Author: Philip Freeman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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Someone is killing the nuns of Ireland.The grisly discovery of an elderly sister of Saint Brigid’s monastery strangled, bled dry, and thrown into a bog is just the beginning. Soon a beautiful young nun is found decapitated and hung from a barren tree. It doesn’t take long before the members of the struggling monastic community of Kildare realize that not only are the nuns being hunted by a serial killer, but the murderer is preforming the gruesome slayings in the manner of the ancient druid sacrifices.Set in the turmoil of sixth-century Ireland, where ruthless tribal kings wage constant war for survival and the powerful religious order of the druids is threatened by the newly-arrived Christian church, the desperate task of finding the killer falls to Sister Deirdre, a young women torn between the world of the monastery and her own druidic heritage. Unless Deirdre can find the killer before the cycle of sacrifices is complete, more of her friends will die, the monastery will face destruction, and the whole of Ireland may be plunged into civil war.
Author: Joanna van der Hoeven
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738758310
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Experience the Mystery and Magic of Contemporary Druidry The Book of Hedge Druidry is for those who feel called to explore a powerful earth-based spirituality rooted in Celtic lore. With hands-on practices as well as fascinating perspectives on what it means to be a Druid, this book walks you through the magic of the liminal realm and helps you fill your own cauldron of inspiration. Longtime Druid Joanna van der Hoeven guides you in creating an altar and crafting rituals based on the Wheel of the Year and important life passages. You will discover enchanting moon rites and ideas for daily practice as well as insights for working with herbs, spells, and the ogham alphabet. When you step onto the Hedge Druid's path, you learn to work with the in-betweeen places, straddling the boundary between this world and the next and developing profound relationships with ancestors, goddesses, gods, spirits of place, and the Fair Folk. Druidry is a powerful tradition that evokes the mystical spirit of times past. This comprehensive guide to solitary Druidry will connect you to a higher wisdom for the benefit of all.
Author: Erin Hoffman
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1616143746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Captain Vidarian Rulorat's great-grandfather gave up an imperial commission to commit social catastrophe by marrying a fire priestess. For love, he unwittingly doomed his family to generations of a rare genetic disease that follows families who cross elemental boundaries. Now Vidarian, the last surviving member of the Rulorat family, struggles to uphold his family legacy, and finds himself chained to a task as a result of the bride price his great-grandfather paid: The priestess Endera has called upon Vidarian to fulfill his family's obligation by transporting a young fire priestess named Ariadel to a water temple far to the south, through dangerous pirate-controlled territory. Vidarian finds himself at the intersection not only of the world's most volatile elements, but of the ancient and alien powers that lurk between them...
Author: Tod Langley
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1604949635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 549
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Ferral is wounded. Allisia is safe. The sorcerer-king's hold on winter is loosening, but can Kristian rest when there are so many depending upon him? The demon controls the Deathmarch Army, Ferral searches for the power to destroy his enemies, and the devastated survivors of Erinia look to Kristian for help. The group that rescued Allisia must now separate and search for the key to winning the war against Ferral, ending his plans to dominate Erinia through sorcery and evil religion. Cairn wants peace and to forget the past, but he also wants revenge. Allisia must accept her new powers and learn to control the visions without losing her sanity. Mikhal must set out on a fateful journey to discover who the demon is and why he is connected to her. And the demon-woman is at the center of all of the devastation. Neope. She is powerful and cunning and she will destroy anyone that stands in her way. Neope's War, the stunning conclusion to Langley's Erinia Saga.
Author: Krzysztof Nawotka
Publisher: Barkhuis
ISBN: 9492444739
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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The Alexander Romance is a difficult text to define and to assess justly. From its earliest days it was an open text, which was adapted into a variety of cultures with meanings that themselves vary, and yet seem to carry a strong undercurrent of homogeneity: Alexander is the hero who cannot become a god, and who encapsulates the desires and strivings of the host cultures. The papers assembled in this volume, which were originally presented at a conference at the University of Wroc?aw, Poland, in October 2015, all face the challenge of defining the Alexander Romance. Some focus on quite specific topics while others address more overarching themes. They form a cohesive set of approaches to the delicate positioning of the text between history and literature. From its earliest elements in Hellenistic Egypt, to its latest reworkings in the Byzantine and Islamic Middle East, the Alexander Romance shows itself to be a work that steadily engages with such questions as kingship, the limits of human (and Greek) nature, and the purpose of history. The Romance began as a history, but only by becoming literature could it achieve such a deep penetration of east and west.
Author: Leeza Robertson
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738765481
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 171
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Deepen Your Tarot Practice, Heal Spiritual Wounds, and Rise as a Daughter of the Goddess Become a modern-day priestess with this book on using tarot cards as both devotional and divinatory tools. Tarot Priestess presents a spiritual framework—organized around the court cards, major arcana, and minor arcana—through which you'll heal the wounds of the sacred feminine and expand your practice with an open heart and dedicated mind. Leeza Robertson brings you closer than ever to your tarot cards, showing you how to unite your daily practice with goddess energy. She cleverly ties the four stages of your initiation to the court cards, links goddess temples to the four suits of the minor arcana, and organizes the major arcana into three priestess gateways that you pass through on your journey. Whatever your skill level is, this book shows you how to serve with purpose and spiritual fulfillment.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465516891
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Sex Worship has prevailed among all peoples of ancient times, sometimes contemporaneous and often mixed with Star, Serpent, and Tree Worship. The powers of nature were sexualised and endowed with the same feelings, passions, and performing the same functions as human beings. Among the ancients, whether the Sun, the Serpent, or the Phallic Emblem was worshipped, the idea was the same—the veneration of the generative principle. Thus we find a close relationship between the various mythologies of the ancient nations, and by a comparison of the creeds, ideas, and symbols, can see that they spring from the same source, namely, the worship of the forces and operations of nature, the original of which was doubtless Sun worship. It is not necessary to prove that in primitive times the Sun must have been worshipped under various names, and venerated as the Creator, Light, Source of Life, and the Giver of Food. In the earliest times the worship of the generative power was of the most simple and pure character, rude in manner, primitive in form, pure in idea, the homage of man to the supreme power, the Author of life. Afterwards the worship became more depraved, a religion of feeling, sensuous bliss, corrupted by a priesthood who were not slow to take advantage of this state of affairs, and inculcated with it profligate and mysterious ceremonies, union of gods with women, religious prostitution and other degrading rites. Thus it was not long before the emblems lost their pure and simple meaning and became licentious statues and debased objects. Hence we have the depraved ceremonies at the worship of Bacchus, who became, not only the representative of the creative power, but the God of pleasure and licentiousness. The corrupted religion always found eager votaries, willing to be captives to a pleasant bondage by the impulse of physical bliss, as was the case in India and Egypt, and among the Phœnicians, Babylonians, Jews and other nations. Sex worship once personified became the supreme and governing deity, enthroned as the ruling God over all; dissent therefrom was impious and punished. The priests of the worship compelled obedience; monarchs complied to the prevailing faith and became willing devotees to the shrines of Isis and Venus on the one hand, and of Bacchus and Priapus on the other, by appealing to the most animating passion of nature.
Author: Arthur Reader
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Phallicism
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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In 'Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths', Anonymous explores the symbolic significance of these elements within various phallic faith traditions, shedding new light on the spiritual practices of these ancient cultures. The book delves into the interconnectedness of nature and fertility rituals, providing readers with a comprehensive analysis of the role these elements play in religious ceremonies and belief systems. Through a blend of scholarly research and poetic prose, Anonymous invites readers to contemplate the deeper meanings behind seemingly mundane aspects of the natural world. This book is a valuable resource for those interested in anthropology, religious studies, and symbolism. The author's insightful analysis of these elements offers a unique perspective on the intersection of nature and spirituality, making it a compelling read for scholars and enthusiasts alike.
Author: Herbert Eugene Bolton
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806134413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Renowned as the founder of Spanish borderlands studies, Herbert Eugene Bolton was the first U.S. historian to build his research on Spanish archives and other forgotten archives in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, and Cuba. Yet before that, from 1906 to 1908, Bolton studied the Hasinai Indians of Louisiana and Texas. Russell Magnaghi has edited Bolton's previously unpublished examination of the Hasinais, a settled, agricultural American Indian tribe in East Texas and one of the two major branches of the Caddoan Indians. Bolton's ethnohistorical analysis' includes chapters on the Hasinai interaction with the Spanish and the French; their economic life and social and political organization; their housing, hardware, and handicrafts; their dress and adornment; their religious beliefs and customs; and their war customs and ceremonials.
