Practices category: 4429 books
The Holy Wild
A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Rather than inspiration from on high, this interactive “holy book” urges actions which give readers insight from within
Practices taught include journaling, myth-work, yoga, and energy exercises
Sacred feminine archetypes such as the mother goddess, the crone, and the maiden are explored and embraced
Female Images of God in Christian Worship
In the Spirituality of "TongSungGiDo" of the Korean Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Female Images of God in Christian Worship: In the Spirituality of TongSungGiDo of the Korean Church examines problems that arise from the use of exclusively patriarchal images in modern Christian worship. The author asserts that female images in the Bible could help worshippers find a relationship...
The Faces of the Gods
Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in...
When Art Disrupts Religion
Aesthetic Experience and the Evangelical Mind
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The stories gathered in these pages lay bare the power of the arts to unsettle and rework deeply ingrained religious beliefs and practices. This book grounds its narrative in the accounts of 82 Evangelicals who underwent a sea-change of religious identity through the intervention of the arts. "There...
The Synagogue Survival Kit
A Guide to Understanding Jewish Religious Services
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
In an effort to counter the confusion and isolation often experienced by a novice synagogue-goer, as well as by many who regularly attend synagogue, The Synagogue Survival Kit: A Guide to Understanding Jewish Religious Services offers introductions and instructions for all aspects of the synagogue...
by Devin Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Reclaim Control of Your Magic and Your Life
Transcend Your Limitations and Enter the Pyramid of Light and the Labyrinth of Darkness
Devin Hunter, author of groundbreaking works The Witch's Book of Power and The Witch's Book of Spirits, makes a powerful statement on how you can deepen...
by Orunmilas Servant
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
In this third and final installment to his series on life in service to the Orishas, author Orunmilas Servant channels and transcribes the thoughts of several of his Egguns, the joyful occult spirits who guide him and accompany him on his journey through Freemasonry, Santeria, and other spiritual...
Music and Religious Change among Progressive Jews in London
Being Liberal and Doing Traditional
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to contemporary religiosity in general: participation,...
by R. Lowe Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Originally published London 1929. A detailed history of the Devil in all his forms. Includes much content on magic, paganism and early Wicca practices. Contents Include: Early Belief. The Power of Magic. Magicians and Priests. Horned God of the West. Witch God and Devil. The Evolved Magician. Herne...
Rastafari and the Arts
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Drawing on literary, musical, and visual representations of and by Rastafari, Darren J. N. Middleton provides an introduction to Rasta through the arts, broadly conceived. The religious underpinnings of the Rasta movement are often overshadowed by Rasta’s association with reggae music, dub, and...
Me, Myself and God
A Theology of Mindfulness
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Heal from the sense of separation that pervades human consciousness and awaken to the true oneness of all things.
Many of our human existential struggles stem from the sense of disconnection, alienation and loneliness that comes from a fragmented view of reality. The typical concept of “self”...
The New American Judaism
How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
A leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today
American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years,...
Blood for Thought
The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Blood for Thought delves into a relatively unexplored area of rabbinic literature: the vast corpus of laws, regulations, and instructions pertaining to sacrificial rituals. Mira Balberg traces and analyzes the ways in which the early rabbis interpreted and conceived of biblical sacrifices, reinventing...
by Denver Witch Quarterly
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Denver Witch Quarterly is a magazine devoted to paganism, Wicca, witchcraft, magick, and the occult.In this issue, one will find a brief history of the chief editor’s involvement with the small press Wiccan and pagan magazines of the 1990s, an involvement that helped inspire the creation...