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Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans Franz Cumont An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Printing. Chapters Include, Though Not Limited To: The Chaldeans - Babylonia And Greece - The Dissemination In The West - Theology - Astral Mysticism - Ethics And Cult - Eschatology - Comprehensive Index

The Secret History of Procopius tr. by Richard Atwater Procopius, who also wrote a mainstream military history and a toadying description of the monuments which Justinian built, had to keep his most acute writing for posthumous publication. This text flays Justinian and Theodora as corrupt,...

Rights Of Man by Thomas Paine One of Paine s greatest and most widely read works, considered a classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism, defends the early events of the French Revolution, supports social security for workers, public employment for those in need of work, abolition...

The Whisperer In Darkness by H. P. Lovecraft "The Whisperer in Darkness" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931.[1] Similar to "The Colour Out of Space" (1927), it is a blend of horror and...

"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales. It was adapted for television in 1972 as an episode of the Night Gallery anthology series. The story revolves around a Bostonian painter...

The Mycenaean Origin of Greek Mythology by Martin P. Nilsson MYCENAEAN CENTERS AND MYTHOLOGICAL CENTERS and THE MYCENAEAN ORIGIN OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition. Table Of Contains.... How Old is Greek Mythology? Mycenaean Centers and Mythological Centers Heracles Olympus

Dakshinamurti Stotra translated by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri Dakshinamurti is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, as a teacher. Dakshinamurti literally means 'one who is facing south.' An image of Shiva as Dakshinamurti is part of every temple to Shiva, installed facing south. This work primarily...

The Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland By Walter Gregor "This is an ethnographic study of the inhabitants of the North-Eastern area of Scotland in the mid-19th century, at a time when an agrarian, barter economy still prevailed. Life was hard among these remote coastal communities,...

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz A serious study of Fairy folklore and mythology, with an ethnographic approach. "This is one of the most in-depth and scholarly attempts to explain the phenomena of the Celtic belief in fairies. Based on Evans-Wentz' Oxford...

The Vita Merlini by Geoffrey of Monmouth Translated by John Jay Parry "Vita Merlini, or The Life of Merlin, is a work by Geoffrey of Monmouth composed in Latin around AD 1150. It retells incidents from the life of the Brython Merlin, and is based on traditional material about the character. Merlin...

The Love Books of Ovid Translated by J. Lewis May 'The Love Books of Ovid' is a combination of four books of the Roman poet's verse translated into prose. This volume includes 'Amores' or 'The Loves', 'Ars Amatoria' or 'The Art of Love', 'Remedia Amoris' or 'Love's Cure', and 'Medicamina Faciei...

Fortune-Telling by Cards by P.R.S. Foli Several methods of telling fortunes with a standard deck of playing cards. "This is a short book on telling fortunes, primarily with a standard deck of playing cards. There is a short two-chapter section at the end about the Tarot. Described...

Love's Coming-Of-Age by Edward Carpenter "This short book of essays by Edward Carpenter is a look at gender roles at the start of the 20th century, and his prescient vision of how those roles might evolve. In the past century many of his then-utopian predictions have come to pass, such...

Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and Its Attainment by Rudolf Steiner From a true Master, this is a quintesential guide for the spiritual seeker, on a path of esoteric initiation. Steiner lays out the basics, such as the stages of initiation, practical aspects and conditions of attainment, and...