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Alternative belief systems

Hardcover. This study of modernism's high imperial, occult-exotic affiliations presents many well-known figures from the period 1880-1960 in a new light. Modernism and the Occult traces the history of modernist engagement with 'irregular', heterodox and imported knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137465771
ISBN
9781137465771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.61

Hardcover. India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, etc. Series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137404985
ISBN
9781137404985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.98

Hardcover. This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRKP; HRQX2; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137380876
ISBN
9781137380876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.87

Hardcover. MSIA, the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, has been called the Cadillac of cults. Those interested in new religions may only know of MSIA from these kinds of labels. However, when looked at from a qualitative sociological perspective, a more complex story of religious innovation and cultural change can be told. Series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137374189
ISBN
9781137374189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Paperback. Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 84 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896030213
ISBN
9780896030213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.24

Hardback. Proceedings Warburg Colloquium 1989 Editor(s): Rattansi, Piyo; Clericuzio, Antonio. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRQX2; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792325734
ISBN
9780792325734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.73

Hardcover. Frazer set out to discover the origins of one ancient custom in ancient Rome - the plucking of the Golden Bough from a tree in the sacred grove of Diana - and was led by his investigations into a twenty-five year study of primitive customs, superstitions, magic and myth throughout the world. Num Pages: 770 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRQX; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333059104
ISBN
9780333059104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.88

Hardback. Men -- as accused witches, witch-hunters, werewolves and the demonically possessed -- are the focus of analysis in this collection of essays by leading scholars of early modern European witchcraft. The gendering of witch persecution and witchcraft belief is explored through original case-studies from England, Scotland, Italy, Germany and France. Editor(s): Rowlands, Alison. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230553293
ISBN
9780230553293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.87

Hardcover. This book offers a comparison of lay and inquisitorial witchcraft prosecutions. In most of the early modern period, witchcraft jurisdiction in Italy rested with the Roman Inquisition, whereas in Denmark only the secular courts raised trials. Kallestrup explores the narratives of witchcraft as they were laid forward by people involved in the trials. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300712
ISBN
9780230300712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.67

Paperback. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934648
ISBN
9780813934648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.46

Paperback. Popular music artists are intentionally unoriginal. Remix artists compose a pastiche of the latest hits. These mashup artists stretch the boundaries of creativity by intermingling old sounds and melodies with the newest technologies. This work encourages the invention of theological ideas by creating a mashup of the traditional and the novel. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602583573
ISBN
9781602583573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New World Library
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577310761
ISBN
9781577310761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Paxton provides an ingenious and thorough new study of parts of two of the Maya books, or codices, with particular focus on a previously unrecognized image of the solar year that appears in the manuscript known as the Madrid Codex. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826350367
ISBN
9780826350367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HRQ; JFSL9; JHMC; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826324412
ISBN
9780826324412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 1KBBWZ; HRQ; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826310507
ISBN
9780826310507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937076
ISBN
9780813937076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.39

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934631
ISBN
9780813934631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.52

Hardcover. Based on newly available materials, this traces the role of the papacy in witchcraft prosecutions from medieval times to the eighteenth century. Decker contends that the post-medieval papacy played a restraining role at the height of the witch-hunting fre Translator(s): Midelfort, H. C. Erik. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 figures, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927473
ISBN
9780813927473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.27

Paperback. This study suggests that the balance in Africa, between the prevalence of witchcraft and the forces of modernity, stems both from obsession with power and from the increasing feeling of powerlessness among the people. It also gives a parallel with aspects of politics in Western democracies. Translator(s): Geschiere, Peter; Roitman, Janet. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HRKT; HRQX5; HRQX9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
50977th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917030
ISBN
9780813917030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.20

Hardcover. This text examines the work of a broad selection of authors in order to discover the reasons for their loss of faith and to analyse the ways they have interpreted that loss. For some the experience of deconversion led to another religious faith while others turned to atheism or agnosticism. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915463
ISBN
9780813915463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34

Paperback. Native American Visionary Traditions of the Great Plains. Series: Civilization of American Indian S. 320 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKT; HRQ; JMTD. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 25. Weight: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780806128931
ISBN
9780806128931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HRQX2; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801430046
ISBN
9780801430046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.17

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCS1; HRQC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
HarperOne United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060858308
ISBN
9780060858308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.05

paperback. September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England's great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. His body is 'tormented' with violent convulsions. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099549147
ISBN
9780099549147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.60

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