Sexuality is one of the keys to magick. In this book Katon Shual presents some of the secrets of a sexual gnosis of western magick - a system that is often misunderstood. The book begins with a look at the revival of sexual magick in the early part of this century, especially within the ranks of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and some of the post Golden Dawn magical groups such as Aleister Crowley`s Thelemic cult. The book goes on to look at the modern fusion of western hermetic and eastern tantrik sexual gnosticism. On the way it discusses in a progressive manner gay, straight and solitary sexual magick. The ancient deity Seth is introduced as an archetype of the sexual magician. The book includes an unpublished grimoire of sexual magick, as well as several other unusual sources, including an authoritative exploration of the chakra system, a magical approach to kundalini and an introduction to the relationship between sacred sexuality and the external landscape. Katon Shual is a founder member of the Oxford Golden Dawn Occult Society and a member of the East-West tantrik group AMOOKOS. He has edited several occult books and is co-editor of the leading non-sectarian journal of Thelemic magick -- Nuit Isis. He holds an advanced degree in oriental studies from Oxford University. Critics said of the first edition: `breathes some wholesome air into a subject shrouded by guilt, filth and prejudice.` - Lightning Flash `Shual recalls to us not only this essential foundation of magick, and its starting-point for most adults, but that the original and natural condition of life is magical. Sex, which was supposed to have caused the fall, in fact can restore an Eden...` -- Peter Redgrove