Meta-Magick: The Book of ATEM: Achieving New States of Consciousness Through NLP, Neuroscience and Ritual (Paperback)

by Philip H. Farber (Author), Douglas Rushkoff (Foreword)
Key Phrases: increasing passion, memetic entity, memetic entities, Basic Positive Resource Entity, Thirty-six Days of Atem, Silent Induction (more...)

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Product Description
In Meta-Magick: The Book of Atem, Philip Farber combines traditional ritual sensibilities with contemporary concepts of neuro-linguistics and memetics to create a unique entity – Atem. In this instance, the essence of an entity is encoded in a book and activated by the reader. At the same time, the book is a comprehensive manual of evocation, containing dozens of easy-to-follow rituals and exercises for exploring and creating magical entities of every sort. Farber teaches readers to wake up from their habitual trance, to reprogram themselves to stand in the Mystery without unnecessary mystification. This supercharged fusion of tried-and-true magical and psychological techniques moves beyond trauma, healing, and recovery into self-fulfillment and self-transformation. Combining both disciplines with methods such as intentionality, autohypnosis, visualization, personification, and experiential journeys, Farber creates a powerful system that opens the way to peak experiences, self-knowledge, even cosmic consciousness. Rather than importing standardized healing images, readers learn to create their own emergent metaphors, their own creative strengths and flexible freedom. Atem is a living Magus, an icon for the twenty-first century. Part transpersonal shaman, part inner guide, part inner healer, part role model, Atem becomes a personal therapist, a guide to self-discovery and self-initiation. Atem, as healing fiction, helps readers to create their own breakthroughs, their own catharsis – emotional clearing that frees energy from internal conflict to flow creatively into new expressions. "Philip H. Farber in his new book has once again shown where Magick meets the brain." (Richard Bandler, co-founder of NLP)

About the Author
Philip H. Farber is the author of FutureRitual: Magick for the 21st Century, a manual of neurological exploration and he has produced several DVD packages on magical topics, including Magick for the 21st Century, Essential Meta-Magick, and How to be a Megalomaniac.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Weiser Books; illustrated edition edition (July 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578634245
• ISBN-13: 978-1578634248
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #177,847 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great system, that requires group participation, December 5, 2008

By	PanDragon (California United States) - See all my reviews

From the Product Description above and the other three reviews provided here (thus far), I made an assumption that this book was written in a way that one could simply read it, follow the exercises, and enjoy the process of working with "Atem," without any further requirements.

I was disappointed to discover that in order to make use of the majority this book, one must find at least 2 other people who are ready, willing, and able to spend a portion of 36 consecutive days practicing the various Atem exercises as a group.

Each of the 36 exercises are presented using only brief instructions and minimal detail, ending with "discuss your experiences with your partner(s)," so of course, reading through them without actually practicing them, is less than exhilarating.

Once this section of the book is completed, the reader is then repeatedly informed that the "36 Days of Atem" exercises are a prerequisite for all of the remaining exercises contained in the book, thus rendering everything past page 57 effectively useless until such time as the reader has gathered a group of interested parties together for practice.

Seeing as I have yet to practice the "36 Days of Atem," I can only comment on my experiences from the first section of the book, which contains well over a dozen exercises that are designed for solo practice, as an introduction to working with Atem. In short, Philip Farber deconstructs classic occult magickal rituals into effective and innovative NLP exercises that will easily fit into any belief system (or lack there of). As an NLP enthusiast, I found them to be both useful and entertaining. As a practitioner of Chaos Magick, I found his approach inspiring. The concept of Atem itself, is simply brilliant and well-supported. His writing style is clear and concise. The only thing I found lacking was a phonetic spelling of Atem, which would be helpful since many of the rituals require speaking the name aloud.

Otherwise, I suspect the rest of the material is just as fun and effective as the exercises from the first section. I only wish Farber had made it more accessible to solo practitioners (he certainly seems capable), or at least to have made it more clear that the system requires group practice.

Aside from that, this is a great read for both occult and NLP practitioners alike.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best starting point for spiritual self development with NLP, August 15, 2008

By	J. G. Vd Leij "Joost van der Leij" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Philip H. Farber has done a awesome job of combining memetics, magick and NLP. He has created his own magickal entity ATEM and shows you how to create your own by using the powers of ATEM. He does this with a combination of NLP, rituals, Aikido, body & energy work. The greatness in this book is that Philip Farber is able to make easy to use models out of age old rituals, but also transforms psychological NLP into the same easy to use rituals. By blending magick and NLP he shows his mastery of the subject and has created a guide for anyone aspiring to spiritual development. If I had to chose one book where to start, it will be Meta-Magick. Previously I recommended The Art of True Healing by Israel Regardie, but Meta-Magick is better.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Explorations in modern magick, September 8, 2008

By	C. Davis Sprague "davis" (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Phillip Farber has called on his expertise in NLP, hypnosis, neuroscience and extensive experience in ceremonial magicks to create a textbook detailing an systems type approach to a complete system of magick. The beauty of this is that the system of magick that you develop using Meta-Magick is attuned to you as you are the moment you do the exercises. By deriving a magickal system from your own reflexes, innate responses, patterns of thought and socialization the system becomes immediately potent and effective without having to learn and internalize complex correspondences, godnames, rituals, etcetera. I have attended a number of Mr Farber's workshops over the past ten years or so and am overjoyed to have this material collected and organized into a complete system. I recommend this book to anyone who wants magick without the proprietary trappings that move it into the realm of religion.