🏛️ Pagan Origins

Scholarly investigation into the pre-Christian roots of familiar customs, holidays, and symbols, revealing how much of modern culture is built on ancient sacred ground.

The Old Norse Spell Book

by Alda Dagny • 2021

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

3.77

223

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Old Norse Spell Book 89%

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

by Alda Dagny 2021

3.77

223 ratings

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Druidry Handbook

by John Michael Greer • 2006

A Druid's threefold path: seasonal ritual, daily meditation, and living like the land depends on it.

3.98

1k+

🌳 Modern Druidry 🍃 Nature Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Spirituality ☀️ Seasonal Rituals 🌲 Tree Lore

The Druidry Handbook 89%

A Druid's threefold path: seasonal ritual, daily meditation, and living like the land depends on it.

by John Michael Greer 2006

3.98

1k+ ratings

🌳 Modern Druidry 🍃 Nature Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Spirituality ☀️ Seasonal Rituals 🌲 Tree Lore

The Immortality Key

by Brian C. Muraresku • 2020

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

4.24

6k+

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

The Immortality Key 89%

The Eleusinian Mysteries were powered by a psychedelic potion, and the early Christians knew it.

by Brian C. Muraresku 2020

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Mystery Cults ✝️ Early Christianity 🍄 Psychedelic Religion 🍷 Ritual Intoxication 🌿 Pagan Survival

The Path of Paganism

by John Beckett • 2017

Four centers of practice around which any pagan path can grow, no single tradition required.

4.09

515

🌿 Contemporary Paganism 📜 Neopaganism 🌍 Earth-Based Spirituality ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🕯️ Modern Ritual Practice

The Path of Paganism 89%

Four centers of practice around which any pagan path can grow, no single tradition required.

by John Beckett 2017

4.09

515 ratings

🌿 Contemporary Paganism 📜 Neopaganism 🌍 Earth-Based Spirituality ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🕯️ Modern Ritual Practice

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley • 1989

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

4.03

866

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft Summary

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft 89%

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley 1989

4.03

866 ratings

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

by Suzannah Lipscomb • 2020

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

4.02

1k+

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult Summary

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult 89%

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

by Suzannah Lipscomb 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

The Everlasting Man

by G.K. Chesterton • 1925

Prehistory, paganism, philosophy: all dead ends. The force that broke through began in a cave.

4.16

11k+

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🧠 Faith And Reason ⛪ Catholic Thought 📜 Historical Theology

The Everlasting Man 89%

Prehistory, paganism, philosophy: all dead ends. The force that broke through began in a cave.

by G.K. Chesterton 1925

4.16

11k+ ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🧠 Faith And Reason ⛪ Catholic Thought 📜 Historical Theology

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing 🕯️ Pagan Survivals 🎨 Creative Solitude

The Living Stones 88%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing 🕯️ Pagan Survivals 🎨 Creative Solitude

The Viking Spirit

by Daniel McCoy • 2016

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

4.15

2k+

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion 🌍 Creation Myths 🃏 Trickster Gods

The Viking Spirit 88%

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

by Daniel McCoy 2016

4.15

2k+ ratings

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion 🌍 Creation Myths 🃏 Trickster Gods

The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC.

by Marija Gimbutas • 1982

Clay figurines from 7,000 years ago reveal a civilization that worshipped goddesses, not kings.

4.25

377

🏺 Prehistoric Europe 🌙 Goddess Worship 🔍 Ritual Archaeology ♀️ Matrifocal Societies 🌾 Fertility Cults

The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC. Summary

The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 BC. 88%

Clay figurines from 7,000 years ago reveal a civilization that worshipped goddesses, not kings.

by Marija Gimbutas 1982

4.25

377 ratings

🏺 Prehistoric Europe 🌙 Goddess Worship 🔍 Ritual Archaeology ♀️ Matrifocal Societies 🌾 Fertility Cults

The Christ Conspiracy

by D.M. Murdock • 1999

The gospels are star charts, the disciples are zodiac signs, and Rome knew it.

3.8

529

☸️ Comparative Religion ✝️ Christ Myth Theory ☀️ Solar Mythology 🔭 Astrotheology 🏛️ Pagan Savior Myths

The Christ Conspiracy 88%

The gospels are star charts, the disciples are zodiac signs, and Rome knew it.

by D.M. Murdock 1999

3.8

529 ratings

☸️ Comparative Religion ✝️ Christ Myth Theory ☀️ Solar Mythology 🔭 Astrotheology 🏛️ Pagan Savior Myths

Wicca for One

by Raymond Buckland • 2004

Consecrate tools, cast circles, and walk the Wheel of the Year: solitary Wicca from the source.

4.07

2k+

🧹 Solitary Practice 🌙 Modern Wicca 🕯️ Ritual Design ⚖️ Magical Ethics 🔄 Wheel Of The Year

Wicca for One 88%

Consecrate tools, cast circles, and walk the Wheel of the Year: solitary Wicca from the source.

by Raymond Buckland 2004

4.07

2k+ ratings

🧹 Solitary Practice 🌙 Modern Wicca 🕯️ Ritual Design ⚖️ Magical Ethics 🔄 Wheel Of The Year

Isis Unveiled

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1877

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

4.05

1k+

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism 🕎 Kabbalah 🔯 Theosophy

Isis Unveiled 88%

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism 🕎 Kabbalah 🔯 Theosophy

Santa Muerte

by Tracey Rollin • 2017

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

3.90

245

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic ⚱️ Altar Work

Santa Muerte 88%

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

by Tracey Rollin 2017

3.90

245 ratings

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic ⚱️ Altar Work

The Triumph of Christianity

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2018

It took no miracles: how a few dozen Christians became half the Roman Empire.

3.93

3k+

✝️ Early Christianity 🏛️ Roman Empire 📊 Sociology Of Religion 🌿 Paganism 🏺 Ancient World

The Triumph of Christianity 87%

It took no miracles: how a few dozen Christians became half the Roman Empire.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2018

3.93

3k+ ratings

✝️ Early Christianity 🏛️ Roman Empire 📊 Sociology Of Religion 🌿 Paganism 🏺 Ancient World

Scatterlings

by Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

Scatterlings 87%

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

by Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

The Great Cosmic Mother

by Monica Sjöö • 1981

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

4.08

2k+

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

The Great Cosmic Mother 87%

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

by Monica Sjöö 1981

4.08

2k+ ratings

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

Intuitive Witchcraft

by Astrea Taylor • 2020

The magic is yours, not the tradition's. Trust your intuition. Sense energy. Practice your own way.

4.24

377

🧹 Eclectic Paganism 🌙 Modern Witchcraft 👁️ Intuition Development ⚡ Energy Work 🖤 Shadow Work

Intuitive Witchcraft 87%

The magic is yours, not the tradition's. Trust your intuition. Sense energy. Practice your own way.

by Astrea Taylor 2020

4.24

377 ratings

🧹 Eclectic Paganism 🌙 Modern Witchcraft 👁️ Intuition Development ⚡ Energy Work 🖤 Shadow Work

The Anunnaki Chronicles

by Zecharia Sitchin • 2015

Ancient clay tablets describe alien miners creating humans in a lab and a war in space.

4.36

299

👽 Ancient Astronauts 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology 📖 Biblical Origins 🧬 Human Origins

The Anunnaki Chronicles 87%

Ancient clay tablets describe alien miners creating humans in a lab and a war in space.

by Zecharia Sitchin 2015

4.36

299 ratings

👽 Ancient Astronauts 📜 Alternative History 🏛️ Sumerian Mythology 📖 Biblical Origins 🧬 Human Origins

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

by Gary Lachman • 2015

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

4.31

235

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism 🌌 Gnostic Traditions ⚗️ Alchemical Inner Work

The Secret Teachers of the Western World Summary

The Secret Teachers of the Western World 87%

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

by Gary Lachman 2015

4.31

235 ratings

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism 🌌 Gnostic Traditions ⚗️ Alchemical Inner Work

A Short History of Myth

by Karen Armstrong • 2005

We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.

3.69

7k+

📚 Comparative Mythology 📜 Religious History ✨ Sacred Experience 🔮 Ritual And Symbol 🌾 Goddess Traditions

A Short History of Myth 87%

We traded myth for reason and got neither meaning nor a world we can bear.

by Karen Armstrong 2005

3.69

7k+ ratings

📚 Comparative Mythology 📜 Religious History ✨ Sacred Experience 🔮 Ritual And Symbol 🌾 Goddess Traditions

The Great Initiates

by Édouard Schuré • 1889

A secret doctrine threads through the lives of Rama, Moses, and Jesus; here is its lineage.

4.12

574

🔮 Esoteric Christianity 📜 Mystery Schools 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 🌱 Spiritual Evolution 🌌 Symbolic Interpretation

The Great Initiates 87%

A secret doctrine threads through the lives of Rama, Moses, and Jesus; here is its lineage.

by Édouard Schuré 1889

4.12

574 ratings

🔮 Esoteric Christianity 📜 Mystery Schools 🌐 Perennial Philosophy 🌱 Spiritual Evolution 🌌 Symbolic Interpretation

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

by Scott Cunningham • 1985

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

4.29

8k+

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences ✨ Spellcraft 🪄 Practical Magic

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Summary

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs 87%

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

by Scott Cunningham 1985

4.29

8k+ ratings

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences ✨ Spellcraft 🪄 Practical Magic

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

by Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge 87%

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

by Johnson Smith & Company 1910

3.44

471 ratings

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

Final Pagan Generation

by Edward J. Watts • 2015

Why Rome's last pagans didn't fight Christianity but managed its rise from inside the empire.

3.99

259

🏛️ Late Antiquity ✝️ Early Christianity 📜 Classical Education ⚖️ Imperial Bureaucracy 🎓 Elite Socialization

Final Pagan Generation 87%

Why Rome's last pagans didn't fight Christianity but managed its rise from inside the empire.

by Edward J. Watts 2015

3.99

259 ratings

🏛️ Late Antiquity ✝️ Early Christianity 📜 Classical Education ⚖️ Imperial Bureaucracy 🎓 Elite Socialization

The Return of the Gods

by Jonathan Cahn • 2022

Three ancient gods have returned. Rebranded as prosperity, pride, and choice, they now run the West.

4.29

4k+

🗡️ Spiritual Warfare 🐂 Idolatry ⚔️ Culture War 🇺🇸 American Christianity 💔 Sexual Revolution

The Return of the Gods 87%

Three ancient gods have returned. Rebranded as prosperity, pride, and choice, they now run the West.

by Jonathan Cahn 2022

4.29

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Spiritual Warfare 🐂 Idolatry ⚔️ Culture War 🇺🇸 American Christianity 💔 Sexual Revolution

Cities of God

by Rodney Stark • 2006

Christianity conquered Rome via port cities, personal ties, and 3.4 percent annual growth.

3.74

473

⛪ Early Christianity 🏛️ Roman Empire 🔬 Sociology Of Religion 📊 Quantitative History 🏙️ Urban Religion

Cities of God 87%

Christianity conquered Rome via port cities, personal ties, and 3.4 percent annual growth.

by Rodney Stark 2006

3.74

473 ratings

⛪ Early Christianity 🏛️ Roman Empire 🔬 Sociology Of Religion 📊 Quantitative History 🏙️ Urban Religion

Going to Church in Medieval England

by Nicholas Orme • 2021

9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.

4.19

295

🏛️ Medieval Churches ⛪ Parish Life 📜 Medieval Clergy 📖 Medieval Liturgy 🌿 Rites Of Passage

Going to Church in Medieval England Summary

Going to Church in Medieval England 87%

9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.

by Nicholas Orme 2021

4.19

295 ratings

🏛️ Medieval Churches ⛪ Parish Life 📜 Medieval Clergy 📖 Medieval Liturgy 🌿 Rites Of Passage

Womb Awakening

by Azra Bertrand • 2017

A global faith once worshipped the womb and its blood as sacred. Long suppressed, it's reawakening.

4.25

200

🌸 Divine Feminine 🩸 Menstrual Wisdom 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌀 Shamanic Healing 👵 Ancestral Healing

Womb Awakening 87%

A global faith once worshipped the womb and its blood as sacred. Long suppressed, it's reawakening.

by Azra Bertrand 2017

4.25

200 ratings

🌸 Divine Feminine 🩸 Menstrual Wisdom 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌀 Shamanic Healing 👵 Ancestral Healing

The Gnostic Religion

by Hans Jonas • 1958

Cosmos as prison, creator as enemy: the ancient heresy that prefigured existentialism.

4.23

475

🏛️ Late Antiquity ✝️ Early Christianity 📚 Comparative Religion 🔮 Western Esotericism 🌌 Salvation Myths

The Gnostic Religion 87%

Cosmos as prison, creator as enemy: the ancient heresy that prefigured existentialism.

by Hans Jonas 1958

4.23

475 ratings

🏛️ Late Antiquity ✝️ Early Christianity 📚 Comparative Religion 🔮 Western Esotericism 🌌 Salvation Myths

Midwinterblood

by Marcus Sedgwick • 2011

On an island without night or aging, a journalist meets a stranger he's loved for centuries.

3.71

12k+

💞 Reincarnation Romance 🌒 Folk Horror 🔄 Cyclical Narrative 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🏝️ Isolated Island

Midwinterblood 87%

On an island without night or aging, a journalist meets a stranger he's loved for centuries.

by Marcus Sedgwick 2011

3.71

12k+ ratings

💞 Reincarnation Romance 🌒 Folk Horror 🔄 Cyclical Narrative 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🏝️ Isolated Island

A Land So Wide

by Erin A. Craig • 2025

To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.

3.57

5k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🌾 Folk Horror 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🦴 Supernatural Transformation 💔 Forbidden Romance

A Land So Wide 87%

To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.

by Erin A. Craig 2025

3.57

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🌾 Folk Horror 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🦴 Supernatural Transformation 💔 Forbidden Romance

Advanced Witchcraft

by Edain McCoy • 2004

The tools were training wheels. Real magick begins when you realize the power was always yours.

3.83

205

🖤 Shadow Work 👻 Spirit Communication 🧚 Faerie Lore ✨ Energy Healing 🌙 Modern Wicca

Advanced Witchcraft 87%

The tools were training wheels. Real magick begins when you realize the power was always yours.

by Edain McCoy 2004

3.83

205 ratings

🖤 Shadow Work 👻 Spirit Communication 🧚 Faerie Lore ✨ Energy Healing 🌙 Modern Wicca

Herb Magic

by Patti Wigington • 2020

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

4.27

243

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft ✨ Spellcraft 🔗 Sympathetic Magic

Herb Magic 87%

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

by Patti Wigington 2020

4.27

243 ratings

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft ✨ Spellcraft 🔗 Sympathetic Magic

The Myth of Nations

by Patrick J. Geary • 2001

Europe's 'ancient peoples' were political fictions, invented by nineteenth-century nationalism.

3.83

409

🏰 Medieval Studies 📝 Historiography 🌍 National Origin Myths 📜 Invented Traditions ⏳ Late Antiquity

The Myth of Nations 87%

Europe's 'ancient peoples' were political fictions, invented by nineteenth-century nationalism.

by Patrick J. Geary 2001

3.83

409 ratings

🏰 Medieval Studies 📝 Historiography 🌍 National Origin Myths 📜 Invented Traditions ⏳ Late Antiquity

A Dark Muse

by Gary Lachman • 2003

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

3.76

235

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival 🎨 Art And The Occult ⚗️ Hermeticism

A Dark Muse 87%

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

by Gary Lachman 2003

3.76

235 ratings

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival 🎨 Art And The Occult ⚗️ Hermeticism

The Conjuring of America

by Lindsey Stewart • 2025

Nazareth was empty in Jesus's day, and the earliest Christ was cosmic. The biography came later.

4.41

990

🌌 Christ Myth Theory ⛪ Christian Origins 🏺 Biblical Archaeology 📜 New Testament Criticism 🌐 Comparative Religion

The Conjuring of America 86%

Nazareth was empty in Jesus's day, and the earliest Christ was cosmic. The biography came later.

by Lindsey Stewart 2025

4.41

990 ratings

🌌 Christ Myth Theory ⛪ Christian Origins 🏺 Biblical Archaeology 📜 New Testament Criticism 🌐 Comparative Religion

The Tarot Spellbook

by Sam Magdaleno • 2022

One spell per tarot card: 78 rituals to bring in love, money, clarity, and confidence.

4.06

104

🃏 Tarot ✨ Spellcrafting ✍️ Sigil Magick 🌙 Moon Phases 🌐 Elemental Magick

The Tarot Spellbook 86%

One spell per tarot card: 78 rituals to bring in love, money, clarity, and confidence.

by Sam Magdaleno 2022

4.06

104 ratings

🃏 Tarot ✨ Spellcrafting ✍️ Sigil Magick 🌙 Moon Phases 🌐 Elemental Magick

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells

by Judika Illes • 2004

Five thousand spells from every corner of the world, organized for every human need.

4.30

4k+

📚 Spell Encyclopedias 🌿 Folk Magic Traditions 🌱 Magical Herbalism 🕯️ Ritual Tools ✨ Energy Work

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells Summary

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells 86%

Five thousand spells from every corner of the world, organized for every human need.

by Judika Illes 2004

4.30

4k+ ratings

📚 Spell Encyclopedias 🌿 Folk Magic Traditions 🌱 Magical Herbalism 🕯️ Ritual Tools ✨ Energy Work

For the Glory of God

by Rodney Stark • 2003

The same theology that built science and ended slavery also burned witches. Why?

3.96

229

⛪ Religious History 📊 Historical Sociology 🔬 Science And Religion 🧙 Witch Hunts ⛓️ Abolitionism

For the Glory of God 86%

The same theology that built science and ended slavery also burned witches. Why?

by Rodney Stark 2003

3.96

229 ratings

⛪ Religious History 📊 Historical Sociology 🔬 Science And Religion 🧙 Witch Hunts ⛓️ Abolitionism

Passport to Magonia

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1969

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

4.21

2k+

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype 📚 Comparative Mythology 👁️ Hidden Intelligences

Passport to Magonia 86%

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1969

4.21

2k+ ratings

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype 📚 Comparative Mythology 👁️ Hidden Intelligences

Slewfoot

by Brom • 2021

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

4.20

112k+

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial 🔥 Female Rage 🦌 Forest Spirit

Slewfoot 86%

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial 🔥 Female Rage 🦌 Forest Spirit

Corpus Hermeticum

by Hermes Trismegistus

A divine being unpacks the cosmos, the soul's torments, and the key to becoming divine before death.

4.17

693

🕯️ Hermetic Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Wisdom 🕊️ Mystical Theology 🌌 Creation Myths 🏹 Overcoming Passions

Corpus Hermeticum 86%

A divine being unpacks the cosmos, the soul's torments, and the key to becoming divine before death.

by Hermes Trismegistus

4.17

693 ratings

🕯️ Hermetic Philosophy 🔮 Esoteric Wisdom 🕊️ Mystical Theology 🌌 Creation Myths 🏹 Overcoming Passions

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens

by Lilith Dorsey • 2020

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

4.13

605

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine 🛕 Goddess Worship 💀 Vodou And Santeria

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens Summary

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens 86%

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

by Lilith Dorsey 2020

4.13

605 ratings

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine 🛕 Goddess Worship 💀 Vodou And Santeria

Wicca Spellbook Starter Kit

by Lisa Chamberlain • 2018

A grimoire of candle, crystal, and herbal spells that teaches you to design your own magic.

4.24

328

🕯️ Candle Magic 💎 Crystal Magic 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌈 Color Magic ✨ Practical Magic

Wicca Spellbook Starter Kit 86%

A grimoire of candle, crystal, and herbal spells that teaches you to design your own magic.

by Lisa Chamberlain 2018

4.24

328 ratings

🕯️ Candle Magic 💎 Crystal Magic 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌈 Color Magic ✨ Practical Magic

Ancient Egyptian Magic

by Christina Riggs • 2020

For ancient Egyptians, magic was the technology that ran healing, justice, and the cosmos itself.

3.91

216

🏛️ Egyptology 📜 Ancient Religion ✨ Ritual Magic 🌿 Magical Healing 📖 Spellcraft

Ancient Egyptian Magic 86%

For ancient Egyptians, magic was the technology that ran healing, justice, and the cosmos itself.

by Christina Riggs 2020

3.91

216 ratings

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by Peter Paddon • 2013

Master trance, touch, and the gaze to bend people's will ethically: no psychology, just magick.

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🌿 Practical Witchcraft 🍄 Folk Magic 🌀 Trance Work ✨ Glamour Magic ⚖️ Magical Ethics

Enchantment 86%

Master trance, touch, and the gaze to bend people's will ethically: no psychology, just magick.

by Peter Paddon 2013

3.88

86 ratings

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by Julius Evola • 1934

Progress is backwards: history is the long descent from sacred kingship to the rule of the masses.

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Revolt Against the Modern World 86%

Progress is backwards: history is the long descent from sacred kingship to the rule of the masses.

by Julius Evola 1934

3.98

2k+ ratings

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by Richard Buxton • 2004

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

4.23

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The Complete World of Greek Mythology Summary

The Complete World of Greek Mythology 86%

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

by Richard Buxton 2004

4.23

2k+ ratings

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Lost Scriptures

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2003

These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.

4.00

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Lost Scriptures 86%

These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2003

4.00

2k+ ratings

⛪ Early Christianity 🐍 Gnosticism 📜 Apocryphal Writings 📖 Biblical Canon 📚 Non-Canonical Texts

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