Best of
Paganism

1986

The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews


Scott Cunningham - 1986
    The more things in your ritual to help your mind associate with your goal, the more powerful your ritual may be. Colored candles, scented oils, natural incenses, and more all add to the impact of the magic you wish to do. But how do you know which incense to burn? Is it possible to add scented oils together to get a more powerful oil? And how do you make your own appropriately-scented tools?The answers to questions like these and hundreds more can be found in The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews by world-famous author Scott Cunningham. This is a greatly expanded and rewritten version of The Magic of Incenses, Oils and Brews. It includes over 100 new formulas, proportions for each element of the recipes (the most requested feature from his previous book), how to substitute ingredients, and much more. Besides the formulas, it also includes the exact methods of making all of these scented tools, including how to extract the essences from the herbs.Each one of the formulas in this magic book is precise and easy to make. Do you need luck? Take 2 parts vetivert, 2 parts allspice, 1 part nutmeg, and 1 part calamus, grind them together as finely as possible, then sprinkle the powder in a circle around you, beginning and ending in the East and moving clockwise. Sit within this circle and absorb the powder's energies. Also included are other ways to use magical powders that will have you coming up with your own ideas for them, too.There is a legion of recipes for incenses. There are three for the sun and two for consecrating talismans. There are incenses for each of the astrological signs and ones to help you study better and gain success. You'll also find incenses for each of the planetary influences. There are four for Saturn alone!This compendium of magical lore is a vital tool for every magical person on any magical path, whether you are a beginner or an expert.

Flower Essence and Vibrational Healing


Gurudas - 1986
    An in-depth guide to Flower Essences and their uses. The work of Gurudas provides a wealth of information about the uses of around 112 Flower Essences, and how they can help us at all levels of our being. There is also a wide range of information related to Vibrational Medicine.

The Mother's Songs: Images of God the Mother


Meinrad Craighead - 1986
    Each picture in this book tells a story-childhood memories, my encounters with the Black Madonna in Europe, dreams and experiences of her during the years I lived in a monastery and, more recently, my awareness of her in the landscape of the American Southwest where I now live.

George Gemistos Plethon: The Last of the Hellenes


C.M. Woodhouse - 1986
    Woodhouse emphasizes Plethon's controversy with George Scholarios on the respective meritsof Plato and Aristotle and his important impact on the Italian humanists during the Council of Union at Ferrara and Florence in 1438-9. Though Plethon's ambition to create a new religion based on Neoplatonism was never realized, his ideas had a significant influence on the westernRenaissance.

The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume II


Stuart R. Kaplan - 1986
    Provides information on every important theory and intepretation and every recognized deck, illustrating and commenting on the symbolism of the early Tarocchi decks and the major later decks.

The Acharnians/The Clouds/The Knights/The Wasps


Aristophanes - 1986
    1 of 3: With the English Translation; The Acharnians; The Clouds; The Knights; The WaspsAristophanes is an elusive poet. The main religious convictions of Aeschylus may be determined with certainty from his extant plays attentive study of the dramas of Euripides reveals his cardinal opinions on politics, society and religion, and his philosophic attitude; but who can affirm with confidence that he has penetrated the comic mask of Aristophanes and knows his beliefs? The poet's mocking irony baffles and perplexes his reader at almost every turn.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.