... starting point of a new literary and philosophical movement which powerfully affected the most cultivated minds among both Christian and Jews in the MiddleAges; and the movement inaugurated has resulted ...
... Galahad in their pursuit of the Grail. Told here as a unified, coherent narrative, the Grail legend reasserts its relevance as one of the great works of imaginative literature of the middleages. NIGEL ...
... by the Nazis Before the conversion of Europe to Christianity in the MiddleAges, Germanic tribes roamed the continent, plundering villages and waging battles to seek the favor of Odin, their god of war, ...
The Tarotis one of the few books that cuts through conventional misperceptions to explore the Tarot deck as it really developed in the MiddleAges and Renaissance Europe-not, as some would suggest, in ...
... establishment of Christianity as Romes state religion, a persecution that reached its high point during the MiddleAges, forced the degradation and disappearance of this training system. While the knowledge ...
... within Islam and in the Cathar movement of the MiddleAges. The twenty-one texts included here serve as a compact introduction to Gnosticism and its principal ideasùand they also provide an entrTe to the ...
... Hebrew numerology -Includes a technique for Rising on the Planes, so you can explore different Qabalistic worlds -Features a Middle Pillar-style exercise for exploring and activating different parts of ...
The use of animal familiars began long before the MiddleAges in Europe. It can be traced to ancient Egypt & beyond. To most people, a familiar is a witch's companion, a small animal that helps the witch ...
... the enlightenment experience. From ancient times come the Buddha's 'From Suffering to Nirvana' and Hui-Neng's 'From Illiterate Woodcutter to Sixth Zen Patriarch'; from the MiddleAges, Jalaluddin Rumi's 'Intoxicated ...
... all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus and is the one apostle who truly understands Jesus.Discovered by farmers in the 1970s in Middle Egypt, the codex containing the gospel was bought and sold by ...
... understand, this contemporary English translation of one of the most popular texts from the late MiddleAges is different: It offers an accessible invitation to the reader to enter into an engagement with ...
... ability to let go of any unwanted thought or feeling on the spot-even when you are right in the middle of life's greatest challenges. This will free you to quickly and easily have all that you choose. In ...
... in the MiddleAges and the Renaissance. In Walkers Between the Worlds, the authors reveal the development of both these traditions that were never far beneath the surface of Western culture and how they ...
... meanings evolved from these symbolsò Provides authentic 18th- and 19th-century spreads and divination techniquesò Reveals the divinatory meanings of the cards as understood by diviners in the MiddleAges ...
Explores the link between religion and war, focusing on the philosophies that have allowed zealous followers of the world's major religions to shed blood in the name of God since the MiddleAges
... religious beliefs. She argues that Bosch belonged to the Cathar faith, a Manichean religious heresy which was persecuted and driven underground by the Church in the MiddleAges.This copiously illustrated ...
... discusses the ancient cultures in which women worked as independent and honored healers; the persecution of women healers in the witch hunts of the MiddleAges; the development of midwifery and nursing ...
... food is also celebrated in these pages in all its diversity, as is the heritage of the imperial system that ruled the Middle Kingdom for more than two thousand years. The individual entries are writte ...
... at twenty-three, Bri. Maya was given two months to live. Her doctors' advice: die painlessly with heavy dosages of morphine. Instead, in the middle of winter, she left her career as a popular fashion designer ...
From the 13th-century manuscript known as the Carmina Burana come these love songs, drinking songs, hymns to spring, and more. Sung by the wandering students of the MiddleAges, these verses include 'Welcome ...