The Book of Visions

by Ian Corrigan

The Druid’s Peace & the Sorcerer’s Eye The practice of magical arts requires a mind trained in the ability to produce altered states of awareness at will. Magical work is supported by the ability to calm the heart and mind, to work with the energies of the Inner World, and to see and journey among the spirits. The Book of Visions provides lessons in the skills of meditation and vision. The methods are presented in a series that can serve as progressive lessons, or stand alone. Presented within a Pagan Druidic framework, the methods are easily adaptable to other Pagan systems. The lessons • Meditation – Finding Your Peace • The Two Powers; Underworld and Heavens • The Threshold Realm, & the Vision Journey; • The Inner Grove; a personal place of power. • The Nineteen a spiritual practiced based firmly on Gaelic lore. Ian Corrigan is an Archdruid Emeritus and a Senior Priest of Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF.

165 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2012

About the author

I'm a Neopagan of the Druidic sort, interested in Celtic polytheism as it might manifest for modern people in North America. I'm also an occultist, broadly interested in arcane and magical systems and ideas, from medieval grimoires through Hindu Tantra and Asian shamanism to Thelema and Chaos Magic. I'm a fan of the folk music of the British Isles and its modern inheritors as well as of fantasy and horror lit, especially the work and legacy of HP Lovecraft.

Reviews

[Kenneth]

I like Corrigan. This is slightly expanded version of chapters from his big book, Sacred Fire, Holy Well. It's grounded in myth and Celtic culture, where a lot of the occult feels cut off from that. His scripts feel too long and wordy for me, but that's personal preference.
It's really two books in one, the first part covers basic ritual and energy work, grounded in the Celtic take on ADF cosmology. The second part is journeying, scrying, hedge riding, vision, pick your descriptor.

[Joe Crow]

There's some good techniques in here, but it's really pretty repetitive, and there's an awful lot of places that refer to explanations and definitions that aren't in the book.