Magical Images and the Magical Imagination: A Practical Handbook for Self Transformation Using the Techniques of Creative Visualization and Meditation

by Gareth Knight

The knowledge and use of magical images as a means of self development was once a closely guarded secret of initiates and adepts in the Mystery Schools. In this ground breaking new book, Gareth Knight gives easy-to-follow classifications of the various kinds of magical images, along with instructions for their use as agents of self realization and spiritual growth. Indispensable for beginners and advanced practitioners alike, this book presents the theory and techniques of creative visualization and meditation. These practical teachings range from the circulation of force within the aura for the purpose of balancing the personality, to the development of a full magical system of "pathworking" enabling contact with unsuspected sources of inner wisdom and power.

Genres: Magick, Occult, Magic, Spirituality

94 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1951

About the author

Gareth Knight is one of the world's foremost authorities on ritual magic, the Western Mystery Tradition and Qabalistic symbolism. He trained in Dion Fortune's Society of the Inner Light, and has spent a lifetime rediscovering and teaching the principles of magic as a spiritual discipline and method of self-realisation.

He has written around forty books covering topics as diverse as Qabalah, history of magic, Arthurian legend, Rosicrucianism, Tarot, the Inklings (Tolkien, C.S.Lewis et al) and the Feminine Mysteries, as well as several practical books on ritual magic. He has lectured worldwide and is a regular contributor to Inner Light, the journal of the Society of the Inner Light.

The group founded by Gareth Knight in 1973 is now run by Wendy Berg and known as the Avalon Group.

See: http://garethknight.blogspot.com/

Reviews

[Tod Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

This wonderful little volume synthesizes and distills more wisdom about Qabalah than can be gained from reading several more lengthy books on the subject. If you have been trying to learn what to do with the knowledge you have accumulated from your esoteric reading, if you want an understanding of the spheres and paths of the Tree of Life which is organic and intuitive, read and re-read this book. Your time will be well spent.

[JHM · Rating 4 out of 5]

A slim but very helpful book about the power and use of the imagination in magical work. Lots of good ideas!

[Simon Vigneault · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cool book on practical magic.

[Teleri · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb modernization of some of the most powerful images drawn from classics of Hebrew Qabalah such as the Zohar, Bahir, and Sepher Yetzirah.