GRIMOIRE of ALEISTER CROWLEY
Group Magick Rituals
By Rodney Orpheus.
With a foreword by Lon Milo DuQuette.
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Group ritual has been a cornerstone of spiritual practice since time immemorial, yet its history and importance have often been overlooked by occultists of the modern age. This book is the first comprehensive presentation of group-oriented rites for modern magicians inspired by the works of Aleister Crowley. It contains rituals written by Crowley for his own magic circles, many of them unpublished during his lifetime, plus rare ancient texts that were Crowley's own inspiration.
The rituals are newly edited and explained by Rodney Orpheus, who brings to this volume decades of experience in performing and teaching Aleister Crowley's rituals within Crowley's magical order Ordo Templi Orientis. He introduces each ritual with a clear overview, setting each in its historical context and explaining its function and mode of operation and includes detailed notes on the setting and performance of each one.
Whether absolute beginner or seasoned expert, magicians of all paths will find this volume to be an eminently workable and extremely powerful grimoire spanning centuries from ancient Mithraic and Bacchanalian rites, Goetia and Gnosticism, right up to present day Crowleyan invocations and sexual magick.
BEYOND THE NORTH WIND
The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North
Christopher McIntosh
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“The North” is simultaneously a location, a direction and a mystical concept. Although this concept has ancient roots in mythology, folklore and fairy tales, it continues to resonate today within modern culture. McIntosh leads readers, chapter by chapter, through the magical and spiritual history of the North, as well as its modern manifestations, as documented through physical records, such as rune stones and megaliths and, also, through mythology and lore. This mythic conception of a unique, powerful and mysterious Northern civilisation was known to the Greeks as “Hyberborea” - the “Land Beyond the North Wind” - which they considered to be the true origin place of their god, Apollo, bringer of civilisation. Through the Greeks, this concept of the mythic North would spread throughout Western civilisation. In addition, McIntosh discusses Russian Hyperboreanism, which he describes as among “the most influential of the new religions and quasi-religious movements that have sprung up in Russia since the fall of Communism” and which is currently almost unknown in the West.
EVIL ARCHAEOLOGY
Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics
Heather Lynn
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Demons, jinn, possession, sinister artifacts and gruesome archaeological discoveries haunt the pages of the new book by Dr. Heather Lynn.
EVIL ARCHAEOLOGY investigates the archaeological record for artifacts and evidence of evil entities, revealing how demons from the ancient world may be dwelling among us. It, also, looks at the history and lore behind real relics believed to be haunted and includes historical accounts of demonic possession that go as far back as King Solomon invoking demons to help him build his famed temple. Is there really a prehistoric fertility goddess figure that has been known to bring death to the families of anyone who holds it? Are there real vampire graveyards? Can the archaeological record prove the existence of demons and malevolent entities?
Some tantalising questions EVIL ARCHAEOLOGY addresses include:
· What is the origin of demons?
· What role did Sumerian demons play in the development of civilisation?
· Are curses real?
· Can material objects contain evil? What about places?
· What can we do to protect ourselves, according to historical records?
· Was Jesus an exorcist?.
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
The Top Secret UFO Files that Revealed a Government Cover-up
Brad Steiger with a foreword by Donald R. Schmitt
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Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, while publicly dismissing the existence of UFOs, the United States Air Force was engaged in a secret programme of evaluating every report of unidentified flying objects. Under the code name, Project Blue Book, the Air Force analysed over 13,000 incidents. The goal of this enterprise was threefold: To determine the cause for each UFO sighting, to assess the security threat for each incident and to determine how the United States could obtain or create the technology used by UFOs. This book, based on secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, includes accounts of seven of the most important USAF enquiries - among them the story of the nights the White House was buzzed by UFOs, the mystery of the Lubbock Lights, the full story of Captain Mantell - Ufology's first martyr and the startling conversion of the prominent astronomer, J. Alan Hynek from UFO sceptic to believer.
This is startling and fascinating book that uncovers, not only the anatomy of a government cover-up, but, also, provides stark and chilling evidence that we are not alone. It is all here - government documents, the testimony of scientists, the military, pilots and citizens all over the USA who have witnessed UFOS.
PROJECT BLUE BOOK refers to the following:
1. The name of new History Channel series based on the true, top-secret investigations into UFOs and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1969 with Dr. J. Allen Haynek playing a central role.
2. The name of the original government study and subsequent report.
3. The title of the book edited by Brad Steiger and originally published by Ballantine in 1976 containing details form the government report.