Download or read book Cemetery Dance written by Douglas Preston and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pendergast, the world's most mysterious FBI Special Agent, investigates a murderous cult in New York City that no one has ever survived. William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbor--a man who, by all reports, was already dead and buried weeks earlier. While Captain Laura Hayward leads the official investigation, Pendergast and Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta undertake their own private--and decidedly unorthodox--quest for the truth. Their serpentine journey takes them to an enclave of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive, reclusive cult of Obeah and vodou which no outsiders have ever survived.

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Download or read book Le d fi magique Satanisme sorcellerie written by Jean-Baptiste Martin and published by Presses Universitaires Lyon. This book was released on 1994 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Res. en francés e inglés.

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Download or read book Le myst re de l olivine de Troulala written by Félicia TRUFFIER and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Une jeune détective parisienne, Laura Armandier, est envoyée en mission en Nouvelle-Calédonie pour aider la tribu des Gamaïs à retrouver une olivine d'une valeur inestimable, mystérieusement disparue pendant la fête de l'igname. Il s'en suit toute une série d'aventures et de rencontres fortuites, qui plongent le lecteur dans l'atmosphère particulière de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec ses croyances, ses coutumes et ses nombreux mystères.

Download or read book Divination on stage written by Folke Gernert and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.

Download or read book Witchcraft Magic Alchemy written by Grillot de Givry and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prints, drawings, documents, and text illuminate the development of the occult sciences to the nineteenth century

Download or read book True Black Magic La Veritable Magie Noire written by Iroé Grego and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic grimoire, or source-work of magic.Le V�ritable Magie Noire, or the book of True Black Magic, is an influential early printed grimoire, containing many interesting features. It is one of many variants of The Key of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis), but printed as a chapbook, or example of Biblioth�que bleue. As such it was small, cheap, and easy to hide or carry as an amulet. All these were important factors that lead to its popularity and worldwide distribution.For those familiar with the edition of the Key of Solomon edited by the influential occultist S. L. Mathers, much of the content looks famil�iar. But it has some unique features that draw our attention. In particu�lar, it preserves some older elements not included in the Mathers edition, including spells for love, and hindering romantic rivals.This new critical edition includes a new English translation, and complete French text.

Download or read book The Cut Throat Cafe written by Nicki Thornton and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seth and his talking cat Nightshade arrive in the magical town of Gramichee to gain an apprenticeship. But when he discovered that the existing apprentices are under attack at the town's Scrumdiddlyumptious Café, he realises he has another murder mystery to solve ...

Download or read book Dictionary of Ancient Magic Words and Spells written by Claude Lecouteux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive handbook of more than 1,000 magical words, phrases, symbols, and secret alphabets • Explains the origins, derivatives, and practical usage of each word, phrase, and spell as well as how they can be combined for custom spells • Based on the magical traditions of Europe, Greece, and Egypt and recently discovered one-of-a-kind grimoires from Scandinavia, France, and Germany • Includes an in-depth exploration of secret magical alphabets, including those based on Hebrew letters, Kabbalistic symbols, astrological signs, and runes From Abracadabra to the now famous spells of the Harry Potter series, magic words are no longer confined to the practices of pagans, alchemists, witches, and occultists. They have become part of the popular imagination of the Western world. Passed down from ancient Babylon, Egypt, and Greece, these words and the rituals surrounding them have survived through the millennia because they work. And as scholar Claude Lecouteux reveals, often the more impenetrable they seem, the more effective they are. Analyzing more than 7,000 spells from the magical traditions of Europe as well as the magical papyri of the Greeks and recently discovered one-of-a-kind grimoires from Scandinavia, France, and Germany, Lecouteux has compiled a comprehensive dictionary of ancient magic words, phrases, and spells along with an in-depth exploration--the first in English--of secret magical alphabets, including those based on Hebrew letters, Kabbalistic symbols, astrological signs, and runes. Drawing upon thousands of medieval accounts and famous manuscripts such as the Heptameron of Peter Abano, the author examines the origins of each word or spell, offering detailed instructions on their successful use, whether for protection, love, wealth, or healing. He charts their evolution and derivations through the centuries, showing, for example, how spells that were once intended to put out fires evolved to protect people from witchcraft. He reveals the inherent versatility of magic words and how each sorcerer or witch had a set of stock phrases they would combine to build a custom spell for the magical need at hand. Presenting a wealth of material on magical words, signs, and charms, both common and obscure, Lecouteux also explores the magical words and spells of ancient Scandinavia, the Hispano-Arabic magic of Spain before the Reconquista, the traditions passed down from ancient Egypt, and those that have stayed in use until the present day.

Download or read book Body and Affect in the Intercultural Encounter written by Devisch, Rene and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume draws from René Devisch’s encounters with groups in southsaharan Africa, primarily. The author had the privilege to immerse himself, around the clock, in the Yakaphones’ activities and thoughts in southwest DR Congo from 1972 to 1974, and intermittently in Kinshasa’s shanty towns, from 1986 to 2003. The author first examines what sparked his choice to come to Congo, and then to pursue research among the Yakaphones in the borderland with Angola. He then invites us to follow the trajectory of his plural anthropological view on today’s multicentric world. It leads us to his praise for honorary doctor Jean-Marc Ela’s work. He then examines the proletarian outbursts of violence that rocked Congo’s major cities in 1991 and 1993. These can be read as a settling of scores with the disillusioning colonial and missionary modernisation, along with president Mobutu’s millenarian Popular Movement of the Revolution. Furthermore, after considering the morose reduction of a major Yaka dancing mask into a mere museum-bound curio in Antwerp, the book unravels the Yakaphones’ perspectives on spirits and sorcery’s threat. It also analyses their commitment to classical Bantu-African healing cults, along with their parallel consulting physicians and healers. By sharing the Yakaphones’ life-world, the analysis highlights their body-group-world weave, interlaced by the principle of co-resonance. A phenomenological and perspectivist look unfolds the local actors’ views, thereby disclosing the Bantu-African genius and setting for a major reversal of perspectives. Indeed, seeing 'here' from 'there' allows the author to uncover some alienating dynamics at work in his native Belgian Flemish-speaking culture. To better grasp the realm of life beyond the speakable and factual reasoning, the approach occasionally turns to the later Lacan’s focus on the unconscious desire, the body and its affects. The book addresses students and researchers in the humanities and, more broadly, all those immersed in the heat of the encounter with the culturally different.

Download or read book 101 Potions magiques written by Esencia Esotérica and published by Esencia Esotérica. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bienvenue dans le monde merveilleux de la magie et des potions ! Dans "101 Potions magiques : alchimie, magie blanche et sorcellerie pour tous les jours", je vous invite à vous lancer dans un voyage magique et transformateur qui changera votre vie pour toujours. Imaginez vous réveiller chaque jour avec la possibilité de créer votre propre magie, de manifester vos désirs les plus profonds et de vous connecter avec des forces spirituelles anciennes. Ce livre est votre guide complet, votre allié sur le chemin du dépassement de soi et de la découverte de votre pouvoir intérieur. Dans ses pages, vous trouverez un trésor de sagesse ancestrale et de pratiques ésotériques qui vous permettront d'expérimenter la magie dans votre quotidien. Des anciennes recettes d'alchimie aux rituels sacrés, vous apprendrez à utiliser des ingrédients naturels, à vous connecter aux phases lunaires et à travailler avec les énergies subtiles qui nous entourent. Avec "101 Potions magiques", vous découvrirez une potion pour chaque jour et pour chaque situation. Vous avez besoin de soigner votre corps et votre âme ? Je vais vous montrer les potions de guérison les plus puissantes. Voulez-vous attirer l'amour et l'harmonie dans votre vie ? Je vais vous dévoiler les recettes secrètes des philtres d'amour. Vous souhaitez vous protéger des énergies négatives et retrouver une force intérieure ? Les potions de protection seront vos alliées. Quel que soit votre objectif, ce livre vous guidera pas à pas, du choix des bons ingrédients à la création de potions avec intention et puissance. Vous découvrirez l'art de l'alchimie et comment chaque ingrédient magique a un but et une énergie uniques pour vous aider sur votre chemin. Mais "101 Potions magiques" va au-delà des recettes et des ingrédients. Je vous apprendrai à vous connecter à votre intuition, à éveiller votre pouvoir intérieur et à manifester vos désirs à travers la magie blanche et la sorcellerie des potions. Vous apprendrez à faire confiance à vos capacités magiques et à les utiliser pour créer la vie dont vous avez toujours rêvé. Ce livre s'adresse à tous, du débutant au pratiquant confirmé. Peu importe vos connaissances sur la magie, vous trouverez dans ces pages une source d'inspiration, de perspicacité et de pouvoir. Chaque potion est un outil pour votre croissance personnelle et spirituelle. Alors, êtes-vous prêt à plonger dans le monde magique des potions ? Préparez-vous à découvrir le pouvoir caché en vous et à créer votre propre magie chaque jour de votre vie ! "101 potions magiques : alchimie, magie blanche et sorcellerie pour tous les jours" vous attend à bras ouverts, prêt à révéler les secrets les plus profonds de la magie et à vous aider à transformer votre vie en quelque chose d'extraordinaire. Ne perds pas Vous apprendrez: Potions pour la santé et le bien-être potions d'amour et de romance Potions de protection et de défense Potions de sagesse et de connaissance Potions pour la magie et le pouvoir Potions pour le monde naturel Potions de voyage astral

Download or read book Masters of the Dew written by Jacques Roumain and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1978 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding Haitian novel tells of Manuel's struggle to keep his little community from starvation during drought.

Download or read book White Magic Black Magic in the European Renaissance written by Paola Zambelli and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-07-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores philosophical theories which in the Renaissance provided an interpretation of nature, of its laws and exceptions and, lastly, of man’s capacity to dominate the cosmos by way of natural magic or by magical ceremonies. It does not concentrate on the Hermetic and Neoplatonic philosophers (Ficino, Pico, Della Porta), or on the relationship between magic and the scientific revolution, but rather upon the interference of the ideas and practices of learned magicians with popular rites and also with witchcraft, a most important question for social and religious history. New definitions of magic put forward by certain unorthodox and “wandering scholastics” (Trithemius, Agrippa, Paracelsus, Bruno) will interest readers of Renaissance and Reformation texts and history.

Download or read book Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe written by Claire L. Carlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideological underpinnings of early modern theories of contagion are dissected in this volume by an integrated team of literary scholars, cultural historians, historians of medicine and art historians. Even today, the spread of disease inspires moralizing discourse and the ostracism of groups thought responsible for contagion; the fear of illness and the desire to make sense of it are demonstrated in the current preoccupation with HIV, SARS, 'mad cow' disease, West Nile virus and avian flu, to cite but a few contemporary examples. Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe explores the nature of understanding when humanity is faced with threats to its well-being, if not to its very survival.

Download or read book An Introduction to Pentecostalism written by Allan Anderson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to the history and theory behind the study of Pentecostalism, the fastest growing religious movement worldwide.

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