Magick in Theory and Practice

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Basic worthwhile; personally, as I read Crowley I came to the decision that his Brand of magick - Thelema, etc. However this is overall the most clear guide to the principles of magick as Crowley viewed it and is a great resource for those interested in the occult. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Many consider this work by Crowley to be the foremost book on ceremonial magic written in the twentieth century.

He cared little for the layman and therefore would only spread his knowledge to anyone he considered 'worthy'. John Frederick Charles Fuller, 1878-1966); Soror Alostrael ( Leah Hirsig, 1883-1951) and Frater Volo Intelligere ( Gerald Yorke, 1901-1983). This section deals with The Book of the Law, including the book itself, a brief biography of Crowley, the events leading up to its reception, and the conditions of the three days of its writing. It’s one of those terribly contrived publications that is geared towards making money off of Crowley without ever presenting any real, viable information. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral.

But what really makes this book great is the seriousness with which Crowley approaches his subject; he makes the magic real. His interpretations of the symbolism and practice of magic are insightful regardless of whether they hold any truly practical application. Though a man in possession of a great mind, and no doubt nigh fathomable prowess, he was not without fallacy or malcontent. Condition: hardcover has some age-spotting to outer page edges; some age-toning to the pages with mild reference wear. Crowley teaches me that, with its use of wands and spells and colors and incense and robes and spirits and talismans, that magick is fun, cool, useful, practical, and exciting if you have a proper understanding of the Nature of Mind.Writings of British mystic Aleister Crowley on occult practices influenced the development of Neopaganism, various religious movements that arose chiefly in the United Kingdom and the United States in the late 1900s and that combine worship of pagan nature deities, particularly of the earth, with benign witchcraft. So it's less of an intro or informative work than a reference book on the ritual tools and their symbolism, something you can now just look up online but which they didn't have back then. For reasons unknown to me at the time I made meditative circles every night, at sunset, for 95 sunsets in a row.

If you are a young magician and still hounded with the doubts instilled in you about magic from a society that uses the word "science" to denounce magic (like some people use crosses to ward off vampires) without even understanding the methodology that science truly is, this book is the cure. EG, lending color to an idea of practice that would almost all too certainly come with insufferable blowback to the inept.

Aleister Crowley was devoted to understanding and communicating with forces unknown, spirits, and gods.

Still, it was an interesting window into Thelema, Crowley's religion, and new age mysticism in general.The book was also dedicated to Soror Ouarda ( Rose Edith Crowley, 1874-1932); Frater Per Ardua (Maj. Do As Thou Wilt Is The Whole Of The Law" is actually an excellent first step towards recognizing that people are different than the creatures presupposed by the guiding moralities of the time, but he fails to draw universal conclusions or apply these precepts externally to himself, too busy assuming he is a beautiful and unique snowflake to realize that the fulfillment of this human nature is a laudable goal and morality should be based on who we are and how to live on Earth.