books by John Michael Greer

books by John Michael Greer

books:

John Michael Greer

John Michael Greer

Llewellyn Publications, 2005

Excellent Compendium for Resource Use and Learning Magic
This book is set up with a brief description of what Natural magic is followed by an encyclopedia section describing the associations, mythology, and uses of several natural ingredients. One of the neatest features of the book is that it has a last section, called the ...

Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings

John Michael Greer

Llewellyn Publications, 2001

Educational and Insightful
Tales throughout time have spoken of monsters and frightening beings and things that go "bump" in the night, and for most people these tales are as close to the unknown as they are willing to get. But for those few who find their curiosity peaked when they hear of ...

The Druid Magic Handbook: Ritual Magic Rooted in the Living Earth

John Michael Greer

Weiser Books, 2008

Reenchanting the World
On my trip to Iowa, one of the cool things that happened is that I got JMG's "The Druid Magic Handbook"...for free! While in Ames, a friend of mine and I were talking about art and art patronage. I am a struggling artist myself. Seeing as I am always hand-to-mouth, ...

The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth

John Michael Greer

Weiser Books, 2006

An Excellent Introduction into Understanding Modern Druid Spiritual Practices & Beliefs
This book was quite useful into explaining, what it means to be a modern 'Druid'.Ross Nichols wrote the book,'The Book of Druidry',some thirty plus years ago.Eventhough Nichols' Druid book was interesting reading,Greer's book is one of the best modern intrepretations ...

Pagan Prayer Beads: Magic and Meditation with Pagan Rosaries

John Michael Greer, Clare Vaughn

Weiser Books, 2007

Pagan Prayer Beads Rock!
This book is basic, to the point, and very informative. It is filled with personal insights and examples which give energy to the subject. The book presents a a brief history of malas or prayer strands and then techniques for making them as well as magical elements to ...

The Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age

John Michael Greer

New Society Publishers, 2008

The Long Descent is a short ascent
The Long Descent is a Short Ascent For several years, I have been seeking a guidebook to our immanent future of less oil and therefore less wealth. Of the over one dozen books that I've studied, Greer's is the clearest. His synthesis of peak oil, the demise of ...

Between the Gates: Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection, and the Body of Light in Western Esotericism

Mark Stavish

Weiser Books, 2008

Excellent gide to the Hermetic path
On an initial read-through, I found this book fascinating. I am not that familiar with the Hermetic literature, but I have not seen anything quite like Stavish's approach to it anywhere else. He links astral travel, lucid dreaming, and other psychic phenomena to the ...

Learning Ritual Magic: Fundamental Theory and Practice for the Solitary Apprentice

John Michael Greer, Earl, Jr. King, ...

Weiser Books, 2004

EXTREMELY INTENSIVE PRACTICAL WORK, incredibly valuable!
THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE BEST PURCHASES I HAVE MADE IN MY LIFE. It is an incredibly in-depth and extensive introduction to practical magic, and is an invaluable tool to help develop the skills of meditation, concentration, observation, imagination, visualization, ...

A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism

John Michael Greer

ADF Publishing, 2005

Positive Polytheism
For those who are polythestic or those who are curious about polytheism, this is a must-read. Monothestics should read it as well. Mr. Greer gives excellent and compelling arguements that polytheism is a viable, credible system of spirituality. He also shows along ...

The New Encyclopedia of the Occult

John Michael Greer

Llewellyn Publications, 2003

a powerful reference for anyone who wants to know about Occult history
John Michael Greer has created a great Occult dictionary that provides quick and well researched definitions for pretty much any Occult term one can think of as well as the biographies of influential luminaries of esoterica, their ideas and contributions. If you're ...

The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Hidden History: The Ultimate A-Z of Ancient Mysteries, Lost ...

John Michael Greer

Harper Element, 2006

Finally, a sane guide to a sometimes insane field
I was aghast at the low "average" rating for this book, so am writing this review to even things out. Greer's work, the best-researched and most accurately-written entry in the Element Encyclopedia series to date, covers a wide range of esoteric topics with (despite ...

PATHS OF WISDOM

JOHN MICHAEL GREER

Thoth Publications, 2007

Priceless Guide to The Cabalah--Like having a Teacher !
For nearly ten years, I have flirted with the idea of studying Cabalah (Kabalah, Qabalah--however you want to spell it) and I have been a member of several Mystery Schools and Masonic organizations that espouse the need to study Cabalah.... However, until I found this ...

Sacred Geometry Oracle

John Michael Greer

Llewellyn Publications, 2002

Heavenly Inspired
I highly recommend this Sacred Geometry Oracle. The cards are fantastic and the companion book helps understand how each symbol may significant to you. This book can help guide you if you are a begineer, regular practioner or advanced. In nature, we find patterns, ...

Earth Divination: Earth Magic: Practical Guide to Geomancy

John Michael Greer

Llewellyn Publications, 1999

Excellent Divinational Manual on the subject of Geomancy
Since I'm both a fan of Greer and of Geomancy, I have to say I really enjoyed this book. For most of you not in the know, Geomancy is a form of divination that came from the Arabic countries and was first talked about in Peter de Abano's "Heptameron" which is often ...

Art and Practice of Geomancy, The: Divination, Magic, and Earth Wisdom of the Renaissance
John Michael Greer

Weiser Books, 2009

Have you ever lost an important object? Are you taking on a new job? Looking for buried treasure? The Art and Practice of Geomancy teaches readers how to divine the answers to life?s everyday questions about health, luck, new jobs, and love, as well as those less mundane tasks such as finding buried treasure, predicting the weather, being released ...