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• [ recommended ] The Spirit Book - The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling, and Spirit Communication by Raymond Buckland

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  This reference explores Qabbalah, Sibyls, Fairies, Poltergeists; phenomena such as intuition and karma; objects useful in the attempt to cross the divide, including tarot cards, flower reading, and runes; and related practices such as Shamanism, transfiguration, meditation, and mesmerism. It covers the history of Spiritualism as well as offshoots such as Kardecism, channeling, fraud, psychic research, and possession; and also reports on investigations of contemporary manifestations.

• Brian P.Levack - Witchcraft Sourcebook

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  This fascinating collection of documents illustrates the development of ideas about witchcraft from ancient times to the twentieth century. Many of the sources come from the period between 1400 and 1750, when more than 100,000 people – mainly women – were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and colonial America. Including trial records, demonological treatises and sermons, literary texts, narratives of demonic possession, and artistic depiction of witches, the documents reveal how contemporaries from various periods have perceived alleged witches and their activities. Brian P. Levack shows how notions of witchcraft have changed over time. He looks at the connection between gender and witchcraft and the nature of the witch's perceived power.

• Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls 2 Volumes

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  This landmark reference work is the first of its kind. Featuring 450 articles by an international community of scholars it is the definitive account of what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls--their history, relevance, meaning, and the controversies that surround them. Discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin shepherd, the collection of 800 manuscripts is older than any other collection of manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures by almost one thousand years. What do the scrolls tell us about the people who wrote them? What do they tell us about early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism? How do they confirm or contradict what we thought we knew about the Bible? With contributions from 100 distinguished scholars representing diverse traditions and fields of learning, this volume offers the most comprehensive critical synthesis of current knowledge about the Dead Sea Scrolls--and their historical, archaeological, linguistic, and religious contexts. Written in non-technical language this reference work provides authoritative answers and information for all readers.

• Encyclopedia of the Undead

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  What lurks out there in the fog? What was that eerie sound in the dead of night? What flitted by at the end of the street, just beyond the farthest street lamp? From earliest times, tales of the restless dead and their fellow travelers have terrified mankind. Whether around a remote campfire or in the middle of a bustling city, the unquiet spirits and attendant creatures that have tormented humanity since the prehistoric darkness haven’t gone away – they still have the power to strike fear in our hearts.
  
  Encyclopedia of the Undead traces those shadowy entities – vampires, werewolves, ghouls and monsters – that lurk just outside the range of human vision and inhabit our most frightening tales. Drawing on a wide range of beliefs and literature, it traces these horrors from their earliest recorded inceptions and charts their impact upon the human psyche. In this book, history and terror mix to create the things that lurk in the darkest corners of our minds.
  
  You’ll find detailed descriptions of terrors from all over the world – from the mist-shrouded mountains of Eastern Europe to the sweltering jungles of the Caribbean islands, from the dark, stone-lined tombs of the uncoffined dead beneath the remote New England hills to the dark magics that lurk beneath the thriving, colorful surface of a city like New Orleans. In addition to the more conventional creatures, Encyclopedia of the Undead also details some of the more obscure Things that gnaw at the edges of men’s minds – Incubi and Succubi, the Mara, and the dark legends that have influenced writers from Sheridan Le Fanu to H.P. Lovecraft.
  
  This is a book for all those who are interested in the darker side of the human mind – the side that examines and even embraces those beliefs and imaginings that form the basis of our most archetypical fears. This is the book for those brave enough to plumb the depths of our worst nightmares!
  
  Dr. Bob Curran lives and works in the North of Ireland, a place that is haunted by myth, legend and folktales. Over the years, he has studied the dark and sinister, both in his own land and in places beyond. A psychologist and a historian, he has written and lectured extensively on the arcane and the mysterious. He is the author of Vampires and Celtic Lore & Legend

• James R Lewis & Evelyn Dorothy Oliver - The Dream Encyclopedia

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  Exploring the fascinating world of dreams, this comprehensive reference examines more than 250 dream-related topics, from art to history to science, including how factors such as self-healing, ESP, literature, religion, sex, cognition and memory, and medical conditions can all have an effect on dreams. Dream symbolism and interpretation is examined in historical, cultural, and psychological detail, while a dictionary—updated with 1,000 symbols and explanations—offers further insights. Dreaming about teeth, for instance, can indicate control issues, and dreaming of a zoo can indicate that the dreamer needs to tidy up some situation. Examining these concepts and more, this is the ultimate dreamer's companion.

• Witches Potions & Spells

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  This is a delightful treat. Written in 1971, this book is a treasure trove and collection of dark spells before witches lost their bite with the coming of Wicca. Within it's 62 pages readers will find spells utilising those nasty ingredients such as animal parts and blood. Retro 1950s-style drawings compliment the text.
  
  Witches' Potions And Spells is definitely a keeper for the non-Wiccan variety of witches or for those who still remember a time when witches and witchcraft had an edge and was delightfully dangerous.
  
  

• Papa Jim's Herbal Book

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  Papa Jim is a famous healer and root doctor. Here he brings you this compilation of remedies and potions from all over the world. Share the secret recipes that have mystically solved the problems of many of Papa Jim`s devotees, and learn how to unleash the magical powers of herbs.
  
  With easy to follow instructions learn how to make: Herbal Baths Mojo Bags Sprinkling Powders Incense Teas All for Love, luck, Sex, Money Drawing, Gambling, Protection, Hex Breaking, Jinx Removing, and much more! A 107 page soft cover work book, it also includes an English to Spanish / Spanish to English translation for over 150 common herbs!

• [ recommended ] Dictionary of Demons by Fred Gettings

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  A guide to demons and demonologists in occult lore.
  
  This book is a magnificent resource book and is more an encyclopedia than a dictionary. Fred Gettings supplies a fantastic introduction that includes information on the content of the book, info. on some influential figures in middle aged to modern occultism, some basic occult principles and history. The dictionary itself includes not only a huge amount of angels, demons and other spiritual creatures/entities but lists other names they are known as, what they may do and what literature they are mentioned in. Also, the dictionary has information on various occult practices such as necromancy, geomancy etc. And info. on leading occult figures and many occult terms. This book serves as not only an excellent resource for the learned occultist but as a book for beginners to learn many occult terms and some history.

• The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Troy Taylor

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  Covered here is the full spectrum of ghost lore, from ancient times to the present. Rosemary Ellen Guiley traces the fantastic path of spectral history, providing the most comprehensive and balanced source of information about the Spirit world.

  
  
  
   

• [ recommended ] The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

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  With more than 400 entries and 80 black-and-white photos, this resource explores what many believe are the sources of evil - demons or devils. Demons, as defined here, are 'lower agents of evil', having many guises and operating under many names with many purposes. The book does a fine job of walking the reader through all the mythology; if readers are looking for a strictly Christian interpretation of demonology, it

  
   

• The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy

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  With more than 500 entries, "The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy" is a fascinating A-to-Z reference to the history of the Western magical and alchemical traditions, sorting history from myth and folklore and examining mystical beliefs through the ages. With roots reaching back to ancient Egypt, the classical world, and the Middle East, magic and alchemy have often played an integral part in science, politics, and religion.
  
  From the quest for the Philosopher's Stone to 20th-century wizards like Aleister Crowley to contemporary pagans and wiccans, the full range of Western magic and its influence on society is documented here. Topics covered include history, lore, famous people, philosophies, procedures, materials, rituals, and relationships to science.

• [ recommended ] The Encyclopedia Of Witchcraft & Demonology

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  A full-scale compendium of fact, history and legend, from original sources, about witchcraft and demonology, covering demonic possession and exorcism.
  
  An historical and human compendium, from original sources in the world's great libraries, describing the witches' sabbat and pact, incubi and succubi, eyewitness reports of trials, werewolves, and vampires, sexual relations with the devil, demoniacal possessions and exorcism, poltergeists, barbarous tortures, and the theological and legal theories of the inquisition, witchcraft, and demonology. Clarified by hundreds of illustrations, many reproduced for the first time in several centuries.
  

• John Michael Greer - The New Encyclopedia of the Occult

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  From "Aarab Zereq" to "Zos Kia Cultus," this is the most up-to-date, comprehensive guide to the history, philosophies, and personalities of Western occultism.
  
  Written by an occult scholar and practitioner with the assistance of hundreds of experts in the field, this volume presents the latest in scholarly research and points out errors in previous writings-revealing truths much more interesting and dramatic than the fictional histories that obscured them.
  
  The New Encyclopedia of the Occult is an invaluable reference guide to magic, alchemy, astrology, divination, Tarot, palmistry, and geomancy; magical orders such as the Golden Dawn and Rosicrucians; important occultists; and religions and spiritual traditions associated with occultism such as Wicca, Thelema, Theosophy, and the modern Pagan movement.

• The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and Soothsaying by Raymond Buckland

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  An A-to-Z exploration of all that peers into tomorrow, this guide divines the meaning of 400 of the most meaningful topics related to this oft-misunderstood, oft-consulted-upon science. Discussing everything from aeromancy (seeing by observing atmospheric phenomena) to zoomancy (divination by the appearance or behavior of animals) this veritable encyclopedia covers the 398 others in between.

  
   

• The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies & Magic

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  This book is far more than a historical survey of magical techniques throughout the world. It is the most complete book of spells, ceremonies, and magic ever assembled. It is the spiritual record of humanity.
  
  Topics in this book include magical spells and rituals from virtually every continent and every people. The spells described are for love, wealth, success, protection, and health. Also examined are the theories and history of magic, including its evolution, the gods, the elements, the Kabbalah, the astral plane, ceremonial magic, famous books of magic, and famous magicians.
  
  You will learn about talismanic magic, exorcisms, how to use the I Ching, how to interpret dreams, how to construct and interpret a horoscope, how to read Tarot cards, how to read palms, how to do numerology, and much more. Included are explicit instructions for love spells and talismans; spells for riches and money; weight-loss spells; magic for health and healing; psychic self-defense; spells for luck in gambling; and much more.
  
  No magical library is complete without this classic text of magical history, theory, and practical technique. The author is known for her excellent books on magic. Many consider this her best. Includes over 150 rare photos and illustrations.

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