THE INDISPENSABLE GUIDE FOR ANY STUDENT AND PRACTITIONER OF MAGIC The magical knowledge of our ancestors comprises an intricate and elegant technology of: the mind and imagination. This book attempts to make the ancient systems accessible, understandable and useful to modern magicians by categorizing and cross-referencing the major magical symbol systems (i.e., world views on inner and outer levels). Students of religion, mysticism, mythology, symbolic art, literature and even cryptography will find The magician's Companion of infinite value. -- Consult this single source for complete information on Eastern and Western magical systems of the universe! -- Gain access to the great magical systems without apprenticeship to a living master or membership in an initiatory order -- Plot an individual course of study -- Have more than 35 magical models at your fingertips -- the Trinities, Taoisf Psychic Centers, Enochian Magic, Qabala, World of the Hopi... -- Compare and interpret virtually any magical or religious symbol system from the Celtic tree alphabet to Tibetan Buddhism -- Discover organizations and periodicals for help in further study -- Learn different rituals and magical exercises As the Physician's Desk Reference is to the physician, 7 he Magician's Companion will be to the magician. This book is a truly ambitious and amazing work. It pulls together a wide range of occult and esoteric materials absolutely indispensable to anyone engaged in the magical arts. in this one volume, overflowing with information, we find data on Runes, the Tree of Life, Yoga, Enochian Magic, I Ching, Symbology, Magical Alphabets and more. A veritable Baedecker to help the aspiring magician thread his way through obscure techniques. Indeed, the bibliographies and glossaries are more than worth the price of admission. For those who feel that indefinable yet irresistible urge to practice magic, The Magician's Companion will relieve one of countless hours of research. Time better spent inside the Magic Circle!" -- Hans W. Nintzel noted alchemist ... There is nothing like one's own experience for the gathering of wisdom, but help along the way from someone who has blazed a trail for you too follow, is always a bonus. This book offers the serious student the advantage of what amounts to a library shelf of informa tion in one package." -- Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki author of The Shining Paths