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The Secret History of the World
As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
by Mark Booth
They say that history is written by the victors. But what if history--or what we come to know as history--has all along been written by the wrong people? What if everything we've been told is only part of the story? What if it's the wrong part? In this groundbreaking new work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling intellectual tour of our world's secret histories. Starting from a dangerous premise--that... (more)
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Mystical Qabalah
by Dion Fortune, Alan Richardson
Dion Fortune's classic, The Mystical Qabalah, explores all aspects of the Qabalah, including the esoteric sciences of astrology and tarot, which form the basis of the Western Mystery Traditions. It provides a key to the practical working of this mystical system for both novice and initiate alike.
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Psychic Self-Defense
by Dion Fortune
After finding herself the subject of a powerful psychic attack, Dion Fortune wrote this detailed instruction manual for safeguarding yourself against paranormal malevolence. Fortune explores the elusive psychic element in mental illness and, more importantly, details the methods, motives, and physical aspects of psychic attack, and how to overcome this energy. The revised edition of this New Age classic includes... (more)
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In Search of the Miraculous
Fragments of an Unknown Teaching
by P. D. Ouspensky
A new edition of the groundbreaking spiritual treasure, with a foreword by bestselling author Marianne Williamson .Since its original publication in 1949, In Search of the Miraculous has been hailed as the most valuable and reliable documentation of G. I. Gurdjieff's thoughts and universal view. This historic and influential work is considered by many to be a primer of mystical thought as expressed through the... (more)
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The Book of Secrets
Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
by Deepak Chopra
Every life is a book of secrets, ready to be opened. The secret of perfect love is found there, along with the secrets of healing, compassion, faith, and the most elusive one of all: who we really are. We are still mysteries to ourselves, despite the proximity of these answers, and what we most long to know remains lodged deep inside. We all want to know how to find a soul mate, what career would be most... (more)
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Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom
A Book of Tarot
by Rachel Pollack
Together in one volume for the first time, these are the classic texts that helped launch the modern Tarot renaissance. Often described as "the Bible of Tarot readers," they bring awareness of myth and modern psychology to the Tarot's ancient symbolism.
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Isis Unveiled
A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology
by Helena Blavatsky
Isis Unveiled is a master key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology. With the help of this book you will be able to make sense of how so many of the world's peaceful and beautiful religions have been changed by those in charge of said religions. H. P. Blavatsky's knowledge of religious minutia is immense and her assertions will challenge the way you look at the world. She slices through one... (more)
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The book of Thoth;: A short essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, being the Equinox, volume III, no. 5,
by Aleister Crowley
Based on medieval symbolism and ancient Kabbalistic tradition. Min: 1.
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The Rose Labyrinth
by Titania Hardie
When Lucy King receives a heart transplant, she gets more than a new ticker—she gets the memories, friends and quest of donor Will Stafford, descendant of Queen Elizabeth's spiritual adviser, John Dee. Soon, Lucy's on the trail of a secret protected by generations of Dee's heirs. Unfortunately, ruthless fundamentalists pursue, convinced that Dee's secret holds the key to the Rapture. A softer, semifeminist riff on... (more)
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Quantum Psychology
How Brain Software Programs You and Your World
by Robert Anton Wilson
Throughout human history, thoughts, values and behaviors have been colored by language and the prevailing view of the universe. With the advent of Quantum Mechanics, relativity, non-Euclidean geometries, non-Aristotelian logic and General Semantics, the scientific view of the world has changed dramatically from just a few decades ago. Nonetheless, human thinking is still deeply rooted in the cosmology of the... (more)
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High Magic: Theory & Practice
by U. D.
Of course, Magic is Magic wherever. But Ceremonial Magic - with or without a “k” ending - is perceived as largely European in origin and practice. The Golden Dawn, Aurum Solis, O.T.O were European and even AMORC, B.O.T.A., G.B.G. were mostly European inspired. As valid as these esoteric orders were and are, they are at best schools and the knowledge taught is now widely available. What is key is not the... (more)
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Cosmic Trigger.
by Robert Anton Wilson
Cosmic Trigger deals with a process of deliberately induced brain change ... This is called 'initiation' or 'vision quest' in many traditional societies and ... <a> dangerous variety of self-psychotherapy in modern terminology. I do not recommend it for everybody ... The main thing I learned is that 'reality' is always plural and mutable. From the Preface
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All and Everything: Book 1
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
by G. I. Gurdjieff
With Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson , G. I. Gurdjieff intended to "destroy, mercilessly . . . the beliefs and views about everything existing in the world." This novel beautifully brings to life the visions of humanity for which Gurdjieff has become esteemed. Beelzebub, a man of worldly (and other-worldly) wisdom, shares with his grandson the anecdotes, personal philosophies, and lessons learned from his own... (more)
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Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot
by Lon Milo DuQuette
Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot was his final opus, the culmination of a lifetime of occult study and practice. With artist Lady Frieda Harris, he condensed the core of his teaching into the 78 cards of the tarot. Although Crowley's own Book of Thoth provides insight into the cards, it is a complicated, dated book. Now, in clear language, Lon Milo DuQuette provides everything you need to know to get the most out of... (more)
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The Seat of the Soul
by Gary Zukav
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This hardcover edition of The Seat of the Soul celebrates its tenth anniversary. The Seat of the Soul became a national bestseller when it was first published, but more people are buying it now than ever before. Why is this? It is because a new species is being born. The Seat of the Soul is about this birth. This new species longs for harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence... (more)
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Robert Langdon: Book 1
Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful... (more)
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The Twelve Wild Swans
A Journey to the Realm of Magic, Healing, and Action
by Starhawk
The long-awaited continuation of the bestselling classic The Spiral Dance
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Eastern Mysteries (Key of It All)
by David Allen Hulse
David Allen Hulse's The Eastern Mysteries (previously published as The Key of it All—Book 1: The Eastern Mysteries ) is a monumental resource, both in size and value. It catalogs and distills — using hundreds of tables of secret symbolism — the true import of each of six major Eastern magickal traditions. Each chapter is a key that unlocks the meaning behind the magickal language of another ancient tradition. ... (more)
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777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley
by Aleister Crowley
This edition includes Liber 777, Gematria (from Equinox Volume 1, Number 5), and Sepher Sephiroth (from Equinox Volume 1, Number 8).
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The Egypt Code
by Robert Bauval
The Orion Mystery , published in 1994, introduced the world to a highly original, and now internationally famous, star-correlation theory about the Giza pyramids in Egypt, and sent a huge shock wave of controversy throughout the scientific community, the effects of which are still felt today. The Egypt Code not only develops this pyramid-stars correlation, but also reveals an amazing "Grand Unified Plan," which... (more)

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