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A Path through the Forest: Collected Essays on Druidry

#collected essays #contemporary druidry #cultural history #Druidry #essays #nature writing #paganism #reflective writing #religious studies #spirituality

Old Gods, New Druids

#cultural history #Druidry #druids #Folklore #modern paganism #mythology #nature religion #neopaganism #religious revival #revivalism

Druids: Preachers of Immortality

#ancient religions #cultural history #Druidry #druids #Folklore #immortality themes #mythology #nature religion #religious studies #spirituality

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Keats, Hermeticism, and the Secret Societies

#cultural history #esotericism #Hermeticism #keats #literary criticism #nineteenth-century literature #occult influences #romantic poetry #secret societies

Cosmic Patterns and Ancient Tales: Sacred Geometry in World Mythology and Folklore

#ancient tales #comparative religion #cosmic patterns #cultural history #esotericism #Folklore #mythology #sacred geometry #symbolism

Norse Wisdom: Ancient Myths, Viking Runes and the Path to Modern Meaning

#cultural history #mitología nórdica #myths and meaning #Norse Mythology #runas #sabiduría nórdica #spirituality #viking runes

The Runes of the Vikings: What the Norse Sources Really Say and How the Modern Myth of Magical Runes Began

#ancient scripts #cultural history #historical analysis #myth debunking #Norse Mythology #philology #Runes #runic history #viking studies

ZEN AND THE JAPANESE SOUL: How Zen Buddhism Shaped the Spirit, Culture, and Daily Life of Japan (Japanese Culture Book 3)

#aesthetics #cultural history #daily life #japanese culture #religious tradition #spirituality in japan #zen buddhism #zen influence

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Shapers of Japanese Buddhism

#asian religions #buddhism in japan #buddhist figures #buddhist history #cultural history #historical buddhism #japanese buddhism #religious studies #scholarly

Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History

#asian religions #buddhism #buddhist history #buddhist-traditions #cultural history #historical study #japanese buddhism #japanese culture #religion in japan #religious studies

A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism (Wiley-Blackwell Guides to Buddhism)

#academic guide #buddhist institutions #buddhist studies #cultural history #historical overview #Japan #japanese buddhism #mahayana #religion and culture

The Saga of Zen History and the Power of Legend (Studies in Japanese Philosophy)

#academic study #buddhist history #cultural history #historical studies #japanese philosophy #religious studies #scholarship #zen history #zen legend #zen tradition

Zen and Japanese Culture

#bushido and zen #cultural history #japanese aesthetics #tea ceremony #traditional arts #zen aesthetics #zen and japanese culture #zen influence

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Gardens of Awakening: A Guide to the Aesthetics, History, and Spirituality of Kyoto's Zen Landscapes

#buddhist landscapes #cultural history #garden design #japanese gardens #kyoto #landscape aesthetics #spirituality #traditional japan #zen gardens #zen history

A Brief History of Shamanism: Humanity's Oldest Spiritual Practice

#ancient spirituality #anthropology #comparative religion #cultural history #indigenous practices #origins of shamanism #shamanism history #spiritual history

The Global History of Shamanism: Nature Spoke First, and Humanity Learned to Listen Later (A World History Series)

#comparative religion #cultural history #global history #indigenous traditions #nature religion #shamanism #spiritual origins #world history

A History of Mongolian Shamanism

#central asia #cultural history #ethnography #history #indigenous religion #mongolian shamanism #shamanic traditions #Spiritual Practices

Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination

#animism #cultural history #ethnography #indigenous spirituality #ritual practices #shamans #siberian shamanism #spiritual traditions #western imagination

The Sixties Spiritual Awakening

#1960s #1960s spirituality #counterculture #cultural history #historical overview #religious change #sixties #social history #Spiritual Awakening #spiritual movements

Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific

#20th century #alternative medicine #cultural history #energy healing #healing traditions #north pacific #reiki #reiki history #spiritual practice

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Beyond Mindfulness: The Japanese Roots the Meditation Industry Forgot (Beyond: Japanese Wisdom for Modern Life)

#buddhist wisdom #contemplative traditions #cultural history #japanese roots #japanese wisdom #meditation industry #mindfulness #mindfulness evolution #modern life #philosophical insights

Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900: A Sourcebook (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

#cultural history #folk magic #historical sourcebook #historical witchcraft #premodern #primary sources #russia #slavic studies #slavic witchcraft #ukraine

Staging Witchcraft Before the Law: Skepticism, Performance as Proof, and Law as Magic in Early Modern Witch Trials (Elements in Magic)

#academic #cultural history #early modern #history of magic #law and society #legal history #performance studies #skepticism #witch trials

Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft

#anthropology of magic #cultural history #magic studies #magic theory #Occult #ritual analysis #Ritual practice #witchcraft

Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice

#academic study #cultural history #history of yoga #modern posture practice #posture evolution #yoga origins #yoga research

The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West

#cultural history #evolution of practice #indian traditions #modern yoga #origins of yoga #yoga history

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Astrology in the Year Zero

#astrological movements #astrology #astrology studies #contemporary astrology #cultural history #historical astrology #historical perspective #social history

A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology and the Birth of Science

#astrology and science #cultural history #historical astrology #history of astrology #history of science #intellectual history #scholarly nonfiction #scientific revolution

Feng Shui: Secrets of Chinese Geomancy

#chinese geomancy #cultural history #earth energies #feng shui #geomancy #secrets #traditional practice

Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism

#academic overview #cultural history #historical survey #history of paganism #modern paganism history #paganism #religious history