The story and nature of occultism, including historical figures and modern pracitioners.

Dreams have variously inspired and haunted kings, poets, inventors, artists, musicians, statesmen and others since the dawn of recorded experience. Gustavus Hindman Miller's Dictionary of Dreams first appeared in 1909, ten years after Sigmund Freud's pioneering work The Interpretation of Dreams, and is therefore an historical work on dream analysis first published at the time of a quantum leap in human consciousness.10,000 entries cover Bananas to Cauliflowers, Measles to Mustard and Virgins to Zebras.

This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.

The Knowledge Of The Hidden That Is The Meaning Of The Latin Occultus, From Which We Take Our Modern Phrase The Occult . Why Is It That This Subject Stirs Up So Much Controversy? Is The Answer Present In That Very Definition: The Idea That Studies Into The Occult Are Pushing At The Very Boundaries Of Human Knowledge? In This Simple-To-Follow A To Z Guide, You Will Discover The Details Of Both Studies Into The Occult And The Truth About Occultists, Who, From The Earliest Times In History, Have Attempted To Remove The Veil That Shrouds The Knowledge Of The Hidden . " What Were The World S Greatest Occultists, Including Plato, Nostradamus, Isaac Newton And William Blake, Searching For? " What Are The True Origins Of Alchemy? " What Secret Knowledge Is Concealed Within The Tarot Deck? " Was The Infamous Aleister Crowley Really The Wickedest Man In The World ? " Did The Ancient Egyptians Believe In Magic? Simon Cox And Mark Foster Guide You Along The Pathways Of The Occult And Attempt To Bring The Hidden Into Full View.

Like it or not, abbreviations and acronyms are now an essential ingredient of everyday life. Since the first edition of The Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms was published in mid-1997, the compilers have been diligently collecting further examples from many walks of life

This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.

Explains the processes of delusion and provides answers to some of the biggest mysteries, alien abduction and UFOs; ghosts and the paranormal; propaganda and religious mind control. Is mankind ready for the truth?