In The Company Of Demons

Author : Armando Maggi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226501299
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Company of Demons written by Armando Maggi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-05-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the familiar spirits of classical culture and what is their relationship to Christian demons? In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all classical deities, semi-gods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates.But with In the Company of Demons, the world’s leading demonologist Armando Maggi argues that the great thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures or spiritual bodies. Maggi leads us straight to the heart of what Italian Renaissance culture thought familiar spirits were. Through close readings of Giovan Francesco Pico della Mirandola, Strozzi Cigogna, Pompeo della Barba, Ludovico Sinistrari, and others, we find that these spirits or demons speak through their sudden and striking appearances—their very bodies seen as metaphors to be interpreted. The form of the body, Maggi explains, relies on the spirits’ knowledge of their human interlocutors’ pasts. But their core trait is compassion, and sometimes their odd, eerie arrivals are seen as harbingers or warnings to protect us. It comes as no surprise then that when spiritual beings distort the natural world to communicate, it is vital that we begin to listen.

Author : Michael Jordan
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1626344523
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Company of Demons written by Michael Jordan and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brutal murder of a friend leaves lawyer John Coleman stunned and sends shockwaves through the city of Cleveland. The technique of the killing recalls memories of the Torso Murderer, who dismembered at least twelve people decades ago and then vanished—eluding even legendary crime fighter Eliot Ness. Jennifer, the victim’s beautiful daughter, hires John to handle her father’s estate, and romantic feelings for her soon complicate his already troubled marriage. When John finds himself entangled with a cold-blooded biker gang, an ex-cop with a fuzzy past, and the drug-addicted son of the dead man, he struggles to make sense of it all. ​But he cannot shake a growing sense of dread.

Author : Anne Clendinning
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135194522X
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demons of Domesticity written by Anne Clendinning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons of Domesticity offers a social history of the English gas industry from the 1880s to the late 1930s, with an emphasis on the corporations that served London and the Home Counties. It documents the hitherto unexamined role that women played in the development of the industry by considering two major interlocking themes: the expansion of sales occupations for women in the English gas industry, and the parallel growth and diversification of the industry's marketing strategies. During the late-nineteenth century, the home became the focal point for a number of debates concerning female employment and gender roles. As an increasing number of labour saving domestic devices came onto the market women found themselves targeted by manufacturing companies and utility suppliers, both as consumers and advocates. Foremost among these companies were representatives of the gas industry who actively addressed domestic issues. As the promoters, purveyors and consumers of domestic technology, Demons of Domesticity suggests that English female employees and consumers were not the hapless dupes of corporate marketing, but instead had clear ideas about how domestic technology could and should be used to reconfigure the public and private spaces of work and home.

Author : Bruce Kapferer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000323102
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Celebration of Demons written by Bruce Kapferer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sinhalese exorcism rituals are perhaps the most complex and the most magnificent in performance still extant. For this second edition, the author has written a new preface and introduction in which he argues that the techniques of healing in Sri Lanka and the aesthetics of this healing cannot be reduced to Western psychoanalytic or psychotherapeutic terms, and develops new and original approaches to ritual and the aesthetic in general.

Author : Lisa Whybrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781979573504
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stormy's Shadow Company of Demon Hunters written by Lisa Whybrew and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GREETINGS potential Shadow Company recruits and heroes! This is an ongoing fictional series that represents a NEW way to view the age-old notion of "good versus evil" by putting a modern and funny twist on it. (Make no mistake, there is still plenty of suspense and drama to be had in this series!) If you like the idea that there are guardians out there protecting you from the everyday scourge of demonic entities that could be waiting to enter your lives, then you will love this series! These characters come from very different, and diverse backgrounds. Despite their constant humorous bantering, and vast difference in origins, they DO still manage to work together to save people just like you from demons that are trying to drag them to HELL! They are also very "real" in the way of their conduct, even though they actually ARE warriors gifted by a higher power. There is even a military "element" to this series, and a "secret" underground network of demon hunters that will be fully revealed in the next volume! You might actually believe these characters could be hanging out with you, while having a bite of pizza and a glass of wine. (Even if you don't like wine, you must like pizza!) This series is also designed to help celebrate heroes...ALL heroes who protect us everyday. Whether they are protecting us from earthly enemies or otherworldly ones, it doesn't matter. A hero IS a hero, just the same! This series isn't designed to lock the reader into any specific religious belief either. If you believe that there is something GREATER than you out there watching over this earth, then you will enjoy the Stormy's Shadow Company gang. There are even angels (one part human), working together with them as part of the team. Also, the great underlying message here is that they ARE all different, but are ALL working together for the betterment of humankind. (God knows we can use a message like THAT in today's world.) Is Stormy's Shadow Company Of Demon Hunters based in reality at all?...maybe so, but I am not telling! Just believe that there really are heroes out there today looking out for ALL of you....no matter where they are, or where they come from!**I also wanted to share the fact that a portion of my proceeds will be used to support wounded veteran's programs!

Author : Ramsey Dukes
Publisher : Aeon Books
ISBN 13 : 1904658482
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Demons written by Ramsey Dukes and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2005-12-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his own inimitable style Ramsey Dukes takes us through the advantages and dangers of hobnobbing with Demons. However for him Demons are very much our own creations; lifes problems and challenges personified and given form. We can either be their slaves or strike bargains and get back into the driving seat. With his characteristic wit and wisdom, Uncle Ramsey takes us on a rollercoaster ride through our own subconscious in a sustained effort for us to accept and negotiate with lifes challenges.

Author : Stephanie Chong
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 077831247X
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Demons Fear to Tread written by Stephanie Chong and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fledging guardian angel and yoga teacher Serena St. Clair dares to enter Devil's Paradise nightclub on a mission—to retrieve the wayward Hollywood "It Boy" she's assigned to protect. But she's ambushed by the club's owner, arch demon Julian Ascher. The most powerful demonic entity in Los Angeles, Julian is handsome as sin, a master of temptation who loves nothing more than corrupting pleasure-seeking humans. He won't release the lost soul Serena is supposed to guard. Unless she accepts his dangerous wager… After the disastrous way his human life ended, Julian vowed that no woman would get the better of him again. Yet this sexy-sweet angel, smelling of fresh ocean air and happiness, triggers centuries-old feelings. Now, their high-stakes game of seduction, where angels fall from grace and where demons fear to tread, will lead them either to an eternity in hell…or a deliciously hot heaven.

Author : H. A. Goodman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452018189
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Logic of Demons written by H. A. Goodman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if the love of your life was murdered by a deranged killer? Would you become a vigilante and seek retribution? And would this revenge affect those you care for in the afterlife? LOGIC OF DEMONS The Quest for Nadine's Soul takes you on a journey inside the psyches of men and women forced to deal with the spiritual consequences of their decisions. Through the lives of a demon, two Angels, and a mysterious teenage girl, a plethora of politically and socially relevant issues ranging from the roots of genocide and sex trafficking to child conscription and religious fundamentalism are addressed in this fantasy thriller. Life as well as the afterlife converge in this novel to explain certain peculiarities of the human condition. Whether you are God fearing individual or an atheist, LOGIC OF DEMONS The Quest for Nadine's Soul addresses moral and theological issues of interest for people of all backgrounds.

Author : Carol K. Mack
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805062700
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits written by Carol K. Mack and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-10-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Arcade Pub.: Distributed by Little, Brown and Company, c1998.

Author : Larry Selden
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440626715
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Angel Customers & Demon Customers written by Larry Selden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-06-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the oldest myths in business is that every customer is a valuable customer. Even in the age of high-tech data collection, many businesses don't realize that some of their customers are deeply unprofitable, and that simply doing business with them is costing them money. In many places, it's typical that the top 20 percent of customers are generating almost all the profit while the bottom 20 percent are actually destroying value. Managers are missing tremendous opportunities if they are not aware which of their customers are truly profitable and which are not. According to Larry Selden and Geoff Colvin, there is a way to fix this problem: manage your business not as a collection of products and services but as a customer portfolio. Selden and Colvin show readers how to analyze customer data to understand how you can get the most out of your most critical customer segments. The authors reveal how some companies (such as Best Buy and Fidelity Investments) have already moved in this direction, and what customer-centric strategies are likely to become widespread in the coming years. For corporate leaders, middle managers, or small business owners, this book offers a breakthrough plan to delight their best customers and drive shareowner value.