Customer Reviews
Groundbreaking and challenging - By: Mr. RL Van Den Berg, 01 Jun 2007 
For the serious student this book is more than just a leasurely read. This is not just bedtime reading. This is part of a journey. It is the elements of a new life!
I did not just buy it to read it but to study it. Expect to have your horizons broadened & your old wineskins changed! It is powerful & transforming.
Thank you for your hard work.
Len
Comprehensive but... - By: , 09 Apr 2006 
tediousin the extreme. A perfectly acceptable reference work on the subject but dull to try to wade throughin its entirety. I haven't read the cicero's additional material but I found their footnotes very helpful.
Excellent information on the Qabbalah - By: , 01 Dec 2002 
I have found this information to be very useful. Use this bookin conjunction with 'Modern Magick' - Kraig provides some useful information, & some good practices, but falls down on information about the Sephiroth. That is where Regardie's book is very strong. Some of Kraig's correspondences are mere reproductions of what Regadies writes, without reference to some of the end notes which explain alternate names for some of the correspondences.
I've been using this information to round out my correspondences & summaries of sephiroth...an ideal way to absorb the information.
If you compare Regardie to Crowley, you may notice that Regardie has directly used some of Crowley's analogies & stories, without credit. This is a minor criticism however, & Regardie is much easier to access than Crowley, without making it *too* easy.
After all,in the end, you have to putin your own work to get the most out of this book.
The garden hides the jewel - By: Pieter, 08 Sep 2002 Symbols have always been usedin the mystical tradition to express spiritual truths that cannot be properly expressedin words. The founders of the Qabalah created a particularly elegant system of symbols, numbers & the figure of the Tree of Life to convey their insights.
The word “skrying” means “to see” or “observe” & refers to the type of clairvoyance where use is made of mirrors, crystals, waterin a bowl (like Galadriëlin Lord of the Rings) or the tarot, to concentrate & focus psychic abilitiesin order to receive & interpret visionsin the normal state of waking consciousness.
Regardie published this workin 1932 as an easy albeit comprehensive guide to the complex system of the Qabalah & to serve as a key to its symbolism. The primary symbol of this ancient Hebrew system is the tree of life that has been used for centuries as a means to study the nature of the cosmos & the qualities of the psyche.
With its emphasis on direct experience by meditating on the paths of wisdom, this is a most understandable introduction to the Qabalah. The editors have enhanced this classic work with their commentary, notes & a system of reference & have added practical materialin the form of meditations, exercises, rituals & mantras.
Garden of Pomegranates is an excellent book for those interestedin the working of the mind,in psychology, parapsychology & for practicians of the magical arts. This edition contains a glossary, bibliography & index. The text is enhanced by 52 beautiful illustrations & figures.
A wonderful beginners guide to the Holy Qabalah! - By: , 07 Sep 1999 This book is the single best introduction to the Qabalah for Occultists & Magicians. It details the fundamentals of the Holy Qabalahin plain English. All of the information originally left out by Regardie has been provided by the Ciceros, who themselves have quite a namein the Occult books industry. Other great books to check out: Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition, The Middle Pillar (The Balance Between Mind & Magic), The Golden Dawn.
