Thelemic magick, as it is practiced today, is based on the works of Aleister Crowley. Those works can be dense, and Crowley’s suggested course of study intimidating to beginners. In Abrahadabra, Rodney Orpheus offers a much simpler and more immediate path for working with the same magical current Crowley used. His approach is grounded in practice—you don’t need to read tomes before you begin to meditate and participate in rituals and practical exercises and manifestations. Abrahadabra is a perfect primer for anyone who is curious to know what magick is all about, but it is also a wonderful sourcework for those looking to augment their own Wiccan or pagan practice with ritual magick or who seek a deeper understanding of Crowley’s classic works.
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Rodney Orpheus is a practicing magician, an established musician, and a member of the band The Cassandra Complex, one of the most important electro-industrial bands of the past decade. He lives in London and travels extensively. This is his first book.
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An understandable view of Thelema,
By Eagle Kenpo (Bay Area, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Abrahadabra: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magick (Paperback)
Finally! Wow this book is the clearest, easiest to understand book on Magick I have ever read. Now if only the author would write 12 more.
I am often left scratching my head when reading Crowley or books about Magick. If you dont have the IQ of a rocket scientist or an extensive education in every area of everything this book is for you. Thank you Rodney!
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lucidity for beginners,
By Soror Ienai (canberra, australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Abrahadabra: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magick (Paperback)
A devoted reader of Thelema, for some 25 odd years - I wish that I had gotten my hands on this little gem, when I first started out studying such esoteric writers as Crowley.
Orpheus has a knack and a talent, to make the complex simple(which is greatly needed for any beginner to Thelemic magick) and do it with excellent wit and simplicity. Advanced Magicians might like to give this a go, just for the jokes - and to recommend to any students. As any reader familiar with Crowley or Magick in general, it is not often easy to find a writer to can bring down their learning, to a elementary level that a new reader will find useful and instructive, without being overtly simplified, excessively verbose or just dull. Provided not just with study matter but with exercises and Philosophy of Magick, this books contents, applied diligently by any new person to magick -can give a good feel for what constitutes the basic tenets of Thelemic Magick. One looks eagerly forward to Orpheus's more advanced writing.
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Absolutely the best book written on Thelema, that I have read. Gives modern and updated material which is of great need in this system.
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