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A collection of cartoons provides a humorous look at life, including a trip to the Planet of the Moms, a society with a caste system of dudes and geeks, and a glimpse at Madonna's childhood.

"Fortunetelling has been carried throughout the world by the wandering Gypsy people. Raymond Buckland, himself of Romani blood, has produced in Secrets of Gypsy Fortunetelling, a comprehensive and responsible guide to this intriguing, mysterious art."--Peter Ingram, The Romany Folklore Museum, Selbourne, Hampshire, England
"The author was taught the various methods of fortunetelling by his Gypsy grandparents and by other Gypsies. He has distilled this knowledge into a concise and easy to follow guide and thereby provided a useful addition to the Gypsiologist's library on a subject with has previously received very little attention."--Jennifer M. Boyd-Cropley, Cottage Books
Obscure Romani secrets of fortunetelling are revealed in this book for the first time. Learn how to use the methods of the Gypsy fortunetellers to answer questions and foretell your own future.

In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture.

Gibran's great work, The Prophet, was originally intended as part of a trilogy. The Garden of the Prophet was to be a companion volume.
First published posthumously in 1933, this is the book Gibran was working on in the years leading up to his untimely death. Barbara Young, Gibran's friend, secretary and amanuensis, edited the book by applying the same framework--that is to say the nine disciples asking questions--as was used in The Prophet. Whereas the first book dealt with man's relationship with man, however, this volume centres on man's relationship with nature.
The Garden of the Prophet begins with Almustafa returned home to the isle of his birth. Overcome by 'the sadness of memory' he retires to his family burial ground, but after some weeks of solitude there, he opens the gate, and once more offers a crop of inspirational answers to his companions' entreaties.
Resonating with the humanity and compassion of its author, The Garden of the Prophet is rich in the poet's insights on the nature of wisdom, time, loneliness and God.

When Charles Godfrey Leland published Aradia at the end of the nineteenth century he did not realize that he was providing the key source-book which would be the missing link between ancient and modern witchcraft. Indeed, this book was the foundation upon which Gerald Gardner built his revival in the 1940s and '50s. Not only did Aradia inspire Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente, and the other founders/revivers of twentieth century neopagan witchcraft, it continues to serve as a reference, check point and inspiration for others.
"Probably the first major influence (on the lineage of modern witchcraft) in relatively modern times is that of Charles Godfrey Leland" said Doreen Valiente. When Gardner gave her the responsibility for rewriting some of their coven's key rituals, she took Leland's translation of Aradia and, using it for inspiration, wrote the now standard version of the "Charge of the Goddess" which is one of the most important rituals in modern Wicca.
At this one hundredth anniversary of its first publication, Aradia continues forward, valued even today by the wisest followers of the "new" old religion.