Overview

Occultism is a set of teachings about the things we experience in the world but not through the five material senses. The Way of the Golden Section is a manual for self-initiation into a tradition of occult study and practice, and into the Golden Section Fellowship. It explores the long heritage of occultism and reframes its teachings in a way that is suited to students of today.

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Author:   John Michael Greer
Publisher:   Aeon Books Ltd
Imprint:   Aeon Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781913504663

ISBN 10:   1913504662
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   11 November 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Sources of the tradition How to use this book CHAPTER ONE: The path of occultism Objective and subjective minds Symbolism The one life The thirty-three emblems The outer emblem of the fellowship The three currents The way of occult training The meaning of initiation CHAPTER TWO: Beginning the path Morning and evening exercises Solar plexus exercise Daily divination Affirmations Journaling Your practice record Your lodge and altar CHAPTER THREE: The sphere of protection Learning the ritual Understanding the sphere of protection Divine names and the sphere of protection CHAPTER FOUR: Meditation and scrying The art of discursive meditation The art of scrying Scrying and the Sacred Geometry Oracle CHAPTER FIVE: Body practice Aikido Do-in Five Tibetan Rites Hatha yoga Shintaido Tai Chi Chih Other arts CHAPTER SIX: Opening and closing a lodge Opening ceremony Between opening and closing Closing ceremony Understanding the opening and closing ceremonies CHAPTER SEVEN: The ritual of initiation Before your initiation Constructing the Outer Emblem The initiation of the golden section fellowship After your initiation Basic practices and meditation The initiate's morning exercise The initiate's sphere of protection Understanding the initiate's sphere of protection Working in your lodge APPENDIX ONE: Exercises for the 33 Emblems APPENDIX TWO: Meditations on the 33 Emblems RESOURCES Occultism resources Sacred geometry resources Body practice resources

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John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including The Occult Book, The Druidry Handbook, The Celtic Golden Dawn, and Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. Greer is also the author of eleven fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society, and also blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at ecosophia.net

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