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My Life With The Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician: A Magical Autobiography
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Lon Milo DuQuette
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My Life with the Spirits
is a rare glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious world of a modern ceremonial magician. Hailed by critics as the most entertaining author in the field and one of the most widely respected members of the magick community, Lon Milo DuQuette gently draws you into the introspective world of the modern magician, tickles
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192 pages
Published
June 1st 1999
by Red Wheel/Weiser
(first published January 15th 1999)
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Apr 16, 2010
Taliesin Lothlorien Gaia
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anyone interested in magick
i read this book right through, i didnt want to put it down. i actually had a mini-life-changing experience when i read about lon's goetic evocation, where he realized/felt that it was the goetic spirit putting the doubt/procrastination into his thoughts. that experience alone was worth a million times the cost of the book, imo. thanks lon =)
This is a memoir about a Magician, not the kind that you see in Las Vegas, but the kind that practices "magick". It started out pretty good...I enjoyed reading about his childhood and his college/hippy years, but I started to get creeped out when he began describing his devotion to magick, occult ceremony, and Crowley. It really bothered me when he described himself as being dirt poor with a wife and baby after he decided to drop out of college and they had to get by on the money he earned from
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This book is exactly what is says in the title, an autobiography about a modern ceremonial magician. The first couple of chapters are really great, exploring DuQuette's childhood and early adulthood experiences with spirituality, which range from a meeting with Jesus, to awful choir/altar boy memories, to proposing to his wife while on LSD.
Then DuQuette gets to the meat of the book: his adventures in magical workings. Even though he touches topics as complex as summoning demons, exorcism, and En ...more
Then DuQuette gets to the meat of the book: his adventures in magical workings. Even though he touches topics as complex as summoning demons, exorcism, and En ...more
Along with Dion Fortune, Crowley, Regardie, Blavatky, Steiner and a hatful of other notable occultists, DuQuette maintains a constant presence in my library for both his wit and wisdom as regards those who seek and have sought to traverse beyond the veils.
An entertaining and enlightening perspective about the life of a practicing mage in the twentieth century, DuQuette is both grounded and enlightened, and pulls few punches in this tome which uses both humor and honesty to underscore his experie ...more
An entertaining and enlightening perspective about the life of a practicing mage in the twentieth century, DuQuette is both grounded and enlightened, and pulls few punches in this tome which uses both humor and honesty to underscore his experie ...more
I loved the book, its a fun and insightful journey of the occult from one of the world most renown magician! How can you not read it !
A really fantastic book from a modern-day holy man. My only complaint is that it ended too soon. I finished it in a matter of hours.
A very disturbing book - the first time I can remember feeling the need to physically remove a book from my house as soon as possible.
A warm semi-biography about an American ceremonial magician's journey. It begins with a well told tale of growing up with spiritual and magical ambitions during the cultural revolution of the 60's. It then departs from chronology in the second half to share key experiences, often around ritual, which shaped his magical and personal outlook. Fun, self deprecating and unusually unpretentious for a book primarily about personal practice within the western occult tradition. Lon comes across as an ex
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I was given this book to read by my good friend Todd, he stated "you will love this book, things will finnaly become more clear" and he couldnt have been more correct. I later had the joy of listening to Lon speak in my hometown. There has been few people who could have made the choice to become a Cerimonial Magician eaiser for me.
I consider this an entertaining story of modern US life on the West Coast, the magical practices will be of great interest to those concerned in this very special field but that does not mean people outside the magic area will not find this a fascninating read.
Lon Milo DuQuette is a handyman with Thelema, Aleister Crowley's rendition of modern magic(k). This book is his story, and it's completely unbelievable. Still, it sparks my interest in what kind of manifestation is possible when fusing ritual with physical.
Jul 27, 2011
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Lon's sense of humor makes this a fast and fun read. It's heartening to read how one of today's premier magicians has screwed up in his life - and learned from it.
One of the funniest books I've read, Lon tells a great story. His little memoir is a joy to read, and I've done so numerous times.
An autobiography of a guy who believes he is a Crowleyan magician. The book was not as entertaining as I had hoped.
Humorous anecdotes from the early life of a ceremonial magician. What's not to like?
Excellent read! Hilarious, interesting and full of knowledge... a page turner.
Insightful and inspiring read. Funny and humbling. Great book!
A must-read for occult students.
2.5 stars it was alright.
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Lon Milo DuQuette is an American singer-song writer, author, lecturer, and occultist, best known as an author who applies humor in the field of Western Hermeticism.
Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Columbus, Nebraska, he was an aspiring studio musician and recording artist in the 1970s, releasing two singles and an album, Charley D. and Milo, on the Epic Records label.
He married to his ...more
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Born in Long Beach, California and raised in Columbus, Nebraska, he was an aspiring studio musician and recording artist in the 1970s, releasing two singles and an album, Charley D. and Milo, on the Epic Records label.
He married to his ...more
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