Subtitle: 'An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings'.
Join ceremonial magician John Michael Greer as he takes readers on a harrowing journey into the reality of the impossible. The author also provides techniques of magical self-defense for those times when monsters pose a threat to [...]
Natural magic is the ancient and powerful art of using material substances - herbs, stones, incenses, oils, and much more - to tap into the hidden magical powers of nature, transforming your surroundings and yourself. Not just a cookbook of spells, the Encyclopedia of Natural Magic provides an intro[...]
Do UFOs exist? Are the lights and strange craft in our skies aliens from other galaxies-or the product of fraud, delusion, or mistaken identity? John Michael Greer - a respected authority on occult traditions - reveals the secret hidden at the centre of the UFO labyrinth. This meticulously researche[...]
Are mystic symbols embedded in Washington, D.C. landmarks? Was the Capitol?s street layout
designed using geomancy?an ancient divination technique? Did our Founding Fathers practice rituals in secret societies? What?s the truth behind the mystical elements inside Dan Brown?s blockbuster, [...]
A century ago, groups descending from the famed Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn fused the occult lore of the Western magical tradition with the nature spirituality of the Druid Revival. They invoked Pagan Celtic powers instead of the Judeo-Christian names and symbols. Respected occult author and G[...]
Michael Mann is one of the most influential sociologists writing today. His three-volume work The Sources of Social Power , the third volume of which has just been completed, has transformed our way of thinking about power and has rewritten the history of human societies. No one interested in under[...]
Including more than 130 colour photographs, the story of two-cylinder tractors shows superbly restored tractors owned by enthusiasts in the United States, Britain and Canada. Some of the photographs are detailed shots showing special features. These provide a fascinating record of the design changes[...]
In the shadow of his father Kirk's overpowering fame, Michael Douglas forged a career for himself and became recognised in his own right as an award-winning actor and producer. But fame has taken its toll on Michael's personal life. His struggles with sexual addiction, his treatment for alcoholism a[...]
It was 1976 when Leon and Michael Spinks first punched their way into America's living rooms. That year, they became the first brothers to win Olympic gold in the same Games. Shortly thereafter, they became the first brothers to win the heavyweight title: Leon toppled The Greatest, Muhammad Ali; Mic[...]
Whether you dream of restoring a John Deere or have a whole shed full of them, you'll cherish the reminiscences within the pages of "This Old John Deere. "This book is a treasury of memoriesa short stories, essays, tall tales, and reminiscencesa all devoted to John Deere tractors and to their role o[...]
In this new collection of songs inspired by the Gospel of John, Michael Card provides an extended musical meditation on the wisdom of Jesus. In his Gospel, John describes Jesus as the incarnate Word, the divine Logos, the embodiment of all truth and wisdom. This Jesus reorients our understanding of [...]
A challenging new vision of the future, "The Long Descent" traces the decline and fall of an industrial society fatally out of balance with planetary limits and shows how personal change and local action can shape a better tomorrow.[...]
In response to the coming impact of peak oil, John Michael Greer helps us envision the transition from an industrial society to a sustainable ecotechnic world -- not returning to the past, but creating a society that supports relatively advanced technology on a sustainable resource base. Fusing hum[...]
Our destructive obsession with money and economic growth has driven us to the brink of disaster. This book exposes the flaws in conventional economic theory and shows how through public policy initiatives and personal choices the economy can be restructured at an appropriate scale with a focus on th[...]
Merlin, Gandalf, Voldemort--these well-known sorcerers from popular culture are famed for their amazing spells and spectacular magical powers. In ancient times, however, a wizard was actually a freelance intellectual whose main stock in trade was good advice, supported by a thorough education in agr[...]
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Although he was writing nearly a century ago, William Butler Yeats could just as easily be describing the United States today. The decline and fall of America's global empire is the central feature of today's geopolit[...]
Progress is not just a goal in the West-it's a religion. Most people believe in its inherent value as enthusiastically and uncritically as medieval peasants believed in heaven and hell. Our faith in progress drives the popular insistence that peak oil and climate change don't actually matter-after a[...]
It's one of those topics most of us would rather avoid in conversation -- why would anyone want to reveal private jealousies, resentments, fantasies, temptations, or other weaknesses? Yet steady sales of this valuable little book attest that there are plenty of us who struggle with these things -- a[...]