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  • Yoruba Myths
    Beier / Ulli Beier
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    58,44 €

  • Encounter with Oral Literature
    Okumba Miruka / Simon Okumba Miruka
    The author has undertaken extensive research in oral literature and is the author of A Dictionary of Oral Literature. Here he uses an anthological approach to examine the various genres of oral literature both at the theoretical and analytical level. The anthology emphasises the areas of definition, classification, style and themes. The book is essentially an analysis of the fo...
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    34,59 €

  • There Ain’t No Such Animal
    Bill Brett
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    19,80 €

  • Scientists Confront Velikovsky
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    16,76 €

  • Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks, Eranos 2
    Joseph Campbell
    Essays by Julius Baum, C. G. Jung, C. Kerényi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F. Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul Schmitt, and Walter Wili. ...
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    70,58 €

  • Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another
    Peninnah Schram / Penninah Schram
    Peninnah Schram, widely regarded as one of the great Jewish storytellers of our generation, has collected and retold sixty-four delightful Jewish folktales to create Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. Ms. Schram, who believes that stories form ’the link between the generations,’ helps forge that link with this book, ensuring that these stories will continue to live an...
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    198,42 €

  • More Greek Folktales
    R. M. Dawkins / RMDawkins / Richard McGillivray Dawkins
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    95,78 €

  • The King and the Corpse
    Heinrich Robert Zimmer / Heinrich Zimmer
    Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of...
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    64,97 €

  • Amor and Psyche
    Erich Neumann / Ralph Manheim
    The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius’s second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature. Neumann chose it as the exemplar of an unusual study of feminine psychology. Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, he shows how the contest between the mortal maid Psyche and the great g...
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    43,52 €

  • Afro-American Folk Lore
    Abigail M. H. Christensen / Abigail MHChristensen
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    96,05 €

  • Traditional Chinese Tales.
    UNKNOWN / Chi-Chen Wang / Wang Chi-Chen
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    82,50 €

  • The Science of Folklore
    Alexander Haggerty Krappe
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    20,58 €

  • The Conspiracy To Destroy All Existing Governments And Religions
    William Carr
    Those who find it difficult to accept the fact that the U.S. is the target of political and economic conspiracies are not ready f or this book which deals with a conspiracy on a much higher level.The average man is not acquainted with the history and documentation involved. Also it has not yet been brought home to him that the Powers of Evil are as real as the Powers of Good.In...
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    9,07 €

  • The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore
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    28,81 €

  • The Kumulipo
    Martha Warren Beckwith
    Beckwith examines the culture and folklore surrounding the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant which vividly narrates the creation of the world and the first humans.The Kumulipo is rich in references to other creation lore of Hawaii, invoking its Gods and rituals, and the society and culture of the Hawaiian Islands. Before she proceeds to translate and narrate the actual text...
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    12,36 €

  • Unveiled Mysteries
    Godfré Ray King / Guy Warren Ballard
    Godfré Ray King describes ascending Mount Shasta in 1930s California, seeing and speaking with a spectral Comte de Saint Germain, a European nobleman of the 1600s who claimed to have supernatural abilities.In life, Saint Germain was famous for his wild claims such as being centuries old, or possessing the ability to melt diamonds. Such claims were promulgated by his frequenting...
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    9,95 €

  • Unveiled Mysteries
    Godfré Ray King / Guy Warren Ballard
    Godfré Ray King describes ascending Mount Shasta in 1930s California, seeing and speaking with a spectral Comte de Saint Germain, a European nobleman of the 1600s who claimed to have supernatural abilities.In life, Saint Germain was famous for his wild claims such as being centuries old, or possessing the ability to melt diamonds. Such claims were promulgated by his frequenting...
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    24,28 €

  • The Mystic Test Book, or the Magic of the Cards
    Olney H. Richmond / Olney HRichmond
    Olney H. Richmond examines playing cards and their history, and how their symbolism and uses contain many sacred mysteries and mystical revelations which date back centuries.The Mystic Test Book is an eye-opening and exhaustively illustrated work of history, tracing the origins of playing cards and examining their unique appearance. Over 280 distinct images populate the pages o...
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    15,95 €

  • The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians
    Magus Incognito / William Walker Atkinson
    This superb study explains the spiritual doctrines of the Rosicrucian order, and the esoteric and occultist knowledge which the group has researched and taught for centuries.Founded in the early 17th century, the Rosicrucian order began as a curiosity - a group of individuals citing ancient knowledge of Egyptian and other spiritual orders. With this knowledge, these sages were ...
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    11,23 €

  • The Builders
    Joseph Fort Newton
    This history and account of Freemasonry explains the origins of the Masonic tradition, the gathering of Masons in Lodges, and the rituals, philosophies and secret doctrines practiced in this centuries-old order.Joseph Fort Newton composed and published this manual at the direction of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Iowa. In seeking to dispel myths, fancies and misconceptions about...
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    11,25 €

  • The Comte De Gabalis
    Abbe de Villars
    The Comte de Gabalis is a manual of occult lore which examines a series events in ancient times, Biblical lore and Christian history, noting the manifestations of supernatural and magical phenomena.This work spans various events depicted in the Old and New Testament such as the prophecies of the Magi and visions depicted by various prophets. The pantheon of Gods in ancient Egyp...
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    12,46 €

  • The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep
    Battiscombe George Dunn
    The instructions of Ptah-Hotep and Ke’Gemni count among the most ancient texts in existence, originating between 2600 and 2400 B.C.; this edition comprises translations in modern English.Ptah-Hotep was a vizier, which was a highly ranking official or governor in ancient Egypt. He was apparently a man of great wisdom and renown: the text consists of a series of aphorisms and adv...
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    10,39 €

  • The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, Or, Mystic Christianity
    Max Heindel
    In this vigorous investigation, Rosicrucian scholar Max Heindel examines the spiritual evolution of mankind, exploring the metaphysical and supernatural aspects of reality as perceived by humans.  The emergence of Rosicrucianism in the 17th century led to interest in the unexplained and esoteric parts of nature and the physical world. The idea of a secret order of wise sages wi...
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    14,45 €

  • The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson
    Benjamin Thorpe
    Benjamin Thorpe’s excellent translations of the ancient Nordic legends – the Elder Eddas – are a superb introduction to Norse folklore and its pantheon of Gods.This collection is comprised of poetry from the Eddas, and begins with a historical narrative of the authorship of these verses. According to scholars, the elder Eddas were written by Sæmund, a well-travelled man from a ...
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    12,49 €

  • Dweller on Two Planets
    Phylos the Thibetan
    The mystical culture and history of Atlantis is recounted by the author, who claimed to receive these insights from a mystical spirit known as Phylos the Tibetan during the 1880s.Various descriptions of Atlantean society are given; we are told that they were technologically advanced, with sophisticated cultural mores and religious rites. Wireless communication, climate control,...
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    26,25 €

  • A Dweller on Two Planets
    Phylos the Thibetan
    The mystical culture and history of Atlantis is recounted by the author, who claimed to receive these insights from a mystical spirit known as Phylos the Tibetan during the 1880s.Various descriptions of Atlantean society are given; we are told that they were technologically advanced, with sophisticated cultural mores and religious rites. Wireless communication, climate control,...
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    15,85 €

  • The Law of Psychic Phenomena
    Thomas Jay Hudson
    Thomson Jay Hudson attempts to explain mental phenomena in a way which reconciles with the physical sciences; phenomena such as hypnotics, spiritual visions, subjective memories, and the subconscious mind.Hudson was fascinated in how the trances of those under hypnosis resembled the spiritual mediums that purportedly could communicate with ghosts and spirits from the beyond. Ba...
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    14,66 €

  • The Light of Egypt
    Thomas H. Burgoyne
    In this thorough series of lessons, Thomas H. Burgoyne explains the spiritual realms and mysterious forces which exert influence upon humans and their souls. This edition contains both volumes.The inquiries made by Burgoyne are varied and eclectic; they range from ancient deities of Egypt such as Isis, to the behavior of the celestial bodies, to the emergence of alchemy in Medi...
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    17,63 €

  • A Suggestive Inquiry Into the Hermetic Mystery
    Mary Anne Atwood
    Mary Anne Atwood’s famous investigation of Hermeticism delves into the Ancient Greek origins of the teachings, and goes on to examine numerous sources from across the ages.First appearing in 1850, Atwood’s lengthy studies of the Hermetic philosophers and alchemists of ages past spurred much interest. Every chapter contains numerous annotations and source citations, while ancien...
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    20,62 €


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