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Draws on peer-reviewed research in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, such as real-time brain imaging, to examine the effects of mystical states and magical practice Shows how being “in the zone,” as described by athletes and performers, is consistent with the ritualist’s state...

Explores the alphabet of Nature personified in animals and the spiritual lessons of animal medicines—animals personified in plants—including Turtle, Bear, Deer, Wolf, Alligator, and Horse Medicine teachings Shares profound experiences from the author’s long career as an herbalist...

New updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book that ignited a firestorm in the scientific world with its radical approach to evolution Explains how past forms and behaviors of organisms determine those of similar organisms in the present through morphic resonance Reveals the...

Explains the techniques used to achieve trance in seiðr, how to journey in the Nine Realms, and the different gods and spirits you may encounter Discusses the tools of seiðr, such as the seiðr staff and hood, and how to create them, empower them, and care for them Details Norse...

Traces the journey of Otto Rahn, the occultist and one-time SS member who sought the Holy Grail and traveled widely throughout Europe as a researcher until his mysterious death in 1939 Explores the modern legacy of the officially heretical Christian sect known as the Cathars Follows...

Details the author’s scientific experiments with psychics on telepathic powers and psychic phenomena Explores how shamanism, yoga, and Indigenous spiritual traditions provide the means to consciously cultivate psychic abilities Analyzes the biological, physiological, and...

“A lively new book.” —The Guardian “Spine-chilling exposé.” —The Daily Mail Draws on firsthand accounts from Elvis’s wife, Priscilla, his friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors Looks at key teachers who influenced him, including Yogananda, H. P...

Explains the Dark Man phenomenon through centuries-old folklore and mythology, testimony from British witch trials, and modern accounts Challenges the simplistic concept of the Devil as “evil,” explaining how encounters with this entity can reveal one’s life purpose and how the...

Examines the significant figures and groups of Finland’s occult world, including their esoteric practices and the secret societies to which they were connected Investigates the relationship of nationalism and esotericism in Finland as well as the history of Finnish parapsychology and...

Looks at the latest archaeological and scientific evidence preserved beneath the North Sea and on the tiny island of Fair Isle Examines Doggerland’s sophisticated technology, including how its people were able to melt solid rock to create vitrified structures far stronger than concrete...

Explains the theoretical basis behind psychomagic, Jodorowsky’s shamanic healing technique Details the author’s technique of “psychotrance” to access his subconscious mind to discover the most suitable psychomagic remedy Shares passionate correspondence between Jodorowsky and...

Reveals Jim Morrison as a shamanic initiate and esoteric teacher who used his role as a rock singer to promote the adventure of the spirit and express the power of inner experience Examines Morrison’s deep occult and artistic influences, including Kurt Seligmann’s The Mirror of Magic...

Explores the significance of light in spiritual life—drawing on the esoteric tradition of alchemy—to transcend materialism and seed new cultures rooted in perennial wisdom Examines ideas from Western mysticism, Tibetan Buddhism, and other traditions to show how spiritual alchemy is a...

Defines the meaning of “namaste” and explains how to apply it in daily interactions to build stronger communities Offers practical strategies to develop self-awareness and compassion, foster deeper connections with others, and support mutual growth Includes exercises, mindfulness...

Accused of being the world breaker of an old prophecy by the elves, sought after by the ever-growing orc clans as vengeance against the elves, and desired by the human kings and queens for power, Aric will stop at nothing to protect his new dragon. It may be the only thing that can turn the tides of the war.

2024 International Book Award Nonfiction - Creative Category Shares the true story of three monks’ heroic escape from occupied Tibet and the subsequent rebirth of the Bön religion in exile Introduces Bön, Tibet’s oldest religion, and a traditional way of life extinguished by...

Explores 15 promising avenues of post-materialist scientific investigation currently underway Provides a succinct account of the experience of transition to the “next life” and what one might expect when one arrives there Explains how materialism has prevented us from realizing a...

Explores ancient Mesopotamian astrology, which originated with those who created Göbekli Tepe, and details the system’s eighteen zodiac signs Shares the author’s decades-long research to decipher the meanings and characteristics behind each of the original eighteen signs Shows...

Includes Theogony, The Homeric Hymn to Hermes, The Poem of Parmenides, The Poimandres, The Chaldean Oracles, Hymn to Isis, and On Divine Virtue, each translated from the original Greek or Latin Presents interpretive commentary for each text to progressively weave them together...

Sir Luther Slythe Krait has a problem. He and his friends are dying. Starving, on the run, and driven before a gale of ruin and slaughter, they seek a safe haven to hunker down in, to rest, recoup, regather. The backwater port of Haeskenburg seems to answer all their prayers. But Sir Luther knows Haeskenburg. Haeskenburg has a secret, you see. Dark and ancient and stifled away from the light of day, but poised once more to rear its ugly head. Caught between the hammer and the anvil, Sir Luther walks a razor’s edge. Balance or fall, there lies but one certainty: He will bleed.