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What is the secret meaning of alchemical symbolism? Why was the Royal Art kept secret for so long? Could ancient mages really turn molten lead into gold with a mere pinch of the Philosopher’s Stone? Alchemy is perhaps the last true magical art to survive the ravages of the modern world. In this book laboratory alchemist Guy Ogilvy initiates the reader into some of the key concepts and practices of this extraordinary field of study. With extensive appendices.

Venus draws a beautiful pentagram around Earth every eight years. Jupiter’s two largest moons draw a perfect four-fold flower. The Planets grandly play out a slow Music of the Spheres. Is there a secret structure hidden in the Solar System? Packed with great illustrations and serious research from many sources, this bestselling little book by ancient sciences boffin John Martineau will instantly retune your cosmological circuits to the the primary patterns behind Life, the Universe and Everything.

Need a boost? Feeling a bit sickly? Try some herbs! Camping in a field? Cooking in a wood? Fallen off your bike? Can’t shake off the cough? Itch? Headache? Heal yourself! Many of the common plants around you are powerful medicines. In this simple and useful book of herbs and potions, renowned hedgewitch Glennie Kindred shares her essential natural medicine cabinet for the first time, packing these small pages with ancient potions and lotions, salves, ointments, and simple country wisdom. An essential introductory survival and reference guide.

Is there a secret language all around us? What’s so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? How can there be something sixy about circles? Lavishly illustrated by the author, this small introduction to one of the oldest and most widespread subjects on Earth will forever change the way you look at a triangle, arch, church window, fabric design, graphic or spiral.

Why is five associated with life? How come come circles are so sixy? What has eleven got to do with the mile? This little book delves into the secret qualities of quantities and is essential reading for philosophers, mathemagicians and wizards of all ages. With a detailed page-by-page examination of the numbers from 0 to 12 it also examines Gnomons, Cosmic Numbers, Magic Squares and the numerology of Games. With extensive appendices, this is a timeless gem for people of all professions and ages.

What is everything around us made of, and how did it get there? What arcane secrets hide in the modern alchemist’s laboratory? Is there a hidden order in matter itself, known only to a select few? You hold in your hands the smallest guide to the building blocks of the universe ever assembled on Earth. Let Matt Tweed take you on a lightening tour of things small, things invisible, and some things so minute and strange that no scientist is sure if they actually exist.

Ever since mankind first began to count, people have clocked days, moons and years, tried to make sense of them in terms of each other, and formed calendars to order their lives. Then, not so very long ago, the Maya made an amazing leap, and included the visible planets too. In this tiny recycled guide to ancient calendars, Geoff Stray explains the difference between lunar and solar calendars, the importance of precession, and why the Maya thought the current era would end in December 2012.

What is the difference between an amulet and a charm? When would be the right time to make a talisman? And, if you absolutely had to, how would you cast a spell? In this unique little book, scholar Marian Green unravels the complex web of associations and correspondences which form the backbone of the Western magical arts. Packed with rare illustrations and useful tables, there is no better volume for the modern travelling magician.

Lost in space? Muddling your quasars and your superclusters? Wondering how everything got where it is? Where it’s all going to? Could the physicists really have got it all wrong? Again? Is our galaxy just a muscle cell in the leg of a large beetle? You are holding this planet’s only non-glossy pocket recycled guide to the universe. Packed with fascinating facts and useful diagrams, space cat Matt Tweed takes you on a trip through time and space. You’ll never look at the night sky in quite the same way again.