Paul Devereux Libri

In this work, Paul Deveraux details many of Cornwall's myths and legends. He includes a study of "ley-lines", tracing their association with ancient pagan sites, old churchways and corpse roads.

Exploring the intersection of various disciplines, this book examines the use of psychedelics in prehistoric and traditional societies for ritualistic and shamanistic purposes. It offers a comprehensive analysis of entheogens throughout human history while critiquing modern culture's reluctance to embrace these profound experiences. The research presented is both revelatory and invaluable, addressing significant questions about spirituality and the role of mind-altering substances in human consciousness. This study sheds light on an influential yet often overlooked aspect of cultural practices.

A new approach to the night sky, with superb pictorial star maps - and artworks of secret celestial alignments The Language of the Stars and Planets explores the profound meanings that humankind has attributed over the centuries to the heavenly bodies. Drawing upon a mixture of astrology, astronomy, anthropology and other strands of science both ancient and modern, the authors show the underlying spiritual and psychological perceptions behind interpretations placed upon the heavens by various cultures, including Aztec, Mayan, Mesopotamian, ancient Egyptian, Native North American, Chinese and Hindu. This unique guide also features original colour artwork showing how structures such as the Great Pyramid of Giza and Stonehenge are aligned with the stars.

A fascinating and thoroughly researched book about ancient mysteries from prehistoric rock carvings, spirit ways and death roads to present day encounters with ghosts or spirits in the landscape.

This text aims to bring the secrets of the ancients to life, showing how we can benefit from their knowledge today. Earth mysteries expert Paul Devereux considers the key concepts of the ancient world, including sacred centres, pilgrimage, sacred geography and divination. He also looks at important world sites related to these key concepts, the ancient practices connected to these sites and what these reveal about the people that performed them. The author continues to investigate practical means through which we can enter the ancient mindset and benefit by experiencng the world toady from a radically different perspective.

All archaic landscape lines are, in essence, spirit lines. Within us all we hold a blueprint of this spiritual earth and of the ancient shamanic power of magical flight. If we could only find the wellsprings of the psyche and translate these timeless patterns from our minds to the physical earth, then we too could learn to experience the reality behind the straight line mystery. Once again, we would allow the spiritual earth to lead the way in our personal growth and transformation. We need to bring this out-of-body state from its cultural exile and give it the much greater attention it deserves.

Focusing on humanity's need for survival rather than the earth's recovery, this groundbreaking work by Paul Devereux offers a practical guide to harnessing nature's power for emotional, mental, and spiritual healing. It merges contemporary research on intelligence and perception with ancient wisdom, presenting hands-on exercises aimed at restoring our harmony with the natural world. By integrating science, philosophy, and psychology, it proposes a transformative approach to coexistence with the earth, advocating for a new paradigm of living.

This unique book provides a new perspective on the past, and reveals how sights we all know, and which are universally recognised, still retain and reveal to us the old knowledge of our world and our ancestors. In our 'march of progress' we have gained untold material wealth, but certain vital aspects of being human, conscious and part of nature seem to have slipped from our grasp. Guidelines that might help our future way, ironically, lie in the past. In short, we need to discover the secrets of ancient and sacred places. Paul Devereux takes a refreshing look at the often hidden, ignored or often overlooked aspects of selected major sites world-wide that, significantly, UNESCO - the cultural agency of the United Nations - has also included in its world heritage list of important natural or cultural sites.

The book delves into the fascinating realm of lucid dreaming, where individuals can become aware and active participants in their dreams while remaining asleep. It emphasizes the potential of the mind to create vivid realities, offering opportunities for fun, exploration, and even encounters with loved ones. By explaining the history and nature of dreams, it provides a comprehensive guide to techniques and tools for achieving lucidity in dreams. Readers are encouraged to unlock the mysteries of their subconscious and experience the limitless possibilities of their own minds.

Many people assume that experimentation with hallucinogens began with Timothy Leary and the psychedelic revolution of the fifties and sixties. In fact, as this illuminating study demonstrates, psychedelics have been used by human societies in every part of the world for ritual and spiritual purposes for millennia. As Paul Devereux points out, our modern culture is eccentric in its refusal to integrate the profound experiences offered by these natural substances into our own spiritual life and traditions. Modern Western culture's recent experimentation with psychedelic drugs raised the awareness of archaeologists and anthropologists, leading them to recognize the use of hallucinogens in surviving traditional societies and in the archaeological record. Devereux reveals dramatic new evidence - from linguistics, ethnobotany, biology, and other fields - for the psychedelic experiences of various prehistoric cultures, and ponders the implications and effects of psychedelic revelations on our contemporary worldview, linking them to out-of-body and near death experiencs, shamanic trances, even memory and dreaming.