The book of myths
The book of myths
- About this book
- Chapter 1. Inuit
- Cautions
- She who had suffered
- Multiple souls
- Rituals
- Possessors of spirit
- Spirits understand the joke
- Chapter 2. Imperialism
- Discovery
- Noble savage
- Permanence and peak
- Ancestral greatness
- American dream
- Divine intervention
- Manifest destiny
- Tribalism
- Racism
- Capitalism and socialism
- Chapter 3. Hindu
- Brahma
- Shiva
- Vishnu
- Maya
- Chapter 4. Jewish mysticism
- Kabbala
- Ezekiel’s chariot
- Merkabah
- The secret names of God
- Chapter 5. Lost cities
- Machu Picchu
- Troy
- El Dorado
- Petra
- Shangri-La
- Atlantis
- Chapter 6. Romani
- Divination
- Fortune telling
- Curses and blessings
- Gypsy shuvani
- Channelling spirits
- Chapter 7. Catholic
- Ex cathedra
- Godlike
- Beatific vision
- Virgin birth
- Noah’s ark
- Selling indulgences
- Angels
- Chapter 8. New Age
- Channeling
- A Course in Miracles
- Alternative medicine
- Esotericism
- Wicca
- Masters of the Ancient Wisdom
- The Age of Aquarius
- Chapter 9. Norse
- Roles
- Ymir in Ginunngagap
- Ask and Embla
- Euhemerism
- Chapter 10. Japanese
- Myth, prehistory, royalty
- Peaches
- Shinto spirits
- Seven lucky gods
- Worship
- Purification
- Chapter 11. Arthurian
- Holy Grail
- King Arthur
- Fisher King
- Knights of the Round Table
- Chapter 12. Egyptian
- The order of the universe
- Weighing your heart
- Soul
- The myth of Osiris
- Chapter 13. Polynesia
- Trickster hero (Māui)
- Ghosts
- Chapter 14. Aztec
- Duality (Ometeotl)
- Fire and time (Xiuhtecuhtli)
- Human sacrifice
- Chapter 15. Greek
- Prometheus
- Pandora
- Heracles
- Ages of man
- Chapter 16. Sikh
- Hair
- Kirpan
- Māyā (worldly illusion)
- Chapter 17. Chinese
- Monkey King
- Goddess of the moon
- Chapter 18. Hoodoo
- Conjure rituals
- Supernatural
- What you need
- Haint blue
- Chapter 19. Korean
- Foundations of the states
- Shamans
- Gods of earth
- Chapter 20. Sān
- Dance trance
- Rock art
- Pattern
- Chapter 21. Santería
- Your Orisha
- Syncretism
- Healing
- Chapter 22. Rapa Nui
- Mo’ai
- Clans
- Spirits in things
- Chapter 23. Slav
- Ancient Slavic faith
- Our ancestors
- Perun
- Jutrobog