Rediscover the Magick of the Gods and Goddesses: Revealing the Mysteries of Theurgy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 11
How to Use this Book 11
The Seven Steps of this Book 11

FOREWORD 16
INTRODUCTION 21
PART 1 – MYSTERIES OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN 26
Mesopotamia – The Mother of Civilization 27
Egypt – Birth of the Theurgic Tradition 28
The Transmission of the Theurgic Heritage 39
Exercise One – Harmonization with Thoth 61
Self-Test One 64

PART 2  THE PILLARS OF THE THEURGIC TRADITION 66
The Love of Wisdom 67
Theurgy, the Divine Magick 72
Exercise Two – Remembrance 77
Self-Test Two 79

PART 3 ?THE SACRED WORLD 80
Discovery of the Sacred World 81
Gods and Angels 84
Humanism and Spirituality 88
Exercise Three – The Solar Blessing of your Day 91
Self-Test Three 95

PART 4 – THE SACRED BOOKS 97
The Divine Revelation 98
The Texts 103
Corpus Hermeticum – The Creation 103
The Emerald Tablet of Hermes 111
Exercise Four – the Oracle 112
Self-Test Four 115

PART 5 ? THE DIVINE COSMOS 116
The Occult Structure of the Cosmos 117
The Cosmological Basis of Theurgy 121
The 4 Elements 123
The 7 Divine Spheres 129
The 12 Divine Powers 130
The Divinities and the Calendar 130
Classic astrological attributions of the signs 134
Exercise Five – The Celestial Ladder 137
Self-Test Five 140

PART 6 – THE DIVINE BEING 141
The Occult Structure of Human Beings 142
The Body – Soma 146
The Bodies of Light 147
The Soul ? Psuche 149
The Spirit – Nous 150
The Divine – Theos 152
The Destiny of the Soul 152
Birth and Incarnation 152
The Path of Return 157
Exercise Six – The Theurgic Calyx 163
Self-Test Six 164

PART 7 – THE CELESTIAL LADDER: RITUALS AND PRACTICES 166
Rite of the Pentalpha 167
The Origin 167
The Meaning of the pentagram 168
The Rite of the Pentagram 169
Rite of the Pentalpha (Balancing the 4 Elements) 179
The Planetary Days Unveiled 186
The Lost History of Planetary Days and Hours 186
The Ritual of the Seven Gates 197
Principles 197
Preliminaries 197
Sacred Ritual of Saturn – Kronos 199
Sacred Ritual of the Sun – Helios 210
Sacred Ritual of the Moon – Selene 213
Sacred Ritual of Mars- Ares 216
Sacred Ritual of Mercury- Hermes 220
Sacred Ritual of Jupiter- Zeus 223
Sacred Ritual of Venus- Aphrodite 226
Ritual of the Celestial Temenos 230
Preliminaries 231
Ritual 232
Self-Test Seven 241

APPENDIX 243
Pletho and the Creed of the Ecclesia Ogdoadica 243
Calculations of the Magical Hours 244
Timeline of the Hermetist and Theurgic Traditions 245

BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
Recommended Readings 247
Note s 249

ANSWERS TO THE SELF-TESTS 250
Self-Test One 250
Self-Test Two 251
Self-Test Three 252
Self-Test Four 253
Self-Test Five 254
Self-Test Six 256
Self-Test Seven 257

GLOSSARY 260
LIST OF FIGURES 277
INDEX 281