Philosophy & Religion Books

What makes a person good? Is it their impeccable table manners? Whether they participate in protests? The way they treat the waiter?Ethics is the go-to guide for navigating ethics in the 21st century. In a post-Trump, post-truth world, the lines...

Noel Loos frames the churches' missionary outreach to Aboriginal people within the reality of frontier violence, government control, segregation and neglect.Aboriginal people on the missions responded to white Christianity as part of their enforced...

Lajjagauri is perhaps one of India's oldest goddesses with images of her in South Asia dating back to the Indus Civilisation c. 3,000 to 1,500 BC. Her devotees can be traced back even earlier to the Ukraine c. 10,000 BCE. In India, new finds continue to...

This book provides new perspectives on the relationship between religious thought and social reform in Australia. It argues that religious thought can be found in many intellectuals in Australia, both in the religiously inclined and in those who were not...

In 1956 Bernard Smith wrote that we in Australia were migratory birds. This was to become a leading motif of his own thinking, and a significant inspiration for Peter Beilharz. Beilharz came to argue that the idea of the antipodes made sense less in its...

Raimond Gaita was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Antwerp for his exceptional contribution to contemporary moral philosophy and for his singular contribution to the role of the intellectual in today's academic world, so...

The Lectures on Greek Philosophy of 1928 are among the earliest lectures we have of John Anderson's, delivered in the year following his arrival in Sydney in 1927. In these teachings he closely and critically followed John Burnet's classic work Early...

Space, Time and the Categories presents a unique record of personal influence and inspiration over three generations of philosophers in Australia, England and Scotland. This work is a vitally important text in the history of the development of realist...

Animal death is a complex, uncomfortable, depressing, motivating and sensitive topic. For those scholars participating in human-animal studies, it is accompanied by the concept of 'life' the ground upon which their studies commence, whether those studies...

Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World brings together a collection of studies on Celtic inscriptions, religious travel, settlement, penance and prophecy in medieval Celtic nations. The contributors explore the themes of memory,...

Told in the artist's own words via a series of interviews, this revealing biography of Helen Grey-Smith examines the dignified artist's fascinating life. In this book author Gwen Phillips gives us the rare opportunity to listen to an artist speaking...

In Every Mother's Son is Guilty, Chris Owen provides a compelling account of policing in the Kimberley district from 1882, when police were established in the district, until 1905 when Dr. Walter Roth's controversial Royal Commission into the treatment...

Let the natural world guide you to look within.Earth Song Journal will help you find a deeper understanding of yourself and increase your joy.Follow each of the 36 natural elements in this beautiful journal and dive into different aspects of your life...

These cards share messages about the ways drumming can change your life.In the beginning was the sound of the primordial beat that was birthed from the great void, the Big Bang. This sacred resonance created sound, vibration and tempo. This deck focuses...

Transformative truths from the desert herselfListen closely to the whispers of the desert. The Wild carries earth omens that resonate resilient messages to your transient inner terrain to help it gain form. This 44-card deck created by artist Nat...

A celebration of spring, renewal and new beginnings!Ostara – also known as the spring equinox – marks the end of a journey, renewal, and new beginnings. It's an opportunity to step fearlessly onto a new path. A time of second chances and restoring hope,...

Because life is full of little gifts, enjoy this boxed set highlighting the gifts found in flowers, dreams and the magic of spells. Fantastic value at almost 50 per cent off the RRP of the books if purchased separately. These books are the gifts that...

Over the millennia Gods and Goddesses have taken on many forms, have given great gifts and unleashed furious punishments on those who worshipped and angered them.   This book introduces the main gods and goddesses of the past; their myths, rituals...

Delve into the ancient and venerable Craft of the Wise and learn the basics of witchcraft, both modern and traditional.   It’s an exciting journey, filled with insights into the Old Ways of traditional wise women (and people of any gender), ways to...

Today’s modern chakra practitioners focus on the seven major chakras, which they visualize as part of the subtle energy field, or aura, that swirls around us in rainbow colours, each chakra relating to a certain key part of the body. With modern-day...

Illuminating Wisdom brings art and wisdom together in a beautiful celebration of some of the world’s most inspiring philosophical, spiritual and literary quotes. Approximately 80 quotes have been drawn from some of the great wisdom and literary...

Discover the ancient divination system used by witches and gypsies, perhaps older than the Tarot and much simpler to learn and use. This book gives a basic understanding of the traditional systems, then goes on to instruct the reader on how to make their...

Many of us now feel an authentic, autonomous impulse to understand and experience all expressions of existence, be they seen or unseen, human or non-human. Wild Spirituality accompanies the reader through this process of re-awakening, encouraging us to...

What We’re Afraid to Ask is a must-read for survivors of childhood abuse who struggle to reconcile their faith with their past. Board, Fleetwood, and Jones demonstrate how Christianity offers reasonable, honest, and encouraging answers to difficult...

There is still a place in the jungles of Thailand, where you can leave it all behind... A cult classic and bestseller in the 1990s, What the Buddha Never Taught is a humorous “behind the robes” account of life inside one of the strictest jungle...

Ancient man was seen to barter for the use of magic from the gods, and during the witch trials magic was seen as the work of the Devil. Later, the notion of manifestation gave power back to the witch, with intent developing into modern day practice. This...

Prayerful, bible-based reflections on God's fathomless love and mercy, to be pondered and prayed over as helps to plumb the depths of the mystery of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Phelim McGowan was born in Glasgow, studied theology in Dublin and now...

This collection of essays marks 150 years of study and reflection since the Dominican Priory in Tallaght was founded. There, indeed, friarse together with sisters, laity, and contemplative nuns, members of the family that is the Order of Preachers,...

Jessica’s spiritual journey has led her down a long path of magic and self-awareness. Wiccans and Pagans have rapidly increased in numbers since she found her way and many new practitioners are as young and inexperienced as she once was. This book...

The Church’s Twenty-One ecumenical councils have been crucial to its understanding of its biblical heritage. They have taken place less frequently in recent centuries, only three since 1517: Trent (1545-1563), Vatican I (1869—1870), and Vatican II...

How Atheists rely on urban myths about religion to buttress their case against God. God, and the whole business of being dependent upon him, is being downgraded, downsized, downplayed, and most of all, just plain dismissed in the modern, cultured,...

In this book, using Eric Fromm’s distinction between Humanistic and Authoritarian Religions whose implications for Christianity the author explored at some length in his recently published The Two Faces of Christianity, he identifies what he believes to...

What are the sources of true Christianity? Tradition or Scripture? Experience? How far should our interpretation accommodate modern knowledge? Some take refuge in fundamentalism, others in emotion, many are leaving the Church. But there are others,...

THE LAST FOUR world-leaders (Masters) of the Dominican Order T served throughout the excitements and hesitations of the forty years from the opening of the Second Vatican Council to the start of the twenty-first century. Timothy Radcliffe's writings are...

Reconnecting with the Spirit World within and without in ways understood by our ancestors.This is a sound introduction to simple magical practices that have become increasingly popular as new generations rediscover the truth of the Old Ways. You will be...

The meaning and mystery of life is ultimately found in personal relationship, sometimes with another and, for those who search, sometimes with God. In Taking Heart the experiences of four people who are spiritually searching and looking for a direct...

Spirituality Rekindled: The Quest for Serenity and Self-Fulfillment explores the attainment of serenity and self-fulfillment through a rational spirituality, which author Nassir H. Sabah posits is a quality of being predicated on a sense of connection to...

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A potent strand of mysticism runs through a substantial part of British folk music. Songs from the Magical Tradition presents an anthology of songs, with extensive notes on their historical context, imagery, and possible origins. No firm conclusions are...

Our God is a God of faith, and it takes faith to please Him. It is easy to have faith in the little things, and many Christians exercise their faith by what they can see, hear and or feel; but omit to realise that God revealed Himself through Jesus, and...

Concisely written and richly illustrated this is the most accessible and informative book on the occult history and graphic origins of the signs, symbols, scripts and ciphers of Western Occultism.The occult art of magical writing begins in pre-history...

Sigils are symbolic icons designed for a specific magical purpose. The Christian church acknowledged the sigil as an occult device originating in astrology. Traditionally, Sigils are line diagrams representing the signature of a planetary, angelic or...

Shouldering the Lamb offers eleven meditations revolving around the ancient figure of the shepherd carrying a lamb across his shoulders. Viewing this image from many angles enables Archbishop Richard Clarke to reflect on how any carrying of another in...

Introducing a gentle but powerful and enduring spiritual pathway reconnecting humanity with Great Nature and affirming all aspects of life.

Richard Harries was serving as a soldier in Germany when he suddenly had an overwhelming sense that God was calling him to be ordained. He had virtually no religious background, but like Martin Luther, he could do no other. The Shaping of a Soul is the...

Despite modern Paganism being one of the fastest growing new religious movements in Britain and the USA, there is no up-to-date straightforward and informed introduction to modern Paganism from a Christian perspective. The Shaken Path addresses that gap.

In the turbulent 4th Century, Emperor Constantine adopted Christianity as the faith of the Empire. The Secular Gospel of Sophia examines what was lost as a result. Sophia is an accidental traveller and keen observer on the road to Nicaea and of the...