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Month: August 2019
Exu, Divine Trickster and Master Magician – Denise Alvarado
Perhaps more so today than ever before, people are simultaneously searching for meaning in their lives and grasping for some sort of control over their…
The Gypsy Wisdom Spellbook – Denise Alvarado
Instead of hexing your ex or casting a curse, embrace the good things in life with this charming collection of easy-to-follow traditional spells and folk…
The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structures of Alchemy – Mircea Eliade
Primitive man’s discovery of the ability to change matter from one state to another brought about a profound change in spiritual behavior. In The Forge…
The Practical Handbook of Plant Alchemy: An Herbalist’s Guide to Preparing Medicinal Essences, Tinctures, and Elixirs – Manfred M. Junius
An herbalist shows how to release the complete healing properties of plants by using ancient spagyric (alchemical) methods. Read Online : THIS CONTENT IS SHOWN…
Magic and Alchemy – Robert Michael Place
The word ‘magic’ evokes many ideas, from a stage magician performing illusions to the pyrotechnics of witches and wizards depicted in movies and on television.…
Houdini: A Magician Among the Spirits – Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini (1874-1926), whose real name was Erik Weisz, was one of the most famous magicians and escapologists of all time. He was highly sceptical…
Ghost Hunters: William James and the Hunt for Scientific Proof of Life after Death – Deborah Blum
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poision Squad and The Poisoner’s Handbook tells the amazing story of William James’s quest for empirical evidence of the…
The Heyday Of Spiritualism – Slater Brown
William Slater Brown (1896-1997) was an American novelist, biographer, and translator of French literature. He notes that “The resurgence of popular belief in a spiritual…
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism – Barbara Weisberg
A fascinating story of spirits and conjurors, skeptics and converts in the second half of nineteenth century America viewed through the lives of Kate and…