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
