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The creation of Magick (Book 4) was part of Crowley's broader effort to systematize and articulate the principles of Thelema, the spiritual philosophy he founded. The work synthesizes elements from a wide array of mystical and magical traditions, including yoga , Hermeticism , and medieval grimoires , alongside Crowley's original contributions.
In 1850, Herman Melville referred to "Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent" as a tale deserving of "curious and elaborate analysis, touching the conjectural parts of the mind that produced them." [ 5 ] Though author Henry James in 1879 said the story was "stiff and mechanical, slightly incongruous", it influenced his tale " The Jolly Corner ". [ 6 ]
Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings 1987–2007 is a 2011 anthology of writings by English philosopher Nick Land, edited by Maya Kronic and Ray Brassier.It was first published by Urbanomic—founded by Kronic prior—with Sequence Press and later republished by the MIT Press. [1]
The Benjamin January mysteries is a series of historical murder mystery novels by Barbara Hambly.The series is named after the main character of the books. The Benjamin January mysteries are set in and around New Orleans during the 1830s and 1840s, and focus primarily on the free black community which existed at that time and place.
The Westcar Papyrus (inventory-designation: P. Berlin 3033) is an ancient Egyptian text containing five stories about miracles performed by priests and magicians.In the papyrus text, each of these tales are told at the royal court of king Khufu (Cheops) (Fourth Dynasty, 26th century BCE) by his sons.
Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change is a 1978 book written by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman which describes the authors' theory of religious conversion. They propose that "snapping" is a mental process through which a person is recruited by a cult or new religious movement , or leaves the group through deprogramming or exit ...
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[4] Hume focuses on tragedy and its relationship with passions. So far Hume's view on this relationship has been formulated in many different ways, one of which is Hume's conversion theory. According to this theory, painful passions are turned into pleasurable ones using stylistic and formal rhetorical means.