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Libra Esoterica

Out of this world

other-worldly journeys from Gilgamesh to Albert Einstein

by Ioan P Culianu

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Description

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This book, by the editor of the journal Incognita, takes the reader on a fantastic journey through a wide range of cultures and traditions to examine the phenomenon of ecstatic visionary experiences--from Sumerian Gilgamesh and the Taoist Immortals to the imaginative fiction of Jorge Luis Borges. The author provides a comprehensive tour of otherworldly journeys common from immemorial times among shamans, magicians and witches, and illustrates their connection with such modern phenomena as altered states of consciousness, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences.--From publisher description.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, Shamanism and spirit practice, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “witches” in the description.

    • “witches”· in description
  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    Retained metadata contains “near-death” in the description and “Near-death experiences” in the description.

    • “near-death”· in description
    • “Near-death experiences”· in description
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Controlled discovery queries from harvard matched “astral projection”. Retained metadata contains “out-of-body” in the description, “Out-of-body experiences” in the description, and “Astral projection” in the subject metadata.

    • “astral projection”· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • “out-of-body”· in description
    • “Out-of-body experiences”· in description
    • “Astral projection”· in subject
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Retained metadata contains “Shamans” in the description.

    • “Shamans”· in description
  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Retained metadata contains “Consciousness” in the description and “Consciousness” in the subject metadata.

    • “Consciousness”· in description
    • “Consciousness”· in subject

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Editions

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other-worldly journeys from Gilgamesh to Albert Einstein

1st ed.

xvi, 287 pages ; 22 cm

1991Distributed in the U.S. by Random House; ShambhalaEnglish
  • 9780877734888
  • 0877734887
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