Encuentre una fuente magica en su jardin. Este es un libro sobre magia tan antigua como el conocimiento sobre las plantas. Aprenda a preparar amuletos y encantamientos, bolsas con hierbas magicas, inciensos y aceites aromaticos, infusiones y unguentos. Las hierbas son faciles de conseguir en las tiendas, el campo o en su propio jardin. Sus aplicaciones son infinitas: para ayudar a la vision psiquica, obtener proteccion, despertar la pasion y para mantener la salud y la felicidad. Puntos de venta -Contiene informacion sobre 118 hierbas principales, reglas astrologicas y planetarias, nivel de vibracion, nombre comun y cientifico, polvos magicos y usos especiales -Escrito por el autor de La casa magica; Enciclopedia de cristales, gemas y metales magicos; Enciclopedia de las hierbas magicas; Inciensos, aceites e infusiones; Poderes terrenales; Que es la wicca?; Suenos divinos; y La verdad sobre la brujeria. - Find potent magic in your own backyard. This is a book about magic as old as our knowledge of plants, an art anyone can practice and enjoy. It is the magic of amulets and charms; sachets and herbal pillows; incenses; and scented oils, infusions, and anointments. The herbs are easy to find in stores, the wild, or in your own garden. Their uses are endless: as aids to psychic vision, for protection, and for arousing passion and maintaining health and happiness. Selling Features -Contains an encyclopedia of 118 major herbs, with astrological and planetary rulership, vibrational level, folk and technical names, magical powers, and special uses-Written by the author of La casa magica; Enciclopedia de cristales, gemas y metales magicos; Enciclopedia de las hierbas magicas; Inciensos, aceites e infusiones; Poderes terrenales; Que es la wicca?; Suenos divinos; and La verdad sobre la brujeria

From Shirley MacLaine's spiritual biography "Out on a Limb" to the teenage witches in the film "The Craft, " New Age and Neopagan beliefs have made sensationalistic headlines. In the mid- to late 1990s, several important scholarly studies of the New Age and Neopagan movements were published, attesting to academic as well as popular recognition that these religions are a significant presence on the contemporary North American religious landscape. Self-help books by New Age channelers and psychics are a large and growing market; annual spending on channeling, self-help businesses, and alternative health care is at $10 to $14 billion; an estimated 12 million Americans are involved with New Age activities; and American Neopagans are estimated at around 200,000. "New Age and Neopagan Religions in America" introduces the beliefs and practices behind the public faces of these controversial movements, which have been growing steadily in late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century America.

What is the New Age movement, and how is it different from and similar to Neopaganism in its underlying beliefs and still-evolving practices? Where did these decentralized and eclectic movements come from, and why have they grown and flourished at this point in American religious history? What is the relationship between the New Age and Neopaganism and other religions in America, particularly Christianity, which is often construed as antagonistic to them? Drawing on historical and ethnographic accounts, Sarah Pike explores these questions and offers a sympathetic yet critical treatment of religious practices often marginalized yet soaring in popularity. The book provides a general introduction to the varieties of New Age and Neopagan religions in the United States today as well as an account of their nineteenth-century roots and emergence from the 1960s counterculture. Covering such topics as healing, gender and sexuality, millennialism, and ritual experience, it also furnishes a rich description and analysis of the spiritual worlds and social networks created by participants.

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God? Does this mean that God cannot prevent this suffering, despite His supposed omnipotence? Or is God not loving after all? This in brief is 'the problem of evil'. The Devil provides one solution to this problem: his rebellion against God and hatred of His works is responsible for evil. The Christian Devil has fascinated writers and theologians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many dramatic and haunting works of art. Today he remains a potent image in popular culture. The Devil: A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to the Devil in the history of ideas and the lives of real people. Darren Oldridge shows us that he is a more important figure in western history than is often appreciated, and also a richly complex and contradictory one. Oldridge focuses on three main themes: the idea of the Devil being integral to western thought from the early Middle Ages to the beginnings of modernity; the principle of 'demonic inversion' (the idea that as the eternal leader of the opposition, the Devil represents the mirror image of goodness); and the multiplicity and instability of ideas about the Devil. While belief in the Devil has declined, the idea of an abstract force of evil is still remarkably strong. Oldridge concludes by exploring 'demonological' ways of thinking in our own time, including allegations of 'satanic ritual abuse' and the on-going 'war on terror'. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.