Alternative Belief Systems

Criticism of Earth thoroughly reassesses Marx and Engels's engagement with theology, analyzing their collected works for discussions of spiritual m...

Explores Sylvia Plaths enduring interest and active practice in mysticism and the occult from childhood until her tragic death in 1963. Sharing her...

Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (14291503) served five kings of Naples as a courtier, official, and diplomat, and earned even greater fame as a scholar, ...

How was magic practiced in medieval times? How did it relate to the diverse beliefs and practices that characterized this fascinating period? This ...

Taste the Forbidden History. Witchcraft owned your skin before you ever knew you did. You slipped into it down the drain-pipe of a birth cord, and ...

In this rousing study, Alessandro Olsaretti argues that we need a new approach to fundamental questions to turn back neoliberal economic policy. Th...

The German-Austrian social theorist and philosopher Leo Kofler (1907-1995) represents what Oskar Negt once called 'unmutilated, living Marxism'. Th...

Georg Lukács (1885-1971) was one of the most original Marxist philosophers and literary critics of the twentieth century. His work was a major infl...

False religions abound in the US and beyond, and Christians need information they can trust. Since the 1960s, The Kingdom of the Cults has been a t...

The Hare Krishnas have long been associated with Western hippie culture and New Age religious movements, but they have also developed deeply rooted...

Ohio housewife Sherry Shriner grew to prominence as a social media cult leader, flourishing in the era of conspiracy theories and the 9/11 Truther ...

Ohio housewife Sherry Shriner grew to prominence as a social media cult leader, flourishing in the era of conspiracy theories and the 9/11 Truther ...

A guide to discovering the shadow wisdom hidden in your birth chart. Recently rediscovered by modern psychology, the shadow self was recognized in ...

An exploration of German esoteric history from prehistory to the present. No country is richer in occult and esoteric traditions than Germany. In t...

As congregations strive to live into the potential and joy of Beloved Community, these essays will inspire them to seed and nourish a new way. Wha...