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    Other Books by the Author Kursus der praktschen Magie (A course of practical magic} Forthcoming Handbook of Sex Magick Dance of the Paradigms: A Chaos Magick Primer Itredetion i ie (Chapter 1: Austin Osan Spare an His Theory of Sgs...1 (Chapter: Further Bxploration ofthe Word Method ....35 Chapter 3:The Magical Trance / Activating the Sigs... 29 (Chapter 4: Th Petri Method 4a (Chapter 5: The Manica Spel Meth 35 ‘ctvating/Iternaiztin of Mental Sigia NoriedRoere Activating eaing ‘Chapter 6: The Alphabet of Desie 6a ‘he Alphabet of Dest s Sinking an. plow The Aipubet of Desi as aero of the Poyche ‘Chapter 7: Working with Ataitie Nostalgia es (heper 8: Bat How Does 1 Work? 98 ‘Sherine Modal » Modal eda B (Chapter 9: Constructing Sighs wid Planetary Cameas 105 “The Magia Carea oft Pants (Tale) and the Seals ad Sigls of the Paetary Rowers Intelignors and Demons (concsion : eeee128 Glonery : seeedB8 comments erage sige, 383 INTRODUCTION Sigh magi particulary the system developed by theinglsh painter and soreerer Austin Osman Spare, isoneof the most efficent and coonomicaldslpines cf magic. Fr the most par, tcan be performed with- tut complicated ritual nceds hardy any parapher- alia, is independent of philosophical and dogmatic premises and, due to ita simplicity, can be teamed Easily nd quickly. Mestimparanto ll. nene ofthe inagical techniques we know of today f more ef. lent and will give even beginners the immediate | chance to convince themselves oft power and their | own abities, These reasons alone support a volume \ Tike the following show the possiblities of hii cipline and to explain ttchniques ands ationale. ‘The readerthe complete tyro and the advanced practioner alke—il ceive an introduction which will accompany bier in his/her magical practice fora long tine to come ‘ou wil indinthisetioninthefollowingchep terareprint of my article “Austin Osman Spare and His Theory of Sig" from the aaa, now-defunct Ger- rman magezine Unicorn, isu 1/82, This issue has bbeenoute printforuitesome time bat many reader? inquires have shown that there sail mic interest 1X / Practical Sig Magie in this article, and itis increasing every day. Since the article also covers some of the historical and philo- sophical background of Spare’ sigl magic, it might be useful to present it here within a new context to a greater audience. ‘The word method explained in the article willbe shown in greater depth in chapter 2. Further exam- ples will be given, as well a5 comments and tips for Practical use which you will rarely find in literature ‘on this subject. Next we will deal with the pictorial method, ‘which hes several advantages and disadvantages when ‘compared tothe word method. Again, in accordance ‘with the title ofthis volume, magical practice will be of primary importance. ‘A description ofthe mantrcal spell method will ‘complete the techniques of sigl construction proper. Itis my hope that examples and commentaries from ny personal practice wll provide you with many new stions. ‘Although Spare’s mysterious Alphabet of Desire belongs, technically speaking, tothe pictorial method andinsomerespectstouches the word method, itmey nevertheless be considered the center of his magioal achievement. Unfortunately, his own comments ‘about it are rather poor. Therefore, most writers, being, {familiar with the subject on a theoretical level only, have caused much confusion rather than clarity when discussing it. Yet, it seems to me thatthe basic princi- pile of this magical symbol language is amazingly sim- ple if viewed in relation to Spare’s system a8 a whole. ‘The chapter “The Alphabet of Desir,” therefore, ‘will not only offer a cursory comment on fragments Introduction / xi from Spare's rather chaotic legacy but introduce a ature system of symbol-logi, accessible to every fone. This certainly would have been Spare’s intent had he ever finished what has become known as the legendary Grimoire of Zos, ie, had he completed it with explanatory comments for the magicians of his lime ‘Albeit Spare’s personal philosophy (which he himself termed the os Kia Cultus) snot that Impor- {ant for sig magic itself, weshould not fail tomeation his techniqueot Atavistic nostalgia, whichiscertaily ‘ne of the mos fascinating applications of gi magic Furthermore it marks ts connection to Shamanism ‘and so-called “primitive magi" two dieciplins from ‘which today’s magicians ean only profit. ‘The main topic of the last chapter wil concern planetary sigs fom the Hermetic Tradition Although expats have been familiar with the method of their constriction for decades, tle or no relevant litera: tre hasas yet been made available toa wider publi. , therefore, sesmed pertinent to treat this subject rattec here. ‘The reader will note that in this volume we con- centrateon creatingpersonel,thatistosay, individual siglls. This is a completely different approach com- pared to the tendency of many other books, whi ‘usually prefer to lis traditional, largely mutllated or inaccurately reproduced sgis taken from the “magi- ‘al cookbooks” of generally obscure authors with it~ tle or no practical experience of their own. Although the planetary sigils discussed atthe end of this study aii Practical Sigi Magic are taken from the work of Agrippa of Nettesheim, who is above all criticism in this respect, a single ‘lance at other standard works about magical aym- ‘bols will show that most magicians and alchemists in the Middle Ages (the supposed “peak” of Occidental ‘magic) largely developed thei own sigil language using a rather small number of well-established symbols, ‘The myth that there isa small number of “correct” sigils and a great variety of “wrong” ones for entities, (generally demons), whose names ae often little else Dut mutilations of misunderstood older terms, has ‘confused the minds of even highly experienced old hhands. Such misinformation should no longer be tolerated. Of course, even “wrong” dogmas can develop their own, definitely real, magical egregore in the ‘course of time. But we should no longer be interested 4n struggling with the astral garbage which others hhave been creating for centuries. Spare has certainly ‘opened~probably without an expressed intention © ‘do so—our eyes to an atavism different from the one dliscussed in chapter 6, forhe has shown us the origin ‘of all magical symbolism—the human soul itself! His ‘message is that those magical sigils which truly work

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