In this volume we endeavour to explore the relationship we have between a ritual space and our imagination. The premise upon which this book is built proposes a ritual space is demarcated through imagination, as it is this which leads to eventual spirit encounters. There are some interesting observations to therefore make when demarcating a ritual space. To encapsulate imagination, we must rely on the assumption that previously we have experienced other ritual spaces to which our imagination has then rendered itself accountable. Moreover, the ritual space when demarcated by imagination infuses the setting of the encounter with feasible diversions causing our consciousness to then embellish what are unwarranted deviations in form.
What follows on from this is that a ritual space is understood as a byproduct of our imagination, and that our ability to apprehend this unfettered version viscerally climaxes from having had previous encounters with Otherness. Our assembling of a ritual space therefore emulates this alterity via our dreams and imagination. Working together they deepen our sense of disconnection from the physical domain by offering a conduit for reflection and poetry about the ritual space domain.
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Discover the esoteric writings of occultist and poet William Butler Yeats, in a new collection of his lesser-known magical essays W. B. Yeats is celebrated globally for his contributions to poetry and Irish nationalism. However, his engagement with the occult circles of
the late 19th and early 20th centuries have passed largely unappreciated. A member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and later drafting his own system for a Celtic magical order, Yeats wrote prolifically on magical philosophy, mystical symbolism, and the
occult experience.
In this new anthology, John Michael Greer presents six of Yeats’ occult writings that have the most to offer the operative mage. From an analysis of the Golden Dawn System, to an investigation of the relationship between folklore and the paranormal experience to occult
philosophy, to an outline of Yeats’ own proposed magical order (The Castle of Heroes) that draws on the symbolism of nature, this collection is a much-needed addition to the occult canon. It concludes with Yeats’ most famous work of esoteric writing, the complete text of the original 1925 edition of A Vision. Written in a series of automatic writing sessions with his wife, Georgie Hyde-Lees, this revolutionary essay delves into innovative system that explores human personality, occult philosophy, cycles of history, the afterlife, and the symbolic structures from which all four arise and interleaf.
Other essays included are Magic; Witches and Wizards and Irish Folk- Lore; Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places; Per Amica Silenta Lunae; and Hodos Camelionis.
Edited and annotated, and complete with a new introduction by John Michael Greer, The Magical Writings of W.B. Yeats preserves vital knowledge from the esoteric tradition, and offers the modern magician fresh guidance and perspective from one of the most important occultists of the last century.