Magic

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Magic goes far beyond vague memories of fairy-tales, witch-doctors and conjurors. It is Western civilization's own native occult tradition, dating back to the mysteries of Egyptian, Greek and Roman religion: a spiritual discipline, the "Yoga of the West," which through ritual and meditation gives the magician power to evoke the "spirits" which are the ruling principles of his own psyche in their purest form. Francis King traces the origins of ritual magic, and its perilous coexistence with witchcraft, black magic and orthodox religion in the days when alchemy, astrology and the Kabbalah formed a powerful undercurrent in the intellectual life of Western Europe.
~ With 150 illustrations, 38 in color
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowskl de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and Christina Grof Beyond Death The Gates of Consciousness John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David Maclagan... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Magic goes far beyond vague memories of fairy-tales, witch-doctors and conjurors. It is Western civilization's own native occult tradition, dating back to the mysteries of Egyptian, Greek and Roman religion: a spiritual discipline, the "Yoga of the West," which through ritual and meditation gives the magician power to evoke the "spirits" which are the ruling principles of his own psyche in their purest form. Francis King traces the origins of ritual magic, and its perilous coexistence with witchcraft, black magic and orthodox religion in the days when alchemy, astrology and the Kabbalah formed a powerful undercurrent in the intellectual life of Western Europe.
~ With 150 illustrations, 38 in color
Titles in the Art and Imagination series include
Stanislas Klossowskl de Rola Alchemy The Secret Art
Warren Kenton Astrology The Celestial Mirror Stanislav and Christina Grof Beyond Death The Gates of Consciousness John Sharkey Celtic Mysteries The Ancient Religion David Maclagan Creation Myths Man's Introduction to the World Francis Huxley The Dragon Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature David Coxhead and Susan Hiller Dreams Visions of the Night
JohnMichell The Earth Spiht its ways, Shrines and Mysteries Lucie Lamy Egyptian Mysteries New/ Light on Ancient Knowledge Francis Huxley The Eye The Seer and the Seen Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi Kabbalah Tradition of Hidden Knowledge Geoffrey Ashe King Arthur The Dream of a Golden Age Francis King Magic The Western Tradition Peter Payne Martial Arts The Spiritual Dimension Jill Puree The Mystic Spiral Journey of the Soul Painton Cowan Rose Windows Maria-Gabrieie Wosien Sacred Dance Encounter with the Gods Robert Lawlor Sacred Geometry Philosophy and Practice Joan Halifax Shaman The Wounded Healer David V.Tansley Subtle Body Essence and Shadow
Laleh Bakhtiar S Uf 1 Expressions of the Mystic Quest Philip Rawson Tantra The Indian Cult of Ecstasy Philip Rawson and Laszio Legeza Tao The Chinese Philosophy of Time and Change Marie-Louise von Franz Time Rhythm and Repose Roger Cook The Tree of Life Image for the Cosmos Anne Bancroft Zen Direct Pointing to Reality Vissza