Alien Magic

Alien Magic
Author: William F. Hamilton
Publisher: Inner Light - Global communications
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Alien abduction
ISBN: 9780938294504

The author relates his experiences and those of others as he has pursued aliens for four decades.

Magic, Miracles, and Religion

Magic, Miracles, and Religion
Author: Ilkka Pyysiäinen
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2004-06-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0759115567

Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, PyysiSinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as 'god,' 'ideology,' 'culture,' 'magic,' 'miracles,' and 'religion.' For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.

Winds of Magic

Winds of Magic
Author: Kyra Halland
Publisher: Kyra Halland
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

After a terrible mistake in his youth, Esavas Daruvias has found a home at the secluded Tower as a Master of weather magic, vowed to celibacy, self-mastery, and non-violence. Then, without warning, the troubles of the past resurface to disrupt his quiet life. The Mardavian Islands are threatened by a rebellion led by a mage with strange and terrible powers - his sister Rayaluna, the person hurt most by his long-ago mistake. Though Esavas has been hidden away at the Tower for more than twelve years and is sworn to a life of peace, the crown prince calls on him to help put a stop to the rebellion - and refusing isn't an option. Treated as a prisoner and traitor by the king, caught between the king's and the prince's conflicting goals, baffled by his sister's impossible powers, and bound by his oath to never raise a hand in violence, Esavas must risk everything he knows, everything he is, even his own soul, to stand against Rayaluna's terrifying magic and save the people of the Islands - and Rayaluna herself - from her destructive madness. From an austere scholars' tower to sun-soaked beaches, from desperate hillside battles to seas full of danger, come discover a new magic-filled adventure in Mage of Storm and Sea. Note: Mage of Storm and Sea is an epic fantasy series with a prominent romantic storyline in the later books. There will eventually be an HEA for the characters, but they have to work for it first! Mage of Storm and Sea is set in the world of the Wildings saga, in the Islands of Silas's mage ancestors, but stands alone and can be enjoyed if you haven't read the Wildings books. Contains strong language, violence, and mature subject matter, including sexual references and content.

Envisioning Magic

Envisioning Magic
Author: Peter Schäfer
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2018-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004378979

This collection of twelve articles presents a selection of papers delivered in the course of a seminar 1994-95 and its concluding international symposium at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. The common theme is the interrelation between magic and religion, focussing particularly on the Mediterranean world in Antiquity - Egyptian, Graeco-Roman and Jewish beliefs and customs - but also treating the early modern period in Northern Europe (the Netherlands and Germany) as well as offering more general reflections on elements of magic in language and Jewish mysticism. The volume is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach and the use of varied methodologies, emphasizing the dynamic nature of the often contradictory forces shaping religious beliefs and practices, while dismissing the idea of a linear development from magic to religion or vice versa. The contributors are outstanding scholars in their fields: Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Classical Studies, Early Christianity, Islamic Studies, Anthropology, Egyptology and Comparative Literature. Without a doubt this re-evaluation of a fascinating age-old subject will stimulate scholarly discussion and appeal to educated non-specialist readers as well.

Jewish Magic and Superstition

Jewish Magic and Superstition
Author: Joshua Trachtenberg
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2012-10-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0812208331

Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the experience and history of the Jewish people without attempting to recover their folklife and beliefs from centuries past. Jewish Magic and Superstition is a masterful and utterly fascinating exploration of religious forms that have all but disappeared yet persist in the imagination. The volume begins with legends of Jewish sorcery and proceeds to discuss beliefs about the evil eye, spirits of the dead, powers of good, the famous legend of the golem, procedures for casting spells, the use of gems and amulets, how to battle spirits, the ritual of circumcision, herbal folk remedies, fortune telling, astrology, and the interpretation of dreams. First published more than sixty years ago, Trachtenberg's study remains the foundational scholarship on magical practices in the Jewish world and offers an understanding of folk beliefs that expressed most eloquently the everyday religion of the Jewish people.

I Was A Sixth Grade Alien #1

I Was A Sixth Grade Alien #1
Author: Bruce Coville
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 067102650X

When aliens come to Earth on an interplanetary trade mission, Tim makes friends with the ambassador's son and together they uncover a plot to sabotage the mission. Series has good covers. 9 yrs+

Alien: Into Charybdis

Alien: Into Charybdis
Author: Alex White
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 178909528X

The critically acclaimed author of Alien: The Cold Forge takes readers to a rogue colony where terror lurks in the tunnels of an abandoned Weyland-Yutani complex. “Shy” Hunt and the tech team from McAllen Integrations thought it was an easy job—set up environmental systems for the brand new Hasanova Data Solutions colony, built on the abandoned ruins of a complex known as “Charybdis.” There are just two problems: the colony belongs to the Iranian state, so diplomacy is strained at best, and the complex is located above a series of hidden caves. Charybdis has a darker history than any could imagine, and its depths harbor deadly secrets. Until their ship can be refueled, the McAllen team is trapped there. The deeper they dig, the more Shy is convinced there's no one they can believe. When a bizarre ship lands on a nearby island, one of the workers is attacked by a taloned creature, and trust evaporates between the Iranians and Americans. The McAllen integrations crew are imprisoned, accused as spies, but manage to send out a distress signal... to the Colonial Marines.

In Alien Heat

In Alien Heat
Author: Steve Dewey
Publisher: Anomalist Books, LLC
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2005-12
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1933665025

There has probably never been anything like it in UFO history, but the UFO fever that gripped the small British town of Warminster for about a decade is now largely forgotten. It was one of the largest UFO flaps ever to occur. Thousands of witnesses reported seeing the "Warminster Thing." The hilltops around the town attracted a loyal band of followers, all waiting for the magic sighting, the landing, the contact. The authors were themselves among the skywatchers and spent nights on Cradle Hill, the center of the phenomenon, watching and waiting for UFOs, but also watching and listening to the witnesses and ufologists. IN ALIEN HEAT introduces the Warminster phenomenon to a new generation of readers. It contains a short history of the phenomenon, places it in its social and historical context, and examines the possible mechanisms that initiated and sustained this remarkable UFO flap.

Another Horizon

Another Horizon
Author: Marsha E. Beighley
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2011-04-12
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1462000606

A collection of fun to read and thoughtful sci-fi and fantasy related poetry. Read about knights and unicorns as well as robots and planets. Poems to inspire, amuse and make connections to the emotions that drive us to aspire to more than the everyday. Highly detailed art work adds to the reading experience with the idea of which was created first the art or the poetry. This book is an excellent addition to the poetry collectors library or a fun way to introduce preteens to poetry.

The NYT Bestselling Moonshadow Box Set

The NYT Bestselling Moonshadow Box Set
Author: Thea Harrison
Publisher: Teddy Harrison LLC
Total Pages: 972
Release: 2021-12-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1947046527

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Thea Harrison comes the full Moonshadow trilogy, in one convenient box set. This box set contains all 3 novels in the New York Times bestselling Moonshadow trilogy, complete and unabridged. Prepare to enter a realm of magic, danger, and passion. Welcome to the world of the Elder Races. Contains: 1. Moonshadow 2. Spellbinder 3. Lionheart Moonshadow While in the U.K., ex-LAPD witch consultant Sophie Ross finds herself unwittingly ensnared in the millennia old conflict raging between the Light and Dark Courts of the Fae. Barred from their homeland, Nikolas Sevigny and his fellow Daoine Sidhe Knights of the Dark Court are desperate to return to Lyonesse and thwart the advances of Isabeau, the deadly Queen of the Light Court. Nikolas believes Sophie is the key to unlocking the barriers keeping him from his homeland, and the reluctant allies find themselves inexplicably drawn together. As magic threatens Lyonesse, Queen Isabeau unleashes her merciless Hounds, and Nikolas and Sophie become embroiled in a race for survival. Despite the danger, the passion simmering between them ignites. Will they have a chance to explore it, or will they fall victim to the Queen of the Light Court? Spellbinder Kidnapped for her musical ability and cruelly punished for refusing to share it, human musician Sidonie Martel is trapped in the mystical land of Avalon, broken and alone except for one mysterious man. Morgan le Fae may be one of the most powerful sorcerers in history, but for hundreds of years he’s been enslaved to Queen Isabeau of the Light Court. Sidonie reawakens in Morgan feelings he had believed were long dead. For Sidonie, the passion she feels with Morgan provides illusory safety in a perilous situation. But Isabeau holds Morgan bound in magical chains that only Death can break. And in the court of a cruel, jealous Queen, the only thing that burns hotter than love is revenge. Lionheart The Dark Court faces its most deadly peril yet. Its ancient enemy Isabeau, Queen of the Light Court, is obsessed with its annihilation, and King Oberon, fierce protector of the Dark Court in Lyonesse, has been laid low by an assassination attempt. Trauma surgeon and magic user Dr. Kathryn Shaw is called upon to save the injured King from the enchantment threatening to end his life. She awakens the injured King, but too soon. His emotions frozen by the enchantment, he’s unable to feel anything. As Isabeau prepares her attack, Kathryn must set aside her own unrequited feelings and help Oberon regain his emotions. Because if he doesn’t care to fight for his people and Court, Lyonesse itself may be destroyed.