Contents

1. Cover Image
2. Title Page
3. Epigraph
4. Foreword. The “Magical” Gruppo di UR in Its Historical and Esoteric Context by Hans Thomas Hakl
   1. PREHISTORY
   2. GIULIANO KREMMERZ, ARTURO REGHINI, AND THEIR GROUPS
   3. RECENT RESEARCH ON THE UR GROUP
   4. UR-INSPIRED GROUPS AFTER 1930
5. Introduction to the Second Volume
6. Part I
   1. Chapter 1. Pythagoras: The Golden Verses
      1. NOTES
   2. Chapter 2. Arvo and Ea: The Esoteric Doctrine of the “Centers” in a Christian Mystic
   3. Chapter 3. Abraxa: Ritual Magic
7. Part II
   1. Chapter 1. Instructions for Magical Chains
      1. INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION
      2. FIRST INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHAIN
      3. INSTRUCTIONS FOR A LATER PHASE
   2. Chapter 2. Iagla: Subterranean Logic
   3. Chapter 3. Pietro Negri: On the Western Tradition
      1. 1. DEVALUATION OF THE PAGAN TRADITION
      2. 2. EAST, WEST, AND CHRISTIANITY
      3. 3. THE INITIATIC TRADITION IN THE WEST
      4. 4. THE ROMAN TRADITION
      5. 5. ROMAN INITIATIC WISDOM
      6. 6. THE LEGEND OF SATURNUS
      7. 7. ETYMOLOGY OF SATURN
      8. 8. ADDENDA
      9. 9. AGRICULTURAL SYMBOLISM IN ROME
8. Part III
   1. Chapter 1. Havismat: Tradition and Realization
   2. Chapter 2. Oso: A Solar Will
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
   3. Chapter 3. Pietro Negri: The Secret Language of the Fedeli d’Amore
   4. Chapter 4. Abraxa: Solutions of Rhythm and Liberation
   5. Chapter 5. Luce: Opus Magicum: The Diaphanous Body
9. Part IV
   1. Chapter 1. Arvo: Vitalizing the “Signs” and “Grips
   2. Chapter 2. Ea: Initiatic Consciousness beyond the Grave
   3. Chapter 3. Various Commentaries
      1. THE MAGIC, THE MASTER, THE SONG
10. Part V
    1. Chapter 1. Iagla: On the “Corrosive Waters
    2. Chapter 2. Arvo: Ethnology and the “Perils of the Soul”
    3. Chapter 3. On the Art of the Hermetic Philosophers
    4. Chapter 4. Various Commentaries
       1. DESIRE IN MAGIC
       2. MEANING OF THE RITUAL
       3. FEELING AND REALIZATION
       4. ANTICIPATIONS OF PHYSICAL ALCHEMY
       5. ON SHAMANIC INITIATION
11. Part VI
    1. Chapter 1. Experiences: The “Double” and Solar Consciousness
    2. Chapter 2. Ea: On the Metaphysics of Pain and Illness
    3. Chapter 3. Leo: Notes for the Animation of the “Centers”
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV–VII
    4. Chapter 4. Arvo: Kirillov and Initiation
12. Part VII
    1. Chapter 1. Havismat: Notes on Ascesis and on Anti-Europe
    2. Chapter 2. Milarepa: Excerpts from the Life of Milarepa
       1. THE DEMON OF THE SNOWS
       2. The Song of Joy
       3. The Song of the Essence of Things
    3. Chapter 3. Arvo: The Magic of Effigies
13. Part VIII
    1. Chapter 1. Ea: Esotericism and Morality
    2. Chapter 2. Nilius: Medicine and Poison
    3. Chapter 3. Turba Philosophorum: The Assembly of the Wise
    4. Chapter 4. Various Commentaries
       1. CORPOREALIZING CONSCIOUSNESS
       2. ON “MORTIFICATION”
       3. ON POWER
14. Part IX
    1. Chapter 1. Abraxa: The Magic of Creation
       1. NOTE BY UR
    2. Chapter 2. Pietro Negri: On the Opposition Contingent on Spiritual Development
    3. Chapter 3. Some Effects of Magical Discipline: The “Dissociation of the Mixed”
15. Part X
    1. Chapter 1. The Contrast between Positive Science and Magic: Positions and Solutions
    2. Chapter 2. Abraxa: The Magic of Conjunctions
    3. Chapter 3. Otakar Březina: Perspectives
    4. Chapter 4. Various Commentaries
       1. PRODIGIES AND FORMER TIMES
       2. SEXUAL MAGIC
16. Part XI
    1. Chapter 1. Breno: Notes on Occult Morphology and Spiritual Corporeality
    2. Chapter 2. Zam: A Pagan Magical Spell
    3. Chapter 3. Arvo: On the Hyperborean Tradition
    4. Chapter 4. The Golden Flower of the Great One
    5. Chapter 5. Various Commentaries
       1. WOMAN AND INITIATION
       2. EX ORIENTE LUX
17. Footnotes
18. About the Author
19. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
20. Books of Related Interest
21. Copyright & Permissions
22. Index