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SEXUAL MAGICK: And Other Essays
by Shual, Katon
ISBN: 1869928407
Publisher: Mandrake Of Oxford
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unpublished grimoire of sexual magick, as well as several other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
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