Bøger af Tarl Warwick

The Aurora of the Philosophers is, to this day, one of the most in depth texts ever written on the subject of alchemy. Crafted by the famed Paracelsus, it combines theory with action and allows the reader, if they possess the intellect necessary, to fully understand the basic corpus of alchemical work. Containing as well a lengthy segment on the historical roots of occult power from the Hebrews, Egyptians, Persians, and Chaldaeans, the Aurora both cautions against charlatans and defends the proto-chemistry of the Renaissance era.

This is a short work on the single topic of Babylonian lore, specifically with regards to its conceptions of the afterlife, judgment, and related topics.Thorough in scope despite a short length, it speaks of legends involving Marduk, Nergal, and other deities from the Sumerian-Babylonian background. Much of it is from the then-incomplete lore of antiquity itself, but some inference and secondary work is present also.

This fine work is a compilation of flower related lore that spans from antiquity to then-modern times and dozens of cultures and species. The symbolism of some flowers in spiritual and religious paths is well noted, but here it is illustrated further by both poetry and prose.Fairly deep in its content, "Flower Lore and Legend" is helpful in that it additionally provides a fairly detailed series of references to each species (especially the rose, lily, sunflower, and clover) in their use in legend and recorded, accepted history alike. Highly useful to the occultist, the botany buff, and the historian alike.

Harrisons' "Religion of Ancient Greece" is a symbol of the intellectual progress of the early 20th century as the formerly hegemonic importance of Rome gave way to interpreting and studying religions based on older and localized archaeological remains and prior analysis from deep antiquity.Here then we have a description of various deities, their history, and allusions to them in Homer and debate over then-contemporary historians.

The third book of the Lemegeton, one of the works compiled into the infamous Keys of Solomon, is the Ars Paulina. As a list of seals combined with astrological lore, it is a bit dense, but easily understood with an astrology guide. As one of the actual, authentic Solomonic works of the same era as the Ars Goetia, it is seldom presented alone despite being its own technically separate occult work.

"Magic and Witchcraft" is one of the better attempts at a condensed but comprehensive guide to some of the more interesting tales of witchery from times past. Written in the middle of the 19th century, it details some of the notorious trials of the burning times, a few tales of Satan, and a pair of extremely interesting stories from antiquity, including the infamous Lamia. Its treatment of these subjects is at once full of secular-era ridicule and the twain tendency of the times to render all non-christian activities to the explicitly fallen and degenerated. In doing so however this work is not, as some from the era, made less effective. It is a wonderful short guide to witch hunting and demonology.

"Cotton Mather and Witchcraft" is a somewhat more sympathetic look at this figure and his role in the Salem Witch Trials than most. A refutation of contemporary criticism of Mather, it seeks to defend him against such critics by questioning their veracity. It additionally contains a number of secondary mentions of notable sources on the subject, applauds Mather for his intellect, and goes into some slight detail about specters. A fairly good, if largely apologetic, manuscript.

Waites' well known work "Devil Worship in France" is primarily a refutation of conspiracy theories aimed at the Freemasons. In this discourse, however, it touches on alchemy, demonology, and a topical overview of multiple important occult figures.AE Waite was one of the first and foremost figures of his era in literature involving the occult. It should be noted that not long after this work was produced, Leo Taxil, one of the main subjects, did indeed not only recant his anti-masonic diatribes (debated here by Waite) but admitted that his entire conversion had been an attempt to shame the Catholic Church.

The Sepher Yetzirah is one of the main and most important works of Kabbalah. Referenced by other works such as the Bahir, it is broken apart into a series of statements on the Hebrew alphabet and numeric systems. Among other concepts it expounds the concept of creation via the three mothers; Alef, Mem, and Shin, and their relative powers. It is one of the most integral works from which such types of occultism stem.

"How to Hold Circles" is a bit more of a work of psychological magic than it is strictly just a multi-lesson guide to mediumship. Indeed, while its stated purpose is teaching mediumship and clairvoyance, the methodology applied is nine parts self control and awareness to one part spiritualism itself.As such, for the student of the occult, this is a remarkably helpful little piece from the golden era of crystal balls and imported spirituality, as an excellent example of the kind of mentality then in vogue, as well as potentially of great use for those interested in the subject.

"The Life After Death" is one of a number of contemporary and similar works penned by theosophists during the 1910s. Primarily revolving around the form of the spirit world and the activities of theosophists to help spirits through the occult, it is both well written and expansive on its content. Because of its era of manufacture- the Victorian Era- some of its eastern content is not complete in accuracy.

"Occultism for Beginners" is one of the most comprehensive and interesting works of the corpus of Theosophical literature. Detailing the biological, chemical, and radiological evidence for the spiritual in man, it fuses eastern and western occult practice. While some of the knowledge it contains is dated now, it is at once a fine example of early 20th century spiritualist writing and an important early work detailing occult synchronicity.

"Some Philosophy of the Hermetics" is a decidedly strange work, written by an author whose most well known text was not just posthumous but written by another person, via automatic writing. The material here is not really Hermetic except insofar as it is deeply veiled, theatrical, and symbolic. Although the entire meaning is not fully clear, it appears to regard the process of birth, life, reproduction, and death, via a series of essays with both encouragements and warnings regarding imagination, the use of magic, and interacting with the world in an occult manner.

The concept of utilizing tea leaves in order to tell fortunes is a fairly old one, but became extremely popular in fortune telling systems (including those compiling multiple divination methods) in the 19th and early 20th centuries.This particular work is fairly thorough, with about seventy pages just devoted to figures and their meanings- with twenty illustrated examples- and various explanations for the use of divination both generally and solely tea-related. It explicitly recommends the Nelros cup, which is designed especially for fortune telling by the tea leaf method.

"Demonomania" is an early secular look at the burning times and witch craze of past centuries. Written by Doctor Joseph Workman, it rationalizes the entire period encompassing the Salem Witch Trials and the persecution of the insane by King James I. Now vaguely outmoded in its medical lore, this manuscript is of great interest as a look at early industrial era rationalism applied to the occult and to witchery and demonology in general.

"Within the Temple of Isis" is one part occult metaphor (in the long tradition of such works within spiritual philosophy) mixed with one part occult short story and one part late 19th century Easternization. Interesting as a fictional story, it is additionally of note for its apparently Theosophy-and-Rosicrucianism tinged metaphoric content. Speaking of polarization, purification, and the rites of old, this text is one of the greater treatises ever written on most of its attendant subjects, delivered in a form which even the least occult might find of value as entertainment alone.

"Poems of Paganism" is a nice collection of late 19th century poetry from a romantic period in which ancient epic met romance. Forsaking the dry character of then-modern brimstone laden religious thought, the Western mind turned to antiquity and envisioned a golden age of bravery on one hand and nobility on the other; all enshrouded of course by the innate drive of mankind towards companionship.The poems range from the optimistic and hopeful to the gloomy; a wide range of material all subjugated to human relationships, and vastly underrated.

Superstition is rife within sports, and especially within American football, but is there synchronicity between superbowl (superb owl?) winners and the fortune and events of the year? What are the quasi-totemic natures of NFL teams and their chosen mascots and names? Here all of this is explored in some degree of depth and attempts made to overlap football as a sport with the genuine side of the occult.

The Six Keys of Eudoxus is a short but important manuscript within alchemy. Ascribed to an ancient philosopher, it dates to the Renaissance and describes a simplistic set of methods by which alkahest and the philosopher's stone can be made. Combining practice with theory, it is meant to make the process of alchemy easier for the student, so many similar materials being so highly symbolic and richly veiled with metaphor.

"Your Future Revealed" is a simplified fortune telling tract dating to the end of the 19th century. Alluding to the Greek pantheon, it is a simplistic system; slips of paper are numbered, the question is asked, and the God replies in Shakespearean verse. This same general process can be used to answer any number of questions. This specific mystic tradition, in its quasi-modern form, dates at least as far back as the mid 1700s and is useful within the occult to loosely determine a good course of action.

Semiphoras and Schemhamforas is a strange work of unknown origin originally published by Andreas Luppius. It is a compilation of prayers, invocations, Hebrew magical lore, and occasionally other material. With some connection to Agrippa it is definitely a true occult manuscript, which fits in with the tradition of ascribing works in part or whole to Moses.

"Dreams and Premonitions" is an interesting work by the well known figure L W Rogers. Initially political in nature, he became involved with mysticism and roughly shadowed the similar career maneuvers of Besant and others at the time.This work is flush with anecdotes (including the famous example of Lincoln predicting his own death) about the topic of premonitions but, more importantly, explores how a person can remember their dreams. Here a claim is made that sometimes dreams involve interaction with spirits.

"Remedies" stands as a testament to late Victorian and Edwardian era Christian philosophy- a hand guide to prayer experimentally designed with a single goal in mind- healing, and acknowledgement of the Christian God as concerned with such works. Although seemingly heretical in the modern era, such works, and Hartmann's especially, represent the core of literature which, much later, would be adapted in similar form and used for modern faith healing and the prosperity gospel.

This book intends to be a compilation of some of the more noteworthy medical works of yesteryear- taken from materials spanning seven centuries, ranging from herbalism to alchemy, from the receipts of 19th century apothecaries to the dietary lore of the medieval era.It contains several texts verbatim, many more in part, and attempts to categorize the basic subgenres of folk medicine in such a way that the material here could actually be used even today. An expansive preface explaining the work, a list of some common antiquated medical terms, and a list of further works for the serious student of folk medicine, are all included herein.

The Mystic Dream Book is one of a number of works released from the middle of the 18th to the dawn of the 20th century, containing various types of divination and prognostication materials; loosely based especially around dreams, astrology, and oracles, they often plagiarized one another and were usually short- this work being among the longer sort.It is quite good; much of the material is standard to the era and is still in use by those who tell fortunes by dreams to this very day.

Edward Anwyl's "Celtic Religion" is one of the finest examples of the burgeoning anthropological mindset of the early 20th century applied to religion and spirituality. Combining linguistics, archaeology, and historical accounts, it draws on the writings of Caesar, and others, to make its case. Although slightly dated on some counts, its serious look at Druidism and its interesting compilation of other sources makes it definitely worth review for the serious spiritual scholar.

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy must be first by the reader set aside from the triplicate works of Heinrich Agrippa, the famous Three Books of the same, by virtue of its manufacture- generally considered not to have been penned by Agrippa himself but rather by others influenced by his work. Running the gamut from celestial notations to summoning in a sense not normally seen until a century later, this fourth book is no less a genuine grimoire than any of the texts dubiously ascribed to Moses, Solomon, Adam, Hermes, and other major figures within Renaissance magick. Its pages contain a great deal of occult lore, especially with regards to the classification of, and sigils made for, various spiritual entities- both divine and infernal, as well as those natural forces usually classed aside from both of the same.

The Canadian Herbal is more than merely a guide to medicinal or edible plants. Concocted nearly two centuries ago, it is in essence a medical receipt book filled with herbal recipes and folk medicine to which is affixed a number of botanical species briefly described in use and form. Containing recipes against dropsy, dysentery, scalds, cuts, and consumption among many others, the work is somewhat dense and broken apart into many dozens of sections each covering a different disease or species; a good piece of herbal history from the Americas.

The Stanzas of Dzyan were originally released by Helena Blavatsky as part of her Secret Doctrine in the late 1800s. Popular in the era regardless of her habit of being caught out conducting fraudulent seances, they purport to be of Tibetan origin. This rough esoteric doctrine, "translated" by Blavatsky, forms one of the many bases of Theosophy. It is a strange document with significant Eastern inclusions and indeed was influenced heavily by Buddhist scriptures and documents in that era. It is a worthy occult work; one which has a place in the history of modern occult development.

Dragons and Dragon Lore is a remarkably complete compilation of primary source material- quotes and tales spanning centuries of time and a dozen cultures, on the topic of everything draconic. From the Hindu nagas to the tale of St. George, to the various categories of dragons in Chinese and Japanese mythology, this text was, for its era, about as complete a work as could be made. While written from a rationalists' perspective, nine parts skepticism to one part appreciation for the biological overlap of the subject, it nonetheless relates enough tales taken literally in their time to be of significance within cryptozoology, not just folklore itself.