Practical Sigil Magic Creating Personal Symbols i for Success LM Prater UD...Other Books by the Author Karsus der praktischen Magic (A course of practical magi) Forthcoming Handbook of Sex Magick Dance of the Paradigms: A Chaos Magick Primer Contents Inwroduction Chapter 1: Austin Osman Spare and His Theory of Sgt. (Chapter 2: Further Hxploration ofthe Word Method ......25 Chapter 3: The Magical Trance / Activating the Sigls.....29 Chapter 4: The Pictorial Method 43 Chapter 5: The Mantrical Spell Method 55, ‘Activaling/Tntemalization of Mant * Words of Power Activating/Internalizing Words of Power Chapter 6: The Alphabet of Desire ‘The Alphabet of Desire asa Sir ciple» The Alphabet of Desire asa Mirtor of the Payche Chapter 7: Working with Atavistic Nostaligia . 85. 98 ‘Chapter 8: But How Does It Work? ‘Sherwin's Model * Model A » Nod Chapter 9: Constructing Sigis with Planetary Cameas ...105 ‘The Magical Cameas ofthe Planets (“Tables”) and the Seals and Sigils of the Planetary Powers tnteligences and Demons Covchsion .s.sesecsassvee 128 Glossary 1198 Comments 2... 129 133 Bibliography.INTRODUCTION Sigil magic, particularly the system developed by ‘the English painter and sorcerer Austin Osman Spare, isone of the most efficient and economical disciplines ‘of magic. For the most part, it can be performed with- cout complicated rituals, needs hardly any parapher- nalia, is independent of philosophical and dogmatic premises and, due to its simplicity, can be learned ‘easily and quickly. Most important ofall, none of the magical techniques we know of today is more effi- cient and will give even beginners the immediate chance to convince themselves of its power and their ‘own abilities. These reasons alone support @ volume like the following to show the possibilities ofthis dis- cipline and to explain its techniques and its rationale. ‘The reader—the complete tyro and the advanced practitioner alike—will receive an introduction which ‘will accompany him/her in his/her magical practi for a long time to come. ‘You will findin this edition in the followingchap- tera reprint of my article “Austin Osman Spare and His Theory of Sigils” from the, alas, now-defunct Ger- ‘man magazine Unicorn, issue 1/82. This issue has been out of print for quitesome time, but many readers’ inquiries have shown that there is still much interest