Synopses & Reviews
Advanced Magical Arts: Visualization, Meditation and Ritual in the Western Magical Tradition. Only a generation ago much of the material in this book would have been regarded as 'secret', for private group use only. Much of it has been developed by small groups of dedicated people during the last decade - a particularly fruitful period of growth in the magical arts. In Advanced Magical Arts, the author draws upon the coherent, mature and enduring systems of magic, long preserved in our Western culture. With beautiful illustrations by Miranda Gray, he offers a series of fundamental aspects of the magical arts, which he supports with practical examples of visualizations and rituals. R.J. Stewart is a highly respected Scottish author and composer who has worked, researched and written extensively on music, folklore and the Western Esoteric Tradition. He is the founder and organizer of the annual Merlin Conference.
Synopsis
In the 1980s small groups of experienced magicians
experimented with the secret techniques of the Western Mystery
Tradition. They produced a renaissance in the study of occultism
and magic and a corpus of work which are the cornerstones of the
tradition for the 21st century.
Among their leaders was RJ Stewart, a renowned expert on
traditional British folk, Celt and medieval music, who had
recorded music for the BBC and various films. He was also a
pioneer in studying the Merlin tradition, writing two original
and influential books translating and exploring genuine
medieval Merlin texts.
In his classic book Advanced Magical Arts, the author draws
upon the coherent, mature and enduring systems of magic, long
preserved in our Western culture. With beautiful
illustrations by Miranda Gray, he offers a series of fundamental
aspects of the magical arts, which he supports with practical
examples of visualisations and rituals.
R J Stewart is a leading author on magic, mythology, music, and the creative
imagination. He has forty-one books in publication, translated worldwide, and
is also a composer and musician working in film, theatre, and television, and has
made many recordings. Born in Scotland, he now lives in Northern California.