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The Joy of Religion

Ariel Glucklich

All religions describe spiritual experience as pleasant, and the goal of the religious pursuit as profoundly joyful. But many religions also condemn sensory pleasures and the desire for objects of pleasure. In this book, Ariel Glucklich resolves this apparent...

The Strides of Vishnu

Ariel Glucklich

Sacred Pain

Ariel Glucklich

Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid?Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet? In this...

Sacred Pain

Ariel Glucklich

Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid?Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet? In this...

The End of Magic

Ariel Glucklich

Throughout history, magic has been as widely and passionately practiced as religion. But while religion continues to flourish, magic stumbles towards extinction. What is magic? What does it do? Why do people believe in magic? Ariel Glucklich finds the answers to these...