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What reviewers are saying about Modern Magick
If you follow this volumes clear lessons, in a year or two you you will not only have the knowledge and skills needed to understand other books on ceremonial magick, you will be a practicing ceremonial mage.
eCauldron.net
Kraigs Modern Magick remains one of the most lucid and practical texts available.
Lon Milo DuQuette, author of Enochian Vision Magick ; Angels, Demons & Gods of the New Millennium ; and Tarot of Ceremonial Magick
Superb! Every page clearly illustrates that here is an author who not only writes about magick, but has obviously practiced it successfully. This book is a must for the beginner as well as the advanced student who wants to effect change and explore the worlds beyond the physical plane.
Cris Monnastre, former student of Israel Regardie
I am sure that there are many, like myself, who consider it the missing key to the Golden Dawn system.
Roger Williamson, author of The Sun at Night
This is one of those rare books that is a seminal work of magick... [It] presents one of the most complete references on the Kabbalah that I have ever seen outside of the Jewish religion.
DavensJournal.com
This is a wonderful book!
David Godwin, author of Godwins Cabalistic Encyclopedia
This may well be the best book available for anyone who actually wants to begin doing magick, as opposed to merely reading about it.
Donald Tyson, author of The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy and Enochian Magick for Beginners
Modern Magick is one of those must have books... Everything is clear and concise. In other words: highly recommended.
Lord Joshu, P.A.N. Pipes
If you are looking for an effective key to unlocking the mysteries and experience of the Western magickal tradition, this is certainly an effective one.
Kenneth Deigh, publisher and editor of Mezlim Magazine
This is a book you will keep at the ready for research, advice, study, and a road map through the often confusing paths of the world of high magickal arts. Recommended!
Brother Shadow, The Path
Gives the serious student all the tools needed to be a magician...
Pyramid Books
This unusual book might well have been written by Aleister Crowley himself, from whom the author draws extensively yet always responsibly... Well written, informative, and extremely practical, this is essentially a work for the doer rather than the dreamy theorist.
William Gray, author of Temple Magick
At last a book that cuts through the mysteries of one of the most mysterious subjects. Mr. Kraig breaks down many doors that have deterred so many true seekers of light by giving detailed, understandable explanations of the secrets that others have covered up.
Brook Martin, Sunsight News
What readers are saying about Modern Magick
Modern Magick has had an incredible influence on my life. It has opened up gateways I never knew existed.
C. R., Norman, OK
I found it to be a very informative book covering just about every important aspect of the High Magickal arts.
M. G., New York, NY
Your own practical experience and your lucid commentary that pulls it all together make the book feel as if it were written specifically for me at just this time.
R. A., London, England
It is just the type of book I have been looking for over the past twenty years!
K. W., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Your book amplifies and clarifies a lot of interesting things concerning the rituals and the ways of getting in touch with the powers.
D. J., Stenhamra, Sweden
Your book is wonderful. It is the reason why I am now practicing instead of just reading.
R. J. C., Metarie, LA
I am impressed with your practicality and logic.
C. W. T., Medford, OR
Modern Magick has been a great blessing for [a] beginner in the study of [the] esoteric arts like myself, and I deeply thank you for writing such a wonderful text.
S. T. D., Santa Ana, CA
About the Author
Donald Michael Kraig received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has studied music there and at other colleges and universities. He received a fellowship to the University of Southern California where he received a certificate in multimedia, 3D graphics, animation, and web design, going on to help teach those classes there. As a musician, he has performed before tens of thousands of people, including opening for acts ranging from Elton John to Great White. Don is a certified Tarot Grandmaster, has been a member of numerous spiritual and magickal groups, and has been initiated into several Tantric traditions. He is also certified as a clinical hypnotherapist by the National Guild of Hypnotists, the American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH), and the Association for Integrative Psychology (AIP). He is certified to teach hypnotherapy by the ABH and is certified as a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming by the AIP.
Don began teaching in the southern California area, and has gone on to give lectures and lead workshops throughout the United States and in Europe. He specializes in workshops covering the Kabalah, Tarot, magick, evocation, Tantra, hypnosis, past lives, the chakras, the Sri Yantra, and many other topics.
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