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  • Llewellyn's Complete Book of North American Folk Magic

    A Landscape of Magic, Mystery, and Tradition

    Series Book 16 - Llewellyn's Complete Book Series
    20+ Diverse Traditions from New England to the West CoastDrawing on the expertise of twenty-four renowned practitioners, this book features contemporary folk traditions from all over North America. Diverse as the landscapes they thrive on, these authentic practices will expand your worldview and inspire you to enrich your own spirituality. Explore the history, tools, and spiritual beliefs of many ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Haunted New Orleans

    History & Hauntings of the Crescent City

    by Troy Taylor ...
    Series series Haunted America
    Travel beyond Bourbon Street into the macabre history of one of the most haunted cities in the United States with the author of Wicked New Orleans as your guide.New Orleans—the Big Easy, the birthplace of jazz, home of Cafe du Monde and what some call the most haunted city in America. Beneath the indulgence and revelry of the Crescent City lies a long history of the dark and mysterious. From the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shamanism in Siberia

    Shamanism in Siberiafrom Aboriginal Siberia, by M. A. CzaplickaA comprehensive review of the ethographic literature concerning Shamanism in Sibera."Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of shamanism. It is inhabited by many different ethnic groups. Many of its Uralic, Altaic, and Paleosiberian peoples observe shamanistic practices even in modern times. Many classical ethnographic sources of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Way of Fire and Ice

    The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism

    by Ryan Smith ...
    A Radical New Take On Norse PaganismThe Way of Fire and Ice reimagines Norse Paganism with mystical practices and rituals for today's world as well as tips for building community and resisting fascism. This approach to working with Norse deities and beliefs is a living, adaptable tradition, representing a strong alternative to the reconstructionist perspectives of Asatru and Heathenry.In these ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Social Forestry

    Tending the Land as People of Place

    Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place is a must-have for anyone wanting to have a reciprocating relationship with their communities, themselves, and most importantly their awe-inspiring forests and landscapes.Social Forestry connects villages and communities to their forests and adjoining bodies of water. It includes forest management, protection, and regeneration of deforested ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Du profane au sacré : l'initiation écossaise

    Cet ouvrage s’inscrit dans la continuité de La Première Lettre, du même auteur, consacré à l’Apprenti au Rite Écossais Ancien et Accepté. Il approfondit l’approche du Sacré à laquelle nous convie l’initiation au premier degré de celui-ci, donnant symboliquement accès à l’origine de tout. Seul le Sacré existait alors, avant que la création ne donne le signal de sa « profanisation », en expansion ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis

    Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that particular aspects of the zombie, common to a variety of media forms, reflect a crisis in modern Western culture. The authors examine the essential features of the zombie, including mindlessness, ugliness ... Read more

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  • Unruly Audience

    Folk Interventions in Popular Media

    by Greg Kelley ...
    Unruly Audience explores grassroots appropriations of familiar media texts from film, television, stand-up comedy, popular music, advertising, and tourism. Case studies probe the complex relationship between folklore and media, with particular attention to the dynamics of production and reception.Greg Kelley examines how “folk interventions” challenge institutional media with active—often public ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Superheroes and Presidents: How Absurd Stories Have Poisoned the American Mind

    The Superpowers Series, #4

    Series Book 4 - The Superpowers Series
    Conservatives see Donald Trump as Batman, the mighty crusader cleaning out "Gotham City" – the Swamp, the Deep State, the liberal elite.Liberals previously regarded Trump as the Joker, a psychotic maniac destroying America. However, since "Joker" – Todd Phillips' 2019 movie tour de force – the Joker is now seen as a liberal anti-hero, fighting the good fight against the super-rich elites. Batman, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures

    by Aaron Mahnke ...
    Series Book 1 - The World of Lore
    A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, featuring stories from the Lore podcast—now a streaming television series—including “They Made a Tonic,” “Passed Notes,” and “Unboxed,” as well as rare material.They live in shadows—deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They’re spoken of in stories and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mitos y leyendas de El Salvador

    Mitología pipil

    by Omar Nipolan ...
    El Salvador, hermosa tierra, llena de magia y misterios, guarda un tesoro de mitos y leyendas que enriquecen el patrimonio cultural de la pequeña, (en territorio), nación, pero que la hacen grande en tradición.La siguanaba, El Cipitío, La Carreta Chillona, El Justo Juez de la noche, Los Cadejos, Negro y Blanco, todos ellos personajes entrañables de nuestra mitología popular, desfilan en estas ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Yokai

    Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore

    A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai.Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Celtic Myths and Legends

    Series series Celtic, Irish
    This splendidly illustrated study by the distinguished Celticist T. W. Rolleston masterfully retells the great Celtic myths and illuminates the world that spawned them. Focusing principally on Irish myths, the book first takes up the history and religion of the Celts, the myths of the Irish invasion and the early Milesian kings.What follows is pure enchantment as you enter the timeless world of ... Read more

    $10.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Witch of the Monongahela

    Folk Magic in Early Western Pennsylvania

    by Thomas White ...
    A look at the folklore surrounding the legendary Pennsylvanian witch, and the facts behind them.In the ancient hills and misty hollows of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, generations of locals have passed down stories of a woman with mysterious magical powers. People came from near and far to seek healing and protection through her strange rituals. Some even believed she could fly. Named Moll Derry ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

    by Amy Jeffs ...
    A TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior, The Times'ravishingly lovely' The Times Ireland'[a] lively retelling of British myths... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Lost Superpowers of Ancient Humanity: In Search of the Prometheans

    The Superpowers Series, #1

    Series Book 1 - The Superpowers Series
    Did alien astronauts visit the ancient earth or were the real "aliens" the ancient humans themselves? People today imagine that ancient humans were just like us, but at a more primitive stage of development. In fact, ancient humans were nothing like us. They had incredible abilities - superpowers - that we have now lost. We discarded them in the course of becoming modern, conscious humans, but ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Night Parade

    A Speculative Memoir

    A Most Anticipated Book by Poets & Writers • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • Los Angeles Times • The Millions • Library Journal • Book Riot • Debutiful • and many more!In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeously illustrated speculative memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyo—the ... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • The Witch

    A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present

    by Ronald Hutton ...
    This “magisterial account” explores the fear of witchcraft across the globe from the ancient world to the notorious witch trials of early modern Europe (The Guardian, UK).The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In The Witch, historian Ronald Hutton sets the European witch trials in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women Who Run With the Wolves

    Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

    "Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to 'civilize' us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna

    by Mira Ptacin ...
    A young writer travels to Maine to tell the unusual story of America’s longest-running camp devoted to mysticism and the world beyond.They believed they would live forever. So begins Mira Ptacin’s haunting account of the women of Camp Etna—an otherworldly community in the woods of Maine that has, since 1876, played host to generations of Spiritualists and mediums dedicated to preserving the links ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Hunting Monsters

    Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths

    by Darren Naish ...
    The Loch Ness Monster, bigfoot and the yeti have long held a fascination for people the world over. Debates about their actual existence or what they might really be have continued for decades, if not centuries. Known also as cryptids, they have spawned a body of research known as cryptozoology. This entertaining book looks at the evidence of these mysterious monsters and others and explores what ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

    The groundbreaking book that launched America's urban legend obsession!Folklore scholar Jan Harold Brunvand assembles the best-known urban legends—including "The Hook," "The Spider in the Hairdo," and "The Baby-Sitter and the Man Upstairs"—and provides an enlightening and entertaining analysis of their variants and evolution. The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Wild Year

    A Field Guide for Exploring Nature All Around Us

    An illustrated guide to exploring nature, one surprising season—and plant—at a time.Whether you’re an avid nature lover or newly discovering the world outside your door, you’ll find information and inspiration in this beautifully illustrated pocket companion. Organized by season, its colorful pages are brimming with wondrous wildflowers and plants to discover as you wander, forage, and explore ... Read more

    $13.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • The Power of Myth

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war.The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas ... Read more

    $12.99 USD