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The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and
spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient
China. The main focus of attention is the character gui , an
essential key to the understanding of spiritual beings. The author
analyses the character gui in various materials - lexicons and
dictionaries, excavated manuscripts and inscriptions, and received
classical texts. Gui is examined from the perspective of its
linguistic root, literary interpretation, ritual practices,
sociopolitical implication, and cosmological thinking. In the
gradual process of coming to know the otherworld in terms of ghosts
and spirits, Chinese people in ancient times attempted to identify
and classify these spiritual entities. In their philosophical
thinking, they connected the subject of gui with the movement of
the universe. Thus the belief in ghosts and spirits in ancient
China appeared to be a moral standard for all, not only providing a
room for individual religiosity but also implementing the purpose
of family-oriented social order, the legitimization of political
operations, and the understanding of the way of Heaven and Earth.
Perfect for Witches who are ready to dive into the paranormal, this
book helps you understand how hauntings work and prepares you for
eerie situations you might encounter. As a Witch, your ability to
manipulate energy allows you to interact with ghosts in ways that
other investigators can't. You can use this skill to identify and
resolve the four main classes of haunting residual, poltergeist,
human earthbound, and inhuman entity. J. Allen Cross covers haunted
homes, paranormal investigation, psychic senses, mediumship,
protection techniques, and the nature of matter. You will learn how
to craft a seal, open and close portals, perform an exorcism, and
help spirits cross over. This book shows you how to make the most
of your talents so you can bring peace to restless spirits and
those they haunt.
Witches and Warlocks of New York is a collection of legends and
historical accounts about witches and warlocks from the Empire
State. This will be the second in a series (the first being
Massachusetts publishing September 1, 2021). New York has a
surprisingly rich history of witches and witchcraft. These stories
are known locally in the towns where they occurred but have never
been collected into one book before. Included are a history and
origins of witchcraft in New York State and historical tales of
"witches" across the state including Hulda and the thirteen Witches
of the Catskills.
Spooky happenings throughout Oregon Pull up a chair or gather
'round the campfire and get ready for forty creepy tales of ghostly
hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from
times past! Oregon folklore traditions are kept alive in these
expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and through
artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts
and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy
wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Now with
brand new stories, this entertaining and compelling collection will
have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
Examines the role that machines play in the struggle between
"spiritual man" and "mechanical man" throughout the ages * Explores
how we naturally project consciousness onto machines and how this
is reflected in human culture, science, artificial intelligence,
and literature * Demonstrates a direct connection between
consciousness and the history of machines in American history *
Looks at the contributions and influence of Grace Hopper, Richard
Feynman, Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Elon Musk,
David Bohm, Norbert Wiener, and Steve Jobs as well as the Nag
Hammadi Gnostic gospels Humans invented and constructed machines to
aid them as far back as the Stone Age. As the machines became more
complex, they became extensions of the body and mind, and we
naturally began projecting consciousness onto them. As Luke Lafitte
shows in detail, although machines complicate the already
complicated issue of identity, because they are "ours" and "of us,"
they are part of our spiritual development. In this sweeping
exploration of the history of the machine as a tool, as a
transpersonal object to assist human activity, and as a
transitional artifact between spirits and the humans who interact
with them, Lafitte examines the role that machines play in the
struggle between "spiritual man" and "mechanical-man" throughout
history. He interprets the messages, archetypes, and language of
the unconscious in the first popular stories related to
mechanical-men, and he demonstrates a direct connection between
consciousness and the history of machines in American history,
specifically between the inventors of these machines and the
awakening of our imaginations and our powers of manifestation. He
examines the influence of Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Thomas
Edison, Grace Hopper, Richard Feynman, Elon Musk, David Bohm, and
others and shows how the Nag Hammadi gospels explain how we can
take back our myth and spirit from the machine. Although the term
mechanical-man is a catch-all phrase, Lafitte shows that the term
is also a meeting ground where extra-dimensional communications
between different forms of matter occur. Every machine, android,
robot, and cyborg arose from consciousness, and these
mechanical-men, whether real or fictive, offer us an opportunity to
free ourselves from enslavement to materialism and awaken our
imaginations to create our own realities.
Are the marketing men of the world deluding us? Can we believe all
that we hear and see? Or are we deluding ourselves? How many of us
are truly happy? This book is the result of an awakening. It is the
same awakening to the self and to the wonder of the cosmos that has
driven thinking men and women for generations. It is the same
awakening that has been the generative cause of the affect of
religion and belief. It is the same awakening that has then caused
man to revolt against the same. Delusion is a human phenomenon and
it is the cause of almost every problem mankind has created. This
book is an attempt to explain the processes of delusion and in
so-doing we find answers to some of the biggest mysteries: Alien
abduction and UFO's ghosts and the paranormal, marketing,
propaganda and religious, and mind control of the masses. Is
mankind ready for truth? Not only is it out there, it's been
waiting for us.
From the neatly tended urban necropolis to the long-forgotten
family plot at the end of a winding gravel road, these "quiet
cities" of the Ozarks have the power to send chills up and down the
spine of the most hardened skeptic. Be it the restless Civil War
soldiers of Greenbrier, the mass murderer who stalks Peace Church
or the red eyes that persecute visitors to Robinson, tales of
ghostly activity abound in every burial ground carved out of the
ancient Ozark hills. Follow Dave Harkins as he explores the
fascinating history and unsettling lore clinging to these haunted
graveyards.
Elemental beings such as gnomes and fairies exist in many folk and
spiritual traditions, and Rudolf Steiner also discussed their
significance to our world. Some people are able to engage and even
communicate with elementals. Ursula Burkhard was one such person.
Blind from birth, she experienced gnomes and other elementals from
early childhood. When, as she grew older, her parents tried to
dissuade her, she was puzzled: why should she believe in the 'real'
things she was unable to see, and ignore what she knew to be true?
In this readable little book, she describes her remarkable
experiences and in particular her relationship with a special
gnome, Karlik. The book was a bestseller in Germany in the 1980s,
bringing the world of the elementals into the mainstream.
Western Michigan is home to some of the state's most picturesque
places- and also some of its most chilling tales. Ghost story
researcher and enthusiast Amberrose Hammond exposes the mysterious
and spirit-ridden world of many beloved Michigan destinations as
she skillfully weaves narratives of a world unseen by most. From
the lingering spirit forever working in the Grand Theatre and the
band of melon-headed children prowling the Saugatuck State Park to
the lights of the Lake Forest Cemetery staircase waiting to reveal
one's place in the afterlife, these tales are sure to give pause to
anyone daring enough to experience these hauntingly beautiful
spots...after dark.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for
twenty-five creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings,
and other strange occurrences in Michigan. Set in Michigan's
historic towns and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in
this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking
over your shoulder again and again. Michigan folklore is kept alive
in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser,
and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll hear
otherworldly voices and things that go bump in the night, and feel
an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening.
Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from
the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a
collection to treasure.
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR * The Sunday Times * The New
Statesman * The Times * The Spectator * The Telegraph Shortlisted
for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize * A New York Times Book Review
Editors' Choice * A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row
Selection "Prepare not to see much broad daylight, literal or
metaphorical, for days if you read this.... The atmosphere evoked
is something I will never forget."-The Times (London) London, 1938.
In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in
a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding's modest home, china flies off
the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewelry appears on
her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear
from under her gloves; in the middle of a car journey, a turtle
materializes on her lap. The culprit is incorporeal. As Alma cannot
call the police, she calls the papers instead. After the
sensational story headlines the news, Nandor Fodor, a Hungarian
ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical
Research, arrives to investigate the poltergeist. But when he
embarks on his scrupulous investigation, he discovers that the case
is even stranger than it seems. By unravelling Alma's peculiar
history, Fodor finds a different and darker type of haunting, a
tale of trauma, alienation, loss and revenge. He comes to believe
that Alma's past has bled into her present, her mind into her body.
There are no words for processing her experience, so it comes to
possess her. As the threat of a world war looms, and as Fodor's
obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed.
With characteristic rigor and insight, Kate Summerscale brilliantly
captures the rich atmosphere of a haunting that transforms into a
very modern battle between the supernatural and the subconscious.
A new synthesis and expansion of the groundbreaking Seth teachings
The Seth books, channeled by the late Jane Roberts in the 1970s,
galvanized a whole generation of spiritual explorers. The entity
known as Seth turned familiar mystical concepts into a radically
new framework and introduced little known truths, including a
unique understanding of how we create our own reality with our
conscious beliefs. But in important ways, the Seth information hit
a temporary dead end, especially through confusion about just what
creating your own reality means. After nearly 5 decades exploring
Seth's ideas, along with many other spiritual approaches, John
Friedlander, a member of Jane Roberts's original Seth classes in
1974, has reframed the groundbreaking Seth teachings, recentering
them in the awareness that all consciousness expands in all
directions. He synthesizes Sethian teachings with an eclectic
variety of concepts, schools, and influences, from aura reading,
healing, and interpersonal engagement as taught by Lewis Bostwick,
to Buddhism, reincarnation, karma, and the Theosophical practice of
the seven planes, to conscious dying, nondual awareness,
multipersonhood, and communication theory. Sharing engaging
discussions from his classes, the author examines how you do create
your own reality, but that no one controls reality, which is
spontaneous and surprisingly creative. By recentering Seth in the
awareness that all consciousness expands in all directions
Friedlander reveals many ways to support the meaningful engagement
of life as it is, bringing more pleasure not just to what is easy,
but even to your tensions and contradictions.
Originally published in 1978 Sea Serpents, Sailors and Sceptics
looks at stories of folklore and mythology which have fascinated
sailors from antiquity to the modern day. From stories of large
unauthenticated sea creatures to the Loch Ness Monster, documented
sightings are vast and the book provides a concise survey and
review of the subject of ocean folklore. It shows how some large
sea creatures, such as the giant squid, have been established and
addresses some of the explanations of sea serpents and other sea
creatures as now known, categorised species and offers a
classification of these species that have formulated the
mythologies of the sea throughout time. The book discusses how
relatively little is known about the sea still and offers a
practical look at the possibility that these mythological
creatures, might in fact be, as yet undiscovered species. This book
provides a unique interdisciplinary volume, crossing between the
area of literature and folklore, and natural historians alike, and
will appeal to academics working in the field of natural history
and folklore alike.
This anthology explores the spatial dimension and politics of
haunting. It considers how the 'appearance' of absence, emptiness
and the imperceptible can indicate an overwhelming presence of
something that once was, and still is, (t)here. At its core, the
book asks: how and why do certain places haunt us? Drawing from a
diversity of mediums, forms and disciplinary approaches, the
contributors to Spectral Spaces and Hauntings illustrate the
complicated ways absent presences can manifest and be registered.
The case studies range from the memory sites of a terrorist attack,
the lost home, a vanished mining town and abandoned airports, to
the post-apocalyptic wastelands in literary fiction, the
photographic and filmic surfaces where spectres materialise, and
the body as a site for re-corporealising the disappeared and dead.
In ruminating on the afteraffects of spectral spaces on human
experience, the anthology importantly foregrounds the ethical and
political imperative of engaging with ghosts and following their
traces.
Dive into the ghostly world of the supernatural with America's
leading paranormal investigator Inside, paranormal investigator,
star, and executive producer of The Travel Channel's hit series,
Ghost Adventures and founder of the award-winning Haunted Museum
(Las Vegas' most popular attraction), Zak Bagans takes readers on
an exciting journey into the supernatural world. With insider
information on the history of ghost-hunting to learning about
ghosts with all kinds of temperaments, Ghost-Hunting For Dummies is
peppered with true accounts and stories from Bagans' famous cases
and investigations. Featuring expert advice on picking a haunted
location, setting up cameras, and dealing with unwieldy ghosts,
this book shows how today's investigators use the tools of modern
science to study a wide range of paranormal activity. Take an
exciting adventure into the supernatural world Explore haunted
sites Get messages from beyond the grave Read true accounts from
famous cases and investigations If you're one of the countless fans
of Ghost Adventures itching to get off the couch and track some
spirits on your own, this book provides everything you need to know
to conduct a successful paranormal investigation.
Few states can rival California in terms of natural beauty and
exciting history. But nearly three centuries of violent crime,
sickness, greed, and murder have tarnished the Golden State and
made it ripe for ghosts and hauntings. From the Spanish priests who
founded the first missions in their quest to bring Christianity to
the Native people of the region, to the ill-fated Donner Party
committing acts of cannibalism in order to survive. This book
explores the most famous ghost stories from California's past
(dating back to the 18th century) with spine-tingling details that
will delight readers.
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