Magical Knowledge III: Contacts of the Adepts

By Josephine McCarthy

TaDehent Books, 2020

Magical Knowledge Book Three: Contacts of the Adepts (second expanded edition) is the third book of the Magical Knowledge trilogy, a series that takes the reader through the twists and turns of serious magical study and practice. Written by Josephine McCarthy, one of the world's leading magical adepts, Contacts of the Adepts provides training in the necessary skills, contacts, and adept-level practices for lone practitioners studying Western magic. 

This book follows no specific magical path; rather it reveals the layers of consciousness that lie beneath many paths, along with the various techniques, powers, and dynamics that underpin most Western Mystery schools and Western magical systems. Subjects covered include: temples and deities, working with magical utterance, advanced work with angelic beings, enlivening magical tools, the magical dynamics of fate, the use of magical decoys, the magic of the underworld, plus the practicalities of living as a magical adept.

The Appendices of the Magical Knowledge Trilogy also has a collection of essays and stories – each of the three books in their second edition have appendices, which have been brought together for the Trilogy. The subject matter ranges from basic cleansing and protection workings (from MK I) to a series of essays on ‘What Does Magic Do?’ – a look at the complexity of fate and magic in action, the magical understanding of Good and Evil, an essay on Decoy magic, plus historical look at some of the roots of western magic. There is also a fiction short story which dramatizes the inner and magical aspect of death and beyond.