Magick Matters

20.10.2023

“A Machine For Inner Space” by Jon Lange

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"This book contains a set of instructions for building a machine to work in that most elusive of places: inner space. The beauty of this book is that the material and tools are free: one's consciousness and one's imagination are all that are required. Like a path-working, it is designed to expand one's understanding of self and the cosmos. Also included are some preliminary workings and a set of exercises to help develop the will and the imagination to get the machine working properly. The uses to which this machine can be put are only limited by one's imagination. So get building today and explore inner space like a true Psychonaut! Originally published as a small...>>

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20.10.2023

“Psychedelic Experience: Revealing the Mind” by Aidan Lyon

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"Psychedelic Experience presents a philosophical account of psychedelic experience. A central premise of the book is that such experiences are mind-revealing experiences and that they can be induced by means other than psychedelics. In particular, the book argues that psychedelic experiences can also be had as the result of meditation. Aiden Lyon presents a unified conceptual framework for thinking about the different kinds of psychedelic experiences one may have as a result of psychedelics, meditation, and their combination. This framework is then used to shed new light on various commonalities between psychedelics and meditation, such as the ability to promote long-lasting increases in mindfulness and their reputation for inducing mystical experiences. Finally, the book uses...>>

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20.10.2023

“Embracing Shame: How to Stop Resisting Shame and Turn It into a Powerful Ally” by Bret Lyon and Sheila Rubin

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"Discover a proven pathway for transforming shame from a self-punishing emotion into a powerful ally for your health and happiness. Why do we feel shame? Given how painful and destructive shame can be, it’s easy to see this emotion as an inner demon that turns our own mind against us. Yet shame is a universal emotion―and it serves an important purpose. "While toxic shame can keep us stuck in a self-defeating vortex", say Bret Lyon and Sheila Rubin, "there is a healthy expression of shame designed to protect us, help us change, and actually build our self-esteem". With Embracing Shame, these expert teachers share an invaluable guide to an emotion so volatile that most of us―including...>>

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19.10.2023

“Friedel’s Conversations with the Dead: The Fascinating Story of Friedrich Jürgenson, Pioneer of EVP” by Anabela Cardoso and Anders Leopold

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"Friedel’s Conversations with the Dead is the story of the Swedish painter and opera singer Friedrich Jürgenson, who pioneered the discovery of Electronic Voice Phenomena, in which deceased people appear to be able to make contact with the physical world utilising electronic devices such as radios, tape recorders, computers and televisions. Born in Odessa in 1903 during the lead up to the Russian revolution, Friedel, as he was affectionally known, witnessed the carnage and dead bodies piled up in the streets at a young age. When he was six years old his father took him to a slaughterhouse, and when he heard the screams of animals being killed, he said there and then, "It is...>>

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19.10.2023

“The Astral Geographic: The Watkins Guide to the Occult World” by Andy Sharp

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"This ground-breaking new approach to the history of magic explores the occult through geography, inviting you to embark on ten astral travel journeys that span centuries and continents. Each itinerary comes complete with a route map, postcards of the sites, artworks of magical artefacts and an essay exploring a key occult theme, from necromancy and alchemy to standing stones and drowned cities. Follow in the hoof steps of the Devil from ancient Egypt to London’s Hellfire Club to the black magic venues of 1960s San Francisco; invoke angels and demons in the Algerian desert; meet witches in the Mediterranean temples of Hekate and Circe and the ancient cemeteries of Scandinavia; practise cloud divination in...>>

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