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In this newly revised and expanded edition, bestselling author Lon Milo DuQuette shares a groundbreaking and irreverent retelling of Jesus Christ's life. DuQuette draws on modern scholarship and his depth of occult experience to transport you to ancient Galilee and bring to life the people in it. Told from the perspective of Jesus's Uncle Clopas, this provocative novel sheds new light on ancient questions. Jesus's teachings, his healing ability, and his miraculous feats brought him fame, adoration, resentment, and ultimately death (or did they?). Interweaving biblical quotes with historical facts and fiction, DuQuette immerses you in a thought-provoking story that offers a plausible case for how distorted the Jesus myth may have become. Funny, tragic, and thrilling, this novel both inspires and challenges your thinking about Jesus.

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Take a fascinating journey into the life of one of the most respected, sought-after, and notorious magicians alive today: Lon Milo DuQuette. As entertaining as they are informative, the outrageous true stories in this one-of-a-kind memoir contain authentic magical theory and invaluable technical information. DuQuette tells how a friend was cursed by a well-known foreign filmmaker and how they removed that curse with a little help from Shakespeare. He explains how, as a six-year-old, he used the Law of Attraction to get a date with Linda Kaufman, the most beautiful girl in first grade. DuQuette also reveals the in and outs of working with demons and provides a compelling account of exorcising a demon from a private Catholic high school.

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Llewellyn s Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick features the greatest minds of magick assembled in one place, available as a limited-edition hardcover as well as a trade paperback edition. Compiled by two of the leading figures in the magick community, this new title in Llewellyn s Complete Book series includes more than 650 pages of insights into magical systems, techniques, grimoires, correspondences, and practices. These two outstanding editions of Llewellyn s Complete Book of Ceremonial Magick are must-haves for collectors and for magical practitioners with a variety of experience levels. Twelve extensive chapters each explore an aspect of the fascinating tapestry that is ceremonial magick, focusing on practical knowledge that can be put to use by ceremonial magicians from many different traditions or backgrounds. This comprehensive work is filled with practical historical perspectives as well as fresh insights, including working with Notariqon, Gematria, and Temurah in the Qabalah tradition; an in-depth analysis of historical grimoires and their registers of spirits; step-by-step instructions for six alchemical workings; example rituals of planetary magick for devotion and talismanic preparation; Enochian magick from John Dee to the Golden Dawn; a deeply personal description of the Abra-melin operation; an overview of Aleister Crowley s syncretic influence on working Golden Dawn magick using polytheist symbolism, with step-by-step instructions for several rituals; and a glimpse into the future of ceremonial magick.

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To truly understand the philosophy and practice of Thelema, you need to understand its charismatic and influential founder, Aleister Crowley. Thelema demystifies this enigmatic figure, providing a biography of Crowley and showing how his work evolved to become a paradigm-shifting system of magick. This book also explores the texts and writings that form the basis of Thelema, and it provides step-by-step instructions for practicing the basic rites and rituals of this misunderstood tradition. With this accessible guide, you will discover how Crowley and Thelema were influenced by Qabalah, the GoldenDawn, Egyptian deities, sex magick, tarot, Gnosticism, Eastern philosophy, yoga, and much more.

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Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriously—but examines them with common sense and self-effacing humor. Working backward from the Freemasons to one of their original orders, the 14th-century Knights Templar, the account considers sorcery, heresy, and intrigues; explores the legend that the Knights possessed a powerful secret dangerous to the Church of Rome; and finds an essential clue to the order's practices in their connection to the biblical Solomon, king of Israel in the 10th century BC. This updated edition features new images, chapters on important symbols, and a new preface.

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A practical guide to the symbols and rituals of Freemasonry as a path of spiritual development and self-realization• Shares the history and meaning of Freemasonry and its symbols • Offers thoughtful explorations of different areas of Masonic experience, drawing on esoteric doctrines and paralleling them with experiences found in daily life • Provides simple exercises and practices to help internalize and personalize the lessons presented, including dreamwork, journaling, meditation, and prayer In this practical guide, Mark Stavish details the spiritual lessons and rituals of Freemasonry as a step-by-step path of spiritual development and self-improvement for both Masons and non-Masons, men and women, alike. He explores the history and meaning of Freemasonry and its symbols--from its origins in the Temple of Solomon to the Medieval craft guilds to the Renaissance--and explains how the Craft promotes personal growth through the symbolic building of self and an inner Temple of Wisdom in much the same way that Masonry’s rituals symbolize the building of Solomon’s Temple in accordance with the mystical architectural instructions of Hiram. Drawing on esoteric doctrines, including the Qabala, alchemy, sacred geometry, John Dee’s angelic magic, and the secrets of the Gothic cathedral builders, each chapter addresses an area of the Masonic experience, paralleling them with experiences each of us finds in our own lives. The author provides simple practices to help internalize and personalize the lessons presented, including dreamwork, journaling, meditation, prayer, and understanding sacred architecture. The author also examines the crafting and use of the spiritual and symbolic tools of Freemasonry, such as the trestle or tracing board and the Chamber of Reflection. Providing the tools to make the Craft an initiatic experience of self-improvement, the author shows that, ultimately, the Masonic experience is the human quest for self-realization and self-expression, so that we each may find our place in the Temple of Wisdom.

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