The Practice of Magical Evocation is divided into two parts: the
first section deals with evocational magic, and second with the
hierarchy of the beings in the different spheres.
Magic is the
highest knowledge that exists on our planet, because it teaches the
metaphysical as well as the metapsychical laws on every plane of
existence. Since time immemorial, the highest knowledge has been called
"Magic" but it was accessible only to particular circles, predominantly
the High Priests, and the most powerful rulers. The highest initiates
were considered to be Magi. They were the only ones who knew about the
true teachings, but they guarded them with all their might. They knew
the synthesis of their own religion as well as the synthesis of other
religions. But the people were only given their religion in symbols no
matter kind of religion they believed in. Only after many centuries, a
few crumbs of this knowledge made its way among the people, but still
completely veiled. And since the majority of the people were not
lawfully magically educated, they could only understand this fragmented
information from an individual point of view, and thus could only pass
this knowledge on in a very one-sided and incomplete manner. That is
why magic knowledge remains to this very day, without exaggeration, a
very secret knowledge. The understanding of the true magic laws depends
upon the magico-spiritual maturity of the individual.
Whosoever
wishes to learn the subject of magic, must first learn all the effects
of the lower laws of Nature before he can progress to the higher laws.
You could divide magical knowledge into three categories: lower magic,
intermediate magic, and high magic. This book gives the reader the
significance of the magic circle, triangle, the magic mirror, the magic
wand, and so forth.
The second part discloses the names and
signatures of the different heads, genii and intelligences of the
various planetary spheres in our solar system, how to communicate with
them and also what their specific tasks are. These heads or genii have
their specific field; there is not one field of endeavor which is not
covered by one or another head, intelligence or genii. A detailed
description of their expertise in a particular field is listed in this
book by name and sphere, and how to establish contact with these
beings. It should however be mentioned that you cannot succeed in
contacting these beings unless you have practically and successfully
completed the first volume Initiation into Hermetics, or you must have
at least successfully completed the eighth step.
In 1924, the spirit of a high Hermetic adept entered the body of
a fourteen-year-old child named Franz Bardon, destined to become one of
the most remarkable magicians of the twentieth century.
Though he
maintained a normal life as an industrial mechanic and family man in
the Czech town of Opava, his other, occult life was full of attainment
and tragedy.
During the last years of World War II, Franz Bardon
spent three and a half years in a concentration camp. After the war, he
practiced as a Naturopath and Graphologist and devoted himself to the
teaching of Hermeticism and the writing of his books.
His work was
interrupted forever in 1958, when he was arrested during one of
Czechoslovakia's notorious Communist purges. He was falsely accused of
not paying taxes on alcohol used in the preparation of spagyric
remedies; he was further accused of treason, for allegedly making
unfavorable comments about his country in a letter to Australia. On
July 10, 1958, Franz Bardon died under "unusual circumstances" in a
prison hospital in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
