{"product_id":"practical-magick-ancient-tradition-and-modern-practice-by-mitch-horowitz","title":"Practical Magick: Ancient Tradition and Modern Practice by Mitch Horowitz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOccult Scholar Mitch Horowitz Explores Magick in History and Practice for the Hands-On Seeker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Simplicity,” wrote legendary occultist Jack Parsons, “has been the key to victory in all the idea wars and, at present, Magick does not have it.” In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePractical Magick,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e acclaimed historian and esotericist Mitch Horowitz responds to this call, distilling magick to its core essentials.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon ancient, Hermetic, Renaissance-era, and modern sources, Mitch dissects the building blocks of magick and provides formulas of immediacy, simplicity, and potency. He also surveys the history of magick, from deepest antiquity through the work of modernist intellects ranging from Newton and Schopenhauer to Crowley and Spare, finding connections to current studies in psychical research, quantum theory, and perceptual-based reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders receive to-the-point instruction in sex transmutation, sigil work, Tarot, backwards causation, the power of silence, tilting the scales of luck, magickal environments, and “spontaneous deity petition.” Mitch shows how to maximize your practice—and not overlook results when they arrive (a common malady).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso considered are delicate topics such as the lefthand path, curses, modern novelties in magick and Hermeticism, the ethics of magick, and the bulletproof veracity of ESP research. Mitch asks, finally, whether magick can be practiced without rite or ritual, delivering the individual to his or her fullest gait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is an unprecedented journey from a “believing historian” who undoes historical knots and explores magick in its richest and most practical dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I love Mitch Horowitz”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDan Aykroyd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An amazing author”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDuncan Trussell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The thinking-man’s mage”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDouglas Rushkoff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mitch is solid gold”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Lynch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Horowitz’s reflections are grounded in his history and a life of personal experimentation. He is not proposing yet another ‘system,’ nor asking the reader to believe or agree with him; instead, his invitation is to follow him to the fringes of reason and try things out for oneself.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFerdinando Buscema, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Publisher Services","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44482198765646,"sku":"9781722506544","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/5329\/9534\/files\/9781722506544.jpg?v=1791497514","url":"https:\/\/namastebookshop.com\/products\/practical-magick-ancient-tradition-and-modern-practice-by-mitch-horowitz","provider":"Namaste Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}