Автор: Murray Margaret Alice Название: The God of the Witches (Aziloth Books) ISBN: 1909735477 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909735477 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Margaret Murray was an anthropologist who upset the comfortable consensus of her day with the idea that Western Europe did not convert 'en masse' to Christianity. Using contemporary accounts she was able to show that, while European rulers and nobles were successfully targeted by Christian missionaries, the majority of the population held tenaciously to the Old Religion. These far older beliefs centred upon the worship of Cernunnos, the figure of a male, horned god. The result was centuries of conflict between Christianity and 'Paganism' in which the adherents of the Cross gradually gained the ascendant. And following the general principle that 'the God of the old religion becomes the Devil of the new', the Christian 'Evil One' was given the characteristics of the pagan deity - horns and all. Those who stubbornly held to the Old Ways were seen as devil-worshippers, witches, followers of the left-hand path who fully deserved the stake and death by purging fire. Margaret Murray gives a convincing account of this God of the witches, and shows how many famous characters in European history - among them William Rufus, Joan of Arc and Thomas Beckett - must be counted as members of The Old Religion. A book for all those interested in the roots of Wicca and neo-paganism.
Автор: Murray Margaret Alice Название: Witch Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology ISBN: 149791406X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781497914063 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 57570.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Murray Margaret Alice, Milne J. G. 1867-1951, Crum W. E. 1865-1944 Название: The Osireion at Abydos ISBN: 1298543940 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781298543943 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 39240.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Murray Margaret Alice Название: The Witch Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology ISBN: 1463523106 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781463523107 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12570.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A heartwarming love saga with elements of deception, love lost and redemption.
Can a homecoming really erase old wounds and turn back the clock and years of hurt or are the Kenny women destined to remain unlucky in love? The hauntingly beautiful Brandon Lodge was where Clodagh Kenny fell in love with James Murray. When if tell apart, Clodagh fled to London. Thirty years on, James can't forget his betrayal of the woman he loved. Now a successful knitwear designer, Clodagh is about to open an outlet in the newly developed Brandon Lodge Enterprise Park. With her is Beth, the girl she raised as her own. James, father to Danny and Kathryn is awarded the security contract for the new park. In an unimaginable twist of fate, Danny meets Beth. When things go wrong, it is discovered that Danny's mother knows a lot more than she should. Suddenly James and Clodagh find themselves thrown together by their need to prevent history from repeating itself.
Destructive forces are at play to try to keep Danny and Beth apart and as things appear to spiral out of control, Clodagh and James must put their personal grievances aside to salvage their relationship.
This is a story of second chances for Clodagh and James and a generation later, for Danny and Beth.
It is a love story about betrayal, love lost and second chances over a thirty year period.
Emotional, romantic with very credible characters.
Автор: Murray Margaret Alice Название: The Witch Cult in Western Europe ISBN: 1490339574 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781490339573 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Murray, Margaret Alice Название: Witch-cult in western europe ISBN: 0359034004 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780359034000 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 19530.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Murray Margaret Alice Название: The Witch Cult in Western Europe ISBN: 1478398922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781478398929 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 23270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Murray Margaret Alice Название: The Witch Cult in Western Europe ISBN: 1690947179 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781690947172 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 24140.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The deity of this cult was incarnate in a man, a woman, or an animal; the animal form being apparentlyearlier than the human, for the god was often spoken of as wearing the skin or attributes of an animal. At the same time, however, there was another form of the god in the shape of a man with two aces. Such a god is found in Italy (where he was called Janus or Dianus), in Southern France (see pp. 62, 129), and in the English Midlands. The feminine form of the name, Diana, is found throughout Western Europe as the name of the female deity or leader of the so-called Witches, and it is for this reason that I have called this ancient religion the Dianic cult. The geographical distribution of the two-faced god suggests that the race or races, who carried the cult, either did not remain in every country which they entered, or that in many places they and their religion were overwhelmed by subsequent invaders.The dates of the two chief festivals, May Eve and November Eve, indicate the use of a calendar which is generally acknowledged to be pre-agricultural and earlier than the solstitial division of the year. The fertility rites of the cult bear out this indication, as they were for promoting the increase of animals and only rarely for the benefit of the crops. The cross -quarter-days, February 2 and August 1, which were also kept as festivals, were probably of later date, as, though classed among the great festivals, they were not of so high an importance as the May and November Eves. To February 2, Candlemas Day, probably belongs thesun-charm of the burning wheel, formed by the whirling dancers, each carrying a blazing torch; but nospecial ceremony seems to be assigned to August 1, Lammas Day, a fact suggestive of a later introduction of this festival, The organization of the hierarchy was the same throughout Western Europe, with the slight local differences which always occur in any organization. The same organization, when carried to America, caused Cotton Mather to say, 'The witches are organized like Congregational Churches.' This gives the clue at once. In each Congregational Church there is a body of elders who manage the affairs of the Church, and the minister who conducts the religious services and is the chief person in religious matters; and there may also be a specially appointed person to conduct the services in the minister's absence; each Church is an independent entity and not necessarily connected with any other. In the same way there was among the witches a body ofelders the Coven which managed the local affairs of the cult, and a man who, like the minister, held the chief place, though as God that place was infinitely higher in the eyes of the congregation than any held by a mere human being. In some of the larger congregations there was a person, inferior to the Chief, who took charge in the Chief's absence. In Southern France, however, there seems to have been a Grand Master who was supreme over several districts, The position of the chief woman in the cult is still somewhat obscure. Professor Pearson sees, in her the Mother-Goddess worshipped chiefly by women. This is very probable, but at the time when the cult is recorded the worship of the male deity-appears to have superseded that of the female, and it is only on rare occasions that the God appears in female form to receive the homage of the worshippers. As a general rule the woman's position, when divine, is that of the familiar or substitute for the male god. There remains, however, the curious fact that the chief woman was often identified with the Queen of Faerie, or the Elfin Queen as she is sometimes called.
