Magic is the art of consciously influencing the phenomena of Nature by acting from the inner world. Higher Logic and Objective Science are the foundations of Magic.

It is sad to see how this Ars Magna has been so desecrated and decried in the last few centuries, to the point that nowadays everything associated to the word ‘magic’ has nothing to do with its original purpose and meaning.

The Magic of the old hermetic philosophers was always a legitimate right of Conscious Man. ‘Seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be yours as well’. ‘All these things’ are the powers and gifts which the Eternal Cosmic Common Father gives to his Perfect Children.

In all holy books we can find numerous instances of magic science. Are not the deeds of Moses a work of a great Magician? And what about Jesus walking on water? And what about the multiplication of loaves and fishes and the resurrection of Lazarus?

In brief, in his progress towards total science, the Magician understands the Laws governing the Universal Order and the Microcosm-Man, and as a scientist of the Most High, he operates in the laboratory of Nature, always according to the Great Divine Law.

In the Handbook of Practical Magic, Samael Aun Weor teaches the Secretum Secretorum of the Great Arcanum and the elemental keys for the Exercise of Practical Magic. The first lesson of the Path is to understand that the real Magician is the Innermost, who dwells in secret deep within ourselves. He alone has all the transcendental powers. Silence is the armour of the Magician. Humility is his great virtue.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 The Magician – 2 The Priestess – 3 The Empress – 4 The Emperor – 5 The Hierarch (The Virgin of the Sea) – 6 The Lover (Numerical Figures) – 7 The Chariot – 8 Justice – 9 The Hermit (Initiation) – 10 The Wheel of Fortune (The Ten Sephiroth) – 11 The Force of Persuasion (Chains) – 12 Apostleship (The Athanor) – 13 Death  (The Art of Talking to the Dead) – 14 Temperance  (The Elixir of Long Life) – 15 Baphomet (Black Magic) – 16 The Lightening-Struck Tower (Spells) – 17 Hope (The Art of Talking to the Sidereal Gods) – 18 Dusk (The Evil Eye) – 19 The Radiant Sun (The Philosopher’s Stone) – 20 Resurrection (Potable Gold) – 21 The Return (Meditation) – 22 Transmutation – Glossary – Translation of Exorcisms  

Samael Aun Weor wrote Zodiacal Course when he was just starting his work in connection with the dissemination of Gnosis.

Specifically, this is the third book he wrote after The Perfect Marriage and The Revolution of Bel, and it contains the first esoteric course he wrote for the benefit of his students.

Samael Aun Weor wrote this course having in mind all the aspirants who were searching for a direct and clear course which would allow them to awaken consciousness and to approach the altar of Initiation so that they could be quickly united with their Innermost Being.

As the author explains in this book, three requirements are essential to reach Initiation:

• Conscious astral projection
• Practice of Sexual Magic
• Sanctification, or elimination of one’s psychological faults 

These requirements are extensively dealt with throughout the book.

Also, in this book the author reveals the key of Sexual Magic, the unutterable secret of the Great Arcanum, and in it he first explains the Seven Degrees of Power of the Fire and their relationship with Initiation; specifically, with the great Initiations of Greater Mysteries or Initiations of the Fire.

Simultaneously, Samael Aun Weor, based on his own experience and Initiatory process, recovers for today’s esoteric culture the ancient science of Astro-Theurgy or Sidereal Magic (practically forgotten for many centuries now), a science based on the wisdom of the Divine Intelligences ruling all this Galaxy, included our solar system; the very Planetary Genii, who the Astrologer-Theurgist has to consciously contact with in order to become a master of all this creation.

In this way, Samael Aun Weor opens up a new cultural paradigm as far as the science of astrology is concerned; a paradigm which will reach its height at the pinnacle of the Age of Aquarius.

‘This course in Esoteric Astrology will turn you into Theurgists and Alchemists, and will develop all your occult powers. Then you will learn how to make yourself invisible, how to invoke and materialize the Planetary Gods in the physical world to converse with them, how to cancel Karma, and the secret art of succeeding in life through certain mysterious formulas which will allow you to use the sidereal rays for your own ends and to help others.’

Samael Aun Weor

Table of Contents

Dedication – 1. Aries – 2. Taurus – 3. Gemini – 4. Cancer – 5. Leo – 6. Virgo – 7. Libra – 8. Scorpio – 9. Sagittarius – 10. Capricorn – 11. Aquarius – 12. Pisces – Analytic Summary of the Course – Real Cosmographic Chart – Weekly Astrological Hours – A note on pronunciation of mantrams