Full Description
The classic book on working with the energy of the body for spiritual purposes, The Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie, is now more complete, more modern, more usable, and better than ever.
The exercise known as the Middle Pillar was devised by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Regardie expanded upon it and made it public over 60 years ago in the first edition of this book. Since that time, the exercise has been altered and adapted for just about any spiritual use you could think of. It is a mainstay of many Western traditions of magic.
Now in its third edition, The Middle Pillar is better than ever. It has been edited by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero, close friends of the late Regardie and senior Adepts of the Golden Dawn. They have also added new material in a separate section that more than doubles the size of the book with their valuable insights and knowledge.
Includes the complete original text, with nothing eliminated
Spelling has been standardized to Western traditions
Each chapter now has a title to identify its content
The Ciceros's notes to each chapter add insight and history to Regardie's work
Modern and clearer illustrations have been added
New, a further exploration of the relationship between magic and psychology
New, more than five techniques to enhance relaxation
New, the Middle Pillar and the chakras
New, versions of the Middle Pillar exercise in Egyptian, Greek, and Gaelic
New, a shamanic version of the Middle Pillar
New, how to use the Middle Pillar to charge talismans and do healings
The Middle Pillar is now expanded to what it always should have been, a thorough, accessible examination and extension of the single ritual that has become the very embodiment of magic. Get The Middle Pillar and learn the real secrets of magic.
Contents
Contents
List of Illustrations...............................................................................ix
Introduction to the Third Edition by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero.................................xiii
Introduction to the Second Edition................................................xxv
Foreword........................................................................................ xxxiii
Part One: The Middle Pillar: A co-relation of the principles of analytical psychology and the elementary techniques of magic. by Israel Regardie with annotation by Chic and Sandra Tabatha Cicero
Chapter One: The Two Pillars of the Temple (ed.)........................................... 3
Chapter Two: The Tree of Life (ed.).................................................................. 25
Chapter Three: The Qabalistic Cross and the Pentagram Ritual (ed.)............... 47
Chapter Four: The Middle Pillar Exercise (ed.)............................................... 69
Chapter Five: Circulating the Light and the Formula of Vibration (ed.).......85
Part Two: The Balance Between Mind and Magic A further analysis of the relationship between psychology and magic. by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero
Chapter Six: Psychology and Magic............................................................ 103
Chapter Seven: The Art of Relaxation.............................................................. 139
Chapter Eight: Yoga, Chakras, and the Wisdom of the East........................ 159
Chapter Nine: The Pentagram......................................................................... 175
Chapter Ten: The Middle Pillar Exercise..................................................... 209
Appendix: The Musical Qabalah by Thom Parrott................................... 243
Glossary.............................................................................................. 251
Bibliography...................................................................................... 267
Index ................................................................................................... 273
