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This is the 20th Anniversary edition of the book which contains new
material by Lon Milo DuQuette! The book gives the student immediate
access to the world's most powerful yet misunderstood system of
Magick. Crowley's work on the Enochian system was originally
published in The Equinox, his 10-voulme journal of Scientific
Illuminism. It was the launching pad for all that followed.
Originally published in 1912, it rent the veil of the Inner Order
of the Golden Dawn and revealed its most precious jewel for all to
see. Lon Milo DuQuette is a recognised expert on Enochian Magick
who brings four decades of practical experience in the field to
show you how to start using this powerful system right now. It is
the aim of this book to offer in a practical format, Liber LXXXIV
vel Chanokh, Crowley's original presentation of basic Enochiana,
and make it immediately useful for the student who wishes to make
use of it now. This coupled with Israel Regardie's fine Enochian
Dictionary and pronunciation guide provides the reader with the
minimum material necessary to get started. For the advanced student
it offers practical instructions and the opportunity to re-evaluate
the original information that the greatest magician of the 20th
Century felt was most necessary to master first. This second
revised edition of the book was edited by David Cherubim.
Enter the Enchanted Faery Realm "I recommend Living the Faery
Life to all who wish to awaken the magic in their lives.â€
—Shelley A. Kaehr, PhD, author of Egyptian Energy
Healing, Pythagorean Healing & Edgar
Cayce’s Sacred Stones Author Kac Young is a three-doctorate,
prolific author who has studied world religions extensively
and has worked in television for over thirty years. In
writing Living the Faery Life she draws upon the
ancient wisdom of her Celtic roots. You are cordially invited to
begin your magical relationship with the faery world. Many of
the things we believe about faeries are old wives’ tales, made-up
myths, and invented stories to satisfy cultural curiosity. Here,
you will learn how to separate myth from truth and discover how to
create your private faery kingdom. Learn the rules of faery life
and reconnect with nature. Discover how to make a faery garden,
what particular trees and plants attract faery folk, and rituals
you can perform to connect with the faery realms. Even if you are
not yet a fully-fledged “Faery Believer,†a walk in the
outdoors will never be the same once you have been touched by the
wisdom and enchantment of Living the Faery Life. Living the
Faery Life is a guide for everyone: Tinkerbell fans, faery
non-believers, fanatics, Pagan and Wiccan practitioners, as well as
devotees who enjoy the ritual use of candles and crystals. Learn
about the Faery world and the rules Faeries live by Nurture an
innate connection with the wild and natural world Awaken the deep
magic, wonder and joy of the Faery Realm If you have read books
such as Moon Spell Magic by Cerridwen
Greenleaf, Moonology by Yasmin Boland, or The
Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock, you'll want to pick up a
copy of Living the Faery Life.
Pauline and Dan Campanelli's classic companion to Wheel of the Year
is back for a new generation of readers to enjoy Celebrate the
seasons of the year according to the ancient Pagan traditions.
Ancient Ways shows how to prepare for and conduct the Sabbat rites,
and helps you harness the magickal energy for weeks afterward. The
wealth of seasonal rituals and charms within are drawn from ancient
sources but are easily performed with readily available materials.
Learn how to look into your previous lives at Yule. At Beltane,
discover the places where you are most likely to see faeries. Make
special jewelry to wear for your Lammas celebrations. For the
special animals in your life, paint a charm of protection at
Midsummer. Most Pagans feel that the Sabbat rituals are all too
brief and wish for the magick to continue. Ancient Ways can help
you reclaim your own traditions and heighten the feeling of magick
all year long. Praise: "A delightful, joyous guide to celebrating
the seasons and festivals with homespun magic." --Scott Cunningham,
author of Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs "A delightful
book that beautifully complements the authors' Wheel of the Year."
--Ray Buckland, author of Practical Candleburning Rituals
Recent discoveries in the fields of neurobiology and psychology
have opened up new avenues of exploration into and explanation of
the practice of magic, a field hitherto resistant to scientific
analysis, due to the highly subjective nature of its practices. In
Scientific Magic, author Wayland Skallagrimsson presents hypotheses
to explain the particular claims made by magicians as to the
effectiveness of their rituals, as well as why such practices
continue even in rational, materialistic societies skeptical and
dismissive of them. He presents traditional magical lore side by
side with scientific explanations for that lore, as well as
analyses of relevant philosophical issues. The book also provides a
course of instruction designed to take the student through basic
initiation in the practices of magic and further to proficiency in
them. Using his own experiences as well as those of other
practicing magicians as a data pool, Skallagrimsson presents two
traditional systems of magical practice - runic and cabalistic -
from two rather different cultures, and compares them for the
purpose of finding commonalities that would indicate the presence
of real, analyzable phenomena, divorced from simple cultural
prejudices and superstitions. The practice of magic is no mere
superstition or escapist fantasy. It is instead a badly
misunderstood, embryonic science dealing with reprogramming the
mind and altering the state of physiology to improve the
functionality of its practitioners in highly specific and unusual
ways. Contrary to the standard views of most modern sciences, the
only differences between commonly accepted scientific
understandings and occult lore are philosophical in nature. The
seeming antagonism between the two schools of thought are rooted in
a misunderstanding of each other's basic philosophies and
languages. This book brings them together with insights gathered
from long years of both scientific and magical study and practice.
In The Talking Tree W.G. Gray presents an encyclopaedic and
systematic analysis of the 22 Paths of the Qabalistic Tree of Life
and the archetypal principles underlying them in each of the 'four
worlds'. This unique work by a leading Qabalist of his generation
includes a detailed and comprehensive study of the symbolism of the
Tarot, in which he offers an alternative method of allocating the
Major Arcana to the Paths in place of the commonly used Golden Dawn
system. He also explains how the Western alphabet can be applied to
the Tree of Life as a viable alternative to Hebrew letters. This
book is a priceless reference work for the serious Qabalah student
who has already studied the ten Sephiroth and is looking to move on
to the Paths. As well as explaining the function of God-names,
archangels, angelic orders and mundane archetypes for each Path,
Gray seeks to demonstrate that the Tree of Life is in a continual
state of growth and evolution, and that those who study and work
with the Qabalah should not be afraid to apply new correspondences
to it and rethink some of the traditional assumptions.
Shortly before his death, John Lennon called himself a "Zen Pagan."
With this he gave an excellent name to a religious trend that goes
back at least as far as Henry David Thoreau, who wrote of his love
and respect for both the ancient nature god Pan and the Buddha. The
connection between Buddhism and nature spirituality is ancient.
According to legends of the Buddha's enlightenment, in his hour of
need he asked the Earth to bear him witness rather than appealing
to a heavenly deity. Over the centuries, Buddhism influenced and
was influenced by nature religions like Taoism and Shint, while its
introduction to the West came partly through spiritual nature
writers like Thoreau and Gary Snyder. Occultists Aleister Crowley
and H.P. Blavatsky played key roles in both Buddhist and Neopagan
history. Why Buddha Touched the Earth investigates the rise of
Buddhism as a world religion during the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, its relationship to the Neopagan movement, and how both
are related to the extraordinary changes civilization has seen
since the Industrial Revolution. It combines rigorous history with
lively and practical discussions of mysticism, magic, meditation,
ethics, and the future of religion in a scientific age.
The Magical Blend was a small esoteric shop for books and supplies
serving the Montreal Pagan Community in Canada from 1991-2013 when
is shifted to strictly being an online shop.
www.themagicalblend.com Within these pages are the first
foundational secrets of practices and recipes, correspondences and
magical advice, some that were lost. It has now been made available
for you in this first volume of the Book of Secrets.
Llewellyn s Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick features the
greatest minds of magick assembled in one place, available as a
limited-edition hardcover as well as a trade paperback edition.
Compiled by two of the leading figures in the magick community,
this new title in Llewellyn s Complete Book series includes more
than 650 pages of insights into magical systems, techniques,
grimoires, correspondences, and practices. These two outstanding
editions of Llewellyn s Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick are
must-haves for collectors and for magical practitioners with a
variety of experience levels. Twelve extensive chapters each
explore an aspect of the fascinating tapestry that is ceremonial
magick, focusing on practical knowledge that can be put to use by
ceremonial magicians from many different traditions or backgrounds.
This comprehensive work is filled with practical historical
perspectives as well as fresh insights, including working with
Notariqon, Gematria, and Temurah in the Qabalah tradition; an
in-depth analysis of historical grimoires and their registers of
spirits; step-by-step instructions for six alchemical workings;
example rituals of planetary magick for devotion and talismanic
preparation; Enochian magick from John Dee to the Golden Dawn; a
deeply personal description of the Abra-melin operation; an
overview of Aleister Crowley s syncretic influence on working
Golden Dawn magick using polytheist symbolism, with step-by-step
instructions for several rituals; and a glimpse into the future of
ceremonial magick.
The Bloody Sacrifice Charlotte Rodgers is a non denominational
magickal practitioner and an animist, and The Bloody Sacrifice is
the story of her work with blood. It chronicles her use of road
kill and blood in art, ritualised scarification and tattoo work,
and the use of venous and menstrual blood in magick. Also included
are Charlotte's interviews with tattoo artists; priests from belief
systems which utilise blood sacrifice; artists who use their own
HIV positive blood as a medium; and those who use mortifications
and body modification to effect changes in consciousness and self.
All here share a common bond of talent combined with an ability to
articulate their beliefs. For example Louis Martinie, a priest in
the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple. Martinie has integrated
his Tibetan Buddhist beliefs into his Voodoo practice and in doing
so shows how personal spiritual evolution can effect change within
a syncretic religion. As a blood related illness affected various
parts of Charlotte's life, she was given a chance to explore blood
ritual in a very different way. Documenting this part of her
journey gives an understanding of AIDS, HIV and HCV, and its effect
on spirituality and contemporary blood rites. Blood Ritual, with
all its history, baggage and dangers holds a power to create
change. Whether this power is held within blood and how much impact
is created merely by our perception is for the reader to decide.
The Bloody Sacrifice is an honest, modern and thought provoking
personal insight into an ancient aspect of our spirituality and
creativity. The author was born in New Zealand and after many years
of travel, fast living and dodgy magick, now leads a life of quiet
eccentricity commuting between England and Asia. She creates,
exhibits, and occasionally sells art made from road kill and has
had articles published in many magazines.
THis book is the outcome of a close study of the language and
beliefs of the Malays during a period of residence in the Malay
Peninsula that has now reached twenty-two years. Its object is to
unravel a complex system of magic in the light of historical and
comparative data. By itself this system is a tangle every thread of
which scholars working in Europe are led to term Malay, although
even the native distinguishes this thread as Indian and that as
Muslim. Chapters i.-iv. deal with the Malay's evolution from
animist to Muslim; chapters v. and vi. with his animism; chapters
vii. and viii. with his shamanism; chapter ix. with rites largely
infected with Hindu magic; and chapters x. and xi. with Muslim
accretions. Like all writers on this subject I am indebted to the
classical works of Tylor, Frazer, and Jevons, and particularly to
the articles by specialists on the magic of different races and
faith in Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. Working
far away from an adequate library, I have found this Encyclopaedia
of incalculable value.
Featuring more than 100 spells for mojo bags, poppets, talismans,
jars, and other enchanted containers, this is the spell book you've
always wanted. Charity L. Bedell presents original workings rooted
in Conjure and Hoodoo, European folk magic, and modern witchcraft.
She lays out the basics for using containers and shares extensive
resources, making this book perfect for beginners who want to work
magic with whatever supplies they have on hand. Container Magic
teaches you how to choose the right container, fill it for specific
purposes, and cleanse and dispose of materials. You'll discover how
to make packets and poppets for short-term goals, charm bags for
money magic, and witch balls for long-term protection. This
practical book also covers herbal and crystal correspondences,
incense and oil formulas, and more.
1916. A Course of Ten Lessons, Being an Introduction to the
Philosophy of Alchemy. Contents: The God Beyond all Name; Manifest
and Unmanifest God; Immanence of God; In God alone is good and
elsewhere nowhere; Nature of Good; Pleroma of Bad; Inherent Badness
of Man; Beautiful and the Good; Gnosis of Good.
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