Three authoritative yet accessible reference books covering the esoteric terms, concepts, and histories of magical practices and mystical thought. Dictionary of Mysticism offers concise definitions for more than 2,200 terms used in a number of mystical traditions and fields of study, including esoteric philosophy, occultism, psychical research, spiritualism, alchemy, astrology, and demonology. It also covers the studies of Buddhism, Brahmanism, Sufism,...

Emanuel Swedenborg was a noted Swedish Christian theologian and mystic. He wrote in 1758, De Caelo et Eius Mirabilibus et de inferno, ex Auditis et Visis. The common title in English is Heaven and Hell, but the full title is Heaven and its Wonders and Hell From Things Heard and Seen. This major book gives a detailed description of the afterlife, how people live after the death of the physical body. It deals with God, heaven, hell, angels, spirits,...

Angels are God's messengers, but sometimes we have difficulty comprehending the messages they bring because we don't understand the languages they use to speak to us. We need a "Rosetta Stone" to decipher them, and Kathy Mursch provides us with just that in The Secret Language of Angels. In this book, she describes the five angel languages-feeling, seeing, hearing, knowing, and dreams and visions-and shows us specifically what to look for in the messages...

Many people believe in angels, but few can define these enigmatic spirits. Now visionary theologian Matthew Fox and acclaimed biologist Rupert Sheldrake-pioneers in modern religious thinking and scientific theory-launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient concept of the angel and restore dignity, meaning, and joy to our time-honored belief in these heavenly beings.

In this spectacular father-son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while...

"Spice trader Cinnamon's quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell. All she wanted to do was live her life in peace--maybe get a cat, expand the family spice farm. Really, anything that didn't involve going on an adventure where an orc might rip her face off. But they say the goddess has favorites, and if so, Cin is clearly not...