\u201cIt was right in everyone’s face.
\nTyler and I just made it visible. It was on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Tyler
\nand I just gave it a name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0–
\nFight Club<\/i> (1999)<\/b><\/p>\n
Have you ever been to an
\noutdoor music festival? Saw the masses of people all moving to the same music?
\nFelt the connection, knowing you were with The People now, and this is has it
\nhas always been? Asked yourself, what breaks this connection when the lights go
\ndown and the band leaves the stage?<\/p>\n
Have you been to Burning
\nMan, or one of the many regional burns? Saw the flames lick up into air? Felt
\nthe ecstasy of release and jubilation? Succumbed to the moment? \u00a0Have you ever wondered if it could have a
\ndeeper meaning?<\/p>\n
Have you ever been to a
\ngood party? On a camping trip around a campfire, or a bonfire in the backyard?
\nWitnessed the organic flow of the conversation? Been a part of the vibrations
\nof emotion and shared experience? Sensed the timeless quality of the night?
\nFelt a deep bond with all in the circle? Have you asked yourself, why do our
\ndaily lives not feel this way?<\/p>\n
This book is for you.<\/p>\n
Because the answer to
\nthese questions is magick. It\u2019s really magick. A timeless art practiced by our
\nancestors, and it has never really gone away. From the tribes of Africa, to the
\nEgyptians, the Greeks, the witches\u2019 fires in the Middle Ages, magick ruled the
\nminds and hearts of human beings. It ruled their world. And every time someone
\nfigured out a way to sell it, it lost some of its power.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time to take it back.<\/p>\n
In 1987, when Samuel
\nWeiser unleashed on the world the first mass market version of Liber Null & Psychonaut<\/i> by Peter J.
\nCarroll, it included a flow chart that expressed the progress of magical
\ntraditions. The chart declared the Magical Pact of the Illuminates of
\nThanateros (IOT) as the culmination of all other magical tradition that
\nproceeded it. While the creators of this book would argue that the progression
\nof magick is decidedly non-linear, the chart does elegantly express the idea
\nthat magick is not moribund in ancient tradition. That as a living, breathing
\nart form, those that practice it learn from what has come before and make
\nimprovements. Certainly Carroll did not presume that the IOT and Chaos Magick,
\nas it would come to be called, would be the final destination of that
\nprogression. Nor do we presume what lies within to be the last word on magical
\npractice.<\/p>\n
It is the next step.<\/p>\n
Emergent
\nMagick<\/i> presents the
\ndistilled learning of a multitude of magical practitioners who have worked in
\nmultiple systems. It represents the cutting edge of magical thinking. If you
\nfind the contents of this book familiar, it\u2019s because they are things that many
\npractitioners have been saying for years. Sadly, we have found few books that
\nactually express these ideas concisely. All too often, magical tomes contain
\nin-depth explorations of a single paradigm, or worse yet, lists of spells
\nexpected to work like recipes.<\/p>\n
The creators wanted this
\ntome to be useful to a rank amateur with only a passing interest in magick. But
\nwe haven\u2019t \u201cdumbed it down.\u201d We advise those with no experience to consume this
\nbook slowly, and do not shy away from researching while reading any concepts
\nyou may be unfamiliar with. At the same time, experienced practitioners should
\nnot just skip the \u201chow-to\u201d sections of this book as they represent the
\napplication of the new theories put forth.<\/p>\n
We hope that at the very
\nleast this book generates worthy discussion on new magical theory. For those
\nwho have just joined the ranks of the magi, we salute you.<\/p>\n
Frater Threskiornis, 16670,
\n\u201cEgo Sum Legio\u201d<\/p>\n
Scribe of the Order of
\nEmergent Magi<\/p>\n
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