Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits
Год издания: 2016
Автор: Gordon White / Гордон Уайт
Жанр или тематика: история, оккультизм, магия хаоса
Издательство: Scarlet Imprint / Bibliothèque Rouge
ISBN: 978-0-9931200-8-4
Язык: Английский
Формат: EPUB
Качество: Издательский макет или текст (eBook)
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 294
Описание: A defining text of the new magical renaissance, Star.Ships addresses the question of who we are now by tracing where we come from, and by drawing out the stories and the spirits that have journeyed and evolved with us. The goal is, as Gordon writes, the restoration of context.
To this end, White applies his globally-recognised data and demographics skills to realise a groundbreaking work of truly interdisciplinary research. Utilising mythological, linguistic and astronomical data to reconstruct palaeolithic magical beliefs, he maps them to the human journey out of Africa; explores which aspects of these beliefs and practices have survived into the Western tradition; and what the implications (and applications) of those survivals may be for us.
Written for a magically literate and operative audience, Star.Ships displays the flair, wit and engagement with evidence that adherents of his runesoup blog have come to expect from Gordon. He deftly handles vast time scales and cosmologies to build his case; avoids the pitfalls of alternative historians with a refreshing absence of dogma or wishful thinking; and, in a masterful deployment of the latest research, simultaneously questions outworn dominant narratives and is not afraid to champion the work of independent researchers and entertain forbidden discourses. It is exactly what chaos magic should be.
Göbekli Tepe, the Pyramids and Sphinx, Nabta Playa, Gunung Padang, Easter Island and Sundaland are some of the points spangled across a work of truly cosmic scope. Star.Ships beckons those who are willing to engage in the adventure to follow the great river of history that flows into and out of an ocean of stars. Minds will be blown.
Определяющий текст нового магического ренессанса, Star.Ships рассматривает вопрос о том, кто мы сейчас, отслеживая, откуда мы пришли, и извлекая истории и духов, которые путешествовали и развивались вместе с нами. Цель, как пишет Гордон, - восстановление контекста.
Оглавление
Preface
THE MISSION AT THE END OF THE WORLD
I
ONE FUNERAL AT A TIME
II
THE CATHEDRAL PREDATES THE CITY
III
ET IN LAURASIA EGO
IV
ISLAND OF DRAGONS
V
STAR LORE
VI
HOW A WORLD ENDS
VII
EXPULSION FROM EDEN
VIII
THE MIRROR OF HEAVEN
IX
THE TREE OF MANY BRANCHES
X
CHILDREN OF THE MOTHER OF HEAVEN
Conclusion
CANOPY OF STARS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
