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From a scholastic perspective, the term designates a series of historically related religious currents including Astrology, Alchemy, Christian mysticism, Christian Theosophy, Illuminism, Mesmerism, Magic, Rosicrucianism, Swedenborgianism, Spiritualism, and similar movements. ...more

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Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance, and Growth
Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation
The Return of the Gods
Wild Card: Let the Tarot Tell Your Story
Witchcraft
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Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells
Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
Tarot Deciphered: Decoding Esoteric Symbolism in Modern Tarot
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa
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Spiritus Mundi: Writings Borne from the Occult
Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor
Symbols of the Occult
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic
The Modern Craft: Powerful Voices on Witchcraft Ethics
The Evil Creator: Origins of an Early Christian Idea
Secrets of the Occult
Tarot by Numbers: Learn the Codes that Unlock the Meaning of the Cards
Paceville and Metanoia
The Dabbler's Guide to Witchcraft: Seeking an Intentional Magical Path

We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may live to see it. Then perhaps you can work openly, but for now, keep your gifts to yourself. Never flaunt your abilities. Never think you hold the power of life and death. Only God has that power. When it's a person's time, nothing can save them. ...more
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Hellmut Wilhelm
(T)he essential thing is to keep in mind all the strata that go to make up the book. Archaic wisdom from the dawn of time, detached and systematic reflections of the Confucian school in the Chou era, pithy sayings from the heart of the people, subtle thoughts of the leading minds: all these disparate elements have harmonized to create the structure of the book as we know it.
Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching

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