- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: RED WHEEL WEISER; illustrated edition edition (July 19 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1578632080
- ISBN-13: 978-1578632084
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #626,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For the person wishing to embark upon a reliable course in magic, in a place where a working group is not established, or for the person who simply seeks a solitary practice, Ogdoadic Magick is the perfect source. Everything the initiate could desire is found in these pages: a foundation in magical ethics, an exploration of Jungian archetypes as magical tools, wards and warding, how to create a magical robe, an introduction to the five elements and the Qabalah, as well as sensible instructions for establishing a daily and weekly practice.
Norman Kraft's Ogdoadic Magick began as a training manual for members of a contemporary mystical order, the Aurum Solis, in their first initiatory degree. This book takes the novice step-by-step through an entire year of magical practice. Kraft's work includes a clear definition of magic, drawing on sources within the Aurum Solis and from other respected traditions. He answers the question "How does magic work?" with an insightful discussion of the true work of magic: the discovery and enlightenment of the true self.
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Introduction to Art Magick,
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This review is from: Ogdoadic Magick P (Paperback)
Ogdoadic Magick is a guide to the Art Magick tradition and a training manual for the novice wishing to follow this path that is based on Celtic, Gnostic and Greek practices and philosophies and draws inspiration from a Qabalah of different lineage and traditions than those used by the mainstream of the Western occult tradition.The author examines the theory, practice and ethics of magick and discusses Jung and Vogler's archetypes and the work of Joseph Campbell. He provides a list of requirements and instructions for setting up an altar plus information about study and practice, breath, posture and meditation. There are chapters on the four elements, the law of similars and the Qabalah, as well as on the seasonal and lunar tides and the planetary hours. Eight rituals are described, including the Solar Adoration, the Calyx, Setting Of The Wards, Rousing Of The Citadels and a rite of divination for finding lost objects. Tables and figures are scattered throughout the text, for example a tarot spread, a model chamber of art, various magical postures, the tree of life, the eight-pointed star and various charts listing correspondences between for example psychological qualities, plants, minerals and animals. Appendix A includes a brief history of the Ogdoadic tradition with reference to the Knights Templar, Platonic Academy, the Medici, Marsilio Ficino, Angelo Poliziano, Reuchlin, the Societas Rotae Fulgentis and the Order Aurum Solis. Appendix B provides an interesting list of recommended additional reading on Aurum Solis, Psychology & Mind, Western Magick, Symbolism, History & Philosophy, Poetry and Reference Works and the book concludes with an extensive bibliography and index. I also recommend the titles Foundations of High Magick and Creative Visualization by Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips and Stephan Hoeller's The Gnostic Jung And The Seven Sermons To The Dead for those interested in this positive and sane magical tradition.
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Introduction to Art Magick,
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This review is from: Ogdoadic Magick P (Paperback)
Ogdoadic Magick is a guide to the Art Magick tradition and a training manual for the novice wishing to follow this path that is based on Celtic, Gnostic and Greek practices and philosophies and draws inspiration from a Qabalah of different lineage and traditions than those used by the mainstream of the Western occult tradition.The author examines the theory, practice and ethics of magick and discusses Jung and Vogler's archetypes and the work of Joseph Campbell. He provides a list of requirements and instructions for setting up an altar plus information about study and practice, breath, posture and meditation. There are chapters on the four elements, the law of similars and the Qabalah, as well as on the seasonal and lunar tides and the planetary hours. Eight rituals are described, including the Solar Adoration, the Calyx, Setting Of The Wards, Rousing Of The Citadels and a rite of divination for finding lost objects. Tables and figures are scattered throughout the text, for example a tarot spread, a model chamber of art, various magical postures, the tree of life, the eight-pointed star and various charts listing correspondences between for example psychological qualities, plants, minerals and animals. Appendix A includes a brief history of the Ogdoadic tradition with reference to the Knights Templar, Platonic Academy, the Medici, Marsilio Ficino, Angelo Poliziano, Reuchlin, the Societas Rotae Fulgentis and the Order Aurum Solis. Appendix B provides an interesting list of recommended additional reading on Aurum Solis, Psychology & Mind, Western Magick, Symbolism, History & Philosophy, Poetry and Reference Works and the book concludes with an extensive bibliography and index. I also recommend the titles Foundations of High Magick and Creative Visualization by Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips and Stephan Hoeller's The Gnostic Jung And The Seven Sermons To The Dead for those interested in this positive and sane magical tradition.
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Not the best work, but not the worst,
By A Magus - Published on Amazon.com
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Valuable in that it offers an insiders look at a modern and active magical order and its practices; But not so much for its insight into practical magick.
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Ho-hum,
By Mh Cliver "abookeworme" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ogdoadic Magick P (Paperback)
It's telling that, at the time of writing this book, the author and his group were not initiates of the system and were more or less making it up following fairly sketchy outlines.There's some good stuff but most of it is highly duplicative of all the other pre-initiate level western magical books. If you own any of these, e.g. Kraig, you're likely to be disappointed in this, and in some places it's downright misleading, probably not deliberately but out of lack of initiatic information. |
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