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Lessons in Magic: A Guide to Making Your Dreams Come True
Deep down most of us believe in magic, because we know that sometimes - just sometimes - magic can come tumbling into our lives with a blinding flash, and suddenly there we are facing the person we’re destined to fall in love with, or being offered the job we never believed we would get, or we just find ourselves walking down that same familiar street, but this time it’s different - this time we’ve fallen in love with this time everything looks different, and life feels wonderful and exciting again.
Most people believe that you can’t make this kind of magic occur in your life. They say you’re either lucky or you’re it either happens to you or it doesn’t. But what if we could make magic happen? What if we could do things that actually made these types of experiences occur more often in our lives? And what if there was a book that taught this kind of magic?
Most people believe that you can’t make this kind of magic occur in your life. They say you’re either lucky or you’re it either happens to you or it doesn’t. But what if we could make magic happen? What if we could do things that actually made these types of experiences occur more often in our lives? And what if there was a book that taught this kind of magic?
58 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 20, 2016
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Philip Carr-Gomm
65 books181 followersPhilip Carr-Gomm was born in London, raised in Notting Hill Gate, and educated at Westminster School and University College London.
He met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and joined the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids at 18. He studied meditation with Olivia Robertson in Ireland, who later founded the Fellowship of Isis, and in his twenties he founded The Esoteric Society in London, which organised journeys for members to Bulgaria and Egypt, and hosted talks by well-known authors such as Gareth Knight, W. E. Butler, and Arthur Guirdham.
In 1975 his Druid teacher died, and he followed a Bulgarian teacher, Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov for seven years, giving talks on his teachings and helping with the translation and publishing of his books into English. He also travelled to Bulgaria and studied the work of Aivanhov’s teacher, Peter Deunov, visiting Sofia annually for fourteen years, teaching Deunov’s Paneurhythmy dance in England and at Findhorn in Scotland. In his thirties he turned to a study of psychology, taking a BSc degree at University College London and Jungian analysis, with plans to become an analyst. On discovering Psychosynthesis, he trained instead as a therapist at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London and began a private practice.
In 1988 he was asked to lead the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. He organised the Order’s teachings into a distance-learning course, and edited his teacher’s book with John Matthews [1]. Since that time, the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world.
He met his first spiritual teacher, Ross Nichols, the founder of The Order of Bards Ovates & Druids, when he was 11. He began studying with him when a teenager, and joined the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids at 18. He studied meditation with Olivia Robertson in Ireland, who later founded the Fellowship of Isis, and in his twenties he founded The Esoteric Society in London, which organised journeys for members to Bulgaria and Egypt, and hosted talks by well-known authors such as Gareth Knight, W. E. Butler, and Arthur Guirdham.
In 1975 his Druid teacher died, and he followed a Bulgarian teacher, Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov for seven years, giving talks on his teachings and helping with the translation and publishing of his books into English. He also travelled to Bulgaria and studied the work of Aivanhov’s teacher, Peter Deunov, visiting Sofia annually for fourteen years, teaching Deunov’s Paneurhythmy dance in England and at Findhorn in Scotland. In his thirties he turned to a study of psychology, taking a BSc degree at University College London and Jungian analysis, with plans to become an analyst. On discovering Psychosynthesis, he trained instead as a therapist at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in London and began a private practice.
In 1988 he was asked to lead the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. He organised the Order’s teachings into a distance-learning course, and edited his teacher’s book with John Matthews [1]. Since that time, the Order has grown to become the largest Druid teaching order in the world.
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January 31, 2017
This is a deceptive little book. In its fifty two pages, the Philip Carr-Gomm gives the reader the secret of magic.
On the surface, it doesn't read much differently than many of the self help books out there that promise how to Get the Life You Want(tm) . However, the point of the book is that the most successful acts of magic aren't filled with mystical "woo-woo" but clear acts of intention and work.
This is an excellent book for a person just starting out, when it can be incredibly easy to get bogged down in all the details. It is an excellent reminder for the rest of us that magic isn't in all the neat gadgets and tools - it is what we are.
On the surface, it doesn't read much differently than many of the self help books out there that promise how to Get the Life You Want(tm) . However, the point of the book is that the most successful acts of magic aren't filled with mystical "woo-woo" but clear acts of intention and work.
This is an excellent book for a person just starting out, when it can be incredibly easy to get bogged down in all the details. It is an excellent reminder for the rest of us that magic isn't in all the neat gadgets and tools - it is what we are.
July 9, 2021
A Beautiful Book
This book is filled with a pleasing balance of poetry and prose, magical thinking and homespun practical advice. It's a good primer for a young person trying to get their life in order or a great reminder for those of us that need a gentle, inspiring nudge in the direction of our own bliss.
This book is filled with a pleasing balance of poetry and prose, magical thinking and homespun practical advice. It's a good primer for a young person trying to get their life in order or a great reminder for those of us that need a gentle, inspiring nudge in the direction of our own bliss.
August 3, 2018
Simple yet powerful!
Reading Philip is like talking to a dear friend — a wise one. A great book to guide you on your journey.
Reading Philip is like talking to a dear friend — a wise one. A great book to guide you on your journey.
April 11, 2020
This was actually more of a psychology and coaching book looking at visualization and goal setting. There wasn't any "magic."
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