The Magician's Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism (Llewellyn's Sourcebook)
Bill Whitcomb
Language: English
Pages: 608
ISBN: 0875428681
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This "desk reference" is overflowing with a wide range of occult and esoteric materials on Eastern and Western magical systems. Over thirty-five magical models are compared and discussed. Begins with an introduction to magic, including a program of study so you can use any of the ninety-one systems described. Reveals the secrets of alchemy, magical alphabets, the chakras, the Tree of Life, astrology, and much more. It makes the ancient magical systems accessible, understandable and useful to modern magicians.
Harry Potter E I Doni Della Morte (Harry Potter, Libro 7)
Harry Potter à l'École des Sorciers (Harry Potter, Book 1)
The Lost Gate (Mither Mages, Book 1)
A Betrayal in Winter (Long Price Quartet, Book 2)
Requiem's Song (Dawn of Dragons, Book 1)
The Prodigal Mage (Fisherman's Children, Book 1)
the circle. STEP 3: When you are done, reverse the process to open the circle, moving in a counterclockwise direction. Repeat each "call," but this time, dismiss what ever forces or entities you may have invoked. If you have invoked person ified beings, be sure to thank them for their participation and goodwill. STEP 4: After all the symbols surrounding the circle have been "deactivated," remove the boundary circle, just as you did in the previous exercise. See (in the glossary) CIRCLE;
part of me in charge of keeping my body healthy and fighting off illness." You could place your magical motto or personal sigil within the circle and say something such as "I want to speak to the part of me that is responsible for my ongoing initiation and spiritual growth." What you may contact is limited only by your imagination, your ability to concentrate, and your discretion. Finally, decide just what you want to know or accomplish. You may ask the enti ties you contact for knowledge,
system being used) until the sphere or plane associated with the energies to be channeled is reached. Also, in hierarchical structures (such as the qabalistic Tree of Life), as you "rise higher in the planes" and approach godhead or noumenal reality, it is possible to direct greater amounts of energy causing farther-reaching changes in the material world. In the qabalistic conception of the four elemental worlds, all action and being originates in the spiritual, archetypal world of Atziluth
are not creatures of absolutes, for all being in the material world is mixed. Magical models can enable us to fInd new ways to see the world. If we do not use these models to expand our world views, then we are merely using them to provide a rationale for our behavior, for what we want to believe. 65 MAGICAL MODELS 66 Attributes of Yin and Yang YIN YANG Earth Heaven Receptive Creative Negative Passive Positive Feminine Masculine Moon Sun Active Miscellaneous Opposites Attract
spirit of the Sheikh or Murshid (the spiritual leader of the Order) Practice of Sihr ("lawful magic") recitations and spiritual exercises performed by the permissions of the Sheikh Garden of the Soul ARIF (Knowledge) Achievement of unity with the spirit of the Pir (founder of the Order) Stage of Safarullah ("journey into knowledge") the practice of thaumaturgy; spiritual power is projected into the seeker's mind by the Sheikh Garden of the Heart FANA (Annihilation) The Summit; achievement