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Tag: religion
Influence of Animism on Islam, The
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Exploration of the polytheistic animism that preceded monotheistic Islam, and its continued influence on the later religion and other cultures; written by a Princeton Theological Seminary professor.
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Witchcraft Basics
Witchcraft-related Subjects
Golden Bough, The
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Magical myths, folklore, customs, and practices of cultures worldwide compiled by a Scottish anthropologist. While its material is sometimes scattered or specious, it remains a valuable resource. (Actual book cover not shown.)
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- Roman
- superstition
- magic
- practices
- reference
- folklore
- history
- European
- customs
- Greece
- nonfiction
- mythology
- spells
- symbolism
- cosmology
- Anthropology
- religion
- cultures
Witchcraft Basics
Spiral Dance
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An eclectic primer about ancient and modern Goddess-worship and Pagan cosmology; written by a contemporary magical practitioner and co-founder of the Reclaiming trad.
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- Pagan
- moon
- religion
- primer
- magic
- ancient
- persecution
- theology
- history
- eclectic
- God
- feminism
- esbats
- deity
- sabbats
- Goddess-worship
- cosmology
- modern
Witchcraft Basics
Alexandria: The Journal Of The Western Cosmological Traditions
Alexandria 1: The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions
Vol. 1, ed. David Fideler (1991 Phanes Press)
Alexandria 2: The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions
Vol. 2, ed. David Fideler (1994 Phanes Press)
Alexandria 3: The Journal of Western Cosmological Traditions
Vol. 3, ed. David Fideler (1995 Phanes Press)
Alexandria 4: The Order & Beauty of Nature
Vol. 4, ed. David Fideler (1997 Phanes Press)
Alexandria 5: Cosmology, Philosophy, Myth, & Culture
Vol. 5, ed. David Fideler (2000 Phanes Press)
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Explorations of Pagan topics such as the Life of Hypatia, an Orphic Hymn to Artemis, the Sacred Geography of the Ancient Greeks, The Science & Art of Animating Statues, and Pythagorean Harmonics, etc.; written by academic researchers and magical practitioners.
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- harmonics
- Hypatia
- hymns
- Mantinea
- sites
- history
- Orphic
- statues
- paganism
- Orphism
- Western magical traditions
- God
- Pagan
- Goddess
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- religion
- Artemis
- research
- cosmology
- Roman
- Gnostic
- sacred architecture
- Greek