Magick Matters

14.10.2022

“The Petroglyphs of Mu: Pohnpei, Nan Madol, and the Legacy of Lemuria” by Carole Nervig

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"While residing on the small Pacific island of Pohnpei in the 1990s, Carole Nervig discovered that a recent brush fire had exposed hundreds of previously unknown petroglyphs carved on gigantic boulders. This portion of the megalithic site called Pohnpaid was unknown even to Pohnpei’s state historic preservation officer. The petroglyphs were unlike others from Oceania, so Nervig began investigating and comparing them with petroglyphs and symbols from around the world. In this fully illustrated exploration, Nervig documents her discoveries on Pohnpei, revealing how the archetypal symbols of the Pohnpaid petroglyphs have exact counterparts in other ancient cultures and universal motifs throughout the world, including the Australian Aborigines, the Inca in Peru, the Vedic civilization of...>>

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13.10.2022

“Wicca Nature Magic: A Beginner’s Guide to Working with Nature Spellcraft” by Lisa Chamberlain

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Lisa Chamberlain shows you how to harness nature energies to enhance and improve your life—whether you’re well versed in other forms of magic but are just discovering nature magic, or are new to magic altogether. For most Witches, nature is the most sacred earthly manifestation—the practice of nature magic has endless potential. Bestselling author Lisa Chamberlain covers how nature was harnessed in ritual and magic by our pagan ancestors; the significance of trees and other plants to Wiccan cosmology and ritual practice; advice for forging (and deepening) personal magical connections with trees near you; profiles of 13 common magical trees and key flowers and plants—their lore, energetic properties, and magical uses; nature spirits; how...>>

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13.10.2022

“Liquid Light: Ayahuasca Spirituality and the Santo Daime Tradition” by G. William Barnard

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"The Santo Daime is a syncretic religion that arose in the Amazon region of Brazil in the middle of the twentieth century and now has churches throughout the world. Its spiritual practice is based around the sacramental use of ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew consumed only within regular ceremonies. In Liquid Light, G. William Barnard―an initiate of the religion and a scholar of religious studies―considers the religious practice and transformative inner experiences of the Santo Daime community. Immersing readers in his own journeys into nonordinary states of consciousness, Barnard provides a vivid as well as introspective depiction of the dramatic ritual and visionary worlds that a practitioner of this tradition encounters. He combines striking first-person accounts...>>

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12.10.2022

“Magick in Theory and Practice” by Aleister Crowley (1976 reprint of the original 1929 edition)

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"This is the foremost book on ceremonial magic written in the twentieth century, the summation of the thought and life practice of the century’s most famous necromancer and one of its most infamous figures. It was prepared by Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) specially for neophytes. Written at the height of his involvement, it is probably Crowley's best book. Although he draws on Buddhist, Egyptian, Tantric and Gnostic rituals and the teachings of Abramelin and other early magi, Crowley is primarily concerned with his own system of Magick. (He added the "k" to distinguish it from systems which have "attracted too many dilettanti, eccentrics, weaklings...") Crowley appears in his many aliases—Perdurabo, The Great Wild Beast 666, The...>>

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12.10.2022

“Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley: Tunisia 1923” edited by Stephen Skinner

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"The complete diaries of Aleister Crowley cover his entire career in magic, from his initiation into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1898, to his death in 1947. These diaries record the development of Crowley's synthesis of traditional Western ritual magic with Eastern yoga, tantra and sexual magic—culminating in the creation of Crowley's "Thelemic Magick". The Magical Diaries of Aleister Crowley: Tunisia 1923 show one year in Crowley's life. This particular year was a major turning point in his life—he and his followers had just been banished by mussolini from their beloved Abbey of Thelema in Cefalu, Sicily. It marks a time of introspection for Crowley. In it he fully records his...>>

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