Mythic Worlds

In 1927, as a twenty-three-year-old postgraduate scholar in Paris, Joseph Campbell first encountered James Joyce’s Ulysses. Known for being praised and for kicking up controversy (including an obscenity trial in the United States in 1920), the novel left Campbell both intrigued and confused, as it had many others. Because he was in Paris, he was able to visit the Shakespeare & Company bookstore - the outpost of the original publisher of Ulysses, Sylvia Beach. She gave him “clues” for reading Ulysses, and that, Campbell attested, changed his career.

Dive into the Legendary Sagas with "The Norse Bible" Embark on an epic journey through the Norse cosmos with "The Norse Bible." This compelling read unveils the mystique of Norse mythology, from the awe-inspiring realms of Asgard to the depths of Helheim. Each chapter invites you into a world where divine drama unfolds. In this enigmatic book, you will learn about: How It All Started: In the beginning, with Yggdrasil, The Tree of Creation, The Cosmic Tree, The Tree of Life; and after the end with the Aftermath & Renewal. Explore the Rich Norse Pantheon: From Odin's wisdom to Thor's might, ...

In this beautifully illustrated book that's Song of Achilles meets Secret Life of Trees, readers will discover the plants cultivated by the Greek Gods–many of which can still be experimented with today–for a myriad of uses. In Greek mythology, plants were used for tools, intoxication...

Edward Bloom, an aging salesman, is dying. As his grown son, William, cares for him, the young man tries to focus on what he knows about his father’s life. Story after story surfaces in William’s memory, and he shares mythic visions of a fantastic father who was loved by all - a man who was the best runner, fisherman, businessman, and adventurer in the world. Big Fish tells these tall tales of Edward Bloom’s life. Punctuated with his vast repertory of jokes, they set the stage for Edward’s final, wonderful transformation.

Exiled. Disgraced. Stripped of immortality. For twenty-five years, Zhao Yuan devoted his life to cultivation within the prestigious Platinum Sect. Endless meditation. Endless training. Endless hope for ascension. One decree from his master ended everything. Cast out as a failure, Zhao Yuan expected a quiet decline into obscurity. Instead, he awakens in a world that should not exist. A world where iron beasts roar across the land. Where glowing cities pierce the night. Where people without spiritual roots wield strange powers through machines and hidden arts. Before Zhao Yuan can even ...

Mating to my date’s invisible sister? my wolf must be crazy...I lived a perfect life with enormous power and fortune. Until I turned twenty-one when I found my fated mate. In my date's pack... Fated mating to an unshifted?! That must be kidding. I rejected her immediately, ignoring my wolf’s crazy moaning to possess her. But when my selected wife proposed to kill our mates, I began to hesitate. And finding out that she was the same age as my missing Beta's daughter, I realized it was a huge mistake...She's mine...But maybe it's too late...

Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known.

For 3,000 years, one God has shaped the destiny of nations, toppled empires, inspired revolutions, and transformed the world. Yet his full story has never been told — until now. The Rise of Yahweh: The Untold History of the World’s Most Enduring God is a sweeping, cinematic journey through the greatest epic in human civilization. Blending archaeology, ancient mythology, biblical history, comparative religion, and world-shaping events, this book reveals the astonishing rise of a desert storm‑god who became the most powerful and influential deity in history. From the Bronze Age to the ...

Atlantis is drowning. But the flood is not its greatest danger. Beneath the crystal capital, a machine built from grief and stolen memory is awakening. As war tears through the sky roads and sapphire towers of the First World, Orien must return to the empire that once reached for godhood—and now threatens to erase the soul of the future itself. The First Archive has been found. The nine tones have awakened. But remembrance has become a weapon, and something ancient is moving beneath Atlantis, promising peace through forgetting. With Seraya, Nix, Liora, Cassian, and the proud sky-beast ...

Previously published as Destiny Repeating Strange spheres appear in the sky all around the world. No one can explain what they are or where they're from. When people begin suffering from a mysterious illness panic ensues, and soon only a tiny faction of the earth's population remains. With nowhere to call home and no answers to be found, Daniel Brickman takes up residence in the White House and begins trying to rebuild society, but the spheres were only the beginning. "Daniel retreated upstairs to the President's private living room in the White House. The ornate furniture which seemed so ...

Before Atlantis fell, humanity remembered what it was. In the luminous age before history, Lemuria and Atlantis stood as sister civilizations of wonder — crystal cities, flying Vimanas, Harmonic Gates, sacred technology, mythical beasts, and temples that preserved the living memory of the soul. But now the memories are vanishing. Sacred archives are turning blank. Dream temples are going silent. Children are waking without ancestral visions. And beneath the shining towers of Atlantis, a powerful faction is building the Mnemosyne Engine — a machine designed not only to preserve memory, ...

Long before recorded history, humanity told stories of gods who descended from the stars, architects who shaped worlds, and civilizations guided by cosmic intelligence. These myths were never merely stories—they were fragments of a forgotten memory. Cosmic Architects & Mythic Worlds explores the ancient traditions that describe humanity’s place within a vast galactic order. Drawing from mythology, esoteric philosophy, sacred cosmology, and the symbolic language of ancient civilizations, this codex investigates the recurring idea that advanced intelligences—often remembered as gods, ...

When Thom, a junior archaeologist with three rejected grant applications and a genuine talent for professional grievance, is ripped from his apartment and deposited on the shore of an ancient, impossible city, the Tapestry gives him the rules in the tone of a corporate orientation video. Maintain your light. Reach the center. Complete the inheritance. The city is a frozen civilization. The darkness inside it eats people. The other survivors are busy forming cartels and ideological movements. And somewhere at the absolute center of the necropolis, something has been waiting in the dark for ...

James Hillman Explained: Archetypal Psychology, Soul-Making, Mythic Imagination, the Re-Visioning of Psychology, and the Recovery of Depth in Modern Life explores one of the most original and provocative thinkers in modern depth psychology. James Hillman challenged the direction of modern psychological thought and argued that psychology had forgotten its original purpose: the study of the soul. Drawing inspiration from mythology, philosophy, literature, and cultural history, Hillman developed archetypal psychology, a powerful approach that reintroduced imagination, symbolism, and myth into ...

Twelve quests. Twelve worlds. One ember-road that binds them all. Step beyond the lantern-lit paths of Harthollow and into worlds shaped by courage, magic, and impossible choices. The Ember-Road Chronicles gathers twelve fantasy adventures — each a complete epic filled with living landscapes, mystical dangers, and heroes who burn bright against the dark. 🔥 In this collection, you’ll encounter: A vow-bound caravan runner who can taste lies as bitterness on her tongue A dock-scribe who dives into a living ledger to free a city from breathing debt A courier who can hear the undertone of...

Discover the Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology as they were never meant to be seen: not as a flat fantasy map, but as a living, dangerous cosmos rooted in Yggdrasil, the World Tree. The Nine Worlds: A Complete Guide to the Norse Cosmos, from Asgard to Hel takes you deep into the mythic architecture of the old North. This is not just a simple overview of Norse gods and Viking legends. It is a full journey through the realms of Asgard, Midgard, Jötunheim, Vanaheim, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, Nidavellir, Hel, Niflheim, and Muspelheim, showing how each world fits into the greater structure of Norse ...

A dark feminist fairy tale—a girl who stepped out of the story written for her and burned a new one into the world. They told her to kneel by the hearth. To smile. To serve. To wait to be chosen. But ash is not obedience. Ash remembers the flame. In this gorgeously written dark fairy tale retelling, Ashes of the Alchemist reimagines Cinderella not as a girl who escapes hardship through magic and marriage, but as one who walks into the fire—and becomes it. Her name was Aveline, once. Now she answers to Cinder. Not a nickname. A becoming. When an ancient ritual goes awry on the night of ...

Religion begins not with answers, but with questions—questions whispered into the dark, carved into bone, sung into flame. What happens when we die? Who made the thunder? Why do we suffer, love, dream? These questions are older than writing, older than cities. They are the pulse beneath myth, ritual, and prayer. They are the sacred thread. This book follows that thread—from the earliest traces of belief among archaic humans to the complex spiritual landscapes of our present day. It is not a catalogue of doctrines, nor a chronology of institutions. It is a mythic history: a tapestry ...

This is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland, and of the men and women who made that emerald isle their own.

“Melvin’s tale painstakingly builds its magical world, where fantastic creatures abound.” —Kirkus Reviews Enter a world where death is not final—it's a magical fuel. In the mystical realm of Triken, enemies are relentless, the struggle is brutal, and one man dares to break the laws of life itself. Torg, a Death Wizard, draws strength from his own demise, rising again and again to defend a world on the brink of ruin. Yet his greatest trial is yet to come—not only against armies and dark sorcery, but against a monster intent on devouring everything Torg loves. As war ignites and ...