Monday, November 29, 2021
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
European Paganism, a Collection: Now Available!
This ninth compilation was created partially due to public demand; it is artificially constrained to a few variants of European paganism (Greek, Roman, Norse, and British/Irish) because of the expansive nature of the subject. Much of the work is academic and historical in tone, although "Valhalla" is mostly a poetic epic. These seven works are, in my opinion, a decent springboard into the subject. As with all of my compiled volumes, it contains a lengthy list of works in a bibliography for further reading on the subject matter, and an expansive foreword detailing each work and the premise of the compiled volume.
Included works:
-Valhalla: The Myths of Norseland
-Pagan Ideas of Immortality
-Pagan Mythology: Wisdom of the Ancients
-A Compendium of Heathen Mythology
-The Mythology of Ancient Britain and Ireland
-Dionysos and Immortality
-The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
375 pages.
Monday, November 22, 2021
Theosophy, a Collection: Now Available!
This compiled volume includes nine different works of Theosophy for the purpose of general teaching about it and some of the subtopics of especial note among Theosophists in the earlier stages of the occult orders' existence. I have included a couple of good introductory works (by Judge and Dower) and then fleshed the subject out with additional material which involves a range of discussion; from human evolution, to the occidental-oriental debate, to the topic of vegetarianism and spirituality. The work includes, as always, a lengthy bibliography of additional works and an expansive foreword explaining the content and subject.
Included works:
-Occult Significance of Blood
-Echoes of the Orient
-The Ideals of Theosophy
-The Theosophy of Christ
-Vegetarianism in the Light of Theosophy
-The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry
-The Life After Death and How Theosophy Unveils It
-The Stanzas of Dzyan
-Occultism for Beginners
374 pages.
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Witchcraft, a Collection: Now Available!
This volume is a compilation of seven important works within the general topic of the Witch Trials at Salem, the Burning Times, and on the general topic of superstition and persecution; a facet of uncivilized culture which still rages today, only in our "modern" era the witches tend to be political dissidents.
The works range from primary source material on the trials themselves, to accounts of different aspects and figures related to the same. I have added a suggested reading list to the end of the work and it contains an expansive foreword explaining each work and the topics' premise.
Included works:
Cotton Mather and Witchcraft
Magic and Witchcraft
The Witch Persecutions
A Tryal of Witches
Strange Phenomena of New England
A Brief History of Witchcraft
The Witches Pharmacopoeia
315 pages.
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Old Paths: Now Available!
This interesting volume (which might be the final edited work of the year! Stay tuned!) is effectively a reform-minded (or primitivistic) Christian tract which seeks to use the opinions and writings of early Christian figures predominantly to evince the concept that there is no Hell, or at least no Hell prior to the Revelation-era final judgment, effectively arguing for universal salvation. It is fairly compelling and alludes to the words of Clement, Paul, and many others.
75 pages.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Metempsychosis: Now Available!
This little essay regards the concept of the afterlife, reincarnation, and the continued existence of the soul after death in some form. While it primarily speaks about such concepts in the European pagan, and later Christian, sense, it also speaks about Hinduism. Plotinus and Empedocles are, of course, frequently mentioned under the premise.
43 pages.
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The Roots of Ritualism in Church and Masonry: Now Available!
This little text is one of Helena Blavatsky's better writings- a short and largely linguistic work remarking upon some Christian and Masonic terminology and noting the overlap between them. It initially comes from an essay in "Lucifer" (a Theosophical magazine, not to be confused with the devil!) and was also included in a latter work compiling some essays by the author.
46 pages.
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine: Now Available!
This fine work compiles lore about medical practices, major medical figures, and some of the innovations of both ancient Greece and Rome (sanitation, plumbing systems, etc.) It is quite thorough, and goes beyond perennial names and ideas like trepanning or Galen, into lesser known topics, like the development of the speculum, figures like Andromachus, and much more. It is profuse with notes and references to other works, also.
121 pages.
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Greek and Roman Ghost Stories: Now Available!
This little volume is a compilation of (as the title suggests!) ghostly tales from ancient Greece and Rome. Some of them are from historians, others are from plays and fictional material- and it is interesting to note the major similarity of tales in both. In one extremely interesting passage, Nero himself ends up doing manual labor to try and calm terrified workers who swore they heard the dead around them and that the ground was welling up with the blood of the deceased.
60 pages.
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Nirvana: Now Available!
This full length work is essentially comprised of three things; the authors' own personal experiences with Nirvana and "Buddhi" (which are sometimes theatrical and poetic), a bit about the history of the concept and its usage in more authentic Buddhist paths (as opposed to even modern misinterpretations, often by hippies who are spiritually clueless), and finally a lengthy appendix, partly academic, and contributed to by both Charles Leadbeater and Annie Besant. The book is quite well made, and contains a bit of romantic-era poetry to illustrate some of its points.
190 pages.