Wennergren Vasilios - Ars Vercanus : advanced magickal techniques

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Vasilios book Ars Vercanus: Advanced Magickal Techniques is a very eloquent and detailed examination of magick by a master describing many sound magickal principles and concepts. Well worth reading.

~ Kerr Cuhulain, Kerr Cuhulain, award winning author of Magickal Self Defense, Wiccan Warrior, and Full Contact Magick.

Ars Vercanus is a masterful work on an ephemeral subject. It clearly conveys profound mystic and occult concepts in an easy-to-use, thoroughly accessible format. Rediscover ancient wisdom with a modern, practical focus.

~ Nancy Black, Astrologer and Columnist, Linda Black Horoscopes (Chicago Tribune)

Vasilios Wennergren has produced a truly scholarly work in aggregating a great variety of magickal technologies and techniques available across the multi-cultural spectrum, world-wide. His work is presented in a user-friendly format, accompanied by the ethereal and intuitively creative symbolic illustrations of Lynn Wennergren, magickal in their own way.

~ Ness S. Carroll, PhD, Author, and President of The International University, School Of Universal Learning

Written and illustrated by

Vasilios and Lynn Wennergren

Stafford England

Ars Vercanus: Advanced Magickal Techniques

by Vasilios Wennergren & Lynn Wennergren

2014 Vasilios Wennergren

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ISBN 978-1-905713-97-4

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The Contents

Chapter 1: The Magickal Paradigm

Chapter 2: Core Magickal Techniques

Chapter 3: Magickal Practices

Chapter 4: Grimoire

List of Illustrations

C HAPTER 1: T HE M AGICKAL P ARADIGM

For as long as humanity has existed, there have been those skilled in the occult arts. Such individuals are capable of transforming the self, perceiving the subtle aspect of existence, and affecting reality via nonphysical means. In every culture, across every era, shamans, magi, mystics, and seers have refined their arts. This has produced a rich and varied collection of magickal techniques and rituals. While not always in the forefront, magick has been and remains a vital force in the worlds mystic, philosophical and spiritual traditions. In the West, this ubiquitous undercurrent of magick may be found in the Greek Magical Papyri, Neoplatonic theurgy, goetia, and the various magico-religious practices of pagan Europe. In the East, it exists within magical traditions such as Tantra, Tibetan Bon, and magickal Taoism. Cross-culturally, magick is prominent within the ritual and shamanic practices of indigenous peoples and syncretic traditions such as Hoodoo. Core techniques distilled from the rich corpus of cross-cultural mystic and magickal practices form the foundation of Vercanus Magick. These powerful techniques have been combined into an eclectic, modular system. While drawing from traditional sources, Vercanus techniques are adapted for pragmatic use in the modern era.

The theories of Vercanus Magick impart a comprehensive understanding of how magick actually works. Vercanus techniques clearly delineate methods by which magick may be effectively performed. This style of magick entails a profound shifting of consciousness, facilitating an enhanced perception of reality. Through this expanded consciousness the practitioner perceives the deeper aspects of reality. It is at this numinous level of existence that magick occurs. The techniques of Vercanus Magick involve the mastering of consciousness and internal energies. Through regular training, this mastery induces a profound transformation in the magus. Thus transformed, the magus is capable of shaping reality at this deeper level.

Magick Defined

Magick is the art of perceiving and affecting reality at the subtle etheric level of existence.

The term magus refers to one who transforms the self via esoteric disciplines, and uses the resulting abilities to perceive and affect reality at the etheric level.

Magick is the highest art. It is a quest for knowledge, power, and transformation. Through magick one may re-create the self, shift reality, and move beyond the reach of death. Practitioners of this great art are part of a rich and ancient tradition of those seeking to access unseen forces and explore the mysteries of existence. This path entails a complete transformation of the spirit. Such transformation shifts the awareness, facilitating perception of the subtle aspect of existence and unification with a larger ecology of consciousness and energy. Through this perception and unification, the practitioner may powerfully shift existence at the subtle etheric level to effect change at the material level.

T HE E THERIC A SPECT OF R EALITY

The ultimate nature of reality has been explored within the mystic and philosophical traditions of various cultures. This ultimate reality has been described in various ways and by many names such as Brahman, ParamaShiva, the Tao, and the One. In attaining states of inner stillness and expanded awareness the magus may achieve a deeper more comprehensive understanding of the nature of reality in its entirety. Existence may be described as energy/consciousness in various states of being, a single continuum manifesting a spectrum of spirit to matter. This universal energy/consciousness manifests the material universe from itself. Material reality is the dense, physical aspect of existence. Etheric reality is the subtle, energetic aspect of existence. These realities are two sides of a single, nondual continuum. The dense corporeal aspects of this continuum manifest as the material world while the subtle etheric aspects are immanent within yet exist beyond material reality. Though unified, each aspect exists in a different state of being, distinct, yet part of a nondualistic whole. In shifting the consciousness through this continuum of matter to spirit the magus becomes aware of new realities. The scope of the continuum perceived is dependent upon the state of the observers awareness. Reality extends far beyond that which is perceived by the physical senses. For ages, mystics, shamans and seers have described a spirit world, an ethereal side of existence that typically goes unseen. During ordinary states of consciousness, humans perceive only a portion of reality. Ordinary awareness creates the illusion that the material aspect is all that exists. Expanded states of consciousness provide a deeper, more holistic perspective. As the etheric and material aspects of the continuum exist in different states of being, reality at the subtle etheric levels of the continuum behaves differently than at the familiar material level. At the subtle levels of existence, time, space, and causality are governed by non-physical mechanisms. As such, action at this level is not limited by the causal, spatial, temporal, or physical constraints of material existence. It is at this subtle level of existence that magickal, spiritual, and paranormal phenomena occur.