Have you ever tried to use Liber 777 (really use it!) to design and implement magical ritual? Can you read it without your glasses? Can you read it with your glasses? Can you pronounce the Hebrew names and words in 777 once you can read them? Can you find your way around its tables quickly and efficiently? (Can you answer yes to any of these questions?) Aleister Crowley's Liber 777 remains one of the most important occult references of the 20th Century, demonstrating the interrelationships of diverse philosophical, religious, mystical, and magical systems from around the world. One of Crowley's finest contributions to both practical and theoretical philosophy was this correlation of numerous world traditions, of East and West alike. Yet it has never been very handy for the practicing magician. Now, this extraordinary compilation by James A. Eshelman, titled 776 1/2, is designed exclusively to support the practice of ceremonial magick. According to its author, 776 1/2 is not quite 777. 776 1/2 contains 182 tables of the most useful practical ceremonial information. Although much of this comes originally from 777, most of the tables have been supplemented and expanded. The Hebrew and other letters are large, clear, and readable. The columns have been reorganized into a more useful sequence. Additionally, almost every Hebrew word or Name in the entire work is also transliterated into English to assist the practitioner in pronunciation. Numerous typographical and other mistakes from 777 have been corrected. New tables have been added on such topics as: The Genii and Averse Spirits of the 22 Paths from Liber Arcanorum and Liber Carcerorum; the Thelemic, Scandinavian, Assyro-Babylonian, Celtic, Voudoun, and Santeria pantheons; Psychological Attributions of the 32 Paths; use of the Unicursal Hexagram; the Enochian alphabet and three models of its enumeration; and more. Practical correspondences of animals, plants, precious and semiprecious stones, magical weapons, incenses, magical powers and mystical states, and others have been expanded. And that's just the first half of the book! Supplementing these extensive lists is a new essay on Ritual Construction (which is also a partial study guide to Crowley's Magick in Theory & Practice) and ten sample magick rituals for such purposes as generating magical force, prosperity, obtaining angelic guardians, remapping your character patterns, the highest spiritual attainments, and The Thelemic Mass. This third revised edition expands the already popular 1995 edition with new tables and additional data. The instructional essays have been significantly expanded and updated to incorporate new teaching approaches. A new Appendix contains instructions for frequently used small rituals of banishing, invoking, and energizing including the never-before-published Liber Pleiades. In this new edition, 776 1/2 has grown so much, it should be renamed 776 3/4!
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JAMES A. ESHELMAN has been a writer and teacher of occult and metaphysical subjects for over 35 years, including astrology, magick, yoga, Qabalah, tarot, occult psychology, and related Hermetic subjects. He is currently Chancellor of College of Thelema (from which he earned his M.A. in Skeptical Theurgy in 1992) and serves as Prolocutor General of Temple of Thelema, which he co-founded in 1987 with Anna-Kria King and Phyllis Seckler (Soror Meral). He was editor of, and a major contributor to, C.O.T.'s biannual journal, Black Pearl for its six-year run 1997-2002. His many writings include The Mystical & Magical System of the A.'.A.'.. Mr. Eshelman was admitted to the spiritual order A.'.A.'. by Soror Meral in 1979. They collaborated for nearly 25 years. Soror Meral designated him as "my successor in the Jane Wolfe branch of A.'.A.'., who is to take charge of College of Thelema and Temple of Thelema upon my death." He was formerly Deputy Grand Master General of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.) and Grand Imperator of Fraternitas L.V.X. Occulta (Fraternity of the Hidden Light). He accepted ordination in the Gnostic Catholic Church in 1979 and celebrated the Mass for 11 years. He was consecrated a bishop in the Vilatte succession in 1985. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Wow - one of my favorite references now available in hardcover!,
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Wow - it is great to finally have a hardcover version of one of my favorite reference books ( and this book was obviously manufactured to last for centuries ). The engraved gold stamping is really something special - I have no idea how so much detail is preserved on a mass produced book. You simply do not see books made like this one very much if at all these days...
EDIT: I PICKED UP A LIMITED EDITION LEATHERBOUND COPY OF THIS BOOK ( CHECK OUT THE AMAZON.COM MARKET SELLERS ON THE UPPER RIGHTHAND CORNER OF PRODUCT PAGE ) - UN'BELIEVABLE. THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING TO CHERISH. THIS DELUXE EDITION IS GOING ON THE SHELF WHILE I USE THE STANDARD EDITION FOR EVERYDAY USE. This book is "almost 777" in that it does not include all of the tables but focuses on those most applicable for the creation of a ceremonial ritual; it also includes many tables not found in Crowley's 777. The print is very clear and much easier to read than every edition of 777 that has been published to date. Even more valuable is a chapter devoted to the "how to" of ritual creation and ten sample rituals to get you started right away. Particularly interesting is Eshelman's adaptation of Liber XV The Gnostic Mass in which he places more emphasis on gender balance and removes O.T.O. specific elements but retains all of the beauty and power of the Crowley version. We finally have a Mass that is truly "for all" to celebrate. I highly recommend this to all thelemites and non-thelemites alike for a reliable, easy to read, "must have" reference that you will use and reuse for many years.
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This is a required work for any ceremonial magician. Not only does it present the contents of Crowley's 777 in a more workable - and more logical - format, but it expands on that work with additional tables and attributions. The appendices on ritual work included at the back of the book are both well thought out and well presented.
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Makes Crowley's 777 easy to understand and adds much more.,
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Eshelman's writing is well thought out and written for everyone to understand. It puts 777 in a more modern perspective and provides plenty of examples of ceremonial magic one might use. I found myself often thinking, "Aha!" as opposed to, "Hmm.". However, I reccomend a good basis of Crowley's work before reading (or at the very least, as you read) the book, as there are plenty of references throughout. The book is very clean, and attractive and very well put together. I would reccomend it to any Thelemite or someone interested in ceremonial magick.
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