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Author: Marian Green
Title: Experiments in Aquarian Magic
Publisher: Aquarian Press, Thorsons Publishing Group
           Wellingborough, Northhamptonshire, NN8 2RQ, 
           England. (I think this address is obsolete.)
Illustrations: None.
Copyright: 1985
ISBN: 0-85030-407-5
Price: 6.99 GBP or 12.95 USD for paperback.

Short characterization:
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"A practical handbook of occult techniques for the Aquarian Age" is
what it says on the inside of the front cover.

Contents:
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Opening the Doors to Your Inner Mind
Journeys to Vision
The Nature of Healing
Creating a Magical Temple
The Patterns of Ritual
Magical Experiments of Time
The Magic of Space Travel
Minds over Magic
The Art of Talismanic Magic
Gods for the Future

The author:
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Marian Green is an accomplished author of occult books, particularly
about Green Ray magick. She is also the editor of Quest Magazine, a
quarterly occult magazine that also arranges postal courses and
interfaith meetings.

The chapters:
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In the introduction Green introduces the subject of magick and gives
advice about how to do the exercises.

The first chapter deals with meditation and visualization.

In the second chapter Green talks about pathworking, scrying and how
the two methods might be combined.

Chapter three is about healing of yourself and others. Some common
healing methods are discussed.

The fourth chapter gives advice on how to furnish a temple, dress in
ritual and symbols.

Chapter five discusses what a ritual is, how to prepare for it and
when to celebrate.

In the sixth chapter Green talks about past life experiences and
reincarnation. She goes on to give methods to achieve past life
experiences safely and efficiently.

The seventh chapter deals with divination: Tarot, I Ching, scrying
etc. There's also a part about astral travel.

In the eight chapter some often scoffed over issues are dealt with:
ufos, esp and metal-bending for instance.

Chapter nine has information about how you can make talismans, charms
and amulets.

In the tenth chapter religion and religions are covered.

The book concludes with a resource listing (with some old addresses)
and an index.

Personal view:
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I must admit that I'm very fond of Marian Green's style of writing. In
this book she gives some sound advice on how to get started with a
number of popular occult techniques, interspersed with pep talk. There
are also some views which can be hard to swallow. Green can be quite
authoritarian at times. I suppose either you can see beyond that, or
you get annoyed at her.

Conclusion
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A smorgasbord of occult techniques with some very questionable
views. At first it looks like a book for the beginner, but you
probably need rather a lot of guts to start out with this book. I
heartily  recommend it to solitaries with a few years of training. 

--Ceci (94-08-22)