Contents List of Figures xi List of Tables xvii Editors' Introduction 1 Book One: Foundations of Western Magic--by Sam Webster 7 A survey of the philosophical, religious, and cultural precursors of the Western ceremonial magic traditions. Book Two: Qabalah--by Anita Kraft & Randall Bowyer 35 An exploration of the Hebrew and Hermetic Qabalistic traditions, whose doctrines and symbol sets heavily influenced ceremonial magic as we now know it. Book Three: Planetary Magic--by David Rankine 85 A review of the ways in which the symbols and energies of the seven classical planets may be employed in magical ritual. Book Four: Alchemy--by Dennis William Hauck 127 An exploration of the processes of alchemical transformation that are embedded, explicitly or implicitly, in much of the Western magick tradition. Book Five: Demonology & Spirit Evocation--by Dr. Stephen Skinner 163 A review of the traditions and procedures involved in the evocation of demons or spirits. Book Six: The Magick of Abra-Melin--by Marcus Katz 197 A thorough presentation of one of the most important works of theurgy in the ceremonial magick tradition, originating in the medieval grimoire of Abra-Melin. Book Seven: Enochian Magick & Mysticism--by Aaron Leitch 233 An exploration of the Enochian magick system of John Dee and Edward Kelley, a growing subfield of ceremonial magick since the Renaissance.

Book Eight: The Golden Dawn--by Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero 279 A discussion of the work of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a British magical order whose structure and teachings have had a seminal and inescapable influence on all subsequent ceremonial magick traditions. Book Nine: Thelema & Aleister Crowley--by David Shoemaker 321 An exploration of the work of one of the most notorious, innovative, and influential figures in modern magick, including a review of Crowley's broader cultural impact in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Book Ten: Polytheistic Ceremonial Magic--by John Michael Greer 353 An exploration of pagan and other polytheistic traditions as they intersect with ceremonial magic ritual and doctrine. Book Eleven: Magician's Tables--by David Allen Hulse 381 An annotated compendium of symbolic correspondences for the practicing ceremonial magician. Epilogue: The Future of Ceremonial Magick--by Brandy Williams 435 Wherein the narrator sets out to explore the future, confronts Despair, and emerges with Hope. About the Editors 463 Index 465.