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The Mechanics of Tarot

There is a lot of intuitive interpretation based on what these occult symbols suggest or make the reader feel while there is a corresponding lack of an understanding of the basic mechanics of the system of symbolism that the Tarot has been structured upon by the master magicians that adapted it from a game to a tool for spiritual development in the Nineteenth Century. Continue reading

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The First Steps in Magick

Any serious magician will tell you that the first thing that any novice magician needs to do is to start studying. To this point I haven’t stopped studying so it would seem to me that the sooner that a newbie starts reading up on magick the better- there is a lot of reading. But it isn’t just the volume of study of the occult that makes a solid discipline, it is the quality of the study and the diligence with which it is applied that will determine the success or failure to acquire the discipline of magick. Continue reading

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The Neophyte’s Path to the Rise of the Light

At the core of the teachings of this school of ceremonial magick is a graded initiatory system that teaches Neophytes the skills of the magician in a structured, coherent progression of lessons, called flying scrolls by the adepts in that order. This graded system of advancement is based upon the central symbol of the order, the Holy Qabalah, and it divides the magician’s progress into ten achievable degrees of initiation corresponding to the ten lights, or Sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Continue reading

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The Great Dragon of Hermes and His Sacred Magick

Of the Soul, that part which is Sensible is mortal, but that which is Reasonable is immortal.- The Emerald Tablet Of all of the possible works of magick there is one that in spite of its central importance is most … Continue reading

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