Year of manufacture: 1998
Author: Ramsey Dukes
Genre: Occult
Publisher: The Mouse That Spins (TMTS) by: Mandrake of Oxford
ISBN: 1-869928-520
Format: PDF
Number of Pages: 169
English language
Discussions around Science, Religion and Art break down unless the fourth factor, Magic, is recognised.
Magical thought is described and contrasted with Science, Art and Religion. The dynamic relationship between them is explained. Modern magic and its role in the 21st century is outlined with respect to practices ranging from ritual magic, through alchemy to New Age therapies.
Specific topics include: secrecy, initiation, sacrifice, cyber-animism, Crowleyanity, morality, pseudo-science, demonology, deity, miracles and divination.
A classic.. -- Li Greiner in Gnosis
Anyone considering beginning, continuing, or terminating an interest in magic(k) should ... read this book several times over. -- Pete Carroll, author of Liber Null Psychonaut etc, from his website
As well as a deep look into magical theory the book also teaches you how to be a Magician. -- Barry Walker, White Dragon magazine, Beltane 2002
Great, funny, a Grimoire disguised as an essay... -- Fireclown's Basic Booklist from the Internet
Quite simply the best introduction to magic I've ever read... Rightly hailed as one of the ur-texts of Chaos Magic. -- Phil Hine, author Prime Chaos, Condensed Chaos etc, from his website
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