Ancient religions & mythologies books

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A stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of...  Read More >>

It looks not at the religious practices of the Greeks, but at their beliefs: in divine retribution, for example,...  Read More >>

Contents: Preface by Anders Ahlqvist & Pamela O'Neill The Drinking of Blood in the Ritual Context of Mourning...  Read More >>

A compilation of spells that the ancient Egyptians believed would assist them in the afterlife as they made their...  Read More >>

Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity?...  Read More >>

Against the background of questions on cultural identity and memory, this book offers an overview of the development...  Read More >>

The Genesis of Genesis is about the mytho-empiricism of creation—cosmogony. In its attempt to compare the mythologies...  Read More >>

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This is the publication of several coffin fragments, most of them found as drawings in notebooks of old excavations....  Read More >>

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Offers insights into a range of scholarly achievements in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish apocalypticism,...  Read More >>

A scholarly re-evaluation of the Arthurian legends and other ancient texts in the context of modern ritual magic...  Read More >>

A study that demonstrates the importance of including narrative ethics in a construction of Old Testament ethics....  Read More >>

Brigid is a mysterious figure, both goddess and saint, who is still revered worldwide today in her different aspects....  Read More >>

Offers a fresh approach to the traditional mythology and literature of the afterlife, focusing on tensions and polarities...  Read More >>

Offers a fresh approach to the traditional mythology and literature of the afterlife, focusing on tensions and polarities...  Read More >>

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For most ancient Egyptians, life on earth was short. But death was not an end; it was merely the entering of a new...  Read More >>

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Adapted to comprise a short selection of favorite Celtic Saints along with prayers inspired by them.  Read More >>

Have you ever felt, while visiting a megalithic monument, that there may be something more going on beyond the sparse...  Read More >>

The modern Western movement to embrace Eastern spiritual traditions usually stops with India and the Orient. Westerners...  Read More >>