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MONA LISA'S MOUSTACHE £15.99
MONA LISA'S MOUSTACHE
Making Sense of a Dissolving World
Settegast, Mary

n the eighty years since Marcel Duchamp drew a moustache on a copy of the Mona Lisa, the dissolving of cultural forms has intensified to the point that there is no longer an absolute, a "proper" form, anywhere. This generalized breakdown is evident in social and moral codes, in gender distinctions and personal relationships, in politics and economics, in literature, music, dance, painting, and architecture, in our concepts of reality itself.

Is there any sense to be made of this seeming chaos? And if so, can any single theory adequately account for all aspects of the phenomenon? Physicists and mathematicians have informed us that reality is irreducibly complex and plural, unable to be exhausted by any one system of description. Following their lead, Mary Settegast has explored several different ways of looking at the reality of dissolving forms, seeing it as the result of global consumer capitalism; environmental deterioration; the end of a cycle of time; the beginning of a new cycle; a shift in the evolution of human consciousness; and finally, seeing the dissolution of form as a cause for celebration.

Each of these six perspectives is theoretically "correct" in its ability to explain the breakdown, and each can be supported by the work of twentieth-century artists. Readers are asked to forego the impulse to choose which view they believe to be true and encouraged instead to practice the simultaneous holding of multiple perspectives: "Like the Cubist painters of the early twentieth century, who were among the first to recognize the error in a single point of view, we will be trying in these pages to portray our subject from all sides in hopes of capturing it whole."
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MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT PAST £15.99
MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT PAST
A Graham Hancock Reader
Glenn Kreisberg

• With contributions by David Frawley, Geoff Stray, Joscelyn Godwin, Daniel Pinchbeck, Antoine Gigal, and others

• Topics range from the origins of the Inca to the architecture of the
Giza plateau to unified theories of physics and consciousness

• Companion volume to Lost Knowledge of the Ancients
(13,000 copies sold)

As we pull back the curtain from the European version of history, we discover the vast depth of knowledge of our ancient ancestors - knowledge that, not only dispels our image of them as primitive peoples, but, also, corresponds with the forefront of modern science, philosophy and spirituality.

With contributions by David Frawley, Daniel Pinchbeck, Jonathan Talat Phillips and other provocative, cutting-edge thinkers, this collection of essays commissioned by Graham Hancock, bestselling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, represents the latest, often controversial findings in alternative science, history, archaeology and consciousness research. Covering topics ranging from the origins of the Inca and the secrets hidden in Vedic literature, to the architecture of the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx, to unified theories of physics and consciousness, this book shows how, by recovering our lost history, we too can experience the higher consciousness and advanced wisdom of the ancients.
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MYSTERIES OF THE QABALAH £16.99

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MYSTERIES OF THE QABALAH

Eliphas Levi

Lévi links the Old and New Testaments by comparing the qabalistic imagery and concepts inherent in both "The Prophecy of Ezekiel" and "The Apocalypse of St. John." Includes Lévi's illuminating commentary on Ezekiel. He explains how the description of Solomon's temple, the great sanctuary of the true God, represents the Qabalistic or traditional theology of the Hebrews-even the measurements are symbolic and refer to sacred numbers.
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MYSTERY OF U-33 £16.99

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MYSTERY OF U-33
Hitler's Secret Envoy
Nigel Graddon

The incredible story of the mystery U-Boats of WWII! Graddon first chronicles the story of the mysterious U-33 that landed in Scotland in 1940 and involved the top-secret Enigma device. He then looks at U-Boat special missions during and after WWII, including U-Boat trips to Antarctica; U-Boats with the curious cargos of liquid mercury; the journey of the Spear of Destiny via U-Boat; the "Black Subs” and more. Topics covered by Graddon include: U-33: The Official Story; Survivors and Deceased; August 1985-the story breaks; The Carradale U-boat; The Tail of the Bank Event; In the wake of U-33; Wrecks; The Greenock Lairs; The Mystery Men; "Brass Bounders at the Admiralty”; Max Schiller through the Lens; U-Boat Special Missions; Neu-Schwabenland and Station; Mercury Rising; The Holy Lance; U-boats in Scotland-Fact in Fiction; Admiral Karl Donitz and the U-Boat fleet; U33: Argo of the Grail; The Female Pope; U-Boats with cargoes of liquid mercury, more. Thoroughly documented with photos and official documents.
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MYSTICISM £28.00

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MYSTICISM
Its History and Challenge
Borchert, Bruno

This comprehensive exploration helps clarify the elusive language of mysticism. Because the understanding of the mystical experience is affected by its cultural and historical context, Borchert examines the history of mysticism in the Middle East, FarEast, the Hellenistic world, and the Western world. He describes the challenges of the mystical way in light of modern-day life. Glossary, index, and bibliography. Over 100 illustrations.
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NEANDERTHAL LEGACY £12.99
NEANDERTHAL LEGACY
Reawakening Our Genetic and Cultural Origins
Stan Gooch

In THE NEANDERTHAL LEGACY, eminent psychologist and paranormal researcher Stan Gooch brings together the wide-ranging investigative strands of his lifetime of study of the human brain. One of the world's leading experts on the influence of Neanderthal Man on the cultural and biological development of humanity, Gooch contends that the Neanderthals' enlarged cerebellum was a source of deep connection with the psychic and dream worlds, which remains extant in modern man in paranormal phenomena that conventional science cannot explain. Gooch offers new scientific evidence of the crossbreeding between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons that is responsible for the dichotomous nature of our feelings, thoughts, impressions, beliefs and even our cultural mores and politics. The “hybrid vigour” produced by this mating has gifted modern man with abilities and sensibilities that the scientific establishment and conventional educational system entirely ignore. The author explores the legacy of our Neanderthal ancestors in an effort to awaken their virtues and qualities, which are so needed in our modern world. · Examines the genetic evidence for Neanderthal/Cro-Magnon crossbreeding and the dual-nature effects this hybrid cross produced · Explains the influence of the Neanderthal's enlarged cerebellum on our modern brain function and psychic and paranormal abilities
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OTTO RAHN AND THE QUEST FOR THE GRAIL £15.99

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OTTO RAHN AND THE QUEST FOR THE GRAIL
The Amazing Life of the Real "Indiana Jones"
Nigel Graddon

Who was the amazing Otto Rahn? How come if Rahn was such an amazing man has hardly anyone outside specialist pre-WW2 history circles ever heard of him? But is he really such an unknown? The story lines of Raiders of the Lost Ark to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade mirror Rahn’s incredible adventures in the South of France in the early 1930s.
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OUT OF PLACE IN TIME AND SPACE £13.99
OUT OF PLACE IN TIME AND SPACE
Inventions, Beliefs, and Artistic Anomalies That Were Impossibly Ahead of Their Time
Lamont Wood

There are paintings from the Middle Ages with helicopters and UFOs. We've found Ancient Greek Computers and heard stories of Roman Death Rays. The Pacific Front of World War 2 was described 16 years before it started. There are many examples of items and artefacts showing up decades and centuries before they could possibly have been invented.

The existence and documentation of these and many other things impossibly ahead of their time are beyond dispute. OUT OF PLACE IN TIME AND SPACE delves deeply into these impossibilities, showcasing:

· Objects, beliefs and practices from the present that appear long
before they could have been invented in the past.
· Items and art that we haven't even created yet turning up in the
past paintings and artifacts that we only now are able to recognise.
· Roman-era war engines that were hundreds of years ahead of their
time.
· UFOs, never officially documented in any time period, yet still
showing up in mediaeval paintings.

OUT OF PLACE IN TIME AND SPACE explores these anachronistic artefacts and looks for explanations. Sometimes we can understand where they came from and sometimes we cannot. But, taken together, these enigmas indicate that we are surrounded by evidence that history - and perhaps time itself - is not as straightforward as we have believed.
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PATH OF THE POLE £14.99

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PATH OF THE POLE
Cataclysmic Poleshift Geology
Charles Hapgood

Hapgood's tour de force is back in print! This riveting account of how earth's poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination of Hapgood's extensive research of Antarctica, ancient maps and the geological record. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in earth's history -- occurring when earth's crust slips in the inner core -- and gives evidence for each one. It also predicts future pole shifts: a planetary alignment will cause the next one on 5 May 2000! Packed with illustrations, this book is the reference other books on the subject cite over and over again. With millennium madness in full swing, this is just the book to generate even more excitement at the unknown possibilities.
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PHANTOMS OF THE SKIES £21.00
PHANTOMS OF THE SKIES
The Lost History of Aviation from Antiquity to the Wright Brothers
J. Allan Danelek and Chuck Davis

It has been traditional to teach school children that Christopher Columbus discovered America, that Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic and that the Wright Brothers invented the airplane. Time has since taught us that the first Europeans to touch foot on the continent of North America were the Vikings and that Lindbergh was the 85th man to cross the Atlantic by air. Would it be any more remarkable to learn, then, that the Wright Brothers' brief flight in December of 1903 may not have been the first successful flight of a manned, heavier-than-air powered machine?

This book tells the true story of aviation as it evolved from mankind's first primitive attempts to fly to the remarkable successes of the early twentieth century in a non-technical and fun way, designed to impress upon the reader that the history of aviation is richer and more remarkable than they ever imagined. It is, also, a tribute to the men - and a few women - who laid the foundations that made not only Kitty Hawk possible, but Von Zeppelin's great dirigibles a reality as well.

Most of the names and events mentioned in this book are known to only a handful of aviation enthusiasts and practically unknown to the general public, making this work an important recounting of the lost history of aviation that demands to be told. Some of it is controversial, parts of it are contentious and some of it is even speculative - but all of it is a valuable insight into an era when men dared to dream great dreams and bet their lives on the results. Many times they paid dearly for such presumptuousness, but without their sacrifices, the safety and ease of air travel we enjoy today would not be possible.
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PIRATES AND THE LOST TEMPLAR FLEET £14.99
PIRATES AND THE LOST TEMPLAR FLEET
The Secret Naval War Between the Templars & the Vatican
David Hatcher Childress

Childress takes us into the fascinating world of maverick sea captains who were Knights Templars and later Scottish Rite Free Masons who battled the Vatican and the Spanish and Italian ships that sailed for the Pope. This Lost Templar Fleet was originally based at La Rochelle in southern France but fled to the deep fjords of Scotland. This banned fleet of ships was later commanded by the St. Clair family of Rosslyn Chapel (birth place of Free Masonry). St Clair and his Templar made a voyage to Canada in the year 1298 AD, nearly 100 years before Columbus! Later, this fleet of ships and new ones to come, flew the Skull and Cross Bones, the symbol of the Knights Templar. They preyed on the ships of the Vatican coming from the rich ports of the Americas and were ultimately known as the Pirates of the Caribbean. Topics include: 10,000 Years of Seafaring: Secret Society of Navigators; King Solomonis Phoenician Navy; The Assassins, Templars & the Decapitation Strike; The Knights Templar and Their Fleet; The Rivalry Between the Knights of Malta and the Knights Templar; The Suppression of the Templars; The Lost Templar Fleet and the Origins of the Pirates; Pirates and the War Against the Vatican; Pirate Utopias and the New Jerusalem.
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RANDOM KINDS OF FACTNESS £14.99
RANDOM KINDS OF FACTNESS
1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (Mostly) Everything
Barrett, Erin

This latest romp through history, politics, religion, and science from the dyno-duo Barrett and Mingo is sure to tickle the fancy of trivia buffs everywhere. Amuse your date, impress your boss, bore your kids, or be the 6th caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know that a Twinkie in the microwave will explode in 45 seconds, that you have a 1 in 3,448,276 chance of dying from a snake bite, that 342 cases of tea were tossed into the "hahbah" during the Boston Tea Party or that white rhinoceroses are not actually white but grey (you'll have to read the book to discover why).

Barrett and Mingo, partners in life and crime (er, writing) can do a thing or two with random facts, and this book ranks right up there. From the time the Wallace family made famous books of lists of one kind or another, readers have found fascination--or maybe just food for their obsessions--in books like Random Kinds of Factness.
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RATLINE £23.00
RATLINE
Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler
Peter Levenda

On a research visit to Indonesia in 2008, famed author, Peter Levenda, heard a rumour concerning the alleged escape of Adolf Hitler. As someone who has written extensively on the Second World War, he was not impressed with the conspiracy theories that Hitler had survived the War and fled to Argentina, among other possible locales. He was prepared to dismiss the theory out of hand, until he saw information contained in a dead man's diary that mentioned the single name "Draganovic." At that point, the author became convinced there was a story worth investigating.

Draganovic is not a name familiar to most people. A Roman Catholic monsignor during the War, Draganovic was a devoted Nazi who would create the "monastery route": a so called “rat line” that would enable SS officers and other wanted war criminals to escape justice using Catholic monasteries and churches as safe houses in Europe and Latin America. Why would this name turn up in a document written in a spidery German hand in a remote island in Indonesia?

The mystery deepened and the author returned to his own roots hunting Nazis in North America, South America and Europe. He revisited old contacts, made some new ones, and gradually the explosive story was revealed: there is no forensic evidence to prove that Adolf Hitler died in the bunker in April 1945!

As he began his research, more information came to light:
In December of 2009, it was revealed that the skull the Russians claimed was Hitler's -- salvaged from the bunker in 1945 -- was not that of Hitler!
In 2010, files from the Office of Special Investigations of the Justice Department were declassified, revealing a history of American intelligence providing cover for Nazi war criminals.
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REICH OF THE BLACK SUN £14.99

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REICH OF THE BLACK SUN
Nazi Secret Weapons & the Cold War Allied Legend
Joseph P. Farrell

Why were the Allies worried about an atom bomb attack by the Germans in 1944? Why did the Soviets threaten to use poison gas against the Germans? Why did Hitler in 1945 insist that holding Prague could win the war for the Third Reich? Why did US General George Patton's Third Army race for the Skoda works at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia instead of Berlin? Why did the US Army not test the uranium atom bomb it dropped on Hiroshima? Why did the Luftwaffe fly a non-stop round trip mission to within twenty miles of New York City in 1944? This book takes the reader on a scientific-historical journey in order to answer these questions. Arguing that Nazi Germany actually won the race for the atom bomb in late 1944, the book then goes on to explore the even more secretive research the Nazis were conducting into the occult, alternative physics and new energy sources. The book concludes with a fresh look at the Nazi Legend of the UFO mystery by examining the Roswell Majestic-12 documents and the Kecksburg crash in the light of parallels with some of the super-secret black projects being run by the SS. This book is must-reading for the researcher interested in alternative history, science, or UFOs.
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REVELATION OF ST. JOHN £19.99

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REVELATION OF ST. JOHN
The Path to Soul Initiation
Lansdowne, Zachary

he Revelation of St. John, the last book of the canonical Bible, has been a mystery since it first appeared. No other part of the Bible has caused more controversy. Traditional interpretations of the book fall into one of three categories: the major prophecies that are supposed to have been fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.; the historical view that Revelation predicts the course of human events from the founding of Christianity to the end of the world; or the futurist view that Revelation predicts events that will occur at the end of the world.

It's actually none of the above, writes Zachary F. Lansdowne, a leading expert in the field of spiritual initiation. In the Introduction to this rich and complex interpretation, he writes, "According to its own verses, the Revelation is concerned with the present time, which is whatever time we happen to be reading it, and contains information that we can apply immediately to become blessed."

This is not a book about "end times" or Armageddon and when it might come. This is a book written entirely in symbols, concealing a path for early Christians, and for the contemporary reader. Lansdowne has applied a unique psychological method of interpretation that takes each symbol as depicting some aspect of human consciousness rather than an eternal event, thus showing that the Revelation is actually a detailed instruction for the spiritual journey--a map to the wakening of higher consciousness. Moreover, while the Revelation appears in the great lineage of Judeo-Christian tradition, Lansdowne shows that its instruction can be appreciated and applied to seekers from any tradition.

Lansdowne's line-by-line and verse-by-verse interpretation--presented here in an easy-to-read side-by-side format--is a manual for the true seeker who would follow teachings of Jesus as they were and are laid out, rather than as they have been interpreted by theologians and biblical historians. The Revelation of St. John, when unlocked by the key of psychological methodology, is revealed to contain ideas from many diverse wisdom traditions and philosophies--archangels in Judaism, chakras and kundalini in Hinduism, Buddhist mindfulness, the redemptive power of love in Christianity, and absolute standards of comparison in Platonic philosophy. Zachary Lansdowne's revelatory text makes these teachings of the path to true soul initiation available to seekers from every spiritual tradition.
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ROSICRUCIAN EMBLEMS OF DANIEL CRAMER £12.99

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ROSICRUCIAN EMBLEMS OF DANIEL CRAMER

Fiona Tait

The Rosicrucian Emblems is a significant yet little-known work of emblematic philosophy published in 1617, only one year after the appearance of The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.

The work consists of 40 emblematic plates, each bearing a title, together with a verse from the Bible and two lines in Latin. The plates revolve around the symbolism of the heart, which undergoes a variety of processes and experiences through a cycle of 40 stages.

Adam McLean, in his introduction and commentary, elucidates the history of the text and the nature of the symbolism. He convincingly argues that Cramer, a Protestant theologian, was consciously trying to produce a series of spiritual exercises for a Protestant, esoteric Christianity. McLean outlines a way to work with the emblems and their symbolism and suggests that "a work as profound and as simple as this can never die, but must always be a source of inspiration."

This book is a Rosicrucian item of great interest and will be greatly valued by all students of emblematic philosophy and the Hermetic tradition. Highly illustrated.
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ROSICRUCIAN NOTEBOOK £21.00

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ROSICRUCIAN NOTEBOOK
The Secret Sciences Used by Members of the Order
Schrodter, Willy

This book is incredibly valuable to students of various esoteric traditions because the notes and excerpts are taken from private and previously unpublished sources, and from authors whose out-of-print books are not readily accessible. Interesting information has been collected and annotated concerning such topics as blood telegraphy, ever-burning lamps, optics, spiritual skills in healing, transplantation, apparent death, isopathy, and magnetism. Includes a look into a Rosicrucian workshop.
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ROSICRUCIANS £15.99

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ROSICRUCIANS
The History, Mythology, and Rituals of an Esoteric Order
Christopher McIntosh

This scholarly work traces the mysterious Fraternity of the Rosy Cross, from its inception upon the discovery of Father Christian Rosenkreuz's perfectly preserved body in a seven-sided vault to present-day organizations in America. McIntosh includes a survey of Rosicrucianism in America, exploring the latter day survivals of Bacon's New Atlantis. Perfect for students of the Western Mystery tradition who want an introduction to Rosicrucianism, with good resources for further study.
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SACRED TREASURE  - THE CAIRO GENIZAH £21.00

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SACRED TREASURE - THE CAIRO GENIZAH
The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic
Rabbi Mark Glickman

In 1897, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo and found the largest treasure trove of mediaeval manuscripts ever discovered. He had entered the synagogue’s genizah - its repository for damaged and destroyed Jewish texts - which held over 300,000 individual documents, many of which were over 1,000 years old. Considered among the most important discoveries in modern religious history, its contents contained at least a version of one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, early manuscripts of the Bible and other sacred literature. The information the genizah revealed rivaled that of the Rosetta Stone and by virtue of its sheer mass alone, it will continue to command our attention indefinitely.

SACRED TREASURE - THE CAIRO GENIZAH is the first comprehensive account of this astounding treasure trove of documents and their discovery. It will delight readers with its fascinating adventure story - why this enormous collection was amassed, how it was discovered and the many lessons to be found in its contents. And it will show readers how Schechter’s find, though still being “unpacked” today, forever transformed our knowledge of the Jewish past, Muslim history and much more.
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SAUCERS, SWASTIKAS AND PSYOPS £16.99
SAUCERS, SWASTIKAS AND PSYOPS
A History of A Breakaway Civilization: Hidden Aerospace Technologies and Psychological Operations
Joseph P. Farrell

Oxford-educated historian, Farrell continues his best-selling book series on suppressed technology, Nazi survival and the postwar psyops with his new book SAUCERS, SWASTIKAS AND PSYOPS. Farrell discusses: SS Commando Otto Skorzeny; George Adamski; the alleged Hannebu and Vril craft of the Third Reich; The Strange Case of Dr.Hermann Oberth; Nazis in the US and their connections to “UFO contactees;” The Memes—an idea or behaviour spread from person to person within a culture—are Implants; Adamski's ET Message: The Danger of Weaponised Gravity; and tons more.

What do the following things have in common: George Adamski, Fascists, Nazi scientists, American engineers, the CIA, the Wall Street Morgan interests, I.G. Farben, ITT, SS Commando Otto Skorzeny, the post-war Nazi International, American Intelligence and the Mafia Drug Lords? Answer: they are all components of a “breakaway civilisation” seeking to protect its control over advanced technologies and to project itself into outer space while waging a covert war here on earth with the same advanced technologies—and the rest of humanity be damned.

Join internationally-known researcher Joseph P. Farrell in this next chapter in his expose of secret Nazi wartime and postwar research that he began in The SS Brotherhood of the Bell and Nazi International.
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