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This title delivers a genuine transformation of occultism.The author assumes no previous knowledge, only a willingness to explore what magick offers, yet it's apparent to anyone with a background in the subject that Alan Chapman is drawing on a wide range of experience, from classical Crowleyean Magick, to eastern metaphysics, and back again to Discordianism and Chaos Magick. Chapman's writing-style is humorous, direct, seductively logical, and his enthusiasm for the benefits of magick is both tangible and infectious.The novice magician will indeed find themselves equipped to commence all sorts of magickal operations: trance work, enchantment, divination, and even some of the higher forms of spiritual development. To experienced magicians, Chapman offers a subtler challenge: he revitalises magick by cutting it free from the extreme relativism Chaos Magick bequeathed, provocatively redefining it as: 'the art, science and culture of experiencing truth.'
About the Author
Alan Chapman is a Western magician and writer, a Magus of the A.'.A.'. and a member of numerous secret societies. He has appeared in the Fortean Times and Chaos International, and regularly contributes to the award-winning website www.thebaptsisthead.co.uk. Alan is the author of 'The Camel Rides Again! A Primer in Magick', and co-author of 'The Blood of the Saints' (with Duncan Barford).
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Have you ever had the thought, "If only that had been around X many years ago, it would have saved me no end of trouble and wasted time!"? This is the kind of book that, after ten years of occult study, I really wish had been available when I was starting out. Cutting through a huge amount of nonsense that has accumulated around the Western Tradition, the author gives a detailed yet easy to read in-depth study of the occult. And there is plenty to offer the advanced practitioner too - not least in his discussion of the "Great Work" as the ultimate goal of all magick.
Clearly the author is no armchair magician, but somebody who lives, breaths and thinks magick. As it has been said before, Magick is not something you do, it is something that you are; here the author makes no apologies for the totality of magick in life, and that is something that I find infinitely refreshing.
Clearly the author is no armchair magician, but somebody who lives, breaths and thinks magick. As it has been said before, Magick is not something you do, it is something that you are; here the author makes no apologies for the totality of magick in life, and that is something that I find infinitely refreshing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Alan doesn't mess around in this tome. It's straightforward, understandable and extremely practical. No flowery language or mystery. Covers getting what you want and 'enlightenment', which are both worth having imo. This is magick up front and usable, as it should be.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This guy is the real deal.
This is absolutely the best starting out book I have ever read on Magick and I have read a lot, probably far too many.
Infact even if you're not starting out, if you've been practicing for years, you should probably read this book as it may just strip down some of the conceptions you have. It's a book that absolutely should be on any practitioners bookshelf.
It points you in entirely the right direction and steers you away from exactly the kind of other books you want to avoid.
It all boils down to telling you what to do, how to do it and pushes you out the door to get on with it.
It will save you such a massive headache, I actually go back to this book and reread small sections just to clear my head after reading some other books that try to force the authors paradigm onto the reader.
Seriously, just buy the book already.
This is absolutely the best starting out book I have ever read on Magick and I have read a lot, probably far too many.
Infact even if you're not starting out, if you've been practicing for years, you should probably read this book as it may just strip down some of the conceptions you have. It's a book that absolutely should be on any practitioners bookshelf.
It points you in entirely the right direction and steers you away from exactly the kind of other books you want to avoid.
It all boils down to telling you what to do, how to do it and pushes you out the door to get on with it.
It will save you such a massive headache, I actually go back to this book and reread small sections just to clear my head after reading some other books that try to force the authors paradigm onto the reader.
Seriously, just buy the book already.
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Burst the ballon !
When I spotted this book, I thaught WOW! this is what i've been looking for.Upon reasding "about the author" very brief to say the least. Read more
Published 29 days ago by smudge ^
A very interesting introduction!
To be short, this book is interesting, if not sometimes irritatingly written. I have to say at the beginning of the review, though the style wasn't for me and I sometimes found it... Read more
Published 6 months ago by VariousReviewer
Not a bad read here and there, but certainly not 'Advanced'.
Not a totally aweful book, as it covers some intersting ideas, is quite well-written and easy to read, makes valid comment about the necessity of personal experience, and Alan does... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Dr Mark
it's a kind of magic(k)
Is magic real? Even when you stick a "k" on the end to make it more mysterious and distinguish it from the infernal sorcery practised by Paul Daniels? What, in fact, is magick? Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sarcosuchus
Shallow
I found this book glib, shallow and infantile. And the spells I tried out, far from working, seemed to have the opposite affect from the one intended. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Boogieshooz
Highly Readable
This is an excellent book. This is Not a great fat tome full of impenentrable language. It is a thin tome packed with practical exercises. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2009 by Peter Burbery
Just magick
This is a fantastic book with humour insight and handy tips for all and sundry.
I really enjoyed it and will read it over a few times more. Read more
I really enjoyed it and will read it over a few times more. Read more
Published on 1 May 2009 by Helen Walter
Superb and Witty Exploration of Magick
I enjoyed this book immensely. It is written in a humorous tone at times ascerbic and at other times written in with a pomposity which reminds one of the writings of Crowley. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2009 by Ogmios
Advanced Magick for Beginners by Alan Chapman. Aeon Books, 2008
I consider this kind of book on magic long overdue, and I love it that a friend and colleague of mine has written it. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2008 by The Kite
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