Ritual Magic

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by  Donald Tyson

WHar Is Macrcx?
oftenP ehoapvlee aw vheor yb epgoionr tou nsdtuedrJyt aa" p:a_ia"srt ic;ui rahro awspiheecti . oof r*it,u ar magic
atfointr diicn atteol c cthhoneni qtgeuexents et.h iaTaih t sewcyho eaumlrsdoe ploarfco wkv eidase tte haref Jip roeecrtscicuparetrci sutmivn.ed eTorhnse ttyah nreadipcrirn kabg cae t liihceiesfss_
tuwhaoel u aolcdnt iloaynl lo'r eTwah elt hyoe rtme sn aidg intiorimf ibce aslienentv seter at9hdra ittw iothlnrl.i i ctGhheeoyns aeernrea ldoyoc citnuhglet yatr agradivcietkino a nthrn iatiy_st
notion of the way their magic has descenaea r.orriotn"ipatns,
still retains the influenc""o{ trror" o;* This is true evena nodf
docitciounlt isfotsr ytheaatr sh.ave been working *ia'r,i" , particurar magicar tra_
fromT hthise beoyoesk oisf dtheossiEg nwehdo t oa rree smeorivoeu sthlye ipnstlyrechstoelodg-iinc aml barginicd eyerst
Icta nnot see beyond the horizon of their o#n.beliefs and expe.ience.
integrates practical western occultism, shows its evolution
through histoiy from its ancient roots, ur,a revears the crosscur_
rents of influence that flow betwe'en tne mayor moderr, ,yrt".rrr.
occultists need to know the influ";."q similarities and differ-
ences between Gorden Dawn magic and the magi. ;,Aleister
Crowley, between druidism and wiichcraft, between the satanism
of Anton LaVey and the cult of Thelema, between the spirit
session of voudoun and shamanism. They need to know whpeorse_
Enochian began and how it came i" o"."rae so much of modern
rtrhuitenu eaG l momladageginicc .. D TTahhweenyy, nnTeeheeeddl e aam c sraet,ar ars iaugtnhadtnfeoisrrsmwta,a narddii rniegax iporlf*a t,nh aewt itiortcur,he c,oLraroigftri,nt asn odf
nature and beginnings of the Ei-rochian cails, ihu Tu.ot, the magthice
squares, the four elemental instru*"rtr,
the ritual or'*,e
gram/ and other aspects of modern wesiern occurtism so wpeidnetary_
used and discussedbut so little understooi.
desiwgnheadt etov ehre lypo yuoru o l-e*ar,r np awrhtiactu ilta irs oacllc aubrto uint,t ewrehsetr,e R iti tucoamr eMsa fgroicm is,
and how to do if colecjry. There is an enormous amount of practi-
ocaccl uinltfiosmrm tahteio rne aidne trh wis ilbl oboek e. nBa{b r-e"rdi rt,Js *ilu ;i;"; ,"rgosaed omuat po fo cf ownefussteiornn
oaundtr igsehpt alireaste p rheissteonrtilcya rc itrrcuutlhasti nfgro min ttnn"e o."..ir"iyt rmit"o*d,e.rr.n^ rma,y tshs and
AsoL[ rsr AurHoR
Donald Tyson is a Canadian from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Early
in life he was drawn to science by an intense fascination with
astronomy, building a telescope by hand when he was eight. He
began the university seeking a science degree, but became disillu-
sioned with the aridity and futility of a mechanistic view of the
universe and shifted his major to English. After graduating with
honors he has pursued a writing career.
Now he devotes his life to the attainment of a complete gnosis
of the art of magic in theory and practice. His purpose is to formu-
late an accessible system of personal training composed of East
and West, past and present, that will help the individual discover
the reason for one's existence and a way to fulfill it.
To WnrrE To rHE AurHoR
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RITUAL
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Wuar Ir Is & How ro Do Ir
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Anour LmwplrvN's pRacrrcAl Mecrcx ssn*s
To.some people, the idea that "Ma gick, is practical comes as a sur-
prise.
It shouldn't. The entire basis for Magick is to exercise influence over
one's environment. while Magick is also, and properly so, con_
cerned with spiritual growth ind psychologicut t*.,rrormation,
even the spiritual life must rest firmly o" material foundations.
The material world and the psychic are intertwined, and it is this
very fact that establishes the Magickal Link: that the psychic can as
easily influence the material as vice versa.
Magick can, and should, be used in one's daily life for better living!
Each of us has been given Mind and Bod !, andsurely we are under
sp.iritual _obligation to make fuil usage of these w'onderful gifts.
Mind and Body work togethel, and Migick is simply the extension
of this interaction into dimensions beyo-nd the limits normally con-
ceived. That's -*hy we commonly talk of the ,,supernormal,, in
connection with domain of Magick.
Th9 Bgdy is alive, and all Life is an expression of the Divine. There
is lo_a-power r1,the Body and in the Earth, just as there i.s in Mind
and spirit. with Love and will, we use Mind to link these aspects
of Divinity together to bring about change.
ryith Magick we increase the flow of Divinity in our lives and in
the world around us. we add to the beauty or it all-for to work
Magick we must work in harmony with the Laws of Nature and of
the Psyche. Magick is the floutering of the Human potential.
Practical Magick is concerned with the Craft of Living well and in
harmony with Nature, and with the Magick of the Earth, in the
things of the Earth, in the seasons and cyc"les and in the things we
make with hand and Mind.
OrHnn Boors ny DoNalo Tysorrr
The New Magus,1988
Rune Magic,1988
The Truth About Ritual Magic,7989
The kuth About Runes,1989
How to Make and Use a Magic Mirror,1990
Cenos AND Kns
Rune Magic Deck,1988
Power of the Runes,1,989
FonrucoMrNG
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Written by Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim,
edited and annotated English edition of 1651
CoNTENTS
IwrnopucrroN
Magic Is Alive
SEcuoN ONr: BASICS
CHeprrn ONs
What Is Magic?
CHaprun Two
What Is Ritual?
77
Cueprsn Tunrr
The Roots of Magic
31
Crmprrn Foun
Magic in the Modern Ag"
47
Crnprpn Ftvs
What You Can Expect from Magic
Cuaprnn Sx
What You Should Not Expect from Magic
CHeprrR SrvnN
Why Magic Is Important in your Life
CHaprrn ErcHr
Magic, the Alternate Viewpoint
SrcrroN Two: SYSTEMS
707
CuaprEn NrNs
The Golden Dawn
109
CueprEn TpN
Thelema
777
Cueprrn ElrvEN
Satanism
725
CHaprEn TwErvE
Enochian
133
CHeprrn THrRrrpN
Witchcraft $
' . 745
CuerrrR FounrrrN
Druidism
153
CHeprrR FIrrpEru
Shamanism
159
CHaprpR StxrrsN
Runes
765
Cuarrrn SsvrxrusNl
Voudoun
173
PRACTICES
Srcuoru Tnnrn: 181
CueprrR ErcnrrnN
Ritual
Preparation for 183
CHaprsn NnsrrrnN
Ritual
Instruments of 195
Cnarrrn TwrNrv
Awareness
Ritual to Awaken Magical 211,
CHaprEn TwrNrv-ONr
Purpose
Ritual to Accomplish-a Willed 219
CneprrR TwSNTY-Two
Library
The Magician's 227
ApppNorx
Trismegistus
The Prayer of Hermes 237
Grossnnv
241,
Cnro
Wonrs 259
INpEx
GsNpRAr 261
INrnooucrroN
Mecrc Is Auvu
Magic is a living force that moves beneath the surface of the mod-
ern world, transforming and improving the lives of those who
have discovered its powe.. More ancient"and unchur,gir.gihan the
pyramids, it is forever new adapting effortlessly to u"j, or cir-
cumstance. For unbroken thousands of years, men a"nEd" aw omen
have never ceased to practice it despite thl most severe repression
by sovereigns and priests.
Those who dared to work magic were persecuted because
magic takes responsibility away froir the collective institutions of
church and state and prices if into the hands of the individuar.
Magic is the art of empbwerment. Througlr magic, it becomes pos-
sible to control your fite and attain your iestin!. Magicians do not
need a priest to tell them what to blheve or a iegal lourt to show
them how to live. have their own older, more profound wis-
_Th,ey
dom beside which the conventions of religior, ur,d social ethics
appear childishly simplistic. Little wonderLagic was viewed as
dangerous.
the past, the church and other social institutions were the
domain of men,. but magic was open to everyone, man and
woman/ rich and pgor, young ana bta, educated and ignorant,
each.according to his or her iuitities. It gave the peasufrt ir, hi,
hovel access to- more personar power and ivisdom than the rord in
his castle. It allowed the outcait and the disenfranchised to seize
control of their lives. As it was then, so it remains today. Magic is
liberation and independence.
The magical view is in harmony with the modern ecorogicar
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