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Occult Scholar Mitch Horowitz Explores Magick in History and Practice for the Hands-On Seeker
Simplicity, wrote legendary occultist Jack Parsons, has been the key to victory in all the idea wars and, at present, Magick does not have it. In Practical Magick, acclaimed historian and esotericist Mitch Horowitz responds to this call, distilling magick to its core essentials.
Drawing upon ancient, Hermetic, Renaissance-era, and modern sources, Mitch dissects the building blocks of magick and provides formulas of immediacy, simplicity, and potency. He also surveys the history of magick, from deepest antiquity through the work of modernist intellects ranging from Newton and Schopenhauer to Crowley and Spare, finding connections to current studies in psychical research, quantum theory, and perceptual-based reality.
Readers receive to-the-point instruction in sex transmutation, sigil work, Tarot, backwards causation, the power of silence, tilting the scales of luck, magickal environments, and spontaneous deity petition. Mitch shows how to maximize your practiceand not overlook results when they arrive (a common malady).
Also considered are delicate topics such as the lefthand path, curses, modern novelties in magick and Hermeticism, the ethics of magick, and the bulletproof veracity of ESP research. Mitch asks, finally, whether magick can be practiced without rite or ritual, delivering the individual to his or her fullest gait.
Here is an unprecedented journey from a believing historian who undoes historical knots and explores magick in its richest and most practical dimensions.
I love Mitch HorowitzDan Aykroyd
An amazing authorDuncan Trussell
The thinking-mans mageDouglas Rushkoff
Mitch is solid goldDavid Lynch
Horowitzs reflections are grounded in his history and a life of personal experimentation. He is not proposing yet another system, nor asking the reader to believe or agree with him; instead, his invitation is to follow him to the fringes of reason and try things out for Buscema, Boing Boing
Author: Mitch Horowitz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: G&D Media
Published: 03/25/2025
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781722506544
Language: English
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