Introduction to Magic

For the first time in English, this classic Italian text collects the rites, practices, and esoteric knowledge of the powerful and mysterious UR Group for the use of aspiring mages. Included here are instructions for creating an etheric double, speaking words of power, and interacting with entities, as well as translations of such arcane texts as the Tibetan Thunderbolt Diamond Path, the Mithraic cult's "Grand Papyrus of Paris," and the Greco-Egyptian "De Mysteriis."

Introduction to Magic
Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus

Editor's Note
Preface
Introduction
Part I
Pietro Negri * Sub Specie Interioritatis
Leo * Barriers
Abraxas * Knowledge of the Waters
Luce * Opus Magicum: Concentration and Silence
Ea * The Nature of Initiatic Knowledge
Part II
The Path of Awakening According to Gustav Meyrink
Luce * Opus Magicum: Fire
Abraxas * Three Ways
Leo * Attitudes
Commentaries on the Opus Magicum
Part III
Leo * First Steps Toward the Experience of the "Subtle Body"
Knowledge as Liberation
Abraxas * The Hermetic Caduceus and the Mirror
Luce * Opus Magicum: The "Words of Power" and the Characters of Beings
Pietro Negri * Knowledge of the Symbol
Part IV
Apathanatismos: Mithraic Ritual of the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris
Part V
Summary
Abraxas * Instructions for the "Awareness of Breath"
Oso * Notes on the Logos
Arom * First Experiences
Ea * The Problem of Immortality
Part VI
Leo * Beyond the Threshold of Sleep
Ea * On the Magical View of Life
Abraxas * The Second Preparation of the Hermetic Caduceus
Iagla * Experiences: the Law of Beings
The Path of Realization According to Buddha
Various Commentaries
Part VII
Luce * Instructions for Ceremonial Magic
Ea * The Doctrine of the "Immortal Body"
De Pharmaco Catholico
Part VIII
Abraxas * Magical Operations with "Two Vessels"--Reduplication
Tibetan Initiatic Teachings: The "Void" and the "Diamond-Thunderbolt"
Arvo * On the Counter-Initiation
Luce * Opus Magicum: Perfumes
Part IX
Arvo * Conscious Thought--Relaxation--Silence
Ea * Considerations on Magic and Its Powers
Abraxas * Magic of the Image
Pietro Negri * An Italian Alchemical Text on Lead Tablets
Part X
Luce * Opus Magicum: Chains
Leo * The Attitude Toward Initiatic Teaching
Ea * Freedom, Precognition, and the Relativity of Time
Commentary on the Opus Magicum
Part XI
Iagla * Serpentine Wisdom
Luce * Invocations
Excerpts from De Mysteriis
The Message of the Polar Star
Sirius * Mist and Symbols
Ea * On the General Doctrine of Mantras
Part XII
Alba * De Naturae Sensu
Leo * Aphorisms
Pietro Negri * Adventures and Misadventures in Magic
Various Commentaries