50 Books like The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

Paperbacks from Hell

by Grady Hendrix • 2017

How three bestsellers made horror paperbacks a satanic, killer kid gold rush, then it imploded.

4.26

12k+

💀 Horror Fiction 📚 Publishing History 🎨 Cover Art 👹 Satanic Panic 🕯️ Gothic Romance

Paperbacks from Hell 90%

How three bestsellers made horror paperbacks a satanic, killer kid gold rush, then it imploded.

by Grady Hendrix 2017

4.26

12k+ ratings

💀 Horror Fiction 📚 Publishing History 🎨 Cover Art 👹 Satanic Panic 🕯️ Gothic Romance

A Dark Muse

by Gary Lachman • 2003

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

3.76

235

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival 🎨 Art And The Occult ⚗️ Hermeticism

A Dark Muse 89%

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

by Gary Lachman 2003

3.76

235 ratings

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival 🎨 Art And The Occult ⚗️ Hermeticism

Isis Unveiled

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1877

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

4.05

1k+

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism 🕎 Kabbalah 🔯 Theosophy

Isis Unveiled 89%

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism 🕎 Kabbalah 🔯 Theosophy

Unexplained

by Richard MacLean Smith • 2018

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

3.58

2k+

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Digital Folklore

Unexplained 89%

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

by Richard MacLean Smith 2018

3.58

2k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Digital Folklore

Dark Star Rising

by Gary Lachman • 2018

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

3.85

517

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic 🧠 New Thought 🏛️ Traditionalism

Dark Star Rising 89%

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

by Gary Lachman 2018

3.85

517 ratings

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic 🧠 New Thought 🏛️ Traditionalism

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 89%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

by Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge 88%

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

by Johnson Smith & Company 1910

3.44

471 ratings

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

by Suzannah Lipscomb • 2020

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

4.02

1k+

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult Summary

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult 88%

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

by Suzannah Lipscomb 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

The Atlantis Blueprint

by Rand Flem-Ath • 2000

Ancient maps of an ice-free Antarctica point to a lost civilization that once surveyed the globe.

3.81

574

📜 Lost Civilizations 🌊 Pole Shift Theory 📐 Sacred Geometry 🗺️ Ancient Cartography 🏛️ Alternative Archaeology

The Atlantis Blueprint 88%

Ancient maps of an ice-free Antarctica point to a lost civilization that once surveyed the globe.

by Rand Flem-Ath 2000

3.81

574 ratings

📜 Lost Civilizations 🌊 Pole Shift Theory 📐 Sacred Geometry 🗺️ Ancient Cartography 🏛️ Alternative Archaeology

Ghost Hunting

by Jason Hawes • 2007

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

3.86

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

Ghost Hunting 88%

A Ouija board opened the door to a demon. The ghost hunters who had to close it.

by Jason Hawes 2007

3.86

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Paranormal Skepticism 👊 Poltergeist Activity 🗣️ Spirit Communication 🧸 Haunted Objects

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

4k+

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Simpsons and Philosophy 88%

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

by William Irwin 2001

3.45

4k+ ratings

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

by Thomas Ligotti • 2011

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

4.01

10k+

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 👾 Weird Fiction Criticism

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 88%

Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.

by Thomas Ligotti 2011

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖤 Philosophical Pessimism 🚫 Antinatalism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💀 Death Anxiety 👾 Weird Fiction Criticism

Beyond the Robot

by Gary Lachman • 2016

A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.

4.42

109

🧠 Intellectual Biography 📚 Existential Philosophy 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌱 Human Potential 🔍 Phenomenology

Beyond the Robot 88%

A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.

by Gary Lachman 2016

4.42

109 ratings

🧠 Intellectual Biography 📚 Existential Philosophy 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🌱 Human Potential 🔍 Phenomenology

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

3.92

260

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Beyond the Occult 88%

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Atlantis

by Ignatius L. Donnelly • 1882

The case that a sunken Atlantic continent was the single source of all ancient civilization.

3.67

701

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 📖 Comparative Mythology 🔮 Alternative History 🌊 Flood Myths 🌍 Hyperdiffusionism

Atlantis 88%

The case that a sunken Atlantic continent was the single source of all ancient civilization.

by Ignatius L. Donnelly 1882

3.67

701 ratings

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 📖 Comparative Mythology 🔮 Alternative History 🌊 Flood Myths 🌍 Hyperdiffusionism

Ghosts

by Roger Clarke • 2012

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

3.54

1k+

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Ghosts 88%

Ghosts have a natural history: five centuries of sightings show how the dead reflect the living.

by Roger Clarke 2012

3.54

1k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal History 🔎 Skeptical Inquiry 🕯️ Spiritualism 🎭 Ghost Hoaxes 💥 Poltergeist Cases

Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1 of 2

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 2018

Modern labs trip over facts ancient priests mapped millennia ago. The manual was never wrong.

4.02

122

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion 🌟 Western Esotericism 🏺 Ancient Wisdom 🔬 Spiritual Science

Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1 of 2 88%

Modern labs trip over facts ancient priests mapped millennia ago. The manual was never wrong.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 2018

4.02

122 ratings

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion 🌟 Western Esotericism 🏺 Ancient Wisdom 🔬 Spiritual Science

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter • 1977

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

4.06

17k+

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

J.R.R. Tolkien 88%

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977

4.06

17k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

Madame Blavatsky

by Gary Lachman • 2012

She channeled hidden teachers, survived a fraud scandal, and accidentally began the New Age.

3.82

260

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🔮 Modern Occultism 📜 Theosophy 📖 Spiritual Biography 🏛️ Esoteric History

Madame Blavatsky 88%

She channeled hidden teachers, survived a fraud scandal, and accidentally began the New Age.

by Gary Lachman 2012

3.82

260 ratings

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🔮 Modern Occultism 📜 Theosophy 📖 Spiritual Biography 🏛️ Esoteric History

Awake!

by Mark Vernon • 2025

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

4.35

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing 🔗 Enlightenment Critique ✨ Sacred Imagination

Awake! 88%

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

by Mark Vernon 2025

4.35

60 ratings

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing 🔗 Enlightenment Critique ✨ Sacred Imagination

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell • 1972

A scholar traced one story pattern through every myth on earth, and Hollywood never looked back.

4.12

46k+

🔍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Story Archetypes ⚔️ Heroic Archetypes 🕉️ Comparative Religion

The Hero with a Thousand Faces 88%

A scholar traced one story pattern through every myth on earth, and Hollywood never looked back.

by Joseph Campbell 1972

4.12

46k+ ratings

🔍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Story Archetypes ⚔️ Heroic Archetypes 🕉️ Comparative Religion

The Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1971

Magic is a manual for waking a latent human faculty that sharpens all of reality.

3.91

2k+

🗝️ Western Esotericism 📜 History Of Magic 🌑 Modern Occultism 🧬 Latent Human Potential 👁️ Psychic Phenomena

The Occult 88%

Magic is a manual for waking a latent human faculty that sharpens all of reality.

by Colin Wilson 1971

3.91

2k+ ratings

🗝️ Western Esotericism 📜 History Of Magic 🌑 Modern Occultism 🧬 Latent Human Potential 👁️ Psychic Phenomena

The Outsider

by Colin Wilson • 1956

The outsider feels reality too sharply to accept ordinary life. That crisis destroys, or awakens.

4.03

5k+

🧠 Existential Philosophy 📚 Literary Criticism 🏚️ Modern Alienation 🎭 Divided Self 👁️ Visionary Consciousness

The Outsider 88%

The outsider feels reality too sharply to accept ordinary life. That crisis destroys, or awakens.

by Colin Wilson 1956

4.03

5k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Philosophy 📚 Literary Criticism 🏚️ Modern Alienation 🎭 Divided Self 👁️ Visionary Consciousness

The War for Middle-earth

by Joseph Loconte • 2025

Tolkien and Lewis fought totalitarianism with fantasy: a war waged by hobbits and wardrobes.

4.45

465

👥 Literary Circles 🎖️ World War I Trauma ✝️ Christian Imagination 🖋️ The Inklings 📚 World War Ii Literature

The War for Middle-earth 88%

Tolkien and Lewis fought totalitarianism with fantasy: a war waged by hobbits and wardrobes.

by Joseph Loconte 2025

4.45

465 ratings

👥 Literary Circles 🎖️ World War I Trauma ✝️ Christian Imagination 🖋️ The Inklings 📚 World War Ii Literature

Killing the Witches

by Bill O'Reilly • 2023

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

3.62

17k+

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Religious Persecution 📜 Puritanism

Killing the Witches 88%

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

by Bill O'Reilly 2023

3.62

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Religious Persecution 📜 Puritanism

Dimensions

by Jacques F. Vallée • 1988

UFOs are not spaceships but a belief-shaping mechanism; the contradictions are the message.

4.22

877

🛸 Ufology 📖 Fortean 👽 Alien Contact 📚 Comparative Mythology 🕰️ Historical Anomalies

Dimensions 87%

UFOs are not spaceships but a belief-shaping mechanism; the contradictions are the message.

by Jacques F. Vallée 1988

4.22

877 ratings

🛸 Ufology 📖 Fortean 👽 Alien Contact 📚 Comparative Mythology 🕰️ Historical Anomalies

Why Read Moby-Dick?

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2010

The whale is America: a historian on why Moby-Dick is the novel our present moment demands.

3.78

5k+

🇺🇸 American Literature 🎭 Tragic Obsession 🔍 Literary Analysis 🦅 American Identity 🌊 Existential Literature

Why Read Moby-Dick? 87%

The whale is America: a historian on why Moby-Dick is the novel our present moment demands.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010

3.78

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Literature 🎭 Tragic Obsession 🔍 Literary Analysis 🦅 American Identity 🌊 Existential Literature

Authors of the Impossible

by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2010

Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.

4.15

289

🔮 Psychical Research 💡 History Of Ideas 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Depth Psychology 👥 Sociology Of Belief

Authors of the Impossible 87%

Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.

by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010

4.15

289 ratings

🔮 Psychical Research 💡 History Of Ideas 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌊 Depth Psychology 👥 Sociology Of Belief

Mysteries

by Colin Wilson • 1978

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

4.10

494

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum 🌍 Earth Energies ⏳ Precognition

Mysteries 87%

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

by Colin Wilson 1978

4.10

494 ratings

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum 🌍 Earth Energies ⏳ Precognition

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

by Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

3.91

299

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 87%

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

by Andrew Lycett 2007

3.91

299 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination

by Gary Lachman • 2017

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

4.25

246

🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition 🌿 Romantic Science 🏛️ Perennial Philosophy

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary

Lost Knowledge of the Imagination 87%

Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.

by Gary Lachman 2017

4.25

246 ratings

🌐 Western Esotericism 🔍 Modes Of Knowing 💭 Imagination As Cognition 🌿 Romantic Science 🏛️ Perennial Philosophy

The Misfits

by Colin Wilson • 1988

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

3.69

121

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History 📚 Literary Criticism 🧍 Existential Psychology

The Misfits 87%

De Sade, Byron, and the 'perverts' who followed weren't just deviants but mystics chasing intensity.

by Colin Wilson 1988

3.69

121 ratings

🔗 Sexual Deviance 🧠 Philosophy Of Sex 📜 Cultural History 📚 Literary Criticism 🧍 Existential Psychology

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

by Stephen Rebello • 1990

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

3.91

2k+

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Summary

Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho 87%

Bored with his own glamour, Hitchcock gambled his fortune on a cheap psycho thriller and won.

by Stephen Rebello 1990

3.91

2k+ ratings

🎬 Film Production 🔪 Horror Cinema 🧠 Psychological Horror 🎞️ Auteur Theory 🖤 True Crime Origins

Chasing Ghosts

by Marc Hartzman • 2021

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

3.54

392

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔦 Paranormal Investigation 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places

Chasing Ghosts 87%

Séances, spirit photos, ghost-hunting gadgets: every era invents a new way to reach the dead.

by Marc Hartzman 2021

3.54

392 ratings

🏚️ Ghost Lore 📞 Spiritualism History 🔦 Paranormal Investigation 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry 👻 Haunted Places

A Methodology of Possession

by James Ellis • 2020

Enlightenment as possession: a philosopher's ritual journey beyond self, time, and the human.

3.62

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⏩ Accelerationism 🔮 Occult Philosophy 🚫 Antihumanism 🌐 Speculative Realism

A Methodology of Possession 87%

Enlightenment as possession: a philosopher's ritual journey beyond self, time, and the human.

by James Ellis 2020

3.62

81 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⏩ Accelerationism 🔮 Occult Philosophy 🚫 Antihumanism 🌐 Speculative Realism

Indiana Jones and Philosophy

by Dean Kowalski • 2023

Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.

3.71

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🎥 Film Philosophy 🏛️ Cultural Heritage 🧠 Applied Philosophy 🗺️ Adventure Cinema

Indiana Jones and Philosophy 87%

Beneath the fedora: a philosophy seminar on heroism, faith, aging, and who really owns the past.

by Dean Kowalski 2023

3.71

21 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🎥 Film Philosophy 🏛️ Cultural Heritage 🧠 Applied Philosophy 🗺️ Adventure Cinema

The Lonely Voice

by Frank O'Connor • 1961

The short story speaks for the outsider the novel was never built to see.

3.89

246

📐 Short Story Theory ✍️ Writers On Writing 🔨 Craft Of Fiction 🌿 Outsider Narratives 💔 Literary Loneliness

The Lonely Voice 87%

The short story speaks for the outsider the novel was never built to see.

by Frank O'Connor 1961

3.89

246 ratings

📐 Short Story Theory ✍️ Writers On Writing 🔨 Craft Of Fiction 🌿 Outsider Narratives 💔 Literary Loneliness

Ghostland

by Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

3.73

11k+

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland 87%

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

by Colin Dickey 2016

3.73

11k+ ratings

🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

by Gary Lachman • 2015

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

4.31

235

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism 🌌 Gnostic Traditions ⚗️ Alchemical Inner Work

The Secret Teachers of the Western World Summary

The Secret Teachers of the Western World 87%

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

by Gary Lachman 2015

4.31

235 ratings

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism 🌌 Gnostic Traditions ⚗️ Alchemical Inner Work

Bandersnatch

by Diana Pavlac Glyer • 2016

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

4.28

1k+

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History 🗣️ Peer Critique 🏛️ Oxford Writers

Bandersnatch 87%

Ruthless critique and a wager over pints: the creative collision that built Middle-earth and Narnia.

by Diana Pavlac Glyer 2016

4.28

1k+ ratings

🤝 Creative Collaboration 📖 Literary Biography 🍻 Inklings History 🗣️ Peer Critique 🏛️ Oxford Writers

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

4.13

2k+

🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

Ideas Have Consequences 87%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

Glimpses of World History

by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1934

From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.

4.32

2k+

✊ Anti-Imperialist History 🌍 World History Survey 🏛️ Comparative Civilizations 🔒 Prison Writing 📜 Rise And Fall Of Empires

Glimpses of World History 87%

From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.

by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934

4.32

2k+ ratings

✊ Anti-Imperialist History 🌍 World History Survey 🏛️ Comparative Civilizations 🔒 Prison Writing 📜 Rise And Fall Of Empires

Thee Psychick Bible

by Genesis P-Orridge • 1994

An occult bible built on sexual fluids, industrial noise, and the belief that time itself is god.

4.14

444

🌀 Chaos Magick ✍️ Sigil Magick 🏭 Industrial Culture 🧠 Radical Deconditioning 🌈 Queer Spirituality

Thee Psychick Bible 87%

An occult bible built on sexual fluids, industrial noise, and the belief that time itself is god.

by Genesis P-Orridge 1994

4.14

444 ratings

🌀 Chaos Magick ✍️ Sigil Magick 🏭 Industrial Culture 🧠 Radical Deconditioning 🌈 Queer Spirituality

The Teachings of Don Juan

by Carlos Castaneda • 1968

Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.

3.93

46k+

🧭 Shamanic Apprenticeship 🍄 Entheogenic Traditions 🌀 Altered States 🦅 Toltec Wisdom ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior

The Teachings of Don Juan 87%

Yaqui sorcerer's lessons: knowledge as warfare, peyote as guide, and seeing energy as ultimate aim.

by Carlos Castaneda 1968

3.93

46k+ ratings

🧭 Shamanic Apprenticeship 🍄 Entheogenic Traditions 🌀 Altered States 🦅 Toltec Wisdom ⚔️ Spiritual Warrior

The Secret Destiny of America

by Manly P. Hall • 1944

A secret order spent millennia planning one nation. Its symbols are still on your money.

4.10

740

📜 Esoteric History 🇺🇸 American Civil Religion 🕯️ Secret Societies 👁️ Esoteric Symbolism 🔮 Theosophy

The Secret Destiny of America 87%

A secret order spent millennia planning one nation. Its symbols are still on your money.

by Manly P. Hall 1944

4.10

740 ratings

📜 Esoteric History 🇺🇸 American Civil Religion 🕯️ Secret Societies 👁️ Esoteric Symbolism 🔮 Theosophy

10 Books That Screwed Up the World

by Benjamin Wiker • 2008

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

3.43

1k+

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary

10 Books That Screwed Up the World 87%

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

by Benjamin Wiker 2008

3.43

1k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

Nightmare Fuel

by Nina Nesseth • 2022

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

3.82

1k+

🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

Nightmare Fuel 87%

What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.

by Nina Nesseth 2022

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎬 Horror Cinema 🧠 Neuroscience Of Fear 😰 Cultural Anxieties 🔬 Pop Science 📖 Genre Studies

When the Sky Fell

by Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

3.92

278

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism 📖 Myth As History 🗿 Ancient Anomalies

When the Sky Fell 87%

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

by Rand Flem-Ath 1995

3.92

278 ratings

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism 📖 Myth As History 🗿 Ancient Anomalies

The Synchronicity Key

by David Wilcock • 2012

Rome and America share a 2,160-year cycle; Joan of Arc and 1968 Paris share 539.

3.94

1k+

🧩 Jungian Psychology 🔮 Synchronicity ♻️ Reincarnation Studies 🔄 Historical Cycles 🕸️ Interconnectedness

The Synchronicity Key 87%

Rome and America share a 2,160-year cycle; Joan of Arc and 1968 Paris share 539.

by David Wilcock 2012

3.94

1k+ ratings

🧩 Jungian Psychology 🔮 Synchronicity ♻️ Reincarnation Studies 🔄 Historical Cycles 🕸️ Interconnectedness

Swedenborg

by Gary Lachman • 2012

A scientist catalogued heaven and hell like a naturalist. Then Kant took him seriously.

3.90

118

🕯️ Western Esotericism ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧠 Altered States 👻 Afterlife Studies 🔣 Sacred Symbolism

Swedenborg 87%

A scientist catalogued heaven and hell like a naturalist. Then Kant took him seriously.

by Gary Lachman 2012

3.90

118 ratings

🕯️ Western Esotericism ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧠 Altered States 👻 Afterlife Studies 🔣 Sacred Symbolism

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