He was naked. In perfect posture, back straight, his muscles taunt but not trembling, he looked amazing in the morning sunlight. The clarity and power he put into the words invoked admiration. I knew those words. This was the Star Ruby ritual. An exercise magicians practice, a form of meditation designed to increase concentration and open the spirit. Besides a few Youtube videos, I had never seen magick performed by another. Despite years of solitary practice, I never found the need to seek out others. The majesty of it floored me. Pangs of jealousy crept up, as I believed my own stumbling rituals could never inspire such awe. He seemed perfectly in the moment of it, in ecstasy.

In my temple, from sundown to sunup, I chanted the invocations, made sacrifices of great clouds of incense, wrote scrolls worth of prayers, collected and kept sacred beetles, and subjugated myself before Thoth’s image. After a week of this, things began to happen.

My Babylon – Book One: Body by James L. Wilber

My Babylon – Book One: Body by James L. Wilber

My Babylon – Book One: Body by James L. Wilber

My Babylon – Book One: Body by James L. Wilber

The “official” release date is not until tomorrow, but the book is now available in the Amazon Kindle store. Thank you once again to all my tumblr followers for giving me the inspiration for this.

And please, go get a copy! -> My Babylon – Book One: Body.

Remember, you don’t need a Kindle. You can read a Kindle book on just about any device, even on your PC, by downloading a Kindle app.

After you read it, please leave a review.

And join us for the My Babylon virtual release party, tomorrow, April 30th, 8pm-10pm EST, on turntable.fm.

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In On Writing, Stephen King recommends writing your book with a specific people in mind, his Constant Reader. Not to market the book, but to write it for the people you hope will understand and enjoy it..

I wrote this book for me, my wife, and my friend Steve. I also wrote it for you, all the people on tumblr I find fascinating and enlightening. All the people who I would love to meet with, and drink coffee, and talk.

This is for you. I really think you’ll enjoy it. Thank you for the inspiration.

Please reblog if you plan on reading My Babylon.

Last chance to read Chapter 1 of Book One before it gets deleted from my blog.*

*In order to comply with Amazon’s TOS for KDP Select.