Summary: 13th century Danish spy Lars enters the tribal lands of the Baltic people, where he takes part in religious rites, cruel forays, gets high during the summer solstice, becomes the slave of Curonians and even fights for the Crusaders. Who really were the last pagans of Europe? It's a unique trip into the textures of the past and into the unknown lands of Baltic tribes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BALSummary: This stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARChamberlain, Lisa
Summary: A concise introductory guide to Wicca, covering its history and deities, the core elements of its rituals and holidays, setting up an altar, choosing the right tools, the principles of magic and spellwork, how to begin practicing, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Ethos 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.94 CHASummary: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR WICHutton, Ronald
Summary: "In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the fairy queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries. Looking closely at four main figures--Mother Earth, the Fairy Queen, the Mistress of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 202 HUTPaglia, Camille
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.03 PAGSummary: When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult's ultimate sacrificebefore he himself comes face-to-face with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2001
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2 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR WICMayhew, Julie
Summary: "For seven months of the year, the remote island of Lark is fogbound, cut off completely from the mainland. Three strangers arrive before the mists fall: Ben Hailey, a charismatic teacher looking to make his mark, teenager Viola Kendrick, and her mother, both seeking a place to hide from unspeakable tragedy. As the winter fog sets in, the presence of the newcomers looms large in this tight-knit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAYWicker, Christine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.4 WICGablé, Rebecca.
Summary: Set in northern Europe in the year 850, best friends Candamir and Osmund set out to find new land for their people after their village is attacked, but on their quest they encounter a violent storm and are washed ashore on the island of Catan where they quickly set about building a new society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AmazonCrossing 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Gable 2011Jones, Prudence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 1995
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Summary: "Connect to the enchanted mystery of trees, plants, and forests as you engage in rituals, spell work, and seasonal magic crafted by the bestselling author of Practical Magic, Nikki Van De Car. Forest Magic is a guide to befriending the mysterious and wiseguardians of our woodlands. Ancient and wise, trees and plants watch over us-sheltering us and guiding us. At the same time, it is our calling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "When Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of earthly delights is reunited with the pagans who commissioned it, a dark prophecy begins to unfold in East Salem, beginning with a savage double-murder by hellish creatures straight out of the painting itself. The lone survivor of the attack, a seventeen-year-old Brit, finds sanctuary at Tommy Gunderson's home, and the place is soon surrounded by demons who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIELyons, Sarah
Summary: Have you ever wanted to dive into the world of magic, but weren't sure where to begin? You're not alone! Knowing where to start can be mystifying, but it doesn't have to be. And How to Study Magic is the answer you've been waiting for. Inside you'll learn the basic tools of magic--from divination and meditation to cleansing and protection--before diving into the history, lore, and modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The story of True Norwegian Black Metal and its most notorious practitioners: a group of young men with a flair for publicity, church-burning, and murder: MAYHEM. Oslo, 1987. Seventeen-year-old Euronymous is determined to escape his idyllic Scandinavian hometown and create ₁true Norwegian black metal₂ with his band, MAYHEM. He's joined by equally fanatical youths - Dead and Varg. Believing that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LORShapiro, Ben
Summary: Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro argues that Western Civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas. Our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God's image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God's world. We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 SHASummary: Drawing on ancient spirituality, most pagans sum up their chosen form of worship within a modern "green" context. Some follow druidry, others wicca, while a third brand promotes the shamanism of hunter-gatherer cultures. This program sheds light on various examples of pagan devotion put forward by four observers of ancient religious rites and customs. Through straightforward explanations and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Alfred North Whitehead was among the first initiates into the twentieth century’s new cosmological story. In this newly revised and expanded edition, Segall both sets Whitehead’s philosophy of organism in historical context and brings it into conversation with key elements of contemporary scientific cosmology—including relativistic, quantum, evolutionary, and complexity theories. It lays bare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: SacraSage Press 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 192.9 SEGSummary: The Duc de Richleau and Rex Van Ryn are concerned when their young friend, Simon Aaron, is absent from their annual reunion. Upon visiting him, their suspicions are confirmed when they learn of Simon's new affiliation with a so-called 'astrological society' headed by the malevolent Mocata. Soon, the two men discover that Mocata's society is really a devil cult taking control of innocent people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR DEVHill, Simon
Summary: All the facts and advice for anyone curious about feeling and doing better through a plant-based diet. Our health is in crisis and so is our climate. What if there was a way of eating that may help us live healthier for longer and protect the future of our planet, too? The good news is that evidence now shows a plant-based diet may offer us exactly that - and straight-talking nutritionist Simon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2021
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Summary: "A town shrouded in the occult. An evil that lurks in the dark. The SCU returns in a hair-raising novel from New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper. Nellie Cavendish has very good reasons to seek out her roots, and not only because she has no memory of her mother and hardly knew the father who left her upbringing to paid caregivers. In the eight years since her twenty-first birthday, very...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HOOEhrman, Bart D.
Summary: In The Triumph of Christianity, Bart Ehrman, a master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, shows how a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries. The Triumph of Christianity combines deep knowledge and meticulous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 EHRAdams, Carol J.
Summary: Offers information to the over fifty crowd on how to switch to a vegan lifestyle, including citing the nutritional needs that change with aging, how to veganize favorite recipes, and how to discuss going vegan with friends and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2622 ADAFirth, Henry
Summary: "Do you want to go vegan but have no idea where to start? BOSH!, the pioneers of simple, delicious plant-based cooking and the guys behind the biggest vegan video channel on the web, are here to help! BOSH!: How to Live Vegan covers all aspects of vegan living from plant-based food and wine to vegan toiletries, travel, and clothes. Henry and Ian address the benefits of veganism on our health...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2019