Modern Magick: Twelve Lessons in the High Magickal Arts

Before I get going I would ask that if you read this review, please read to the end.I started with this book when I was about 19 years old & I am 53 now. THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE! It will change yours to if you take it serious & do what is asked of you. You will contact your HGA, you will develop potent magical abilities, & you will blow the doors off of all the other so called 'witches', sorcerers, etc. because you will be a true magician. It is not the end all & be all of magical instructional texts but in my opinion it is the best to start with.Phillip Cooper's "The Magickian" is an excellent juxtaposed instructional text that will serve you well also. I do not use Cooper's book for practice but I use it for the truth in knowledge it brings although it is entirely workable.Modern Magick gives you the basic tools & practices along with a lot of knowledge but The Magickian will tell you in no uncertain terms, where the power is coming from. Modern Magick will too if you are astute enough to decipher it but The Magickian puts it in plain terms.You are a god & Modern Magick teaches you how to claim your power but power is not what you go after, you go after the truth of your soul & power will flow naturally. Modern Magick will accomplish this. I do recommend the 2nd edition as opposed to the 3rd because the 3rd has a lot of non essential & in my opinion, material that will mislead you as a beginner. The Golden Dawn (which Modern Magick heavily draws from) had its start with members of the SRA & the SRIA used Franz Hartman's Rosicrucian material & there is evidence in the 1923 Rosicrucian Manual in the preface in paragraph 4. The point is that it will behoove you to get Hartman's material to go along with this.

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I was introduced to this book when I was 17 years old, 35 years ago, which completely changed my life for the better. Anyone who wishes to start on the path as a Magickian, this is the book to have in your library.

I highly recommend this book. It's a great start for anyone interested in "high" magic, and will keep you moving along without moving too quickly.Having said that, however - buy the book. Stay away from the Kindle version. The rendering of images and tables is just thrown into the text, making it hard to read and use in a meaningful way, and hard to follow. Just buy the book and save yourself confusion and frustration.

This textbook, (because it is the size of one & it is FULL of information!) is a great addition to you collection!I took quite a few pictures to give new buyers a good idea of what is in it. There is text and pictures which make it fun to read. I am reading it from cover to cover, following along in the lessons, as recommended, but not required. It already has taught me a ton about magick & I'm still in the first few chapters. I have skimmed ahead though and I can see that there is ALOT more to go. If you are interested in learning NON DOGMATIC magick, this is the book for you.I have about 30 books that have to do with witchcraft and have read even more than that. As they all bring their own ideas, information & knowledge to the table, not to be substituted by another -- but with that said, this is definitely the largest book I have seen and is filled with a ton of fundamental information about magick. I can't say it's the best, because they are all have their own individual substance & should be created equal..but it's up there!!A must have!! 5 stars from me!!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

So far my readings of this book is going well, it is instructional and the authors personality comes through as someone I could ask anything to and have a great conversation with. The print is large and easy to read. To save time order the Golden Dawn Tarot deck when you order the book. The first section has you order one of 3 suggested decks. The book did arrive damaged, the upper left hand corner was smashed and deformed every top corner. The book is still readable. I imagine this damaged happened in shipping.

I'm a PhD student in molecular biology from UCLA and recently got interested in occult studies. After learning that DMK was an UCLA alumni I got to pick this up. This is my first magick book along with other one "initiation into hermetics" from Franz Barton. Previously, I have also read about occult philosophy from the "teaching of ages" from Manly, "outline of occult science" from Steiner, "the eternal fruit of knowledge" from Poole. Modern magick is a great text since DMK is always really personal and sometimes feel like he is talking to you and eagerly sharing his magick experience with you. I believe what he said is real but sometimes quite frightening. For example, he described his supernatural experience when he can sometimes see "nasties" or some of his students heard voice calling out names soon after initiation. He also described that grey magick can potentially turn black magick and how to void this using tarot divination. However, since the "correct" version of tarot has not been revealed by the Hermetic order, wouldn't that make prediction risky? Not to mention the risk of direct evocation of spirits. While I have nothing against magick, I do feel the art is sometimes quite dangerous. I guess I am happy to be just an arm-chair magician/occultist for now. Nevertheless, I still highly recommend this text for any beginner who want to understand to the practice magick and this is a great down-to-earth guide to magick. Five stars!!