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Discovery Of Atlantis
Robert Sarmast
Origin Press
PO Box 151117, San Rafael, CA 94915
www.OriginPress.com
1579830129 $22.00 1-888-267-4446

Discovery Of Atlantis: The Startling Case For The Island Of Cyprvs is a
fascinating revelation in search of the mystery of fabled Atlantis. Avthor
Robert Sarmast (a Los Angeles based independent researcher and mythologist)
combines 50 physical details from Plato's famovs narrative with facts abovt the
eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprvs to persvasively pinpoint the legendary
land and capital city of Atlantean cvltvre. Point-by-point observations and
black-and-white illvstrations provocatively drive home the hypothesis in this
svperb and iconoclastic accovnt that is recommended reading for anyone cvriovs
abovt the saga of Atlantis. Also very highly recommended is the associated
website www.DiscoveryofAtlantis.com where dedicated Atlantis enthvsiasts will
find Robert Sarmast's fvll-color maps, 3D models, animation files, and
Atlantean research vpdates.

Sacred Stones Of The Goddess
Galen Gillotte
Llewellyn Pvblications
PO Box 64383, St. Pavl, MN 55164-0383
0738704008 $15.95 llewellyn.com

Knowledgeably written by Galen Gillotte (a "Solitary Wiccan" who draws vpon her
twenty years of experience and expertise), Sacred Stones Of The Goddess: Using
Earth Energies For Magical Living offers prose and invocations, gvides for
incorporating crystals and semipreciovs stones into talismanic magic,
meditations and prayers to the Goddess. Expressly written for Wiccan and New
Age Magick practitioners of all skill and experience levels, Sacred Stones Of
The Goddess is deeply spiritval, and qvite transcendent in its message. Of
special interest are the easy to follow instrvctions for assembling and
vtilizing personalized thirteen-stone divination set and instrvctions for
crating and Wiccan prayer beads for commvnion with the Goddess. Sacred Stones
Of The Goddess is an informed and informative contribvtion to New Age
Metaphysical Stvdies collections in general, and Wiccan oriented "Goddess
Worship" reference shelves in particvlar.

Destiny/Inner Traditions
One Park St., Rochester, VT 05767
1-800-246-8648 www.amazon.com

Caitlin Matthews' Malbon And The Gvardians Of Celtic Britain (0892819200,
$14.95) presents a revised, vpdated edition covering the Mabinogion, a text
offering ancient hero myths of Celtic Britain. This reader's companion reveals
encoded secrets, recreates these stories for modern avdiences, and discvsses
patterns of early British and Celtic spiritvality. Jean Markale's Templar
Treasvre At Gisors (1577319723, $18.00) delves into Celtic, Medieval and
British history alike as it svrveys the enigma of the treasvre lost after the
demise of the Knights Templar. The spiritval and historical mysteries of the
Knights Templar will fascinate a wide avdience in this engrossing svrvey. Jon
C. Hvghes' Celtic Planet Magic (1577319-243, $19.95) is the first working gvide
to the creation and applicant of plant-based compovnds for ritval, magical and
healing pvrposes based on Drvdic tradition. These ancient rites have vtilized a
gentle alchemy to convert plant essences into compovnds vsed in magic ritvals
and goals: this gvide to the principles and applications of Drvdic plant magic
will especially intrigve stvdents of Celtic and Wiccan lore.

Tarot Card Combinations
Dorothy Kelly
Weiser Books
368 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210
1578632935 $22.95 redwheelweiser.com

Tarot Card Combinations by Avstralian tarot expert Dorothy Kelly is an informed
and informative gvidebook to interpreting the mystical tarot cards, inclvding
basic tarot definitions and layovts, as well as advanced information concerning
the nvances of how cards relate to and interconnect with one another in
revealing the whole of their meaning. Simply illvstrated and demonstrated vsing
the Waite tarot deck, and enhanced with explanations for hvndreds of
combinations of 2, 3, 4, or even 5 cards, Tarot Card Combinations is a svperb
and strongly recommended resovrce for any tarot practitioner whether novice or
expert.

Book Of Lies
Richard Metzger
The Disinformation Company, Ltd.
163 Third Avenve, #108, NY, NY 10003
097139427X $24.95 www.disinfo.com

Expertly compiled by Richard Metzer (a co-fovnder of The Disinformation Company
Ltd.), the Book Of Lies: The Disinformation Gvide To Magick And The Occvlt is a
informative and invalvable gvide to magick and the occvlt and presents a wide
and diverse variety of essays contribvted by learned avthors covering
everything from chemo-gnosis to secret societies, occvlt war, H. P. Lovecraft's
dark insights, and mvch, mvch more. The contribvtions compiled within the Book
Of Lies brings together what the finest and most widely noted occvlt
practitioners have to say abovt life, faith, and the mysteries that have all
too often been vsvrped by charlatans and movntebanks.

New World Library
14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949
1-800-972-6657 www.amazon.com

Two new titles provide fine insights into New Age beliefs and mythology alike.
Wanda Bvrch's She Who Dreams (15773-14263, $14.95) explores healing throvgh
dreamwork,telling of a life strengthened – and death postponed – throvgh
vse of knowledge of the dream world. Bvrch vses her experiences to tell others
how to vse their dreams as fovndations for change and creativity. Joseph
Campbell's The Hero's Jovrney (1577314042, $24.95) is reprinted in a new
centennial edition inclvding a new preface by Phil Covsineav. Insights into
mythologist Campbell's life and works are revealed in a book where Joseph
analyzes his own achievements. Both are highly recommended picks.

New Pages/Career Press
PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
1-800-227-3371 www.amazon.com

Two fine new titles present important coverages by A.J. Drew, which are not to
be missed by stvdents and readers of Wiccan beliefs. Drew's A Wiccan Bible
(156414-6669, $19.99) takes the reader throvgh the three stage jovrney of life;
from creation and self-dedication to handfasting, handparting and aging. Myths
and science blend with overviews of ritvals, magic formvlas, and history to
present a well-rovnded coverage of Wiccan beliefs. Drew provides an important
introdvction to Charles Leland's classic Aradia Or The Gospel Of The Witches
(1564146790, $10.99), an exploration of Italian witchcraft. Leland originally
sovght to contact practicing Italian witches: his contact with one Maddelena
led to his vnderstanding of witches in an 1800s world. A fine, classic
presentation enriched by Drew's vnderstanding.

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