...of the public writers on magic, the mysteries, and the occult, Josephine McCarthy is my other favorite living one next to JMG.
I gained immensely from the close study and practice of material from her books, and also of the portion of the Quareia course I completed.
Even though I'm not working that system now, I still find myself coming back to the things I learned from her over and over again.
Some of the methods I still use also, such as going to the Inner Library in vision/scrying to learn. This is what I found most valuable about her work: her candid writing about places on the inner planes that initiates can have access to and writing and giving the practitioner guided scripts (similar to a pathworking) for getting to those places. Other places include: The Chapel on the Edge of the Void and many other inner temples and places.
She has also made her entire course available for free, just as JMG has done with the teachings he has inherited (though her books and other things remain in print). I think this can only be of good to the continued development of magic in the west, especially in this time of decline and destruction.
Though she advises against cherrypicking her lessons -she does say, and I paraphrase, that even if you only learned the 8 lessons in the Core Skills module of the Apprentice part of Quareia, then she would be passing on some worthwhile things. That said, even just reading through the lessons you will learn quite a bit. The Apprentice module on "Understanding Destruction" I think remains very very relevant in these destructive times we live in.
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Date: 2023-09-25 06:16 pm (UTC)...of the public writers on magic, the mysteries, and the occult, Josephine McCarthy is my other favorite living one next to JMG.
I gained immensely from the close study and practice of material from her books, and also of the portion of the Quareia course I completed.
Even though I'm not working that system now, I still find myself coming back to the things I learned from her over and over again.
Some of the methods I still use also, such as going to the Inner Library in vision/scrying to learn. This is what I found most valuable about her work: her candid writing about places on the inner planes that initiates can have access to and writing and giving the practitioner guided scripts (similar to a pathworking) for getting to those places. Other places include: The Chapel on the Edge of the Void and many other inner temples and places.
She has also made her entire course available for free, just as JMG has done with the teachings he has inherited (though her books and other things remain in print). I think this can only be of good to the continued development of magic in the west, especially in this time of decline and destruction.
Though she advises against cherrypicking her lessons -she does say, and I paraphrase, that even if you only learned the 8 lessons in the Core Skills module of the Apprentice part of Quareia, then she would be passing on some worthwhile things. That said, even just reading through the lessons you will learn quite a bit. The Apprentice module on "Understanding Destruction" I think remains very very relevant in these destructive times we live in.
Best of luck with whatever path you take up.
Justin Patrick Moore