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Author: Gale Gene Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1664133852 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 160
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Paul Wonder and Magic, his supernatural dog, find themselves on another adventure with his family in this exciting yet sometimes terrifying expedition to Italy where his father will be filming a tourism documentary. This time Paul and Magic are traveling with Noah-his father, his Aunt Ruthie and his two best friends since second grade, Jacob and Micah. Since Paul and Micah are fourteen and Jacob is fifteen, Noah decides to take them on the trip. Of course other teenagers will be accompanying their parents who are part of the filming crew, who Paul, Micah and Jacob will hook up with. While in Rome, Italy, the boys and Magic along with Noah and Ruthie, have an awesome time exploring gelato stands, the Coliseum and other amazing ruins. When they all get to Venice, Italy, they stay in an amazing hotel on the Grand Canal, which is the main canal in Venice, the city on the water. Coincidentally, a group of thieves, who have just pulled off a heist of a precious and magical, cursed artifact from a tomb in Egypt, stay at the same hotel as Paul, Magic, his family and friends. Somehow the eight teenagers and Magic cross paths with the thieves, and what ensues is an unbelievable quest involving the supernatural abilities of the stolen artifact and Magic’s powers. The teenagers are confronted with evil and have to battle their way through the vicious attacks they find themselves involved in. Again, family and friend’s bonds are made through the unifying battle of good versus evil.
Author: Gale Gene Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1664133852 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
Paul Wonder and Magic, his supernatural dog, find themselves on another adventure with his family in this exciting yet sometimes terrifying expedition to Italy where his father will be filming a tourism documentary. This time Paul and Magic are traveling with Noah-his father, his Aunt Ruthie and his two best friends since second grade, Jacob and Micah. Since Paul and Micah are fourteen and Jacob is fifteen, Noah decides to take them on the trip. Of course other teenagers will be accompanying their parents who are part of the filming crew, who Paul, Micah and Jacob will hook up with. While in Rome, Italy, the boys and Magic along with Noah and Ruthie, have an awesome time exploring gelato stands, the Coliseum and other amazing ruins. When they all get to Venice, Italy, they stay in an amazing hotel on the Grand Canal, which is the main canal in Venice, the city on the water. Coincidentally, a group of thieves, who have just pulled off a heist of a precious and magical, cursed artifact from a tomb in Egypt, stay at the same hotel as Paul, Magic, his family and friends. Somehow the eight teenagers and Magic cross paths with the thieves, and what ensues is an unbelievable quest involving the supernatural abilities of the stolen artifact and Magic’s powers. The teenagers are confronted with evil and have to battle their way through the vicious attacks they find themselves involved in. Again, family and friend’s bonds are made through the unifying battle of good versus evil.
Author: Gale Gene Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1664147381 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 154
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Paul Wonder finds himself far from his safe beach community in Southern California and entrenched in a mystical thriller while on a filming expedition with his dad in Scotland. An innocent medieval experience develops into bizarre, unexplainable events that captivate and terrorizes everyone who comes in contact with Paul and his dog, Magic. With new teenage acquaintances, Paul and Magic embark on mysterious adventures to explore the medieval land of Scotland and Loch Ness, while witnessing gruesome forces of good and evil. While banding together, and fighting the terror that greets them around every corner, the newfound friends develop a bond that takes them to a realization of mortality and the supernatural.
Author: Claude Lecouteux Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1620552809 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 195
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A comprehensive study of the use of talismans and amulets in the Western Mystery Tradition • Provides an in-depth look at the medieval and Renaissance use of amulets and talismans, including the work of Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Athanasius Kircher • Provides a full summary of the magical knowledge required to make an amulet or talisman, including the invocations required to activate their powers • Reviews different kinds of amulets and talismans, from ancient jewelry and magical objects to the modern rabbit’s foot or lucky horseshoe The use of talismans and amulets stretches back nearly to the dawn of man, from everyday items magically prepared, such as horns or coins, to intricate and beautiful jewelry imbued with protective powers. Drawing on his private collection of medieval manuscripts as well as his privileged access to the rare book archives of major European universities, Claude Lecouteux provides a comprehensive history of the use of talismans and amulets for protection, healing, and divine influence. He explores their use in the Western Mystery Tradition as well as Eastern and Middle Eastern beliefs about these magical objects and their incorporation--despite Church anathema--into the Christian tradition of Medieval Europe. Reviewing many different kinds of amulets and talismans used throughout the ages, such as a rabbit’s foot, horseshoe, gris-gris bag, or an inscribed parchment charged through ritual, he details the principles and symbology behind each object and shows that their use is still as widespread today as any time in the past. Lecouteux explains the high magic behind the hermetic art of crafting amulets and talismans: the chains of sympathy, astrological geography, and the invocations required to activate their powers. He explores the work of adepts such as Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Athanasius Kircher, including an in-depth look at Kircher’s work on planetary seals in his Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Illustrated throughout with period art depicting magical symbols, seals, and a wide array of talismans and amulets, this comprehensive study provides a practical guide to the historical development and step-by-step creation of magical objects.
Author: Martin Mulsow Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691208654 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 456
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A compelling alternative account of the history of knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Until now the history of knowledge has largely been about formal and documented accumulation, concentrating on systems, collections, academies, and institutions. The central narrative has been one of advancement, refinement, and expansion. Martin Mulsow tells a different story. Knowledge can be lost: manuscripts are burned, oral learning dies with its bearers, new ideas are suppressed by censors. Knowledge Lost is a history of efforts, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, to counter such loss. It describes how critics of ruling political and religious regimes developed tactics to preserve their views; how they buried their ideas in footnotes and allusions; how they circulated their tracts and treatises in handwritten copies; and how they commissioned younger scholars to spread their writings after death. Filled with exciting stories, Knowledge Lost follows the trail of precarious knowledge through a series of richly detailed episodes. It deals not with the major themes of metaphysics and epistemology, but rather with interpretations of the Bible, Orientalism, and such marginal zones as magic. And it focuses not on the usual major thinkers, but rather on forgotten or half-forgotten members of the “knowledge underclass,” such as Pietro della Vecchia, a libertine painter and intellectual; Charles-César Baudelot, an antiquarian and numismatist; and Johann Christoph Wolf, a pastor, Hebrew scholar, and witness to the persecution of heretics. Offering a fascinating new approach to the intellectual history of early modern Europe, Knowledge Lost is also an ambitious attempt to rethink the very concept of knowledge.
Author: E.A. Wallis Budge Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136887385 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 586
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First Published in 2001. Everywhere that excavations of ancient sites, temples and tombs have been carried out, the objects most frequently brought to light are amulets and talismans. The use of these objects is not confined to anyone place, people and period - they are universal, reflecting a belief in magic which is as old as humankind and continues today. Amulets and talismans have always been used for protection against enemies and the evil eye, to attract love and to cast spells of all kinds. This remarkable work – both scholarly and highly readable - contains the original texts with translations and descriptions of key Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and magical devices and figures. Among the subjects dealt with are ring amulets; the protective and therapeutic qualities of gemstones; the importance of colour, shape and form in amulets; the Kabbalistic names and signs, stones of the planets and their influences, mystical numbers, lucky and unlucky days and contracts with the devil. This is a rich resource for all those interested in ancient wisdom and timeless practices.
Author: Don C. Skemer Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 9780271046969 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 344
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In the Middle Ages, textual amulets--short texts written on parchment or paper and worn on the body--were thought to protect the bearer against enemies, to heal afflictions caused by demonic invasions, and to bring the wearer good fortune. In Binding Words, Don C. Skemer provides the first book-length study of this once-common means of harnessing the magical power of words. Textual amulets were a unique source of empowerment, promising the believer safe passage through a precarious world by means of an ever-changing mix of scriptural quotations, divine names, common prayers, and liturgical formulas. Although theologians and canon lawyers frequently derided textual amulets as ignorant superstition, many literate clergy played a central role in producing and disseminating them. The texts were, in turn, embraced by a broad cross-section of Western Europe. Saints and parish priests, physicians and village healers, landowners and peasants alike believed in their efficacy. Skemer offers careful analysis of several dozen surviving textual amulets along with other contemporary medieval source materials. In the process, Binding Words enriches our understanding of popular religion and magic in everyday medieval life.
Author: Marian Green Publisher: eBook Partnership ISBN: 1912706121 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 64
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What is the difference between an amulet and a charm? When would be the right time to make a talisman? And, if you absolutely had to, how would you cast a spell? In this unique little book, scholar Marian Green unravels the complex web of associations and correspondences which form the backbone of the Western magical arts. Packed with rare illustrations and useful tables, there is no better volume for the modern travelling magician. "e;Fascinating"e; FINANCIAL TIMES. "e;Beautiful"e; LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "e;Rich and Artful"e; THE LANCET. "e;Genuinely mind-expanding"e; FORTEAN TIMES. "e;Excellent"e; NEW SCIENTIST. "e;Stunning"e; NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
Author: E.A. Wallis Budge Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136887458 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 496
Book Description
First Published in 2001. Everywhere that excavations of ancient sites, temples and tombs have been carried out, the objects most frequently brought to light are amulets and talismans. The use of these objects is not confined to anyone place, people and period - they are universal, reflecting a belief in magic which is as old as humankind and continues today. Amulets and talismans have always been used for protection against enemies and the evil eye, to attract love and to cast spells of all kinds. This remarkable work – both scholarly and highly readable - contains the original texts with translations and descriptions of key Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and magical devices and figures. Among the subjects dealt with are ring amulets; the protective and therapeutic qualities of gemstones; the importance of colour, shape and form in amulets; the Kabbalistic names and signs, stones of the planets and their influences, mystical numbers, lucky and unlucky days and contracts with the devil. This is a rich resource for all those interested in ancient wisdom and timeless practices.
Author: Leone Modena Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691213933 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 335
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Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena was a major intellectual figure of the early modern Italian Jewish community--a complex and intriguing personality who was famous among contemporary European Christians as well as Jews. Modena (1571-1648) produced an autobiography that documents in poignant detail the turbulent life of his family in the Jewish ghetto of Venice. The text of this work is well known to Jewish scholars but has never before been translated from the original Hebrew, except in brief excerpts. This complete translation, based on Modena's autograph manuscript, makes available in English a wealth of historical material about Jewish family life of the period, religion in daily life, the plague of 1630-1631, crime and punishment, the influence of kabbalistic mysticism, and a host of other subjects. The translator, Mark R. Cohen, and four other distinguished scholars add commentary that places the work in historical and literary context. Modena describes his fascination with the astrology and alchemy that were important parts of the Jewish and general culture of the seventeenth century. He also portrays his struggle against poverty and against compulsive gambling, which, cleverly punning on a biblical verse, he called the "sin of Judah." In addition, the book contains accounts of Modena's sorrow over his three sons: the death of the eldest from the poisonous fumes of his own alchemical laboratory, the brutal murder of the youngest, and the exile of the remaining son. The introductory essay by Mark R. Cohen and Theodore K. Rabb highlights the significance of the work for early modern Jewish and general European history. Howard E. Adelman presents an up-to-date biographical sketch of the author and points the way toward a new assessment of his place in Jewish history. Natalie Z. Davis places Modena's work in the context of European autobiography, both Christian and Jewish, and especially explores the implications of the Jewish status as outsider for the privileged exploration of the self. A set of historical notes, compiled by Howard Adelman and Benjamin C. I. Ravid, elucidates the text.
Author: Gale Gene
Author: Gale Gene
Author: Gale Gene
Author: Claude Lecouteux
Author: Martin Mulsow
Author: Ryan D. Giles
Author: E.A. Wallis Budge
Author: Don C. Skemer
Author: Marian Green
Author: E.A. Wallis Budge
Author: Leone Modena