Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems

Science and Magic in the Modern World is a unique text that explores the role of magical thinking in everyday life. It provides an excellent psycho...

This anthology of essays, a companion to Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects, Volume I, aims to explore the many types of r...

This book offers an ethnographic and conceptual analysis of contemporary UFO phenomena, focusing specifically on Chilean ufology and the ufological...

A paleoanthropologist reveals the teaching he received from a revered Hawaiian shaman, including the three life rules of a spiritual warrior, solem...

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

A clear, concise and detailed historical analysis of the eclectic and arcane visual and material culture of the occult. Focusing on a carefully cu...

Few fields of academic research are surrounded by so many misunderstandings and misconceptions as the study of Western esotericism. For twenty year...

Acknowledge your feelings and their origins, heal your wounds and understand who you truly are through the cathartic process of shadow work in this...

This edited volume explores the dialogue between art and music with that of mystical currents at the turn of the twentieth century. The volume draw...

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

New Religious Movements tend to start their lives with a number of unequivocal statements, not only of a theological nature but also about the worl...

This book, first published in 1956, is the first authoritative, comprehensive account of the worldwide activities of Jehovahs Witnesses. It traces ...

Scholars explore from many fresh angles the interweavings of two of the richest strands of human culture - music and esotericism - with examples f...