15 Best nonfiction books like Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward by Carl Abrahamsson

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Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward

By: Carl Abrahamsson

3.46

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Explores the role of magic and the occult in art and culture from ancient times to today • Examine…

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1. The Art Of Living

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.43

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Master the art of living from one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders. Thich Nhat Hanh… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"I think (too much), therefore I am (not there to live my life)."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"Whether this moment is happy or not depends on you. It`s you who makes the moment happy, not the moment that makes you happy. With mindfulness, concentration, and insight, any moment can become a hap…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"Breathing in, I see all my ancestors in me: my mineral ancestors, plant ancestors, mammal ancestors, and human ancestors. My ancestors are always present, alive in every cell of my body, and I play a…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"I see that this body—made of the four elements—is not really me, and I am not limited by this body. I am the whole of the river of life, of blood ancestors and spiritual ancestors, that has been cont…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

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2. Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 6 (Ajin: Demi-Human, #6)

By: Gamon Sakurai

4.23

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Le leader terroriste Sato, fort d’un nombre accru de sympathisants, poursuit sa série d’assassinats… read more

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"Let your heart guide you and you face ruin."

-Gamon Sakurai, Ajin: Demi-Human, Vol. 6 (Ajin: Demi-Human, #6)

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3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

By: Lewis Carroll , John Tenniel

4.26

Format: 1165 pages, Hardcover

Table of Contents Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass Sylvie and Bruno … read more

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"Only the insane equate pain with success." "The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die." _Cheshire Cat"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

"She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box …"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories

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4. 亜人 10 (Ajin: Demi-Human, #10)

By: Gamon Sakurai

4.11

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

フォージ安全ビルでの激闘は永井圭と亜人管理委員会のトップ・戸崎たちが組んだ共同戦線に壊滅的打撃を与えた。圭は母との電話の後に姿をくらまし、亜人テロリスト・佐藤は厚生労働省と接触を図る。だが戸崎を始め… read more

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5. Buddhism for Beginners

By: Thubten Chodron

3.82

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"This book is written for people wanting to understand basic Buddhist principles and how to integra… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Las causas de nuestros problemas residen, no en el entorno exterior y quienes lo habitan, sino en nuestra propia mente. Las actitudes perturbadoras y las emociones negativas, como el apego excesivo, …"

-Thubten Chodron, Buddhism for Beginners

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6. Feeling Is The Secret 1944

By: Neville Goddard

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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7. 亜人 7 [Ajin 7] (Ajin: Demi-Human, #7)

By: Tsuina Miura , Gamon Sakurai , 桜井画門

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Bu Si noterorisutoZuo Teng noXiong Xing haDi 2uebuhetoYi Xing . Ya Ren Li Quan niYu suruYao Ren 11R… read more

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8. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

By: André Maurois , Jorge Luis Borges , James E. Irby , Donald A. Yates

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Although his work has been restricted to the short story, the essay, and poetry, Jorge Luis Borges … read more

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  • philosophy
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9. Man and His Symbols

By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman

4.19

Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"

-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

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10. Story of the Eye

By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson

3.66

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more

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  • philosophy
"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"

-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye

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11. I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

By: René Girard , James G. Williams

3.50

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they al… read more

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  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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12. Prometheus Rising

By: Israel Regardie , Robert Anton Wilson

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Imagine trying to make sense of an amalgam of Timothy Leary's eight neurological circuits, G.I. Gur… read more

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  • occult
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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13. 亜人 8 [Ajin 8] (Ajin: Demi-Human, #8)

By: Gamon Sakurai

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Ya Ren terorisutoZuo Teng gaSha Hai Dui Xiang niXuan ndahuoziAn Quan She Chang Jia Fei Jing Yi noJi… read more

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14. Sex, Drugs & Magick

By: Robert Anton Wilson

3.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sex, Drugs & Magickcan be considered a "scholarly" appraisal of both the historical and modern use … read more

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  • occult
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history

15. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

By: Carlos Castaneda

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Decades ago the University of California Press published a remarkable manuscript by an anthropology… read more

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16. 亜人 9 [Ajin 9] (Ajin: Demi-Human, #9)

By: Gamon Sakurai

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

huoziAn Quan biruniBu Si noYa Ren terorisutoZuo Teng gaQin Ru ! She Chang tosonoMi Shu woHu rutamen… read more

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17. Sun and Steel

By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more

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18. The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell

By: Aldous Huxley

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

As only he can, Aldous Huxley explores the mind's remote frontiers and the unmapped areas of human … read more

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19. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

By: Claire Dederer

3.79

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."

-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

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20. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

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21. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

4.36

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween,… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My favorite band's lyrics spoke to me more powerfully than any parent or teacher ever could. They helped me figure out who I was, what I was feeling, and possibly, where I was headed."

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"Suddenly one day I sprouted boobs. Not *just* boobs. Enormous boobs. When puberty finally struck, I developed faster than a Polaroid. In my mind at least, I remember going to bed flat as a board one …"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

"I was someone who had spent most of her life hanging around with gay men, and now here I was, ashamed of my feelings for a woman. I felt like such a hypocrite. I eventually gave up my ridiculous prec…"

-Cassandra Peterson, Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

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22. Full Throttle

By: Joe Hill

4.00

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping groun… read more

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23. The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca (Union Square & Co. Chronologies)

By: John Michael Greer

3.74

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

Explore the occult from ancient times to the modern day with one of its most respected scholars and… read more

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  • history
  • occult
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"I know that I hung on the windy tree Nine full nights, Pierced by a spear offered to Odin Myself to myself of which none knows Upon that tree Where its roots run..."

-John Michael Greer, The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca (Union Square & Co. Chronologies)

"The world is not prepared yet to understand the philosophy of Occult Sciences- let them assure themselves first of all that there are beings in an invisible world, whether Spirits' of the dead or Ele…"

-John Michael Greer, The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca (Union Square & Co. Chronologies)

"If God is benevolent and almighty, why should there be so much suffering in the world? Luria's answer was that the forces that cause suffering and evil in the world are remnants of the universe befor…"

-John Michael Greer, The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca (Union Square & Co. Chronologies)

"Alchemy was (and is) considerably more than the attempt to turn base metals into gold. To an alchemist, all material things ripen toward perfection unless something gets in the way. The alchemist's m…"

-John Michael Greer, The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca (Union Square & Co. Chronologies)

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24. Natural Beauty

By: Ling Ling Huang

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obs… read more

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"it is still more permitted for women to be mediocre than for them to be fat"

-Ling Ling Huang, Natural Beauty

"It’s unfortunate that I can undermine months of parental reassurance in just a few seconds, but it’s probably better for kids to learn early on that yes, monsters are real."

-Ling Ling Huang, Natural Beauty

"I had always assumed love carried itself easily through various permutations and disintegrations. Now I find myself disassociating them from the people I had known my parents to be. I can't decide wh…"

-Ling Ling Huang, Natural Beauty

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25. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

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"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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26. Creativity Code

By: Marcus du Sautoy

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning author of The Music of the Primes explores the future of creativity and how machi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Rabbits (Rabbits, #1) by Terry Miles

27. Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

By: Terry Miles

3.64

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

Conspiracies abound in this surreal and yet all-too-real technothriller in which a deadly undergrou… read more

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"We each had our reasons for wanting the fantastical world promised by Rabbits to replace the flawed emotional narrative of our real lives."

-Terry Miles, Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

"The world felt smaller from that vantage point, and much easier to understand. Life was messy and complicated when you were in the middle of it, while it was rushing toward you from all angles, close…"

-Terry Miles, Rabbits (Rabbits, #1)

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28. Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump

By: Gary Lachman

3.84

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Within the concentric circles of Trump’s regime lies an unseen culture of occultists, power-seekers… read more

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  • history
  • occult
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History by Nick Soulsby

29. Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History

By: Nick Soulsby

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

‘I’m no stranger to failure, and I’m aware it can arrive at any minute—as it often has. You have to… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton

30. Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation

By: Ronald Hutton

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • spirituality
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31. Occulture: The Unseen Forces That Drive Culture Forward

By: Carl Abrahamsson

3.46

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Explores the role of magic and the occult in art and culture from ancient times to today • Examine… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • occult
  • philosophy
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

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Robert Anton Wilson

3.65

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Claire Dederer

3.79

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John Michael Greer

3.74

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3.95

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Annie Dillard

4.08

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Jean Baudrillard , Chris Turner , George Ritzer

4.12

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Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

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G.K. Chesterton

4.16

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