12.01.2021

“Astrology, Karma & Transformation: The Inner Dimensions of the Birth Chart” by Stephen Arroyo

Magick Matters

"This insightful and original book focuses on the understanding and use of astrology as a tool for spiritual and psychological growth. In contrast to traditional prediction-oriented astrology, this new approach to the most ancient of all sciences is based upon the law of karma and the urge toward self-transformation. Especially emphasizing the transformative and karmic significance of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, this book places all astrological techniques in a growth-oriented perspective. It is especially pertinent for those whose interest in astrology is based on a recognition of its spiritual significance and its value for enhancing self-knowledge. Included are chapters on such topics as: karma & relationships; progressions; transits; astrology in the Edgar Cayce...>>

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12.01.2021

“Hex Appeal: Seductive Spells for the Sassy Sorceress” by Lucy Summers

Magick Matters

"Lucy Summers puts a lighthearted face on witchcraft as she offers girl-to-girl advice on charms, chants, and other spellbinding methods for attracting guys and making dating problems vanish in that proverbial puff of smoke. Presented in a fun-to-read question-and-answer format, her brand-new Hex Appeal shows how to Captivate that dream guy with potent potions to make his head spin Make unwanted admirers disappear with a powerful banishing spell Discover witchcraft secret ingredients that give a girl true hex appeal Stylishly chic color illustrations, a handy checklist for each magic hex, and easy instructions on how to activate the spells combine to make this entertaining volume a...>>

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12.01.2021

“The Book of the Law” and “The Book of Lies” by Aleister Crowley

Magick Matters

"Aleister Crowley’s black magic masterpiece The Book of the Law is the central sacred text of Thelema, written or ‘channeled’ by Crowley in 1904, who claimed it was dictated to him by a disembodied entity named ‘Aiwass’ while he spent the night in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Book of Lies consists of 93 chapters, each of which consists of one page of text. The chapters include a question mark, poems, rituals, instructions, and obscure allusions and cryptograms. The subject of each chapter is generally determined by its number and its corresponding Qabalistic meaning. This is the original 1912 public domain text without Aleister Crowley’s 1921 commentary and without any...>>

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11.01.2021

“Midnight Movies” by James Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum

Magick Matters

“It started out as an affectionate homage to late-night movies, and ended being an affectionately embraced late-night movie,” director Jim Sharman would say of that thing called Rocky Horror. A decade ago, The Rocky Horror Show — later to be filmed as The Rocky Horror Picture Show — was little more than a perverse gleam in the eye of one “Ritz” O'Brien, it could be said that the phenomenon virtually began with something that had already become a cliche and a commonplace: the late-night picture show. Ever since theater exhibitors got the idea of putting on special programs at midnight — mainly diverse kinds of marginal exploitation fare, ideal for Halloween spook-a-thons or rowdy...>>

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11.01.2021

“The Demiurge in Ancient Thought: Secondary Gods and Divine Mediators” by Carl Sean O’Brien

Magick Matters

"How was the world generated and how does matter continue to be ordered so that the world can continue functioning? Questions like these have existed as long as humanity has been capable of rational thought. In antiquity, Plato's Timaeus introduced the concept of the Demiurge, or Craftsman-god, to answer them. This lucid and wide-ranging book argues that the concept of the Demiurge was highly influential on the many discussions operating in Middle Platonist, Gnostic, Hermetic and Christian contexts in the first three centuries AD. It explores key metaphysical problems such as the origin of evil, the relationship between matter and the First Principle and the deployment of ever-increasing numbers of secondary deities to insulate...>>

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