Cult and Occult
Author: Peter Brookesmith
Publisher:
Published: 1985-01-01
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780856138522
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Cults and the Occult
Author: Edmond C. Gruss
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780875520018
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The cults and the occult. What are they saying? Why do they attract so many people? And how can you respond? You can find answers to those questions and more in this helpful introduction to and exposé of the leading cults, the occult, and related movements. Gruss offers a wealth of pertinent Scripture to refute false doctrines and points the reader to the best resources for further study of each subject. This updated edition is an excellent guide for individuals or group discussion.
Cult & Occult
Author: Robert T. Smith
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780030075360
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The mystical, the mysterious and the macabre have attracted and repelled people from the beginnings of the human race. There was a time when witches were hunted and burned at stakes and people who were thought to be possessed by demons were shunned or stoned. But in our time--the Aquarian 70s--there has been a dramatic shift in attitude toward those who experience the occult world or are in some way 'spiritually different.' Maxine believes she was alive in Rome during the time of Julius Caesar and that one day in the Forum she killed her husband. Ronald speaks in tongues as a higher form of praying: '...calamandro...kuboosh...haykya...' Lisa, a witch, says, 'There are doctors and businessmen and scientists and people from every walk of life who belong to covens.' Mrs. Faber 'talks' through automatic writing to her deceased husband who has been to other planets. Spiritualists, revivalists, astrologers and exorcists were all challenges to veteran reporter Robert T. Smith. Mr. Smith's 25 years of journalistic experiences have taught him to be skeptical. During his numerous interviews there were events that he said, 'Couldn't be explained naturally.' One reviewer reported, 'Cult & Occult is like a catalog covering all of the unexplainable mystical and spiritual experiences you've heard about in a lifetime. Believers will find in it an affirmation of what they already believe. Others will be fascinated by the diversity.' Cult & Occult is a revealing book. It includes true reports about individuals following paths toward religious rituals, the stars, God, the Devil, peace with nature and the open door to the unknown."--back cover.
The Kingdom of the Occult
Author: Walter Martin
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2008-10-21
Total Pages: 750
ISBN-13: 1418589837
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Kingdom of the Occult delivers the timely followup to Dr. Martin's best-selling The Kingdom of the Cults This book takes Dr. Walter Martin's comprehensive knowledge and his dynamic teaching style and forges a strong weapon against the world of the Occult-a weapon of the same scope and power as his phenomenal thirty-five year bestseller, The Kingdom of the Cults (over 875,000 sold). Chapters include: Witchcraft and Wicca, Satanism, Pagan Religions, Tools of the Occult, Demon Possession and Exorcism, Spiritual Warfare, etc. Features include: Each chapter contains: Quick Facts; History; Case Studies; Theology; Resources
Modern Occult Rhetoric
Author: Joshua Gunn
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2011-01-28
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 0817356568
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic scholarship, Freemasonry, and television production. Gunn probes, for instance, the ways in which jargon employed by various social and professional groups creates barriers and fosters secrecy. From the theory wars of cultural studies to the Satanic Panic that swept the national mass media in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gunn shows how the paradox of a hidden, buried, or secret meaning that cannot be expressed in language appears time and time again in Western culture. These recurrent patterns, Gunn argues, arise from a generalized, popular anxiety about language and its limitations. Ultimately, Modern Occult Rhetoric demonstrates the indissoluble relationship between language, secrecy, and publicity, and the centrality of suspicion in our daily lives.
Christianity, Cults & the Occult
Author: Rose Publishing
Publisher: Rose Publishing
Published: 2021-10-05
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 1596365803
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Christianity, Cults, and the Occult: " Compare 11 Groups with Biblical Christianity "Christianity, Cults, and the Occult," a pamphlet that can be read in 30 minutes or less, takes a close look at eleven cultic movements that have a wide range of occult connections and compares them to the origins and key beliefs of Christianity. "Christianity, Cults, and the Occult" helps Christians understand their own beliefs, explains the backgrounds of different occults, and includes a list of occult terms and definitions, as well as Scriptural warnings against the occult. "14 panels, fits inside most Bibles, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, unfolds to 38 inches long"
Cults that Kill
Author: Larry Kahaner
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780446513753
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reveals the alarming frequency with which murders and other violent crimes are being traced to groups of devil-worshipping men, women, and children and explores the threat posed by satanic followers
Encyclopedia of World Religions, Cults & the Occult
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780899574608
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Encyclopedia of World Religions, Cults and the Occult analyzes sects, cults, the occult, non-Christian world religions, secret societies and atheistic beliefs and then highlights their dangers and compares them with the truth of Scripture. Religions and cults that claim to be Christian but function in a manner grossly contrary to Scripture are also exposed.
Cults, World Religions and the Occult
Author: Kenneth Boa
Publisher: David C Cook
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780896938236
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Almost every day you hear of a new religion-or rediscover an old one. It used to be that you only heard of these religions when missionaries spoke at your church. Now their followers send missionaries to our doorsteps.
Occult Roots of Religious Studies
Author: Yves Mühlematter
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2021-06-08
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 3110660334
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The historiographers of religious studies have written the history of this discipline primarily as a rationalization of ideological, most prominently theological and phenomenological ideas: first through the establishment of comparative, philological and sociological methods and secondly through the demand for intentional neutrality. This interpretation caused important roots in occult-esoteric traditions to be repressed. This process of “purification” (Latour) is not to be equated with the origin of the academic studies. De facto, the elimination of idealistic theories took time and only happened later. One example concerning the early entanglement is Tibetology, where many researchers and respected chair holders were influenced by theosophical ideas or were even members of the Theosophical Society. Similarly, the emergence of comparatistics cannot be understood without taking into account perennialist ideas of esoteric provenance, which hold that all religions have a common origin. In this perspective, it is not only the history of religious studies which must be revisited, but also the partial shaping of religious studies by these traditions, insofar as it saw itself as a counter-model to occult ideas.
