Mythology is the study of the imaginative traditions through which man attempts to understand and control the world about him. This comprehensive and accessible survey of the world's principal myths is the result of extensive research and brings out the distinctive character and force of each individual story and shows its specific link with the social patterns and religious beliefs of the country and/or time to which it belongs. All the major mythological systems are examined, from non-literate societies to complex cultures and from the ancient world to the present: from Voodoo to Christianity, from ancient Egypt and classical Greece to modern Germany and Japan. Over 400 illustrations, many of them in colour, show myths brought to life in art, and feature some of the world's most famous paintings and sculptures. In addition, specially commissioned maps illustrate the location and spread of the primary mythological systems.

The Patriotic Tide

Literature & Fiction

RICHARD CAVENDISH

Mythology & Folk Tales

TIME/LIFE

The Black Arts

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Pan Books

Black Arts (Picador Books)

Macmillan

A tour of Britain's most noteworthy and accessible archaeological sites traces man's story from the wandering Stone Age hunters to the Celtic craftsmen and farmers

Prehistoric England

History

Europe

British Heritage Press

Visions of Heaven and Hell

From the miseries of Dante's 'Inferno' to the eternal feasting and bloodletting of Valhalla, 'Visions of Heaven and Hell' deals graphically with the extraordinary beliefs which have regulated the morals of societies through the centuries. Islamic, Buddhist, Judaic and Christian teachings have all threatened wrongdoers with the torments of a fiery hell, while visions of heaven range from the austere spirituality of St. Augustine to the erotic delights of the Muslim paradise. Included are 125 unusual illustrations, many in full color, bringing vivid and revealing detail to ideas of eternal life. This extraordinary array of imagery, imagination and fantasy illuminates man's constant obsession with the question of reward and punishment in the hereafter. The author, Richard Cavendish, is a well-known authority on magic, occultism and popular beliefs about the supernatural.

Arts & Photography

Harmony Books+

Surveys the prophetic uses and religious and political significance of the cards from ancient times to the present

The Tarot

Crescent Books: NY

Articles on extrasensory perception, spiritualism, dreams, witchcraft, and reincarnation explore the world of the supernatural

Encyclopedia of the unexplained;: Magic, occultism and parapsychology

Reference

Routledge & K.Paul

A compendium of information on the Tarot including its origin, myths and facts about the Tarot. There are clear instructions on how to lay out and read the cards and their significance in magic, meditation and divination.

The tarot

Michael Joseph, Ltd.

Visions of London (Visions of ...)

AA Publishing

Journeys of the Great Explorers

bernard-stonehouse

Rosemary Burton

Travel

Automobile Association

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