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With contributions and additional material from Raymond Buckland, Raven Grimassi, Patricia Telesco, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, and other illustrious members of The Grey Council, here is the book Merlin would have given a young Arthur...if only it had existed. This essential handbook contains everything...

Santa Muerte is rising in popularity. With millions of devotees in Mexico, the U.S., and throughout the world and growing, devotion to Most Holy Death may be the biggest underground spiritual movement in the world. She is denounced by religious and governmental authorities. Yet, everywhere they have...

For many decades, militant atheism and religious dogmatism have fed off of each other. Each intellectual argument and rhetorical flourish acts as encouragement and cause for further passion in the other. Into this mix, author Jonathan Clatworthy offers a different alternative: “to reject...

In King of Terrors and Other Essays, Fr. John Heidt does that increasingly rare thing, uphold and elucidate catholic orthodoxy as seen through the lens of the Anglican tradition. But this collection of essays, articles and letters is far more than a blast upon the trumpet of unashamed apologetic,...

So, this atheist walks into a church ... and it's not the first line of a joke. It's a story of research for a novel turning personal as one writer contemplates the God-believers around her.Raised by a Christian mother and an agnostic father, the author long felt apathetic toward...

Blindfolded in a pajama type attire with a noose hung around his neck, his wedding ring has been removed. Having been 'properly prepared' his conductor leads him to the inner lodge door where with a knock the Worshipful Master calls out, "Who goes there?" His conductor responds**, "-----------,...

Rivers of religious life have a beginning, like other streams, and what are the sources to which man’s primitive faiths may be traced? The early “symbolic objects of man’s adoration” are arranged by General Forlong in the following order: First, Tree; 2nd, Phallic; 3rd, Serpent; 4th, Fire;...

What is real? What is the foundation of right and wrong? How can we know? There are many ways to answer these questions--Western religious views in which humanity is part of God's creation, Eastern religious views in which delusion traps humanity in a cycle of reincarnation, and secular views in which...

This anthology of new critical essays written by experts in their fields, in honor of the late Victor Stenger, examines Christianity using established scientific criteria. Where science specifically touches upon the claims of Christianity the authors seek to show those claims lack the required evidence....

The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View is an analysis of the astronomical portent found in the Gospel of Matthew which supposedly led the Magi from the East to the birthplace of Jesus. Throughout history, people have tried to connect the Star to real, naturalistic phenomena, as well as to explain...

In Living with Conflict: A Challenge to a Peace Church, Susan Robson explores the discomforts and denials that can arise when an organization committed to doing good suspects that it is not living up to its declared aims. This case study of Quakers in the United Kingdom closely examines the challenge...

Finding your personal path within the sphere of Wicca and feeling at ease and content with it can take time, but once the right path has been found, we experience with it a sense of fulfilment or contentment. These feelings are common among Pagans and Wiccans who say that finding their religion or...

What do you do when you discover that your best friend at work sabotaged your promotion? Or if a neighbor suddenly decides that you don't belong in his town? What if a group of teens sets out to make your life a living hell? Silver's Spells for Protection contains tips for dealing with all these situations,...

When I was a child, I once stared into a mirror so long that my own face contorted into something terrifying. Mirrors are powerful. Learn how to use them properly. You have a mirror in your house. Could that mirror be carrying evil energy? John Dee used a mirror to divine the future...