Author: Frater U.:D.:
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 073872694X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Where do demons live? What’s the skinny on sigils? Did the O.T.O. invent sex magick? Playing Dear Abby for the occult crowd, Frater U.:D.: answers frequently asked questions about magick. The renowned European author and magician introduces us to chatty Aunt Klara, his coffee-swilling, straight-talking alter ego, here to answer your burning questions. These short and snappy essays offer accurate, detailed information on a broad array of magickal topics, from secret orders and poltergeists to astral travel, black magick, Harry Potter, and Aleister Crowley. Easy to page through, good humored, and never dogmatic, Where Do Demons Live? is the perfect quick reference for magicians of all disciplines.
Where Do Demons Live?
Author: Frater U.:D.:
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 073872694X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Where do demons live? What’s the skinny on sigils? Did the O.T.O. invent sex magick? Playing Dear Abby for the occult crowd, Frater U.:D.: answers frequently asked questions about magick. The renowned European author and magician introduces us to chatty Aunt Klara, his coffee-swilling, straight-talking alter ego, here to answer your burning questions. These short and snappy essays offer accurate, detailed information on a broad array of magickal topics, from secret orders and poltergeists to astral travel, black magick, Harry Potter, and Aleister Crowley. Easy to page through, good humored, and never dogmatic, Where Do Demons Live? is the perfect quick reference for magicians of all disciplines.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 073872694X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Where do demons live? What’s the skinny on sigils? Did the O.T.O. invent sex magick? Playing Dear Abby for the occult crowd, Frater U.:D.: answers frequently asked questions about magick. The renowned European author and magician introduces us to chatty Aunt Klara, his coffee-swilling, straight-talking alter ego, here to answer your burning questions. These short and snappy essays offer accurate, detailed information on a broad array of magickal topics, from secret orders and poltergeists to astral travel, black magick, Harry Potter, and Aleister Crowley. Easy to page through, good humored, and never dogmatic, Where Do Demons Live? is the perfect quick reference for magicians of all disciplines.
Healing Magic and Evil Demons
Author: Markham J. Geller
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1614513090
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed against evil demons, ghosts, gods, and other demonic malefactors within the Mesopotamian view of the world. It allows for a more accurate appraisal of variants arising from a text tradition spread over more than two millennia and from many ancient libraries.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1614513090
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed against evil demons, ghosts, gods, and other demonic malefactors within the Mesopotamian view of the world. It allows for a more accurate appraisal of variants arising from a text tradition spread over more than two millennia and from many ancient libraries.
Demon Magic and a Martini
Author: ANNETTE. MARIE
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988153308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
When a demon is loosed in the city, guild bartender Tori gets a crash course in Demonica magic--and it's about to get ugly.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988153308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
When a demon is loosed in the city, guild bartender Tori gets a crash course in Demonica magic--and it's about to get ugly.
Demons of the Flesh
Author: Nikolas Schreck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840680614
Category : Sex instruction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the first comprehensive and unflinching,overview of the erotic initiation and sexual,sorcery essential to the mysterious magical,tradition known as the 'Left Hand Path', this,complete guide covers an enormous array of taboo,and previously forbidden practices. Penetrating,the veil of secrecy and obscuring the ecstasies,and dangers of a way of magic that can be a,powerful instrument of psychic transmutation, this,is a sometimes disturbing, always inspring study,of the shadow side of eros.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840680614
Category : Sex instruction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the first comprehensive and unflinching,overview of the erotic initiation and sexual,sorcery essential to the mysterious magical,tradition known as the 'Left Hand Path', this,complete guide covers an enormous array of taboo,and previously forbidden practices. Penetrating,the veil of secrecy and obscuring the ecstasies,and dangers of a way of magic that can be a,powerful instrument of psychic transmutation, this,is a sometimes disturbing, always inspring study,of the shadow side of eros.
Spiritual and Demonic Magic
Author: Daniel Pickering Walker
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271020458
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
First published by the Warburg Institute in 1958, this book is considered a landmark in Renaissance studies. Whereas most scholars had tended to view magic as a marginal subject, Walker showed that magic was one of the most typical creations of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Walker takes readers through the magical concerns of some of the greatest thinkers of the Renaissance, from Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and Jacques Lefevre d&’Etaples to Jean Bodin, Francis Bacon, and Tommaso Campanella. Ultimately he demonstrates that magic was interconnected with religion, music, and medicine, all of which were central to the Renaissance notion of spiritus. Remarkable for its clarity of writing, this book is still considered essential reading for students seeking to understand the assumptions, beliefs, and convictions that informed the thinking of the Renaissance. This edition features a new introduction by Brian Copenhaver, one of our leading experts on the place of magic in intellectual history.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271020458
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
First published by the Warburg Institute in 1958, this book is considered a landmark in Renaissance studies. Whereas most scholars had tended to view magic as a marginal subject, Walker showed that magic was one of the most typical creations of the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Walker takes readers through the magical concerns of some of the greatest thinkers of the Renaissance, from Marsilio Ficino, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and Jacques Lefevre d&’Etaples to Jean Bodin, Francis Bacon, and Tommaso Campanella. Ultimately he demonstrates that magic was interconnected with religion, music, and medicine, all of which were central to the Renaissance notion of spiritus. Remarkable for its clarity of writing, this book is still considered essential reading for students seeking to understand the assumptions, beliefs, and convictions that informed the thinking of the Renaissance. This edition features a new introduction by Brian Copenhaver, one of our leading experts on the place of magic in intellectual history.
Exorcising our Demons: Magic, Witchcraft and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe
Author: Charles Zika
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
This collection of sixteen essays deals with the role of magic, religion and witchcraft in European culture, 1450-1650, and the critical role of the visual in that culture. It covers the relationship of humanism and magic; the intersection of religious ritual, orthodoxy and power; the discursive links between the visual language of witchcraft and contemporary anxieties about sexuality and savagery. The introductory chapter urges us to exorcise our tendency to reduce historical experiences of the demonic to forms of unreason created in a distant past. Only then can we understand the role of the demonic in our historical definition of the self and the other. Richly illustrated with 112 images, the book will interest historians and art historians.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
This collection of sixteen essays deals with the role of magic, religion and witchcraft in European culture, 1450-1650, and the critical role of the visual in that culture. It covers the relationship of humanism and magic; the intersection of religious ritual, orthodoxy and power; the discursive links between the visual language of witchcraft and contemporary anxieties about sexuality and savagery. The introductory chapter urges us to exorcise our tendency to reduce historical experiences of the demonic to forms of unreason created in a distant past. Only then can we understand the role of the demonic in our historical definition of the self and the other. Richly illustrated with 112 images, the book will interest historians and art historians.
The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438131917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world. Includes numerous entries documenting beliefs about demons and demonology from ancient history to the present.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438131917
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world. Includes numerous entries documenting beliefs about demons and demonology from ancient history to the present.
Of Angels, Demons and Spirits
Author: Daniel Harms
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780738753683
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Discovered in the stacks of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, this authentic work of 17th-century English magic has been meticulously transcribed and translated by Daniel Harms and illustrated by James R. Clark, the team that created the bestselling Book of Oberon (9780738743349). With a comprehensive introduction, annotations, and appendices to help contextualize the material, in addition to more than 100 figures and illustrations, this beautifully reconstructed historical work is filled with never-before published rituals for calling forth demons, fairies, spirits of the hours of the day, elementals, and other spiritual beings. This elegantly bound book provides new insights into a fascinating tradition, where a sorcerer or cunning-man was paid to perform magic for uncovering theft, healing, combating witchcraft, hunting for treasure, or for having a spirit fulfill one's commands. This premium hardcover edition is a must-have for collectors and working ritualists"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780738753683
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Discovered in the stacks of the Bodleian Library at Oxford, this authentic work of 17th-century English magic has been meticulously transcribed and translated by Daniel Harms and illustrated by James R. Clark, the team that created the bestselling Book of Oberon (9780738743349). With a comprehensive introduction, annotations, and appendices to help contextualize the material, in addition to more than 100 figures and illustrations, this beautifully reconstructed historical work is filled with never-before published rituals for calling forth demons, fairies, spirits of the hours of the day, elementals, and other spiritual beings. This elegantly bound book provides new insights into a fascinating tradition, where a sorcerer or cunning-man was paid to perform magic for uncovering theft, healing, combating witchcraft, hunting for treasure, or for having a spirit fulfill one's commands. This premium hardcover edition is a must-have for collectors and working ritualists"--
Grimoires
Author: Owen Davies
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191509248
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
What is a grimoire? The word has a familiar ring to many people, particularly as a consequence of such popular television dramas as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed. But few people are sure exactly what it means. Put simply, grimoires are books of spells that were first recorded in the Ancient Middle East and which have developed and spread across much of the Western Hemisphere and beyond over the ensuing millennia. At their most benign, they contain charms and remedies for natural and supernatural ailments and advice on contacting spirits to help find treasures and protect from evil. But at their most sinister they provide instructions on how to manipulate people for corrupt purposes and, worst of all, to call up and make a pact with the Devil. Both types have proven remarkably resilient and adaptable and retain much of their relevance and fascination to this day. But the grimoire represents much more than just magic. To understand the history of grimoires is to understand the spread of Christianity, the development of early science, the cultural influence of the print revolution, the growth of literacy, the impact of colonialism, and the expansion of western cultures across the oceans. As this book richly demonstrates, the history of grimoires illuminates many of the most important developments in European history over the last two thousand years.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191509248
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
What is a grimoire? The word has a familiar ring to many people, particularly as a consequence of such popular television dramas as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed. But few people are sure exactly what it means. Put simply, grimoires are books of spells that were first recorded in the Ancient Middle East and which have developed and spread across much of the Western Hemisphere and beyond over the ensuing millennia. At their most benign, they contain charms and remedies for natural and supernatural ailments and advice on contacting spirits to help find treasures and protect from evil. But at their most sinister they provide instructions on how to manipulate people for corrupt purposes and, worst of all, to call up and make a pact with the Devil. Both types have proven remarkably resilient and adaptable and retain much of their relevance and fascination to this day. But the grimoire represents much more than just magic. To understand the history of grimoires is to understand the spread of Christianity, the development of early science, the cultural influence of the print revolution, the growth of literacy, the impact of colonialism, and the expansion of western cultures across the oceans. As this book richly demonstrates, the history of grimoires illuminates many of the most important developments in European history over the last two thousand years.
Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
Author: Daniel Ingram
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1780498152
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
The very idea that the teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. Ingram sets out concisely the difference between concentration-based and insight (vipassana) meditation; he provides example practices; and most importantly he presents detailed maps of the states of mind we are likely to encounter, and the stages we must negotiate as we move through clearly-defined cycles of insight. Its easy to feel overawed, at first, by Ingram's assurance and ease in the higher levels of consciousness, but consistently he writes as a down-to-earth and compassionate guide, and to the practitioner willing to commit themselves this is a glittering gift of a book.In this new edition of the bestselling book, the author rearranges, revises and expands upon the original material, as well as adding new sections that bring further clarity to his ideas.
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1780498152
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
The very idea that the teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. Ingram sets out concisely the difference between concentration-based and insight (vipassana) meditation; he provides example practices; and most importantly he presents detailed maps of the states of mind we are likely to encounter, and the stages we must negotiate as we move through clearly-defined cycles of insight. Its easy to feel overawed, at first, by Ingram's assurance and ease in the higher levels of consciousness, but consistently he writes as a down-to-earth and compassionate guide, and to the practitioner willing to commit themselves this is a glittering gift of a book.In this new edition of the bestselling book, the author rearranges, revises and expands upon the original material, as well as adding new sections that bring further clarity to his ideas.