An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth• Reveals the numerical code by which the ancients maintained high standards of art and culture• Sets out the alchemical formulas for the fusion of elements and the numerical origins of various sacred names and numbers• Describes the rediscovery of knowledge associated with the Holy Grail, through which the influence of the Heavenly Order is made active on EarthThe priests of ancient ...

The TRIVIUM consists of the three liberal arts pertaining to language. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric have been studied for over two thousand years as a way of refining both a speaker and their speech. With extra sections on euphonics, poetic meter and form, ethics, and proverbs, this unique compendium contains a wealth of rare information. If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the power of ‘P’, the hypnotic quality of anapestic tetrameter, or how to change the mood of a verb, then look n...

Deepest thoughts and musings of a 1960s countercultural icon• Includes 108 of Michell’s most insightful, erudite, witty, and occasionally scathing essays on diverse topics ranging from sacred practices of the Stone Age to the evils of the metric system to the madness of modernity• Describes principles to live in tune with the divine order of the world and discover the “paradise of the philosophers” of ancient times.• Includes an introductory overview by Joscelyn God...

The symbolism and use of the number twelve in organizing ancient societies• Connects the zodiac, the twelve months of the year, and the political divisions of ancient nations• Explores the sacred geography of ancient landscapes in Europe and IsraelThroughout the world--in countries as far apart as China, Ireland, Iceland, and Madagascar--there survive records and traditions of whole nations being divided into twelve tribes and twelve regions, each corresponding to o...

The symbolism and power behind sacred locations in ancient and modern times• Explains the need and role for ritual centers in modern society• Examines ancient territorial centers in ancient Egypt, Greece, Africa and Asia, and Iceland and the British Isles• Reveals the code of number and geometry behind the idealistic social structure of the ritual center, formed to imitate the heavenly orderSymbols of ritual centers are among the most persistent elements of ...

Much of math history comes to us from early astrologers who needed to be able to describe and record what they saw in the night sky. Whether you were the kings court astrologer or a farmer marking the best time for planting, timekeeping and numbers really mattered. Mistake a numerical pattern of petals and you could be poisoned. Lose the rhythm of a sacred dance or the meter of a ritually told story and the intricately woven threads that hold life together were spoiled. Ignore the celestia...

Spirits of an Industrial Age tells the story of the ghosts that roamed the cities of Britain throughout the nineteenth century. These were not phantoms in a traditional supernatural sense, but apparently flesh-and-blood ghosts, which periodically took to the streets, harassing those out alone after nightfall. They were rumoured to possess strange abilities, with press reports claiming that these spirits could leap remarkable distances, breathe fire, and even withstand bullets. Stories of t...

From 1987 to 1995, Bristol, England's Sarah Records was a modest underground success and, for the most part, a critical laughingstock in its native country-sneeringly dismissed as the sad, final repository for a fringe style of music (variously referred to as “indie-pop,” “C86,” “cutie” and “twee”) whose moment had passed. Yet now, more than 20 years after its founders symbolically “destroyed” it, Sarah is among the most passionately fetishized record labels of all time. Its rare releases ...

Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the 'shamanic' interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refu...

"Graf traces the development of Yeats's magical world-view and analyzes its essential concepts . . . exploring Yeats's mind in a fascinating and original way." —R. A. Gilbert, esoteric scholar, author of Gnosticism & GnosisW. B. Yeats Twentieth Century Magus is a comprehensive study of his magical practices and beliefs. Yeats moved through many different phases of spiritual development, believing that his life was an intellectual...

How a quest to crack the mystery of the Megalithic Yard led to the discovery of compelling evidence pointing to the existence of a highly advanced culture predating the earliest known civilizationsThere must have been a “civilization one.” Knight and Butler reveal the secrets of an extraordinary, integrated measuring system which might have been lost to the world for ever. It was a system, far more advanced than anything used today, which forms the basis of both th...

A study of government interest in archaeological, historical, and religious puzzles, from the author of The NASA Conspiracies ."Nick Redfern is the Brit with a knack for ferreting out all the dope on outrageous subjects." —Jim Marrs, bestselling author of Alien AgendaThe Pyramids and the Pentagon is a detailed study of how and why government agencies have, for d...