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Our books are a heady mixture of new, second-hand and rare titles in subjects that touch upon belief, magic and religious culture. We have an ever-changing selection, and nothing stays the same for long. See also specialist presses, rare books, and featured books. Though we don't list our entire stock online, here are our shelf-headings to give you an idea of what you will find here.

Western Magical Culture

  • Wicca and witchcraft, contemporary revived pagan witchcraft
  • Pagan Spirituality Today: academic and practical titles
  • Folk Custom, Folk Magic and Folklore
  • Lore of Creatures: Fairies, Unicorns, Animals and Beasts
  • Herbalism, Trees, Plants
  • Celtic Myth, Celtic History and Druidry
  • Goddess Spirituality
  • Chaos Magic, from Pete Carroll to Phil Hine and Beyond
  • Thelema and Aleister Crowley
  • Typhonian Thelema including Kenneth Grant
  • Austin Osman Spare
  • Western Ceremonial Magic including Levi, Papus, Regardie, Dion Fortune, Butler and Gareth Knight


Older European Culture

  • The Vikings, Northern Tradition and Dark Ages – from Beowulf to the Runes
  • The Middle Ages, including Christian Mystics and Templars
  • Early Modern Magic and Culture including Grimoires, Alchemy and John Dee
  • Early Modern Witch Hunts, Necomancy and Demonology
  • The Eighteenth Century, including Rosicrucians and Freemasonry
  • The Nineteenth Century, including the history of spiritualism, Theosophy, and Charles Dickens
  • The Order of the Golden Dawn and its descendants – including Dion Fortune and Servants of the Light


Cultures and Beliefs, Ancient and Modern

  • Neolithic culture, including Stonehenge, Avebury and sacred ancient sites
  • Greece and Rome – classical authors, myths, religion and magic
  • Ancient Egypt – myths, gods, goddesses, religion and magic
  • Ancient Near East – Sumeria, Babylonia
  • Early Christianity, both orthodox and heretical
  • Judaism and Jewish Culture, including Jewish Kabbalah
  • India and South Asia, including Hinduism, tantra, and all strands of Buddhism
  • China and Japan, including Taoism, Zen, Confucianism
  • Africa and African diaspora, including African religions, voudon, hoodoo, santeria
  • Native North America, including North American religions and spiritual traditions
  • South America, including Maya, Aztec, and modern shamanistic movements


Divinatory Arts

  • Tarot reading, past and present
  • Dowsing and scrying
  • Dream Interpretation
  • Numerology
  • Astrology


Spiritual and Psychic

  • Spiritualism and Mediumship
  • Psychic Development, ESP, Astral travel, Auras, Chakras
  • Lore of Crystals and Gems


Contemporary Culture – Almost Magic…

  • Psychology: not least Jung and transpersonal
  • Sexualities  - erotica, gender studies, queer theory, feminist writing
  • Novels and Stories: horror, supernatural tales, magical realism and what takes our fancy
  • Poetry: Ted Hughes and Rilke are regulars on this shelf, also Rimbaud and Baudelaire

 

 

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