Geosophy: underground world magic

In the book "Geosophy: the magic of the underground world" Jake Stretton Cacent traces the development of magic from ancient Greek mystery cults to European grimoirs and reveals the chthonic roots of the goytic ceremonial. The author convincingly shows that a significant part of modern ritual magic dates back to the ancient rituals of necromancy, and demonstrates the continuity of the Western magical tradition, originating in the pre -Olympic cults of Dionysus and Cybeles, passing through the Greek magic papyruses and Picatrix and gaining new life in the grimyar of the Renaissance and the Renaissance and the Renaissance and New Age. As a result, the grimoir tradition appears before us not a mishmash of superstitions of unknown origin, but a living heiress of ancient goytic practices. Along with such famous texts as Picatrix or True Grimoir, the author pays attention to many rare and undeservedly forgotten sources. Having laid the basis of the composition of the myth about the swimming of the Argonauts, he introduces the reader to little -known mythological facts about gods and heroes and reveals the secret magical meaning of their deeds and adventures. The historical and theoretical materials of the book are balanced by the sections of practical recommendations that can diversify and enrich the arsenal of a modern magician