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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies
'A wonderful book by a fabulous author, very highly recommended.'
Louise DouglasA tale as old as time. A spirit that has never
rested.Present day As a love affair comes to an end, and with it
her dreams for her future, artist Selena needs a retreat. The
picture-postcard Sloe Cottage in the Somerset village of Ashcombe
promises to be the perfect place to forget her problems, and Selena
settles into her new home as spring arrives. But it isn't long
before Selena hears the past whispering to her. Sloe Cottage is
keeping secrets which refuse to stay hidden. 1682 Grace Cotter
longs for nothing more than a husband and family of her own.
Content enough with her work on the farm, looking after her father,
and learning the secrets of her grandmother Bett's healing hands,
nevertheless Grace still hopes for love. But these are dangerous
times for dreamers, and rumours and gossip can be deadly. One
mis-move and Grace's fate looks set... Separated by three hundred
years, two women are drawn together by a home bathed in blood and
magic. Grace Cotter's spirit needs to rest, and only Selena can
help her now. USA Today bestselling author Judy Leigh writing as
Elena Collins, brings you this unforgettable, heart-breaking,
gripping timeslip novel set in a world when women were hung as
witches, and fates could be sealed by a wrong word. Perfect for
fans of Barbara Erskine, Diana Gabaldon and Louise Douglas. Praise
for Elena Collins: 'A profoundly moving, beautifully written and
emotional story that skilfully combines two time frames into one
unputdownable book. I was completely immersed in Grace's story from
the beginning: despite it taking place 400 years ago. The modern
day storyline was also delightful with some wonderful characters.
In short a wonderful book by a fabulous author, very highly
recommended.' Louise Douglas
Nobody quite knew what to make of them. Were they simply fun-loving
thrillseekers leaping from surfboards and roaring motorcycles to
hang gliders, and then on to the most advanced rocket-propelled
jetpacks on the planet? Or were they a genuine menace to religious
traditionalists who were outraged when the Order began taking over
churches, cathedrals and temples for their fiery flying rituals?
Bets swung both ways, but as the self-styled revolutionaries
swelled in number and the media culture exulted, zealots turned
violent and the press immediately warned of dogfights in the sky,
street battles, mind games and soul wars.
Behind the scenes, the Powers That Be were strangely silent.
But then word began filtering out that the secret elite were
playing the two sides off against each other and there were
whispers of a hidden agenda that could shift global power, profits
and the future of the world itself.
'ONE OF MY FAVOURITE STORYTELLERS. THESE TALES LINGERED, MORPHED,
CONSUMED ME' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE What will the end of the world
look like? Will it be an old man slowly turned to gold, flowers
raining from the sky, or a hole cut through the wire fencing that
keeps the monsters out? Is it someone you love wearing your face,
or a good old fashioned inter-dimensional summoning? Does it sound
like a howl outside the window, or does it look like coming home?
This startling and irresistibly witty collection from the
phenomenally talented Moïra Fowley is an exploration of all our
darkest impulses and deepest fears.
Islamicate Occult Sciences in Theory and Practice brings together
the latest research on Islamic occult sciences from a variety of
disciplinary perspectives, namely intellectual history, manuscript
studies and material culture. Its aim is not only to showcase the
range of pioneering work that is currently being done in these
areas, but also to provide a model for closer interaction amongst
the disciplines constituting this burgeoning field of study.
Furthermore, the book provides the rare opportunity to bridge the
gap on an institutional level by bringing the academic and
curatorial spheres into dialogue. Contributors include: Charles
Burnett, Jean-Charles Coulon, Maryam Ekhtiar, Noah Gardiner,
Christiane Gruber, Bink Hallum, Francesca Leoni, Matthew
Melvin-Koushki, Michael Noble, Rachel Parikh, Liana Saif, Maria
Subtelny, Farouk Yahya, and Travis Zadeh.
Antero Alli and Klint Finley discuss Antero's 'paratheatre'
projects, his relationships with Christopher Hyatt and Robert Anton
Wilson, and much more. Approximate running time is 36 minutes.
Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of
the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this
comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using
found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different
perspective on Ernst and alchemy, however, M. E. Warlick
persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and
abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical
symbolism in works created throughout his career.
A revival of interest in alchemy swept the artistic,
psychoanalytic, historical, and scientific circles of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Warlick sets Ernst's
work squarely within this movement. Looking at both his art (many
of the works she discusses are reproduced in the book) and his
writings, she reveals how thoroughly alchemical philosophy and
symbolism pervade his early Dadaist experiments, his foundational
work in surrealism, and his many collages and paintings of women
and landscapes, whose images exemplify the alchemical fusing of
opposites. This pioneering research adds an essential key to
understanding the multilayered complexity of Ernst's works, as it
affirms his standing as one of Germany's most significant artists
of the twentieth century.
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