The Magick of Solomon, 2nd Edition

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Summary: The Magick of Solomon, 2nd Edition--a Classic up-dated.
Review: For those who already have the original 1996 version of this video documentary on VHS, this new extended, digitally re-mastered 2nd Edition on DVD, at a lower price, will be very attractive. Re-mastering and enhancement has increased the visual appeal. Nearly ten minutes of new footage has been added, including a fascinating film clip from an O.T.A. Goetia demonstration aired on network television in 1974! We also get a current follow-up interview with anthropologist/magus Poke Runyon who narrated the original video.

The Magick of Solomon, for those who haven't seen it, was (and still is) a trail-blazer in occult media. It provides a graphically embelished history of Solomon's magick and the process the narrator personally went through to discover the "lost secret" of Solomon's art. Runyon reveals and demonstrates the startling effects of the facial reflection evocation method in the dark mirror on Solomon's traditional Triangle of Art. After the historical and explanatory introduction, we enter the O.T.A. temple for a full-dress demonstration of both Angelic invocation into the crystal ball (a modern version of the ancient Almadel technique) followed by a complete Goetia operation summoning the spirit Astaroth (actually the ancient Canaanite Goddess Astarte). The subjective mirror visions are simulated by special effects, but the rest of the operations are unaltered reinactments of the actual process. The beautiful temple decorations, authentic equipment and dramatic conjurations make this video a visual and intellectual feast for students of practical occultism and Western magick.

The producers of this video have also issued a DVD 2nd Edition of their more recent Goetia documentary: Dark Mirror of Magick which shows an actual Goetia operation in which a remarkable prophecy was revealed.

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Summary: Dark Mirror II -- Vassago Prophecy up-dated.
Review: Those who have the original 2001 VHS version of this amazing video documentary should be the first to get the new 2003 DVD "Second Edition." The DVD has 12 minutes of completely new footage; mostly current interviews with Frater Solomon and Frater Thabion dealing with the remarkable results of the spirit Vassago's "Millenium Prophecy." --But there is also a new follow-up from Vassago himself!....All this and for five dollars less than the earlier VHS version.

For those who don't have the VHS version yet, this Second Edition should be their first choice. Dark Mirror of Magick is the only complete, fully documented visual and sound recording of a Solomonic Goetia evocation operation. No rehearsals, no retakes. You see and hear it all. It was video-recorded by a professional t.v. news crew in January of 2001. 13 days after the Spirit Vassago predicted "The Slaying of a Son of Africa," the president of Congo was assassinated! Vassago went on to predict the present War on Terror in the Middle East and even hinted at the coming 911 disaster.

This was all videoed inside the impressive magical temple of the O.T.A. in Southern California. Director/narrator Wayne Darwen interviews the magus and the seer before and after the operation. Their unrehearsed answers to his penetrating questions give the viewer an insider's perspective on modern magick that is invaluable.

The producers of this DVD version have also up-dated, enhanced,extended and digitally re-mastered their companion video doumentary The Magick of Solomon. This production gives detailed instructions, with full-dress in-temple demonstrations, on how to perform the kind of operations seen in Dark Mirror of Magick.