Both casual travelers and dedicated history buffs will relish this full-color visitors' guide to palaces, cathedrals, temples, battlefields, homes, and monuments that bear witness to thousands of years of human history.
This text describes the practice, theory, and underlying rationale of black magic in all its branches - the summoning and control of evil spirits, necromancy, psychic attack, devil worship, witchcraft, evil charms and spells - as well as other branches of occult theory.
Which city claims to be oldest in the world? What is the largest construction ever built by human hands? Who created a fantastic fairy-tale castle in order to relive a romantic medieval legend before he finally went mad and drowned himself? The answers to these and many other questions can be found in this book. Each entry includes location ...
This work explores the lives and personalities of the monarchs, from pre-Roman to present day, and their involvement in and effect on major events of each age. It provides additional information on the spirit, traditions and innovations of the nation, including politics, arts, architecture and fashions. It is a magnificent visual feast, which ...
This is a handy-format, fully comprehensive guide to Britain's monarchs and their chequered histories, from pre-Roman times to the present day. This title explores the lives and personalities of each monarch, their involvement in and effect on events in their reign. It provides additional information on the spirit, traditions and innovations of ...
What city claims to be the world's oldest? What is the largest construction ever built by human hands? The answers to these and many other questions are here, revealed in fascinating detail and shown in remarkable photographs of the world's most spectacular sights. There are enigmatic megaliths such as Stonehenge and the Easter Island statues that ...
Incidents, when people have out-of-the-ordinary experiences that cannot be easily explained, occur in all cultures. They create superstitions and may form part of a society's myths and legends. Those who believe in other-worldly influences may find them a source of comfort, healing or terror. The World of Ghosts and the Supernatural brings ...
A compendium of information on the Tarot including its origin, myths and facts about the Tarot. There are clear instructions on how to lay out and read the cards and their significance in magic, meditation and divination.
Focuses on unexplained phenomena such as those associated with Atlantis, the pyramids, Stonehenge, and the Bermuda Triangle, as well as ghosts, miracles, flying saucers, and monsters.
What is an explorer? What drives someone to go into the unknown? Certainly courage, determination, a restless energy and exceptional leadership qualities, often coupled with a streak of ruthlessness, egoism, recklessness and a generous quota of luck. What the explorers in this book have in common most of all, perhaps, is an obsessive curiosity and ...
A reference guide to the unexplained covering well known terms such as parapsychology, magic, the occult, the paranormal, alchemy, druids, hallucinations, Jung, levitation, Tarot, UFO, witchcraft, and the zodiac. The editor also wrote "The Magical Arts".
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