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The Magic of Israel Regardie
A frank, in-depth discussion of the many facets and beliefs of one of the world's great mystical adepts, Israel Regardie. These 2 CDs cover such diverse topics Hyatt Meets Regardie Psychotherapy & Magick Regardie on Crowley & Thelema Regardie & Rosicrucianism Magick & Science Magick to Improve One's Life Zecharia Sitchin & the Origins of Mankind Solo Magick; Realizing the Higher Self; and much, much more.
2 pages, Audio CD
First published May 1, 2002
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Christopher S. Hyatt
106 books110 followersChristopher Hyatt was an American occultist, author, and founder of the Extreme Individual Institute (EII).Using his birth name, Alan Ronald Miller, he has served as president of New Falcon Publications.
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February 5, 2015
This isn't so much a discussion of 'The Magic of Israel Regardie' as 'the half-assed opinions of Christopher Hyatt, who lived and worked with Israel Regardie, with a brief discussion of what he thinks Regardie thought about magic and the occasional name-drop of Regardie thrown in for good measure.' I say that with love.
The recording comes across like a long-ranging discussion between Christopher Hyatt and some dumb stoner kid about magic, aliens and the Golden Dawn. That said, any Regardie is better than no Regardie and you do get some sense of Hyatt's working relationship with him.
It's an interesting discussion in its own right and covers many topics including Crowley, Thelema, Rosicrucianism and the various uses of magick with a k as a tool of self-improvement, empowerment and psychotherapy. There's a wonderfully nutty discussion of the extraterrestrial origins of mankind, according to the work of Zecharia Sitchin, and how we were created by aliens as a slave race.
I enjoyed listening to this a lot more than I'm letting on. It's an obscure recording and an interesting discussion. Scholars of Israel Regardie would be better served by going to Regardie's work directly — if you want to know about a tree, go to the tree. But there's much of value here if you accept it for what it is.
It doesn't matter if you believe in magick or not. We're all just space-monkeys, really.
The recording comes across like a long-ranging discussion between Christopher Hyatt and some dumb stoner kid about magic, aliens and the Golden Dawn. That said, any Regardie is better than no Regardie and you do get some sense of Hyatt's working relationship with him.
It's an interesting discussion in its own right and covers many topics including Crowley, Thelema, Rosicrucianism and the various uses of magick with a k as a tool of self-improvement, empowerment and psychotherapy. There's a wonderfully nutty discussion of the extraterrestrial origins of mankind, according to the work of Zecharia Sitchin, and how we were created by aliens as a slave race.
I enjoyed listening to this a lot more than I'm letting on. It's an obscure recording and an interesting discussion. Scholars of Israel Regardie would be better served by going to Regardie's work directly — if you want to know about a tree, go to the tree. But there's much of value here if you accept it for what it is.
It doesn't matter if you believe in magick or not. We're all just space-monkeys, really.
February 15, 2017
Eh. The first disc is 85% waste of time, 15% stories about Hyatt and Israel, or Francis. The second disc is mostly useful with a long digression about aliens.
James wrote in another review, "The recording comes across like a long-ranging discussion between Christopher Hyatt and some dumb stoner kid." This is dead accurate. Sometimes, you'll be like WTF are you talking about dude? Who interviews someone with longwinded questions that are longer than some of the answers?
They meander on and off the point, often to odd or incomprehensible places. The New Falcon people really love them some aliens.
Per the 2000 US election, Hyatt compares Bush to "a king out there ready to chop off people's heads if they didn't obey him." The interviewer says, "It is. It reminds me of... um, the Civil War. It reminds me of... um, it's, it's a battle. It's just not... the guns haven't been gotten out yet. They haven't taken out the... guns... and the tanks... and the, uh... whatnot. But uh, yeah, it's a battle for who, who's philosophy is going to reign. ... It, it, uh, it dudn't look too good right now. ... As we've discussed in our previous letters, freedom loses one way or the other." Sadly, this is one of his more reasonable/sense making rants. I use hypnotic confusion patter in my hypnotherapy sessions that makes more sense!
Hyatt's readings of Nietzsche are odd and like many non-philosophers' readings, are shallow and boost his opinions rather than accurately convey a Nietzschian point of view.
That said, it is somewhat interesting, but more about Hyatt and some rambling guy's opinions.
James wrote in another review, "The recording comes across like a long-ranging discussion between Christopher Hyatt and some dumb stoner kid." This is dead accurate. Sometimes, you'll be like WTF are you talking about dude? Who interviews someone with longwinded questions that are longer than some of the answers?
They meander on and off the point, often to odd or incomprehensible places. The New Falcon people really love them some aliens.
Per the 2000 US election, Hyatt compares Bush to "a king out there ready to chop off people's heads if they didn't obey him." The interviewer says, "It is. It reminds me of... um, the Civil War. It reminds me of... um, it's, it's a battle. It's just not... the guns haven't been gotten out yet. They haven't taken out the... guns... and the tanks... and the, uh... whatnot. But uh, yeah, it's a battle for who, who's philosophy is going to reign. ... It, it, uh, it dudn't look too good right now. ... As we've discussed in our previous letters, freedom loses one way or the other." Sadly, this is one of his more reasonable/sense making rants. I use hypnotic confusion patter in my hypnotherapy sessions that makes more sense!
Hyatt's readings of Nietzsche are odd and like many non-philosophers' readings, are shallow and boost his opinions rather than accurately convey a Nietzschian point of view.
That said, it is somewhat interesting, but more about Hyatt and some rambling guy's opinions.
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