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BOOKS - CROWLEY, GARDNER, AND HISTORY | |
| Gems from the Equinox | |
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by Aleister Crowley. This book belongs in the library of every student of the Western Tradition. In the original ten volumes of the Equinox, Alesiter Crowley succeeded in synthesizing the aim of religion and the method of science. Israel Regardie`s selections in Gems of the Equinox make a volume that is invaluable to readers, students, and adepts. It includes material on Crowley`s magical order, magical rituals, yoga, invocations, and sex magick, among many other topics. Gems from the Equinox is a unique resource that serves as a veritable textbook for the magickal orders AA and O.T.O. Although it is written for the advanced practitioner, beginners will gain much from its many pages of wisdom, including yoga postures and breathing techniques, ceremonial rituals and meditations, an Enochian magick primer, and The Book of the Law. In Gems from the Equinox, Israel Regardie`s selections of Aleister Crowley`s writings synthesize the aim of religion and the method of science, making it invaluable to readers, students, and adepts. Gems is a must have for every student of Occultism, Mysticism, Thelema, Magick, and comparative religion. * This essential reference and study text from Crowley`s body of work has been out of print for years. * Israel Regardie selected the most important magical writings from the ten installments of the original Equinox and made them available to the student in one comprehensive collection. This is a beautiful and comprehensive 1134 page hardcover book. |
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Item #: GMSEQU |
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| Goetia: Lesser Key of Solomon | |
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By S.L. MacGregor Mathers. Since classical Greece, Goetia has meant 'low' magic as distinct from the high magic of theurgy. It is 'applied' rather than 'pure' magic, addressing practical human concerns - from obtaining advancement and wealth to finding love and knowledge. The manuscripts from which this edition was prepared circulated in the spiritual underground of Baroque England. They were written in the English vernacular rather than the Latin of the scholars, further evidence of the popular character of this grimoire. It is a manual of Solomonic astrological sorcery that gives detailed instruction for the ritual precautions, requisites and incantations necessary to invoke the aid of its 72 spirits, which are described in detail. Paperback, 134 pages |
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Item #: BGOETI |
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| Grimoire of Armadel | |
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By S.L. MacGregor Mathers. This is one of the original do-it-yourself books on ceremonial magic! This edition was translated by Mathers from a 17th century manuscript kept at the Bibliothèque d’ Arsenal in Paris. The Grimoire contains detailed descriptions of the natures and offices of the various evil spirits. The sigils -- seals giving power over demons -- related to the various spirits are reproduced together with their practical uses, according to the particular aspect of the astral world that the reader wants to investigate. With more than forty spells, plus detailed diagrams and conjuring charts -- all are reproduced here following the method of the original French manuscript. Paperback, 79 pages. |
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Item #: BGRIMO |
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| High Priestess | |
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By Patricia Crowther. As one of the Western world's most famous witches, and one of the leading figures in the modern revival of witchcraft, Patricia Crowther was a close friend and confidante of the late Gerald Gardner who initiated her into the Craft of the Wise. This is a fascinating account of a witch's life as a High Priestess of the Great Goddess, and her many astounding experiences. This book will prove to be essential reading for all those interested in the history and development of witchcraft and the climate in which the renaissance of witchcraft occurred. Paperback, 208 pages. |
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Item #: BHIGHP |
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| Illustrated History of the Knights Templar | |
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by James Wasserman. Despite the increasing scholarship devoted to the study of the Templar order, founded in 1119, the mystery surrounding the Templars endures. Secret societies from the Freemasons to the Ordo Templi Orientis claim descent from this religious order of warrior-monks. As the private army of the pope, the Knights Templar were initially established to protect Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land but grew to become one of the most powerful organizations in the Middle Ages. With period illustrations from manuscripts from the Crusades, interpretive romantic paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries, and contemporary photos by Steven Brooke and others of former Templar strongholds in Europe and Jerusalem, James Wasserman, author of the bestselling The Templars and the Assassins, provides a fascinating history of the Order and the many mysteries and legends that surround it. Wasserman presents the evidence for the Templar connection to mystical Islamic organizations such as the Assassins as well as their ties to “heretical” groups such as the Cathars, who were targeted by a crusade in southern France to expunge the challenge they presented to the orthodoxy of their time. In addition to providing an overview of the Templars’ actions during the Crusades, Wasserman revisits the trial and the charges leveled against them, showing how the Order was ruthlessly crushed. He also explores the nature of the treasure they left behind, which has fueled popular imagination for centuries.Softcover, 192 pgs, 175 color illus. |
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Item #: ILHIKT |
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| Illustrated Kama Sutra/Ananga-Ranga/The Perfumed Garden | |
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Sir Richard Burton/F. F. Arbuthnot (Translators). Sexual frankness without a hint of guilt or prurience is the great legacy which the Eastern, and in particular Indian, traditions have given us. As an expression of human culture, and as a pillow book for the modern boudoir, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana the most famous work on sex ever written the Ananga-Ranga of Kalyana Malla, and Sheikh Nefzai's Perfumed Garden, set forth the principles of sensual pleasure with poetry, wisdom, and humor, celebrating love as an ecstatic expression of life's beauty. Here, for the first time, Sir Richard Burton's translations of the classic Eastern love texts have been published in one volume. The first Kama Sutra to be illustrated in color with a dazzling and unique collection of Indian painting and sculpture. These erotic treatises are not sex manuals in the modern sense clinical collections of coital postures but a broader and more humane exploration of Eastern sexual customs. Softcover, 160 pgs, 100 color plates. |
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Item #: IKSARP |
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| Key of Solomon the King | |
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By S.L. MacGregor Mathers. The Key of Solomon is the most famous, or infamous, of magical textbooks. Although the grimoire is of unknown origin, MacGregor Mathers, who prepared this edition from seven manuscripts in the British Museum, believes it was written by King Solomon. The King instructs his disciples in incantations that summon and master the spirits. The process of summoning these beings illustrates the extraordinary complexity of Western ritual magic - choosing a time and place; preliminary prayers; fasting, fumigations, and preparations; as well as the need for magical equipment, robes, and trappings. Included in this edition is a new foreword by R.A. Gilbert, esoteric scholar and antiquarian bookseller. Gilbert highlights the importance of the Key as a primary source for those interested in Western ritual magic, as well as the historical background and contemporary magical contexts of MacGregor Mather's editorial work and commentary. Paperback, 127 pages |
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Item #: BKEYSO |
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| Magick of Aleister Crowley | |
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by Lon Duquette. Using simple, straightforward language, the author traces the evolution of modern Ceremonial Magick and painlessly discusses the foundations and intricacies of Crowley`s thought. He then challenges the reader to put this knowledge into practice by offering initiated commentaries upon Crowley`s most popular and celebrated rituals. The Magick of Thelema is without question the least intimidating, most amusing and user-friendly guide of the works of Aleister Crowley ever written. It is truly a handbook of the rituals of Crowley and as such is an indispensable addition to every magickal library. Paperback, 248 pages |
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Item #: BMGCKA |
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| Magus of Freemasonry | |
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by Tobias Churton. Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was the first to record a personal account of initiation into Accepted Freemasonry. His writings help solve the debate between operative and “speculative” origins of Accepted Freemasonry, demonstrating that symbolic Freemasonry existed within the Masonic trade bodies. Ashmole was one of the leading intellectual luminaries of his time: a founding member of the Royal Society, a fellowship and later academy of natural philosophers and scientists; alchemist; astrological advisor to the king; and the creator of the world’s first public museum. While Isaac Newton regarded him as an inspiration, Ashmole has been ignored by many conventional historians. Tobias Churton’s compelling portrait of Ashmole offers a perfect illustration of the true Renaissance figure--the magus. As opposed to the alienated position of his post-Cartesian successors, the magus occupied a place at the heart of Renaissance spiritual, intellectual, and scientific life. Churton shows Ashmole to be part of the ferment of the birth of modern science, a missing link between operative and symbolic Freemasonry, and a vital transmitter of esoteric thought when the laws of science were first taking hold. He was a man who moved with facility between the powers of earth and the active symbols of heaven. Softcover, 320 pgs, 155 b/w illus. |
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Item #: MAGFRE |
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| Meaning of Witchcraft | |
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by Gerald Gardner. Thought to be the father of modern witchcraft, Gerald Gardner published The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959, not long after laws punishing witches were repealed. It was the first sympathetic book written from the point of view of a practicing witch. 'The meaning of witchcraft is to be found, not in strange religious theories about God and Satan, but in the deepest levels of the human mind, the collective unconscious, and the earliest developments of human society. It is the deepness of the roots that has preserved the tree.' The Meaning of Witchcraft is an invaluable source book for witches today. Chapters include: * Witchs Memories and Beliefs * The Stone Age Origins of Witchcraft * Druidism and the Aryan Celts * Magic Thinking * Curious Beliefs about Witches * Signs and Symbols * The Black Mass * Some Allegations Examined Soft Cover 272 pgs |
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Item #: MNGWIT |
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