Alternative Belief Systems

An autobiographical work offering unique insights into the practice of fairy ritual healers of Romania, A Fairy Path: The Memoir of a Young Fairy S...

Traces the history of good fortune traditions from sacred divination to modern gambling. Some believe that our future is predetermined, while other...

In this in-depth look at occult and esoteric traditions in Russia, Christopher McIntosh explores the currents of mysticism, myth, magic, and the sp...

Isis has a history spanning millennia and an influence stretching across land and sea. She is a Goddess who transcends time and geography, remainin...

This book focuses on the question of how different contexts are relevant in the shaping and expression of individual spirituality spanning from ear...

Reclaiming magic and magical thought in the modern, mainstream world The modern Western world has often raised its eyebrows at magic, associating ...

This volume presents editions of two fascinating anonymous and untitled manuscripts of magic produced in Elizabethan England: the Antiphoner Notebo...

The astrologer-physician Richard Napier (1559-1634) was not only a man of practical science and medicine but also a master of occult arts and a dev...

Fifty years after its publication, Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society (1966) remains a seminal work. It is one of the clearest articulation...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWe all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to r...

In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, a controversial school of Russian thinkers emerged, convinced that humanity was entering an advanced...

'Required reading for anyone remotely curious about how they came to be remotely curious' Observer'Enthralling' Spectator What is human consciousn...

A comprehensive tour of North American spiritual groups that use psychoactive drugs in the search for higher consciousness. For thousands of years,...

An in-depth guide to attaining the enlightenment of the Philosopher’s Stone. Inspired by alchemists of the past, R. E. Kretz explores the mechanics...

The relationship between early Mormons and the United States was marked by anxiety and hostility, heightened over the course of the nineteenth cent...