Kabbalistic Handbook for the Practicing Magician (Paperback)

by Joseph C. Lisiewski (Author)
Key Phrases: western magic, path name, sensible meaning, Joseph Lisiewski, Golden Dawn, New Age (more...)

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This is the first book every aspiring magician should study. -- Mark Stavish, Director, Institute for Hermetic Studies

This is the first book every aspiring magician should study. --Mark Stavish, Director, Institute for Hermetic Studies

This is the first book every aspiring magician should study... -- Mark Stavish, Director, Institute for Hermetic Studies

Product Description
For the practicing Magician, there is no more crucial working knowledge than the Kabbalah. This complex structure serves as the backdrop against which the magician's thoughts, ideas, ritual and ceremonial work are placed, and is the archetype which breathes life into secret occult practices. Yet, none of the numerous books on 'Qabalah' give those 'on-the-spot' attributions, correspondences and key concepts in a 'user-friendly' style. Until now. And The Kabbalistic Handbook gives you even more. It includes never-before-published techniques that enables Western Magic---including Golden Dawn Magic---to work flawlessly every time! Never again will you need to wade through voluminous chapters of many different books looking for the Kabbalistic information you need. In addition, you will have a course of instruction that will enable that knowledge to work for you as never before. The field is cleared for your main objective: the realization of your desires, manifested through properly executed ritual and ceremonial work.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: New Falcon Publications (September 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561842362
• ISBN-13: 978-1561842360
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #286,021 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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61 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Golden Dawn Glue, January 4, 2006

By	Portius (Witchita, KS) - See all my reviews

First off, I call this book the "Glue" of the Golden Dawn because the unique idea given in it, that of a "Kabbalistic Analysis" actually does make the Magic of the Golden Dawn work the way I think it was intended to work. The reason being is that it explains why each color, imaging, vibration and intonation, and movement is done. It describes the "science" (the how and why) behind each ritualistic action. Since I now understand the "science" my ritual results have improved beyond belief now that I am applying this Kabbalistic Analysis. Add to that the coordinated 4 book approach to working Western Magic and as I see it, you have all you need to do whatever you want.

The Path Working and Sephiroth explorations sections as well gave me more than I expected. I thought I'd get the type of visions I got from scrying and travelling in the Tattwas. I got them for sure, but they were secondary (I never trust all those visions that could come from anywhere in one's mind because of mind tricks from the ego or unconscious problems.) But more than that, I got such bursts of energy and a strange kind of energized ritual force that I could consciously direct into my Magic, it was astounding. Dr. Lisiewski explains how to direct this energy by using a desired path from the tree of life (the human soul). My favorite path connects sephiroth Hod with Yesod. There is more to this book that meets the eye at a first glance.

Which brings me to another point. Some reviewers here complain that the book is 'tough' to read and understand at first, and that it requires several reads. I didn't find it that way (a couple actually hated it, but from reading their ignorant comments, they exposed their own stupidity). What do they want anyway? A Kabbalistic Analysis book for dummies? Well, Kabbalistic Analysis is not performed by dummies. When I started to read it I did what I do what all new books: I STUDY THEM SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, AND THINK THROUGH WHAT I'M READING! It looks like a lot of people don't like to do that however. They like to read some New Age book quickly and call then themselves "experts". My advice for the serious Magician? READ IT CAREFULLY, AND WORK IT AS IT IS GIVEN! You'll be happy you did! If I could give this book 10 stars, I would!

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A way to direct magical energy using Kabbalah and achieve real world results, March 5, 2006

By	occult-studier (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

Before Dr. Lisiewski's books came out, especially his books on the Kabbalistic Cycles and his most recent work on the Kabbalistic Handbook, I was lost magically and had difficulty achieving my goals in life. I was living paycheck to paycheck at best and I was struggling with the Golden Dawn books. One Golden Dawn book would say do a ritual this way and another would say do a ritual that way. I could never figure out which one was correct and I either received negative or partial results.

Yet I always believed in my abilities to make a good living in the world and I knew that if I could just properly harness the magical energy that they talked about in the golden dawn that I could live the life I want despite how bad things are now.

The Kabbalistic Cycles book really helped me get off the ground by being able to know what would work and what would not simply by following the hours of the day and night. I recently found his web site and I am glad that I did because he has a free online program to calculate the hours of the day and night. I always had a hard time with basic arithmetic since I started elementary school so this really helped me.

In the Kabbalistic Cycles book I learned more Kabbalah, which helped me achieve better results with my magic, but I still felt that I could still get better results from my magical work. When the Handbook came out, it became a life saver for me. The handbook explained how to analyze each magical ritual using the kabbalah and to make certain that it is kabbalistically correct. When I started applying the Kabbalistic Analysis as he calls it to my magical rituals both the magical results and results in my daily life that I achieved really took off. I went from being one step away
from the street to being extremely financially secure in no time.

I then saw from the Kabbalistic Handbook that I could still take my magic and material results up one more level. In the Kabbalistic Handbook, the author discusses the topic of path working magic. What path working magic allows one to do is to direct the magical energy that one generates from a magical ritual or even a meditation to one of the Tarot Cards (the Tarot card deck from A.E. Waite). The tarot cards represent the paths on the tree of life. The path I like the most is the "sun" which connects sephiroths Hod and Yesod and stands for happiness and contentment. The end effect that one achieves will have the sensible attributes of the chosen card, which in this case is happiness and contentment. The results that I received allows me to never have to worry about being poor ever again.

In review, the Kabbalistic Cycles book allowed me to see great improvements in my daily life and magical results immediately and is a big help. When coupled with the Kabbalistic Handbook, which allows one to better perform a magical ritual and to direct that energy via path working magic, it allows one to reach new heights with their life very quickly. These two books allowed me to get out of life's cellar permanently. Thank goodness. The stress of being broke everyday was overwhelming.

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many Doors, Many Worlds, February 24, 2006

By	A. Poleman (Idaho Falls, ID) - See all my reviews

I read Mr. Mark Stavish's review here because I had correspondence with him. I have to agree with that review of his as well. This is the first book every aspiring magician should study FIRST, even though it is a rough read. It should not, in my opinion, be read in between or last in his magical career. There is a great deal of detail in here as I pointed out, and it makes for difficult reading sometimes. But if the magician trains himself to just STOP at that point and CONTEMPLATE the possible extended implications of those compressed lines of thought, he will be surprised at where they lead him. To say that the idea of a "Kabbalistic Analysis" of all rituals is vital before performing them is to say the least. Yet no where have I not only seen this not written down before, but I have not seen an extensive and exhaustive example given of just how to do it. But this book gives all of this and does is very well. When I applied this book's reasoning to my own daily magical ritual practice I was really surprised to see the difference. Most of all I was surprised to see the very real physical events occur in the room of practice even from something so simple as the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, and which was just as the book described. But then this occurred only AFTER I did a complete analysis of it as the book suggested.

I have also had excellent success with using the "backdoor" approach of the Paths to gain access to the Sephirah. Unlike skrying in spirit vision or the like I found an availability of true power once I entered into a Sephiroth under study, and was able to apply that power to my ritual work and daily life. Truly amazing. The book's means of using Saint Ignatius's logic and techniques of meditation is also a genuine key I have not seen before.

All in all there is so much in this book that can be applied to all ritual practice and living life for that matter, that I am glad I took Mr. Stavish's advice and bought it. In fact, I am buying a few more just to have and maybe give a copy or two away to others who might need them. This is a very worthwhile book and I endorse it completely.