Robert Masello

Raising Hell (eBook, ePUB)

A Concise History of the Black Arts and Those Who Dared to Practice Them

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An occultism reference chronicling the quest for metaphysical truth, from astronomers to astrologers, necromancers to sorcerers, alchemists to prophets. If the history of black magic and the occult reveals anything, it's that the drive to marshal the unseen powers of the dark, and bend them to mortal will, is as old as mankind itself. Men and women have believed, in virtually every age and in every land, that there is another world-a world of spirits and souls, angels and demons, gods and monsters, a world that might hold the answers to the great mysteries: What is the meaning of life? Do humans decide their own fate? Is there a Heaven? And, perhaps more important, is there a Hell? As they sought the answers to these questions, the occult pioneers often stumbled upon real and verifiable truths. Here, in one spellbinding volume, is a history of the major occult arts-necromancy, sorcery, astrology, alchemy, and prophecy-as they have been practiced from ancient Babylon to the present day. Raising Hell weaves history with mythology, quotes, anecdotes, and illustrations to provide a vivid chronicle of the evolution of the occult arts. From the origins of the pentagram and the sacred circle, to the incantations of necromancers, to the prophecies of Nostradamus, this definitive source offers a compelling look at the black arts and those who risked their lives-and some say their souls-to explore them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781497638068
• Artikelnr.: 44325545

Autorenporträt

Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and author of many bestselling novels and nonfiction books, including the classroom staple Robert's Rules of Writing. His most recent novels- Blood and Ice, The Medusa Amulet, and The Romanov Cross-have been published in over a dozen languages worldwide.Set during the climactic final years of the Second World War, his newest thriller, The Einstein Prophecy, puts his customarily provocative and supernatural spin on the events that led to the Allied victory.