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Book Synopsis Magical Christianity by : Coleston Brown
Download or read book Magical Christianity written by Coleston Brown and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coleston Brown—scholar and expert on the esoteric Christian traditions—reaches far beyond any other book of its genre to bring us a truly experiential form of Christianity. Drawing on the myths, legends, lore, and symbols inherent in the Christian tradition, Brown reveals the potential in all of us to use, as he does, Magical Christianity as a practice for healing and regenerating the spirit. Brown combines the insights he gained as a student under Gareth Knight, a renowned authority on Kabbalistic magic, with his own study of ancient texts and practice of the esoteric Christian tradition, developing this new work, the official text and formal course of training in what is now known as the Western Magical Tradition. Readers will be captivated by the symbols Brown covers in this book, including the sphere, the holy fire, the wheel of life, and the planes of being. He even details the magical power of sacred architecture rich in the Christian tradition as a basis for magical practice. This revised edition also includes an experiential meditation at the end of each chapter and a CD of guided meditations to bring readers more deeply into the transformative power of Christian symbolism.
Book Synopsis Patterns in Magical Christianity by : Nicholas Whitehead
Download or read book Patterns in Magical Christianity written by Nicholas Whitehead and published by Sun Chalice Books. This book was released on 1996-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical Christianity is a means of bringing about spiritual transformation. It refers to both a mystical transfiguration of the soul, and an active participation in the mediation of Divine Love, Power, and Wisdom to little suspected "inner" aspects of Creation. Contact with such inner realities is achieved through the imaginative use of symbolic material -- images, legends, myths, rites, and ceremonies. This fascinating and insightful study of Christian magical lore focuses on the mystical significance of seven key archetypes: The Sphere, The Axis, The Holy Fire, The Center, The Wheel of Life, The Three Worlds, and The Planes of Being.
Book Synopsis Patterns in Magical Christianity by : Nicholas Whitehead
Download or read book Patterns in Magical Christianity written by Nicholas Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical Christianity is a means of bringing about spiritual transformation. It refers to both a mystical transfiguration of the soul, and an active participation in the mediation of Divine Love, Power, and Wisdom to little suspected inner aspects of Creation. Contact with such inner realities is achieved through the imaginative use of symbolic material -- images, legends, myths, rites, and ceremonies. This fascinating and insightful study of Christian magical lore focuses on the mystical significance of seven key archetypes: The Sphere, The Axis, The Holy Fire, The Center, The Wheel of Life, The Three Worlds, and The Planes of Being.
Book Synopsis Ancient Christian Magic by : Marvin W. Meyer
Download or read book Ancient Christian Magic written by Marvin W. Meyer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-04 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thought-provoking collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. These remarkable Christian magical texts include curses, spells of protection from "headless powers" and evil spirits, spells invoking thunderous powers, descriptions of fire baptism, and even recipes from a magical "cookbook." Virtually all the texts are by Coptic Christians, and they date from about the 1st-12th centuries of the common era, with the majority from late antiquity. By placing these rarely seen texts in historical context and discussing their significance, the authors explore the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience, and expand our understanding of Christianity and Gnosticism as a vital folk religion.
Book Synopsis The Christian Magician by : Charles Mage
Download or read book The Christian Magician written by Charles Mage and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian Magician is an occult manual that talks about practicing the craft of magic as a Christian. Many Christians are discouraged from practicing magic thinking that engaging in the ancient and sacred art of magic is a grave sin. Can you really practice magic as a Christian or is it really a forbidden art? When Jesus was born, He was visited by three wise men (Matthew 2:1-12). If we look at the original texts, the wise men are magi. Magi is the plural form of magician, where the word magic came from. Simply put, Jesus was visited by magicians. Do you really think that God would allow Jesus to be visited by magical practitioners when He was born if the craft of magic was a sin? The Christian Magician talks about not only how you can safely practice magic as a true Christian, but it also reveals and discusses magical techniques that you can learn and use in your magical life. Many people shy away from discussing the practice of magic in Christianity by immediately dismissing the idea as nothing more but a grave sin. The way this issue has been tackled is largely based on fear rather than the truth. Now is the time to finally talk about the hard facts and finally lift the veil to reveal the secrets of the mystery. It is time to realize the truth and break free from the chains of fear. The Christian Magician is a discourse that is based on truth and love rather than fear. For many years, so many Christians have been discouraged from practicing magic in order to keep them ignorant and afraid. However, it should be noted that there are few who have understood the truth and have wielded great magic in the service of Jesus. Do not let fear prevent you from embracing the magical craft. It should be noted that the craft of magic is pure and sacred, and it is of ancient origins, coming from God Himself. We will also discuss how you can practice it safely without falling into the traps of the evil one. Indeed, the practice of magic is a pure spirituality. Therefore, it should bring you closer to Jesus and make you a better human being. Are you ready to experience the true power of magic and love of Jesus in your life? Are you ready to wield magical power in the service of God? If yes, then I kindly welcome you into this magical journey -- a magical journey to Jesus -- for Jesus is, indeed, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Book Synopsis Spiritual Encounters by : Nicholas Griffiths
Download or read book Spiritual Encounters written by Nicholas Griffiths and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiritual Encounters is a comparative and theoretically informed look at the religious interactions between Native and colonial European cultures throughout the Americas. Religion was one of the most contentious, dramatic, and complex arenas of confrontation between Natives and Europeans during the colonial era. This volume fully explores the significance of colonial religious encounters. Case studies, organized by theme, showcase previously unexamined sources and offer interpretations that shed new light on Native-European religious encounters in the New World. One group of studies examines the extent to which Native peoples internalized Christianity and the cultural mechanisms that enabled them to do so. Other chapters assess in detail the often uneasy relationship between Christianity and coexisting indigenous religious practices involving sorcery and healing. A third set of essays looks at the broader political and economic forces underlying Native-colonial religious encounters. An introduction and epilogue by the editors provide valuable summaries of the broad patterns characterizing the religious interactions between the West and the Other in the colonial Americas.
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Book Synopsis Ritual Magic for Conservative Christians by : Brother Ada
Download or read book Ritual Magic for Conservative Christians written by Brother Ada and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Power for Living! Christians have practiced magic since the dawn of Christianity, and almost all classic magical texts since the Middle Ages have Christian authors. With this book, you can tap into that power! You'll learn: - A theology of magic that embraces all mainstream Christian denominations. - A curriculum for training yourself in the magic art. - An organized method for calling the Choirs of Angels. - How to create, consecrate, and use talismans and amulets. - A powerful system for creating your own magical rituals. - Multiple fully-functioning example rituals. - Practical advice to make your magic even more effective! Between these pages you'll find the most potent manual yet for Christian magicians who want to retain their orthodoxy and more deeply understand their faith as well as their practice. Manifest with orthodoxy. Believe with power. Grow with awesomeness!
Book Synopsis Magical Motifs in the Book of Revelation by : Rodney Lawrence Thomas
Download or read book Magical Motifs in the Book of Revelation written by Rodney Lawrence Thomas and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-06-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodney Thomas considers whether Revelation was written as an 'anti-magical' polemic, and explores the concept and definition of 'magic' from both modern and first-century standpoints.
Book Synopsis Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West by : Robin Horton
Download or read book Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West written by Robin Horton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-13 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Horton's critical and creative writings on African religious thought have influenced anthropologists, philosophers, and all those interested in the comparative study of religion and thought. This selection of some of his classic papers, with a new introduction and postscript by the author, traces Horton's theoretical ideas over thirty years. In attempting to understand African religious thought, he also tackles broader issues in the history and sociology of thought, such as secularisation and modernisation. Part I is a critical assessment of two established interpretive approaches, the Symbolist and the Theological. Part II proposes an alternative 'Intellectualist' approach that emphasises the structural and processual similarities between religious and scientific thinking. The postscript appraises the Intellectualist approach in the light of theorising about religion and world views.
Book Synopsis Magic in the New Testament by : Robert Conner
Download or read book Magic in the New Testament written by Robert Conner and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Christians were accused of practising magic by Jews, Pagans, and other Christians. Magic in the New Testament examines magical praxis common to the New Testament, the magical papyri, the Sepher Ha-Razim, the Book of Enoch, the apocryphal Acts and the pre-Nicene church fathers and surveys the professional literature on early Christian magic from 1927 to 2009. Additional topics include: Magic, family and sexuality; The Old Testament background of early Christian magic; The relationship between magic and apocalypticism; Veneration of relics and necromantic sorcery; Resurrection, ghost stories and polymorphism; Magic and mystery cult in early Christianity; The Question of Sources/The Holy Family/The Looming Apocalypse/The Final Confrontation/Resurrection or Ghost Story?/Magical Palestine/Jesus the Magician/A Darker Sorcery/Christian Necromancy/Cults of Possession/Spirit Versus Spirit/The Christian Mysteries/The Son of Horus/ Last Rites.
Book Synopsis Magic in Christianity by : Robert P. Conner
Download or read book Magic in Christianity written by Robert P. Conner and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of Jesus and the early Christians swarmed with prophets and exorcists, holy men and healers, who invoked angels and demons, gods and ghosts. Magic in Christianity: From Jesus to the Gnostics explores that world through the surviving texts of the first Christians and their pagan and Jewish contemporaries. Ecstatic spirit possession, handing opponents over to Satan, sending demons into swine, striking others dead on the spot by pronouncing curses, using articles of clothing and parts of corpses to perform magical healing and exorcism, invoking ghosts and angels for protection-these are all ancient Christian practices described in the New Testament, explained in detail by early Christian writers, and preserved by Christian amulets. Pagans and Jews accused Jesus and his followers of practicing magic and Christians accused one another of sorcery. Both pagan and early orthodox writers describe the rituals of the Gnostic sects in detail, including the magical passwords required to cross through the gates of the lower heavens. Magic in Christianity: From Jesus to the Gnostics examines evidence from the New Testament, the first Christian apologists, early apocryphal works, curse tablets and amulets to reconstruct the apocalyptic magical world of Jesus and the first Christians.
Book Synopsis From Magic to Metaphor by : George S. Worgul
Download or read book From Magic to Metaphor written by George S. Worgul and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theology Remixed by : Adam C. English
Download or read book Theology Remixed written by Adam C. English and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus didn't give his followers a fixed set of statements defining everything they needed to know about the kingdom of God in a neat package. Rather he told stories, made comparisons, drew contrasts. He talked of a mustard seed, of yeast and of a hidden treasure to communicate some of the most important truths of the faith. Jesus didn't fall back on parables because he lacked the right words. Parables were the exact way Jesus intended to communicate. What pictures or analogies today can give us greater understanding of the Christian faith? Adam English finds fresh insight in four: Christianity as story, game, language, culture. Christianity is like a story with scenery, characters and plots. It's like a language with vocabulary, grammar and conversation. It's like a game with rules and players, goals and equipment. It's like a culture with a distinct way of living, working, playing and loving. No one analogy is complete, but all offer new windows of appreciation for the faith. English gives us a fresh representation of Christian theology that is neither modern nor postmodern, but in dialogue with both in order to articulate what we believe. Here is a book for those who want to grasp Christianity more fully and authentically in a way that illuminates our contemporary cultural context and enables us to make a compelling response.
Book Synopsis White Magic: An Introduction to the Folklore of Christian Legend by : C. Grant Loomis
Download or read book White Magic: An Introduction to the Folklore of Christian Legend written by C. Grant Loomis and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis A Cognitive Theory of Magic by : Jesper Sørensen
Download or read book A Cognitive Theory of Magic written by Jesper Sørensen and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2007 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic is a universal phenomenon. Everywhere we look people perform ritual actions in which desirable qualities are transferred by means of physical contact and objects or persons are manipulated by things of their likeness. In this book S rensen embraces a cognitive perspective in order to investigate this long-established but controversial topic. Following a critique of the traditional approaches to magic, and basing his claims on classical ethnographic cases, the author explains magic's universality by examining a number of recurrent cognitive processes underlying its different manifestations. He focuses on how power is infused into the ritual practice; how representations of contagion and similarity can be used to connect otherwise distinct objects in order to manipulate one by the other; and how the performance of ritual prompts representations of magical actions as effective. Bringing these features together, the author proposes a cognitive theory of how people can represent magical rituals as purposeful actions and how ritual actions are integrated into more complex representations of events. This explanation, in turn, yields new insights into the constitutive role of magic in the formation of institutionalised religious ritual.
Book Synopsis Cosmic Mysteries by : Carol E. Parrish-Harra
Download or read book Cosmic Mysteries written by Carol E. Parrish-Harra and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmic Mysteries By: Carol E. Parrish-Harra In her newest book, Cosmic Mysteries, author Carol E. Parrish-Harra provides deep insights for the exploration of the inner path that can only be detailed by the one who has gleaned awareness through a personal journal. Carol’s work has long been noted for clarity and the details of the path dreamed of by many and traveled by the few. Mysticism within the Occult Tradition is held close, realizing how delicately balanced it is. With many years of esoteric studies, Carol shares her understanding of invisible qualities to be explored and the tests each element—Fire, Air, Water, and Earth—presents to be mastered as they are integrated into human life. The importance of daily mindfulness prepares us to move ourselves into the Christ Mind, brought about by both our choices and Karma as we go forward with little awareness in life.
Book Synopsis Christian Candle Magic by : Agostino Taumaturgo
Download or read book Christian Candle Magic written by Agostino Taumaturgo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Fire! Since the dawn of time, man has harnessed the awesome power of fire. Today the magic continues, with the power of fire harnessed in the light of a candle. With this book, you'll learn: - How candles form part of the Christian's life. - The physical and psychological effects of color. - How the Saints can make things happen. - How to work the different types of candles. - How to use the Rosary as a magical weapon. - Rituals for Love, Money, Health, and Protection. - How to read what your magic is doing. This Paperback version also includes: - 78 Prayers to contact the Saints. - Oils and incenses to make your magic stronger. Reading this book can be first step to changing your life!
