The Magic of Symbolism: Enrich Your Writing With Hidden Meaning


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Does the word symbol make you shudder? Words are powerful magic, imbued with nuance, subtext, connotation, and emotions that reside deep within our collective consciousness. Words and symbols impart meanings readers respond to on a visceral level, that extend beyond the literal meaning. Discover all the ways that iconic symbols can provide thematic, foreshadowing, contextual, plot, and characterization beyond the superficial. This is a quick guide, a springboard meant for you to leap high and dive into powerful symbolic word choices. Symbols and their layered meanings act as a diving board into a deep pool of emotional, psychological, spiritual, cultural, and intellectual dynamics that you decide how to mold and manipulate. It’s just one more tool for your writing toolbox.




Spellbound Secrets: Unveiling The Mysteries Of Wiccan Magic


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Spellbound Secrets: Unveiling The Mysteries Of Wiccan Magic is a comprehensive guide that introduces readers to the fascinating world of Wiccan magic. The book explores the history, principles, and tools of Wicca, providing a solid foundation for practitioners. From casting spells and performing rituals to divination and fortune-telling, the author delves into various aspects of magickal practice. Readers will learn about the power of a coven and the rituals associated with different life events such as handfasting, Wiccaning, and rites of passage. Additionally, the book delves into the importance of ethical practices and personal responsibilities for witches. From connecting with deities and spirits to harnessing lunar energies and transformative magick, Spellbound Secrets covers a wide range of topics, including creating sacred spaces and working with mythical creatures. The book also explores the magick of love and maintaining balance in relationships. With its accessible writing style and in-depth exploration of Wiccan magic, Spellbound Secrets is a must-read for anyone interested in the practice of Wicca or seeking to expand their knowledge of magickal arts.




The Secret Language of Symbols


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Explores the culture, history, and psychology that lies behind a wide range of symbols.




The Hidden Signs


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For hundreds or thousands of years, people have used the language of symbol to affect real change in their life. In the modern age, we are flooded with all sorts of different metaphysical and magical symbol sets, that often disagree with one another. In this book, we'll take a look at the underlying truth of symbols as a language to Spirit, and a way to make effective change. We'll explore how to use the language of symbol effectively, to write our own rituals and spells, rather than just copying what has come before us without any real knowledge of why it works. At the dawn of language, symbols played an important role to help convey meaning. Ancient cave art depicts great hunts and historical events that took place. In modern times, these symbols are still deeply woven into our society and help shape our natural world. As it is true in the mundane, we see the importance of understanding symbols in magical practice. This book will help to serve as a guide to decoding and harnessing the power of these symbols, to help deepen and expand the reader's magic practice and attempt to help the reader understand why these symbol sets work within their magical rituals and spells. Ready to demystify the mystical? Peer beyond the veil and learn the language of the Spirit?




The New Secret Language of Symbols


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Offers a look at the cultural and psychological explanations of symbols. This book presents and explains hundreds of symbols, theme by theme. It helps you learn about the various forms of dragon in myth, the attributes of different gods, angels and mythic heroes, and the array of meanings ascribed to human body parts.




Symbolism and Fiction


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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists


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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.




Symbols and Their Meanings


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Rethinking Symbolism


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"The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms, but the in the process Sahlins has given us a much stronger statement of the centrality of symbols in human affairs than have many of our 'practicing' symbolic anthropologists. He demonstrates that symbols enter all phases of social life: those which we tend to regard as strictly pragmatic, or based on concerns with material need or advantage, as well as those which we tend to view as purely symbolic, such as ideology, ritual, myth, moral codes, and the like. . . ."—Robert McKinley, Reviews in Anthropology