Donald Tyson - Kinesic Magic: Channeling Energy with Postures & Gestures

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Kinesic Magic: Channeling Energy with Postures & Gestures 2020 by Donald Tyson.

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Names: Tyson, Donald, author.

Title: Kinesic magic : channeling energy with postures & gestures / by

Donald Tyson.

Description: First edition. | Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Worldwide,

Ltd, 2020. | Summary: This is a book on using body postures and hand

gestures in magic, with lots of planetary, qabalistic, and elemental

associationsProvided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020008061 (print) | LCCN 2020008062 (ebook) | ISBN

9780738764139 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738765266 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Magic. | Yoga. | Occultism.

Classification: LCC BF1623.Y64 T97 2020 (print) | LCC BF1623.Y64 (ebook)

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Contents

: A Hands-On Approach to Magic

The Twenty-Four Postures

The Five Elements

Elemental Hand Gestures

The Seven Planets

Planetary Hand Gestures

The Twelve Zodiac Signs

Zodiac Hand Gestures

Laying On of Hands

: Quick Reference Guides

Tables

Figures

: Sitting Posture

: Standing Posture

: Invoking Posture

: Banishing Posture

: Spiral Invoking Posture

: Spiral Banishing Posture

: Receiving Posture

: Projecting Posture

: Magician Posture

: Baphomet Posture

: Channeling Posture

: Balancing Posture

: Ankh Posture

: Prayer Posture

: Opening Posture

: Closing Posture

: Scrying Posture

: Manifesting Posture

: Binding Posture

: Loosing Posture

: Commanding Posture

: Warding Posture

: Microcosm Posture

: Macrocosm Posture

: Aristotles Division of the Elements

: The Earthly and Heavenly Spheres

: Symbol for Spirit

: Symbol for Fire

: Symbol for Water

: Symbol for Air

: Symbol for Earth

: Hand Gesture of Earth

: Hand Gesture of Water

: Hand Gesture of Air

: Hand Gesture of Fire

: Hand Gesture of Spirit

: The Seven Planets on the Color Wheel

: Symbol of the Moon

: Symbol of Mars

: Symbol of Mercury

: Symbol of Jupiter

: Symbol of Venus

: Symbol of Saturn

: Symbol of the Sun

: The Seven Chakras on the Human Body

: Hand Gesture of the Sun

: Hand Gesture of the Moon

: Hand Gesture of Mars

: Hand Gesture of Venus

: Hand Gesture of Jupiter

: Hand Gesture of Saturn

: Hand Gesture of Mercury

: Squares of the Three Qualities on the Zodiac

: Triangles of the Four Elements on the Zodiac

: The Assignment of the Ruling Planets on the Zodiac

: The Color Wheel of the Twelve Signs

: Zodiac Signs on the Human Body

: Aries, the Ram

: Sagittarius, the Bowman

: Leo, the Lion

: Cancer, the Crab

: Pisces, the Fishes

: Scorpio, the Scorpion

: Libra, the Scales

: Gemini, the Twins

: Aquarius, the Waterbearer

: Capricorn, the Goat

: Virgo, the Virgin

: Taurus, the Bull

: Hand Gesture of Aries

: Hand Gesture of Sagittarius

: Hand Gesture of Leo

: Hand Gesture of Cancer

: Hand Gesture of Pisces

: Hand Gesture of Scorpio

: Hand Gesture of Libra

: Hand Gesture of Gemini

: Hand Gesture of Aquarius

: Hand Gesture of Capricorn

: Hand Gesture of Virgo

: Hand Gesture of Taurus

INTRODUCTION

A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO MAGIC

Kinesics: The expression of meaning through postures, gestures, and body movements.

THIS BOOK CONTAINS A COMPLETE system of practical Western magic that has been stripped to its bare essentialsdivested of the unnecessary trappings of the grimoires, arcane schools, and esoteric traditions that have grown up over the centuries.

It requires no ritual temple, no special robes or jewelry, no instruments, furniture, tools, or materials of any kind. It can be performed using only your hands, your body, and your mind. It can be worked anywhere, at any time, and once you learn it nobody will ever be able to take it away from you or prevent you from using it, because it will be a part of you.

Kinesic magic may be thought of as the magic of the empty hand. If you were stripped, confined to a prison cell without light, and chained to a wall, you could still work this system of magic without any loss of its potency, because you need nothing but your own body to work it.

Ive been teaching and writing about all forms of Western occultism for over three decades, and Ive noticed that students of magic, especially beginners, are intimidated by two things. One is the complexity of traditional systems both ancient and modern, which require a knowledge of many obscure disciplines, among them astrology, alchemy, numerology, geomancy, the Tarot, and the Kabbalah. New students are bewildered. They dont know where to begin to study and feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information they are required to absorb.