Monkey. A Journey to the West. Chinese Mythology

Monkey. A Journey to the West. Chinese Mythology

 I'm enjoying "Monkey: A Journey to the West."

A classic of Chinese literature, this beloved folktale is part adventure story, part spiritual allegory—now reimagined by a National Book Award nominee

Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic, the folk novel Journey to the West, which came to be known as Monkey, is the most popular classic of Asian literature. Originally written in the sixteenth century, it is the story of the adventures of the rogue-trickster Monkey and his encounters with a bizarre cast of characters as he travels to India with the Buddhist pilgrim Tripitaka in search of sacred scriptures.

Much more than a picaresque adventure novel, Monkey is a profound allegory of the struggle that must occur before spiritual transformation is possible. David Kherdian's masterful telling brings this classic of Chinese literature to life in a way that is true to the scope and depth of the original.

 

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Count Cagliostro. Joseph Balsamo, Freemason and Alchemist. by Travis Simpkins

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. Giuseppe Balsamo. Egyptian Rite Freemasonry. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of a Portrait Bust of

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro

Giuseppe Balsamo

( 1743 - 1795 )

Freemason, Alchemist, Occultist 

Mystic and Traveler

Founder of the Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry

The Ancient Rite of Memphis-Misrain

by Travis Simpkins

based on a 1786 marble bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon

Collection of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC

Philippa Faulks & Robert L.D. Cooper : 

The Masonic Magician. Count Cagliostro

For more info, please visit:

robertldcooper.co.uk

Count Cagliostro. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins. Black Magic. Orson Welles

Neville Goddard. Writer, Lecturer and Mystic. New Thought. by Travis Simpkins

Neville Goddard. Writer, Lecturer and Mystic. New Thought. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Neville Goddard

(1905 - 1972)

Bajan Writer, Lecturer and Mystic

New Thought Movement

Author of 

"The Power of Awareness"

by Travis Simpkins

Neville Goddard

For more info, please visit:

youtube.com/playlist/Neville

 

Neville Goddard. Writer, Lecturer and Mystic. The Power of Awareness. New Thought. by Travis Simpkins

Introduction to Magic. Volume Three. Julius Evola and the UR Group

Introduction to Magic. Volume Three. Julius Evola and the UR Group

 I've moved on to Volume Three of "Introduction to Magic" by Julius Evola and the UR Group.

 

Authentic initiatic practices, rituals, and wisdom collected by the UR Group

• Explores esoteric practices for individual development, handed down from a primordial tradition and discernable in alchemy, Hermetism, religious doctrines, Tantra, Taoism, Buddhism, Vedanta, and the pagan mysteries of the West

• Reveals the ultimate magical goal of the “Absolute Individual,” the immortal and divine potential that requires rare gifts and extraordinary efforts for its realization

This volume, the third in the series, complements the first two, yet they are not strictly sequential, and their contents can be read in any order. Volume III, more than the others, bears the personal stamp of Julius Evola. In its pages you’ll discover that the “magic” of the UR Group has nothing to do with sorcery or superstition. It was their term for an active and affirmative attitude toward individual development handed down from a “primordial tradition” and discernible in alchemy, Hermetism, esoteric religious doctrines, indigenous practices, Tantra, Taoism, Buddhism, Vedanta, and the pagan mysteries of the West. Its goal was the “Absolute Individual,” the immortal and divine potential that requires rare gifts and extraordinary efforts for its realization.

However, there is incalculable value in this volume even for the less heroic. By studying the practices and realizations within, the reader will be liberated from conventional dogmas--religious, political, scientific, and psychological--and see with the clearer eye of realization.

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Mahabharata. Hinduism. Vedic Mythology. William Buck

Mahabharata. Hinduism. Vedic Mythology. William Buck

 I'm enjoying William Buck's modern prose version of the Mahabharata.

Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience in nations with radically different languages and cultures as the Mahabharata. Written some 2,000 years ago and probably the longest Indian epic ever composed, it is a story of dynastic struggle that culminates in a fatal clash between two branches of a single ruling family. It is a moral and philosophical tale as well as a historical one. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes that apart from William Buck’s rendition no other English version has been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic.

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Annie Besant. Theosophical Society. Theosophy. The Ancient Wisdom. Occult. by Travis Simpkins

Annie Besant. Theosophical Society. Theosophy. Occult. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Annie Besant

(1847 - 1933)

Socialist, Theosophist, Educationalist

Campaigner for Indian Nationalism

President of the Indian National Congress (1917)

President of the Theosophical Society

by Travis Simpkins

Annie Besant

For more info, please visit:

theosophical.org

Annie Besant. Theosophical Society. Theosophy. The Ancient Wisdom. Occult. by Travis Simpkins

Henry Steel Olcott. Co-Founder and First President of the Theosophical Society. by Travis Simpkins

Henry Steel Olcott. Co-Founder and First President of the Theosophical Society. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Henry Steel Olcott

( 1832 - 1907 )

Lawyer and Journalist

Co-Founder and 1st President of the

Theosophical Society

Author of the
Buddhist Catechism
Colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Civil War
Investigator into the Assassination
of President Abraham Lincoln

by Travis Simpkins

Madame Blavatsky - Documentary

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Henry Steel Olcott. Theosophical Society. by Travis Simpkins

The Life of Henry Steel Olcott

For more info, please visit:

theosophical.org

Henry Steel Olcott. Co-Founder and First President of the Theosophical Society. by Travis Simpkins

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. Mythology. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. 1550-1292 BC. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of an

Ancient Egyptian

Figure of

Isis

Wife/Sister of Osiris
Mother of Horus

Goddess, helped the dead 
in entering the afterlife
Divine Mother of the Pharaoh (Horus)
Her maternal aid was 
invoked in healing spells. 
She was also prominent in
royal rituals, temple rites,
funerary practices and magical texts

18th Dynasty, 1550 - 1292 B.C.

by Travis Simpkins

The Osiris Myth

Egyptian Mythology

 For more information, please visit:

www.ancient.eu/isis

Isis. Ancient Egyptian Goddess. 1550-1292 BC. 18th Dynasty. Sketch by Travis Simpkins

Sexuality, Magic and Perversion. Francis King

Sexuality, Magic and Perversion. Francis King. Order Temple Orientis. OTO. Aleister Crowley

 I'm enjoying "Sexuality, Magic and Perversion" by Francis King...

Sexuality, Magic & Perversion by Francis King is a controversial, revelatory, highly recommended volume of original research that investigates sexuality in religions and traditions all over the globe, from fertility cults and tantricism to Islamic mysticism and Crowleyan sex magick. A tantalizing study of the mystical aspect of sex, heavily researched.

Sexuality, Magic, and Perversion surveys such outre subjects as sex magic, left-hand Tantrism, and the initiates of Aleister Crowley’s Order of Oriental Templars. This fascinating and highly readable book also discusses the role of magical fantasy in contemporary pornography. Appendices cover obscurities such as Ralph Chubb’s homoerotic mysticism and the women bishops of the Mariavite Church in Poland.

Max Theon. Kabbalah. Occult. Magick. Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. by Travis Simpkins

Max Theon. Kabbalah. Occult. Magick. Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. by Travis Simpkins 

Portrait Sketch of

Max Theon

Louis-Maximilian Bimstein

(1848 - 1927)

Jewish Kabbalist and Occultist

Ceremonial Magician

Influence on

The Theosophical Society

and

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor

Founder of 

The Cosmic Movement

by Travis Simpkins

The Theosophical Society and 

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor

For more info, please visit:

arianuova.org/max-theon

Max Theon. Kabbalah. Occult. Magick. Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor. by Travis Simpkins

 

Maria de Naglowska. Occult. Mysticism. Sex Magick. Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow. by Travis Simpkins

Maria de Naglowska. Occult. Mysticism. Sex Magick. Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Maria de Naglowska

(1883 - 1936)

Sophiale de Montparnasse

High Priestess of Love of the Temple of the Third Era

Russian Occultist, Author, Journalist and Poet

Sex Magician

Founder of the

Confrerie de la Fleche d'Or

(Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow)

Author of "The Light of Sex"

by Travis Simpkins

The Commandments of the Third Term of the Trinity

For more info, please visit:

innertraditions.com/maria-de-naglowska

Maria de Naglowska. Occult. Sex Magick. The Light of Sex. Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow. by Travis Simpkins

 

Pamela Colman Smith. Artist and Occultist. Rider-Waite Tarot. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

Pamela Colman Smith. Artist and Occultist. Rider-Waite Tarot. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Pamela Colman Smith

"Pixie"

(1878 - 1951)

Artist, Writer and Occultist

Illustrator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck

Theosophist and Ceremonial Magician

Member of the

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

by Travis Simpkins

Pamela Colman Smith

For more info, please visit:

news.artnet.com/pamela-colman-smith

Pamela Colman Smith. Artist and Occultist. Rider-Waite Tarot. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

 

Bram Stoker. Author Dracula. Vampire. Gothic Horror. Occult. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Bram Stoker. Author. Dracula. Vampire. Gothic Horror. Occult. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Bram Stoker

Abraham Stoker

(1847 - 1912)

Irish Writer, Occultist and Theatre Manager

Author of Dracula (1897)

Freemason

Member of 

Buckingham and Chandos Lodge No. 1150

United Grand Lodge of England

Rumored Member of

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

and Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA)

by Travis Simpkins

Bram Stoker

Dracula film posters. Nosferatu. Bela Lugosi. Christopher Lee. Bram Stoker

For more info, please visit:

bramstoker.org

Bram Stoker. Author. Dracula. Vampire. Gothic Horror. Occult. Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy. Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dante Alighieri

(1265 - 1321)

Italian Poet, Writer and Philosopher

Author of The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

by Travis Simpkins

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri. Poet and Philosopher. The Divine Comedy

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/dante-alighieri

Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Map of Hell. Sandro Botticelli. by Travis Simpkins

Dion Fortune. Author and Occultist. Society of the Inner Light. Ceremonial Magick. by Travis Simpkins

Dion Fortune. Violet Mary Firth. Author and Occultist. Society of the Inner Light. Ceremonial Magick. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Dion Fortune

Violet Mary Firth

(1890 - 1946)

Novelist and  Occultist

Psychic Medium and Ceremonial Magician

Author of The Sea Priestess, Moon Magic

The Mystical Qabalah, Psychic Self-Defense and others

Founder of the

(Community/Fraternity)

Society of the Inner Light

by Travis Simpkins

Dion Fortune - Biography

For more info, please visit:

innerlight.org.uk

Dion Fortune. Author and Occultist. Moon Magic. Society of the Inner Light. Ceremonial Magick. by Travis Simpkins

Paschal Beverly Randolph. Rosicrucian. Occultist. Sex Magick. Spiritualism. by Travis Simpkins

Paschal Beverly Randolph. Rosicrucian. Occultist. Sex Magick. Spiritualism. by Travis Simpkins 

Portrait of

Paschal Beverly Randolph

( 1825 - 1875 )

Physician, Author, Philosopher, World Traveler

Occultist, Spiritualist, Trance Medium,

Founder and Supreme Grand Master of

Fraternitas Rosae Crucis

Introduced Erotic Alchemy (Sex Magick) to North America

Influence on the

Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor

by Travis Simpkins

Paschal Beverly Randolph

For more info, please visit:

www.soul.org

Paschal Beverly Randolph. Rosicrucian. Occultist. Magia Sexualis. by Travis Simpkins

 

William Butler Yeats. Poet and Occultist. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

William Butler Yeats. Poet and Occultist. Magick. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

William Butler Yeats

(1865 - 1939)

Irish Poet, Dramatist and Writer

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Theosophist, Occultist and Ceremonial Magician

Member of the

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

His Magical Name was "Demon est Deus inversus"

by Travis Simpkins

The Battle of Blythe Road - Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

W.B. Yeats vs. Aleister Crowley

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

For more info, please visit:

poetryfoundation.org/william-butler-yeats

William Butler Yeats. Poet and Occultist. Magick. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. by Travis Simpkins

 

The Power of Mantra and the Mystery of Initiation. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

The Power of Mantra and the Mystery of Initiation. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

I'm enjoying "The Power of Mantra and the Mystery of Initiation" by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait.



The use of sacred words for their transformative powers lies at the core of countless traditions, and transcends the barriers of geographic location and time. In this book, Pandit Tigunait draws from his comprehensive knowledge of ancient yogic scripture, and his personal experiences with great Himalayan sages, to make this esoteric science accessible to a 21st-century audience.

The wisdom Pandit Tigunait shares in this book explains:
What mantras are and the nature of their practice
The various classes of mantras and their specific effects
How to use the inherent power of mantra to awaken inner peace and fuel spiritual
enfoldment

Seekers in all times and from all traditions have made the journey from transitory pleasures to eternal joy with the science of mantra. Purchase your copy of The Power of Mantra and the Mystery of Initiation today and discover the profound change mantra meditation can make in your life.

Emanuel Swedenborg. Theologian, Scientist, Philosopher and Mystic. by Travis Simpkins

Emanuel Swedenborg. Theologian, Scientist, Philosopher and Mystic. by Travis Simpkins 

Portrait Sketch of

Emanuel Swedenborg

(1688 - 1772)

Christian Theologian, Scientist

Philosopher and Mystic

Author of Heaven and Hell (1758)

Inspiration and namesake of the

Rite of Swedenborg

Swedenborgian Rite of Freemasonry

and the

Swedenborg Foundation

by Travis Simpkins

Emanuel Swedenborg

For more info, please visit:

swedenborg.com

Emanuel Swedenborg. Theologian, Scientist, Philosopher and Mystic. by Travis Simpkins 

 

Zanoni. A Rosicrucian Tale. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Zanoni. A Rosicrucian Tale. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Zanoni" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton was originally published in 1842. This edition is sold by Michael R. Poll at Cornerstone Book Publishers.


Before Orlando, before The Highlander, before the Elves in Lord of the Rings, before any and all fictional immortals, there was Zanoni. Through magical alchemical elixirs and the mysterious rites of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, Zanoni has been gifted with immortal life; he chooses to sacrifice this gift for the love of a beautiful and gifted young woman, and the family he wishes to have. Along with other works of Edward Bulwer Lytton, such as "Vril:The Power of the Coming Race", Zanoni's deep archetypal and symbolic story has such a ring of Truth, that it influenced the New Thought and Theosophy movements of it's time, and in turn, has set the stage for the modern New Age movement, and resurgance of interest in the subjects of alchemy and physical immortality.