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Author : Stuart A. Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199996926
In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs.
Author : Claude M. Bristol
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780486840246
"One of the greatest inspirational and motivational books ever written." — Norman Vincent Peale In this bestselling self-help book, a successful businessman reveals the secrets behind harnessing the unlimited energies of the subconscious. Millions of readers have benefited from these visualization techniques, which show you how to turn your thoughts and dreams into actions that can lead to enhanced income, happier relationships, increased effectiveness, heightened influence, and improved peace of mind. World War I veteran Claude M. Bristol (1891–1951) wrote The Magic of Believing to help former soldiers adjust to civilian life. A pioneer of the New Thought movement and a popular motivational speaker, Bristol addressed those in all walks of life, from politicians and leaders to performers and salespeople. His timeless message of the powers of focused thinking and self-affirmation remains a vital source of inspiration and a practical path to achievement.
Author : Adam Gollner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439109434
An exploration of one of the most universal human obsessions charts the rise of longevity science from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions and enters the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality.
Author : Paul W. Marko,Paul W. Marko, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1495214613
Marko exposes the truth about the mental processes and outside forces that cement you firmly into what he refers to as "your belief wardrobe." The book is crammed with fascinating information designed to trigger breakthroughs in understanding the how's and the whys of your currently held beliefs. Some of which may not be in your best interest and may indeed render you more subject to control and manipulation by advertisers, governments or other interested parties. The insights spotlighted in this colorful but practical expos� include a process that he describes as "intentional belief acquisition and management" (as opposed to beliefs superimposed by media, schooling or the TV hive mind). You may be surprised to learn the criteria that your ego uses to select your beliefs and how much effort is expended by outside forces to render your beliefs compatible with their aims. Also as a side benefit, understanding how the ego within everybody determines beliefs often helps in developing an appreciation of those around you that may have limiting beliefs and possible ways to aid them in realizing the circular nature of their predicament where beliefs select data to reinforce their chosen truth.In an unusually clear and instructive fashion the author provides breakthrough information and techniques intended to successfully lead to the development of an expanded worldview. One from which you can remake your reality to one where miracles are able to be seen all around you and magic can move from the realm of scientific anomaly to a lived experience with infinite possibilities. This new "Science of Liberation" may just be the element that puts humanity back on the path to conscious heaven.
Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781451675047
The author addresses key scientific questions previously explained by rich mythologies, from the evolution of the first humans and the life cycle of stars to the principles of a rainbow and the origins of the universe.
Author : Keith Thomas
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 931 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141932408
Witchcraft, astrology, divination and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant Reformation attempted to take the magic out of religion, and scientists were developing new explanations of the universe. Keith Thomas's classic analysis of beliefs held on every level of English society begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the changing intellectual atmosphere around 1700, when science and rationalism began to challenge the older systems of belief.
Author : Owen Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198794554
How widespread belief in fortune-telling, prophecies, spirits, magic, and protective talismans gripped the battlefields and home fronts of Europe during the First World War.
Author : Hermann Hesse
Publisher : Farrar Straus Giroux
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English essays
ISBN : 0374216665
Author : Simon Young,Helen Killick
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351351010
Keith Thomas's classic study of all forms of popular belief has been influential for so long now that it is difficult to remember how revolutionary it seemed when it first appeared. By publishing Religion and the Decline of Magic, Thomas became the first serious scholar to attempt to synthesize the full range of popular thought about the occult and the supernatural, studying its influence across Europe over several centuries. At root, his book can be seen as a superb exercise in problem-solving: one that actually established "magic" as a historical problem worthy of investigation. Thomas asked productive questions, not least challenging the prevailing assumption that folk belief was unworthy of serious scholarly attention, and his work usefully reframed the existing debate in much broader terms, allowing for more extensive exploration of correlations, not only between different sorts of popular belief, but also between popular belief and state religion. It was this that allowed Thomas to reach his famous conclusion that the advent of Protestantism – which drove out much of the "superstition" that characterised the Catholicism of the period – created a vacuum filled by other forms of belief; for example, Catholic priests had once blessed their crops, but Protestants refused to do so. That left farmers looking for other ways of ensuring a good harvest. It was this, Thomas argues, that explains the survival of what we now think of as "magic" at a time such beliefs might have been expected to decline – at least until science arose to offer alternative paradigms.
Author : Eugene Subbotsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190453114
Magical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and the unpredictable nature of certain human activities. In Magic and the Mind, Eugene Subbotsky provides an overview of the mechanisms and development of magical thinking and beliefs throughout the life span while arguing that the role of this type of thought in human development should be reconsidered. Rather than an impediment to scientific reasoning or a byproduct of cognitive development, in children magical thinking is an important and necessary complement to these processes, enhancing creativity at problem-solving and reinforcing coping strategies, among other benefits. In adults, magical thinking and beliefs perform important functions both for individuals (coping with unsolvable problems and stressful situations) and for society (enabling mass influence and promoting social harmony). Operating in realms not bound by physical causality, such as emotion, relationships, and suggestion, magical thinking is an ongoing, developing psychological mechanism that, Subbotsky argues, is integral in the contexts of politics, commercial advertising, and psychotherapy, and undergirds our construction and understanding of meaning in both mental and physical worlds. Magic and the Mind represents a unique contribution to our understanding of the importance of magical thinking, offering experimental evidence and conclusions never before collected in one source. It will be of interest to students and scholars of developmental psychology, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.
Author : Claude M. Bristol
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780486832548
"One of the greatest inspirational and motivational books ever written." — Norman Vincent Peale In this bestselling self-help book, a successful businessman reveals the secrets behind harnessing the unlimited energies of the subconscious. Millions of readers have benefited from these visualization techniques, which show you how to turn your thoughts and dreams into actions that can lead to enhanced income, happier relationships, increased effectiveness, heightened influence, and improved peace of mind. World War I veteran Claude M. Bristol (1891–1951) wrote The Magic of Believing to help former soldiers adjust to civilian life. A pioneer of the New Thought movement and a popular motivational speaker, Bristol addressed those in all walks of life, from politicians and leaders to performers and salespeople. His timeless message of the powers of focused thinking and self-affirmation remains a vital source of inspiration and a practical path to achievement.
Author : Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780062223005
Medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly. Dr. Offit reveals how alternative medicine—an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks—can actually be harmful to our health. Using dramatic real-life stories, Offit separates the sense from the nonsense, showing why any therapy—alternative or traditional—should be scrutinized. He also shows how some nontraditional methods can do a great deal of good, in some cases exceeding therapies offered by conventional practitioners. An outspoken advocate for science-based health advocacy who is not afraid to take on media celebrities who promote alternative practices, Dr. Offit advises, “There’s no such thing as alternative medicine. There’s only medicine that works and medicine that doesn’t.”
Author : Konrad Talmont-Kaminski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317544739
'Religion as Magical Ideology' examines the relationship between rationality and supernatural beliefs arguing that such beliefs are products of evolution, cognition and culture. The book does not offer a false rapprochement between reason and religion; instead, it explores their interrelationship as a series of complex adaptations between cognitive and cultural processes. Exploring the nature of the tension between religious traditions and reason, 'Religion as Magical Ideology' develops a dual inheritance theory of religion - which combines the cognitive byproduct and prosocial adaptation accounts - and analyses the connection between the function of a belief and the degree of protection it gets from potential counter-evidence. With discussion ranging from individual cognitive mechanisms, general functional considerations, to the limits of evolutionary and cognitive processes, the book offers readers a systematic account of how cognition shapes religious beliefs and practices.
Author : Claude M. Bristol
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-19
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : 9781329986374
A guide to becoming the person you believe yourself to be, including goal setting, mental imagery and using the power of suggestion to make things happen.
Author : Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781473393127
This book contains three prolific essays by the world renown polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. First published in 1926, Magic, Science and Religion provides its readers with a seminal collection of texts exploring the concepts of magic, religion, science, rite and myth, detailing how they interlink to offer exciting and informative insights into the Trobrianders of New Guinea. A must-have for any students of anthropology and collectors of Malinowski’s work, we are republishing this classic work with a new introductory biography of the author.
