Magick: 101 (2023 edition)

Combining the works, “QBLH,” “Gnosticism,” “Tarot” and “Ritual” into a single tome, this textbook constitutes an essential, elementary introduction to early 21st century occult and esoteric mystery school teachings. The work, “QBLH,” presents a post-modern, “new age” interpretation of the ancient “tree of life” diagram by combining it with the “tree of death” diagram recently recovered by Steve Savedow. This notion is explored further in “Gnosticism” by cross-referencing the idea with various apocrypha from the Nag Hammadi Library, the Dead Sea Scrolls and elsewhere. In “Tarot,” this idea is used to reverse engineer the original “alphabet of the gods” from the tarot trump cards and, in “Ritual,” the classical format of a “grimoire” is used to introduce the practical use of this information. “Magick 101,” including all these works on traditional ceremonial magick and its manifold “new age” interpretations, is an indispensable addition to the collection of any student serious about the study of these topics from this period in time. It is a book that takes what it finds, adds more, and leaves the landscape permanently changed.