The Practice of Ritual Magic

by Gareth Knight

Ritual or ceremonial magic is a discipline and method of occult practice wherein all the faculties of the student are employed in the pursuit of the Great Work using a stronger degree of concentration and visualization than might otherwise be possible. Here Gareth Knight a leading authority on ritual magic explains how to construct a magic circle an altar and pillars to form a gateway to the Inner Planes. Practical advice on robes symbols and temple furniture as well as concise explanations of Telesmatic Images names of Power the Law of Correspondences and the Qabalistic Cross are included in this new revised edition of the classic introduction to the magical arts.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1976

About the author

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.

See: http://garethknight.blogspot.com/