The complete beginner's guide to practical occultism. It gives basic practical exercises in development of clairvoyance, clairaudience, astral projection, attracting opportunities, recovering memories of past incarnations, projecting etheric force, rhythmic breathing, relaxation, techniques of meditation, magical visualization, spiritual exercises and prayer. There is also a bibliography of works giving systems of practical occult development. The book is divided into sections, allowing the student to develop upon all levels at once - the physical, etheric, astral, mental intuitional and spiritual - for the author believes that all round development is essential if an occultist is to be worthy of the same.
Gareth Knight is one of the world's foremost authorities on ritual magic, the Western Mystery Tradition and Qabalistic symbolism. He trained in Dion Fortune's Society of the Inner Light, and has spent a lifetime rediscovering and teaching the principles of magic as a spiritual discipline and method of self-realisation.
He has written around forty books covering topics as diverse as Qabalah, history of magic, Arthurian legend, Rosicrucianism, Tarot, the Inklings (Tolkien, C.S.Lewis et al) and the Feminine Mysteries, as well as several practical books on ritual magic. He has lectured worldwide and is a regular contributor to Inner Light, the journal of the Society of the Inner Light.
The group founded by Gareth Knight in 1973 is now run by Wendy Berg and known as the Avalon Group.
An excellent review of occult practices for the neophyte and the adept. Gareth Knight also presents a very important connection between occultism and religion, bringing light to both ways of approaching one's own development. By doing this, he fills the aim of explaining that faith and knowledge not only may walk along, but it's actually a necessary perspective. This is a really must-have, in spite of being a basic reading. Recommended.