An extraordinary exploration of the forgotten history of the esoteric and its unexpected possibilities in our time.
In these talks, written and presented to a variety of audiences between 2001 and 2010, John Michael Greer explores the forgotten history of occultism and its unexpected possibilities in our time.
From practical methods of occult training to the politics and metapolitics of magic, from the shadowy world of Victorian sex magic to the alchemy of initiatory ritual, from the complex origins of modern Neopaganism to the approaching twilight of Neopagan pop culture and what comes next, the talks collected in this book seek to inspire curiosity and reflection, not to set out an ironclad case for this or that point of view.
This book is an extraordinary insight into the life and work of a working magician and occultist.
| About the Author |
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| Foreword |
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Chapter One A magical education |
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Chapter Two Magical ecology |
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Chapter Three The secret history of Neopaganism |
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Chapter Four Victorian sex magic |
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Chapter Five Understanding Renaissance magic |
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Chapter Six Magic, metapolitics, and reality |
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Chapter Seven Alchemical initiation |
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Chapter Eight Healing through the elements |
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Chapter Nine Paganism and the future |
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John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, The Druidry Handbook, The Celtic Golden Dawn and Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Martinist Order, and three Druid traditions, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He is also the author of seventeen fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society. He lives in Rhode Island and blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at www.ecosophia.net.
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