Ceremonial Magic: A Guide to the Mechanisms of RitualThe proper working of ritual is at the heart of the Western magical tradition. This book shows exactly how ceremonial techniques can be used to concentrate and harness the enormous psychic and spiritual potential of human consciousness. Dr Regardie's detailed analysis and description of key rituals are based on his own considerable experience and his knowledge of Golden Down techniques. In addition to providing practical instructions on robes, ritual equipment and decor, he also links current occult practice to broader historical precedents. Introduction from noted Golden Dawn scholar Pat Zalewski, Includes the Opening of the Watchtower Ritual for Self Transformation. Book jacket. |
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Adeptus Minor Ritual ADONAI adore ADONAI adore the Lord adore your Creator Aleister Crowley Altar Archangel aspirant Bacchae Banishing Ritual Bornless Ritual Bornless Spirit ceremonial magic circumambulate clockwise consciousness consecrated Cross Crowley's Dionysus divine dramatic ritual dry land element ELOHIM eternal Ether Eucharist Euripides exalted facing East Father front of Tablet glory Goetia Golden Dawn Hadith hexagram Holy Guardian Angel invoke ye Invoking Pentagrams ISRAEL REGARDIE Kerubic Sign Let us adore Lord and King Maenads mystical names and letters obedient unto Osiris Pentheus prayer Preliminary Invocation Projecting Sign Qabalistic Quadrangle represent rushing Fire Samekh Soul Spell and Scourge Spirits of Air Spirits of Water Spirits subject unto student symbol Tablet or Sigil Temple theurgists Thou didst Three Great Secret triangle TZABAOTH unconscious unicursal hexagram vibrate Watchtower Ritual West whirling Air word ye Angels Yechidah YHVH ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ σὺ τὸ τὸν τοῦ