Secret Ceremonies
Author: Deborah Laake
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780285631915
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Secret Rituals
Author: Jo Beekman
Publisher: Next Chapter
Published: 2023-02-20
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMorgan Knight is many things: security company owner, a sheriff deputy's widow, and an expert in alternative religions and occult practices. After local law enforcement finds human remains and evidence of unusual ceremonies, it all points to some sort of occult ritual, and Morgan's late husband's captain taps her to help him solve the case. Her expertise will also prove useful in helping a grieving grandmother make sense of her late grandson's descent into the darkest of occult practices. Mysterious writings and grimoires seem a strange and curious bend for the young man. Her expertise and wit will be soon pushed to the limit, when dark forces pick her as their next target. A descent into the dark beliefs that surround us, 'Secret Rituals' is the first book in Jo Beekman's series of occult mystery novels.
The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.
Author: Francis King
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 0359258824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSecret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America
Author: Mark Christopher Carnes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780300051469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study of American 19th-century secret orders, the author argues that religious practices and gender roles became increasingly feminized in Victorian America and that secret societies, such as the Freemasons, offered men and boys an alternative, male counterculture.
Secret Rituals of the Men In Black
Author: A.H. Greenfield
Publisher: Рипол Классик
Published:
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 5881785428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Secret Inner Order Rituals of the Golden Dawn
Author: Pat Zalewski
Publisher: New Falcon Publications
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBridges a major gap in every Golden Dawn library. These Rituals will free those who wish to explore the Grades above 5=6. Thus the shackles of temples which claim exclusive descent from the Golden Dawn will be broken. It is time to bring these hidden teachings of the Golden Dawn into the Light.
Witches of America
Author: Alex Mar
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
Published: 2015-10-20
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0374709114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Witches are gathering." When most people hear the word "witches," they think of horror films and Halloween, but to the nearly one million Americans who practice Paganism today, witchcraft is a nature-worshipping, polytheistic, and very real religion. So Alex Mar discovers when she sets out to film a documentary and finds herself drawn deep into the world of present-day magic. Witches of America follows Mar on her immersive five-year trip into the occult, charting modern Paganism from its roots in 1950s England to its current American mecca in the San Francisco Bay Area; from a gathering of more than a thousand witches in the Illinois woods to the New Orleans branch of one of the world's most influential magical societies. Along the way she takes part in dozens of rituals and becomes involved with a wild array of characters: a government employee who founds a California priesthood dedicated to a Celtic goddess of war; American disciples of Aleister Crowley, whose elaborate ceremonies turn the Catholic mass on its head; second-wave feminist Wiccans who practice a radical separatist witchcraft; a growing "mystery cult" whose initiates trace their rites back to a blind shaman in rural Oregon. This sprawling magical community compels Mar to confront what she believes is possible-or hopes might be. With keen intelligence and wit, Mar illuminates the world of witchcraft while grappling in fresh and unexpected ways with the question underlying every faith: Why do we choose to believe in anything at all? Whether evangelical Christian, Pagan priestess, or atheist, each of us craves a system of meaning to give structure to our lives. Sometimes we just find it in unexpected places.
Women, Rites and Sites
Author: Peggy Brock
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-07-31
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 1000248364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book challenges a number of widespread preconceptions about Aboriginal society and its interaction with the wider non-Aboriginal society. It builds on recent scholarship that has drastically changed the view of Aboriginal women propagated by nineteenth and early twentieth century reports. These reporters unconsciously based their assessments on their knowledge of their own society; they could not conceive of women undertaking autonomous economic activity. These observations were made by men, and some women, imposing their cultural values on Aboriginal society, and dealing primarily with Aboriginal men. They were influenced by the fact that in white society political and religious power was in the hands of men; they shared the common assumption that the female roles of wife and mother carried as little power and authority in Aboriginal society as they did in western society. This collection of essays, which includes accounts ranging from traditional societies to societies reacting to decades of interaction with non-Aboriginal culture, explores the active role of women in Aboriginal cultural and religious life. It demonstrates the cultural authority possessed by women; it records the pivotal role of women as repositories of cultural knowledge and in the struggle to maintain or rebuild the means of passing on that knowledge. Women, Rites & Sites should be read by all people interested in Aboriginal-white relations, in Aboriginal culture and women's studies.
The Secret School of Wisdom
Author: Josef Wäges
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780853184935
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"For more than two hundred years, the world has held a prejudiced view of the Illuminati. Much has been claimed for and against the Order - its name synonymous with secrecy, intrigue, and mystery in the modern context, despite a poverty of concrete evidence in the English language. Little has been said about the factual structure and development through its life cycle. The Secret School of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati, is a ground-breaking text. It marks the first time that a comprehensive ritual book for the society has been re-assembled. Every degree, its instruction and associated texts, has been included and assembled in chronological order of progression. The reader will be guided along the same path as many of Germany's most enlightened men, as they did in the years immediately prior to the French Revolution. They will ascend from one level of knowledge to the next. Much of this material has never been published, let alone translated into English. Supplemental texts are included to gain further historical insight into the Order. The documents have been checked for accuracy with the original archival texts, and carefully translated into English. The Secret School of Wisdom - The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati is a pioneering text, a full working manual of the Order, and an astounding insight into the world's most intriguing secret society. Discover: * The first book in history to publish the complete rituals of the Illuminati * The doctrine of the Illuminati in their very own words * The regalia and jewels of the Order completely revealed for the first time * The development of the rituals and teachings of the Order * The secret goals of the Order to reform society - exposed in detail * The rituals that went on to become part of modern day Freemasonry The secret signs, grips and passwords of the Illuminati revealed."--Publisher description.
Master of Ceremonies
Author: Joel Grey
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2016-02-16
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1250057248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoel Grey, the Tony and Academy Award-winning Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret finally tells his remarkable life story. Born Joel David Katz to a wild and wooly Jewish American family in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, Joel began his life in the theater at the age of 9, starting in children’s theater and then moving to the main stage. He was hooked, and his seven decades long career charts the evolution of American entertainment - from Vaudeville performances with his father, Mickey Katz to the seedy gangster filled nightclubs of the forties, the bright lights of Broadway and dizzying glamour of Hollywood, to juggernaut musicals like Cabaret, Chicago, and Wicked. Master of Ceremonies is a memoir of a life lived in and out of the limelight, but it is also the story of the man behind the stage makeup. Coming of age in a time when being yourself tended to be not only difficult but also dangerous, Joel has to act both on and off the stage. He spends his high school years sleeping with the girls-next-door while carrying on a scandalous affair with an older man. Romances with to-die-for Vegas Showgirls are balanced with late night liaisons with like-minded guys, until finally Joel falls in love and marries a talented and beautiful woman, starts a family, and has a pretty much picture perfect life. But 24 years later when the marriage dissolves, Joel has to once again find his place in a world that has radically changed. Drawing back the curtain on a career filled with show-stopping numbers, larger-than-life stars and even singing in the shower with Bjork, Master of Ceremonies is also a portrait of an artist coming to terms with his evolving identity. When an actor plays a character, he has to find out what makes them who they are; their needs, dreams, and fears. It’s a difficult thing to do, but sometimes the hardest role in an actor’s life is that of himself. Deftly capturing the joy of performing as well as the pain and secrets of an era we have only just started to leave behind, Joel’s story is one of love, loss, hard-won honesty, redemption, and success.
