High Magick : A guide to the Spiritual Practices That Saved my Life on Death Row

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At age 18, Damien Echols was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. “I spent my years in prison training to be a true magician,” he recalls. “I used magick?the practice of reshaping reality through our intention and will?to stave off incredible pain, despair, and isolation. But the most amazing feat of all that practice and study was to manifest my freedom.” With High Magick, this bestselling author shares his first teaching book on the powerful spiritual techniques that helped him survive and transcend his ordeal on death row.Though our culture has consigned “magic” to fiction, stage illusions, or superstitions about dark practices, the magick Damien learned is an ancient Western tradition equal the Eastern practices of Buddhism, Taoism, and yoga in its wisdom and transformative power. Here he brings you an engaging and highly accessible guide for bringing magick into your own life, including:• What is High Magick? Damien clears away the stigma and reveals the history and core teachings of this extraordinary art.• The Four-Fold Breath?a foundational meditation practice to train your mind and body to channel subtle energies.• The Middle Pillar?how to bring divine energy into the central channel of your body for empowerment and healing.• The Qabalistic Cross?a centering technique to help you stay balanced and protected regardless of circumstances.• The Lesser Rituals of the Pentagram?powerful practices for banishing negative energies and invoking energy to manifest your goals.• Working with angelic beings and other spiritual allies to support your practice.• Creating thoughtforms to assist you in your ongoing magickal development.• Guidance for overcoming your doubts, enhancing your visualization skills, creating talismans, practicing magick ethically, and much more.