Evil Incarnate

Author : David Frankfurter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691186979

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Evil Incarnate by David Frankfurter Pdf

In the 1980s, America was gripped by widespread panics about Satanic cults. Conspiracy theories abounded about groups who were allegedly abusing children in day-care centers, impregnating girls for infant sacrifice, brainwashing adults, and even controlling the highest levels of government. As historian of religions David Frankfurter listened to these sinister theories, it occurred to him how strikingly similar they were to those that swept parts of the early Christian world, early modern Europe, and postcolonial Africa. He began to investigate the social and psychological patterns that give rise to these myths. Thus was born Evil Incarnate, a riveting analysis of the mythology of evilconspiracy. The first work to provide an in-depth analysis of the topic, the book uses anthropology, the history of religion, sociology, and psychoanalytic theory, to answer the questions "What causes people collectively to envision evil and seek to exterminate it?" and "Why does the representation of evil recur in such typical patterns?" Frankfurter guides the reader through such diverse subjects as witch-hunting, the origins of demonology, cannibalism, and the rumors of Jewish ritual murder, demonstrating how societies have long expanded upon their fears of such atrocities to address a collective anxiety. Thus, he maintains, panics over modern-day infant sacrifice are really not so different from rumors about early Christians engaging in infant feasts during the second and third centuries in Rome. In Evil Incarnate, Frankfurter deepens historical awareness that stories of Satanic atrocities are both inventions of the mind and perennial phenomena, not authentic criminal events. True evil, as he so artfully demonstrates, is not something organized and corrupting, but rather a social construction that inspires people to brutal acts in the name of moral order.

Author : Loren Coleman
Publisher : Cosimo Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781945934353

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Mothman by Loren Coleman Pdf

“Loren Coleman has taken a hard look at one of America’s most haunting monsters and discovered that it’s more terrifying than we ever knew. Read this book now—before it’s too late. You’ve been warned.” —Richard Hatem, screenwriter, The Mothman Prophecies Mothman: Evil Incarnate, by cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, is a brand new companion title to the late John Keel’s The Mothman Prophecies (1975), which investigated the sightings of a winged creature called Mothman and became popularized in the 2002 movie of the same name starring Richard Gere. With new material by Loren Coleman, extensive annotations on each chapter of The Mothman Prophecies, a detailed Mothman death list, and a gallery of images, Mothman: Evil Incarnate comprises the most up-to-date information on Mothman phenomena. In addition to providing context to John Keel’s cult classic, Coleman expands on missing details from the movie, explores the deaths that followed the West Virginia incident, describes the recent Chicago Mothman sightings, and delves into the life of John Keel. This companion book should find its place on every Mothman aficionado and cryptozoology fan’s bookshelf. The mystery continues…

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781855842786

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The Incarnation of Ahriman by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

While we know of Ahriman from Persian mythology, Rudolf Steiner spoke of him as an actual, living spiritual entity. This being, he said, works to embed people firmly into physicality, encouraging dull, materialistic attitudes and a philistine, dry intellect. In these extraordinary lectures Steiner, in rare prophetic mode, talks about an actual incarnation of Ahriman on the earth and the potential consequences. Just as Christ incarnated in a physical body, so would Ahriman incarnate in the Western world - before 'a part' of the third millennium had passed. Steiner places this incarnation in the context of a 'cosmic triad' - Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman. Ahriman will incarnate as a counterpoint to the physical incarnation of Lucifer in the East in the third millennium BC, with the incarnation of Jesus Christ in Palestine as the balancing point between the two. Over the period during which Steiner developed anthroposophy - a speaking career that spanned two decades and more than six thousand lectures - he referred to the idea of Ahriman's incarnation only six times. These six lectures, together with an additional supporting excerpt, are reproduced in their entirety, and under one cover, for the first time.

Author : Andrew J. McKenna
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0252062027

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Violence and Difference by Andrew J. McKenna Pdf

McKenna explicates key elements of the anthropology of Rene Girard and the literary theory of Jacques Derrida in terms of each other--to create an interpretive strategy that he hopes will "salvage deconstruction from the flashy sterility it favors."

Author : Martin Paul Eve
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781685710361

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Warez by Martin Paul Eve Pdf

When most people think of piracy, they think of Bittorrent and The Pirate Bay. These public manifestations of piracy, though, conceal an elite worldwide, underground, organized network of pirate groups who specialize in obtaining media – music, videos, games, and software – before their official sale date and then racing against one another to release the material for free. Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy is the first scholarly research book about this underground subculture, which began life in the pre-internet era Bulletin Board Systems and moved to internet File Transfer Protocol servers (“topsites") in the mid- to late-1990s. The “Scene," as it is known, is highly illegal in almost every aspect of its operations. The term “Warez" itself refers to pirated media, a derivative of “software." Taking a deep dive in the documentary evidence produced by the Scene itself, Warez describes the operations and infrastructures an underground culture with its own norms and rules of participation, its own forms of sociality, and its own artistic forms. Even though forms of digital piracy are often framed within ideological terms of equal access to knowledge and culture, Eve uncovers in the Warez Scene a culture of competitive ranking and one-upmanship that is at odds with the often communalist interpretations of piracy. Broad in scope and novel in its approach, Warez is indispensible reading for anyone interested in recent developments in digital culture, access to knowledge and culture, and the infrastructures that support our digital age.

Author : Kirk Riley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781543478693

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Hallowed Ground by Kirk Riley Pdf

The book is about the sacrifices our military has taken to provide us with the freedoms we have all over the world. We have fought in many wars around the world and spilled our own blood for these other countries.

Author : ABDRUSCHIN
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781105510267

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IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH - GREAT EDITION 1931 - UK version by ABDRUSCHIN Pdf

This book is a translation of the original 1931 German edition. The English translation of "The Grail Message, 1931 edition" you'll get was published in 1934. It could be called a more British translation. Many words used in this translation are from the most common British but it also uses old English words. This book is novel format (6 "x 9") 15.24 x 22.86 cm and has a hard cover.

Author : R. J. Hennessey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521029568

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Summa Theologiae: Volume 48, The Incarnate Word by R. J. Hennessey Pdf

Paperback reissue of one volume of the English Dominicans' Latin/English edition of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae.

Author : Advent Comics,Tony Kittrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0983020302

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Pandemonium by Advent Comics,Tony Kittrell Pdf

PANDEMONIUM: EVIL INCARNATE THE ADVENT UNIVERSE BEGINS HERE! This 80-page giant chronicles the coming of the Advent Comics Universe - the shining light putting the SOUL back into comics! BUT SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG... The world has fallen into darkness, war and strife is spreading across the universe as the forces of evil seek to destroy mankind. AND ALL HELL HAS BROKEN LOOSE!! PANDEMONIUM has come to Earth and EVIL INCARNATE reigns! Cover by Bart Sears, Andy Smith, Andrew Dalhouse and Comicraft. PANDEMONIUM: EVIL INCARNATE is a 70-page giant anthology that sets the stage for the Advent Universe and concludes in the upcoming 100-page spectacular CHAMPIONS OF HOPE. All of the stories are stand-alone but link together to tell a much larger story. DARKLIGHT & CREW - a sci-fi/space/fantasy epic that introduces a team of galactic freedom fighters as they battle the insidious Regent & The Regime LAZARUS - is a thrilling crime noir tale with a twist THE UNTOUCHABLES - The "Young Guns" of the Advent Universe SAVIOR - chronicles the arrival of this celestial hero and the significance to the future of the Advent Universe THE HIT SQUAD - the Advent Universe's deadliest assassins TITAN, THE ULTRA MAN - superheroics with the world's strongest hero The artwork being delivered by "The Untouchables," Advent's group of up & coming in-house talent, is both fresh and dynamic. The all-star cover is drawn by Bart Sears, inked by Andy Smith, colored by Andrew Dalhouse and finished by Comicraft.

Author : Jodi Meadows
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062060778

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Incarnate by Jodi Meadows Pdf

New soul Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why. No soul Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame? Heart Sam believes Ana’s new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana’s enemies—human and creature alike—let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else’s life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all? Jodi Meadows expertly weaves soul-deep romance, fantasy, and danger into an extraordinary tale of new life.

Author : Mitzi Libsohn
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781635686593

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Silhouettes by Mitzi Libsohn Pdf

Mitzi Libsohn’s reputation of distinction stems from her extraordinary mental images which convey the force and power of life – they endure, they stir the emotions. The opulence of language, the intensity of color, at once produce and achieve the effect of a picture in words, as from a scene presented on stage by costumed actors. Her wondrous skill and profound sense of perception, are apparent in the quality and character of her text – the extraordinary arrangem

Author : Wayne Thallon
Publisher : Random House
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780574882

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Devil Incarnate by Wayne Thallon Pdf

Athol Visser, or 'Ivan the Terrible', is a ruthless torture technician who has maimed and murdered his way around the globe. He killed his first victim at 16, his last at 60, and, in between, has been a mercenary, drug smuggler, gun runner and spy. In his own words, Visser takes us on a chilling journey through his memory bank of horrors and gives his account of one of the most high-profile assassinations of the 1980s, that of the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. Visser's chaotic instincts led him from one deadly right-wing organisation to the next, before he rose to the highest ranks of the CCB, South Africa's foreign assassination unit. He was posted to London, where he drew up his plans to eliminate key opponents of apartheid. Devil Incarnate is the disturbing story of a degenerate, evil man who killed for pleasure and then adopted it as a profession. In the end, now ravaged by Aids, he has taken it upon himself to find out the reasons behind his unforgivable actions.

Author : Richard Glover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Bible
ISBN : OXFORD:590421080

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A Teacher's Commentary on the Gospel of St. Mark by Richard Glover Pdf

Author : Mike DePaoli
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595101528

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Brother Prodigal by Mike DePaoli Pdf

Brother Prodigal, Book One of the Fifteen, introduces The Fifteen, named so by its people, the Dan, because it was divided at the time of the Two Covenants by the Myelara, beings of power and patrons of the Dan. It is the Myelara who discover a grave prophecy that hints at evil on the horizon, but have no idea what it means until they, who thought they were immortal, discover they are being hunted when one of them is murdered. Meanwhile, the Famar, the demons of Nithafell, thought to have been banished over two thousand years ago, emerge from the bodies of men and women sacrificed to the Demon Queen by her worshippers, the Prodigals, and stalk The Fifteen again in ever-increasing numbers, threatening the lives of the Dan and The Fifteen itself. Nicodemus MacAndruis, newly knighted Justiciar, and Theisis Whisperain, blind priestess and his childhood friend, discover this threat when they discover a body sacrificed to the Demon Queen, and when Pentegarn, Nicodemus' older brother, comes back into his life after ten years without a word. Pentegarn is now one of the Faer Danor, wielders of magic feared and despised in The Fifteen, because they are often mistaken for those they hunt, the Prodigals. Pentegarn is after the one responsible for sacrificing the body they found, and he draws Nicodemus and Theisis with him to find the enemy, across a landscape crawling with demons. And when they do find him, they find he was distracting them from something far worse.

Author : Karen Karbo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781619631052

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Minerva Clark Gives Up the Ghost by Karen Karbo Pdf

Minerva Clark's yoga-instructor mom has returned-with a new husband in tow. As if that isn't a big enough shock, there's a surprise of the supernatural sort in store for the self-made teen sleuth. It seems the owners of a haunted grocery store are missing their ghost, and they need Minerva's help in finding it. But before she can come up with the ghost, Minerva will need to find the arsonist who burned the grocery store to the ground. Danger, laughs, and a touch of freezer burn await readers in this newest adventure from the big-haired case-cracker.