LIVING MAGICAL ARTS / ADVANCED MAGICAL ARTS - R.J. Stewart (2 Book Set)
LIVING MAGICAL ARTS (Hardback, 1987 1st Edition) + ADVANCED MAGICAL ARTS (Paperback, 1989 2nd Impression - both by R.J. Stewart
Living Magical Arts is founded upon the author’s practical experience of the Western Magical Traditions, and contains specific teachings from within a living and long established initiatory line of British, French, and Russian esoteric tradition.
Living Magical Arts offers a new and clear approach to the philosophy and practice of magic for the twenty-first century, stripping away the accumulated nonsense found in many repetitive publications, and re-stating the art for contemporary use. This book offers a coherent illustrated set of magical techniques for individual or group use, leading to profound changes of consciousness and subtle energy.
Magical arts are revealed as an enduring system of insight into human and universal consciousness, combining a practical spiritual psychology (long predating materialist psychology) with an effective method of relating to the physical world. Many of the
obscure aspects of magical work are clarified, with insights into themes such as the origins of magical arts, working with subtle forces, partaking of esoteric traditions, liberating sexual energies, magical effects upon the world of nature, and the future potential and development of creative magic.
In the 1980s small groups of experienced magicians experimented with the secret techniques of the Western Mystery Tradition. They produced a renaissance in the study of occultism and magic and a corpus of work which are the cornerstones of the
tradition for the 21st century. Among their leaders was RJ Stewart, a renowned expert on traditional British folk, Celt and medieval music, who had recorded music for the BBC and various films. He was also a pioneer in studying the Merlin tradition, writing two original and influential books translating and exploring genuine medieval Merlin texts.
In his classic book Advanced Magical Arts, the author draws upon the coherent, mature and enduring systems of magic, long preserved in our Western culture. With beautiful illustrations by Miranda Gray, he offers a series of fundamental
aspects of the magical arts, which he supports with practical examples of visualisations and rituals.
Condition : Living Magical Arts - Good. Complete with dust-jacket. Some edge-wear and a few light marks. Internally age-tone paper stock but clean and unmarked. A nice reading copy of this scarce 1st edition. Advanced Magical Arts - Very Good. Light wear to corners and edges, light foxing to page stock edges, internally clean, tight and unmarked.