Eklektiske og esoteriske religioner og trossystemer

The Routledge International Handbook of Charisma provides an unprecedented multidimensional and multidisciplinary comparative analysis of the phenomenon of charisma - first defined by Max Weber as the irrational bond between deified leader and submissive follower. It includes broad overviews of foundational theories and experiences of charisma and of associated key issues and themes. Contributors include 45 influential international scholars who approach the topic from different disciplinary perspectives and utilize examples from an array of historical and cultural settings. The Handbook presents up-to-date, concise, thought-provoking, innovative, and informative perspectives on charisma as it has been expressed in the past and as it continues to be manifested in the contemporary world by leaders ranging from shamans to presidents. It is designed to be essential reading for all students, researchers, and general readers interested in achieving a comprehensive understanding of the power and potential of charismatic authority in all its varieties, subtleties, dynamics, and current and potential directions.

Like any other subject, the study of religion is a child of its time. Shaped and forged over the course of the twentieth century, it has reflected the interests and political situation of the world at the time. As the twenty-first century unfolds, it is undergoing a major transition along with religion itself. This volume showcases new work and new approaches to religion which work across boundaries of religious tradition, academic discipline and region.The influence of globalizing processes has been evident in social and cultural networking by way of new media like the internet, in the extensive power of global capitalism and in the increasing influence of international bodies and legal instruments. Religion has been changing and adapting too. This handbook offers fresh insights on the dynamic reality of religion in global societies today by underscoring transformations in eight key areas: Market and Branding; Contemporary Ethics and Virtues; Intimate Identities; Transnational Movements; Diasporic Communities; Responses to Diversity; National Tensions; and Reflections on 'Religion'. These themes demonstrate the handbook's new topics and approaches that move beyond existing agendas.Bringing together scholars of all ages and stages of career from around the world, the handbook showcases the dynamism of religion in global societies. It is an accessible introduction to new ways of approaching the study of religion practically, theoretically and geographically.

This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations.Experts in the field present reflections on historically specific contexts in which a guru comes into being, becomes part of a community, is venerated, challenged or repudiated, generates a new canon, remains unique with no clear succession or establishes a succession in which charisma is routinized. The guru emerges and is sustained and routinized from the nexus of guruship, narratives, performances and community. The contributors to the book examine this nexus at specific historical moments with all their elements of change and contingency.The book will be of interest to scholars in the field of South Asian studies, the study of religions and cultural studies.

The Babylonian (post-Sumerian) Anunnaki Archetypes Make a Proper Tarot Appearance For the First Time in this Collector's Hardcover Edition Reissue!"Anunnaki Tarot:The Babylonian Oracle" is a guidebook written by Joshua Free to properly illustrate archetypal symbolism of the Major Arcana as drawn from ancient Mesopotamian / Babylonian cuneiform tablet sources for modern divination. It is a collector's hardcover second edition companion to the 'Anunnaki Tarot Major Arcana Oracle Card Deck (Unlimited Edition)' distributed separately by the Mardukite Offices and Founding Church of Mardukite Zuism directly by personal arrangement or its affiliate outlets.Due to the underground and independent nature of our work and material released from JFI Publishing (the 'Joshua Free Imprint'), commercially boxed 'combos' (featuring book and cards) have still yet to be established. This is important to note, because it is the only complaint from those obtaining the First Edition of the guidebook by itself over the past three years, in spite of being clearly indicated in all official book descriptions.Rather than significantly reiterate material from many other previous volumes already written by Joshua Free (such as 'The Complete Anunnaki Bible', 'Sumerian Religion' and 'Babylonian Myth and Magic'), this unparalleled remarkable keepsake edition of "Anunnaki Tarot: The Babylonian Oracle" (first released from the underground as a paperback in 2019) does uniquely and concisely align Tarot symbolism with a comprehensive review of Anunnaki archetypes as they appear in ancient 'Babylonian Mardukite' tradition, mythology and religion. This special collector's hardcover edition of the guidebook preserves the formatting and information provided in the original version -- with an expanded Appendix (and the 'paper deck' removed).With the amount of attention that the Tarot receives -- and the amount of effort placed on Cabalistic orientation of the cards -- it seems peculiar that it took until now for someone to represent the very truth that both the Hebrew Kabbalah and the ancient archetypes of civilization actually originate in Mesopotamia. And Joshua Free has done just that! Every modern "Mardukite" is aware of this basic premise; and not simply because they are told so, but because it is readily visible or obvious during their personal study of the material translated from ancient cuneiform tablets and while pathworking the "Gates" of the Anunnaki themselves.In view of these facts, this divination system of "Anunnaki Tarot" represents something quite different than what you might find elsewhere. Rather than take an arbitrary theme and impose tarot symbolism onto it, the esoteric knowledge base collected as the Mardukite Research Core regarding Anunnaki traditions has allowed a direct bridge between these two aspects -- the tarot and the Anunnaki -- in a way that is both historically authentic and mystically valid. The final result is a divination tool that is both functionally practical and useful to practitioners of modern "Mardukite neo-Babylonian spirituality" and what's more: it further reaches to shine a new comprehensive light on an otherwise exhausted subject of the Tarot mysteries.'Open the Gates of Understanding' and discover the Babylonian Oracle of Cosmic Wisdom for yourself!

The identification of the Master and the man with the Cross and in the Cross is hardly disguised. The Cross is the Tree of Life and the tree of death simultaneously. "Give up thy life that thou mayest live," says that inspired mystic treatise, The Voice of the Silence, and this is no other than the secret of the Mystery of the Cross. The Master is hanged between two thieves, the one repentant and the other obdurate, the soul turned towards the Light and towards the Darkness, all united in the one Mystery of the Cross-the Mystery of Man.George Robert Stow Mead was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society, as well as the founder of the Quest Society. His scholarly works dealt mainly with the Hermetic and Gnostic religions of Late Antiquity, and were exhaustive for the time period.This premium edition comes with a beautiful Easy-to-Read layout which makes reading comfortable.

Do you really believe you can be, do, and have the things you really want in life?Have you lost confidence in yourself because of past experiences?>All of this is possible and The Confidence Catapult is here to unlock these mysteries and help you learn the art of 'how to ask for what you want and get it' through the skill of confidence. Don't just wish good things, make them happen!shift out of limiting beliefs that might be holding you backcombat self image blocks so that you can step into your most confident selfovercome negative self talk and create real lasting change in your lifecreate paradigm shifts that will help you be more happy, healthy and wealthylearn the 5R's of conscious creating and align to your dreamsAuthor Amina Mohamed is an Elite Mindset Coach, Les Brown Certified Speaker and Global Peace Ambassador having recently appeared at the House of Lords. Her journey has been accumulated over ten years, through the legal industry and now grounded in NLP science. She has worked with clients, companies and charities to help increase confidence, overcome mental roadblocks and access higher performance so that they can live more abundantly in any area of life. Her principles of confidence have now been produced into this book, which will help launch you into your most confident version.

The Sacred Books of the East incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Islam. These English translations of religious texts includes selections from the Vedic Hymns (the oldest scriptures of Hinduism), Zend-Avesta (Holy book of the Zoroastrian religion), Dhammapada (Buddhism, a collection of verses), Upanishads (late Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hindu philosophy), the Koran (the central religious text of Islam), and the Life of Buddha (Buddha was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded). This collection of texts, aphorisms, sayings, proverbs, etc., from Sacred Writings of India and Asia, compiled and adapted to awaken the minds of the western world, expresses the cream of the philosophical thoughts on humanity and society.A must-read.Edition fully annotated, easy-to-read layout, dynamic contents and footnotes.

Annie Besant brings readers on a journey through the planes of existence, explaining the interplay of the physical reality we perceive and the spiritual planes beyond our perception.By quoting ancient documents of Buddhism and Taoism, Besant describes the composition and processes of the mysterious worlds beyond what we see and hear in everyday life. The divine wisdom of Theosophy includes doctrines from multiple ancient religions, such as those of Egypt, India, Tibet and Eastern Asia. In the eyes of the theosophist, each of these contributes truths to the phenomena of the physical, astral and mental planes which are explored by Besant.Philosophical concepts of the Self, the soul, the afterlife, and reincarnation receive attention in the later stages of this book, which also explains the links between the planes and concepts such as the Buddha realms and Nirvana. Besant keenly summarizes and describes the major facets of theosophy, whilst praising the movement's founder H. P. Blavatsky.Throughout this text, Besant's gifts for explanation and descriptive writing demystify spiritual mysteries and ideas that would otherwise be hard to comprehend. For years a leading proponent of the theosophic movement, Annie Besant published several books and delivered lectures in the early 20th century.

Explores the meanings of G. I. Gurdjieff's enneagram.