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u/God-Emperor-Muad-dib · 1 pointr/magick

The 3 most popular Tarot decks are the Marseille Tarot, Waite-Smith Tarot, and Crowley-Harris "Thoth" Tarot. Almost every other deck on the market is some variant of these 'types' of Tarot, just with a different artistic interpretation of the imagery.

This is an awesome Tarot tool and guide

The Marseille Tarot is the classic European deck, it has roots in the early formation of the Tarot in Italy and France during the Renaissance. The symbolism and structure of the 22 Major Arcana, the 16 Court Cards, and the 40 Minor Arcana or Numbered Suits (totaling 78 cards) evolved to an eventual 'standard' form that is best represented in this deck. Most Italian and French decks use the same structure today. My favorite book on interpreting these symbols is The Marseille Tarot Revealed and the matching deck CBD Tarot is amazing. Jodorowsky (yes, the surreal filmmaker) also has a very interesting perspective if you want to go deeper in The Way of Tarot.

The Waite-Smith Tarot is probably the most popular type of deck. The original images were a collaboration between the English magician A.E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith. Both were members of the Golden Dawn and incorporated the G∴D∴ symbolic system of Qabalistic correspondences to the Tarot. So things like the Paths of the Tree of Life and Astrology symbols are used in the imagery and structure of the deck. G∴D∴ changed the order of the Major Arcana 8 Justice and 11 Force (Strength), in order to 'fit' the astrological signs for Leo (the Lion in Force) and Libra (the Scales in Justice) with the Qabala correspondence. So now 8 becomes 11.

The other big change made in the Waite-Smith Tarot is the illustration of the numbered suits (Minor Arcana), by using a pictoral scene of human drama, as opposed to just 10 Disks or 5 Swords. This makes the deck a little more user friendly to the oracle, it's less abstract and easier to see the story. This is probably the main reason for its popularity - most modern decks are just redesigns of the art and structure of this deck - but many are highly imaginative and artistic!

Lastly, the Crowley-Harris "Thoth" Tarot brings a new vision and structure from the Magickal system of A∴A∴ and Thelema, and updates the names, symbols, and structure of the deck "for a new aeon". A new collaboration with another English (ex)-Golden Dawn (now A∴A∴/OTO) magician, Aleister Crowley, and artist Lady Freida Harris (also an initiate of A∴A∴) resulted in another magickally powerful and inspirational deck. The biggest change is the restoration of the 8 Justice and 11 Force cards (renamed to 8 Adjustment and 11 Lust), renaming 20 Judgement to 20 The Aeon / 21 The World to 21 The Universe and the reversal of 4 The Emperor and 18 The Star. This is to align with the received wisdom of the Book of the Law:

>All these old letters of my Book are aright; but צ [Tzaddi] is not the Star. This also is secret: my prophet shall reveal it to the wise.--Liber AL vel Legis, I:57

Crowley interpreted this to mean that the order of 18 The Star in the Tarot was mis-aligned. The whole reasoning for the reversal is beyond an ELI5.

So there can be confusion between the 3 systems - but you don't have to use all 3. Find the 1 that appeals to your magical senses.

u/wockyman · 22 pointsr/magick

Patrick Dunn wrote the clearest, most no-nonsense explanation of the relationship between science and magic that I've read. Note that when he says "the scientist" and "the mage," he is aware he's making broad generalizations. As a linguistics professor, he wears both hats.

>For the past few centuries, Western culture has learned to perceive reality empirically - that is, fundamental beliefs rely on conclusions solely derived from observation. This approach is known as the scientific method. This systematic method is something of an anomaly in human history, though it has allowed us to make advancements far beyond the dreams of our ancestors. In the past hundred years alone we've split an atom, traveled to the moon, turned gold into lead, found treatments for countless diseases, and cracked the human genome. The scientific method is useful for understanding reality, and the mage would do well to understand and be able to employ it as necessary.

>The scientific method assumes the laws of reality are more or less constant. The mage, on the other hand, follows Heraclitus' maxim: "One cannot step in the same river twice." Scientists often recognize some truth in this maxim. But if reality is not more or less constant, the scientific method is a moot practice. Obviously, the world in many ways does remain constant over a period of time - the sun will probably come up tomorrow and we can safely assume that all the oxygen atoms in the atmosphere won't suddenly condense over London, causing the rest of the world to suffocate. The assumption of constancy is what leads scientists to expect they can make future predictions based on repetitive results. And for the most part they can.

>Even science recognizes, however, that some things are not subject to this method. One cannot, for example, repeat a work of art in the same way one can repeat an experiment. The repetition of an experiment results in the accumulation of evidence, which either proves or disproves the validity of a hypothesis. The repetition of a work of art does not prove anything about the art - it's just a copy. Like art, magic is not subject to scientifically controlled repetition, because it deals with the subtle states of self, mind, and holistic reality at the moment of the act of magic. Sorcery is utterly untestable, which is fine. It doesn't have to be.

>Unlike scientists, mages approach reality intuitively rather than empirically. A scientist observes a phenomenon, makes a hypothesis about it, and then gathers data to support or disprove that hypothesis. A mage, on the other hand, observes the symbol systems interacting to make up our world. A mage may have many hypotheses, and feel no need to gather data to prove any of them. A mage perceives the world not as a constant interaction of immutable laws - although often and in many ways it is - but as an ever-changing interaction of arbitrary and constantly shifting symbols. Each symbol, each fundamental building block of reality, connects to some other symbol - or more likely a series of symbols - themselves connecting to others, and so on. The scientist tries to understand and systemize the world; the mage simply tries to experience it.

>An astute and well-educated reader might insist that atoms, or perhaps energy - not symbols - are the fundamental substance of existence. I will discuss symbols more fully in the next chapter, but let me further clarify here. Energy makes up all the matter we perceive in the universe, but our reality does not merely consist of matter. In fact, if you list the things that most impact your reality, I suspect immaterial, even abstract, symbols - love, money, health - appear most frequently. Even the significance of matter itself is often more symbolic than material. The little pewter wizard on top of my computer does not simply remind me of lead and tin; to me, it is a gift from a family member, a little joke on myself, and an object that manages to fall and bruise my toe every time I move my computer.

--Postmodern Magic

u/chapstickninja · 2 pointsr/magick

I see that there are many great answers below so I won't repeat them. I will however suggest a great beginner book, Modern Magick by Donald Michael Kraig that will answer a lot of your questions and give you some good material to start out with. It covers a lot of the basic material and explains a lot of the jargon and terms you might not know if you start off with something more advanced like Crowley. You can also browse /r/occult, it seems to be more active than /r/magick, and there's a good bit of info on the sidebar there.

u/medhnoith_bodhwaru · 2 pointsr/magick

Here's a pretty decent beginner book I found on constructing your own servitors and putting them to use

Magickal Servitors: Create Your Own Spirits to Attract Pleasure, Power and Prosperity https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AL6B06K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_FH5jDbWR9TWZT

It's a fairly short book but is pretty straight to the point on creating and working with servitors.

As far as anything specifically relating to egregores or God-forms, I personally do not know of any books that cover that.

u/proverbialbunny · 1 pointr/magick

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I signed up on this sub because I kept hearing about sigils and rituals and all these things, and didn't understand the point when everything is already possible, to some extent. I've never succeeded at any form of visualization work. Often times what I do doesn't happen instantly. Which is odd, because playing with time is possible. *shrugs*

It sounds like Terence McKenna explored the same things I did to get here, expect possibly one:

  • The study of perspectives. The study of perspectives is the study of what separates us from each other, and what brings us together. To explore this is to become a citizen of the universe, instead of just a single thing.

  • The study of consciousness and. To study consciousness, is to study the linguistics and awareness and memory behind all of reality, and what Terence McKenna is talking about in this video.

  • The exploration of upādāna (kind of like 'attachment' in English, but it's own concept and its own meaning). To study suffering and attachment, is to study what the individual self tries to force/not force, separate from what the universe is. This divide is what limits magick, and by understanding it, one can walk hand in hand with the universe at all times.
u/RajBandar · 9 pointsr/magick

Regardless of individual opinions of Crowley the man, when it comes to Crowley the magician you'd find it hard to find a more comprehensive work on correspondences than his '777 And Other Qabalistic Writings Of Aleister Crowley, Including Gemetria & Sepher Sephiroth' https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0877286701/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_tI-BCb9K7YCF8.

This was further researched expounded on & expanded by Dr Stephen Skinner in his excellent 2008 work 'The Complete Magician's Tables'
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0738711640/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_4K-BCbS9R4B0G

There should be plenty of info in these two volumes alone to get you where you want to be correspondence-wise. I find them both invaluable. Good luck 👍

u/huntergeek · 1 pointr/magick

Wow. That’s very interesting. When I think about it, I actually also received the money that I was asking for (I first asked for $750, then in another ritual I asked for $250 but gave up halfway through the $250 ritual) and over the course of a year, received a little over $1000 in unexpected ways, but it came in small amounts -$50 here, $20 there etc.) so I did actually receive my money but it didn’t happen the way I expected. I didn’t want the money for anything in particular, I just thought that some extra cash would make life a bit easier. I suppose that’s exactly what I got. I didn’t think about that until now.

I still want to know more about Nikita before I try it again, the singing/humming that I heard was so strange. It wasn’t in my head, I could actually point out where the singing was coming from. It didn’t feel dark or negative, just an uneasy feeling. Unfortunately the only info I can find online is from reviews/experiences of the Magickal Cashbook and another book that was written in the 60’s/70’s (I forgot the name of the book) that mentions Nikita. I’m looking for other sources for information but haven’t found any so far.

I’m going to try looking again and if I find anything interesting, I will post a reply here and let you know.

Edit: apparently this book has info on Nikita, I haven’t read it yet but it’s on kindle: Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual (Illustrated) https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0788YBGTJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_A32YDbYZYS7PF

Sorry for the Aussie link, hope you are able to find it on whatever amazon store you use. Like I said, I haven’t read it yet but this book was written before the Magickal Cashbook and New Avatar Power (the book who’s name I forgot) and apparently mentions Nikita.

u/bukvich · 1 pointr/magick

Psychodrama was invented by psychotherapist Jacob Moreno. This looks like a decent compendium if you are into origins:

The Essential Moreno: Writings on Psychodrama, Group Method, and Spontaneity

It was perfected by Friedrich (or Fritz) Perls who trained in Freudian psychoanalysis and was a theater director before he became a therapist. He gave many of the most popular seminars at Esalen for several years and LaVey (who I have not read) could have picked it up almost by osmosis in San Francisco in the late 1960's. At his peak Perls was something of a rock star therapist.

The most direct relation to magic was done by a couple of guys from UC Santa Cruz, Grinder and Bandler.

The Structure of Magic, Vol. 1: A Book About Language and Therapy

The early Neurolinguistic Programming books by Grinder and Bandler are excellent sources for psychodrama, hypnosis, psychotherapy, and magic. It is a pity what happened to them. It's all complete shit now.

u/HedoNNN · 1 pointr/magick

I recommend you to grab a copy of Brain Magick which will give you a scientific approach to magic experiments. I highly recommend this book to any practionner whatever their approaches or Paths.

u/Anyasweet · 3 pointsr/magick

If there is any magick 101 book, it's Modern Magick by Donald Michal Craig. I've been practicing for years and this is one of the best books I've seen. It's pretty all encompassing without missing important details. It's mostly hermetic principles, but covers a wide range of practices. If I were to get an apprentice this would be the book I taught them by.
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Magick-Twelve-Lessons-Magickal/dp/0738715786

u/lolai209 · 4 pointsr/magick

Modern Magick by Donald Michael Kraig

A bit of daily practice goes a long way. Keep a record of your activities. Make it fun !

u/mutilatedrabbit · 1 pointr/magick

You can do whatever you want.

I also highly recommend to you and everyone else a book called The Toltec Art of Life and Death.

u/mrdevlar · 2 pointsr/magick

I think there is a book you should read before this project so you don't beat down existing paths, it's called "The Loom of God".

I am very curious to see what you come out with. Mathematics works by theorem and proof, Magick works through belief in action, so there is a foundational incompatibility that I think you'll need to address. Also, I am not sure if the vast majority of the /r/occult demographic really understands the basis of mathematics, or how the modern incarnation of it has strayed so wildly from its philosophical origins (blame Burbaki).

I'm a statistician by trade so I am super curious.



u/adam_blvck · 2 pointsr/magick

If you're dabbling in this stuff anyway, try getting yourself a copy of [Modern Magick](Modern Magick) to get ground to stand on. Pretty much all magick is mind/psycho magic anyway.

The book includes thorough explanations of rituals that might help you right now (relaxation ritual, magick attack reversal, & I.O.B. style self-exorcisms) and later once you get both feet on the ground.

u/PhineasGraycloak · 3 pointsr/magick

Looks like there are a couple books with that title. Which one are you referring to, the one by Frater Albertus, or the one by John Randolph Price?

u/FraterEAO · 2 pointsr/magick

As I recall, the book Ascension Magick deals with this topic. It's been awhile since I've read it, and I never worked with it, but I figured it was worth noting.