Supernatural | Free Book
Nostradamus...channeling...Atlantis...divination. Most serious
people consider such topics nonsense. But look again. Writing with
intellectual verve and a deeply critical mind, religious thinker
Richard Smoley explores and reconsiders the supernatural in history
and today.
We are often conditioned to think of the
Judeo-Christian tradition as the only valid, historically accurate,
and rational spiritual philosophy. Occultism, magic, and the
esoteric are, by contrast, considered illegitimate, delusional, and
lacking in intrinsic worth. Supernatural challenges this
prejudice, revealing that Western occult traditions are richer and
more historically impactful than most of us imagine. The book
reveals hidden diamonds and neglected ideas that characterize the
magical tradition in the West.
For any reader, at any
level of experience, who has ever been curious about an arcane
subject – from psychical powers to secret societies – here is a book
that gives a complete yet precise, critical, yet serious, and always
respectful account of topics from the unseen world.
Supernatural is a brilliant primer to the occult and magical
traditions of the West.
Praise for RICHARD SMOLEY
“I have a standing rule: I read anything Richard Smoley writes.” —Larry Dossey, M.D.
“Smoley . . . is adept at unknotting the paradoxes of spiritual traditions and making new connections across centuries and languages.” —Library Journal
“He is one of the liveliest, most intrepid, and most gifted explorers of the spiritual landscape writing today.”
—Ptolemy Tompkins, author of Paradise Fever
In The Press
“A fascinating series of brief glimpses into the lives of some of the
major players and their ideas and beliefs. Taken as a whole, this
short work offers the reader an easy to understand introduction to
traditions and ideas that have informed the world for centuries."
—Publishers Weekly
“I have a standing rule: I read anything Richard Smoley
writes.”
—Larry Dossey, M.D.“Smoley . . . is adept at
unknotting the paradoxes of spiritual traditions and making new
connections across centuries and languages.”
—Library Journal“He is one of the liveliest, most intrepid, and most gifted explorers
of the spiritual landscape writing today.”
—Ptolemy Tompkins, author of Paradise Fever"With scholarly precision, [Smoley] revisits Nostradamus,
The Da Vinci Code, Atlantis, Freemasonry,
A Course in Miracles, New Thought, and many other famed
repositories of “secret wisdom”. Fair and clear-eyed, he
communicates what his research unearthed in a surprisingly lively
style. He speaks honestly to his readers as he recounts,
elaborates and debunks. It makes for an intriguing read as well as
excellent reference material."
—Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight
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