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Magick

Autor Aleister Crowley
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 feb 2005

Tematica misticismului și a practicilor oculte atinge un punct de referință prin publicarea acestei ediții cuprinzătoare a lucrării Magick. Suntem de părere că acest volum reprezintă mai mult decât un simplu manual de ritualuri; este o sinteză monumentală a gândirii lui Aleister Crowley, oferind pentru prima dată cele patru părți ale Liber ABA (Book 4) într-o formă unitară și restaurată. Ceea ce distinge acest volum este rigoarea cu care autorul tratează subiecte adesea învăluite în obscuritate. Crowley, influențat de studiile sale în Orient, explică tehnicile de Yoga și meditație fără a apela la jargonul mistic imprecis, preferând o abordare care rezonează cu rigoarea gândirii științifice moderne. Putem afirma că structura lucrării facilitează o tranziție fluidă de la teoria originii religiilor către practica efectivă a magiei și misticismului. Ediția de față este esențială deoarece recuperează pasaje omise în versiunile anterioare și integrează notele marginale ale autorului, oferind o perspectivă nefiltrată asupra sistemului său de gândire. Pe aceeași linie cu The Lesser Key of Solomon, care se concentrează pe sigilii și ierarhii demonologice, Magick propune o viziune mult mai vastă și integratoare, punând accent pe dezvoltarea voinței și a conștiinței umane prin disciplină spirituală. În comparație cu The Tree of Life de Israel Regardie, care funcționează ca o introducere în magia înaltă, opera lui Crowley este un text fundamental, mai dens și mai tehnic, destinat celor care caută sursa directă a tradiției Thelema.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780877289197
ISBN-10: 0877289190
Pagini: 928
Ilustrații: b&w
Dimensiuni: 191 x 261 x 61 mm
Greutate: 2.06 kg
Ediția:Adnotată
Editura: RED WHEEL/WEISER
Locul publicării:United States

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Recomandăm această carte cercetătorilor istoriei esoterismului și celor interesați de mecanismele psihologice ale misticismului. Cititorul câștigă acces la varianta definitivă a operei lui Crowley, beneficiind de clarificările sale asupra practicilor Yoga și magiei ritualice. Este un instrument de studiu complex, care transformă concepte abstracte în discipline practice, fiind un pilon central pentru orice bibliotecă dedicată spiritualității universale.


Descriere scurtă

This second-revised edition of Crowley's magnum opus features new, more legible typesetting, text corrections based on a previously unseen corrected proof, and the previously unpublished Liber Testis Testitudinis.The original "Book of the Law" was re-scanned for this edition, using the latest technology, for the clearest facsimile possible. Edited, annotated, and introduced by Frater Hymenaeus Beta, XI.

Descriere

This profusely illustrated new edition brings together the complete texts of all four parts of Liber ABA (Book 4) in one volume under the overall title 'magick' This edition incorporates Crowley's own additions, corrections and annotations, and restores dozen of passages omitted from the first editions.'Magick' is the fundamental textbool of modern magick in the New Eon. Ita also has invalualble teachings for studentes of Yoga and meditation.Crowley mastered the practices of Yoga during his studies in the East and writes about them lucidly, without recourse to the imprecise language of mysticism. Beginning with a discussion of the universal origin of world religions in mysticalrevelation, 'Magick' then explores the theory and practice of mysticism and magick in the light of modern scientific thought.

Notă biografică

ALEISTER CROWLEY, born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947, was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He was the founder of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. A prolific writer, he published widely over the course of his life. Born to a wealthy Plymouth Brethren family in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Crowley rejected his fundamentalist Christian faith to pursue an interest in Western esotericism. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, where some biographers allege he was recruited into the British intelligence agency. In 1898 he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers and Allan Bennett. He married Rose Edith Kelly, and in 1904 they honey-mooned in Cairo, Egypt, where Crowley claimed to have been contacted by a supernatural entity named Aiwass, who provided him with The Book of the Law, a sacred text that served as the basis for Thelema. Announcing the start of the Æon of Horus, The Book declared that its followers should adhere to the code of "Do what thou wilt" and seek to align themselves with their Will through the practice of magick. In 1907, he and George Cecil Jones co-founded a Thelemite order, the A¿A¿, through which they propagated their religion. After spending time in Algeria, in 1912 he was initiated into another esoteric order, the German-based Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), rising to become the leader of its British branch, which he reformulated in accordance with his Thelemite beliefs. Crowley spent the First World War in the United States, where he took up painting and campaigned for the German war effort against Britain, later revealing that he had infiltrated the pro-German movement to assist the British intelligence services. In 1920, he established the Abbey of Thelema, a religious commune in Cefalù, Sicily where he lived with various followers. His libertine lifestyle led to denunciations in the British press, and expulsion by the Mussolini in 1923. He divided the following two decades between France, Germany, and England, and continued to promote Thelema until his death in 1947. Crowley gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, being a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual and an individualist social critic. He was denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist. Crowley has remained a highly influential figure over West-ern esotericism and the counter-culture, and continues to be considered a prophet in Thelema.