Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts (Llewellyn's High Magick)
by Donald Kraig
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Author: Donald KraigEdition: Paperback
Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN: 0875423248
Number of pages: 600
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
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Book Review: Practical instructions buried in rambling rants
Summary: 3 Stars
The core of Kraig's book is useful: instructions for the standard Golden Dawn rituals and construction of magical tools, as well as original meditation exercises on the elements, hints on scrying, and step-by-step directions for basic sex magic practices (which, just for the record, are part of Thelemic and certain other magical systems--valid though these are--but not the Golden Dawn tradition per se).
Unfortunately, in order to find these gems you must wade through page after page of rambling, unfocused discourses on "kosher" vs. "WASP" kabbalah; fluffy-bunny "histories" of Wicca; confused, self-contradictory discourses on reincarnation (in one paragraph he says he doesn't believe in past lives, then proceeds to hold forth on the topic at great length); and suggestions on how to insult people who insult *you* for practicing magic (why not just refrain from telling most people you're a magician in the first place?). These rants wouldn't be an issue were it not for Kraig presenting the book as a series of step-by-step lessons to be followed in sequence without skipping around.
Had Kraig omitted the tangential discussions and stuck to the practical instructions, preceded with *brief* explanations of the purpose and symbolism behind each ritual, I would've given this book five stars. As it stands, however, I would instead recommend for those interested in Golden Dawn-style magic, Donald Tyson's The Magician's Workbook or John Michael Greer's Learning Ritual Magic. Then one can tackle the works of Israel Regardie (particularly The Golden Dawn and The Middle Pillar).
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