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Jane Ward, Soma Chaudhuri: The Witch Studies Reader (Hardcover, 2025, Duke University Press)
"The past decade has seen a resurgence of the esoteric and the occult into the Western mainstream, often as a …
Quick impressions: Want a practical book about astrology and how to do it? This is not it. Want a political treatise to add some leftist politics and decolonization to your established astrology practice? This could be for you.
This series of eight stories relates the tale of Sister Superior Augusta Santorus of the Order of the Bloody Rose …
"Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work 'Mimesis,' a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, …
Quick impressions: An interesting read, especially if you enjoy books about reading and how it works.
(Full review on my blog soon.)
"Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work 'Mimesis,' a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, based largely on his memory …
"Erich Auerbach wrote his classic work 'Mimesis,' a history of narrative from Homer to Proust, based largely on his memory …
An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of …
The book is not that much different than other "stunt" books where the protagonist decides, whether for fun, necessity, or other reason, to do the thing, and then writes a book about it to share their insights and growth.
(full written review on my blog soon.)
The book is not that much different than other "stunt" books where the protagonist decides, whether for fun, necessity, or other reason, to do the thing, and then writes a book about it to share their insights and growth.
(full written review on my blog soon.)
An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working …
An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working …
A culmination of Ethony Dawn's 20+ years teaching tarot, this book takes you through each step of becoming a confident, …
I recommend the book for public and academic libraries. Public libraries that already collect pagan and esoteric materials will want this one. It's accessibility is a plus for readers. Academic libraries may want to add it as well. It certainly stands up with other pagan and esoteric academic materials. This is one I would order for our academic library.
(Full review with additional reading notes coming to blog soon.)
I recommend the book for public and academic libraries. Public libraries that already collect pagan and esoteric materials will want this one. It's accessibility is a plus for readers. Academic libraries may want to add it as well. It certainly stands up with other pagan and esoteric academic materials. This is one I would order for our academic library.
(Full review with additional reading notes coming to blog soon.)
