Download or read book The Devil s Alchemists written by A. R. Homer and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1942. The war hangs in the balance. But Nazi Germany may soon have a weapon to tip the scale. Germany, 1942. When Hitler's leading nuclear physicists hesitate to develop an atom bomb, SS officer Max Heldorf conceives of an ingenious plan. But only one physicist can solve the formidable scientific problems essential for success: Hannah Goldmann, who is facing death in an extermination camp. Denmark, 1942. As Jrgen Srensen's Resistance cell progresses from acts of sabotage to planning one of the most spectacular Resistance operations of World War II - the rescue of all of Denmark's Jews - he realizes there is a traitor in their midst. New York, 1942. The American secret service recruits WAAC Christina Lindgren for intelligence work in Sweden. On a return mission, Christina finds herself trapped with a vital message - and an unknown stranger. And what is the terrible secret of Mrk, a hitherto deserted island halfway between Denmark and Sweden? Only two people outside the island have any idea: Reichminister Albert Speer and Peder, an autistic ten-year-old Danish boy who is unable to tell what he has seen. The Devil's Alchemists interweaves these stories against a backdrop of history as it races to a stunning, unforgettable climax. www.arhomer.com A.R. Homer is the author of The Sobs of Autumn's Violins Winner, 2006 Distinguished Honor Award, Military Writers Society of America "A must read for all lovers of thrillers or World War II novels.." - W.H. McDonald, Jr., 2006 President, Military Writers Society of America www.militarywriters.com Front cover photograph Corbis

Download or read book The Devil s Doctor written by Philip Ball and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, who called himself Paracelsus, stands at the cusp of medieval and modern times. A contemporary of Luther, an enemy of the medical establishment, a scourge of the universities, an alchemist, an army surgeon, and a radical theologian, he attracted myths even before he died. His fantastic journeys across Europe and beyond were said to be made on a magical white horse, and he was rumored to carry the elixir of life in the pommel of his great broadsword. His name was linked with Faust, who bargained with the devil. Who was the man behind these stories? Some have accused him of being a charlatan, a windbag who filled his books with wild speculations and invented words. Others claim him as the father of modern medicine. Philip Ball exposes a more complex truth in The Devil's Doctor—one that emerges only by entering into Paracelsus's time. He explores the intellectual, political, and religious undercurrents of the sixteenth century and looks at how doctors really practiced, at how people traveled, and at how wars were fought. For Paracelsus was a product of an age of change and strife, of renaissance and reformation. And yet by uniting the diverse disciplines of medicine, biology, and alchemy, he assisted, almost in spite of himself, in the birth of science and the emergence of the age of rationalism. "Ball produces a vibrant, original portrait of a man of contradictions:" - Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Alchemist of Souls written by Anne Lyle and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tudor explorers returned from the New World, they brought back a name out of half-forgotten Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in the explorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods--and a skrayling ambassador--to London. But what do these seemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital? Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is seconded to the ambassador's bodyguard, but assassination attempts are the least of his problems. What he learns about the skraylings and their unholy powers could cost England her new ally--and Mal his soul. File Under: Fantasy [ Midsummer Magic | Skraylings | Double Trouble | Comedy of Terrors ] e-book ISBN: 978-0-85766-215-6

Download or read book The Devil s Dozen written by Gemma Gary and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by a present-day initiate of the Old Craft, this modern grimoire shares thirteen craft rites for solo practitioners and groups. The Old One embodies the bridge between the material and spiritual worlds that witches and wizards use to access the powers of magic. This book includes instructions for sacred compacts, dedication, initiation, consecration, empowerment, protection, transformation, and devotion.

Download or read book The Complete Plays The alchemist Catline his conspiracy Bartholomew Fair The devil is an ass The staple of news The new inn or The light heart The magnetic lady or Humours reconciled A tale of a tub The sad shepard or A tale of Robin Hood The case is altered Glossary written by Ben Jonson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Alchemyst written by Michael Scott and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? And his secrets aren't safe! Discover the truth in book one of the New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. The truth: Nicholas Flamel's tomb is empty. The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. Nicholas Flamel is the greatest Alchemyst to ever live. The records show that he died in 1418, but what if he's actually been making the elixir of life for centuries? The secrets to eternal life are hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed, and in the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. There is one hope. If the prophecy is true, Sophie and Josh Newman have the power to save everyone. Now they just have to learn to use it. “The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel has everything you loved about Harry Potter, including magic, mystery, and a constant battle of good versus evil.”—Bustle Read the whole series! The Alchemyst The Magician The Sorceress The Necromancer The Warlock The Enchantress

Download or read book Angels Devils written by Gerhard Jaritz and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supernatural phenomena and causalities played an important role in medieval society. Religious practice was relying upon a set of cult images and the sacral status of these depictions of divine or supernatural persons became the object of heated debates and provoked iconoclastic reactions.The miraculous intervention of saints or other divine agents, the wondrous realities beyond understanding, or the manifestations of magic attributed to diabolic forces, were contained by a variety of discourses, described and discussed in religion, philosophy, chronicles, literature and fiction, and also in a large number of pictures and material objects. The nine essays in this collection discusses how supernatural phenomena – especially angels and devils – found visual manifestation in Latin and Eastern Christianity as well as Judaism in the late medieval, early renaissance period.

Download or read book Shakespeare Alchemy and the Creative Imagination written by Margaret Healy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's sonnets and A Lover's Complaint constitute a rich tapestry of rhetorical play about Renaissance love in all its guises. A significant strand of this spiritual alchemy is working the 'metal' of the mind through meditation on love, memory work and intense imagination. Healy demonstrates how this process of anguished soul work - construed as essential to inspired poetic making - is woven into these poems, accounting for their most enigmatic imagery and urgency of tone. The esoteric philosophy of late Renaissance Neoplatonic alchemy, which embraced bawdy sexual symbolism and was highly fashionable in European intellectual circles, facilitated Shakespeare's poetry. Arguing that Shakespeare's incorporation of alchemical textures throughout his late works is indicative of an artistic stance promoting religious toleration and unity, this book sets out a crucial new framework for interpreting the 1609 poems and transforms our understanding of Shakespeare's art.

Download or read book The Alchemical Visions Tarot written by Arthur Taussig and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exquisite exploration of the dark, self-transformative power of the tarot archetypes from a world-renowned artist and tarot enthusiast This is tarot deck and book that will help you plumb the depths of your soul, expose the powerful even frightening aspects of the human psyche, and teach you to cultivate self-realization. Arthur Taussig, the creator of the Alchemical Visions Tarot, is a renowned artist and polymath: a physicist, photographer, filmmaker, and musician whose artwork has been exhibited in 300 exhibitions worldwide. His complex imagery explores the theme of the Hero's Journey throughout the major and minor arcana and reveals often overlooked psychological implications of many of the tarot archetypes. Each card is presented as a key to cultivating self-awareness and self-realization. While the Alchemical Visions Tarot falls in the tradition of the Waite and Marseilles decks, it moves past preconceived notions of race of and gender. It is a deck that all serious tarot enthusiasts and spiritual seekers will want to explore for themselves.

Download or read book The Alchemist written by Ben Jonson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Devil is an Ass written by Ben Jonson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Histories of the Devil written by Jeremy Tambling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about representations of the devil in English and European literature. Tracing the fascination in literature, philosophy, and theology with the irreducible presence of what may be called evil, or comedy, or the carnivalesque, this book surveys the parts played by the devil in the texts derived from the Faustus legend, looks at Marlowe and Shakespeare, Rabelais, Milton, Blake, Hoffmann, Baudelaire, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, and Mann, historically, speculatively, and from the standpoint of critical theory. It asks: Is there a single meaning to be assigned to the idea of the diabolical? What value lies in thinking diabolically? Is it still the definition of a good poet to be of the devil's party, as Blake argued?

Download or read book The Secret Tradition in Alchemy written by Arthur Edward Waite and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gods and Devils Opening Epoch written by Zang DaoFengMo and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hand could pluck stars! Two feet in the netherworld! A magnificent body towered over the heavens and the earth! One punch to wipe out all enemies! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! The path of domination was only a single piece of Celestial Land! "Fang Ling accidentally came to a cultivation world and opened up his Immortal Cultivation path. He entered the Baleful Yin Faction, the Heavenly Emperor's Cage, the Nether Realm, and the endless sea of blood, creating a legend of immortality!" "In this world, are there any lands blessed by immortals that avoid my loved ones, brother?" If not, then let me hold up the Heavens, take care of this land, and transform it into a Celestial Land to protect it! " Cultivation Stage: Dao Foundation Stage, Zhenqi Stage, Gale Fiend Stage, Mana Stage, Dao Embryo Stage, Aurous Core Stage, Dharma Appearance Stage, Primordial Spirit Stage, Pure Yang Stage ... [Close]

Download or read book Collected Works of C G Jung Alchemical Studies Volume 13 written by C.G. Jung and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychological and religious implications of alchemy were Jung's major preoccupation during the last thirty years of his life. The essays composing the present volume complete the publication of his alchemial researches, to which three entire volumes have been devoted ^DDL the monumental Mysterium Coniunctionis, Psychology and Alchemy, and Aion ^DDL besides shorter papers in other volumes. This collection of shorter Alchemial Studies has special value as an introduction to Jung's work on alchemy. The first study, on Chinese alchemy, marked the beginning of his interest in the subject, and was originally published in a volume written jointly with Richard Wilhelm. The other four are now published for the first time completely in English.

Download or read book The Secrets of Alchemy written by Lawrence Principe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemy, the Noble Art, conjures up scenes of mysterious, dimly lit laboratories populated with bearded old men stirring cauldrons. Though the history of alchemy is intricately linked to the history of chemistry, alchemy has nonetheless often been dismissed as the realm of myth and magic, or fraud and pseudoscience. And while its themes and ideas persist in some expected and unexpected places, from the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's) Stone of Harry Potter to the self-help mantra of transformation, there has not been a serious, accessible, and up-to-date look at the complete history and influence of alchemy until now.

Download or read book Alchemy written by Marie-Luise von Franz and published by Inner City Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was the genius of C.G. Jung to discover in the 'holy technique' of alchemy a parallel to the psychological individuation process. This book, by Jung's long-time friend and co-worker, completely demystifies the subject. Designed as an introduction to Jung's more detailed studies, and profusely illustrated, here is a lucid and practical account of what the alchemists were really looking for--emotional balance and wholeness"--back cover.