Esoteric Training in Everyday Life

Gareth Knight

ISBN 10: 1908011343 / ISBN 13: 9781908011343

Published by Skylight Press, GB, 2013

About this Item

A series of essays covering a wide spectrum of knowledge and experience, whose underlying theme is to show how our daily lives can be made a training ground for adepthood. It explains the different kinds of meditation and how to find the right esoteric teachers. Essays on the Tree of Life explain the evolution of modern esoteric Qabalah and how it has evolved from an image of God to a map of the created universe. A careful elucidation of the philosophy of Coleridge, and its relevance for today, is followed by a chapter on bridging the gap between psychology and occultism, with examples from the life of Dion Fortune and the 'ghost' of her Sea Priestess. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on Western Esoteric Traditions, this book is full of wisdom and insights that will help readers apply spiritual, magical and Qabalistic principles to their everyday life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Esoteric Training in Everyday Life
• Publisher: Skylight Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908011343
• ISBN 13: 9781908011343
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 185 grams

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Synopsis

A series of essays covering a wide spectrum of knowledge and experience, whose underlying theme is to show how our daily lives can be made a training ground for adepthood. It explains the different kinds of meditation and how to find the right esoteric teachers. Essays on the Tree of Life explain the evolution of modern esoteric Qabalah and how it has evolved from an image of God to a map of the created universe. A careful elucidation of the philosophy of Coleridge, and its relevance for today, is followed by a chapter on bridging the gap between psychology and occultism, with examples from the life of Dion Fortune and the 'ghost' of her Sea Priestess. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on Western Esoteric Traditions, this book is full of wisdom and insights that will help readers apply spiritual, magical and Qabalistic principles to their everyday life.

About the Author

Gareth Knight has spent a lifetime rediscovering and teaching the principles of magic as a spiritual discipline and method of self realization. He sees it as an aid to personal religious and imaginative experience that is of particular value in modern secular society. He has written books on many approaches to the subject and contributed to the television series The Gnostics.