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The Oracle and the Curse

Author : Caleb Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674075862
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Oracle and the Curse written by Caleb Smith and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper’s Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave-holding land would be purged away only with blood. A study of omens, maledictions, and inspired invocations, The Oracle and the Curse examines how utterances such as Brown’s shaped American literature between the Revolution and the Civil War. In nineteenth-century criminal trials, judges played the role of law’s living oracles, but offenders were also given an opportunity to address the public. When the accused began to turn the tables on their judges, they did so not through rational arguments but by calling down a divine retribution. Widely circulated in newspapers and pamphlets, these curses appeared to channel an otherworldly power, condemning an unjust legal system and summoning readers to the side of righteousness. Exploring the modes of address that communicated the authority of law and the dictates of conscience in antebellum America’s court of public opinion, Caleb Smith offers a new poetics of justice which assesses the nonrational influence that these printed confessions, trial reports, and martyr narratives exerted on their first audiences. Smith shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature.

Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks

Author : Esther Eidinow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199277788
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks written by Esther Eidinow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the question tablets from the oracle at Dodona and binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, These tablets reveal the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, and help us to understand some of the ways in which they managed risk and uncertainty in their daily lives.

Oracle's Curse

Author : Melissa Macfie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Oracle's Curse written by Melissa Macfie and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brenawyn has made impossible promises. She has agreed to become the Druid high priestess, she has agreed to restore the balance between worlds, she has promised to save Alexander from a century's old curse, and to top it all off, the god Finvarra has just dropped her 600 years in past so that she can fulfill an ancient prophecy. Now she must make impossible choices: between saving her lover or rescuing her best friend, between staying in the past or returning to the present. But most of all, she must choose who she will become.Oracle's Curse, the third book in The Celtic Prophecy series, takes the reader on a journey to a world of dark magic, a world where dangers abound and Brenawyn has no one to trust.

The Curse of Deadman's Forest

Author : Victoria Laurie
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385735731
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Book Synopsis The Curse of Deadman's Forest by : Victoria Laurie

Download or read book The Curse of Deadman's Forest written by Victoria Laurie and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to recruit six supernaturally gifted children to defeat a growing evil force, Ian and Theodosia Wigby embark on a life-threatening journey through a magic portal in search of a healer who will protect Delphi Keep from a dark enemy.

Blood of Fiends

Author : Colin McComb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601254238
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book Blood of Fiends written by Colin McComb and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have been shunned and feared by society forever. Born of tainted bloodlines and raised in shameful secrecy, the tieflings of Golarion count among their ancestors some of the greatest evils of the Great Beyond. Yet not all tieflings succumb to the sinister compulsions of their evil blood -- some strive to rise above the stereotype and become heroes in their own right. This Pathfinder sourcebook explores all that it is to be a tiefling, including not only an extensive discussion of tiefling culture and society, but also presenting numerous variations on the standard tiefling character. Rules for tieflings of specific fiendish heritages, new feats and magic, variant tiefling abilities and tiefling appearances, and new options for inquisitors, summoners, sorcerers, clerics and more await discovery in this Pathfinder Player Companion.

Quest for the Secret Keeper

Author : Victoria Laurie
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385738617
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Book Synopsis Quest for the Secret Keeper by : Victoria Laurie

Download or read book Quest for the Secret Keeper written by Victoria Laurie and published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearing that they will be sent away with the rest of the orphans when the Royal Navy takes over Delphi Keep, Ian, Theo and Carl race against time to decipher the third prophecy, which makes reference to an important quest to rescue the mysterious Secret Keeper.

The Global Curse of the Federal Reserve

Author : B. Brown
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230314112
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Global Curse of the Federal Reserve written by B. Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reveals how the Global Credit Bubble and Bust of 2003-10 stemmed from giant monetary disequilibrium created by the Federal Reserve. Almost continually that institution has pursued flawed monetary practice and principle which has mutated into Bernanke-ism. The book dissects this and shows how it threatens the return of economic prosperity.

Oracles of Delphi Keep

Author : Victoria Laurie
Publisher : Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385735723
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Book Synopsis Oracles of Delphi Keep by : Victoria Laurie

Download or read book Oracles of Delphi Keep written by Victoria Laurie and published by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1938, three orphans--Theo, Carl, and Ian, ages ten to thirteen--lead three teachers through a portal that takes them from Dover, England, to Morocco in their quest to locate six silver boxes before the ancient prophecies therein are found by the evil Demogorgon's offspring.

The Mystery of the Oracles

Author : Philipp Vandenberg
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of the Oracles written by Philipp Vandenberg and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sibylline Oracles (Annotated Edition)

Author : Milton S. Terry
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849621782
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book The Sibylline Oracles (Annotated Edition) written by Milton S. Terry and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of almost 10.000 words about the oracles in religion * an interactive table-of-contents * perfect formatting for electronic reading devices THE Sibyls occupy a conspicuous place in the traditions and history of ancient Greece and Rome. Their fame was spread abroad long before the beginning of the Christian era. Heraclitus of Ephesus, five centuries before Christ, compared himself to the Sibyl "who, speaking with inspired mouth, without a smile, without ornament, and without perfume, penetrates through centuries by the power of the gods." The ancient traditions vary in reporting the number and the names of these weird prophetesses, and much of what has been handed down to us is legendary. But whatever opinion one may hold respecting the various legends, there can be little doubt that a collection of Sibylline Oracles was at one time preserved at Rome. There are, moreover, various oracles, purporting to have been written by ancient Sibyls, found in the writings of Pausanias, Plutarch, Livy, and in other Greek and Latin authors. Whether any of these citations formed a portion of the Sibylline books once kept in Rome we cannot now determine; but the Roman capitol was destroyed by fire in the time of Sulla (B. C. 84), and again in the time of Vespasian (A. D. 69), and whatever books were at those dates kept therein doubtless perished in the flames. It is said by some of the ancients that a subsequent collection of oracles was made, but, if so, there is now no certainty that any fragments of them remain.

Magic in the Ancient Greek World

Author : Derek Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470695722
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Magic in the Ancient Greek World written by Derek Collins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece. Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition? Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have an effect? Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types of magic Examines the central role of magic in Greek life

Italian Folk Magic

Author : Mary-Grace Fahrun
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 1633410552
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Italian Folk Magic written by Mary-Grace Fahrun and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating journey through the magical, folkloric, and healing traditions of Italy the reader learns uniquely Italian methods of magical protection and divination and spells for love, sex, control, and revenge. "Mary-Grace Fahrun's Italian Folk Magic is an intimate journey into the heart of Italian folk magical practices as they are lived every day. Having grown up in an extended Italian family in North America and Italy, the author presents us with the stories, characters, saints, charms, and prayers that form the core of folk religion, setting them in context in an authentic, down-to-earth, and humorous voice. A delight to read!"—Sabina Magliocco, Professor of Anthropology, University of British Columbia Italian Folk Magiccontains: magical and religious rituals prayers divination techniques crafting blessing rituals witchcraft The author also explores the evil eye, known as malocchio in Italian, explaining what it is, where it comes from, and, crucially, how to get rid of it. This book can help Italians regain their magical heritage, but Italian folk magic is a beautiful, powerful, and effective magical tradition that is accessible to anyone who wants to learn it.

Advanced Player's Guide

Author : Jason Bulmahn
Publisher : Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
ISBN 13 : 9781601252463
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Advanced Player's Guide written by Jason Bulmahn and published by Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on the original roleplaying game rules designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson"--Title page verso.

Things Fall Apart

Author : Chinua Achebe
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0385474547
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.

Inner Sea Faiths

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601258250
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Inner Sea Faiths written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all the secrets of 15 powerful yet mysterious deities in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Faiths! This extra-large 96-page softcover sourcebook details gods and goddesses that are just as mighty as Golarion's core deities, but not as widely worshiped in the Inner Sea. From Achaekek, god of divine punishment and patron of the deadly Red Mantis assassins, to Milani, vehement enemy of tyranny and slavery, to Naderi, goddess of romantic tragedy and forbidden love, this book details all the histories, dogmas, and rituals needed to enrich campaigns with divine lore. Further, obediences and boons for each deity allow characters of all stripes to become champions of their religion. Harness the power of the divine and bring these hidden religions of Golarion to life with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Faiths!

Monster Codex

Author : Jason Bulmahn
Publisher : Paizo Pub Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781601256867
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Monster Codex written by Jason Bulmahn and published by Paizo Pub Llc. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With Pathfinder RPG Monster Codex, fleshed-out hordes are at your fingertips! This volume presents a trove of entries for 20 classic monster races, giving you new ways to use your favorite monsters in a variety of enounters and challenge levels. Pathfinder RPG Monster Codex is an indispensable companion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Pathfinder RPG Bestiary."--Back cover.

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Author : Julian Jaynes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547527543
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind written by Julian Jaynes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry