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Regardless of our race, sex, ethnicity, color, religion or philosophical beliefs, music is a universal tie that binds us as human beings. Every note a nod to history, every tune a step on the trajectory toward a more compassionate understanding of each other. The world of jazz music during the 1950s and 60s was an industry that reflected the struggles of the Civil Rights Era. And when a White musician enters the big stages and “sounds Black,” attempting to unify the culture of society, it can teeter on cultural treason.

Colombia es una nación en la que la magia parece fundirse con la realidad; un país en donde el realismo mágico surge en cada rincón, y en el que la brujería y los encantamientos se mantienen vigentes a través del tiempo y el espacio. En este nuevo audiolibro, Esteban Cruz Niño reúne diez casos relacionados con estos temas en Colombia, en donde mezcla una rigurosa investigación periodística con entrevistas a personajes famosos y de la cultura popular del país para demostrar cómo la brujería, desde siempre, ha permeado todas las esferas de la sociedad.

Uncovering compelling new evidence, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy present the anthropological, climatological, archaeological, geological, and genetic research supporting a hugely debated theory of the Black African origin of Egyptian civilization. Building upon extensive studies from the past four decades and their own archaeoastronomical and hieroglyphic research, the authors show how the early Black culture known as the Cattle People not only domesticated cattle but were also an advanced civilization.

The Italian folklore tradition is one of the most ancient unbroken chains of wisdom on Earth. Discover the previously unwritten secrets of an Italian American family’s magical tradition passed down from generation to generation. This spellbook provides easy, step-by-step introductions to the basics of authentic Italian American magical practice.

Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Black Elk was the only qualified priest of the older Oglala Sioux still living when The Sacred Pipe was written. This is his book: he gave it orally to Joseph Epes Brown during the latter's eight month's residence on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where Black Elk lived.

Is darkness synonymous with ignorance and evil? Or is it the original matrix from which all life emerges, and the Mother to whom it returns? Higher and higher levels of artificial illumination have suppressed our contact with the numinous since the Industrial Revolution, with dire consequences for society, our planetary ecology, and our souls. This mystical testament weaves together paleobiology, memoir, history, science, and spiritual archaeology to lead listeners back into the lost mysteries of the dark.

The mysteries of the Black Madonna can be traced to pre-Christian times, to the ancient devotion to Isis, the Earth Goddess, and the African Mother, to the era when God was not only female but also black. Sacred sites of the Black Madonna are still revered in Italy, and, as Alessandra Belloni reveals, the shamanic healing traditions of the Black Madonna are still alive today and just as powerful as they were millennia ago. Sharing her more than 35 years of research and fieldwork at sacred sites, Belloni takes you on a mystical pilgrimage of empowerment, initiation, and transformation.

The fossil record confirms that humanity originated in Africa. Yet somehow we have overlooked that Africa is also at the root of all that makes us human - our spirituality, civilization, arts, sciences, philosophy, and our conscious and unconscious minds.

An indispensable guide, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies connects the dots and sets the record straight on a host of greedy gurus and murderous messiahs, crepuscular cabals, and suspicious coincidences. Some topics are familiar - the Kennedy assassinations, the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati, the People's Temple and Heaven's Gate - and some surprising, like Oulipo, a select group of intellectuals who created wild formulas for creating literary masterpieces, and the Chauffeurs, an 18th-century society of French home invaders, who set fire to their victims' feet.

In this groundbreaking book that places Rootwork in its rightful spot among other magickal traditions, Tayannah Lee McQuillar offers a fun and practical guide to improving your life with the help of African American folk magick. Rootwork begins with the basics, from explanations about the magickal powers of the four elements (air, earth, fire, and water) to instructions on creating talismans, charms, and mojo bags.

The Black Toad explores potent examples of the folk-ceremonial magical practices and witchcraft of the south-west of England; dealing especially with Devon and the author's homeland of Cornwall. Within the West Country, the popular belief in witchcraft and its attendant charms, magical practices and traditions continued to be observed and survived long after such ways had faded in most other parts of the British Isles. Described within The Black Toad is a collection of some of the fascinating magical practices and lore of the West Country's cunning folk and early modern witches; ways that have survived and evolved within the rarefied Craft of the area's modern day witchcraft practitioners of the old persuasion. As this book affirms, these ways of the Old Craft and Cunning Arte include a belief in and working relationship with the spirit forces of the land, the Faerie, animal and plant lore, as well as the magical use of Psalms to cure or curse, the invocation of Christ and the power of the Holy Trinity. For all those who are interested in learning about the Old Path as it is taught and practised today by West Country witches this book of practical magic and sorcery will be a revelation. As the late Cecil Williamson, founder of the witchcraft museum in Boscastle, North Cornwall and a modern cunning man himself, said and Gemma Gary's excellent book proves - It still goes on today.

The reality is that God gave prominent roles to some Black people in the Bible, and there are tremendous lessons you and I can learn from what they did and how they lived. For these reasons; I have chosen to feature five of some of the most prominent Black people in the Bible for us to learn from in detail. This book explores the context in which they lived, the challenges they had to overcome, the contributions they made to the eternal plan of God, their success mindset and the lessons we can apply today.

Hace cientos de años, los yorubas de Nigeria y África Occidental fueron llevados a América como esclavos. Por suerte, consiguieron preservar su herencia y sus espíritus ancestrales disfrazando a sus deidades de santos católicos. En secreto, rindieron culto. El resultado es la religión de la nueva era conocida como santería, una mezcla de catolicismo y creencias tradicionales africanas.

The Black Woman’s Little Book of Spells contains powerful battle-tested magic spells and rituals developed after years of study and application of Modern Witchcraft, Occult, Wicca and Hoodoo. Best of all, this amazing guide to spell casting is one of the only witchcraft audiobooks recorded to resonate with African American women and their unique life situations.

Valiente, decidida, Marcela Solana cuenta cómo desde muy pequeña sufrió los accidentes mortales más inexplicables, hasta que en la adolescencia y juventud la magia negra estalló en su cuerpo, le produjo hematomas dolorosos, le robó el sueño y le destrozó la digestión, la hundió en profundas depresiones y le heló la sangre al revelarle lo que jamás imaginó.

Wicca Spell Book for Beginners will offer you all of the above and more! This is the go-to spell book for anyone who is trying to develop their Wicca skills, no matter how much previous experience they have. After listening to this book, you will have a far greater understanding of the theory behind Wicca magic, and you will be much better suited to start practicing the enchanting rituals.

Cursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses, and black magic in modern times. Few topics are so secretive or controversial. Yet, whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck or personal misfortunes mounted, many Britons found themselves believing in things they had previously dismissed—dark supernatural forces. Historian Thomas Waters here explores the lives of cursed or bewitched people, along with the witches and witch-busters who helped and harmed them.

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper tell the story of how this biblical character became an icon of African American literature.

Explore las múltiples y vibrantes prácticas espirituales africanas, sus tradiciones y creencias. ¿Quiere saber más sobre las numerosas prácticas espirituales del continente africano? ¿Busca una guía precisa de las prácticas espirituales africanas que no las contemple desde una perspectiva occidental? África alberga numerosas prácticas espirituales, desde la santería y el vudú haitiano hasta el kemetismo y el isese (la religión yoruba).

A series more than 50 teachings from a Messianic Jewish Perspectives that will open the readers eyes to the prophetic imagery and blessings hidden within the Biblical texts.