The Way of Mystery: Magick, Mysticism & Self-Transcendence [Paperback]

Nema (Author)

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Publication Date: April 8, 2003

Respected occultist Nema explores our human desire and need for transcendence and how to go about achieving it. The Way of Mystery guides you to the inner realms, providing information on landmarks, pitfalls, and ways of navigating them. It's a practical and pragmatic manual for pursuing metaphysical truth, based in both Eastern (charka) and Western (Qabalistic) teachings.

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About the Author

Nema and World War II were born in September 1939; history has grown increasingly more complex ever since.

Her formal education occurred in parochial schools, a convent boarding school, and at the College of Mount St. Joseph near Cincinnati, Ohio, where she received a B.A. in English.

In her search for transmundane knowledge and understanding, she has relied on her experiences, and on those of her colleagues, with vision trances, unlearned knowledge, and spiritual ecstasy, interpreted through traditional theories, practices and beliefs.

Inspired by a document received in vision trance, Liber Pennae Praenumbra (first published in the Cincinnati Journal of Ceremonial Magick (CJCM), edited by Louis Martinié), Nema wrote Maat Magick: a Guide to Self-Initiation (Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1995) to present her version of magickal Initiatory processes and progress. Her teachers were the writings of several experienced authors in the Western occult tradition: Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, Frater Achad, Israel Regardie, and a few others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (April 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738702900
• ISBN-13: 978-0738702902
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #577,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marriage of Magick and Mysticism, December 20, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way of Mystery: Magick, Mysticism & Self-Transcendence (Paperback)

This book is unique in that it straddles the divide between mysticism and magick. This difference is explained very well in Dion Fortune's book The Training And Work Of An Initiate. In short, mysticism aims at the speediest possible attainment of the divine union of the soul with its source and in order to achieve this it eliminates all that causes separation. Occultism on the other hand, aims to organise and master phenomena and bring them into harmony with the eternal law of the real.

Nema provides guidelines for the solitary spiritual practitioner by using some techniques of magick to complement the way of the mystic. She uses both Western and Eastern wisdom and techniques in this practical guide to exploring the inner realms. A great teacher, she points out the pitfalls and the plateaus and gently guides the reader to the next step. The ways she provides to achieve altered states of consciousness are safe, effective and wholesome.

The Way Of Mystery concludes with a short but inspiring book of mystical revelations. This work contains illustrations, appendices, a glossary of terms, a bibliography and an index. I recommend it for the novice and the experienced spiritual practitioner alike.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read for the Beginner, July 5, 2009

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This review is from: The Way of Mystery: Magick, Mysticism & Self-Transcendence (Paperback)

Nema craftfully weaves magick and mysticism together in this book. She provides a few basic "how to"'s, but spends more time discussing the theory and the philosophy of magick and mysticism.

Her approach is one of a guide, not dictating much of anything, but constantly encouraging the seeker to find his or her own way to the Mystery. She is very clear that there are many ways (including her own Maat Magick) to approach the Mystery, and one must actually practice them to achieve some semblence of enightenment - though absolutely no denominational bias is present.

If you are a beginner, this book will encourage you to dive deeper into some of the classical works. If you are a student along the path, it may seem a little simplistic, but it isn't so much so that it is a wasted read. A good addition to your bookshelf.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A non-denominational examination & presentation on mysticism, April 9, 2003

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The Way Of Mystery: Magick, Mysticism & Self-Transcendence by mystic and magickian Nema is a non-denominational examination and presentation on mysticism and metaphysical studies. Techniques for meditation, paths to magick, and insights on opening human perceptions to the cosmos fill the pages of this thoughtful, inspirational, and informative guide. The Way Of Mystery is an enthusiastically recommended addition to Metaphysical Studies reference collections and reading lists.