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The Occult: an introduction
It starts with an outline history of how it all started far back in the days of ancient civilisations, through to the contemporary explosion of interest in this fascinating subject. There then follows a glossary of occult terms and subjects, with suggestions for further reading. Finally it contains a short practical section on how the reader can get started, with hints on meditation and techniques of occult visualisation that open up psychic and spiritual awareness. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned line drawings.
First published by Kahn & Averill, 1975.
Experience of the Inner Worlds
Then Knight gets down to practicalities. He analyses the merits of inner plane communication, traditional ideas of the Masters, the psychological approach of C.G.Jung, and the possibility of communication with non-human entities -- angelic or elemental. Knight also discusses the formulation of a three-dimensional magic circle or mandala, basing the theory on the oldest Qabalistic text available, the Sepher Yetzirah. From this he emphasises the essential God-based background of all magical work, and analyses the Tree of Life in this light. Finally, he gives practical examples of magic at work. While this book can be used as a course of self-instruction by
the individual student, it is also an important modern reference
book of magical theory and practice. First published by Helios Books, 1975.
The Rose Cross and the Goddess
Through an analysis of the legendary origins of the cult of the
Virgin, he explores the relationship of this movement with the
increasingly urgent need for mankind to come to terms with the
Feminine Principle -- whether this be expressed in terms of the
mystic gleam of the Holy Grail or an increased responsibility
to our Mother Earth. First published by Aquarian Press, 1985. This edition is now out of print, but may be still available. |
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An authoritative, clear and simple survey of the whole field of
the occult for the general enquirer. 
In this book Gareth Knight eschews the oriental influence that
has crept into Western esotericism during the last hundred years
and goes back to the fundamentals of the mystical traditions of
Judaism, Islam and Christianity, the "peoples of the Book". The
first half of Experience of the Inner Worlds is devoted to getting the principles right -- learning to distinguish
between magic and mysticism, natural and revealed religion, monism
and theism. 
Gareth Knight shows how the feminine 'spirit of the rose' has
been brought to bloom in the past with examples from ancient Greece,
the Graeco-Roman world, seventeenth century Rosicrucian spiritual
alchemy, and Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism. 
The Tarot has often been interpreted as a fortune telling device
but, as Gareth Knight reveals, it is also a profound and powerful
system of High Renaissance magic. 
Gareth Knight reveals within the Tarot a profound and powerful
system of magic. He takes the reader beyond the basics of divination
and shows how the Tarot provides a meditative key to the expansion
of one's consciousness. His insightful analysis of the archetypal
principles behind each card is augmented by methods of magical
practice. These techniques combine the imagery of the Tarot with
an inner journey along the paths of the Qabalistic Tree of Life,
evoking wisdom and an understanding of the mysteries. 
The Inklings were a small group of friends and writers who set
out to explore the 'mythopoeic' or myth making element in imaginative
fiction. 
The tarot has become enormously popular as a tool for divination
and, on a more esoteric level, as a source of symbolic wisdom.
Gareth Knight combines the two traditions into a connected workable
system for students of the tarot. 
Immediately following Germany's invasion of Poland, which resulted
in Britain's declaration of war, Dion Fortune -- the founder of
Britain's foremost magical order The Society of the Inner Light
-- initiated a magical programme designed to thwart the expansionsist
intentions of the Third Reich, and thus the invasion of Britain.
