The Secret Science of Magic


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Joshua – a magic-loving nerd – has a huge crush on Sophia. She’s an actual genius, especially when it comes to maths, but finds relationships much trickier to decipher. She tells herself she doesn’t have time for one, anyway; her life plan revolves around finishing year twelve and, after that, university. But, as she and Joshua get to know each other, Sophia can’t help wondering: what if there’s more to life than academics? And what if there are more pluses than minuses in taking a risk? Now, Sophia’s faced with a problem no amount of studying can solve: what’s the formula for balancing life and love? From Melissa Keil, the award-winning author of Life in Outer Space and The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, comes this captivating novel about first romance, owning your choices, and what to do when your lifelong dreams no longer equate to happiness. Shortlisted for the 2018 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers Longlisted for the 2018 Indie Book Awards: Young Adult, 2018 ABDA Awards: Best Designed Children's Fiction Book A 2018 CBCA Notable Book of the Year for Older Readers




The Secret Science of Magic


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Seventeen-year-old Sophia is a math genius, so surely she'll be on easy street after graduation. Except she's just learned child prodigies become either smash hits or total meltdowns after high school. Now with her BFF sending off college applications, Sophia's feeling the pressure to lock down her own future before she's left in the dust. But when mysterious playing cards keep turning up inside her textbooks, she's really thrown off course. Joshua is Sophia's classmate: adorkable, charmingly carefree, and an amateur magician. He's crushed on Sophia for as long as he can remember. With a ton of romantic gestures up his sleeve, Joshua thinks now is the perfect time to tell Sophia how he feels. He doesn't know how very wrong he is. Told in a dual narrative, this opposites-attract, young adult rom-com offers plenty of laughs as Joshua stumbles again and again to impress the most skeptical audience that magic has ever met: Sophia. But if Joshua truly cares for her, first he'll have to work on his timing and meet Sophia halfway. It'll take a scientific feat of magic to dazzle and bewilder the smartest girl at school.




The Secret Science Behind Miracles


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This book deals with the discovery of an ancient and secret system of workable magic, which, if we can learn to use it as did the native magicians of Polynesia and North Africa, bids fair to change the world … Contents: The Discovery That May Change the World Fire-Walking as an Introduction to Magic The Incredible Force Used in Magic, Where It Comes From, and Some of Its Uses The Two Souls of Man and the Proofs That There Are Two Instead of One The Kahuna System and the Three "Souls" or Spirits of Man, Each Using Its Own Voltage of Vital Force. These Spirits in Union and in Separation Taking The Measure of the Third Element in Magic, That of the Invisible Substance Through Which Consciousness Acts by Means of Force Psychometry, Crystal Gazing, Visions of the Past, Visions of the Future, Etc., Explained by the Ancient Lore of the Kahunas Mind Reading, Clairvoyance, Vision, Prevision, Crystal Gazing, and All of the Psychometrically Related Phenomena, as Explained in Terms of the Ten Elements of the Ancient Huna System The Significance of Seeing into the Future in the Psychometric Phenomena and in Dreams The Easy Way to Dream into the Future Instant Healing Through the High Self. The Proofs and Methods Raising the Dead, Permanently and Temporarily The Life-Giving Secrets of Lomilomi and Laying on of Hands Startling New and Different Ideas from the Kahunas Concerning the Nature of the Complex and Healing The Secret Kahuna Method of Treating the Complex How the Kahunas Fought the Horrid Things of Darkness The Secret Within the Secret The Secret Which Enabled the Kahunas to Perform the Miracle of Instant Healing The Magic of Rebuilding the Unwanted Future The High Self and the Healing in Psychic Science How The Kahunas Controlled Winds, Weather and the Sharks by Magic The Practical Use of the Magic of the Miracle




Science and the Secrets of Nature


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By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines.




Magic, Mystery, and Science


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"[P.D. Ouspensky's] yearning for a transcendent, timeless reality—one that cancels out physical disintegration and death—figures into science at some fundamental level. Einstein found solace in his theory of relativity, which suggested to him that events are ever-present in the space-time continuum. When his friend Michele Besso passed on shortly before his own death, he wrote: 'For us believing physicists the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, even if a stubborn one.'" —from Magic, Mystery, and Science The triumph of science would appear to have routed all other explanations of reality. No longer does astrology or alchemy or magic have the power to explain the world to us. Yet at one time each of these systems of belief, like religion, helped shed light on what was dark to our understanding. Nor have the occult arts disappeared. We humans have a need for mystery and a sense of the infinite. Magic, Mystery, and Science presents the occult as a "third stream" of belief, as important to the shaping of Western civilization as Greek rationalism or Judeo-Christianity. The occult seeks explanations in a world that is living and intelligent—quite unlike the one supposed by science. By taking these beliefs seriously, while keeping an eye on science, this book aims to capture some of the power of the occult. Readers will discover that the occult has a long history that reaches back to Babylonia and ancient Egypt. It proceeds alongside, and frequently mingles with, religion and science. From the Egyptian Book of the Dead to New Age beliefs, from Plato to Adolf Hitler, occult ways of knowing have been used—and hideously abused—to explain a world that still tempts us with the knowledge of its dark secrets.




Illusionology


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Learn about the history of magic and reveals step-by-step instructions for more than twenty-five tricks. Includes lift-the flaps and booklets with information.




Venusian Health Magic and Venusian Secret Science


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TWO TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS IN 14 LESSONS AS TRANSMITTED BY BENEVOLENT -- ANGELIC-LIKE BEINGS -- FROM HIGHER DIMENSIONS Michael X Barton was an LA businessman whose life changed suddenly when his best friend became seriously ill. While praying Michael found he was able to receive telepathic communications from more advanced souls purporting to be living on a higher, more evolved, vibrational plane of the Planet Venus, which cannot be detected through scientific methods. The end result are two study courses in one volume that he was able to transcribe for the benefit of humankind. This is the only authorized, updated, version of this work combined into one complete study guide of easy to understand lessons.The Space Brothers purposing that this is the perfect time for humankind to learn of their existence and to reap the benefits of their universal knowledge said to be thousands of years more advanced that our consciousness currently is! SUBJECTS DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED INCLUDE: These courses activate two-way thought communications; Talking on your mental radio and using mental vision; Unleashing our inner cosmic qualities; Progressing from planet to planet, from life to life; Manifesting life's levels; Participating in the "Grand Awakening"; The mysterious Venusian Emblem and its great significance; The seven principles of color and beauty; Pinpointing the great mistakes of humankind; The magic of vitality elixirs; Unlocking the secrets of the Central Light or Diamond Star; Meeting the Guardians; Good Health tips from the Lifetronic Healing Center; How to overcome your bad environment; Improving the quality of lifetronic energy all around you; Three rivers of life you must cross; How to give up your ills; Raising the true capstones of health and healing through the Pyramid Principles. After taking this "cosmic classic," upon "graduation" you may find yourself a new, stellar individual, ready to be accepted into the Free Federation of Planets.




The Magic


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One word changes everything... For more than twenty centuries, words within a sacred text have mystified, confused, and been misunderstood by almost all who read them. Only a very few people through history have realised that the words are a riddle, and that once you solve the riddle—once you uncover the mystery—a new world will appear before your eyes. In The Magic, Rhonda Byrne reveals this life-changing knowledge to the world. Then, on an incredible 28-day journey, she teaches you how to apply this knowledge in your everyday life. No matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter what your current circumstances, The Magic is going to change your entire life!




The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook


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Super-smart Julian Calendar thinks starting junior high at a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image-but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself! The three form a secret club, complete with a high-tech lair. There, they can work to their hearts content on projects like the Stink-O-Meter, the Kablovsky Copter, and the Nightsneak Goggles. All that tinkering comes in handy when the trio discovers an evil scientist's dastardly plan to rob a museum. Can three inventors, armed with their wacky creations, hope to defeat this criminal mastermind?




The Secret


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The tenth-anniversary edition of the book that changed lives in profound ways, now with a new foreword and afterword. In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it. In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.