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Secret Britain
Inbunden bok. Automobile Association, UK. 1987. 320 sidor.
Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick. Denna fantastiska bok presenterar över 1500 platser, mer eller mindre okända för allmänheten, med anknytning till historia, myter och folklore i England, Skottland och Wales.
Genomgående illustrerad med kartor och bilder samt med mer än 250 för denna bok läs mer … läs merInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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The secret lore of runes and other ancient al...
Häftad bok. London: Rider. 1991. 240 sidor.
ISBN 9780712639637
Mycket gott skick. Oläst.
”All alphabets act as metaphors, for they represent objects and concepts which are distinct from them. The ancient alphabets of the Western tradition are rich in metaphorical meaning, and each letter can be seen to have profound esoteric signifi läs mer … läs merInrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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Lines on the Landscape. Leys and other linear...
Förlagsband med skyddsomslag. Författarnas namnteckningar på titelbladet. Boken är i gott skick. 1989
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK- ISBN
- 070903704X
- Titel
- Lines on the landscape - leys and other linear enigma
- Författare
- Pennick, Nigel
- Utgivningsår
- 1989
- Omfång
- 288 sidor
- Språk
- English
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Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9781644116470
- Titel
- Fortuna
- Författare
- Nigel Pennick
- Förlag
- Destiny Books
- Utgivningsår
- 2024
- Omfång
- 144 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 152 x 229 mm Ryggbredd 25 mm
- Vikt
- 136 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Some believe that our future is predetermined, while others assert that we have free will and our future can take many different courses depending on our actions. In ancient times, it was believed that the will of the gods determined people's lives, and divination or sacrifices to the gods could change or improve one's future. Of the deities devoted to luck and the future, the Roman goddess Fortuna is most famous, having two shrines in Italy where divination was conducted under her guardianship.
Tracing the history of the culture of good fortune from sacred divination to profane gambling, Nigel Pennick explores the many ways people through the centuries have sought to divine the future, ensure protection, and draw the full benefits from days of good omen. He shows how dice were originally considered sacred objects of divination and reveals the divinatory geomancy techniques and meanings of a dice oracle. In addition to dice, he looks at how cowrie shells, bones, coins, cards, sticks, and stones can be used to form meaningful patterns for interpretation and how these cultural divination practices were often accompanied by texts or oral traditions that explained the meanings of the patterns, such as the Chinese I Ching and the West African verses of the Sixteen Cowries. He also looks at medieval grimoires for fortune-telling, lottery books, and dice books.
Exploring how dice became a means of gaming and gambling, the author details the forms of trickery and “crooked dice” used in games of craps by cheating gamblers and the Dream Books or Policy Books that served as oracles for those who played the “Numbers Racket.” He examines how gambling gave rise to specialized lucky charms, luck-ensuring rituals, and even mascots. He also explores the emergence of ideas of randomness as they relate to divination and magic.
Revealing how divination and gambling are two sides of the same coin, the author shows how, whether you are a gambler relying on Lady Luck or a diviner querying the gods, we're all looking to Fortuna in the quest for a better, richer life.
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Runes And Astrology
Häftad bok.
ISBN 9781644116005
Nyskick. Destiny Books. 2023. 288 sidor. Oläst. Förlagsny.
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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Spiritual Power Of Masks : Doorways to Realms...
Häftad bok.
Nyskick. Inner Traditions. 2022. 336 sidor. Oläst. Förlagsny.
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
- ISBN
- 9781644114049
- Titel
- Spiritual Power Of Masks : Doorways to Realms Unseen
- Författare
- Nigel Pennick
- Förlag
- Inner Traditions
- Utgivningsår
- 2022
- Omfång
- 336 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 152 x 229 mm Ryggbredd 23 mm
- Vikt
- 578 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- There is a spiritual power in masks that transports one into realms unseen and gives voice to things unspoken. Within the context of ritual, putting on a mask places the wearer at the intersection between the present and the past, the living and the dead, this world and the Otherworld. Masks make it possible to activate ancient archetypes, with the mask wearer reanimating or personifying an ancestral presence or spirit, a deity or power, an animal or a being of the eldritch world.
In this illustrated study, Nigel Pennick explores the magical and spiritual aspects of mask wearing from ancient times to the present. He examines the many mask traditions around Europe, including morris dancers and mummers in the UK, Krampuslauf and Perchtenlauf in Germanic areas, the Gorgon myths of Greece, and Norse Berserker rituals. He explains how, in the Black Forest region, there's an annual rite in springtime called “Awakening the Masks,” and he looks at the origins of the Italian Commedia dell'Arte Harlequin character often seen in carnival celebrations.
The author shows how mask rituals are similar to shamanic journeying and near-death experiences and can induce ecstatic states that allow the power signified by the mask to take possession of the individual wearing it. He looks at the practice of dressing up as sacred animals such as a horse or a dragon and the ancient practice of hunters wearing animal skins to signify success and prowess. He also looks at mask-wearing as it relates to ostenta, events that occur suddenly and without warning that are considered a token or sign from the Otherworld.
Unveiling the sacred power of masks, the author shows how masks allow us to outwardly reflect our inner spiritual reality, embody ancestors and otherworldly entities, and connect with traditions that stretch back to time immemorial.
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Witchcraft And Secret Societies Of Rural Engl...
Häftad bok.
ISBN 9781620557600
Nyskick. Inner Traditions. 2019. 224 sidor. Oläst. Förlagsny.
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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Runic Lore & Legend : Wyrdstaves of Old North...
Häftad bok.
ISBN 9781620557563
Nyskick. Inner Traditions. 2019. 176 sidor. Oläst. Förlagsny.
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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The Book of Primal Signs - The High Magic of...
Häftad bok. Destiny Books. 2014. 230 sidor.
ISBN 9781620553152
Nyskick.
Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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Inrikes enhetsfrakt Sverige: 62 SEK
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