by Alfred DeStefano (Editor), Mark Stavish (Author)
Meditations and Rituals is a complete guide to the meditation practices and esoteric rituals used by members of the Institute for Hermetic Studies during its formative years. Each area of instruction has line by line commentary so that all areas of practice can be thoroughly understood and utilized by students. Practices include, little known variations of the Pentagram and Hexagram rituals, an invocation for clearing obstacles from your path, method for understanding symbolic texts, specialized practice for vocalizing the energies of the Tree of Life. In addition are never before published essays on How to Find Your Path on the Tree of Life, Introduction to Demonology, and Invoking the Energy of the Spheres - A Direct Approach. This book will be invaluable to students of modern ritual magic, Martinism, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Rosicrucianism, or those interested in the now defunct organization The Philosophers of Nature. Practitioners of Wicca and traditional witchcraft will also be pleasantly surprised and find a considerable amount of material included that is useful to their practice.