Rivers of Life

Rivers of Life
Author: J.G. R. Forlong
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Total Pages: 685
Release: 1883
Genre: History
ISBN: 5872678789

Sources and streams of the faiths of man in all lands; showing the evolution of faiths from the rudest symbolism to the latest spiritual developments

Dutch Jewry

Dutch Jewry
Author: Jonathan Irvine Israel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9789004124363

This volume, consisting of seventeen studies by leading experts in the field, constitutes an important new survey of Dutch jewish history.

Mediterranean Enlightenment

Mediterranean Enlightenment
Author: Francesca Bregoli
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2014-06-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0804791597

The Mediterranean port of Livorno was home to one of the most prominent and privileged Jewish enclaves of early modern Europe. Focusing on Livornese Jewry, this book offers an alternative perspective on Jewish acculturation during the eighteenth century, and reassesses common assumptions about the interactions of Jews with outside culture and the impact of state reforms on the corporate Jewish community. Working from a vast array of previously untapped archival and literary sources, Francesca Bregoli combines cultural analysis with a study of institutional developments to investigate Jewish responses to Enlightenment thought and politics, as well as non-Jewish perceptions of Jews, through an exploration of Jewish-Christian cultural exchange, sites of sociability, and reformist policies. Mediterranean Enlightenment shows that Livornese Jewish scholars engaged with Enlightenment ideals and aspired to contribute to society at large without weakening the boundaries of traditional Jewish life. By arguing that the privileged status of Livorno Jewry had conservative rather than liberalizing effects, it also challenges the notion that economic utility facilitates Jewish integration, nuancing received wisdom about processes of emancipation in Europe.

Reluctant Cosmopolitans

Reluctant Cosmopolitans
Author: Daniel Swetschinski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN:

Focusing on the social dimension of Amsterdam's Portuguese Jewish economic and religious life, Swetschinski paints a lively and unconventional picture of the dynamics of a remarkable Jewish community.

American Religions

American Religions
Author: J. Gordon Melton
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2000-12-08
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Examines the history of religious practice and belief in the United States, covering a period that ranges over five hundred years, and includes over two hundred illustrations.

Hekate

Hekate
Author: Sorita D'Este
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781905297351

A collection of devotional essays on working with Hekate.

Circle for Hekate -Volume I, History & Mythology

Circle for Hekate -Volume I, History & Mythology
Author: Sorita D'Este
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-11-26
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781910191071

The author draws together scholarly research from a wide range of sources, highlighting the manifold and universal nature of the goddess Hekate. Suitable for reading as a standalone text by those fascinated in the history and myths related to her, it also serves as background reading for those seeking a clear contextual foundation for practice.

The Plot Against the Church

The Plot Against the Church
Author: Maurice Pinay
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2016-06-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1365162427

This book, The Plot Against the Church, was published prior to the beginning of the Second Vatican Council as a warning of what the dark powers had in store for the Church. The high ranking clerics, writing as Maurice Pinay, stated that the ultimate purpose of the Council was to remove the crime of Deicide from the Jews and assign it instead to the Romans. It is a scholarly work, worthy of consideration of all who would understand Christian history and Christian defense against forces seeking to destroy the Church and Faith. While written in 1962, Rabbi Louis Israel Newman wrote much the same from the Jewish side in his 1925 work Jewish Influence in Christian Reform Movements, which is quoted extensively in The Plot.

Symbols

Symbols
Author: comte Eugène Goblet d'Alviella
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 048641437X

This remarkable classic by a world expert on the evolution and migration of symbols explains in detail what a symbol is, how it served a culture, developed or fell into disuse. Considerable attention is paid to how various symbols have changed in meaning and form during their migrations. Among the configurations discussed: the triskelion, swastika, caduceus, double-headed eagle, "tree of life," lotus, and assorted crosses. 161 black-and-white illustrations plus 6 plates.

The Temple of Hekate

The Temple of Hekate
Author: Tara Sanchez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781905297498

The Temple of Hekate is a vibrant and exciting collection of modern rituals and practices exploring the mysteries of the Goddess Hekate. In this book Tara Sanchez draws together her knowledge of ancient practices and literature merging it with her personal experiences and ideas. Thoroughly modern, but steeped in history, this is a book of rituals, meditations, divinations and other techniques through which the reader is invited to explore the magick of this ancient goddess of the crossroads, sorcery and witchcraft. The reader is introduced to essential practices such as keeping a magickal journal, setting up the altar, ritual purification, sacred space, preparing incenses and making a ritual robe; as well as more advanced practices such as ritual gestures, sacred vowels and dream incubation. Other techniques covered include knot magick and phylacteries, psychic development and the use of banishing rituals. The exercises in this book present the beginner with everything they need, and the experienced practitioner with a new and fresh perspective. Divination is a very popular area of study amongst those interested in modern witchcraft and magic, and this book presents a unique Hekatean approach to using and interpreting the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Through drawing together ideas from ancient literature and applying it to modern works, the author has created the Oracle of Her Sacred Fires. This oracle is a system of divination by dice and draws on the writings of dozens of modern priests, priestesses and mystics who contributed to the anthology Hekate Her Sacred Fires (d'Este, 2010) - a wonderful blend of old and new! The comprehensive appendixes provide additional reference material which can be used to enhance workings with the Goddess Hekate. They include material on Hekate and the other Gods, herbs, plant and animal correspondences, other spiritual beings such as daemons, the winds and the four elements - as well as techniques for reduction sigils and planetary hours. Filled with a blend of ancient and modern wisdom, ritual, technique and theory - this book is essential reading for complete beginners, intermediate students and experienced hands who are looking for relevant 21st century insights and ideas, which also honour the past - and in the process it opens up entirely new ways through which to explore the magick of the Goddess Hekate today.