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Free Download Justin Smith, "Withnail and Us: Cult Films and Film Cults in British Cinema "
English | ISBN: 1848850921 | 2010 | 272 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Withnail and Us charts the journey of cult in culture through an exploration of British cult films and their fans. It is about our bizarre and enduring fascination with once obscure or shocking movies, from A Clockwork Orange to The Wicker Man. What is it about certain films that provokes such obsessive fan devotion? What impells people to remote locations in search of filmic relics? Why do they gather in groups to re-enact scenes learnt by heart? Is any film worth re-viewing over 100 times? From 1968 and all that, through the cultural by-ways of the 1970s, this book attempts to explain such strange practices, and to trace their origins in the makings of some remarkable films, including Tommy, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Quadrophenia, Withnail & I, Trainspotting and Performance. Prepare to enter the arena of the unwell!

Free Download Joshua D. A. Bloor, "Purifying the Consciousness in Hebrews: Cult, Defilement and the Perpetual Heavenly Blood of Jesus "
English | ISBN: 0567708101 | 2023 | 236 pages | EPUB | 846 KB
Joshua D. A. Bloor argues that the purification of the consciousness of sin, via Jesus’ perpetual heavenly blood offering, is a vital motif for understanding Hebrews’ sacrificial argumentation, and vice-versa. Jesus’ ‘objective’ earthly achievements are many, yet only his ‘subjective’ heavenly blood offering purges the heavenly tabernacle and subsequently the consciousness of sin. Bloor views the Levitical cult as having a positive role in Hebrews, with Levitical ‘guilt’ foreshadowing and informing Hebrews’ notion of the ‘consciousness of sin’. Levitical sacrifices could purge the consciousness, but only Jesus’ heavenly blood can offer complete perpetual purgation. This blood is a qualitative type of purgation which continually speaks in heaven, offering eternal assurance for the recipients regarding their consciousness of sin. Bloor begins with the ‘defiled consciousness’ and situates the world of Hebrews within cultic defilement, enabling the consciousness of sin and its cosmic implications to be properly understood. From here, the solution to a defiled consciousness is explored by examining Hebrews’ cultic argumentation. Bloor highlights the distinctive purposes inherent in both Jesus’ earthly and heavenly achievements, with the latter concerned particularly with Yom Kippur imagery and the purgation of the consciousness. Bloor concludes by differentiating between Jesus’ session, present heavenly activity and perpetual heavenly blood offering. Throughout this volume, Bloor engages, critiques and advances current discourse concerning the nature and timing of Jesus’ offering in Hebrews.

Free Download Alexandra Amor, "Cult, A Love Story: Ten Years Inside a Canadian Cult and the Subsequent Long Road of Recovery"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0995200653, 1988924227 | EPUB | pages: 306 | 0.4 mb
For fans of Educated, Captive, and Beyond Belief comes the gripping true-life story of one young woman’s accidental journey into a cult. And her escape a decade later.

Free Download Duncan Fishwick, "Cult Places and Cult Personnel in the Roman Empire "
English | ISBN: 1138375934 | 2019 | 392 pages | EPUB | 16 MB
The twenty-one studies assembled in this volume focus on the apparatus and practitioners of religions in the western Roman empire, the enclaves, temples, altars and monuments that served the cults of a wide range of divinities through the medium of priests and worshippers. Discussion focuses on the analysis or reconstruction of the centres at which devotees gathered and draws on the full range of available evidence. While literary authorities remain of primary concern, these are for the most part overshadowed by other categories of evidence, in particular archaeology, epigraphy, numismatics and iconography, sources in some cases confirmed by the latest geophysical techniques – electrical resistivity tomography or ground-probing radar. The material is conveniently presented by geographical area, using modern rather than Latin terminology: Rome, Italy, Britain, Gaul, Spain, Hungary, along with a broader section that covers the empire in general. The titles of the various articles speak for themselves but readers may find the preface of interest in so far as it sets out my ideas on the use of ancient evidence and the pitfalls of some of the approaches favoured by modern scholars. Together with the wide range of individual papers the preface makes the book of interest to all students of the Roman empire as well as those specifically concerned with the history of religions.

Free Download Christine Rudolph and Susie Theodorou, "Copenhagen Cult Recipes"
English | 2019 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1911632310, 1760524735 | EPUB | 152,5 mb
Descubre las tradiciones culinarias de Copenhague a través de 100 recetas que van desde el pan para preparar el tradicional smørrebrød o sándwich abierto hasta los secretos de un buen ahumado, pasando por los arenques marinados o los encurtidos de toda clase. ¡Abre este libro y deja que el hygge se esparza por tu cocina!

Free Download Chasing the Light : the Cloud Cult Story By Allister, Mark
2014 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0816696535 | PDF | 7 MB
"Cloud Cult’s grand, unkempt indie rock is at once jam band, emo, and avant-garde. Their songs, born out of personal tragedy, are otherworldly lessons in being human." -PitchforkDuring the past decade, Minnesota-grown band Cloud Cult has become one of the most inspirational indie bands, with a deeply devoted fan base and an approach to music and the environment that is hard not to admire. Beyond a musical biography, Chasing the Light tells the story of the heartbreaking yet affirming journey of lead singer and songwriter Craig Minowa and delves into the career of the band known by music lovers as the least cynical and most idealistic band in the country.Tracing Cloud Cult’s rise to critical acclaim, author Mark Allister details the band’s defining moments, beginning with the death of Craig and Connie Minowa’s two-year-old son and the hundreds of songs that grew out of the tragic loss. Allister describes the band’s unique philosophy and principles, including how Minowa created a zero carbon footprint for the band’s recording and touring, adopting DIY and green-sustainable practices well before the ideas became mainstream. Allister also presents a first-person account of a day in the life of a quintessential indie band and conveys the immense emotional impact of Cloud Cult’s albums and live shows. Described by a fan in the book as "the anthem for the soul searcher in us all," Cloud Cult’s music and message are both stirring and sincere.Featuring rarely seen photos from Cloud Cult’s history and passionate testimonials by fans, Chasing the Light is a testament to the profound influence one band’s personal evolution can have on its followers and on indie rock aficionados in search of beauty, meaning, and redemption.

Free Download Gideon Aran, "The Cult of Dismembered Limbs: Jewish Rites of Death at the Scene of Palestinian Suicide Terrorism"
English | ISBN: 0197689140 | 2023 | 366 pages | PDF | 17 MB

Free Download Sarah Ayoub, "The Cult of Romance"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1460758943 | EPUB | pages: 320 | 1.5 mb
When your bestie is marrying a guy she barely knows, can you save her from the cult before it’s too late?

Free Download Leo Moynihan, "Liverpool FC Cult Heroes"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1909626511, 1785313967 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 1.1 mb
Delight in the magical qualities of 20 mere mortals elevated to cult status by the Red half of Liverpool

Free Download Finding Baby Holly: Lost to a Cult, Surviving My Parents’ Murders, and Saved by Prayer (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CGRT4QP3 | 2023 | 6 hours and 42 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 376 MB
Author: Holly Marie, Cindy Lambert, David Lambert
Narrator: Stephanie Richardson
Holly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing. At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own. When two detectives showed up at the restaurant where she worked and informed her that she had a large family in Florida who had been searching for her for over 40 years, Holly’s past became the reality of her present, and she began the sometimes painful journey of discovering the truth about her origins: Her parents had been brutally murdered, their case still unsolved.