Современная ритуальная магия

1999 edition. The safety is good.
"Modern Ritual Magic" by F. King, based on authentic documents and testimonies, gives the reader the opportunity to plunge into the mysterious world of secret societies, to get acquainted with the great magicians of our century S. Meiters and A. Crowley, to feel the intensity of the magical struggle inside " Golden Dawn", watch the astral war of the occult Amazons: Moina Mathers and Dion Fortune. Many surprises await the reader when meeting characters who are quite familiar to him: the Nobel laureate W. B. Yeats, R. Steiner, the founder of Scientology R. Hubbard. Many documents previously available only to the initiates: texts of oaths, descriptions of magical, alchemical and initiatory rituals, instructions, letters to secret leaders - allow the reader to take a completely new look at the daily practice of occult orders. The author also pays attention to more mundane occult movements: the Wicca cult, modern witchcraft and its leaders, Wilkinson, Gardner, and others. The book is illustrated and contains extensive commentary.