Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriously - but examines them with common sense and self-effacing humour. Working backward from the Freemasons to one of their original orders, the 14th-century Knights Templar, the account considers sorcery, heresy, and intrigues; explores the legend that the Knights possessed a powerful secret dangerous to the Church of Rome; and finds an essential clue to the order's practices in their connection to the biblical Solomon, king of Israel in the 10th century BC. This updated edition features new images, chapters on important symbols, and a new preface.
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"Learn the Masonic teaching by which the human spirit may be elevated - without ignoring either historical or scientific fact." -- James Wasserman, author of The Templars and the Assassins: Militia of Heaven. "This intriguing look at intersections between Freemasonry and the Western magical traditions will be sure to evoke outrage from many quarters, but it poses crucial questions that deserve close attention from Masons, magicians, and anyone else concerned with the nature of religion and reality in a post-Christian age." -- John Michael Greer, 32nd degree, author of Inside a Magical Lodge, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult and A World Full of Gods.
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Lon Milo DuQuette is the author of Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium; The Magick of Aleister Crowley, and My Life in Spirits, a memoir of his life as a practicing ceremonial magician. He lives in Costa Mesa, California. James Wasserman specializes in esoteric literature and currently works in book production and graphic design. He lives in New York City. Mark Stavish is the Director of Studies for the Institute for Hermetic Studies, and is the author of Between the Gates; Lucide Dreaming, Astral Projection, and the Body of Light in Western Esotericism.
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Lon Milo DuQuette is one of my favorite authors these days, particularly on esoteric subjects. In this book, he connects the esoteric work of Solomon's Key (one of the medieval handbooks of magic) to the traditional work of the Freemasons and the lodge organizations of the 18th and 19th century. Self-transformation is the heart of this system and this work, and he does a great job of laying out the hows and whys of this kind of magical work. I've begun working through some of the system based on his guidelines, albeit cautiously, and I've had fairly positive results so far.
If I have any criticism of the book, it lies in the fact that he expends half of the book laying out the reasons for doing this kind of work, without spending sufficient time on the practicalities of doing them, or figuring out what the results you may or may not get, actually mean. Doing magical work is challenging, and the results are interesting and worthy of deep reflection, but as with many magical authors, DuQuette spends a lot of time on the lead-up and the justifications for the work, but less on the results or on how he thinks they may improve the reader's life.
It's worth noting that this book DID cause me to go out and drop a few dollars on his other works, though, and I found myself highly entertained by his anecdotes and his writing style. An enjoyable evening or two resulted, going through this excellent writer's corpus.
If I have any criticism of the book, it lies in the fact that he expends half of the book laying out the reasons for doing this kind of work, without spending sufficient time on the practicalities of doing them, or figuring out what the results you may or may not get, actually mean. Doing magical work is challenging, and the results are interesting and worthy of deep reflection, but as with many magical authors, DuQuette spends a lot of time on the lead-up and the justifications for the work, but less on the results or on how he thinks they may improve the reader's life.
It's worth noting that this book DID cause me to go out and drop a few dollars on his other works, though, and I found myself highly entertained by his anecdotes and his writing style. An enjoyable evening or two resulted, going through this excellent writer's corpus.
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A NEW EXPANDED, REVISED SECOND EDITION
20 April 2010
By Lon Milo DuQuette
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A word from the Author: This is a new and expanded Second Revised Edition of this work. There are new chapters, photos, Glossary of Masonic Terms and Afterword by Mark Stavish. For reviews of the first edition please visit it Amaazon...
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I hope you enjoy,
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an amazing in depth book, a great deal of information is provided about the topic at hand, I recommend this book highly.....
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