A practical guide to the magical systems of pre-Christian Iceland• Reveals spells and workings drawn directly from surviving magical books from the 16th to 20th century preserved at the National Library in Reykjavík• Explores the history of magic in Iceland through original translations of Icelandic folktales about famous magicians and about legendary grimoires, such as the Galdrabók, the oldest and most complete book of its kind• Explains how to personalize the spe...

Examines the left-hand path and reveals the masters of the tradition• Explores the practices and beliefs of many left-hand path groups, including the Cult of Set, the Hell-Fire Club, and heretical Sufi, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Muslim sects• Investigates many infamous occult personalities, including Helena Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, the Marquis de Sade, and Anton LaVey• Explains the true difference between the right-hand path and the left-hand path--union with ...

A guide to the history and practices of the Druids and the Celtic faith• Reconstructs the Druidic faith from surviving remnants, parallels with other Indo-European traditions, and dedicated study of scholarly sources• Details magical rites and ceremonies, methods for consecrating an outdoor temple, and customs for celebrating important festivals such as Beltaine and Samhain• Discusses rules for firecraft, making offerings to deities and spirits, and the ancient Coli...

• Introduces key ideas in linguistics and semiotics to reveal how magic works• Reveals how to apply effective communication techniques to your magical practice• Includes case studies of magical schools, such as Hermetic magic, sigil magic, Thelema, the Church of Satan, Chaos Magic, and the Temple of SetIn this illuminating and deeply informative guide, practicing magician Toby Chappell takes readers on a journey into the heart of what it means to transform reality b...

Edited and introduced by Stephen Edred Flowers, Ph.D. This book opens the gate to the use of the authentic Hermetic formulas concealed in the magical papyri of Egypt. Students can use this information as a basis for developing and enacting their own magical systems. Organized in four parts - History, Theory, Practice, and Operation (in the form of the Magical Papyrus of Abaris). Illustrated. Glossary. Index.

The most in-depth work in English on the most influential secret magic group of 20th-century Germany, the Fraternitas Saturni, or Brotherhood of Saturn• Explores the history of the Order from its founding the late 1960s• Transcribes many rituals and practices in such detail that readers will be able to undertake their own experiential work• Examines the Order’s teachings on cosmology, the Kabbalah, the Saturnian Sacraments, electrical magic, and sexual mysticism--th...

Reveals the historical roots of the symbology of the Tarot in the Mithraic tradition of the Persian Magi and the Hermetic tradition• Explores the Magian teachings on the Stoeicheia and how this magical alphabet was the template for the Tarot• Explains how the sequencing of the Major Arcana is related to the images used in Mithraic initiation• Looks at the original meanings of the Major Arcana using Mithraic symbolism, as well as the deep-level connections o...

A complete guide to the theory, practice, and history of Mazdan magic, the first organized system of magic• Provides a complete curriculum of magical study and initiation centered on exercises keyed to the sacred Zoroastrian calendar• Details advanced magical rituals and practices based on archaic Persian formulas, including fire rituals and divine invocations• Explores the history and lore of Persian magic, explaining how the author reconstructed the original Mazda...

BDSM sexuality as a powerful tool for self-transformation and the realization of magical and spiritual aims• Details how to combine the 6 major types of S&M stimulation with sexual stimulation for magical and transformative purposes• Explores sado-magical workings from both submissive and dominant perspectives• Traces the roots of the BDSM tradition from ancient pagan and shamanic rituals to historical figures such as the Marquis de Sade, Aleister Crowley, and Anton...

A critical history of the roots of Nazi occultism and its continuing influence• Explores the occult influences on various Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, and Heinrich Himmler• Examines the foundations of the movement laid in the 19th century and continuing in the early 20th century• Explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and how many of the sens...

Reveals the historical roots of the symbology of the Tarot in the Mithraic tradition of the Persian Magi and the Hermetic tradition• Explores the Magian teachings on the Stoeicheia and how this magical alphabet was the template for the Tarot• Explains how the sequencing of the Major Arcana is related to the images used in Mithraic initiation• Looks at the original meanings of the Major Arcana using Mithraic symbolism, as well as the deep-level connections o...

• Explores the occult influences on various Nazi figures, including Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Rosenberg, and Heinrich Himmler• Examines the foundations of the movement laid in the 19th century and continuing in the early 20th century• Explains the rites and runology of National Socialism, the occult dimensions of Nazi science, and how many of the sensationalist descriptions of Nazi “Satanic” practices were initiated by Church propaganda after the war