The Way of the Golden Section: A Manual of Occult Training

by John Michael Greer

Overview

A manual for self-study and self-initiation into the tradition of occult study and practice, and ultimately into the Golden Section Fellowship.

This accessible and fascinating book contains comprehensive instructions for occult study, including morning and evening exercises, the sphere of protection, body practices, opening and closing a lodge, and the final ritual of initiation.

Also covered are exercises and meditations for the thirty-three symbols of the Way of the Golden Section.

The Way of the Golden Section re-examines the teachings of occultism to address the needs, hopes and fears of people in an ever-changing world.

Drawing on occultism's long heritage, this book presents occult training in a refreshing new way that is suited to today's students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913504687
Publisher:	Aeon Books
Publication date:	11/11/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	202
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including 'The New Encyclopedia of the Occult', 'The Druidry Handbook', 'The Celtic Golden Dawn', and 'Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic'. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. Greer is also the author of eleven fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society, and also blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at www.ecosophia.net.

John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, The Druidry Handbook, The Celtic Golden Dawn and Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Martinist Order, and three Druid traditions, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He is also the author of seventeen fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society. He lives in Rhode Island and blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at www.ecosophia.net.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Sources of the tradition
How to use this book

CHAPTER ONE: The path of occultism
Objective and subjective minds
Symbolism
The one life
The thirty-three emblems
The outer emblem of the fellowship
The three currents
The way of occult training
The meaning of initiation

CHAPTER TWO: Beginning the path
Morning and evening exercises
Solar plexus exercise
Daily divination
Affirmations
Journaling
Your practice record
Your lodge and altar

CHAPTER THREE: The sphere of protection
Learning the ritual
Understanding the sphere of protection
Divine names and the sphere of protection

CHAPTER FOUR: Meditation and scrying
The art of discursive meditation
The art of scrying
Scrying and the Sacred Geometry Oracle

CHAPTER FIVE: Body practice
Aikido
Do-in
Five Tibetan Rites
Hatha yoga
Shintaido
Tai Chi Chih
Other arts

CHAPTER SIX: Opening and closing a lodge
Opening ceremony
Between opening and closing
Closing ceremony
Understanding the opening and closing ceremonies

CHAPTER SEVEN: The ritual of initiation
Before your initiation
Constructing the Outer Emblem
The initiation of the golden section fellowship
After your initiation
Basic practices and meditation
The initiate's morning exercise
The initiate's sphere of protection
Understanding the initiate's sphere of protection
Working in your lodge

APPENDIX ONE: Exercises for the 33 Emblems
APPENDIX TWO: Meditations on the 33 Emblems
RESOURCES
Occultism resources
Sacred geometry resources
Body practice resources

Editorial Reviews

A manual for self-study and self-initiation into the tradition of occult study and practice, and ultimately into the Golden Section Fellowship.

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