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Rig Veda
The Vedas are a collection of hymns and other ancient religious texts written in India between about 1500 and 1000 BCE. It includes elements such as liturgical material as well as mythological accounts, poems, prayers, and formulas considered to be sacred by the Vedic religion. According to tradition, Vyasa is the compiler of the Vedas, who arranged the four kinds of mantras into four Samhitas (Collections). There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. The basic Vedic texts are the Samhita “Collections” of the four Vedas: Rig-Veda “Knowledge of the Hymns of Praise”, for recitation. Sama-Veda “Knowledge of the Melodies”, for chanting. Yajur-Veda “Knowledge of the Sacrificial formulas”, for liturgy. Atharva-Veda “Knowledge of the Magic formulas”, named after a kind of group of priests.
Storia dei Longobardi
Paolo Diacono, nella traduzione di Quirico Viviani, scrisse la Historia Longobardorum ritenuta la fonte più completa e approfondita per conoscere la storia e il percorso che portò alla discesa della popolazione germanica dei Longobardi in Italia e che vide la sua ripartizione in ducati, marchesati e contee. Diacono ne narra i contrasti, le successioni e le usurpazioni del titolo regale fra i duchi, fino alla sconfitta del re Desiderio contro Carlo Magno, che costò ai longobardi la fine del loro dominio sull'Italia settentrionale e la loro dispersione fra i cittadini italici (sopravviverà alla morte di Paolo la cosiddetta longobardia minore, al sud dell'Italia). Dall'ascesa alla caduta del regno longobardo Paolo Diacono ci porta ad immergerci nella storia di questo popolo arricchendo la sua opera di riferimenti ai contrasti ecclesiastici, alla legislazione longobarda, agli usi tribali del suo popolo e a quelli maturati durante la permanenza al potere nella penisola.
The Iliad of Homer
The epics of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, in Samuel Butler’s famous prose translation. An immortal poetry poem from greece that from ancient past teach us about philosophy, loves and war.
The History of the Knights Templars
The history of the Knights Templars is a remarkable story of triumphs and defeats, marked with controversies and tragedy. From their rise to their demise, Charles G. Addison captivatingly chronicles the various characters that played a role in shaping this powerful military order that reigned for almost two centuries during the Middle Ages. Having examined scores of documents and texts, and traveled to many of the ruined fortresses and castles of the order, Addison was an expert on the Templars’ history. He insightfully details their plight in this volume, first published in 1842. Starting with the origins of the brotherhood, the foundations and ideals of the order, and their chosen symbol of the red cross, the author explains their role in protecting pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land, their feats during the Crusades, the relationships they held with various kings and church leaders, their contributions to protecting Europe from Turkish conquest and preserving Christianity in Europe and Asia, and their tragic end: stripped of their lands, tortured, and burned at the stake.
Exploration Fawcett
The inspiration for the major motion picture "The Lost City of Z," mystic and legendary British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett spent 10 years wandering the forests and death-filled rivers of Brazil in search of a fabled lost city. Finally, convinced that he had discovered the location, he set out for the last time toward destination “Z” in 1925, never to be heard from again.This thrilling and mysterious account of Fawcett’s ten years of travels in deadly jungles and forests in search of a secret city was compiled by his younger son, Fawcett's companion on his journeys, from manuscripts, letters, and logbooks. An international sensation when it was first published in 1953, Exploration Fawcett was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Harold Nicolson, and found its way to Ernest Hemingway's bookshelf. Reckless and inspired, full of fortitude and doom, this is a book to rival Heart of Darkness, except that the harrowing accounts described in its pages are completely true. To this day, Colonel Fawcett's disappearance remains a great mystery.
The Holy Shroud
“Enrico Baccarini is an Italian journalist who has unveiled the missing years of the Turin Shroud. The Shroud mysteriously appeared in 1353 in Lirey, in the hands of Geoffrey de Charney. But Baccarini has traced the Shroud back to Florence, to Walter VI, who briefly reigned over the city, before sent to France, where he connected with his relatives, de Charney family. Baccarini shows that there is far more mystery to Florence than commonly accepted, and that this dates back much earlier than commonly assumed, including the likes of Dante Alighieri”. Philip Coppens e Kathleen McGowan The Spirit Revolution, 2011
Moses and Monotheism
This volume contains Freud’s speculations on various aspects of religion, on the basis of which he explains certain characteristics of Jewish people in their relations with Christians. From an intensive study of the Moses legend, Freud comes to the startling conclusion that Moses himself was an Egyptian who brought from his native country the religion he gave to the Jews. He accepts the hypothesis that Moses was murdered in the wilderness, but that his memory was cherished by the people and that his religious doctrine ultimately triumphed. Freud develops his general theory of monotheism, which enabled him to throw light on the development of Judaism and Christianity.
The teaching of Zoroaster
The Iranian prophet and reformer Zarathustra (Greek: Zoroaster) founded his religion in the 6th Century BC. In a series of visions he was taken up to Heaven and Ahura Mazda - creator of all that is good - charged him with enlisting Humanity in the fight against Aura Mainyu - the principle of chaos and destruction - offering Mankind a free choice between Good and Evil.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was the greatest dream creator of the 20th century but, at the same time, he remained a genius forgotten by history. In his multifaceted career he has silently revolutionized our era by giving us one-of-a-kind inventions and discoveries. Mauro Paoletti's text not only retraces its history and chimerical discoveries but sheds new light on certain aspects that until today were almost completely unknown to the general public. Few know that Tesla gave birth to his most ingenious creations after meeting a master Indian who totally changed his life as he witnessed a unique event when he picked up intelligent signals, not of human origin, coming from space. He was the inventor of the radio, even if the first signal was sent by Marconi using his patents ( seventeen, writes Tesla himself). could be transferred wirelessly. The scope of this genius can never be fully understood but, undoubtedly, his creativity and imagination gave shape and substance to the dreams and expectations of the 20th century.
The Books of Enoch
The Book of Enoch is an ancient Hebrew apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. Enoch contains unique material on the origins of demons and Nephilim, why some angels fell from heaven, an explanation of why the Genesis flood was morally necessary, and prophetic exposition of the thousand-year reign of the Messiah. The older sections (mainly in the Book of the Watchers) of the text are estimated to date from about 300–200 BC, and the latest part (Book of Parables) probably to 100 BC.
