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Book Synopsis''Vegvísir'' is the name of a famous Icelandic magical sign. It means ''signpost'' or ''guide'', and that is exactly what this book is. In this outstanding new volume, a follow-up to "Icelandic Magic: Aims,Tools and Techniques of the Icelandic Sorcerers" (Avalonia 2015), Christopher Alan Smith goes a step further and teaches how to apply these techniques in your life for success, wealth, contentment, or whatever it is that you fervently wish for. Beginning with a devastating attack on the frivolities and anxieties of the modern world, he guides you, chapter by chapter, towards alignment with mythic reality and the development of latent skills that you always had, but never realised.Based on nearly 50 years of magical practice, and with an empathy born of experience, the author patiently encourages you to inherit the abilities that are yours by right, and challenges you to make use of these. There are many people in the world, all mortal. Will you be one of those who prove themselves somewhat more than mortal: the seed of the gods?***"Personally, I think of magic as the art and science of changing the Narrative. Narrative is not just a matter of idly telling stories; it is a powerful force in its own right, exerting itself through mythic reality, in ancient folktales, and in the story you tell yourself, day in, day out." - C.A. Smith in VEGVÍSIR

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Book SynopsisCollectanea Hermetica Volume I: Hermetic Arcanum. This book was part of the curriculum studied by members of the original Order of the Golden Dawn. This essay presents the secret work of the Hermetic philosophy wherein the secrets of nature and art concerning the matter of the philosophers'' stone and the manner of working are explained in an authentic and orderly manner. The volumes of Westcott''s Collectanea Hermetica appeared over three years from 1893 to 1896 when the Golden Dawn was at its peak. In every volume the intellectual integrity of the authors is evident, as is an eagerness to bring academic respectability to subjects derided by their contemporaries. This edition was Edited Darcy Kuntz. General Preface by R.A. Gilbert; Preface to the Series by W. Wynn Westcott; Preface to the Hermetic Arcanum by Sapere Aude; Introduction by Robert Allen Bartlett; To the Students by Penes Nos Unda Tagi; The Hermetic Arcanum; Time of the Stone; Notes, Appendixes, Advertisements and Bibliography. Hardbound. 6x9. xxvi, 70 pp.This is the first corrected edition since Westcott's edition which was originally published in 1893. This edition has been corrected against the original editions: Enchiridion Physicæ Restitutæ (1623); Enchiridion Physicæ Restitutæ (1642); Arcanum or the Grand Secret of Hermetic Philosophy. Third amended edition, (1650); Westcott''s edition (1893). It also contains two advertisements from 1893 and a rare illustration of the interior of an Athanor reprinted from Theatrum Chemicum, (1659).

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Book SynopsisMastering Enochian Magick Vol. III: Mastering the Thirty AiresThe final piece of the Enochian puzzle was revealed to John Dee and Edward Kelley following the structure and attributions of the Great Table. The Thirty Aires, represented as a series of concentric spheres extending outward from the Earth and into the Heavens, have inspired modern magicians to perform countless scrying experiments that have produced records of varying quality. But the original design of the Thirty Aires in fact encodes a complex and effective system of political and geographical magick. Dee hoped to use this new magical technology in the service of his Queen and country, shaping political events all over the world. Author Scott Michael Stenwick now does for the Thirty Aires what he did for the Great Table and Mystical Heptarchy, presenting the material in a context that is true to Dee and Kelley''s original schema along with a ritual template that includes both modern and traditional grimoire techniques. The entities of the Thirty Aires include powers spanning the terrestrial realms of the Earth and the zodiacal forces of the Heavens. These powers provide many opportunities for both effective practical work and transformative mystical operations.Unlock the secrets of the Thirty Aires and put them to work transforming your life.

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