Simplified Qabala Magic

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Summary: Written beautifully and easy to understand.
Review: I have read a few books on Qabala in the past, but this one is the one that has caught my attention. The explainations are in laymans terms so that even an adolescent could grasp the concepts. Ted Andrews' descriptions of the Sepheroths and thier Guardians is so beautiful it makes the reader feel as if they are taking a visual guided tour of the Tree of Life. If you wish to learn the basics of Qabalistic study and it's practices in Magick, buy this book. You won't regret it.

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Summary: Best magical qabalah book for beginners
Review: In the past, I've found Jewish Kabbalah books long on rhetoric, long on history but short on practical application and personal development. Not being particular, I switched over to the magical tradition. The first (magical) book I tried reading--Gareth Knight's book, A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism--went right over my head. By then, I realized I was really a beginner: I didn't even know how to meditate or visualize...or anything.

Simplified (Qabala) Magic by Ted Andrews helped me out a great deal. Not only did it make the Tree of Life platable for a budding magus, it suppled me with simple meditation and visualization techniques, tips on candle-color-fragrance selection, and even showed me how to pronounce/intone the sephiroth God-names. Generally, I appreciate his brief and gentle approach.

This book, IMHO, is useful to those who want a straightforward, practical approach to the Tree of Life. Add to it, Andrew's More Simplified Magic (which covers the Tree's paths), one would then have all he initially needs to enter the mystical qabalah.

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Summary: the book is informative but...
Review: like many books on spiritual subjects, many people approach their books with the attitudes of "life is beautiful and mystical" new age crap, and ted andrews didn't really go into examples of pathworking which i've felt he should of because if you're going to explain something, why not go all the way.but like i said, the book is informative based in simple terms. i have tried some of the exercises out of the book and the information i've recieved was alarming, but then again i think it was my own subconscious relaying communication and not from outside spiritual forces or the angels of the sepheres.
so all in all i think the book is ok-not great.

Rating:
Summary: the book is informative but...
Review: like many books on spiritual subjects, many people approach their books with the attitudes of "life is beautiful and mystical" new age crap, and ted andrews didn't really go into examples of pathworking which i've felt he should of because if you're going to explain something, why not go all the way.but like i said, the book is informative based in simple terms. i have tried some of the exercises out of the book and the information i've recieved was alarming, but then again i think it was my own subconscious relaying communication and not from outside spiritual forces or the angels of the sepheres.
so all in all i think the book is ok-not great.