Alternative Belief Systems

An award-winning historians examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance   Historically rich and su...

A journey into the mystical and spiritual side of the famed Doors front man Reveals Jim Morrison as a shamanic initiate and esoteric teacher who us...

The fifteen contributions to the multilingual volume together chart Ciceros presence in the cultural history of Basel from the citys foundation to...

This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion. It examines religious expression from a cross-cu...

A leading journalist's intense, riveting and personal investigation into the worlds and minds of cults At a new age festival in Byron Bay, journali...

A new deluxe miniature Tarot deck inspired by the famous Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Includes 78 full-color, gilt-edged cards featuring new interpretat...

This volume focuses on the intersection of religion and media in China, bringing interdisciplinary approaches to bear on the role of religion in th...

Exploring European changes in religious and secular beliefs and practices related to life passages, this book provides a deeper understanding of th...

The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and certain other works of fantasy and science fiction have inspired some of their readers and viewers to believe...

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive drink used for healing and divination among religious groups in the Brazilian Amazon. 'Ayahuasca, Ritual and Religion i...

Many Peoples, Many Faiths places the worlds religions in historical context, illustrating the complex dynamic of each religion over time, while als...

This book provides a timely reappraisal of one of the most enduring subjects in the history of art the naked body.Beginning with reflections on wh...

Spirited Histories combines ethnography with critical theory to provide a sophisticated exploration of the intersection of haunting and the paranor...

The notion of the deification of the human person (theosis, theopoièsis, deificatio) was one of the most fundamental themes of Christian theology i...

Interest in preternatural and supernatural themes has revitalized the Gothic tale, renewed explorations of psychic powers and given rise to a host ...

The search for an adequate understanding of the New Age phenomenon is fraught with difficulties when examined within the perspectives of sociology ...

This collection of essays explores the rhetoric and practices surrounding views on life after death and the end of the world, including the fate of...

The American publics perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the anticult movement of the 1970s, whi...

Chromatius of Aquileia and the Making of a Christian City examines how the increasing authority of institutionalized churches changed late antique ...

This book reveals how, when, where, and why vitalism and its relationship to new scientific theories, philosophies and concepts of energy became se...

This book reveals how, when, where, and why vitalism and its relationship to new scientific theories, philosophies and concepts of energy became se...