The essays and articles collected in this volume sum up the first not-quite decade of John Michael Greer's career as a writer on magic and occultism. While they cover a range of subjects, all of them share a common theme and were shaped by certain experiences that remade Greer's spiritual life just before the first of them was written. They record a remarkable period in the life of a scholar and will provide inspiration and entertainment to students of the occult as well as anyone interested in magic or writing.
By:
John Michael Greer
Imprint: Aeon Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781912807185
ISBN 10: 1912807181
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 26 March 2020
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction The fifty gates of understanding Meditation in magical practice The magical lodge Ars Memorativa: an introduction to the Hermetic Art of Memory The Hall of Thmaa: sources of the Golden Dawn lodge system The method of judging questions according to Peter de Abano of Padua: a Medieval handbook of geomancy Geometries of the sword 83 Hermeticism and the utopian imagination Pythagoras and Western magic The forgotten oracle Osiris and Christ: powers of transformation in Golden Dawn ritual Magic, politics, and the origins of the “mind-body problem” The G.D. elemental grades: a new version Swordsmanship and esoteric spirituality: an introduction to Gerard Thibault’s Academie de l’Espee
One of the most widely respected voices in contemporary occult studies, John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, The Druidry Handbook, The Celtic Golden Dawn, and Circles of Power. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America for twelve years. He lives in Cumberland, Maryland, an old mill town in the Appalachian mountains of western Maryland, with his wife Sara.