An accessible and concise guide exploring the power and beauty of the Golden Dawn magical system.
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Cultural Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific DemographicsWritten by a true practicing magician, Circles of Power is a marvelous modern occult text full of practical advice and formulae based on the Golden Dawn tradition, founded on Cabalistic Magick. Greer synthesizes the Golden Dawn system concisely and clearly into an outstanding modern Magickal Manual. It compares favorably to, if not better than, Kraig's Modern Magick or Frater U.D.'s High Magick, two excellent similar books...
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Probably Greer's best work to date. I have to say I'm a fan of Greer's even though I have disliked a couple of his other works but this book should be read and studied by those who're interested in working ritual magic. I say should be because every ceremonial magical text is generally suggested to be obtained and read by the novice if you take a look at the average website on this topic. Sadly though many of those sites don't...
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I have one complaint with this book, and that is John Michael Greer's approach to the explination of the rituals he highlights in his book. They combine discussion with the steps, which I found more confusing than perhaps spliting each ritual into steps and then discussion of the steps. But this is hardly more than a gripe when you look at the way Greer has opened up magic in a real way. He doesn't hold back, letting...
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For the intellectual student who wishes a complete explication of the purposes of a rite. Each ritual is designed for solo performance, although he strays a bit from Regardie's tome. (If you want something closer to Regardie's rituals try "Modern Magick" by Donald Michael Kraig). Not written for the layperson, this dense book nevertheless will prove to be a complete handbook for the beginning practical theurgist. The...
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Dr. Israel Regardie's greatest literary legacy, _The Golden Dawn_ (also known as _The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magick_), has cast an often-imposing shadow over the heads of those who would seek the illumination high magick can bring.Known for being at the very least dense and in some cases positively perplexing, Regardie's presentation of the techniques and once-secret papers of the Hermetic Order of the Golden...
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