Download or read book The Dawn of the New Cycle written by W. Michael Ashcraft and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In considering a group that identified with Victorian American culture and its anxieties while adhering to an occult worldview that most of their contemporaries found strange, if not dangerous, the book explains why these middle-class Americans found Theosophy so persuasive and why they left family and friends behind to take up residence at this California settlement."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The New Cycle written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dawn of Everything written by David Graeber and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike—either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful critiques of European society posed by Indigenous observers and intellectuals. Revisiting this encounter has startling implications for how we make sense of human history today, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself. Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what’s really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume. The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision, and a faith in the power of direct action. Includes Black-and-White Illustrations
Download or read book The Fifth Dawn written by Cory Herndon and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Glissa and Slobad on one final adventure through the hellish landscape of Mirrodin in this action-packed series finale An enemy beyond evil . . . Whose eye sees into every corner of Mirrodin. Whose ambition strides across the planes. Whose foe is a lonely elf and her loyal goblin companion. The fury of Memnarch is turned against Glissa and Slobad as they make their way across Mirrodin in search of new allies. From the city of the leonin to the dark fortress Panopticon, their travels range until they come face to face with the creator of Mirrodin himself. And from his lips they will hear the prophecy that can remake their world.
Download or read book The Dawn of the New Cycle written by William Michael Ashcraft and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Golden States written by Eileen Luhr and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether they were utopian communitarians, sun-seeking gurus, or Protestant health reformers, Southern California's spiritual seekers drew on the United States' deepening global encounters and consumer cultures to pair religious and personal reinvention with cultural and spiritual revitalization. Through a rereading of the region's cultural landscape, Golden States provides an alternative history of California religion and spirituality, showing that seekers developed a number of paths to fulfillment that enhanced the region's lifestyle brand. Drawing on case studies as varied as surfing and yoga practices, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, and the only designated "Blue Zone" in the United States, this work explores the long-term impact of alternative beliefs on the region. In doing so, it highlights the ongoing tensions between privileging personal choice and pursuing social good as communities navigated whether the commitment to the emotional and therapeutic needs and desires of individual believers should be pursued at the expense of broader efforts to achieve collective well-being.
Download or read book The Plague Cycle written by Charles Kenny and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, sweeping, and “fact-filled” (Booklist, starred review) history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease that “contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic” (Publishers Weekly)—for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and John Barry’s The Great Influenza. For four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of plagues set the tempo of civilizational growth and decline, since common response to the threat was exclusion—quarantining the sick or keeping them out. But the unprecedented hygiene and medical revolutions of the past two centuries have allowed humanity to free itself from the hold of epidemic cycles—resulting in an urbanized, globalized, and unimaginably wealthy world. However, our development has lately become precarious. Climate and population fluctuations and factors such as global trade have left us more vulnerable than ever to newly emerging plagues. Greater global cooperation toward sustainable health is urgently required—such as the international efforts to manufacture and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine—with millions of lives and trillions of dollars at stake. “A timely, lucid look at the role of pandemics in history” (Kirkus Reviews), The Plague Cycle reveals the relationship between civilization, globalization, prosperity, and infectious disease over the past five millennia. It harnesses history, economics, and public health, and charts humanity’s remarkable progress, providing a fascinating and astute look at the cyclical nature of infectious disease.
Download or read book The Arena written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Life and the Way written by Akhoy Kuman Mozumdar and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book There is no Religion Higher than the Truth written by Helena Blavatsky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 2914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition reveals the archaic truths which are the basis of all religions. It also uncovers the fundamental unity from which everything springs and shows the Occult side of Nature that has never been approached by the Science of modern civilization. Isis Unveiled The Secret Doctrine The Key to Theosophy The Voice of the Silence Studies in Occultism From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Nightmare Tales
Download or read book The Secrets of Spirituality Occult written by Helena Blavatsky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 2915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This edition uncovers the fundamental unity from which everything springs and shows the Occult side of Nature that has never been approached by the Science of modern civilization. Isis Unveiled The Secret Doctrine The Key to Theosophy The Voice of the Silence Studies in Occultism From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Nightmare Tales
Download or read book HELENA BLAVATSKY Premium Collection written by Helena Blavatsky and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-03 with total page 2914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited collection has been formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The works of Helena Blavatsky will reveal you the secrets Theosophy and its mystical teachings. The nature is not "a fortuitous concurrence of atoms," and will assign to man his rightful place in the scheme of the Universe. Content: Isis Unveiled The Secret Doctrine The Key to Theosophy The Voice of the Silence Studies in Occultism From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Nightmare Tales
Download or read book The Secret Doctrine written by Helena Blavatsky and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "The Secret Doctrine" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Secret Doctrine is one of the most influential esoteric and occult books of all time. In the first part of the book the author explains the origin and evolution of the universe itself, in terms derived from the Hindu concept of cyclical development. While in the second part she describes the origins of humanity through an account of "Root Races" said to date back millions of years.
Download or read book The Collected Works of Helena Blavatsky written by Helena Blavatsky and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 2914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collected Works of Helena Blavatsky is a comprehensive collection of writings by the influential Theosophist author. Blavatsky's works delve into esoteric and spiritual philosophies, exploring topics such as karma, reincarnation, and the nature of reality. Her writing style is intricate and dense, often drawing from a wide range of religious and philosophical traditions. This collection provides a glimpse into the spiritual beliefs of the late 19th century, offering valuable insights into the occult and mystical practices of the time. Blavatsky's works continue to be studied and debated by scholars of comparative religion and esotericism. Helena Blavatsky, a Russian writer and philosopher, co-founded the Theosophical Society and played a key role in the development of modern Western esotericism. Her travels and encounters with mystics and spiritual teachers around the world deeply influenced her writings. Blavatsky's works are considered foundational texts in the New Age movement and continue to inspire seekers of spiritual wisdom. I highly recommend The Collected Works of Helena Blavatsky to readers interested in the history of Western esotericism, occultism, and spiritual philosophy. Blavatsky's writings offer a unique perspective on the mysteries of the universe and provide a rich source of knowledge for those exploring alternative spiritual paths.
Download or read book The Essential Works of Helena Blavatsky written by Helena Blavatsky and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 2914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you a meticulously edited Helena Blavatsky collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The works of Helena Blavatsky will reveal you the secrets Theosophy and its mystical teachings. The nature is not "a fortuitous concurrence of atoms," and will assign to man his rightful place in the scheme of the Universe. Content: Isis Unveiled The Secret Doctrine The Key to Theosophy The Voice of the Silence Studies in Occultism From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Nightmare Tales
Download or read book Guests at God s Wedding written by Tracy Pintchman and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at women’s rituals honoring the god Krishna.
