Книги. Художественная литература. Учебники и пособия.

Juli Peradejordi

Language: Spanish La Estrella Flamigera, un texto absolutamente insolito dentro de la extensa literatura masonica, ofrece a sus lectores precisas ensenanzas alquimicas transmitidas en forma de ritual masonico. Su autor, Theodore Henri, baron de Tschoudy (1727-1769), fue el creador del Rito de la Estrella Flamigera y se inspiro sobre todo en tres alquimistas notables: el Cosmopolita, Paracelso y Marco Antonio Crassellame. Este texto clasico, dedicado a la estrella de cinco puntas, simbolo del microcosmos, se nos presenta como un catecismo para que el Aprendiz mason conozca los rudimentos y los secretos del Gran Arte. A Masonic and Alchemical ritual of the eighteen century written by one of the most famous experts on esoterism. This "burning wisdom" book enlights Obelisco's Esoteric Library Collection.

General Association of New-Hampshir, Edwin David Sanborn

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Tony Kail

Santa Muerte: Mexico's Mysterious Saint of Death is a collection of history, folklore and accounts surrounding the saint of death. This easy to read overview of the Santa Muerte culture features stories of paranormal activity, legends and folklore and eyewitness accounts. The book also includes over fifty photographs of artifacts, ceremonies and shrines dedicated to Santa Muerte. One of the features that make this book so unique is the focus on the saint of death in pop culture. The book features a collection of Santa Muerte themed fashion, music, books and cinema.

Morwyn

The author explains what the Brazilian mystery traditions are about, and she also links this magick to wicca in its similarities. A great read to spice up your spiritual life.

Alister E. McGrath

Are there viable pathways from nature to God? Natural theology is making a comeback, stimulated as much by scientific advance as by theological and philosophical reflection. There is a growing realization that the sciences raise questions that transcend their capacity to answer them—above all, the question of the existence of God. So how can Christian theology relate to these new developments? In this landmark work, based on his 2009 Gifford lectures, Alister McGrath examines the apparent “fine-tuning” of the universe and its significance for natural theology. Exploring a wide range of physical and biological phenomena and drawing on the latest research in biochemistry and evolutionary biology, McGrath outlines our new understanding of the natural world and discusses its implications for traditional debates about the existence of God. The celebrated Gifford Lectures have long been recognized as making landmark contributions to the discussion of natural theology. A...

Philip Wilkinson

Gods and prophets. A comprehensive who's who profiles the deities and holy figures of each faith. Rituals, rites, and festivals. Explores the religious practices and traditions of each belief system, from day-to-day devouonj to key events in the religious calendar. Religions of the world. Examines all of the world's major faiths, as well as the lesser-known beliefs of Africa and the Americas. The author Philip Wilkinson has more than 50 books to his credit, including DK's Illustrated Dictionary of Religion, and Celebration of Customs and Rituals of the World, which was endorsed by the United Nations. The birth of belief. The origin and history of each religion is traced from the moment of its founding to its spread across the world today.

John Churchill

The Little Armageddon: The Great Controversy Within the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Thomas L. Thompson

Archaeology seems to have become an active partner in the attempt to prove the historical truth of the Bible. Biblical archaeologists have gone to the field in search of Noah's ark or the walls of Jericho, as if the finding of these artifacts would make the events of scripture somehow more true or real. Thomas Thompson is one of the most vocal contemporary critics of biblical archaeology. His simple but powerful thesis is that archaeology cannot be used in the service of the Bible. Focusing on the patriarchal narratives—the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—he demonstrates that archaeological research simply cannot historically substantiate these stories. Going further, Thompson says that archaeological materials should never be dated or evaluated on the basis of written texts. Looking to the patriarchal narratives in Genesis, he concludes that these stories are neither historical nor were they intended to be historical. Instead, these narratives are written as...

Ivan Strenski

Religion. Power. Politics. Ideas and institutions that have been laden with a baggage of meanings picked up through the course of history – and which, unfairly or not, are often defined by these historic and social contexts. In this thought–provoking book, Ivan Strenski unpacks the central concepts and influences of religion, politics, and power, and provides a new theoretical framework to think about what they mean in today’s society. In addition to offering radical critiques of the religious and political perspectives of thinkers such as Talal Asad and Michel Foucault, Strenski moves beyond the theory in applying his intellectual framework to a variety of real–world issues, including insights into suicide bombers in the Middle East. Erudite and engaging, Why Politics Can?t be Freed From Religion provides a timely and highly original contribution to our understanding of these concepts. It tries to dislodge readers from conventional thinking about politics and religion,...

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Christianity, one of the world's great religions, has had an incalculable impact on human history. This book, now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English, describes not only the main ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organisation and spirituality, but how it has changed politics, sex, and human society. Diarmaid MacCulloch ranges from Palestine in the first century to India in the third, from Damascus to China in the seventh century and from San Francisco to Korea in the twentieth. He is one of the most widely travelled of Christian historians and conveys a sense of place as arrestingly as he does the power of ideas. He presents the development of Christian history differently from any of his predecessors. He shows how, after a semblance of unity in its earliest centuries, the Christian church divided during the next 1400 years into three increasingly distanced parts, of which the western Church was by no means always the most important: he...