Background
St John was born in Bedfordshire in 1598. He was the son of Oliver St John of Cayshoe and his wife Sarah Bulkeley, daughter of Edward Bulkeley of Odell, Bedfordshire.
(Liber CMXXX is the rite of admission to the first degree ...)
Liber CMXXX is the rite of admission to the first degree in the Golden Dawn of a Thelemic magical Order. It is the key to forging the correct inner plane contacts. The first degree is that of Neophyte, corresponding Qabalistically to Malkuth. The most important Initiations are those that take place on the central or middle pillar of the Hermetic Tree of Life. We therefore include with this book the admission to the grade of Zelator, The Ceremony for making the Khu perfect or Liber XXV, and Liber Zain, a modern version of the Bornless Ritual to attain the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The three ceremonies of Initiation each come with new or extended commentaries. The "flashing colours" are particular to the Magick of Light that is, in turn, the central operational factor in theurgical rites. The diagrams and illustrations, reproduced in colour, are integral to this book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1788085604/?tag=2022091-20
(2017 Edition. Reawakening the Serpent Power allows the re...)
2017 Edition. Reawakening the Serpent Power allows the release of the energies required to transcend the ordinary perceptions of the mind for the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The Angel or supranatural power of divinity can assist us to reopen the doorway to unity that marks the return to the Garden of Eden. The Serpent Power ascending the twenty-two pathways of the Tree of Life is the hidden key that, when directed by the will of the Holy Guardian Angel, can unlock the gateway that isolates the aspect of consciousness trapped in matter or Malkuth. Thus the way is opened for liberation by reunion with the immortal principle of spirit represented by Kether on the Tree of Life.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0955978424/?tag=2022091-20
(Here is a complete course in Hermetic Magick, covering th...)
Here is a complete course in Hermetic Magick, covering the extended use of elemental mudras or Godforms, meditation and Tantra-yoga, plus examples of simple and advanced magical rituals. The book also includes a complete guide on how to make and charge magical talismans, with illustrations of the Kameas or Magic Squares and sigils of the planetary spirits. When approached in the right way, divination is a magical means of opening and extending lines of communication between the temporal and eternal worlds. The most important function of the Tarot, however, is as an Initiatory device. The core of this book is the Grand Tarot Operation, a 30-day Theurgic operation aimed at mystical and magical Initiation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1782806997/?tag=2022091-20
(Ritual Magick - The Rites and Ceremonies of Hermetic Ligh...)
Ritual Magick - The Rites and Ceremonies of Hermetic Light takes theory into practice, revealing the unique system of magical Initiation of Ordo Astri, the Order of the Star. The Kemetic and Thelemic stellar rites of the Order are collected together here in nine volumes, taking the aspirant from Probationer to Adeptus Minor and beyond. The Revised Fourth Edition (2016) contains an entire volume of Enochian Magick, including a detailed guide to Initiation and the system of Thirty Aethyrs, as well as an exposition on Enochian Sexual Magick. The book now includes many advanced operations, such as Goetic Evocation and a full ceremonial Thelemic Mass. The rituals and other practices are accompanied by lucid explanatory texts and are illustrated throughout.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0955978432/?tag=2022091-20
(The Flaming Sword consists of more than 1000 pages, in tw...)
The Flaming Sword consists of more than 1000 pages, in two volumes. In addition to the substantial Sepher Sephiroth there is an introductory guide to the use of the book, tables of Hebrew, Greek and Enochian values, prime numbers, and a complete set of Magical Kameas with corrected and redrawn planetary seals and sigils. The Flaming Sword is the result of many years of practical work and research by the author. Greek words from the New Testament and Hermetica are included, in addition to the usual Hebrew words; the entire Enochian vocabulary of John Dee is included, as well as Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic and ancient Egyptian. Where appropriate, Gematria with detailed Qabalistic notes has been provided. The book also serves as a veritable grimoire for those engaged with the more specialised work of the Egyptian Book of the Law, Liber AL vel Legis, and the Thelemic or '93' current. The Flaming Sword provides multiple solutions to all of the riddles of Liber AL, as well as some of the most cryptic passages.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1788086430/?tag=2022091-20
(The primary aim of this book is to explain esoteric or ma...)
The primary aim of this book is to explain esoteric or magical astrology in a simple and concise way. The veriest beginner will quickly gain an understanding of their natal horoscope, while those already wellversed in the subject will find here magical and esoteric applications for the art that rarely, if ever, appear in textbooks on astrology. Here is a complete course in astrology covering astrological symbolism, chart interpretation, the dignities of signs, houses and planets, aspects and astrological timing. Esoteric knowledge is revealed concerning the Part of Fortune, the Dragon Stars or Nodes of the Moon, the Egyptian Ka or double, the Holy Guardian Angel and the Evil Genius, Outer Gateways and the use of the natal chart as a Master Key of Life.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1782807276/?tag=2022091-20
(This is the companion volume to "Hermetic Qabalah A Found...)
This is the companion volume to "Hermetic Qabalah A Foundation in the Art of Magick", and is a complete course of practical instruction in magick. The practical work in this book is based upon systematic meditations upon the paths of the Hermetic Tree of Life following the downward course of the Lightning Flash from Kether to Malkuth. Through a oneyear course of practical instruction the student learns how to create an astral double as a medium for forging the inner plane contacts that alone make real Initiation a possibility. The preliminary work includes the Wisdom of Breath, Ritual Sonics, the Assumption of the Godform and a powerful, modern variation of the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram, as suitable for the New Aeon. Once these techniques are mastered, the student moves, stepbystep, to an advanced Hermetic magical operation.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0955978475/?tag=2022091-20
St John was born in Bedfordshire in 1598. He was the son of Oliver St John of Cayshoe and his wife Sarah Bulkeley, daughter of Edward Bulkeley of Odell, Bedfordshire.
He studied law at Cambridge.
In 1638 he began a close friendship with Oliver Cromwell. Allying himself with the Parliamentary Party in its opposition to the Crown, St. John defended Lord Saye and John Hampden against charges brought against them by King Charles I. He served in both the Short and Long parliaments and strongly opposed the ship money tax. Although he was named solicitor general by the king, St. John continued his anti-royal activities by supporting the impeachment and attainder of the Earl of Strafford in 1641. He helped to formulate Parliamentary Party bills and, when the Civil War began, became a leader in Parliament and for a time acted as attorney general. St. John was one of the commissioners at the unsuccessful peace negotiations at Uxbridge in 1645. He supported Cromwell during the intraparty disputes after the end of the first phase of the war. In 1648 he was made chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas but later refused to serve as one of the judges in the trial of Charles I. In 1660, after the restoration of the monarchy, he published The Case of Oliver St. John, in which he explained and defended his position during the Great Rebellion and emphasized his innocence of Charles I's execution. He died December 31, 1673.
(Here is a complete course in Hermetic Magick, covering th...)
(Ritual Magick - The Rites and Ceremonies of Hermetic Ligh...)
(This is the companion volume to "Hermetic Qabalah A Found...)
(Liber CMXXX is the rite of admission to the first degree ...)
(The primary aim of this book is to explain esoteric or ma...)
(The Flaming Sword consists of more than 1000 pages, in tw...)
(2017 Edition. Reawakening the Serpent Power allows the re...)
In April 1640, St John was elected Member of Parliament for Totnes in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Totnes for the Long Parliament in November 1640.
St John married firstly Johanna Altham, only daughter of Sir John Altham of Latton, Essex, and by her had two sons and two daughters. In 1638 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cromwell, with whom he had two children. After her death he married, in 1645, Elizabeth Oxenbridge, daughter of Daniel Oxenbridge.