The Magical Use of Prayer Beads: Secret Meditations & Rituals for Your Qabalistic, Hermetic, Wiccan or Druid Practice

by Jean-Louis de Biasi

Overview

Join author Jean-Louis de Biasi as he explores how the profound tactile experience of using prayer beads can be used to deepen spiritual work in Qabala, Wicca, Druidry, and Hermetic traditions. With tips and techniques for choosing prayer beads as well as cleansing and consecrating them for spiritual use, The Magical Use of Prayer Beads is an ideal guide for beginners and adepts alike. Includes rituals that can be performed alone, with two people, or with a group—extending the useful applications and power beyond the more traditional approaches. This book explores unique practices for some of the most prominent Western mystery traditions, creating new paths on the journey of spirituality and magic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738747293
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	04/08/2016
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	906,021
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jean-Louis de Biasi is an author, lecturer, and philosopher. He is also a certified yoga teacher practicing several branches of yoga for more than forty years. He has been initiated into the highest degrees of several Western traditions, is the Grand Master of the Aurum Solis – Mediterranean Yoga, and G. P. of the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Cross. Prior to his involvement in American Freemasonry, he received the highest degrees in Freemasonry in Europe including the degrees of Egyptian Freemasonry. He specializes in Esoteric Freemasonry and rituals. With his wife Patricia, he is managing the international organizations mentioned before and teaching the 8 rays of Mediterranean Yoga all over the world. To learn more about Jean-Louis de Biasi, please visit him online at: www.debiasi.org.

Table of Contents

Foreword xv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 What Are Prayer Beads? 5

Chapter 2 Main Principles for a Successful Practice 13

Chapter 3 Consecration of Your Prayer Beads 29

Chapter 4 Qabalistic Tradition 43

Ritual of the Blazing Wheel 44

Ritual of the 22 Keys 61

Ritual of the Tree of Life 71

Ritual of the Nine Choirs of Angels 78

Chapter 5 Hermetic Tradition 105

Ritual of the Circled Cross 106

Ritual of the Seven Spheres 125

Ritual of the Spiritual Ladder 140

Ritual of the Hermetic Palindrome 154

Chapter 6 Wiccan Tradition 167

Ritual of the Wheel of the Year 168

Ritual of the Goddess 196

Ritual of the God 210

Chapter 7 Druid Tradition 231

Ritual of the Tribann 235

Ritual of the Celtic Cross 255

Ritual of the Nemeton 273

Conclusion 297

Appendix 299

Guidelines for Greek Pronunciation 299

Guidelines for Hebrew Pronunciation 303