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1、MAGICALRITUALMETHODSMAGICALRITUALMETHODSWilliamG.GraySAMUELWEISER,INC.YorkBeach,MaineFirstpublishedinEnglandin1971byHeliosBookService(publications)Ltd.FirstAmericanpaperbackedition1980bySamuelWeiser,Inc.Box612YorkBeach,Maine03910ThirdPrinting,1984Copyright©1969byWi
2、lliamG.GrayAllrightsreserved.ISBN0-87728-498-9PrintedintheUnitedStatesbyMaple-VailBookManufacturingGroupBinghamton,NewYorkCONTENTSpageChapterOneRiteandReason7ChapterTwoMakingaMagicalMystery18ChapterThreeSpeakingWithSymbols35ChapterFourConstructingtheCosmos56Chapter
3、FiveConditioningConsciousness93ChapterSixSensoryRitualism132ChapterSevenRitualSonicsandInvocations175ChapterEightRitesandtheirComponents229ChapterNineConstructorDestruct275RITEANDREASONThereisprobablymorerubbishbelievedandwrittenaboutMagicalRitualsthananyothersubje
4、ct.Fromthewildestguessworkandthemostfertileimaginations,magicalritualsandtheirpractitionersareinvestedwitheveryconceivableimpossibilityorabsurdity.Nonsenserunsriot.Asusual,thesensationalistwritercateringforthewillinglycredulousreaderislargelytoblame.Mostpeoplewantt
5、obelieveinwhateverstirstheirsensebeyondtheaveragerate,thusprovidingthemwithlifts,kicks,thrills,orvariationsfromtheirliving-line.Itisofcoursequitenecessarytohumanprogressandevolutionthatweshouldriseaboveourownlevelsallthetime,buttherearerightandwrongwaysofdoingthis.
6、Magicalworkingscansupplyboth.WecomefromtheEternalandreturntothissameSourcethroughanunimaginablecircleofCosmicCreativeEvolution.InourattemptstorelateourselvesconsciouslywithourhiddenoriginsandbackgroundofpureBEING,wehavemadeagreatnumberofmento-emotionalstructureswhi
7、chserveourpurposetotheirlimiteddegree,accordingtoourabilitytousethem.Religions,philosophies,andscienceshavegrownupwithus,togetherwiththeartsandwhateverelseextendsourawarenesstowardtheUnknown-whichisourGreatNecessity.Yetthebasisofallourbeliefsisneithermorenorlesstha
8、twhatmayfairlybetermed"Magic"!DefinitionofMagicislargelyamatterofindividualopinion,sinceitmeanssomanythingstosomanypeople,andtherearesomanyclaims