![]() ![]() He is a no-nonsense guide, sincere in his practice but without the "edge lord" personality we too often encounter, especially among the Crowley devotees. ![]() This volume, his first book, serves well as an invitation to the entire field. ![]() Marco has been conducting classes online for awhile now, and you can find his offerings on the Internet when you're ready for more focused and intensive work. While the subject matter is specifically the magical system of Aleister Crowley - and believe me, such an introduction to the basic concepts of Crowley's magic is sorely needed and well-received, and I wish it had existed when I was reading (or trying to read) Crowley's "Magick: In Theory and Practice" back in the 1960s - one could easily port many of Marco's lessons to magical and occult systems in general. His method is to assume nothing about his reader except for sincere interest and a good basic education level. Marco Visconti, though, has been involved in this field for quite some time, and has the battle scars to prove it. Well, I wrote a foreword for this book so I guess you could say I am enthusiastic about it! There are a lot (probably way too many) "beginner" books on occult themes, many of them written by people with only a very recent interest in the subject, with little or no practical experience, and therefore not that useful to someone who wants to know how best to approach the field and its bewildering array of books, many with ponderous or spooky or edgy titles. ![]()
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