{"title":"Secret Rites \u0026 Societies","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks about secret societies, hidden orders, initiation rites, and esoteric brotherhoods throughout history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"devil-worship-in-france","title":"Devil-worship in France","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Question of Lucifer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevil-Worship in France,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWaite attempts to discern what is genuine from what is fake in the evidence of 19th century Satanism. To get the answers he spends a great deal of time investigating the French Masonic echelon, debunking a “conspiracy of falsehood” and determining what should be understood by Satanism and what not. Huysmans’ diabolical novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLà-Bas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1891) inspired Waite to write this sceptical analysis. His main motive to write this book, however, could very well have been its use as a lubricant for a Masonic career.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaite took a leading role in a counterattack, after French rumour spreaders had accused Golden Dawn founders William Wynn Westcott and MacGregor Mathers of being chief Luciferworshippers. This was much appreciated by them. In the end, Waite’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevil-Worship in France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edebunked the whole accusation affair – and this a year before Gabriel Jogand Pages (Leo Taxil in the book) admitted the allegations were indeed a hoax.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArthur Edward Waite (1857 – 1942) was a scholarly mystic, Freemason, Rosicrucian and Golden Dawn member who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, mostly in academic style. A certain irony is glued to this book forever, as it was Edward Arthur Waite, who showed Aleister Crowley “The Way” when he advised the Beast 666 to read Eckhartshausen’s Cloud upon the Sanctuary, about the mysterious hidden church inside the visible church, when his foe in later days had just finished reading Waite’s Book of Black Magic and Pacts…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54648712921427,"sku":"9789492355065","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/006_Devil_worship_cover.jpg?v=1787307604"},{"product_id":"amazons","title":"Amazons","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTwo Volumes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Amazons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1910) by Guy Cadogan Rothery (1863-1940) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eReligious Cults Associated with the Amazons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1912) by Prof. Florence Mary Bennett (1880–1954) are still two of the very few books ever published on these legendary female warriors. The world of the Amazons lies scattered between legend and historical fact. Greek writings give many details about the geography, history and anthropology of the Amazon nation and the Athenians in particular were most insistent about the historical reality of a nation consisting only of women warriors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Amazons, whether legendary or real, were not confined to the Balkan-Black Sea regions bordering to ancient Greece. As Guy Cadogan Rothery points out, they were known on four different continents. Florence Mary Bennett examines the traditional Amazons, as mentioned in Greek sources, and relates them to several goddess cults of ancient Greece and Asia Minor. Among them the cult of the Great Mother, the Ephesian Artemis, Artemis Astrateia and Aphrodite, in later mythology a love goddess, but originally a war goddess. Bennet deals with historical facts in an outstanding piece of scholarly research, unveiling not just many historical data about this ancient warrior tribe, but also providing surprising insights into the image evolution of Greek Gods, the double axe symbol and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54641616486739,"sku":"9789492355089","price":22.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/008_Amazone_cover.jpg?v=1787243343"},{"product_id":"mysteria","title":"Mysteria","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHistory of the Secret Doctrines \u0026amp; Mystic Rites of Ancient Religions \u0026amp; Medieval and Modern Secret Orders\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, a tsunami of totally erroneous information about Freemasons, Illuminati, Rosicrucians and secret societies cut \u0026amp; pastes its way on the Internet. Spread by people with as much knowledge of the subject, as of Chinese music. Within this context,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMysteria \u003c\/em\u003eis like an oasis in a desert. A must read for everyone who is curious about the facts behind the disinformation-hysteria, or who wants to explore the roots and history of still existing “secret” societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was composed by a Swiss freemason – an insider and historian in 1869 – who was posthumously banned by the Nazis. Yet despite this time span, in our days, it is more nurturing for the critical reader than ever before. Otto Henne am Rhyn takes you on a journey, back to the Mystery cults of ancient Egypt, Babylon and Greece, passes the Essenes, Orphics, Templars, the secret medieval tribunals and stone masons. This is followed by the rise of Freemasonry, insight in masonic organizations, structures and lodges who imitate Freemasonry or invented glamorous but meaningless degrees. \u003cem\u003eMysteria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis also one of the very few publications, available in the English language, which offer reliable information about Adam Weishaupt’s Illuminati and the “role” of Freemasons and Illuminati in the French Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54638215037267,"sku":"9789492355225","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/022_mysteria_cover.jpg?v=1787223329"},{"product_id":"lupercalia","title":"Lupercalia","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRites and Mysteries of Wolf Worship\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLupercalia (derived from lupus: wolf) was the name of a very ancient, pre Roman pastoral, held in the city of Rome, each year, on February 15, to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health, productivity and fertility. The Romans, associated many deities with the Lupercalia: Lupercus, Faunus, lnuus, Februus, and, but frequently than any other Roman god, Pan or Pan Lycaeus (Pan Wolf). The festival was also known as Februa or Februatus and gave its name to the goddess Juno Februa(ta) and the month February.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlberta Mildred Franklin was a Professor of Latin and Greek.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLupercalia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the first substantial work on the case, the least known and still seen as one of the best. Apart from the wolf, her work also deals with two other Lupercalian ingredients: the goat and goat-god Pan and the dog. She compares the mystic and ritual role of these animals in both primitive Greece and Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wolf-deity of the Greeks was Pelasgian, represented the devouring power of the underworld, and was worshipped by rites of expiation. The wolf-deities of Italy, among them Lupercus, were dreaded chthonic powers, and had several cults in the Mediterranean regions. The goat, representing fertility, was sacrificed to Lupercus. The dog-cults were mainly for purification, of Thracian origin, and the Romans borrowed them from the Greeks of Southern Italy and Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54604195037523,"sku":"9789492355317","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/031_lupercalia.jpg?v=1786907672"},{"product_id":"the-eleusinian-and-bacchic-mysteries","title":"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA Dissertation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby the neo-platonist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Taylor_(neoplatonist)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRobert Taylor\u003c\/a\u003e, explains a lost fundament, on which an important part of the ancient pagan and occult tradition in Europe was built. These mysteries once represented the spiritual life of Greece, and were considered for two thousand years and more, the appointed means for regeneration through an interior union with the Divine Essence. However absurd, or even offensive or obscene, they may seem to modern spirituality, we should be careful not to condemn what the ancient Greek – and Romans – have esteemed holy. The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries focus on life, death and rebirth in the present, identical with the living nature, which was regarded as the converging of past and future. In this context the mystae, or initiates, learned the aporrheta, or secret meaning of the rites, and were thenceforth denominated ephori, or epoptæ (seers). 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It was published anonymously in London in 1889 by the Freemason and Rosicrucian Hargrave Jennings. In several voluminous works, Jennings developed the theory that the origin of all religion is to be sought in phallic worship of the Sun and fire, which he properly called “phallism.” Ophiolatreia is just one of its expressions. Unlike many modern authors, for whom he word “phallic” implies the penis, Jennings used the word “phallic” in its nongendered sense, meaning “relating to the sexual organs”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHargrave Jennings was a rival of Blavatsky and friend of the American sex magician and occult writer Paschal Beverly Randolph and both authors had a major influence on the twentieth century pioneers of sex magic. This collectors item describes the rites and mysteries connected with the origin of ophiolatreia and its rise and development in many parts of the world. The relation between snake worship, raw creation force and sexual energy includes Jennings analyses of Bacchic orgies and rites related to Saturn, Zoroaster, Abaddon, Dionysus and Osiris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VAMzzz Occult Bookstore Global","offers":[{"title":"ENG- English","offer_id":54601332654419,"sku":"9789492355126","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1092\/1302\/4595\/files\/012_ophiolatreia_cover.jpg?v=1786891019"},{"product_id":"codex-nazareth","title":"Codex Nazareth","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the life of Jesus unfolded quite differently than we’ve been told for centuries? Two Essene manuscripts, allegedly written around 37–40 CE, name a certain Euphanias as his biological father and describe in detail how Jesus survived the crucifixion. The prevailing consensus deems them brilliant forgeries — but if they were fabrications, why did the Church deploy state authorities, even mobilizing police forces, to suppress their circulation? What exactly were they so desperate to conceal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCodex Nazareth\u003c\/i\u003e, these forbidden documents appear together for the first time in a single volume — fully translated, annotated, and introduced with in-depth contextual analysis. Their contents diverge sharply from the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — and yet appear historically more plausible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scrolls were reportedly discovered in a library in Alexandria, in a former Greek monastery. They were attributed to a member of the Essene brotherhood who is said to have trained Jesus as a healer. Immediately after their discovery, ecclesiastical and Jesuit forces attempted to block publication. 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Twee Essenen manuscripten, naar verluidt opgesteld rond 37 à 40 n.Chr., noemen een zekere Euphanias als zijn biologische vader en beschrijven in detail hoe Jezus zijn kruisiging overleefde. Volgens de heersende consensus gaat het om een briljant geconstrueerde vervalsing – maar waarom zette de kerk dan tweemaal alles op alles om publicatie te voorkomen?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCodex Nazareth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003everschijnen deze verboden documenten voor het eerst samen in één uitgave: volledig vertaald, voorzien van aantekeningen en ingeleid met een diepgravende contextuele analyse. De inhoud wijkt op talloze punten af van de canonieke evangeliën van Mattheüs, Marcus, Lucas en Johannes – maar oogt historisch overtuigender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDe rollen zouden zijn ontdekt in een bibliotheek in Alexandrië, in een voormalig Grieks klooster. 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This publication is a revised edition of the 1905 version. It is unique, because a major part of the work is filled with a colourful collection of religious, or semi-religious, sexual rites, once practiced all over the globe, connecting the most “primitive” tribe to the most “civilized” nations. Some of them are really bizarre, like an extremely exhausting Pueblo masturbation-ritual, or the poring of wine over the phallus of a saint in France to make a medicine against barrenness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is also a rich source of fertility gods and hence it provides valuable data for pagans, occultists and Wiccans. 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