P. D. Newman

Tripping the Trail of Ghosts by P. D. Newman delves into the exploration of psychedelic spiritual practices and afterlife beliefs among the Mississippi mound cultures. Examining the Path of Souls or Trail of Ghosts, a Native American model for the after-death journey, the book demonstrates how psychoactive plants were used to evoke the liminal state between life and death in...

Connects the magical practice of theurgy to the time of Homer Explores the many theurgic themes and events in the Odyssey and the Iliad. Analyses the writings of Neoplatonists Porphyry and Proclus, showing how both describe the technical ritual praxis of theurgy in Homeric terms. Examines the methods of telestikē, a form of theurgic statue animation and technique to divinise...