Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Foreword Eddie Vedder xv
Preface My Story xvii
Part I An Introduction to Magick
1 Why Learn Magick? 3
2 What Magick Is and What Magick Isn't 5
Part II Preliminaries
3 Why Spell Books Don't Work 17
4 As Above, So Below: The Power of Attention 19
Practice Directing Your Attention 24
5 Training Your Mind 27
Practice Five Basic Meditations 29
6 The Magick of Visualization 33
Practice Visualization 34
7 Raising and Directing Energy 37
Practice Raising Energy: Phase 1 38
Practice Raising Energy: Phase 2 39
8 Working with Doubt 43
9 Personalizing Your Practice and Getting Started 45
Part III Fundamental Practice of Magick
10 Practicing Variations of the Fourfold Breath 51
Practice The Fourfold Breath: Quick Version 52
Practice The Fourfold Breath with Visualization 53
Solar Application 55
Practice The Fourfold Solar Breath Application: Version 1 56
Practice The Fourfold Solar Breath Application: Version 2 59
Lunar Application 60
Practice The Fourfold Lunar Breath Application: Version 1 61
Practice The Fourfold Lunar Breath Application: Version 2 62
Seasonal Application 63
Practice The Fourfold Seasonal Breath Application 65
Interlude Some History of Magick 69
11 The Middle Pillar 73
Practice Performing the Middle Pillar Ritual 76
Practice Circulating Energy with the Middle Pillar 81
12 The Qabalistic Cross 85
Practice Qabalistic Cross Meditation: Version 1 (Traditional) 91
Practice Qabalistic Cross Meditation: Version 2 94
13 The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram 101
Practice The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram 114
Part IV Additional Practices
14 The Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram 133
Practice Circumambulating the Temple 136
15 Bare-Bones Invocation 139
16 Creating Thoughtforms 143
Practice Creating a Thoughtform 144
Talismans, Amulets, and Tattoos 148
Water 156
Practice Charging Your Water 159
Practice programming Your Water 162
Divination: Using the Tarot 165
Practice Charging Your Tarot Deck 166
17 Meal Blessings 169
Practice A Meal Blessing 170
Part V Final Thoughts
18 Magickal Implements 175
19 Urban Shamanism 179
20 Know Thyself 183
Postscript 187
About the Author 189