21.01.2023

“Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions” by Christopher G. White

Magick Matters

"What do modern multiverse theories and spiritualist séances have in common? Not much, it would seem. One is an elaborate scientific theory developed by the world’s most talented physicists. The other is a spiritual practice widely thought of as backward, the product of a mystical world view fading under the modern scientific gaze. But Christopher G. White sees striking similarities. He does not claim that séances or other spiritual practices are science. Yet he points to ways that both spiritual practices and scientific speculation about multiverses and invisible dimensions are efforts to peer into the hidden elements and even the existential meaning of the universe. Other Worlds examines how the idea that the universe has...>>

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21.01.2023

“Magick, Shamanism and Taoism: The I Ching in Ritual & Meditation” by Richard Herne

Magick Matters

"Delve into the Magickal Side of I Ching Divination The Book of Changes (I Ching) is more than just an oracle—it is also an incredibly powerful tool for theoretical and practical magick and meditation. With this book, the magician can learn to use the primal elemental forces of the universe as they are revealed in the ancient Hexagrams. For the first time in a study of esoteric practices, Magick, Shamanism & Taoism provides the regular Chinese word-characters for the Hexagrams as well as representations of their archaic antecedents, based on the earliest known examples of Chinese calligraphy. This opens up the potential for creating interesting and authentic variants for talismanic magick. The I Ching is comparable to...>>

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21.01.2023

“Horrorscopes: Exorcise the Monsters Within and Unleash the Scary Side of Your Sun Sign” by Stella Hyde

Magick Matters

"Everyone knows their astrological sign, but how many of us know what monsters lurk within the zodiac? You may have your suspicions: the glowing red eyes after a night on the town, an irresistible attraction to a white neck, a few lost days every month, a feeling of supernatural superiority, but what you probably don't know is that your star sign influences your evil incarnation of choice. Let Horrorscopes explain why you are what you are, how your ruling planet forces you into evil ways, how your rising sign can mask your true monstrous reality, what you would do on a really bad day, and how you can fight your evil twin and exorcise your...>>

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21.01.2023

“Darkside Zodiac: When You’re Born Under a Bad Star” by Stella Hyde (2004 edition)

Magick Matters

"Before you buy, look at the title on the cover. What does it say? Darkside. That means you are going to be reading some wince-making stuff about yourself. There are no jolly Brightside platitudes, because there is enough of that kind of thing in the world and every silver lining must have its cloud. You have been warned; anybody who is but a fragile blossom on life's maelstrom had better put the book down now! Heed the dire warning from the introduction to this hilarious expose of the less-nice aspects of astrological destiny. Explore all twelve signs, along with rising signs, the role of the Moon, the psychotic duo of Mars and Venus, plus opposite...>>

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20.01.2023

“Vegvisir: A Practical Guide to Runic and Icelandic Magic” by Christopher Alan Smith

Magick Matters

"Vegvísir" is the name of a famous Icelandic magical sign. It means "signpost" or "guide", and that is exactly what this book is. In this outstanding new volume, a follow-up to Icelandic Magic: Aims, Tools and Techniques of the Icelandic Sorcerers (Avalonia 2015), Christopher Alan Smith goes a step further and teaches how to apply these techniques in your life for success, wealth, contentment, or whatever it is that you fervently wish for. Beginning with a devastating attack on the frivolities and anxieties of the modern world, the author guides you, chapter by chapter, towards alignment with mythic reality and the development of latent skills that you always had, but never realised. Based on nearly...>>

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