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Stephen Skinner is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. He was responsible for introducing the science of feng shui to the West, and wrote the first 20th century English book on the subject in 1976. His first profession was that of Geography Lecturer, but now he spends time writing, teaching and researching feng shui and the Western Hermetic tradition.
During the 1970s he was the driving force behind Askin Publishers, producing lovely editions of classic magical works such as Agrippa's Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy and the Archidoxes of Magic by Paracelsus, several titles by Austin Osman Spare, Aleister Crowley, Dr Donald Laycock (The Enochian Dictionary) and others, all of which are now collector’s items. The first of these was a huge quarter leather edition of the primary source book of Enochian magic, the True & Faithful Relation of what passed between Dr John Dee…and some Spirits. During the 1970s he co-wrote books with Francis King, including the still popular Techniques of High Magic, which has gone through many editions since it was first released. Also with Francis King he wrote Nostradamus. Then he followed this with the best selling Millennium Prophecies.
His interest in Western geomancy spurred him on to create the most complete and classic work in that field Terrestrial Astrology which is soon being reprinted as Divinatory Geomancy.
In 2004 he published The Practical Angel Magic of Dr. John Dee’s Enochian Tables with co-author David Rankine, opening the doors on real 17th century angel magic in a way never done before. This was followed by The Keys to The Gateway of Magic and then The Goetia of Dr Rudd, a complete 17th century version of the Lemegeton as used by a practising magician. He is currently working with David Rankine on a complete new edition of three versions of the most famous grimoire, the Key of Solomon.
In 2006 he published The Complete Magician's Tables with complete tables of Magic, Kabbalistic, Angelic, Astrologic, Alchemic, Demonic, Geomantic, Grimoire, Gematria, I Ching, Tarot, Pagan Pantheon, Plant, Perfume and Character Correspondences in more than 777 Tables, four times as many tables as Aleister, Crowley's Liber 777.
He was responsible for launching and publishing the first full
colour magazine on feng shui, Feng Shui For Modern Living, which
was distributed in 41 countries with translated editions in German and
even in Chinese. At
its peak the English edition sold over 121,000 audited copies per month, and Stephen
was nominated at the PPA awards as UK 'Publisher of the Year' (the UK print media equivalent of the Oscars).
He was educated at Sydney University graduating in English Literature, Geography and Ancient Greek Philosophy. His interests include feng shui, ancient civilisations, geometry, travel, computers, magic and the Middle Ages. He is the author of more than 30 books published worldwide in 20 different languages. His books have had introductions by such diverse people as Colin Wilson, HRH Charles Prince of Wales, and Jimmy Choo shoe designer to the stars.
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384 pages 176mm x 250mm Price: £96.00 / Approx US$189.00 plus P&P of £10.00 airmailed in its very own protective document case. ISBN: 978-0-9547639-8-5 |
The Veritable Key of Solomon Stephen Skinner & David Rankine
** three entirely new versions of the Key of Solomon in one volume, never before published **
NB: there are two editions of this book. Both with 384 pages, and the same text content:
1. A version with all the pentacles in full colour as in the original manuscript, hand bound in half leather and buckram, with marbled endpapers and hand gold stamped, limited to only 350 numbered and signed copies which is being published by Golden Hoard Press. The is the most beautiful and detailed grimoire ever published. With introduction by Stephen Skinner & David Rankine. This edition will only be available for purchase online. This is a book that every practicing magician must have.
The source is two French manuscripts scribed for a French aristocrat in 1796. This is not the earliest, but it is the most detailed version of the Key of Solomon. The book contains three separate versions of the Keys, in order to cover as much of the material as possible. Commentary on all the manuscripts including the earlier Greek manuscripts of the Key of Solomon are part of the introduction.
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384 pages 176mm x 250mm USA US$65.00 CANADA CAN$74.95 ISBN: 978-0-7387-1453-0
Published in the US by Llewellyn, and
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Virtually a Complete compendium of Classical feng shui
*** Now Available ***
65 Tables, 174 Illustration, 32 Colour Plates ISBN 978-0-9547639-9-2
Europe Price £46.00 USA Price US$96.00 SE Asian Offer Price S$96.00 Airmail Post FREE Only Available from this Site Not available in shops or on Amazon |
Guide to the Feng Shui Compass or lo p'an : a Compendium of Classical feng shui. Including a history of feng shui, a detailed description of 75 rings of the lo p'an, and a feng shui time line. Stephen Skinner
Material never before available in English…and difficult to find even in Chinese
How to read the San He and San Yuan lo p'an, with an explanation of each ring in detail, the history and background of feng shui and the lo p'an (luo pan).
This large book is 448 pages in size, and packed with detailed information which is very clearly explained, so that after reading it anyone should be comfortable using even the most complex lo p'an. This book is the result of 30 years of research and practice. More than 50 rings are illustrated, tabulated, and classified by Plate and School, with their use and history. Anyone reading the book can go from being a complete novice to complete familiarity with any lo p'an, ancient or modern that they may pick up. It clearly explains for the first time in English how feng shui developed and the relationship between the San He and San Yuan Schools.
There are 65 Tables, 174 illustrations, and 32 full colour plates. These include rare pictures and analyses of Ming and Ch'ing dynasty lo p'ans.
Every technical term, book title, or person's name, is carefully footnoted in traditional Chinese characters with supporting pinyin and Wade-Giles transliterations. There is a also a detailed feng shui history time line.
The book may not be available through Amazon or bookstores.
"No Classical feng shui practitioner can afford to be without this book.”
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Partial List of Contents
A Short History of Feng Shui History of the Compass - Misconceptions The Shih Board The Chai Ching Earth Plate Reading the Lo P’an How to Align the Lo P’an Tricks of the Trade How to Buy a Lo P’an Physical Structure of the Lo P’an The Rings of the Lo P’an Rings, Plates and Needles Mistaken Western Identifications The 4 Seasons and Celestial Animals The 8 Mountain Killings or yao sha The 8 Wandering Stars of the 8 Mansions The 9 Flying Stars or fei hsing The 9 Numbers of the Lo Shu The 10 Heavenly Stems or t’ien kan The 12 Earthly Branches or ti chih The 12 Jupiter Years or tz’u The 12 Life Stages Palaces or kung The 12 Provincial divisions or fen yeh The 12 Sovereign Hexagrams or p’i kua |
The 12 Yellow Springs or huang ch'üan The 24 Heaven Stars or t'ien hsing The 24 Mini-Seasons or chieh ch’i The 24 Mountains or shan The 24 Robbery Sha or chieh sha The 28 Lunar Mansions or hsiu The 60 Earth-Penetrating Dragons or tou ti lung The 60 Root Hexagrams or pen kua (San He) The 60 Sexagenary Combinations or chia tzu The 60 Uneven Dragons or ying so The 64 Hexagrams or kua The 72 Mountain-Piercing Dragons The 120 Golden Divisions or fen chin The 240 Golden Divisions or fen chin The 360 new Western degrees or hsien tu The 365.25 Chinese day-degrees or tu The 384 Hexagram lines or kua yao The 940 Degrees of the Complete Calendar or shou shih li The ‘Alphabet’ of Feng Shui Chinese Dynasties and Feng Shui Chronology The Schools of Feng Shui Catalogue of Common Lo P'an Rings
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The Complete Magician's Tables Stephen Skinner
The Complete Magician's Tables These more than 800 magical tables are the most complete set of tabular correspondences covering magic, astrology, divination, Tarot, I Ching, Kabbalah, gematria, angels, demons, pagan pantheons, religious and mystical correspondences ever printed. They are more than four times larger and more wide ranging than Crowley’s Liber 777.
The source of the data in these tables ranges from unpublished manuscript mediaeval grimoires and Kabbalistic works, Peter de Abano, Abbott Trithemius, Albertus Magnus, Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Dr John Dee, Dr Thomas Rudd, Tycho Brahe, MacGregor Mathers (and the editors of Mathers’ work, Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie), to the most modern theories of prime numbers and atomic weights. The sources include many key grimoires such the Sworn Book, Liber Juratus, the Lemegeton (Goetia, Theurgia-Goetia, Almadel, Pauline Art), Abramelin, and in the 20th century the grimoire of Franz Bardon.
All this material has been grouped and presented in a consistent and logical way covering the whole Western Mystery tradition and some relevant parts of the Eastern tradition.
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Alchemy and Alchemists Angels: Biblical and Gnostic Astrology: Zodiac, Planets, Decans, Mansions Fixed Stars and Constellations Buddhist Meditation Colour Scales Demons Dr John Dee’s Angels Emblems Feng Shui and Taoist Magic Gematria Geomancy Grimoires Herbs Isopsephy Kabbalah
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Letters, Alphabets & Numbers Magic and Sorcery Natural Magic: Plants, Stones Orders, Grades and Officers Pagan Pantheons Perfumes & Incenses Planetary & Olympic Spirits Questing and Chivalry Sacred Geometry Tarot Timeline: Magicians, Kabbalists, Alchemists, Astrologers, Knights Templar Vedic and Hindu Meditation and Magic Wheel of the Year: Hours, Months, Seasons, Festivals Yi Jing / I Ching |
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The Goetia of Dr Rudd Stephen Skinner & David Rankine
*** Almost sold out ***
The Goetia is the most famous grimoire after the Key of Solomon. This volume contains a transcription of a hitherto unpublished manuscript of the Lemegeton which includes four whole grimoires:
Liber Malorum Spituum seu Goetia Theurgia-Goetia Ars Paulina (Books 1 & 2) Ars Almadel
This manuscript was owned by Dr Thomas Rudd, a practicing scholar-magician of the early seventeenth century. There are many editions of the Goetia, of which the most definitive is that of Joseph Peterson, but here we are interested in how the Goetia was actually used by practising magicians in the 16th and 17th century, before the knowledge of practical magic faded into obscurity.
To evoke the 72 demons listed here without the ability to bind them would be foolhardy indeed. It was well known in times past that invocatio and ligatio, or binding, was a key part of evocation, but in the modern editions of the Goetia this key technique is expressed in just one word ‘Shemhamphorash’, and its use is not explained.
This volume explains how the 72 angels of the Shemhamphorash are used to bind the spirits, and the correct procedure for safely invoking them using dual seals incorporating the necessary controlling Shem angel, whose name is also engraved on the breastplate and Brass Vessel.
Available Now! The book will be airmailed to you (P&P free).
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Stephen with David Rankine in Wales last year
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Feng Shui Style
Periplus May 2004 You Can Order NOW on |
Sacred Geometry
Gaia / Hamlyn November 2006 Available NOW from all good bookshops or oder through www.amazon.com / www.amazon.co.uk
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