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In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and live alone without the protection of a male guardian. Some of them even rose to rule Egypt as ‘female kings’. Joyce Tyldesley’s vivid history of how women lived in ancient Egypt weaves a fascinating picture of daily life – marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion – viewed from a female perspective, in a work that is engaging, original and constantly surprising.

Isis has a history spanning millennia and an influence stretching across land and sea. She is a Goddess who transcends time and geography, remaining one of the most popular Goddesses from the ancient world to this day. The book explores Isis' mythic journey and how she became the Goddess we recognise today. Striking a balance between the old and the new, Pagan Portals - Isis provides an historical account of her mythology and worship alongside modern Pagan perspectives and offers the reader tools for Isis' contemporary veneration.

Islam fails both individuals and societies, yet non-Muslims keep making excuses for it.As a set of ideas for the ordering of the lives of individuals and societies, Islam has proven to be a singular failure. Aside from the accident of geology that has provided them with oil wealth, Islamic states are generally economic basket cases and serial violators of human rights. All too many converts to Islam end up turning to terrorism. Yet in the face of these truths, which historian and Islam expert Robert Spencer definitively establishes here, it has become a cultural habit in the non-Muslim West to retreat into fantasies and tout glories of Islam that are more imagined than real. These widely disseminated falsehoods have created the cultural context for the fad of conversions to Islam that swept TikTok in the wake of the Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, and widely believed falsehoods regarding an Islamic Golden Age and Muslim inventions of the past. Often, these fantasies are handsomely subsidized, even government-sponsored endeavors. The Western governments that pour money into these endeavors hoping that they will lead to an eradication of “Islamophobia” are ignoring the real problem: Islam’s failure breeds fanaticism and intolerance, as Spencer explains in detail. He demonstrates that if the failure and tragedy of Islam is not faced honestly, the same pattern of societal destruction and decay that swept over much of the Islamic world will bring down Western civilization as well. Spencer’s findings will infuriate the woke and blinkered—but they will find them impossible to refute.

Acclaimed by Publishers Weekly as "a classic reference, dizzying in its breadth," this volume explores the themes underlying ancient mythology, philosophy, and religion. Hundreds of entries range from esoteric elements of Islamic and Christian history to arcane rituals practiced by Druids, Freemasons, alchemists, and other secret societies. 16 pages of color plates, 100 black-and-white illustrations.

Creating a sensation when it was first published in 1877, the first major work by the young Russian noblewoman who would found the Theosophical Society devoted 1200 pages to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology. This new edition abridged by Theosophical scholar Michael Gomes breathes fresh life into this classic of Western esoteric thinking. Stripped of its lengthy quotations from other writers and its repetitious commentary, Isis Unveiled is revealed to be a clear and readable exploration of the universal truths of the Ancient Wisdom Tradition by one of the most remarkable women of modern times.

Awaken your magic under the wings of the great Egyptian goddess Isis with this expanded 25th-Anniversary Collector’s Edition. For 25 years, Isis Magic has been thecomprehensive guide to a powerful, devotional relationship with Isis.This special edition offers even more, including new rituals, prayers,invocations, and meditations, making it an essential Isis resource nowand for the future.First, Isis Magic details Isis’ rich history andmultifaceted nature—from ancient Bird of Prey Goddess, Eternal Mother,and Mighty Magician to Mystery Goddess and Lady of Hermetic Wisdom.Then, enter the House of Isis to experience Her magic firsthand: • Take a fourfold initiatory journey into Her Mysteries • Discoverrites & practices to develop & deepen your relationship • Newprayers, devotions & rituals for solitary practitioners • Updated text& additional gender-neutral terms ensure relevance for all seekersDeeply inspired by ancient Egyptian tradition, yet designed for today’s practitioners, Isis Magic provides a hands-on guide to invoking Isis’ wisdom and love, and growing your magical practice.Whether you’re new to Isisor have long walked Her path, whether you’re solitary or in a group,this extraordinary book will inspire your living relationship with theGoddess of 10,000 names.

Genom att knyta an till familjerötterna ökar känslan av sammanhang i livet. Denise Linn vägleder oss till att finna det unika i vårt familjearv, men också att identifiera och balansera dess negativa effekter så att misstagen från det förflutna inte förs vidare till dem som ska komma efter oss. I nedstigande led är en mall för kommande tider. Genom att följa de många praktiska idéerna i boken kan vi skapa ett förbund baserat på hopp, kärlek och glädje, som kan föras vidare genom generationerna – och in i framtiden. I en tid av föränderliga traditioner och familjestrukturer är temat aktuellt, och boken presenterar ett sätt att tänka på sitt förflutna som passar nutidsmänniskan. Vi förvaltar alla ett släktgods bestående av begåvning, talanger och livsmål. Vi står alla främst i ledet av en lång rad människor som vi kan vara stolta över; våra anfäder och anmödrar. Vad vet du egentligen om dina? "I varje övervägande vi gör, måste vi överväga effekterna av våra beslut på näskommande sju generationer" Grundprinciperna för American Indian Iroquis Confederacy

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS, many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger mechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds'' version of the technical. Before US air power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds'' most powerful and mobile weapons. Co-written by a British volunteer who fought with the Kurds and an academic expert on armoured warfare, this study explains how the Kurds built and used their AFVs in the war against ''Daesh'', and identifies as far as possible which vehicles took part in major battles, such as Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa. With detailed new artwork depicting the Kurds'' range of armour and many previously unpublished photos, this is an original and fascinating look at modern improvised mechanized warfare.

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab world’s greatest writers, tells the story of the formative years which shaped an iconic voice in global feminism. In poignant and moving prose we learn about her relationships with her family, her traumatic experience of female genital mutilation at seven years old and escaping suitors at ten and her journey from the rural Egyptian village of her birth to metropolitan Cairo to study medicine. Filled with warmth as well as critical reflection, this book reveals the early years of a remarkable life dedicated to the fight for justice and equality.

Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B.C. and extended at least until the fifth century A.D. throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan and Portugal, the Black Sea and northern England. The first study to document the extent and complexity of the cult's influence on Graeco-Roman and early Christian culture, R. E. Witt's acclaimed Isis in the Ancient World is now available in paperback.

Egyptisk visdom och magi i vackert illustrerad bok! Den egyptiska visdomstraditionen är en av de allra rikaste och mest fascinerande. Myter, mystik, magi, healing, andlig upplysning, amuletter och heliga platser och ritualer. Den egyptiska visdomstraditionen erbjuder precis allt man kan önska sig! I den underbart illustrerade boken Isis hemlighet får du lära dig allt om en av världens äldsta andliga traditioner och hur du kan använda denna fantastiska visdom för att skapa helhet och hälsa i ditt eget liv. Ur innehållet i Isis hemlighet: * Det eviga livet – den forntida egyptiska världsbilden * Magiska välsignelser för att skapa välgång och hälsa * Få svar på dina frågor och se in i framtiden med hjälp av det egyptiska visdomsoraklet * Läs om präster, magiker och orakel * Läs om mumifiering och pyramider * Så gick de magiska ceremonierna och ritualerna till * Så använder du amuletter för att skydda dig mot olycka och för att attrahera lycka, hälsa och kärlek * Läs om de uråldriga örterna och växterna som helar * Läs om de egyptiska gudarna och gudinnorna och om hur de kan hjälpa dig att få kontakt med din högre visdom och skapa positiva förändringar i ditt liv * Särskilda övningar inspirerade av den forntida egyptiska visdomstradition som hjälper dig att skapa helhet, hälsa och få andlig insikt * Spännande berättelser ur den forntida egyptiska mytologin * Boken är rikt illustrerad med underbara bilder.

Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, this book shows that the aesthetics and politics of the Islamic State is “futurist.” ISIS overcomes postmodern pessimism and joins the modern, techno-oriented, and optimistic attitude propagated by Italian Futurism in the early twentieth century. The Islamic State does not only excel through the extensive use of high-tech weapons, social media, commercial bot, and automated text systems. By putting forward the presence of speeding cars and tanks, mobile phones, and computers, ISIS presents jihad life as connected to modern urban culture. Futurism praised violence as a means of leaving behind imitations of the past in order to project itself most efficiently into the future. A profound sense of crisis produces in both Futurism and jihadism a nihilistic attitude toward the present state of society that will be overcome through an exaltation of technology. Futurists were opposed to parliamentary democracy and sympathized with nationalism and colonialism. ISIS jihadism suggests a similarly curious combination of modernism and conservative values. The most obvious modern characteristic of this new image of fundamentalism is the highly aestheticized recruiting material.

The first major book on ISIS to be published since the group exploded on the international stage in summer 2014.Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, Stern and Berger outline the origins of ISIS as the formidable terrorist group it has quickly become.‘State of Terror’ delves into the ‘ghoulish pornography’ of pro-jihadi videos, the seductive appeal of ‘jihadi chic’ and the startling effectiveness of the Islamic State’s use of social media as a means of luring and recruiting citizens from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and France—using recent examples such as Douglas McCain, the American citizen from Minnesota who joined ISIS and died in combat fighting on the side of the Islamic State.Although the picture Stern and Berger paint is bleak, ‘State of Terror’ also offers well-informed thoughts on potential government responses to ISIS – most importantly, emphasizing that we must alter our present conceptions of terrorism and react to the rapidly changing jihadi landscape, both online and off, as quickly as the terrorists do. ‘State of Terror: Jihad in the 21st Century’ is not only a compelling account of the evolution of a terrorist organization, but also a necessary book that attempts to answer the question of what our next move – as a country, as a government, as the world – should be.

This book offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State's use of propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences, and using rigorous methods, the authors trace the origins of the Islamic State's message, laying bare the strategic logic guiding its evolution, examining each of its multi-media components, and showing how these elements work together to radicalize audiences' worldviews. This volume highlights the challenges that this sort of "full-spectrum propaganda" raises for counter terrorism forces. It is not only a one-stop resource for any analyst of IS and Salafi-jihadism, but also a rich contribution to the study of text and visual propaganda, radicalization and political violence, and international security.

How should we understand ISIS today? Despite its territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria in 2019, ISIS has evolved and expanded globally. This book is the most comprehensive study of ISIS to date, benefitting from Arabic sources previously unavailable to an English-speaking audience. Renowned scholar and political philosopher, Azmi Bishara, stresses the need to place ISIS in its historical, social and political context - rather than primarily its Salafi ideology - in order to understand its rise and expansion. The book explains ISIS in terms of both historical and recent political events, including the Six-Day War of 1967, the decline of Arab nationalism, sectarian politics, the outbreak of civil war in Iraq and Syria and the decline of the central state. The book counters the view of some Western researchers that a Sunni environment was conducive to ISIS’s control in Syria and Iraq and also separates the rise of the organization from its exploitation of religious texts. The final chapter defends Islamic civilization against those who hold Islam responsible for ISIS ideology by reviewing and deconstructing significant jihadi Salafi texts and showing the extent to which Salafi thought departs from Islamic thought and culture.

In May 2013, freelance photographer Daniel Rye was captured in Syria and held prisoner by Islamic State for thirteen months, along with eighteen other hostages. The ISIS Hostage tells the dramatic and heart-breaking story of Daniel's ordeal and details the misery inflicted upon him by the British guards, which included Jihadi John.This tense and riveting account also follows Daniel's family and the nerve-wracking negotiations with his kidnappers. It traces their horrifying journey through impossible dilemmas and offers a rare glimpse into the secret world of the investigation launched to locate and free not only Daniel, but also the American journalist and fellow hostage James Foley.Written with Daniel's full cooperation and based on interviews with former fellow prisoners, jihadists and key figures who worked behind the scenes to secure his release, The ISIS Hostage reveals for the first time the torment suffered by the captives and tells a moving and terrifying story of friendship, torture and survival.