This is a small book, but it's packed with information on the history, development and practice of the ancient art of dowsing. It will appeal equally to beginners and experienced practitioners as it moves deeper into advanced techniques, probing into some of the more esoteric uses of the age-old skill. The uses of dowsing Hamish Miller covers include finding waterpipes, streams and building foundations, checking health, allergies, body energies and chakras, dowsing in churches and cathedrals, and dowsing the earth's energy field.

A guide to England’s rich history of magical lore and practice “for readers of works like Harry Potter who have grown up a bit into wanting to know more” (The Hermetic Library). Through experiments to try and places to visit, as well as a historical exploration of magic and interviews with leading magicians, The Book of English Magic will introduce you to the extraordinary world that lies beneath the surface. Magic runs through the veins of English history, part of daily life from the earliest Arthurian legends to Aleister Crowley to the novels of Tolkien and Philip Pullman, and from the Druids to Freemasonry and beyond. Richly illustrated and deeply knowledgeable, this book is an invaluable source for anyone curious about magic and wizardry, or for sophisticated practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge. “Playful and serious, respectful and amused . . . this will remain the standard work for years to come.” —The Sunday Telegraph “A magical mystery tour.” —The Times “Fabulous.” —Daily Express “Lucid and wonderfully easy to read . . . While it is indeed a perfect book for the ‘intelligent novice’ it’s far more than that—it’s a serious, in-depth survey of a massive topic.” —WitchVox “An accessible and immensely readable book . . . A fascinating insight into a hidden world.” —Booksquawk

"Gardens of the Gods" reveals the symbolic language of garden design, exploring the gardens of China, with their moon gates and immortal rocks, the Zen gardens of Japan, the paradise gardens of Islam, those of Renaissance Italy with their richly mythological imagery, the landscaped parks of England, the gardens of New Harmony in the US and some striking, modern examples of symbolic gardens, including the Tarot Garden of the sculptress Niki de Saint Phalle in Italy. This illustrated book also includes a chapter with suggestions for creating a "garden of meaning" and a selected catalogue of plants with symbolic or mythological associations. Based on ten years of research, travel and curiostiy, this text is also the result of a personal quest - to reveal the mystical codes written in the astonishing worlds of gardens worldwide.

The world is going through difficult and challenging times, as is humanity, which is awakening rapidly. The Earth is a reflection of each and every one of us, and vice versa. We need to start healing the world by changing our thoughts, beliefs and living consciously in every moment. Once we create a shift in our own consciousness, as this book will show, we will change the world, and regain peace and harmony. Find the key to true lasting happiness in this book, and enjoy the freedom, truth, and awakening as you read it. We have the choice in life: just exist, give up and die, or take an evolutionary leap, go beyond limiting beliefs, find the truth, and free yourself. Become a co-creator of your life, not a victim to anyone or anything. Rewrite your life script and live life consciously in each moment. Stop just existing, and miracles will happen. There is cellular intelligence that is communicating constantly throughout the body, which leads us to know that the information in cells, genes, and DNA can be changed. Learn how to release yourself from emotional bondage once and for all, develop your intuition, heal yourself, others, and detrimental environmental energies causing ill health. Included with this life-changing information are easy-to-follow exercises to incorporate into your life. Start now, awaken, and live consciously!

A complete guide for both beginners to dowsing and those who wish to expand their knowledge. Dowsing: The Ultimate Guide for the 21st Century is a book for its time. It brings the undoubted benefits of this ancient art to a modern world, and makes dowsing, and its unlimited applications, accessible and relevant for all. Find out what dowsing is; who can do it; how to do it; when and where it works. Learn: · the pioneering scientific discoveries that explain the mechanics of dowsing; · how dowsing can become an invaluable tool to optimise your own health, well-being, and quality of life; · the means to discern truth from non-truth; and · how to identify what is, and what is not, in your individual best interests. At this pivotal time in the evolution of human consciousness, discover how dowsing physically demonstrates on a tangible level the existence of an invisible world of energy outside the one we perceive with our five senses – and our ability to connect with it.

Author, blacksmith, dowser, designer, engineer, healer, philosopher, sailor, sculptor, social activist and tree planter - Hamish Miller was a modern polymath. Born and brought up in Scotland, by the early 1980s he owned a highly successful furniture manufacturing company in Sussex. However, a Near Death Experience in 1982 jolted him into a complete change of worldview. This led to him achieving international acclaim as a researcher and writer on subjects at the cutting edge of modern thought and science. Hamish spent the last three decades of an astonishingly eventful cycle living in Cornwall, where he became an incandescent inspiration to a whole generation of people who were seeking to make some sense of the non-physical world around them.Using a great deal of Hamish's own words, this book paints a posthumous perspective on an uplifting, enlightening, exciting and frequently humorous life well-lived.

Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She shows that destruction was part of a methodology of religious revolution designed to change people as well as places and to forge in the long term new generations of new believers. Beyond blanked walls and whited windows were beliefs and minds impregnated by new modes of religious learning. Idol-breaking with its emphasis on the treacheries of images fundamentally transformed not only Anglican ways of worship but also of seeing, hearing and remembering.

The first book to explore the history and influence of egregores, powerful autonomous psychic entities created by a collective group mind • Examines the history of egregores from ancient times to present day, including their role in Western Mystery traditions and popular culture and media • Reveals documented examples of egregores from ancient Greece and Rome, Tibetan Buddhism, Islam, modern esoteric orders, the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Grant, and the followers of Julius Evola and Aleister Crowley • Provides instructions on how to identify egregores, free yourself from parasitic and destructive entities, and destroy an egregore, should the need arise One of most important but little known concepts of Western occultism is that of the egregore, an autonomous psychic entity created by a collective group mind. An egregore is sustained by belief, ritual, and sacrifice and relies upon the devotion of a group of people, from a small coven to an entire nation, for its existence. An egregore that receives enough sustenance can take on a life of its own, becoming an independent deity with powers its believers can use to further their own spiritual advancement and material desires. Presenting the first book devoted to the study of egregores, Mark Stavish examines the history of egregores from ancient times to present day, with detailed and documented examples, and explores how they are created, sustained, directed, and destroyed. He explains how egregores were well known in the classical period of ancient Greece and Rome, when they were consciously called into being to watch over city states. He explores the egregore concept as it was understood in various Western Mystery traditions, including the Corpus Hermeticum, and offers further examples from Tibetan Buddhism, Islam, modern esoteric orders such as the Order of the Golden Dawn and Rosicrucianism, the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Grant, and the followers of Julius Evola and Aleister Crowley. The author discusses how, even as the fundamental principles of the egregore were forgotten, egregores continue to be formed, sometimes by accident. Stavish provides instructions on how to identify egregores, free yourself from a parasitic and destructive collective entity, and destroy an egregore, should the need arise. Revealing how egregores form the foundation of nearly all human interactions, the author shows how egregores have moved into popular culture and media--underscoring the importance of intense selectivity in the information we accept and the ways we perceive the world and our place in it.

Dowsing is an art used for millennia to find water, minerals and metals, and today employed by builders, plumbers, and electricians the world over. Although it remains one of the most widely used paranormal skills, little is understood about it. Dowsing tells the story of this ancient science and its principles, offering instructions for making dowsing instruments, locating water, and dowsing your home.