Paganism Explained

Paganism Explained PDF Author: Varg Vikernes
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979385473
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description
The first book in a series where we unveil the Native European deities. In part I we tell you the basics of Native European Paganism and explain the meaning of �rymskvi�a. The book is small (5"*8" and 50 pages) and easy to read.

Pagans & Christians

Pagans & Christians PDF Author: Gus DiZerega
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9781567182286
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Although Christianity is still a major religious force, there are growing numbers of people in other faiths, including the various Pagan traditions. Some Christians have responded to this trend with fear and derision, while some Pagans have reacted to that fear with anger and mistrust. Much of the problem is due to misunderstandings and lack of communication. This can change with Gus diZerega's Pagans & Christians. Here you will find a penetrating and illuminating comparison, showing that neither path has the single correct approach to the Divine. Rather, either or both can be authentic and legitimate expressions of the appreciation of the Ultimate Source of All. Pagans & Christians is an ideal way to help bridge what at time seems a wide chasm between Christian and Pagan beliefs. By sharing core ideas of both paths, this book provides a way to give deeper mutual understanding and unity among the religions of the world. Although Pagans & Christians accepts both paths as valid, the book provides a more in-depth explanation of Paganism ó the minority religion because in some ways, Paganism demands a greater defense and explanation of its beliefs and ideas to dispel misunderstandings. The author is a Third Degree Gardenerian Elder and in Pagans & Christians has presented nothing less than a brilliant defense of Paganism, clearly showing how it should stand beside all of the major religions of the world as an equal. As part of this defense, diZerega gives a listing of biblical contradictions and Christian philosophical difficulties which can help any Pagan responding to a negative attack, and will help any Christian to view his or her religion as a way, not the way. Winner of the 2001 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Award for Best Non-fiction Book

Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia

Sorcery and Religion in Ancient Scandinavia PDF Author: Varg Vikernes
Publisher: Abstract Sounds Books Limited
ISBN: 9780956695932
Category : Mythology, Norse
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"This book is written as an attempt to describe the traditions and beliefs of the Ancient Europeans" -- p. 6.

Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity

Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity PDF Author: Michael Bland Simmons
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190202394
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 537

Book Description
A new study of Porphyrian soteriology, or the concept of the salvation of the soul, in the thought of Porphyry of Tyre

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World

Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World PDF Author: Scott Noegel
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271046006
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
In the religious systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean, gods and demigods were neither abstract nor distant, but communicated with mankind through signs and active intervention. Men and women were thus eager to interpret, appeal to, and even control the gods and their agents. In Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World, a distinguished array of scholars explores the many ways in which people in the ancient world sought to gain access to--or, in some cases, to bind or escape from--the divine powers of heaven and earth. Grounded in a variety of disciplines, including Assyriology, Classics, and early Islamic history, the fifteen essays in this volume cover a broad geographic area: Greece, Egypt, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia. Topics include celestial divination in early Mesopotamia, the civic festivals of classical Athens, and Christian magical papyri from Coptic Egypt. Moving forward to Late Antiquity, we see how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each incorporated many aspects of ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman religion into their own prayers, rituals, and conceptions. Even if they no longer conceived of the sun, moon, and the stars as eternal or divine, Christians, Jews, and Muslims often continued to study the movements of the heavens as a map on which divine power could be read. The reader already familiar with studies of ancient religion will find in Prayer, Magic, and the Stars both old friends and new faces. Contributors include Gideon Bohak, Nicola Denzey, Jacco Dieleman, Radcliffe Edmonds, Marvin Meyer, Michael G. Morony, Ian Moyer, Francesca Rochberg, Jonathan Z. Smith, Mark S. Smith, Peter Struck, Michael Swartz, and Kasia Szpakowska. Published as part of Penn State's Magic in History series, Prayer, Magic, and the Stars appears at a time of renewed interest in divination and occult practices in the ancient world. It will interest a wide audience in the field of comparative religion as well as students of the ancient world and late antiquity.

Baxter's Explore the Book

Baxter's Explore the Book PDF Author: J. Sidlow Baxter
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310871395
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1846

Book Description
Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.

Paganism Explained, Part IV

Paganism Explained, Part IV PDF Author: Varg Vikernes
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781720910671
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
Just what the title says; Valhalla and Odin in Yggdrasill explained. In 54 pages. A short and easy to read book that will teach you about the Native European heritage.

Myfarog

Myfarog PDF Author: Varg Vikernes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781082566349
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
MYFAROG (Mythic Fantasy Role-playing Game) (3rd edition) is a fantasy role-playing game, with a setting based on European mythology, religion and fairy tales. The rules are very modular, meaning you can play the game rules light or rules heavy, as you please. The rules are designed to make sense, and to give the players the ability to immerse themselves in Thulê; a highly credible fantasy world similar to Middle-earth and the European Classical Antiquity (some places touching into the Viking Age or the Bronze Age), but yet different. In Thulê, sorcery and the ancient deities are real, and the world is inhabited by not only humans, but also elves, nymphs, dwarves, orcs, gnomes, halflings, ettins and trolls, as well as other creatures. This art-minimalistic 221 page core rule-book (with black-and-white interior) is an all-in-one rule-book, so it contains all the information you need to play the game (and to make your own adventures and campaigns) indefinitely. A digital high resolution map of Thulê can be found here: www.myfarog.org. Because the setting is based on real world locations (Lofoten and Vesteralen in Northern Norway) you can also use online map services, to get highly detailed and realistic maps of the world of Thulê, in any scale you want. NB! You need a set of polyhedral dice to play the game.

Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity

Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity PDF Author: Richard Flower
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198813198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300

Book Description
Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity takes an interdisciplinary approach to the question of how individuals and groups ascribed religious categories during late antiquity. Particular focus is given to the role of rhetoric in the expression of religious identity, in order to give mutual illumination to both phenomena in this period.

Paganism Explained, Part V

Paganism Explained, Part V PDF Author: Marie Cachet
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781652823759
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
Just what the title says; Ásgardr, Vanaheimr & the Nine Worlds of Hel as well as two Scandinavian fairy tales explained. In 57 pages. A short and easy to read book that will teach you about the Native European heritage.
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