Unveiling the Divine Feminine with Angela Voss

Unveiling the Divine Feminine with Angela Voss
Author: Angela Voss
Publisher: Wise Studies
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus In these two lectures about Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510) and the meaning behind two of his best loved paintings, Angela introduces you to the esoteric worldview which flourished in the early centuries CE in cultural centres such as Alexandria in Egypt, and was reborn in Renaissance Europe. In fifteenth century Florence, a group of intellectuals centred around the great Platonic philosopher Marsilio Ficino (1433-99) instigated a revival of what was then called ‘the ancient wisdom’, now often referred to as the Western esoteric tradition, or the Perennial Wisdom. divine feminine energy the divine feminine book platonic philosophy who is the greek goddess of love art history textbook book Europe for college paintings masterpieces renaissance famous artist birth of venus primavera meaning translation

Seeing with Different Eyes

Seeing with Different Eyes
Author: Patrick Curry
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2009-05-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1443810886

Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination represents the cutting-edge of contemporary thought and research on divination. The thirteen authors come from a variety of academic disciplines, ranging from anthropology and classics to English literature and religious studies, and all address the question of divination, astrology and oracles in a spirit of critical but sympathetic inquiry. The emphasis is on a participatory and reflexive approach which is firmly post-positivist, seeking to understand the divinatory act on its own terms within widely varying contexts – ancient Greek and Chaldean philosophy and theurgy, Theravadan Buddhism, Biblical studies, Elizabethan Hermeticism, Jacobean drama, Heideggerian philosophy, Medieval scholasticism, 19th century occultism, contemporary Guatemalan divination and Western medical practice. The authors are all teachers or researchers in the area of divination and symbolism, which is a new disciplinary focus developing at the University of Kent, Canterbury under the aegis of the MA programme in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination. The essays in this volume originally contributed to an international conference of the same name held there in April 2006.

Daimonic Imagination

Daimonic Imagination
Author: Patrick Curry
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1443850128

From the artistic genius to the tarot reader, a sense of communication with another order of reality is commonly affirmed; this ‘other’ may be termed god, angel, spirit, muse, daimon or alien, or it may be seen as an aspect of the human imagination or the ‘unconscious’ in a psychological sense. This volume of essays celebrates the daimonic presence in a diversity of manifestations, presenting new insights into inspired creativity and human beings’ relationship with mysterious and numinous dimensions of reality. In art and literature, many visual and poetic forms have been given to the daimonic intelligence, and in the realm of new age practices, encounters with spirit beings are facilitated through an increasing variety of methods including shamanism, hypnotherapy, mediumship and psychedelics. The contributors to this book are not concerned with ‘proving’ or ‘disproving’ the existence of such beings. Rather, they paint a broad canvas with many colours, evoking the daimon through the perspectives of history, literature, encounter and performance, and showing how it informs, and has always informed, human experience.

Rediscover the Magick of the Gods and Goddesses

Rediscover the Magick of the Gods and Goddesses
Author: Jean-Louis de Biasi
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738744018

The philosophical roots of much of Wicca and Paganism, as well as Western ceremonial magick, come from ancient Egypt. In this thoroughly researched book, the Grand Master of the Aurum Solis shares the history and evolution of the theurgic tradition—including the origins of Hermeticism in Egypt and the Mediterranean world, the birthplace of the theurgic tradition—and how-to instructions for discovering the presence of the divine in the world. Providing a seven-step system of exercises and rituals to help the reader achieve higher levels of consciousness, Jean-Louis de Biasi also includes tips and techniques for working with sacred texts, information about the five temples of the human being, The Great Work, the three cosmic rituals, and the real planetary days. A valuable resource for those interested in the history and practices of the Western Mystery Tradition.

Mundus Imaginalis

Mundus Imaginalis
Author: Henry Corbin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1976
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Exhaustion

Exhaustion
Author: Anna K. Schaffner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0231538855

Today our fatigue feels chronic; our anxieties, amplified. Proliferating technologies command our attention. Many people complain of burnout, and economic instability and the threat of ecological catastrophe fill us with dread. We look to the past, imagining life to have once been simpler and slower, but extreme mental and physical stress is not a modern syndrome. Beginning in classical antiquity, this book demonstrates how exhaustion has always been with us and helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about the phenomenon. Medical, cultural, literary, and biographical sources have cast exhaustion as a biochemical imbalance, a somatic ailment, a viral disease, and a spiritual failing. It has been linked to loss, the alignment of the planets, a perverse desire for death, and social and economic disruption. Pathologized, demonized, sexualized, and even weaponized, exhaustion unites the mind with the body and society in such a way that we attach larger questions of agency, willpower, and well-being to its symptoms. Mapping these political, ideological, and creative currents across centuries of human development, Exhaustion finds in our struggle to overcome weariness a more significant effort to master ourselves.

An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France

An Astrologer at Work in Late Medieval France
Author: Helena Avelar de Carvalho
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2021-07-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004463380

This book offers an internalist view on the history of astrology by studying the case of S. Belle, an astrologer who lived in late fifteenth-century France. It addresses his methods of work, his process of learning, and his practice.

Unbeatable Mind

Unbeatable Mind
Author: Mark Divine
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Achievement motivation
ISBN: 9781508730514

Divine, a retired Navy SEAL, presents his insights on how to forge mental toughness, develop mental clarity and cultivate an authentic warrior's spirit. By applying the tools he provides, you will be capable of more accomplishment, more productivity, more success as you develop discipline and build your team.

Rereading Ancient Philosophy

Rereading Ancient Philosophy
Author: Verity Harte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2017-12-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1107194970

Revisits central texts and themes in ancient philosophy in order to throw fresh light on some familiar passages and debates.