Author : Payam Nabarz An overview of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion popular in the Roman Legions• Provides a comprehensive history of Mithraism, including its influence on Christianity and Islam• Includes rituals, meditations, and teaching tales for readers who wish to follow the Mithraic path• Studies the evolution and divergence of the Eastern (Persian) and Western (Roman) forms of...
Author; Demetra George Exploring the mystery, wisdom, and power of the dark phase of the moon's cycle--a lunar-based model for moving through the dark times in our lives with understanding, consciousness, and faith in renewal. The moon's dark phase has traditionally been a time of fear and superstition, a time associated with death and isolation. The mythical embodiment of these...
Author; Dion Fortune An occult classic and a Dion Fortune bestseller of strongly growing interest.Fortune was one of the first to bring this “secret tradition” to a wider audience with her clear and comprehensive exploration of the Qabalah tradition. The Mystical Qabalah remains a classic in its clarity, linking the broad elements of Jewish traditional thought—probably going back to the Babylonian captivity...
Author: Joseph Campbell In these pages, the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell presents twelve eclectic, far-ranging, and brilliant essays gathered together for the first time. The essays explore myth in all its dimensions: its history; its influence on art, literature, and culture; and its role in everyday life.This second volume of Campbell's essays (following The Flight of the Wild Gander)...
Author; Jeremiah Curtain
Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with giants, dead men who come back to life, humans imprisoned in animals' bodies, heroes with incredible strength, and more.
Author: Joseph Campbell In Myths to Live By, Joseph, Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, returning always to the source from which all mythology springs; the creative imagination.Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the earth have been shattered; that...
