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  • Gershom Scholem – On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah
    Gershom Scholem – On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Co…
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    On the Mystical Shape of the Basic Concepts of the Kabbalah is Gershom Scholem’s introduction to the essential terms of Jewish mysticism. His chapter on Shekhinah–the kabbalist symbol [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Patrick Boylan – Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt
    Patrick Boylan – Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt
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    Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt: A Study of Some Aspects of Theological Thought in Ancient Egypt by Patrick Boylan is a profound exploration into the religious and theological significance of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter
    Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter
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    The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology
    The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology
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    The Dada Painters and Poets offers the authentic answer to the question “What is Dada?” This incomparable collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations was prepared by Robert Motherwell [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Philosophy and Contemporary Culture
    The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience in Jungian Philosophy…
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    “This book is a concatenation of sparks of religious light…. Gnosticism is to be understood as the ongoing formulation of freshly imagined spirits, a logos of what we can know […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the New Millennium
    Buckminster Fuller: Anthology for the New Millennium
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    Buckminster Fuller, inventor, thinker and architect, was one of the best known Americans of the twentieth century. Often compared to Leonardo da Vinci and called “the planet’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gaia & God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing
    Gaia & God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing
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    Sifts through the legacy of Christian and Western cultural heritage to criticize beliefs and stories that have negatively influenced our relationships with each other and with the earth and to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization
    City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civili…
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    At an excavation of the Great Aztec Temple in Mexico City, amid carvings of skulls and a dismembered warrior goddess, David Carrasco stood before a container filled with the decorated […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lucy Pringle – Crop Circles: The Greatest Mystery of Modern Times
    Lucy Pringle – Crop Circles: The Greatest Mystery of Modern Time…
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    Discusses the intrigue surrounding the crop circles that mysteriously appear in intricate geometric shapes, and suggests that these shapes are beyond the realm of human abilities and are part of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Flayed God: The Mesoamerican Mythological Tradition
    The Flayed God: The Mesoamerican Mythological Tradition
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    Roberta and Peter Markman take us into a fierce and breathtakingly wondrous world of were-jaguars, obsidian butterflies, feathered serpents, snake women, and living skeletons – the world of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Acentric Labyrinth: Giordano Bruno’s Prelude to Contemporary Cosmology
    The Acentric Labyrinth: Giordano Bruno’s Prelude to Contemporary…
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    A cosmological approach to the controversial philosopher/mystic Giordano Bruno’s ideas. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Fritz Graf – Magic in the Ancient World
    Fritz Graf – Magic in the Ancient World
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    Ancient Greeks and Romans often turned to magic to achieve personal goals. Magical rites were seen as a route for direct access to the gods, for material gains as well […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
    Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
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    Presents the unifying world-concept long sought by scientists, mystics, and an Integral Theory of Everything Explains how modern science has rediscovered the Akashic Field of perennial philosophy [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Door in the Sky: Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning
    The Door in the Sky: Coomaraswamy on Myth and Meaning
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    Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was a pioneer in Indian art history and in the cultural confrontation of East and West. A scholar in the tradition of the great Indian grammarians […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Collection of Ancient Texts
    Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Co…
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    Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the “secrets of the universe,” of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this path-breaking [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Painting the Soul: Icons, Death Masks and Shrouds
    Painting the Soul: Icons, Death Masks and Shrouds
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    Icons are among the most elusive subjects in the history of art, but at the same time their study constitutes possibly its fastest expanding field, and with the opening-up of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • At the Edge of the World: Caves and Late Classic Maya World View
    At the Edge of the World: Caves and Late Classic Maya World View
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    Reconstruction of classic period Maya beliefs about the structure of the universe based on imagery and hieroglyphic texts from lowland cities. Focuses on cosmological meanings of caves in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kenneth Johnson – North Star Road: Shamanism, Witchcraft & the Otherworld Journey
    Kenneth Johnson – North Star Road: Shamanism, Witchcraft & …
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    Through a compelling mix of scholarly research, global mythology and lucid story-telling, North Star Road reveals the spiritual roots of Western culture shamanism, the most ancient and persistent [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: the Circle of the Spirit
    Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: the Circle of the Spirit
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    The similarity between the Navajo and Tibetan spiritual traditions has often been remarked upon by scholars chiefly because of the mandala sand paintings common to both cultures, their ideas [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief
    Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief
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    On September 20, 1587, Walpurga Hausmännin of Dillingen in southern Germany was burned at the stake as a witch. Although she had confessed to committing a long list of maleficia […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Santeria: African Magic in Latin America
    Santeria: African Magic in Latin America
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    In 1973, the first hardcover edition of Santeria: African Magic in Latin America by cultural anthropologist Migene Gonzalez-Wippler was first published by Julian Press. It became an immediate [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rick Strassman – DMT: The Spirit Molecule
    Rick Strassman – DMT: The Spirit Molecule
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    From 1990 to 1995 Dr. Rick Strassman conducted U.S. Government-approved and funded clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers with DMT, one of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Tales of the Golden Corpse: Tibetan Folk Tales
    Tales of the Golden Corpse: Tibetan Folk Tales
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    Tales of the Golden Corpse is the first complete English version of the famous Tibetan folktales told to a young boy who has killed seven sorcerers in the defense of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • C.J.S Thompson – Alchemy & Alchemists
    C.J.S Thompson – Alchemy & Alchemists
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    Alchemy, whose beginnings — possibly in Egypt, Babylon, India, or China — are ancient and obscure, remained undocumented until about 2500 BC. Although it may have originated with metallurgy, the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Far Future Universe: Eschatology from a Cosmic Perspective
    The Far Future Universe: Eschatology from a Cosmic Perspective
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    Will our universe continue to expand 100 billion years from now? Does human life and all intelligence inevitably come to an end as the universe evolves? Could our present space […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • At The Center Of The World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Norse and Other Ritualized Landscapes
    At The Center Of The World: Polar Symbolism Discovered in Celtic, Nors…
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    The powers of ancient rulers emanated from the ritual center of the tribal territory. This center was also regarded as the birthplace of the tribe and belonged to the people […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Frithjof Schuon – The Eye of the Heart: Metaphysics, Cosmology, Spiritual Life
    Frithjof Schuon – The Eye of the Heart: Metaphysics, Cosmology, …
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    Schuon’s perspective is that of the sophia perennis or “perennial wisdom”, which is capable of discerning the spiritual intentions behind religious doctrines, forms, and practices. The [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Machine in the Studio: Constructing the Postwar American Artist
    Machine in the Studio: Constructing the Postwar American Artist
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    Taking a fresh look at the art world of the 1960s, Caroline Jones argues that far from the countercultural stance associated with the decade, the artists she examines—including Stella, Warhol, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Joseph Goetz – Primitive and Prehistoric Religions
    Joseph Goetz – Primitive and Prehistoric Religions
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    Overview of pagan and the religions of early man. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marie-Louise Von Franz – Number and Time: Reflections Leading Toward a Unification of Depth Psychology and Physics
    Marie-Louise Von Franz – Number and Time: Reflections Leading To…
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    A classic on mind, matter, and the unified world model. C. G. Jung’s work in his later years suggested that the seemingly divergent sciences of psychology and modern physics might, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Stones of Adoration: Sacred Stones and Mystic Megaliths of Ireland
    Stones of Adoration: Sacred Stones and Mystic Megaliths of Ireland
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    Sacred stones and stone monuments feature the world over and Ireland is no exception. Our landscape is dotted with them, from the Blarney Stone in Cork and the Royal Pillars […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Wolfgang Behringer – Witches and Witch-Hunts: A Global History
    Wolfgang Behringer – Witches and Witch-Hunts: A Global History
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    In this major new book, Wolfgang Behringer surveys the phenomenon of witchcraft past and present. Drawing on the latest historical and anthropological findings, Behringer sheds new light on the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Oya: In Praise of the Goddess
    Oya: In Praise of the Goddess
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    Explores how the goddess Oya is worshipped by the Yoruba people of Africa and discusses the meaning of Oya for Westerners This book is in Good readable condition. It has […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Diane Purkiss – At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things
    Diane Purkiss – At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of F…
    $20.00 | , ,

    At the Bottom of the Garden is a history of fairies from the ancient world to the present. Steeped in folklore and fantasy, it is a rich and diverse account […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Native American Art and the New York Avant-Garde: A History of Cultural Primitivism
    Native American Art and the New York Avant-Garde: A History of Cultura…
    $20.00 | , ,

    Avant-garde art between 1910 and 1950 is well known for its use of “primitive” imagery, often borrowed from traditional cultures in Africa and Oceania. Less recognized, however, is [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Gnosis of the Cosmic Christ: A Gnostic Christian Kabbalah
    Gnosis of the Cosmic Christ: A Gnostic Christian Kabbalah
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    The noble idea of the Christian Kabbalah is not so much the worship of Jesus Christ, but rather a conscious evolution toward a divine or super-humanity. In this regard, Christian […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hilary Gatti – Essays on Giordano Bruno
    Hilary Gatti – Essays on Giordano Bruno
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    This book gathers wide-ranging essays on the Italian Renaissance philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno by one of the world’s leading authorities on his work and life. Many of these [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Carl Kerenyi – Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life
    Carl Kerenyi – Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life
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    No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
    Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
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    This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore “magical” practices in Greek religion. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Poems of Ossian and Related Works
    The Poems of Ossian and Related Works
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    This is the first modern edition of all Macpherson’s Ossianic poetry, including Fragments of Ancient Poetry, Fingal and Temora – as well as his accompanying prefaces and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Titus Burckhardt – Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul
    Titus Burckhardt – Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of th…
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    Spiritual attainment has frequently been described as a transformation whereby a human’s leaden, dull nature is returned to its golden state. This wonderfully insightful volume introduces [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness
    Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness
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    Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Surrealism, Art and Modern Science: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Epistemology
    Surrealism, Art and Modern Science: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Epi…
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    During the same period that Surrealism originated and flourished between the wars, great advances were being made in the field of physics. This book offers the first full history, analysis […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • David Goddard – The Tower of Alchemy: An Advanced Guide to the Great Work
    David Goddard – The Tower of Alchemy: An Advanced Guide to the G…
    $75.00 | , ,

    The Tower of Alchemy is the first book published in the West to openly reveal the teachings and practice of the Hermetic Art in plain language. In this advanced manual, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean-Pierre Vernant – Myth And Thought Among The Greeks
    Jean-Pierre Vernant – Myth And Thought Among The Greeks
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    “Myth and Thought among the Greeks is Jean-Pierre Vernant’s magisterial first entry upon the scene of classical studies. As fresh and challenging as it was when first published in 1965, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Interrogation Machine: Laibach And NSK
    Interrogation Machine: Laibach And NSK
    $40.00 | , ,

    The first English-language study of NSK—one of the contemporary art world’s most radical forces—with particular focus on the performances and productions of NSK’s musical and [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Non-Fiction
  • Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings And Interviews
    Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings And Interviews
    $20.00 | ,

    The first ever book on American composer and sound-art pioneer Maryanne Amacher, with letters, manifestos, notes and more elucidating her eclectic thinking on sound and perception Maryanne [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Corinne Boyer – Be Banished, Prince of Darkness
    Corinne Boyer – Be Banished, Prince of Darkness
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    The use of sacred herbs for driving away evil spirits is as old as the written record, and common to pre-Christian religions in Europe. Cleansing and cathartic plants formed the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness Studies Revised and Expanded
    The Roots of Consciousness: The Classic Encyclopedia of Consciousness …
    $7.00 | , ,

    Attempts to unify a variety of supernatural phenomena with leading physicists’ understandings of the universe This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless
    The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless
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    To the Hindu, the entire universe is a living being, and through the visual arts – ritualistic, compelling, often stunningly beautiful – that holistic awareness is made available to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction