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| Introduction |
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| Part One: Preliminaries |
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Mysticism: Magic and Yoga |
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3 | (24) |
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The Chaos of Modern Civilization |
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3 | (1) |
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The Destruction of National Organizations |
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Negligence to Enter into Communion with Reality |
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4 | (3) |
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A Possible Cause of this Disruption |
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7 | (1) |
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Traditional Philosophy of Magic |
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7 | (1) |
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The Real Nature of Genius |
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8 | (3) |
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Its Root is a Spiritual Experience |
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11 | (3) |
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Magic as the Key to Creativity |
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14 | (1) |
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Yoga and Magic are the Two Branches of Mysticism |
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14 | (3) |
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Definitions of Both Systems |
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17 | (2) |
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Theurgists are the Light of the World |
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19 | (3) |
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Eliphas Levi and the Heavenly Man |
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22 | (5) |
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In Defense of the Magical Art |
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27 | (12) |
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27 | (1) |
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Their Gross Injustice and Absurdity |
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27 | (2) |
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Man is a Child of the Gods, and to Them Must He Aspire for Union |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (2) |
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Has No Relation to Witchcraft |
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31 | (1) |
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Does Not Lead to Mediumship |
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31 | (1) |
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Bases of the Magical Philosophy |
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32 | (3) |
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The Tree of Life of the Qabalists |
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35 | (4) |
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39 | (32) |
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Necessity for Philosophic Training Prior to Undertaking Practical Work |
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39 | (2) |
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Relation of Egyptian Magic and the Qabalah |
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41 | (2) |
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The Nature of Number and the Significance of Symbols |
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43 | (2) |
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Outline of Magical Theory of the Universe |
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45 | (4) |
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Tetragrammaton and the Four Worlds |
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49 | (11) |
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60 | (1) |
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Spiritual Hierarchies in Space |
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61 | (4) |
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Theurgy as Conceived by Iamblichus |
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65 | (6) |
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71 | (22) |
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Definition of Astral Light and its Place in the Magical System |
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71 | (1) |
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How it is Conceived by Modern Science |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (3) |
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Two Aspects are Observed in that Light |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (5) |
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The Use of the Divine Astral, and how the World may be Transformed |
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87 | (6) |
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93 | (22) |
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The Age-old Problem of Philosophy |
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93 | (1) |
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Is the Universe Objective or Subjective? |
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93 | (2) |
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In What Way the Magicians Conceive of the Magical Hierarchies and the Human Constitution |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (6) |
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The Mystical Sacrifice of the Ego |
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102 | (8) |
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The Ascent of the Ladder of Jacob to the Summit in God |
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110 | (5) |
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115 | (32) |
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Union with the Divine is Magical Objective |
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115 | (1) |
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Divine is Comprehended under Many Hypostases and Guises |
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116 | (1) |
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A Consideration of the Gods of the Egyptians |
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116 | (1) |
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Each God Symbol Bears a High Significance |
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116 | (24) |
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The Implication of the Animal Masks |
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140 | (7) |
| Part Two: Theory and Practice |
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Magical Correspondences, Tools, and Techniques |
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147 | (32) |
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A Magician's Equipment of Art |
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147 | (1) |
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How This Has Been Misunderstood |
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148 | (2) |
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Magic is a Mnemonic Process |
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150 | (1) |
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How Every Sense and Power is Used to Create a Spiritual Idea |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (4) |
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True Meaning of Magical Circle |
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157 | (1) |
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Symbol of Infinite and Human Consciousness |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Circle Restrains Hostile Influences |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Wand Symbolizes Will; its Preparation and Consecration |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (3) |
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Imagination and its Essential Formative Nature |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (2) |
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Loyola's Spiritual Exercises |
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172 | (1) |
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How to Develop the Imagination for Magical Work |
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173 | (1) |
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The Tattvas of the Hindus |
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174 | (5) |
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179 | (22) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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A Magical Method of Increasing this Power |
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180 | (1) |
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The True Significance of Asceticism |
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180 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (8) |
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Pranaynma an Excellent Adjuvant |
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189 | (1) |
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Objections to Will-Development |
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190 | (1) |
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What Causes Success in the Operations of Ceremonial? |
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191 | (2) |
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Instances of Gross Failure |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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Reason Provided by Barrett |
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194 | (1) |
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The Answer of the Chaldæan Oracles |
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194 | (1) |
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The Mantic Frenzy and Enthusiasm |
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194 | (7) |
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The Vibration of God-names and Words of Power |
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201 | (20) |
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How does the Mantram Work? |
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201 | (1) |
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Various Occult Viewpoints |
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201 | (1) |
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Vibration of God-names is Associated with Evocation of Magical Forces, States Blavatsky |
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202 | (1) |
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The Power and Value of Sound |
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202 | (3) |
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How to Pronounce the Magical Names? |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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Barbarous Names of Evocation |
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207 | (1) |
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Examples of South American, Egyptian, and Enochian Words |
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208 | (3) |
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Mode of Qabalistic Analysis |
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211 | (1) |
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Magician Should Not Permit Meaningless Words to Enter His Sphere |
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211 | (1) |
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Technical Employment of the Barbarous Words |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (4) |
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Necessity and Effect of Circumambulation |
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217 | (4) |
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Skrying and Astral Projection |
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221 | (32) |
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221 | (1) |
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Necessity for Training the Will and Imagination |
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221 | (1) |
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Employment in Formation of Body of Light |
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222 | (1) |
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Blavatsky's Remark That He Who Travels in the Astral Body at Will an Adept |
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222 | (1) |
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Educating the Subtle Body |
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223 | (1) |
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Best Method for Traveling on the Astral |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (2) |
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How to Check Them Scientifically |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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Egyptian Plans of the Astral |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (7) |
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How Death is Conquered, and Immortality While in the Body Assured |
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238 | (1) |
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Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram |
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239 | (1) |
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Its Power and Explanation |
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239 | (2) |
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Will and Imagination to Form the Star of Fire |
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241 | (6) |
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247 | (6) |
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The Assumption of Godforms |
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253 | (10) |
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The Most Powerful Adjunct to Invocation |
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253 | (1) |
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The Key of All Magical Progress |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (2) |
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How this Technique Proceeds |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (1) |
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Maspero's Triumphant Address |
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258 | (1) |
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Invocation of Ra, the Sun-God |
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259 | (1) |
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The Results of Fellowship with the Gods |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (3) |
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The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage |
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263 | (28) |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (1) |
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When Evocations May Be Undertaken |
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265 | (1) |
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For What Special Reasons They May Be Performed |
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265 | (1) |
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Genius and the Angel's Mode of Manifestation |
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266 | (1) |
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The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage |
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267 | (1) |
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A Method of Entering into Communication with the Higher Self |
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267 | (2) |
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Full Directions in this Ancient Technique |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (6) |
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The Vision and the Perfume |
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276 | (3) |
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The Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel |
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279 | (12) |
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Grimoires and Magical Evocation |
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291 | (38) |
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The Evocation of the Princes of the Evil of the World |
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291 | (2) |
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A Rationale of the Rites of Ceremonial Evocation |
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293 | (1) |
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Instruction to Bride before the Mystical Marriage |
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293 | (2) |
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The Building of the Pyramid |
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295 | (1) |
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Nature, the Great Exemplar |
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295 | (1) |
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Its Correlation with Modern Psychological Research |
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296 | (3) |
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The Magical System of the Key of Solomon the King |
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299 | (2) |
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Uniting the Egyptian Method in Practice with the Qabalistic One |
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301 | (7) |
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308 | (6) |
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The Book of the Angel Ratziel |
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314 | (3) |
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Why Amateur Visions go Wrong |
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317 | (1) |
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Invasion of Field of Consciousness |
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317 | (1) |
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The Tracing of Parallels between Yoga and Magic |
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318 | (6) |
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How Essentially They are Identical |
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324 | (1) |
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How Powers are to be Treated |
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324 | (5) |
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Initiation and Group Ritual |
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329 | (20) |
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Dramatic Rituals in Egypt, Tibet, and India |
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329 | (1) |
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Fundamentals of this Branch of Magical Ceremony |
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330 | (1) |
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330 | (3) |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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Third Degree of Masonic Fraternity |
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334 | (1) |
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Adeptus Minor Ritual of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn |
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334 | (3) |
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Fragments of Initiating Ritual in Egyptian Book of the Dead |
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337 | (2) |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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A Splendid Ritual in the Bacchæ of Euripides |
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340 | (1) |
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Necessity for Personal Work |
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341 | (1) |
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Work Requires Patience and Imperturbability |
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341 | (2) |
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An Ibis and the Uraeus Serpent |
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343 | (6) |
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Theurgy Versus Spiritualism and Black Magic |
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349 | (20) |
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Is There a Connection Between Magic and Spiritualism? |
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349 | (1) |
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A Great Gulf Between them |
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349 | (1) |
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The Will is the Guide of the Theurgist |
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349 | (1) |
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Medium is a Negative Instrument |
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349 | (1) |
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Magical Theories Concerning Death |
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350 | (1) |
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What Happens when Body Dies |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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Astral Shells are the Spiritualistic ``Spirits'' |
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352 | (1) |
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Why Mediums Resort to Fraud |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (2) |
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How a Sincere Medium May Utilize the Magical Technique |
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355 | (1) |
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356 | (1) |
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Evocation of Tattvic Forces |
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356 | (1) |
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Operations of Invisibility and Transformation |
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356 | (4) |
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360 | (1) |
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Further Instruction on Astral Technique |
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360 | (1) |
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How to Employ Pentagram and Rose-cross Symbols |
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361 | (2) |
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Angelic Guardians of the Pylons |
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363 | (1) |
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Refining the Body of Light |
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363 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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Porphyry on Rising on the Planes |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (3) |
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Alchemy and the Mass of the Holy Ghost |
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369 | (12) |
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Intention to Make Clear This Outline of Magic |
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369 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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A Secret Method of Working |
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370 | (1) |
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The Mass of the Holy Ghost |
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370 | (1) |
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It is the Quintessence of all Techniques of Magic |
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370 | (1) |
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Tetragrammaton and Alchemical Symbolism |
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371 | (3) |
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The Elixir of Life and Talismanic Consecration |
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374 | (1) |
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How to Employ This Mass Together with Ceremonial |
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374 | (7) |
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Prayers, Hymns, and Invocations |
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381 | (40) |
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381 | (1) |
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The Various Aspects of Ceremonial Invocation |
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381 | (1) |
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Its Eight Distinct Phases |
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381 | (1) |
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Several Examples of Each Type of Invocation from Egyptian, Qabalistic, Rosicrucian, Gnostic, Greek, Enochian, and Poetic Sources |
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382 | (39) |
| Appendix I: Books Recommended for Study |
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421 | (2) |
| Appendix II: Sources For Illustrations |
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423 | (10) |
| Glossary |
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433 | (54) |
| Bibilography |
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487 | (8) |
| Index |
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