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, ...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

“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 ...

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.

This book was never meant to be published. It was meant to be remembered. The Black Codex is a forbidden manuscript—part gnosis, part architecture, part spiritual technology—presented as fragments recovered from a suppressed lineage of knowledge older than empire, older than doctrine, older than history as it is taught. Within these pages, the reader encounters: The collapse of false authority The anatomy of control systems disguised as civilization The lost science of inner sovereignty The architects who built reality before it was named Drawing from Gnostic texts, pre-flood ...

Etzel Edelweiss writes at the threshold between philosophy, myth, and systemic revelation. His work explores the architecture beneath perceived reality—where belief, civilization, and identity are not fixed truths, but load-bearing constructs maintained by collective agreement. Blending metaphysical inquiry, symbolic narrative, and esoteric critique, Edelweiss challenges the reader to reconsider what is “real,” what is inherited, and what is silently enforced through culture, language, and thought itself. His writing is not instructional—it is destabilizing. It is not comfort—it ...

When rare dinosaur fossils vanish from a Southern California museum, private investigator Samantha Moon is called in to recover the bones. Sounds simple enough. But Samantha isn’t just a PI. She’s a vampire with a few extra tricks up her sleeve. And the theft of ancient raptor fossils is only the beginning. As Sam digs deeper, she uncovers a case tangled in black-market dealings, dark magic, and something far more dangerous than ordinary criminals. At the same time, life at home refuses to slow down. Her daughter Tammy takes on her very first investigation, her empathic youngest senses ...

Before he was the engaging professor who brought mythology into people’s living rooms through his conversations with Bill Moyers, before he became known as the thinker whose ideas influenced Star Wars, and before his now-beloved phrase “follow your bliss” entered the popular lexicon, Joseph Campbell was a young man who tried his hand at writing fiction. After years of Depression-era unemployment, when he lived off money he had earned playing saxophone and read the world’s great literature in a syllabus of his own design, Campbell published his first short story.

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 ...

This is a collection of erotica and contains graphic descriptions of sex acts and other explicit adult content. This book is not suitable for individuals under 18 years of age. Adventurous souls face the peril of the unknown and are richly rewarded in these seven erotic short stories by Alison Osias. It’s a monster mash with just a dash of danger to make it all the more exciting. Have a taste of the strange with the legendary lady you like, be she a mermaid, dragoness, vampire, siren, slime girl, or enormous sea nymph! The Garden of Hera: A Satyr Erotica Human encounters with the fae go ...