Magic, Mystery, and Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Magic, Mystery, and Science write by Dan Burton. This book was released on 2004. Magic, Mystery, and Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "[P.D. Ouspensky's] yearning for a transcendent, timeless reality—one that cancels out physical disintegration and death—figures into science at some fundamental level. Einstein found solace in his theory of relativity, which suggested to him that events are ever-present in the space-time continuum. When his friend Michele Besso passed on shortly before his own death, he wrote: 'For us believing physicists the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, even if a stubborn one.'" —from Magic, Mystery, and Science The triumph of science would appear to have routed all other explanations of reality. No longer does astrology or alchemy or magic have the power to explain the world to us. Yet at one time each of these systems of belief, like religion, helped shed light on what was dark to our understanding. Nor have the occult arts disappeared. We humans have a need for mystery and a sense of the infinite. Magic, Mystery, and Science presents the occult as a "third stream" of belief, as important to the shaping of Western civilization as Greek rationalism or Judeo-Christianity. The occult seeks explanations in a world that is living and intelligent—quite unlike the one supposed by science. By taking these beliefs seriously, while keeping an eye on science, this book aims to capture some of the power of the occult. Readers will discover that the occult has a long history that reaches back to Babylonia and ancient Egypt. It proceeds alongside, and frequently mingles with, religion and science. From the Egyptian Book of the Dead to New Age beliefs, from Plato to Adolf Hitler, occult ways of knowing have been used—and hideously abused—to explain a world that still tempts us with the knowledge of its dark secrets.
EVERYBODY'S BOOK OF LUCK
EVERYBODY'S BOOK OF LUCK - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook EVERYBODY'S BOOK OF LUCK write by ANONYMOUS. This book was released on 2023-06-19. EVERYBODY'S BOOK OF LUCK available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Everybody's Book of Luck by Anonymous takes you on an enlightening expedition through the many dimensions of luck and fortune. Explore the various beliefs, traditions, and superstitions surrounding luck from cultures around the world, and delve into the human tendency to seek patterns and meaning in seemingly random events. With Everybody's Book of Luck, you'll discover how different societies interpret luck and learn about rituals designed to invite good fortune. Thought-provoking and often surprising, this book offers a fascinating look at how the concept of luck shapes our worldviews and lives.
The Occult Sciences
The Occult Sciences - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Occult Sciences write by Arthur Edward Waite. This book was released on 2019-06-06. The Occult Sciences available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The subject of occultism, by which we mean those sciences, called transcendental and magical, a knowledge of which has been transmitted and accumu¬lated in secret, or is contained in books that have an inner or secret meaning, has been very fully dealt with during recent years by various students of eminence. But the works of these well-equipped investigators are, in most instances, unsuited to an elementary reader, and they are all somewhat expensive. It has remained for the results of their studies to be condensed into a port¬able volume, which shall conduct the inquirer into the vestibule of each branch of "the occult sciences," and place within his reach the proper means of prosecuting his researches further in any desired direction. It is such an unpretending but useful task which we have set ourselves to perform in the present volume, which em¬braces, as we would claim, in a compressed and digested form, the whole scope of occult knowledge, expressed in the language of a learner.
Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice
Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice write by . This book was released on 2020-11-16. Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice brings together the latest research on Islamic occult sciences from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, namely intellectual history, manuscript studies and material culture. Its aim is not only to showcase the range of pioneering work that is currently being done in these areas, but also to provide a model for closer interaction amongst the disciplines constituting this burgeoning field of study. Furthermore, the book provides the rare opportunity to bridge the gap on an institutional level by bringing the academic and curatorial spheres into dialogue. Contributors include: Charles Burnett, Jean-Charles Coulon, Maryam Ekhtiar, Noah Gardiner, Christiane Gruber, Bink Hallum, Francesca Leoni, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Michael Noble, Rachel Parikh, Liana Saif, Maria Subtelny, Farouk Yahya, and Travis Zadeh.
Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients
Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients write by Louis Jacolliot. This book was released on 1864. Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
