of what makes us human. Through our imagination we experience more fully the world both around us and within...

Reducere. DescriptionThe phenomenon that we have come to know as the paranormal is far from modern. Many identical stories and similar strange events and pra...

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A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have shaped Russia's identity and politics and what it means for the future of world civilizatio...

Reducere. A lavishly illustrated history of witchcraft, magic, and the occult, from Paleolithic cave rituals to Wicca and modern paganism. A History of Magic...

Essential reading for everyone interested in the paranormal, this is the sequel to Colin Wilson's bestselling The Occult and a classic in its own r...

Reducere. Originally written as a master's thesis in 1972, A Manual of Demonology and the Occult was published by Zondervan Publishing House in 1973. Its pub...

Drawing on esoteric, spritual and philosophical thought, this book considers the all-important question -- why are we here? -- and offers a counter...

Reducere. Religion and the Rebel, Colin Wilson's second volume from his internationally acclaimed Outsider Cycle, is a casebook about and for rebels. With in...

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Gary Lachman analyses his own experiences of coincidence, synchronicity and precognition, revealing the power of our dreaming minds and how we can ...

An essential volume for serious students of the Tarot, this compelling survey describes the many fascinating decks imagined over time and the secre...

A notable work by the doyen of writers about cinemaPublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): David ThomsonNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022...

Reducere. Prayers that Break Strongholds is vital to the fabric for a continual presence of the Kingdom of God upon its sovereignty. Spiritual prayers for th...

Reducere. P. D. Ouspensky's classic work In Search of the Miraculous was the first to disseminate the ideas of G. I. Gurdjieff, the mysterious master of esot...

Reducere. DescriptionIn June of 1979, Peter Levenda flew to Chile--then under martial law--to investigate claims that a mysterious colony and torture center ...

Reducere. The phrase "As above, so below" is attributed to the Egyptian god of wisdom named Thoth. This echoes the biblical expression "on earth as it is in ...

Reducere. Two horror films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018, and one of them--The Shape of Water--won. Since 1990, the productio...

From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis to our own time, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influen...

Reducere. The child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a bo...

A popular biography of one of the most creative and prolific figures of the early twentieth century.

Emanuel Swedenborg's system of correspondences is one of the most influential theories in the history of ideas. Instrumental in the rise of Romanti...

Reducere. DescriptionA new narrative for the emergence of human music, drawing from archaeology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary theory.What...

A visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artwork (from the late-nineteenth century to today) inspired and informed by the mystical, esoteric a...

Reducere. DescriptionThough often overlooked in the history of western esotericism, women made a strong showing during the nineteenth century occult revival....

Reducere. Who was Mansa Musa? And why was he important?In the grand scheme of things, very little is known of Mansa Musa's life. We know that he was one of t...