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England 2005: the year of the London Tube bombings. A world
dominated by the internet and the fear of terrorism. But the
ancient pagan religions of witchcraft and Wicca are making a
comeback. Most Wiccans are ordinary people united by a simple
New-Age faith in Nature and ancient spirits. But hidden in their
depths lurks a sinister organisation, the Wakened, who plan to
restore Wicca as the primary religion of Britain, and seem prepared
to kill to achieve it Owen is a young up-and-coming Cambridge
biologist whose comfortable middle-class life is torn apart by the
death of his girlfriend Sarah. Owen's quest to bring her killers to
justice takes him into the core of the Wakened, where he uncovers
ancient clues to the roots of Wicca. After being drawn into a
Wiccan terrorist plot, he finds himself sliding helplessly from
respected academic to hunted criminal. This novel is fiction: a
mystery/thriller. But embedded within it is ancient knowledge,
fused with insights from modern astronomical knowledge, questioning
the origin of Wicca and witchcraft.
The art and traditions of Aboriginal Australia draw on 40,000 years
experience of gazing into the richness of unpolluted skies from
pristine lands. They include the "emu in the sky" constellation of
dark clouds, and stories about the Sun, Moon, and the Seven
Sisters. Several Aboriginal groups use the rising and setting of
particular stars to show when to harvest a food source. Some
explain how the tides are caused by the Moon, and even explain
eclipses as a conjunction of the Sun and Moon. This book explores
the mystical Aboriginal astronomical stories and traditions, and
the way in which they are used for practical applications such as
navigation and harvesting. It describes the journey of exploration
that's currently opening Western eyes to this treasury of ancient
Aboriginal knowledge, and is written by two active researchers in
the field: Prof. Ray Norris (an astrophysicist with CSIRO, and an
Adjunct Professor at the Dept. of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie
University), and his wife Cilla. In this book, Ray and Cilla bring
you the results of their 6-year quest to research Aboriginal
Astronomy, including: * uncovering little-known manuscripts, *
visiting Aboriginal sites throughout Australia, * writing down
stories from ancient communities. Few outsiders understand the
depth and complexity of Aboriginal cultures. This book will give
you a glimpse that will change your ideas about Aboriginal society.
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