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Fully illustrated guide to magic symbols, Sigils from down through the millenia are explained. Two hundred superb images and detailed text in this large format book. A superb resouce for magicians, designers and tattooists.

"Framed for a murder he didn't commit, Zebadiah finds himself in a New Orleans prison cell next to Willie Dan, a cold-blooded killer, who insists they escape together. As Zeb refuses and is sent upriver to the swamps on a chain gang to build a road for the Hydras plantation, he is thrust into a conspiracy of confederates, whose efforts to build a golden circle of slave states from Texas, Louisiana and Georgia to Cuba are just beginning to take hold. Through brutal coercion, Zeb is forced back to New Orleans to assassinate General Sam Houston, future president of the new Republic of Texas. With the help of friends and foes alike, the assassination is thwarted but not without consequences, sending Zebadiah racing up the Mississippi River to the Lower Missouri and back to Anna, his one true love, before the murderer Willie Dan can reach her. Thus, comes to conclusion the trilogy of books, where Zebadiah Creed indeed finds redemption and forgiveness through a most unexpected way"--

Fully Illustrated Guide to the non-Christian Symbols of Western Occultism from prehistoric images to the modern Earth-centered movement. Much of Western occultism is focused on the Judeo-Christian mysticism practised in Medieval and Renaissance Europe with its emphasis on the conjuration of spirits by the magician. From the seventeenth century onwards, the knowledge derived from scientific experimentation eroded the spiritual influence of the church. Sigils are symbol used in magic. A sigil refers to a symbolic representation of the users wished for outcome.

Sigils are symbols designed for a specific magical purpose. They are symbolic icons that are condensed representations of more complex ideas or information. The Sigil has been reinvented as a Monogram of Thought, a graphic symbol created with the sole purpose of fulfilling the magicians desired outcome as symbols of intent.They were part of our ancestor's pictorial language in an age of symbolic literacy.

A meticulously researched account of the midlife crisis in both men and women.

Norhaven is a solitary coastal town. It stands alone, a north east knuckle that shakes its fist, defying the icy salt spray and dares to cling to Scotland's forgotten shoulder;

A razor-edged Noir thriller set in 1970s London. Sparse, understated and gritty. A hard, sharp punch to the solar plexus. A thriller following one man on a journey into darkness. Across a city he thought he knew, now turned upside down.

The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe, presenting a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies and narratives of disease that can be identified in the past and that continue to influence our present. Organized thematically, chapters examine particular forms and conceptualizations of disease, covering subjects from leprosy in medieval Europe and cancer screening practices in twentieth-century USA to the ayurvedic tradition in ancient India and the pioneering studies of mental illness that took place in nineteenth-century Paris, as well as discussing the various sources and methods that can be used to understand the social and cultural contexts of disease. Chapter 24 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.

Calligraphic History and Mystic Function of the Brahmi Writing System

A volume exploring the history of medicine across continents and countries from ancient to modern times, examining the changing systems of medicine in Eastern and Western traditions, comparing alternative medical practices, and introducing readers to how historians have captured the multiple approaches to healing adopted by different cultures.