The Magical Knowledge Trilogy [Esoteric Book Review]
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- A quick look at The Magical Knowledge Trilogy by Josephine McCarthy, published by Quareia Publishing
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Its crazy how many things are put in our path to lead us to magic. I remember watching this video and looking up josephine mccarthy. Which then led me to find a real magic course(that was free of cost). Foolish Fish you have my undying gratitude for helping me find my own path. You will forever hold a special place in my journey.
A brilliant book. I bought it on the strength of FF’s review a year ago. Wow Josephine 🎉
just started reading this book today and it called me out on so many set backs/ blockings i had in the past that i never noticed. so far this book is amazing
This book is a treasure to own. Not something to rush through. There's a lot to unpack in each section. But its very well written and it is a great companion to the quareia lessons.. . . Im still waiting to listen to her latest glitch bottle interview. Great review as always brotha, hope everything's going good with you 🙏.
Thou shall not skim- Josephine's 1st commandment
@@Shadowfire0001 XD
Josephine McCarthy, I have an intellectual crush with this woman. She has given me everything I lack; humility, intuition, she does not see magick as an operation, she has managed to make magick palpable in to her everyday life. That is extreamly hard.
I want her to adopt me.
Same with hermetic principles... applying them continously... becoming more conscious.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you, I have been watching your channel for some time and have purchased some book recommendations but after watching this review and speaking so highly of Josephine I purchased this book and have followed that with partaking in her online study course - life changing! Thank you so much its exactly what I was looking for 😁
So glad to have been able to help! This is definitely a great one! ♥️
Obsessed with Josephine's writings. Her philosophies in magic really make the mind reel.
Just finished the first third of the book and omg I learned so much from her she’s amazing and she makes it so easy to read love it
Exactly! This really is a treasure :D
Thank you for this review. Almost 800 pages for under £20 *IN HARDBACK* ? It's practically daylight robbery that cheap.
I couldn't agree more! But Josephine's attitude that magic shouldn't only be available to those who can afford luxury editions is one of the many things that set her apart from the pack!
@@FoolishFishBooks That's a very refreshing attitude to see!
£29, where are you seeing it for under £20?
@@BenThomas13 Amazon. £16.99 second hand.
@@BenThomas13 ah, it was actually £19 something last night.
Thanks you for this review. Much appreciated.
I definitely want to pick up a copy of this. Josephine is amazing and the price is unbelievable!
Agreed! 😊
its 33 pounds on amazon. not so cheap.
FF, can you please do a video on how to take in so much information? Maybe on magickal approaches and practical methods behind developing reading speed and focus capacity? Have you always been a good reader? I have SO many things I want to take in but it’s all so overwhelming!
😅 I feel you!
You might enjoy Dr Skinner's exploration of the Ars Notoria (in 2 volumes)
@@FoolishFishBooks Hi FF, I'm 6 months into magic and your channel and reviews have been very helpful to me. I've mostly been working G.o.M stuff (after your recommendation) and can't say I've had anything happen yet that I can directly attribute to any of that work, yet have had 'clearer' 'results' working with some Chaos techniques and other practices I have developed myself. I have also been watching all interviews with Dr Stephen Skinner and starting with his recommendation of Techniques of High Magic. In immersing myself more into the world of Dr Skinner, and Frater Ashen Chassan I have the impression that neither would place any value on G.o.M material whatsoever - As you have promoted all three that I have mentioned, I am somewhat confused and interested in how you feel G.o.M can exist in the same world as the techniques used by the other two. Any thoughts and/or experiences would be appreciated. Thanks for all your work.
@@forever3797 Dr Skinner and Fr. Ashen Chassan both approach magic from a perspective that you must follow the recipe or fail. I strongly disagree with that. I think it's Rufus Opus who suggested that if you take your wife on a date one day and it ends up in bed, doing the exact same thing the next day won't necessarily have the same outcome - counting how many roses you brought and ensuring you both have the exact same food and drink, and ensuring you have the exact same conversation just isn't going to be the key to a night of passionate love. I actually have a lot of respect for both these practitioners, but it's their scholarship and their contributions to the availability of historical texts that I respect. Not their technique.
@@FoolishFishBooks Wow, thank you for clarifying where you are coming from - I find that very inspiring to continue finding my own personal path through the vast world of the many techniques and tools available. Much gratitude.
Awesome, thanks. Picked up the last one on Amazon. The chapters on parasites and house spirits is of particular interest and relevence to me.
Finally ordered this, also the Magic of the North Gate too. :)
Don’t know if I like it yet. Still giving it a chance but it is totally different from everything thing else I have studied. I prefer hermetic/Kabbala system over this one; but I am giving it a chance to grow on me and my practice. Golden Dawn by Regardie is still my preferred occult book and I have and read many of them. Also as a suggestion check out Traditional Witchcraft A Cornish Book of Ways by Gemma Gary I picked up the black autographed edition by her years ago and have enjoyed that book even though it’s not my preferred system either. Interesting use of planetary squares is in this book as well. Has a companion book, The Black Toad. They are published by Troy Books. I live in America and had to order them from England, pay the exchange and wait quite a while for shipment but it was worth it I love my black edition the cover is nice, It’s also cool to get her autograph. Troy books usually does special additions like that in a limited run.
Thank you so much for this book review. I really enjoyed it. Listening to you makes me feel that my magical education is sorely lacking.
Ohh yea I love dion fortune too.... The B.O.T.A. also starts at the top. Top down is the correct way to understand it, bottom up is how you learn at the end for paths.
thank you. Solid review.
A holiday with Josephine McCarthy what a lovely thought. It's become impossible to send or receive anything to and from Indonesia, or this would be a book I had to buy. I totally agree that it is her morals and consideration of ethics which make her so special. Is National Treasure taking things too far?
The Kindle links are below 😉😜
Ain't that the truth, though! We're very lucky to have her!
@@FoolishFishBooks oh that's an idea than you.
At the moment you can buy the individual books on kindle, but if you wait about another 4 weeks, the trilogy will be released as a kindle and will be cheaper than buying the individual ones. The kindle should have been out already but everything has been slowed right down with the pandemic... it is taking the distributers ages to do anything as they are so short staffed. So keep an eye out for it on amazon, and I will put up a notice on Quareia's facebook page once it is finally out.
And thank you for your kind words, they are most appreciated. :) - Josephine
@@Quareia thank you Josephine. I meant what I said.
This got me interested. Ordered the book! Thank you!
Thank you verry much Dennis for this one again informative review 🙏🏻
Great review, thank you Mr. Fish!
Thank you once again Dennis. Great review as usual
Still waiting a Review by you for the Damons Brand's Archangels of Magick. Such a masterpiece with simple, diverse and powerfull Magick.
I've just been getting into magic in the last 6 months starting with some Gallery of Magick books such as archangels and the 72 angels of power. The more I listen to Dr Stephen Skinner and Frater Ashen Chassan the more I wonder how Foolish Fish can promote both as being in the same world (would love further understanding from FF re this). From my impression of Dr Skinner I don't think he would consider the G.o.M to be effective in any way. I've been working for 6 months with G.o.M stuff and can't say I've had anything happen yet that I can directly attribute to any of that work, yet have had 'clearer' 'results' working with some Chaos techniques and other practices I have developed myself. Any thoughts and/or experiences would be appreciated.
Thank you for the book review. I just ordered the book 📖. 😊
Question: considering the volume and scope which would you recommend tackling first? This trilogy or the Quareia Apprentice et al (aka trilogy #2 or 1 depending which was first)...or is this all in one combo the Quareia Trill packed into one? Unless i misunderstood the Quareia Trill is a 10 yrs plan suitable for the song cue 🎼"Too much time on my hands"🎶....just curious ur thoughts. Thank you.
The trilogy is a companion for the path of a magician (and is much smaller), Quareia is a full course (and is vastly larger).
@@Quareia thank you.
Oh boy this is on my wishlist! Thank you for the fantasy review 🖤
ope! Ordering it now, thanks to this review!
Just ordered thanks brother🙏
Yes parasitic entities are a big thing to be wary of in magick. If your psychic then you can see them. Entities are everywhere around us constantly (that is a whole different story on whether they are completely latched on and draining you or not though).
This is a huge problem that is not discussed nearly enough, perhaps because some people are not aware they have them. A big part of getting into magick was actually an attempt to deal with this after a spontaneous Kundalini awakening. Josephine is an exorcist so has a lot of experience with this. I am glad she talks about it. So many social media practitioners poo poo parasites, entities, and curses, which I think really does many a disservice. I wish there was more effort to distinguish between the often casual, insta, manifest nice things practitioners v. what you deal with when you are either psychically open or have done types of magic that open major portals. (Zero shade re: the former…I would love if that was my path!)
And she says that a boss magician knows out to not being obsessed by them 😂❤
Her own art? I love that image. I wonder if there’s somewhere I can find more of Josephine’s artwork... I’ll have to look into that!
I believe she's currently working on something... ;)
@@FoolishFishBooks ah brilliant
I do paint, but the cover art is not mine, it is by Stuart Littlejohn ( he is credited with the artwork on the copyright page)
@@Quareia Oops! Sorry Stuart! My bad!
Does this book have all the information that was in the apprentice, adept etc. Blue textbooks you showed us before?
I wonder how much of one of her interviews would get through a censor...🤔😉
But seriously, fantastic book! Got it a while back after hearing her on glitch bottle and have really been amazed.
Haha! Yes she's known for her relaxed language filter 😄 what a star, though, eh?
Okay so I started with the Quareia and I’m just at the very first exercise.
There‘s not much theory in there though. So i could use the Quareia for the exercises and this book to read along, right?
It’s a great book that I own ! Love it
Hi Dennis, i bought this trilogy quite awhile ago but wasnt really ready for it so after reading it from cover to cover it sat on my bookshelf. More recently i have started the Quareia course which i am now working through. Do you think it would be better to continue with Quareia or go back to this trilogy and get a firm foundation before tackling Quareia? Love your channel BTW
Quareia will give you the foundation you need for this 😊✨
Thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work.
Any new content added in this new edition since the older 3 part individual book series? Or is it 'just' the precise same old content/words with a new cover, art and better index and table of contents?
They are different with added content :)
Great stuff, THEN I have a decent reason to buy them, since I already have the old ones.
sold!
This is a must have
Why can't I find such fantastic works in the area of Qliphoth. I will order this by the way. It's a steal for the knowledge in the book
Only ones I know are from ( I know , I know) ea Koeting website become a living god . They have 3 that are supposed to be good. Just expensive as shit .
@@AZTigerMMA Yes you're right and the older works were much better imo. Now, I can't bring myself to buy into the edgy Pyramid marketing scheme they have going on. I wish authors like Josephine write some philosophy on the LHP. It doesn't have to be a grimoire. Thanks for your comment
@@AZTigerMMA Koetting wishes he was anywhere near the magician Josephine McCarthy is.
If the 3 books are POD books , why do the prices keep varying one day to the next ? Eg, two of the paperbacks are 11 quid one is 30 quid.
This is important, and I actually mentioned it last week in the news video.
Some of the hardbacks have the wrong paperback attributed.
If you see 'book 1' or whatever number, then that is one of the early paperbacks when the whole series was divided into 15 parts. JMcC has taken the old paperbacks out of circulation, but Amazon doesn't just take your stuff off circulation (I know, having tried to get my own imperfect material off there). Meanwhile scalpers still sell the 'out of print' short books for a premium, conning buyers who think they're getting the full book.
@@FoolishFishBooks Thanks for the info D, Amazon is getting to be a minefield of scalpers.
How is this book compared to the Quareia books? I purchased all 3 Quareia books and am studying and practicing the "Apprentice" book right now. Does this trilogy book contain anything new or different than the Quareia books? Thank you for any input anybody out there.
This was published long before the Quareia course, Josephine described it as "here's some fun tech, see if it explodes!"
Is quorea the course you recommend the most?
As a complete course? Yes I do! 😁
Please what are your thoughts on what's called maladaptive daydreaming?? Is there anything about it in the Magick world? Some of those dreams actually turn to reality!! Is it just some andvanced visualisation? That we can consider it a gift rather than disorder
I have maladaptive daydreaming and it is more about soothing or feeding the ego. Most maladaptive daydreams are just fantasy as a way to deal with trauma and the lack of love and neglect that we feel in our life. It can actually hinder magickal practice IMO because the brain is used to following a tangent and prone to overthinking. Certain magickal practices include a lot of meditative, focusing exercises and also dissolution of the ego. You need to sit with your reality rather than escaping it, IMO.
@@pearlsachiko2667 thanks, I have it too from my teenage years I'm in my 30s now , some of the dreams came true as my dreams are always about money and traveling..... so was a bit confused to whether it's a tool to manifestation or should I get rid for more productive Magick...
@@jupiteralm5593 it really depends on what the daydreams are about but as a tool for manifestation it may not be a good idea IMO as you will become too attached to the outcome. As a practitioner myself, I do not consider it something to “get rid of” but more of being aware to leave it aside when needed.
@@pearlsachiko2667 thanks a lot for the explanation 🙏🙏
I own the three previous Magical Knowledge" books..
1. Foundations
2. The Initiate
3. Adepts
Is this single book a repackaging of those?
Mostly yes, some updated points though.
@@FoolishFishBooks Thank you :)
As usual, all I want to see in a book review, plus it's a Josephine book, thanks again for making my day. Do you wanna include a magic link to the Amazon.DE?
I'll be looking into additional markets shortly. You're right, it's about time!
Individual Kindle books are about £6, the omnibus is less. Ebooks of the Qureia stuff are free on her website. I would urge that nobody learn from digital books, as people only learn from printed - even home printed - copies.
The complete trilogy is now in Kindle for a total of $8
I started Quareia at the end of last summer and got a bit overwhelmed. Would this be a good starting point? I know she recommends waiting until 25 to start Quareia, so would this be good to tide me over?
yes, I'd say there's a lot to learn from here. I think I probably agree with Josephine on starting at 25.
@@FoolishFishBooks why is that ? I haven’t looked at it yet just curious why that would be ?
@@Ruarie experience of having lived in the world at least a little while is important. A mature 25 year old or a regular 40 year old.
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