Download or read book Kingston and the Echoes of Magic written by Rucker Moses and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this duology's finale, Kingston travels back in time and uses his growing magic to save the world. Kingston might have saved Echo City but the victory is bittersweet without his pops by his side. The holidays are approaching and if Kingston could have one wish, it would be to have his father, who is trapped in the Realm, come home. But as new problems arise and blackouts blanket the city, Kingston begins to have a persistent feeling of déjà vu, as if he's lived this same day before—and he has. Echo City, living up to its name, is caught in a repeating time loop. Maestro, his father's old rival, has found a way to overwrite reality with an alternate timeline where he rules over all. It will be up to Kingston, Too Tall, and V to find a way to enter the Realm and travel back through time to stop him. But with a magic he still barely understands, Kingston will needs his friends’ smarts and their collective courage to figure out the mystery and find Maestro before Brooklyn as they know it is erased for good.
Download or read book Sounds written by Casey O'Callaghan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casey O'Callaghan presents the first philosophical book about sounds. He offers an original systematic treatment of sound and sound experience, and shows how thinking about audition and appreciating the relationships between multiple sense modalities can enrich our understanding of perception and the mind.
Download or read book The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions written by Arthur Gilman Shapiro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. The Compendium is a collection of over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusion creators or by vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms underlying the phenomena. --
Download or read book Illusion in Cultural Practice written by Katharina Rein and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores illusionism as a much larger phenomenon than optical illusion, magic shows, or special effects, as a vital part of how we perceive, process, and shape the world in which we live. Considering different cultural practices characterized by illusionism, this book suggests a new approach to illusion via media theory. Each of the chapters analyses a specific kind of illusionistic practice and the concept of illusionism it entails in a given context, including philosophy, perception and cognitive theory, performance magic, occultism, optics, physiology, early cinema, cartomancy, spiritualism, architecture, shamanic rituals, and theoretical physics, to show the diversity of shapes that illusionism and illusions can take. The book provides detailed analyses of illusions within performance and ritual magic, philosophy, art history and psychology as well as a first approach to the study of illusions outside of these established fields. It aims to find ways of identifying and analysing a wider range of illusions in the humanities. This multidisciplinary and comprehensive volume will appeal to scholars and students with an interest in media and culture, theatre and performance, philosophy, sociology, politics and religion. This publication was supported by the Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with funds from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. IKKM Books Volume 47 An overview of the whole series can be found at www.ikkm-weimar.de/schriften Chapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 license https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003188278-8/vanishing-lady-railway-illusions-movement-1-katharina-rein?context=ubx&refId=fe124e6e-8290-43e9-9d48-753bad162c50 Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003188278-13/talking-rocks-illusory-sounds-projections-otherworld-julia-shpinitskaya-riitta-rainio?context=ubx&refId=3aa829a8-8c0b-4103-870a-6fe5a4393e71
Download or read book Moonlit Odyssey written by Aaisha Daniel and published by Aaisha Daniel. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the depths of the Moonlit escapades, where reality entwines with the cosmic unknown, Mon's odyssey begins. Haunted by her own insanity and a malevolent manager, she seeks refuge in artificial intelligence. As the Moonlit escapades unfold, guided by glitches turned malevolent, Emily descends into a cosmic nightmare. In this psychological thriller, "Moonlit Odyssey," follow Mon's journey through celestial landscapes and astral nexuses. Each chapter reveals the cosmic forces shaping her destiny, but the calculated directives and glitches transform into harbingers of horror. As the Moonlit escapades warp into a chilling abyss, Mon faces existential questions about the nature of reality, destiny, and her role as a custodian of luminous energies. In the end, does she find answers, or does the celestial ballet remain an eternal enigma? Explore the boundaries of sanity and cosmic revelation in this chilling tale. The echoes of the Moonlit Odyssey linger, inviting you to contemplate the threads that bind destinies within the luminous embrace of the celestial abyss. Will you dare to embark on this haunting odyssey into the unknown? "Moonlit Odyssey" is a haunting exploration of the human psyche, where the cosmic unknown and artificial intelligence become mirrors reflecting the depths of Mon's unravelling sanity. The reader is drawn into a labyrinth of suspense, where every turn reveals a new layer of psychological terror.
Download or read book The Mind Games written by Finnegan Jones and published by RWG Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of a metropolis veiled in shadows and intrigue, "The Mind Games: A Thriller of Psychological Warfare" unfolds a labyrinthine tale of relentless pursuit and manipulative intrigue. When seasoned investigator Lucas Black and astute profiler Sarah Martinez are thrust into a web of enigmatic manipulations orchestrated by an elusive Puppet Master, their world transforms into a battleground of wits and psychological warfare. As they delve deeper into the enigmatic tapestry of clues and illusions, they unearth the unsettling truth that the greatest battle lies within the recesses of their minds. Amidst the city's eerie echoes and whispered secrets, Lucas and Sarah navigate a treacherous landscape of shattered illusions, confronting a series of mind-bending challenges designed to test their intellect and resilience. Their unwavering partnership becomes their strongest asset as they decipher cryptic symbols, untangle deceptive webs, and face the chilling echoes of a master manipulator determined to obscure reality. As the investigation hurtles towards its climax, Lucas and Sarah confront their greatest adversary in a final mental showdown. Each move and deduction becomes a pivotal step toward unraveling the truth and bringing closure to a thrilling saga that blurs the line between perception and reality. "The Mind Games: A Thriller of Psychological Warfare" is a riveting journey through the complex corridors of the human mind, a tale that challenges the very essence of truth and perception. Join Lucas and Sarah on an electrifying quest to unmask the Puppet Master and triumph over the shadows that conceal a truth both shocking and profound.
Download or read book Twelve Examples of Illusion written by Jan Westerhoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Buddhist writings frequently state that many of the things we perceive in the world are in fact illusory, as illusory as echoes or mirages. In Twelve Examples of Illusion, Jan Westerhoff offers an engaging look at a dozen illusions--including magic tricks, dreams, rainbows, and reflections in a mirror--showing how these phenomena can give us insight into reality. For instance, he offers a fascinating discussion of optical illusions, such as the wheel of fire (the "wheel" seen when a torch is swung rapidly in a circle), discussing Tibetan explanations of this phenomenon as well as the findings of modern psychology, and significantly clarifying the idea that most phenomena--from chairs to trees--are similar illusions. The book uses a variety of crystal-clear examples drawn from a wide variety of fields, including contemporary philosophy and cognitive science, as well as the history of science, optics, artificial intelligence, geometry, economics, and literary theory. Throughout, Westerhoff makes both Buddhist philosophical ideas and the latest theories of mind and brain come alive for the general reader.
Download or read book Breaking Free written by Lovelle Agbayani and published by Lovelle Agbayani. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the Power Within: Transform Your Life with 'Breaking Free' - A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Your Goals. This eye-opening ebook offers actionable strategies and heartfelt stories to help you break free from self-doubt, embrace your inner strength, and create the life you've always envisioned. Don't let another day pass by - take control and start your journey to a fulfilling, empowered life with 'Breaking Free' today!
Download or read book Echo written by Nadette Rodgers and published by Nadette Rae Rodgers. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addison Smith lived a life of crazy dreams that haunted her sleep and bled into her waking life. But after waking up a few months ago in the hospital and being told she was asleep and in a coma the whole time, Addison has a lot of questions. An unexpected guest comes to stay at the Smith house, bringing with her even more questions and a hidden past. The answers to all of Addison's troubles lie within the dreams of dreamers before her and some old diaries. This time Addison wants answers. Relive the past. Repeat the history. Echo the dreams. Echo is the second book in The Illusion Trilogy.
Download or read book Magic written by Robert Ralley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysterious art of magic has been a source of wonderment since before the time of Christ. Shape shifting between the supernatural practices of 'real' magic and demonstrations of dazzling illusion, magic has been used to conjure the evil eye, burn villages to the ground, slice women in half, and save men from being crushed to death by five tonnes of cement. Robert Ralley's history takes us deep into this magical underworld to reveal the astounding stories of some of the world's greatest magicians. From the astrology of the three wise men to Harry Houdini's escapology, and David Blain's endurance tests, Ralley illustrates the changing perceptions of magic and the dangerous balance between illusion, fraud, and devilry that still exists today.
Download or read book Metaphors Magic and Mystery written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of this anthology is words, especially words in the context of the Dharma. Words have such power and magic, and yet they also present so many limitations and pitfalls. There are questions of how to use them skilfully and accurately, and the dangers of taking things too literally or misunderstanding metaphors. Indeed, there's the difference between understanding words and really knowing anything at all. There's the relationship between words and the truth, and the role poetry plays in connecting them.
Download or read book Incredible Stories of the Fantasy World written by Amrahs Hseham and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book kicks off with "Ant's Army," a tale set against the Austrian backdrop. Antara, an industrious ant, transforms her colony into a formidable army to protect her homeland. The narrative unfolds a harmonious blend of fantasy and environmental consciousness, showcasing the strength that unity holds in the face of adversity. The journey continues with "Chess of Death," returning to the Austrian environment. The narrative introduces a high-stakes, magical chess game that entangles the lives of its players, weaving a gripping tale of strategy, consequences, and the pursuit of victory in the face of peril. "Barbed Whip" unfolds against the mystical ambiance of the Czech Republic. Valeria, a skilled warrior, wields a magical whip in her pursuit of justice against a malevolent force threatening her homeland. The story is infused with Czech cultural elements, providing a vivid and immersive experience. Moving on to "Crying River," the book explores a haunting tale set in the Czech landscape. A river with mystical properties reflects the emotions of those who traverse its waters, creating a poignant narrative that delves into the interconnectedness of nature and human emotions.
Download or read book Literature and the Senses written by Annette Kern-Stähler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Literature and the Senses critically probes the role of literature in capturing and scrutinizing sensory perception. Organized around the five traditional senses, followed by a section on multisensoriality, the collection facilitates a dialogue between scholars working on literature written from the Middle Ages to the present day. The contributors engage with a variety of theorists from Maurice Merleau-Ponty to Michel Serres to Jean-Luc Nancy to foreground the distinctive means by which literary texts engage with, open up, or make uncertain dominant views of the nature of perception. Considering the ways in which literary texts intersect with and diverge from scientific, epistemological, and philosophical perspectives, these essays explore a wide variety of literary moments of sensation including: the interspecies exchange of a look between a swan and a young Indigenous Australian girl; the sound of bees as captured in an early modern poem; the noxious smell of the 'Great Stink' that recurs in the Victorian novel; the taste of an eggplant registered in a poetic performance; tactile gestures in medieval romance; and the representation of a world in which the interdependence of human beings with the purple hibiscus plant is experienced through all five senses. The collection builds upon and breaks new ground in the field of sensory studies, focusing on what makes literature especially suitable to engaging with, contributing to, and challenging our perennial understandings of, the senses.
Download or read book Saving Possibilities written by Amihud Gilead and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces a new metaphysics which deals with the psycho-physical problem in philosophical psychology, as well as with problems in the scientific standing of psychoanalysis and chaos theory, the feminine psyche, the possibility of cinematic illusion, meaningful madness, and why machines cannot think.
Download or read book Buddhism Abhidharma and Madhyamaka written by Paul Williams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eight-volume set brings together seminal papers in Buddhist studies from a vast range of academic disciplines published over the last forty years. With a new introduction by the editor, this collection is a unique and unrivalled research resource for both student and scholar. Coverage includes: - Buddhist origins; early history of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia - early Buddhist Schools and Doctrinal History; Theravada Doctrine - the Origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism; some Mahayana religious topics - Abhidharma and Madhyamaka - Yogacara, the Epistemological tradition, and Tathagatagarbha - Tantric Buddhism (Including China and Japan); Buddhism in Nepal and Tibet - Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, and - Buddhism in China, East Asia, and Japan.
Download or read book The Illusions of Time written by Valtteri Arstila and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection presents the latest cutting-edge research in the philosophy and cognitive science of temporal illusions. Illusion and error have long been important points of entry for both philosophical and psychological approaches to understanding the mind. Temporal illusions, specifically, concern a fundamental feature of lived experience, temporality, and its relation to a fundamental feature of the world, time, thus providing invaluable insight into investigations of the mind and its relationship with the world. The existence of temporal illusions crucially challenges the naïve assumption that we can simply infer the temporal nature of the world from experience. This anthology gathers eighteen original papers from current leading researchers in this subject, covering four broad and interdisciplinary topics: illusions of temporal passage, illusions and duration, illusions of temporal order and simultaneity, and the relationship between temporal illusions and the cognitive representation of time.
Download or read book Inconceivable Emancipation written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes the ideal of the Bodhisattva, one who seeks to become Enlightened out of a compassionate desire to help all living beings. In the Vimalakirti-Nirdesa we meet the Bodhisattva Vimalakirti, a worker of wonders, a formidable debator and skilful teacher. Sangharakshita's commentary illuminates this original text, its myths and symbols, and explores the powerful figure of Vimalakirti and the significance of his teachings.
