Excellent book! Donald Tyson's "Portable Magic" gives you what it claims: a system to perform magick virtually anywhere. It does so by presenting bridges between Tarot deck history and modern construction, parts of Qabala, the Hebrew alphabet, and magickal practice itself.
I am new to magick. Therefore, I am also new to any kind of magickal association. I also have a life not conducive to adopting full-fledged altar maintenance, all-out rituals, and circle casting; my close relations and friends would think I went crazy. So, "Portable Magic" seemed the best fit for my needs.
So I purchased it.
An excellent choice.
The author assumes a basic familiarity with magickal concepts. As I had less than basic when I began, I did have to use other works in tandem reading; not a huge hurdle--Tyson does a great job expressing his Craft.
I found I could do magick, serious ritual magick, using the information, understanding, and formats provided here by Tyson.
What this book brings to the Magick Table:
1. History, structure, and working descriptions of the Tarot.
2. A definition of Consciousness as selective symbolic meanings using objects and events from one's environment
3. Magick circle foundation, structure, and execution - in the privacy of your own Tarot astral world.
4. 3 rituals: Union, Banishing, and a Business ritual.
5. How to make Tarot Card Charms
6. A process to evoke an Elemental.
Donald Tyson does an excellent job of effectively communicating a complex system in common words. Being so new to the whole magickal process, I was glad to find he wrote this book like a fun High School teacher, rather than a technical Harvard Law professor. I say High School, because you have to:
a) have a desire to learn and practice this, or it will be a complete waste of resources, and
b) it's taught so people across a vast selection of ability can put it to use.
Naturally, those well-versed in Tarot, Qabala, and Magick traditions would fly through it--those would be your "easy A" students.
As a complete novice, if there were grades, I think I would have earned at least a B: I understood most of the material, had to work hard at the new concepts, and pulled off a few rituals at home. I even used his symbolism in one on-the-fly ritual at WORK, in my HEAD! And the results were nearly INSTANTANEOUS! Which I never would have been able to do (or, of course, benefit from) if I hadn't read this book.
I believe those who practice ANY form of magick would benefit from reading and employing the information found here, simply because they would be learning a new way to do what they thought they already knew. It will stretch you. If you want to learn a great way to do magick using completely nonordinary techniques, GET THIS BOOK!
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Say goodbye to ceremonial robes, incense, candles, and oils. Donald Tyson presents a new, easy way to perform ritual magic with only one tool: tarot. From manipulating elemental forces of nature to making potent charms, all ceremonial rituals can be performed with a standard 78-card deck.
Tyson's efficient system of tarot magic is based on the Golden Dawn tradition, which corresponds with tarot imagery. He teaches how to work magic on the astral level by projecting one's awareness into the ritual tarot layout. Learn how to set up an astral temple, build an altar, cast a magic circle, and create a triangle through which to actualize your purpose. This innovative guide to tarot magic also includes rituals related to unions, banishing, and evoking elementals.
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| Also by Donald Tyson: | Discover a new system of Western magic that uses body postures and hand gestures to channel and utilize the fundamental esoteric forces of the universe. | Occult scholar Donald Tyson has modernized and annotated the original text, making this historically important and controversial work accessible to contemporary readers. | In this hardcover edition, editor Donald Tyson presents these writings in their complete form, free from the hundreds of errors made in the original translation and supplemented by notes and explanations to contextualize the material. | For the first time, these classic works of Western magic have been rendered fully accessible to the novice practitioner, as well as occult scholars and skilled magicians. | Esteemed magician Donald Tyson presents an advanced look at how to compose spoken charms and spells, enchant objects, use words and names of power, control the living breath, and more. | Scrying is a psychological technique to deliberately acquire information by extrasensory means through the unconscious mind. For the first time, all forms of scrying are treated in one easy-to-read, practical book. |
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