Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England
9 best books like Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic in Contemporary England (T.M. Luhrmann): The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, The Age of Empire, 1875-1914, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life, Prime Chaos: Adventures in Chaos Magic, Aradia: Gospel of the Witches, The Art of Always Being Right, Patience, The Age of Capital, 1848-1875
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
| Author | Thomas S. Kuhn |
| ISBN | 0226458083 |
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . Kuhn does not permit...
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Television has conditioned us to tolerate visually entertaining material measured out in spoonfuls of time, to the detriment of rational public discourse and reasoned public affairs. In this eloquent, persuasive book, Neil Postman alerts us to the real and present dangers of this state of affairs,...
The Age of Empire, 1875-1914
| Author | Eric Hobsbawm |
| ISBN | 0679721754 |
Discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences & cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the First World War.
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Preface
Overture
The centenarian revolution
An economy changes gear
The age of empire
The...
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| ISBN | 0915144948 |
(Part II of Thoughts Out of Season)
"Moreover I hate everything which merely instructs me without increasing or directly quickening my activity.” These are Goethe’s words with which, as with a boldly expressed ceterum censeo, we may begin our consideration of the worth and worthlessness...
Prime Chaos: Adventures in Chaos Magic
| Author | Phil Hine |
| ISBN | 1561841374 |
Let's face it, I'm never going to finish this book. While I want to enjoy chaos magic, I find it all so cerebral and poorly described. It often reads like libertarianism with a mystical bent. Be whatever you want to be. Try all ideas. Oh, and control the world with magic, maybe.
I really want to like...
Aradia: Gospel of the Witches
| Author | Charles Godfrey Leland |
| ISBN | 1602063028 |
Its accuracy is disputed by some, while others consider it a vital resource for studying and understanding Italian witch folklore of the 19th century. What is certain is that this 1899 classic has become a foundational document of modern Wicca and neopaganism. Leland claimed his "witch informant,"...
The Art of Always Being Right
| Author | Arthur Schopenhauer |
| ISBN | 1903933617 |
Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questions? How can you yourself use arguments to deflect difficult situations? Do you recognize all flaws in someone else's argument? This the book the BBC, Andrew Gilligan, Lord Hutton, Tony Blair and Alistair...
| Author | Daniel Clowes |
| ISBN | 1606999052 |
Patience is a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness in a way that is both quintessentially “Clowesian” and utterly unique in the author’s body of work. This 180-page, full-color original graphic novel...
The Age of Capital, 1848-1875
| Author | Eric Hobsbawm |
| ISBN | 0679772545 |
In the wake of the French Revolution & the Industrial Revolution, Europe underwent another revolution--this time a revolution of values. The author examines the rise of industrial capitalism and the consolidation of bourgeois culture, exploring the effects of mounting concentration of wealth,...
