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Music in Renaissance Magic: Toward a Historiography of Others
Magic enjoyed a vigorous revival in sixteenth-century Europe, attaining a prestige it had not held for over a millenium and becoming, for some, a kind of universal philosophy. Renaissance music also suggested a form of universal knowledge through…
Madame Blavatsky: The Mother of Modern Spirituality
Chronicles the life of the cofounder of the Theosophical Society, examining her legacy and the controversy surrounding her.
The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus: From Ancient Egypt to the Modern World
From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis, to our own times, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus -- the 'thrice-great one', as he was often called -- on the western mind.…
The pharaoh: life at court and on campaign
"How did someone become pharaoh? -- What did a pharaoh do each day? -- Did the pharaoh personally lead his army into battle? -- How influential was the Great Royal Wife? -- How was a pharaoh embalmed and buried? -- Who was the last pharaoh (and it…
Body of Inquiry
"A triptych opening to a corporeal codex"
Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth
With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. Exploring in rich detail the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada,…
