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Flourishing Fasts is the first book in any language to explore the history of the Zhaijiao, commonly translated as “vegetarian sects,” that originated in southeastern China during the Ming and Qing ……続きを見る

This work presents a detailed photographic and interpretive study of a remarkable stone formation at Penn Bluff near Addison, Alabama. Containing more than two hundred distinct features, the formati……続きを見る

A stone found along the Shenandoah Riverーweathered, marked, and half-buriedーunveils a quiet mystery. Through photographs and digital renderings, its surface reveals a cosmogramーa symbolic map of ……続きを見る

This book investigates the role of religion in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Africa. Building on a diverse range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches, the book reflects on……続きを見る

This work introduces readers to an Indigenous worldview that offers fresh and novel ways of engaging with reality. Drawing on the author's own symbolic experiences and years of study, it explores ke……続きを見る

This book is a result of author's trip to Yucatán where he studied ancient Maya sites. His goal was to explore the possibility of links between the Maya and the civilizations of ancient Egypt and At……続きを見る

Este livro nos mostra que é possível cultuar a Umbanda de outras formas, sem a necessidade da incorporação: com estudo e intuição. A fim de levar aos familiares, aos não umbandistas e aos simpatizan……続きを見る

Perhaps it is well for me to explain that the subject-matter of the papers published in this book has not been philosophically treated, nor has it been approached from the scholar's point of view. T……続きを見る

What counts as 'indigenous religion' in today´s world? Who claims this category? What are the processes through which local entities become recognisable as 'religious' and 'indigenous'? How is all o……続きを見る

The primary object of this book is to furnish the reader with a general view of the mythologies of the Native people of North America, accompanied by such historical and ethnological information as ……続きを見る

The Gray’s Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Complete Pocket Book Series contains the entirety of books 1-5. Included is: - Gr……続きを見る

This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a worldwide range of geographical, cultural and confessional contexts. Its twelve authors not only enrich our under……続きを見る

Enuma Elish: The Epic Of Creation by L.W. King The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind. The Enuma Elish is one of the oldest stories known to mankind……続きを見る

Now made public for the first timeーan ancient Hopi spiritual guide that may hold the key to our survival in the next millennium For nearly a century the Elders of Hotevillaーa tiny village on a rem……続きを見る

This book by the creators of TattooTribes.com takes the readers by the hand through the meaningful beauty of Polynesian tattoos, in a clear and easy to read way that helps understanding many traditi……続きを見る

In 1992 Smithsonian anthropologist Michael Atwood Mason traveled to Cuba for initiation as a priest into the Santería religion. Since then he has created an active oricha “house” and has initiated f……続きを見る

Myths of Crete & Pre-Hellenic Europe By Donald A. Mackenzie When I first saw learned of the existence of this book, I was a little suprised, since very little concrete information is available o……続きを見る

How were early Christians influenced by contemporary assumptions about ethnic and colour differences? Why were early Christian writers so attracted to the subject of Blacks, Egyptians, and Ethiopian……続きを見る

Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's Historia del Nuevo Mundo is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are now lost, the remai……続きを見る

A book detailing the beliefs, practices, and mindset of Theodish Belief. "Þéodisc Geléafa 'The Belief of the Tribe'" dispels many of the myths surrounding Theodish Belief, and details the reality. I……続きを見る

Over a lifetime of studying Cuban Santería and other religions related to Orisha worshipーa practice also found among the Yoruba in West AfricaーStephan Palmié has grown progressively uneasy with th……続きを見る

Samuel Zwemer (1867-1852) was an American missionary to the Middle East and an avid writer, speaker and teacher. He was known as the “Apostle to Islam” for his untiring efforts to reach them with t……続きを見る

Myths and Legends of the Bantu by Alice Werner The rich traditions of the Bantu. Most of the books below also have material on the Bantu of West Africa. "Myths and Legends of the Bantu is a boo……続きを見る

Only a few decades after the Spanish conquest of Peru, the third Bishop of Cuzco, Sebastián de Lartaún, called for a report on the religious practices of the Incas. The report was prepared by Cristó……続きを見る

In Dante’s Inferno, the lowest circle of Hell is reserved for traitors, those who betrayed their closest companions. In a wide range of literatures and mythologies such intimate aggression is a sour……続きを見る

A unique characteristic of Native American medicine is the belief that each patient holds a different spirit, and that the healing can only work when it affects the individual spirit. Mythology is e……続きを見る

In the realm of African spiritual pathways, no tradition is so widely embraced and practiced as the West African religion Orisa. Awakened by her own spiritual journey, Tobe Melora Correal, an initia……続きを見る

Robert Beckford explores the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. He highlights how Dub – one of the central features of dancehall cultu……続きを見る

First Published in 1999. For This Land, edited and with an introduction by James Treat, brings together over thirty years of the work of Vine Deloria, Jr., regarded as one of the most important livi……続きを見る

Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition is a journal of the day-to-day activities and rituals that Karade encountered in his quest for priesthood in the Yoruba religion. Embedded in this journal ar……続きを見る