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"How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet. One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep-like so many of us feeling anxious and alienated, deeply exhausted yet restless. Amid the suffocating stream of daily obligations, the clamor of notifications and increasingly dismal headlines, she longed for a way to rise above the frenzy, for a...

Zen monk Jikisai Minami takes the things we are supposed to strive for and turns them on their head. The 35 short, thought-provoking essays in this book are divided into four chapters about our sense of self, our hopes and dreams, our personal relationships and how to face death. Each essay begins with a deliberately controversial point of view to help us look at life's problems through fresh eyes. Each chapter features a number of short, thought-provoking...

Take a journey around the globe with director Peter Rodger, as he meets people from all walks of life - from celebrities to the religious, to atheists and the common Man – and asks them the question: "What is God?”, with profound results.

Meet the best-known and most influential occultist of the 20th century, Aleister Crowley, the self-proclaimed Great Beast 666.

In this introductory episode, you will consider what the occult really is and how occult practices seek to alter our everyday perspective.

Explore a wide array of subjects and experiences that fall under the umbrella of the occult and stretch from the ancient world to the 21st century.

Dive into the seedier side of the occult with a look at the superstitions, symbolism, and nefarious deeds that have helped stigmatize occult practices over the centuries.

As you examine numerous cultures and practices from around the ancient world, consider practices like human sacrifice, effigies, magic spells, divination, and thaumaturgy.

Occultism posits a hidden world inhabited by intelligent beings that we don't typically encounter in our lives. Consider these various "others" and their role in cultures around the world.

Explore the surprising connection between the occult and another unexplainable mystery of the universe that began to take hold of the imagination in the mid-20th century: UFOs.