FREE SSOTBME REVISED: AN ESSAY ON MAGIC PDF Ramsey Dukes,Lemuel Johnston | 168 pages | 15 Oct 2003 | The Mouse That Spins | 9780904311082 | English | London, United Kingdom SSOTBME Revised An Essay on Magic by Ramsey Dukes Magical thought is described and contrasted with Science, Art and Religion. The dynamic relationship SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic them is explained. Modern magic and its role in the 21st century is outlined with respect to practices ranging from ritual magic, through alchemy to New Age thera. Modern magic and its role in the 21st century is outlined with respect to practices ranging from ritual magic, through alchemy to New Age therapies. Specific topics include: secrecy, initiation, sacrifice, cyber-animism, Crowleyanity, morality, pseudo-science, demonology, deity, miracles and divination. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic Problem? Revised by Ramsey Dukes. Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — S. Discussions around Science, Religion and Art break down unless the fourth factor, Magic, is recognised. Modern magic and its role in the 21st century is outlined with respect to practices ranging from ritual magic, through alchemy to New Age thera Discussions around Science, Religion and Art break down unless the fourth factor, Magic, is recognised. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 5. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about S. Revisedplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about S. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of S. Revised: An Essay on Magic. Jan 28, Nerine Dorman rated it it was amazing. A friend had put me onto him, as someone I should meet and talk to, and as they say, the rest is history. Dukes outlines a system of approaching our experience of our world into four directions: Scient The first time I met Ramsey Dukes, it was over breakfast at the now-defunct Tibetan Tea Shop in Simon's Town. Dukes outlines a system of approaching our experience of our world into four directions: Scientific, Religious, Magical and Artistic. Each is a valid way of evaluating and making decisions. Each has their own purpose, and in fact, he goes on to show how each individual will at different times employ that sort of thinking. Chiefly, he deals with magic, explaining it as an approach that is unafraid to be selective in which criteria one adopts when it comes to problem solving — IOW, the stories that we tell ourselves to explain a set of circumstances. According to Dukes, magic embraces both truth and falsehood, as well as illusion, knowingly. He suggests that it's not so much how one arrives at a solution, but the point that one's actions produces tangible results, even though they might not be considered logical. A magician, according to Dukes, is aware of his surroundings, of the patterns, and is adept in manipulating them according to a particular expression of his will. There's a certain degree of playfulness to it as well, if you ask me. And there's the fact that as a magician you become more aware of the interconnectedness of things around you, and SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic able to manipulate outcome because of the changes you have wrought to your own responses. Imagination is a powerful tool, and we're apt to be dismissive of it, but often this "set dressing" as it were, adds meaning to how we approach our daily challenges. Also, what Dukes points out is that you cannot use the SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic criteria to evaluate magic as you would for, say, religion or science. To do so is absurd and a waste of time. SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic similar to art, magic is about creating and manipulating meaning around you. And to be unafraid to play with subjective viewpoints — and to do so fluidly and not locked down by dogma. He underscores that Magic, Art, Science and Religion should not be at war with each other, but that those forms of approaching our daily lives are often intertwined and various expressions thereof have prominence at different situations. Magic is merely a way to maintain a perception that is different from the norm, it is about creating powerful metaphors that you can use to solve problems or create change, and embraces both light and dark aspects of Self, so is therefore beyond morality. Which is probably why religious folks hate it so much. Magic is what it is, it's how we approach our personal wholeness that matters to us, as individuals, and exploring the unknown. So no dogma, as such. SSOTBME came at a good time for me, when I'd hit a stage in my life where I was wondering what the SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic of it all is in terms of maintaining an interest in esoteric matters. Needless to say, Dukes has offered a rather valuable SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic of looking at my own work. If you've yet to discover his writings, and this seems like the sort of thing that interests you, I can't recommend him enough. He also maintains a YouTube channel that might be worthwhile checking out. Tiene la asombrosa capacidad de no contar nada y transformar tu cerebro. Maravilloso xD. Feb 07, Jason rated it it was amazing Shelves: magickmetaphysics. This is probably one of the most important and life changing books I have ever read. It revealed to me how limiting my way of thinking really was and, more importantly, that there was an alternative. It's possible that I read this at just the right time in my life. It seems like something I should have dismissed out of hand as being irrational, and if read at any other time in my life I probably would have. I can't explain why I was ready to hear this now I needed this book in order to understand how to make Magick part of my life and not just something interesting but impractical. I don't know SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic to say as far as SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic this book. Most people probably just wouldn't get anything out of it. Probably it is most useful for anyone, like me, who has a strong interest in Magick and possibly other types of metaphysics but for whom it SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic just not clicking. Aug 07, Mydyen Seeker added it Shelves: practice. Really wonderful book on magical theory. Spiced with cheeky humor, Dukes laus out magical thinking and practice separate from the stigmas of our current scientific society. Feb 08, Edric Unsane rated it really liked it Shelves: occult. If you are new to the SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic, and to magic, this is definitely a good book to begin with. May 03, Gary D. A book much like Isaiah Berlin's Roots of Romanticism, where categorization opens new vistas before you. Apr 30, Jessecooperlevy rated it liked it. Just had a dream that I started yet another book instead of finishing the last one. What does that mean? It means I'm writing a review instead of reading. Mar 31, Gary rated it really liked it. One of the book's main premises is that "magick" is a particular way of looking at the world; and this is illustrated by examining it as a "direction" on a compass. Imagine a compass where North is Intuition like spiritual idealsSouth is Observation senses, empiricismEast is Thinking linear, logicaland West is Feeling pattern-matching, instinct. North-South are "data inputs", West-East are "information processing". En lo personal me parece una excelente obra obligada para todos aquellos que quieran acercarse al tema. Mar 17, Jake rated it really liked it. Mar 06, Justin rated it really liked it. Well written and down to earth. Easier to read than most similar books and without unnecessary jargon. Jul 08, Luca Pappa rated it it was amazing. Spectacular book. Ssotbme revised an essay on magic pdf That project never happened, but the material was expanded into a small book published by the author in The book was an immediate success with a new wave of practicing magicians in the UK, including Pete Carroll, Ray Sherwin and other members of what was to become the Chaos Magic movement. Further editions were SSOTBME Revised: An Essay on Magic including a German, two Polish and a US edition. This new edition, published inis considerably revised, expanded and brought right up to date. There's much food for thought here, whether you're just starting in on magic or consider yourself an old hand. If you've got friends, lovers, bosses, etc. Here at Walmart. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. Sorry, but we can't respond to individual comments. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Customer Care. Your feedback helps us make Walmart shopping better for millions of customers. Recent searches Clear All. Enter Location. Update location. Learn more. Report incorrect product information. Ramsey Dukes. Walmart Book Format. Select Option. Current selection is: Paperback.