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Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of Selfby Carl G. JungISBN 069101826X (0-691-01826-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Aspects in Astrology: A Comprehensive Guide to Interpretationby Sue TompkinsISBN 0712611045 (0-7126-1104-5)
Hardcover, Rider
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Astraea: The Imperial Theme in the Sixteenth Centuryby Frances A. YatesISBN 0710079710 (0-7100-7971-0)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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At the Table of the Grail: Magic and the Use of the Imaginationby John MatthewsISBN 071009938X (0-7100-9938-X)
Softcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul
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Beware Familiar Spiritsby John MulhollandISBN 0684161818 (0-684-16181-8)
Hardcover, Scribner
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Blake and Antiquityby Kathleen RaineISBN 0691018022 (0-691-01802-2)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeatsby W. B. Yeats, Richard J. FinneranISBN 0684807319 (0-684-80731-9)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats'Book summary:William Butler Yeats, whom many consider this century's greatest poet, began as a bard of the Celtic Twilight, reviving legends and Rosicrucian symbols. By the early 1900s, however, he was moving away from plush romanticism, his verse morphing from the incantatory rhythms of "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" into lyrics "as cold and passionate as the dawn." At every stage, however, Yeats plays a multiplicity of poetic roles. There is the romantic lover of "When You Are Old" and "A Poet to His Beloved" ("I bring you with reverent Hands / The books of my numberless dreams..."). And there are the far more bitter celebrations of Maud Gonne, who never accepted his love and engaged in too much politicking for his taste: "Why should I blame her that she filled my days / With misery, or that she would of late / Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, / Or hurled the little streets upon the great, / Had they but courage equal to desire?" There is also the poet of conscience--and confrontation. His 1931 "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" ends: "Out of Ireland have we come. / Great hatred, little room, / Maimed us at the start. / I carried from my mother's womb / A fanatic heart."
Yeats was to explore several more sides of himself, and of Ireland, before his Last Poems of 1938-39. Many are difficult, some snobbish, others occult and spiritualist. As Brendan Kennelly writes, Yeats "produces both poppycock and sublimity in verse, sometimes closely together." On the other hand, many prophetic masterworks are poppycock-free--for example, "The Second Coming" ("Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...") and such inquiries into inspiration as "Among School Children" ("O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?"). And at his best, Yeats extends the meaning of love poetry beyond the obviously romantic: love becomes a revolutionary emotion, attaching the poet to friends, history, and the passionate life of the mind. --Kerry Fried [via]
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The Commentaries of AL: Being The Equinox, Vol. V, No. 1by Aleister CrowleyISBN 0710083998 (0-7100-8399-8)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul
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The Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination ; The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ; The Raven and Other Poemsby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0706415523 (0-7064-1552-3)
Hardcover, Octopus Books
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Crystal Caveby Mary StewartISBN 0688013988 (0-688-01398-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crystal Cave'Book summary:Initially published nearly thirty years ago, Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave has been spellbinding readers and converting them into serious Arthurian buffs ever since. The first in a series of four books, this novel focuses on the early life of Merlin the magician, and the political developments of fifth-century Britain. Not for the fainthearted, this verbose text pays careful attention to historical details and methodical plot development.
Merlin's childhood is formed by the absence of his reticent, convent-bound mother and his unnamed and unknown father. As the bastard grandson of a local king, Merlin is the object of both envy and ridicule. His strange powers and predictions earn him greater status as a pariah, and he leaves home as a preadolescent. Returning years later as a young man--empowered by self-knowledge and magic--Merlin finds himself caught in the currents of the shifting kingdoms.
As an established classic in this genre, and the first in a popular series, The Crystal Cave introduces this familiar character with fresh sensitivity. While readers looking for the romance of First Knight will be disappointed, those happy with tight writing and a complex story line will be satisfied. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
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Dark Thirtyby Pat McKissack, J. Brian PinkneyISBN 0679890068 (0-679-89006-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demonsby Manfred LurkerISBN 0710211066 (0-7102-1106-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigilsby Fred GettingsISBN 0710000952 (0-7100-0095-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Doctor Illuminatus: A Ramon Llull Readerby Anthony Bonner, Ramon LlullISBN 0691000913 (0-691-00091-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Doctor Illuminatus: A Ramon Llull Readerby Ramon Llull, Anthony BonnerISBN 0691034060 (0-691-03406-0)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Earth Magicby Francis HitchingISBN 0688031579 (0-688-03157-9)
Hardcover, Morrow
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The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mindby Garth FowdenISBN 0691024987 (0-691-02498-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Elder Brotherby Gregory TilletISBN 0710009267 (0-7100-0926-7)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Encyclopedia of the Unexplained: Magic, Occultism and Parapsychologyby Richard CavendishISBN 0710076991 (0-7100-7699-1)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witches, Demons, Sorcerers and Their Present Day Counterpartsby Rossell H. RobbinsISBN 0706403959 (0-7064-0395-9)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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From India to the Planet Mars: A Case of Multiple Personality With Imaginary Languagesby Theodore Flournoy, Sonu Shamdasani, Mireille CifaliISBN 0691001014 (0-691-00101-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Ghost Stories of M.R. Jamesby Montague R. JamesISBN 0713157577 (0-7131-5757-7)
Hardcover, E. Arnold
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Ghosts and Witches of Cotswoldsby John Attwood BrooksISBN 0711702330 (0-7117-0233-0)
Softcover, Jarrold Pub
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Gods and Beasts: The Nazis and the Occultby Dusty SklarISBN 0690012322 (0-690-01232-2)
Hardcover, T. Y. Crowell
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Greek and Roman Necromancyby Daniel OgdenISBN 0691119686 (0-691-11968-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Hauntingby Margaret MahyISBN 0689502435 (0-689-50243-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Hengeworldby Michael W. PittsISBN 0712679545 (0-7126-7954-5)
Hardcover, Century
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The Hierarchy of Hellby Lauran PaineISBN 0709130279 (0-7091-3027-9)
Hardcover, Hale
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 068983571X (0-689-83571-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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How to Be a Wicked Witch: Good Spells, Charms, Potions and Notions for Bad Daysby Patricia TelescoISBN 068486004X (0-684-86004-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The I Ching: Or, Book of Changesby R. Wilhelm, C.F. BaynesISBN 069109750X (0-691-09750-X)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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I Ching : The Ancient Book of Chinese Wisdom for Divining the Futureby Chris MarshallISBN 0684801809 (0-684-80180-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Inner Visions: Explorations in Magical Consciousnessby Nevill DruryISBN 0710001843 (0-7100-0184-3)
Softcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabethby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 0689300077 (0-689-30007-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jew of Linzby Kimberly CornishISBN 0712670351 (0-7126-7035-1)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religionby J. TrachtenbergISBN 0689702345 (0-689-70234-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jung on Alchemyby C. G. Jung, Nathan Schwartz-SalantISBN 0691010978 (0-691-01097-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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C. G. Jung first turned to alchemy for personal illumination in coping with trauma brought on by his break with Freud. Alchemical symbolism eventually suggested to Jung that there was a process in the unconscious, one that had a goal beyond discharging tension and hiding pain. In this book, Nathan Schwartz-Salant, a leading Jungian analyst with an interest in alchemy, brings together a key selection of Jung's writings on the subject. These writings expose us to Jung's fascinating reflections on the symbols of alchemy--such as the three-headed Mercurial dragon, hermaphrodites, and lions devouring the sun--and brings us closer to the spirit of his approach to the unconscious, closer than his purely scientific concepts often allow.
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The Keepby F. Paul WilsonISBN 0688006264 (0-688-00626-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Knights Templarby Stephen HowarthISBN 0689111851 (0-689-11185-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Knock on Wood: An Encyclopedia of Superstitionby Carole PotterISBN 0681410884 (0-681-41088-4)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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The Koran Interpreted: A Translationby A.J. ArberryISBN 0684825074 (0-684-82507-4)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Lesser Key of Solomonby Lauron DelaurenceISBN 0685220168 (0-685-22016-8)
Hardcover, Wehman Brothers
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The List of 7by Mark FrostISBN 0688122450 (0-688-12245-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Little Broomstickby Mary StewartISBN 0688215076 (0-688-21507-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Lull and Brunoby Frances Amelia YatesISBN 0710009526 (0-7100-0952-6)
Hardcover, Routledge
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The Magiciansby James E. GunnISBN 0684147823 (0-684-14782-3)
Hardcover, Scribner
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Magicians of the Golden Dawn: A Documentary History of a Magical Order, 1887-1923by Ellic HoweISBN 0710073399 (0-7100-7339-9)
Hardcover, Routledge and K. Paul
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Mediums, Mystics and the Occultby Milbourne ChristopherISBN 0690004761 (0-690-00476-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Mysterium Coniunctionis: An Inquiry into the Separation and Synthesis of Psychic Opposites in Alchemyby C. G. JungISBN 0691018162 (0-691-01816-2)
Softcover, Bollingen Foundation
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A Night in the Lonesome Octoberby Roger Zelazny, Gahan WilsonISBN 0688125085 (0-688-12508-5)
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No Religion Higher Than Truth: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875-1922by Maria CarlsonISBN 069105682X (0-691-05682-X)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Notorious Dr. August: His Real Life and Crimesby Christopher BramISBN 0688175694 (0-688-17569-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Paracelsus: Selected Writingsby Jolande Jacobi, Norbert GutermanISBN 0691018766 (0-691-01876-6)
Softcover, Bollingen Foundation
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Poe Short Storiesby Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur RackhamISBN 0706426517 (0-7064-2651-7)
Hardcover, Octopus Publishing Group
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The Poemsby W. B. Yeats, Richard J. FinneranISBN 0684839350 (0-684-83935-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poems'Book summary:William Butler Yeats, whom many consider this century's greatest poet, began as a bard of the Celtic Twilight, reviving legends and Rosicrucian symbols. By the early 1900s, however, he was moving away from plush romanticism, his verse morphing from the incantatory rhythms of "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree" into lyrics "as cold and passionate as the dawn." At every stage, however, Yeats plays a multiplicity of poetic roles. There is the romantic lover of "When You Are Old" and "A Poet to His Beloved" ("I bring you with reverent Hands / The books of my numberless dreams..."). And there are the far more bitter celebrations of Maud Gonne, who never accepted his love and engaged in too much politicking for his taste: "Why should I blame her that she filled my days / With misery, or that she would of late / Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, / Or hurled the little streets upon the great, / Had they but courage equal to desire?" There is also the poet of conscience--and confrontation. His 1931 "Remorse for Intemperate Speech" ends: "Out of Ireland have we come. / Great hatred, little room, / Maimed us at the start. / I carried from my mother's womb / A fanatic heart."
Yeats was to explore several more sides of himself, and of Ireland, before his Last Poems of 1938-39. Many are difficult, some snobbish, others occult and spiritualist. As Brendan Kennelly writes, Yeats "produces both poppycock and sublimity in verse, sometimes closely together." On the other hand, many prophetic masterworks are poppycock-free--for example, "The Second Coming" ("Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...") and such inquiries into inspiration as "Among School Children" ("O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?"). And at his best, Yeats extends the meaning of love poetry beyond the obviously romantic: love becomes a revolutionary emotion, attaching the poet to friends, history, and the passionate life of the mind.
Though this edition has been reset and revised, the changes are not as shocking as the 1984 edition, which included 100 extra pages of notes, changes in language and punctuation, and, most significantly, a redefinition of the Last Poems. Richard Finneran has had the courage to reorder the poems according to notes that Yeats made shortly before his death. Readers may be surprised to find that "Under Ben Bulben," the poet's powerful and self-mythologizing epitaph, no longer ends the collection, as it has for more than 30 years. In its place they will discover the wistful "Politics": "How can I, that girl standing there, / My attention fix / On Roman or on Russian / Or on Spanish politics..." Yet devotees of either ending will agree that this is a truly necessary volume--indeed, one of the few. As Seamus Heaney writes, "All readers of Yeats will need this book; when they open it they will feel a surprise like that experienced by St. Brendan the Navigator and his crew when they disembarked upon an island that turned out to be the back of a dormant sea monster." [via]
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Practice of Ritual Magicby Gareth KnightISBN 068501083X (0-685-01083-X)
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Prelude to Science: An Exploration of Magic and Divinationby Richard Furnald SmithISBN 0684143704 (0-684-14370-4)
Hardcover, Scribner
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Psychology and Alchemyby Carl Gustav JungISBN 0691018316 (0-691-01831-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europeby Valerie I.J. FlintISBN 0691001103 (0-691-00110-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Satanic Massby O H T RhodesISBN 0685418928 (0-685-41892-8)
Hardcover, Wehman Brothers
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The Serpent and the Rainbowby Wade DavisISBN 0684839296 (0-684-83929-6)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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The Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans.
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Shadowlandby Peter StraubISBN 0698110455 (0-698-11045-5)
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasyby Mircea EliadeISBN 0691017794 (0-691-01779-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy'Book summary:First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice.
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Shamanism:Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasyby Mircea EliadeISBN 0691098271 (0-691-09827-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shamanism:Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy'Book summary:First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice.
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Silver on the Treeby Susan CooperISBN 0689840330 (0-689-84033-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silver on the Tree'Book summary:The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born
of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with his ageless
master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are
the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight
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Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Silver on the Tree: ISBN 0701122307 (0-7011-2230-7)
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Sir Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0706415663 (0-7064-1566-3)
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Sisters of Sorceryby Seon Manley, Lewis GogoISBN 0688417655 (0-688-41765-5)
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Stonehenge: Prehistoric Man and the Cosmosby John NorthISBN 0684845121 (0-684-84512-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stonehenge: Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos'Book summary:Stonehenge has fascinated mankind for centuries, enveloping generation after generation in its haunting mystery. But while much has been learned about this ancient monument, the fundamental questions remain: Who built it? What was its purpose? How was it used?
Drawing on more than 15 years of research, John North has at last succeeded where others have failed. He comprehensively examines Stonehenge from all available angles -- archeological, astronomical, and spiritual -- and considers relevant research from other prehistoric remains in Britain and Northern Europe. He shows, for the first time, that the stones were not so much sighting devices as maps of the heavens and that the design of the monument evolved over thousands of years rather than conforming to a single original blueprint. Such observations form the basis of deductions about prehistoric life and religion that will profoundly affect our understanding of who we are and where we came from. [via]
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Tarot Classicby Stuart R. KaplanISBN 0709147643 (0-7091-4764-3)
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Tarotmania, Or, Why Only an Idiot Would Want to Become a Foolby Jan WoudhuysenISBN 0704530201 (0-7045-3020-1)
Hardcover, Wildwood House
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Tertium Organum: The Third Canon of Thought, a Key to the Enigmas of the Worldby P. D. UspenskiiISBN 0710006713 (0-7100-0671-3)
Hardcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul
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The Time of the Ghostby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0688145981 (0-688-14598-1)
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Translate This Darkness: The Life of Christiana Morgan, the Veiled Woman in Jung's Circleby Claire Douglas, Chaire DouglasISBN 0691017352 (0-691-01735-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Truth About Stone Hollowby Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Alton RaibleISBN 0689301472 (0-689-30147-2)
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Velvet Roomby Zilpha Keatley SnyderISBN 0689300409 (0-689-30040-9)
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What Witches Do: The Modern Coven Revealedby Stewart FarrarISBN 0709045565 (0-7090-4556-5)
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Witch Amongst Us: The Autobiography of a Witchby Lois BourneISBN 0709037619 (0-7090-3761-9)
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Witchcraft, Magic and the Supernatural: The Weird World of the Unknownby O. LondonISBN 0706403517 (0-7064-0351-7)
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The Witches of Wormby Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Alton RaibleISBN 0689300662 (0-689-30066-2)
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The Witches' Goddess: The Feminine Principle of Divinityby Stewart Farrar, Janet FarrarISBN 0709028008 (0-7090-2800-8)
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The World's Greatest Ghostsby Nigel Blundell, Roger BoarISBN 0706421353 (0-7064-2135-3)
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