Ancient Mysteries
Witches/Goblins/Evil
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Ring the bell, light the candle and open the Book of Shadows -- this has long been the method for seeking arcane lore and delving into the mysterious Powers that rule the Universe. Wizards, Witches, Magicians and Students of the Occult Arts and Psychic Sciences have long sought out the Wisdom of the Ancients, found in the pages of dusty and neglected tomes of hidden and forgotten knowledge.
The possible existence of the Yeti, Sasquatch, and other Abominable Snowman forms has long been a point of conjecture among travelers, naturalists, and scientists. While most of this evidence is circumstantial and inconclusive as yet, it provides a tantalizing mystery filled with enough interest and promise to warrant the attention of both serious students and casual readers.
The American Civil War continues to be a mystery among citizens of the North and the South. Most important facts were hidden from the American Public for well over a hundred years by the U.S. Government. This biography is more of a history book detailing many small facts and important ones that are obscured in most studies of American history. A rather candid and objective view is given by the author of many behind the scenes details of the Lincoln administration.
Study the symbolism within the three major religions of China. Written by a Christian missionary preacher, intended to expose these religions as evil and idolatrous, the author did however reveal many unknown facts about these religions.
Drawn up from unpublished and well authenticated records of the alleged operations of witches and their instigator, the devil.
For brief explanation I may say that witch craft is known to its votaries as la vecchia religione, or the old religion, of which Diana is the Goddess, her daughter Aradia (or Herodias) the female Messiah, and that this little work sets forth how the latter was born, came down to earth, established witches and witchcraft, and then returned to heaven.
From ancient Nippur of Babylon these spells and incantations were written into bowls and discovered two thousand years later by archeologists. Read the curses and spells used by the Jews in captivity, as many are rendered in Hebrew.
From Timothy Green Beckley's weird and wacky facts comes this era's most in depth look at the phenomena of the WEREWOLF. Come inside and quench your bloodthirst of curisosity about a legend that never dies.
Black magic, superstitions, charms, diviniations, signs, omens, etc.
This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,-such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. The context is illustrated by selections ancient and modern poetry and prose, related to Halloween ideas. Large Print 15 point font.
"Picou tells me that he saw the were-wolf only this day se'nnight," said a peasant; "he was down by the hedge of his buckwheat field, and the sun had set, and he was thinking of coming home, when he heard a rustle on the far side of the hedge. He looked over, and there stood the wolf as big as a calf against the horizon, its tongue out, and its eyes glaring like marsh-fires. Mon Dieu! catch me going over the marais to-night. Why, what could two men do if they were attacked by that wolf-fiend?"
The author's goal is to show where the witch came from and why, as well as what she was and is, and how necessary she is and must be, for the happiness of mankind.
Spells and charms have been in man's belief system since ancient times. This is a collection of spells and charms from around the world, from the ancient world to modern times. Included are the history and story behind the spells, or talismans.