Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus
Including works by Arturo Reghini, Giulio Parese, Ercole Quadrelli, and Gustave Meyrink
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Inner Traditions, 2001 (Introduzione alla Magia quale scienza dell’Io, Vol. 1, 1971)
“The essays of the UR Group constitute the most complete and the highest magical teaching ever set before the public…The ultimate goal is the identification of the individual with the Absolute. This is a powerful and disturbing book, and a classic. One can be quite certain that it will still have readers centuries from now.”
Joscelyn Godwin, author of Harmonies of Heaven and Earth
In 1927 Julius Evola and other leading Italian esotericists formed the mysterious UR Group. Their goal: to bring their individual Selves into such a state of superhuman power and awareness that they would be able to act “magically” on the world. Their methods: the practice of ancient Tantric and Buddhist rituals and the study of rare Hermetic texts.
Introduction to Magic, appearing for the first time in English, includes breathing and visuclization exercises and instructions for evoking awareness of the “subtle body”; intoning words of power; utilizing i mages, sybols, and magical fragrancesf; interaccting with entities; and creating a “magical chain.” Among the texts translated are the Tibetan teachings of the Diamond Thunderbolt Path, the “Grand Papyrus of Paris” of the Mithraic mystery cult, rare alchemical treatises, and the writings of literary occultist Gustav Meyrink. Anyone who has exhausted the possibilities of the mundane world and is ready to take the steps necessary to purify the soul in the light of knowledge and the fire of dedication will find a number of expert mentors here.
Jan Olof Bengtsson 