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  • Myth, Religion, and Mother Right
    Johann Jakob Bachofen / Ralph Manheim
    The Swiss thinker J. J. Bachofen is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or 'mother right,' but that concept is only a small part of his contribution to our understanding of cultural history. This book includes an autobiographical essay and selections from An Essay on Ancient Mortuary Symbolism, Mother Right, and The Myth of Tanaquil. ? ...
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    71,81 €

  • Exploring Alamo Legends
    Wallace Chariton / Wallace OChariton
    After years of researching all available Alamo records, including primary letters and accounts by participants, government documents from the period, newspaper articles, diary entries, and even receipts, Wallace O. Chariton has answered these and many more of the perplexing Alamo questions. No punches are pulled in this hard hitting investigation. Some of the answers presented ...
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    17,10 €

  • Unsolved Texas Mysteries
    Charlie Eckhardt / Kevin Young / Wallace O. Chariton / Wallace OChariton
    For about as long as there has been a Texas there have been Texas mysteries, and many of them remain unsolved. What happened to the documents captured in the Alamo? Does a ghost actually haunt the state capitol in Austin? Did the U.S. Army secretly bury hundreds of guns in North Texas after WWII? Was John Wilkes Booth killed or did he escape and flee to Central Texas? The autho...
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    14,39 €

  • Meaning of Masonry
    Albert Pike
    ''The Meaning of Masonry'' is a comprehensive exploration of the symbolism, philosophy, and history of Freemasonry, written by renowned Masonic scholar Albert Pike. The book delves into the origins and evolution of Masonry, its teachings and rituals, and its significance in the spiritual and intellectual development of its members. Pike also explores the deeper meanings behind ...
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    23,96 €

  • Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry
    Charles H. Vail / Charles HVail / Rev Ch H. Vail / Rev Ch HVail
    Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry is a book written by Reverend Charles H. Vail that explores the connections between the ancient mysteries of the past and modern Freemasonry. The book delves into the symbolism and rituals of the Masonic order, tracing their origins back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Vail argues that Masonry is a continuation of these ancient tradition...
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    31,24 €

  • Francis Bacon and His Secret Society
    Henry Pott / Mrs Henry Pott
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    44,63 €

  • Great Pyramid Its Divine Message
    D. Davidson / DDavidson / H. Aldersmith / HAldersmith
    The book ''The Great Pyramid Its Divine Message'' by D. Davidson is a comprehensive exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the most enigmatic and mysterious structures in the world. The author delves into the history and construction of the pyramid, examining its mathematical and astronomical significance, as well as its spiritual and metaphysical properties. Davidson...
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    60,50 €

  • Francis Bacon Our Shakespeare
    Edwin Reed
    ''Francis Bacon Our Shakespeare'' by Edwin Reed is a book that explores the theory that Francis Bacon, rather than William Shakespeare, was the true author of the plays and poems attributed to Shakespeare. The book delves into the historical context of the time period, examining Bacon’s life and work as well as Shakespeare’s. Reed presents evidence and arguments to support his ...
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    32,46 €

  • Lectures on Masonic Symbolism and A Second Lecture on Symbolism or the Omkara and other Ineffable Words
    Albert Pike
    This book, written by Albert Pike, is a collection of two lectures on Masonic symbolism. The first lecture explores the meaning behind various symbols used in Freemasonry, including the square, compass, and the letter G. Pike delves into the historical and philosophical significance of these symbols, providing a deeper understanding of their use in Masonic rituals and teachings...
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    45,86 €

  • Diegesis
    Robert Taylor
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    45,86 €

  • Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity
    Samuel Sharpe
    Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity is a book written by Samuel Sharpe that explores the connections and similarities between ancient Egyptian mythology and early Christianity in Egypt. The book delves into the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Egypt, including the worship of gods such as Ra, Osiris, and Isis, and how these beliefs influenced the development o...
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    26,35 €

  • Syntagma of the Evidences of the Christian Religion
    Robert Taylor
    Syntagma of the Evidences of the Christian Religion is a book written by Rev. Robert Taylor. The book is a comprehensive examination of the evidence supporting the Christian religion. It is divided into several sections, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the evidence. The book covers topics such as the historical accuracy of the Bible, the reliability of the New Te...
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    30,01 €

  • Wisdom of the Ancients
    Francis Bacon
    Wisdom of the Ancients is a book written by the renowned philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon. It is a collection of ancient myths and fables from various cultures, including Greek, Roman, and Egyptian. Bacon uses these stories to illustrate his philosophical ideas and teachings, drawing parallels between the ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge. The book covers a wide ...
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    23,96 €

  • Etidorhpa or the End of the Earth
    John Uri Lloyd
    ''Etidorhpa or The End of the Earth'' is a science fiction novel written by John Uri Lloyd. The story follows the journey of a man named I-Am-The-Man who is taken on a mysterious and supernatural journey through the underworld of the Earth by a strange being known as the Guide. Along the way, they encounter strange creatures and witness incredible phenomena, including the revel...
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    43,44 €

  • Magnum Opus or the Great Work
    Albert Pike
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    58,10 €

  • Jachin and Boaz
    Samuel Pritchard
    Jachin and Boaz is a book written by Samuel Pritchard. The book is a detailed study of the symbolism and meaning behind the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, that stand at the entrance of King Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. Pritchard delves into the history and mythology surrounding these pillars, exploring their significance in various cultures and religions. He also examines thei...
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    22,82 €

  • Three Distinct Knocks
    Samuel Pritchard
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    22,82 €

  • Virginia Folk Legends
    Thomas E Barden
    What do devil dogs, witches, haunted houses, Daniel Boone, Railroad Bill, 'Justice John' Crutchfield, and lost silver mines have in common? All are among the subjects included in the vast collection of legends gathered between 1937 and 1942 by the field workers of the Virginia Writers Project of the WPA. For decades following the end of the project, these stories lay untouched ...
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    20,63 €

  • More Haunted Houses
    Delores Riccero
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    18,99 €

  • Old Age in Myth and Symbol
    Jennifer McLerran / Patrick McKee
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    89,16 €

  • Eleusis
    Carl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to 'see visions,' C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal 'mys...
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    56,92 €

  • A Tale Type and Motif Index of Early U.S. Almanacs
    J. Michael Stitt / JMichael Stitt / Robert K. Dodge / Robert KDodge
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    105,23 €

  • Images and Symbols
    Mircea Eliade / Philip Mairet
    Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled th...
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    46,29 €

  • Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel
    Alan Dundes
    Exploring the scope, diversity, and vitality of black culture, here is a fascinating collection of more than sixty articles from some of the most perceptive and authoritative commentators upon the black experience—Zora Neale Hurston, J. Mason Brewer, Sterling A. Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, Willis Laurence James, John Lovell Jr., Langston Hughes, Charles W. Chesnutt, Alan Lomax, Ra...
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    48,29 €

  • In Quest of the Hero
    Alan Dundes / Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan / Otto Rank
    In Quest of the Hero makes available for a new generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank’s Myth of the Birth of the Hero and the central section of Lord Raglan’s The Hero. Amplifying these is Alan Dundes’s fascinating contemporary inquiry, 'The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus.' Examined here are the patterns found in the lore surrounding historical or leg...
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    44,53 €

  • The Wisdom of the Serpent
    Joseph Lewis Henderson / Maud Oakes
    The tribal initiation of the shaman, the archetype of the serpent, exemplifies the death of the self and a rebirth into transcendent life. This book traces the images of spiritual initiation in religious rituals and myths of resurrection, poems and epics, cycles of nature, and art and dreaming. It dramatizes the metamorphosis from a common experience of death’s inevitability in...
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    67,91 €

  • Curses! Broiled Again!
    Jan Harold Brunvand
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    18,91 €

  • Text and Tradition
    SUSAN NIDITCH
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    28,33 €

  • Talk That Talk
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    28,29 €

  • Jewish Folktales
    Pinhas Sadeh / Hillel Halkin
    Drawing from both traditional Eastern European literary sources and the vast body of oral material from the Middle East, here is a remarkably diverse and immensely entertaining gathering of Jewish legends and tales. The first world-wide anthology of Jewish folktales. ...
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    23,12 €


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