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  • Free Zone Scientology

    Contesting the Boundaries of a New Religion

    by Aled Thomas ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies
    In this novel academic study, Aled Thomas analyses modern issues surrounding boundaries and fluidity in contemporary Scientology. By using the Scientologist practice of 'auditing' as a case study, this book explores the ways in which new types of 'Scientologies' can emerge. The notion of Free Zone Scientology is characterised by its horizontal structure, in contrast to the vertical-hierarchy of ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • ‘Cult’ Rhetoric in the 21st Century

    Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements

    Edited by Aled Thomas, Edward Graham-Hyde ...
    Series series Religion at the Boundaries
    Examining contemporary understandings of the term 'cult', this book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines, including sociology, anthropology and religious studies. Focusing on how 'cult rhetoric' affects our perceptions of new religious movements, the contributors explore how these minority groups have developed and deconstruct the language we use to describe them.Ranging from the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Crystal Gazing

    by Northcote W. Thomas, Northcote W. Thomas, Ale. Mar. Sas ...
    Translated by Ale. Mar. Sas ...
    Crystal Gazing is a book by Northcote W. Thomas, first published in 1905. This work offers a detailed study of the ancient and enduring practice of scrying, focusing particularly on the use of crystal spheres as a means of divination and accessing visions or psychic impressions. Thomas, an anthropologist and folklorist, examines the historical roots of crystal gazing in both Western and non ... Read more

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    by T. S. Eliot, Delphi Classics ...
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    An American-English poet, playwright and influential literary critic, T. S. Eliot was a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry, producing important works such as ‘The Waste Land’ and ‘Prufrock’. His work exerted a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920’s until late on in the century. His experiments in diction, style and versification helped revitalise English poetry, while ... Read more

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  • The Waste Land and Other Writings

    by T.S. Eliot ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    First published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, summoning forth a rich new poetic language, ... Read more

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  • English As She Is Spoke

    by Jose de Fonseca, Pedro Carolino ...
    In 1855, when Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino wrote an English phrasebook for Portuguese students, they faced just one problem: they didn't know any English. Even worse, they didn't own an English-to-Portuguese dictionary. What they did have, though, was a Portuguese-to-French dictionary, and a French-to-English dictionary. The linguistic train wreck that ensued is a classic of unintentional ... Read more

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  • The Religion of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology: The Cult of Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Lisa-Marie Presley

    by Robert Alan King ...
    The Religion of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology: The Cult of Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Lisa-Marie Presley by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 5,600 words. It explores the religious tenants of the Church of Scientology to arrive at a basic understanding of what they believe. Though the book also sometimes conveys the contrasting beliefs of Christianity, the real focus is on ... Read more

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  • Eight Books of Essays, Reviews, and Lectures

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    This collection includes: Shorter ProsePieces, A Critic in Pall Masll, Essays and Lectures, Intentions, The Soul of Man, Miscellanies, Reviews, and Selected Prose. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in ... Read more

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  • Fortune Telling By Cards

    by P.R.S. Foli ...
    Fortune-Telling by Cardsby P.R.S. FoliSeveral methods of telling fortunes with a standard deck of playing cards."This is a short book on telling fortunes, primarily with a standard deck of playing cards. There is a short two-chapter section at the end about the Tarot. Described are several different spreads, including the 32-card method, the French and Italian methods, the Grand Star, and Etteilla ... Read more

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  • The Lost Words

    A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins and Their Meanings

    by Pete May ...
    Philip Howard's legendary 'Lost Words' column has been appearing weekly in The Times for many years, wittily illuminating a raft of the most obscure, esoteric words the English language has to offer. At the same time, his 'Word Watching' puzzles have provided readers with the chance to pit their lexicographical skill against his tongue-in-cheek multiple-choice conundrums. This unique collection, ... Read more

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  • What is Scientology?

    History, Beliefs, Rules, Secrets and Facts

    by Boyd Grant ...
    It's a safe bet that you have at least heard of Scientology. Nine times out of ten what you have heard is negative. This often leads to a greater misunderstanding of Scientology, Scientologists and what the mission of the Church of Scientology actually is. What Is Scientology: History, Beliefs, Rules, Secrets and Facts, objectively explains and discusses the following: o The belief system of ... Read more

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  • Post Secular: Science, Humanism and the Future of Faith

    by Marc Schaus ...
    How modern life has transformed major faiths worldwide in the twenty-first century – and what breaking new research in neuroscience, human genetics and the socioeconomic trends of today can tell us about upcoming spiritual beliefs of the future. Ultimately, the "future" of religion is approaching far more quickly than many of us think. The greatest mysteries of life – who we are, how life began, ... Read more

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