Adamson's Quest and Shamgar - The Purple Dragon

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Adamson's Quest and Shamgar - The Purple Dragon

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by Poke Runyon (Author, Illustrator), Lawren Freebody (Editor), Chris Machiran (Editor)

Adamson's Quest the adventures of the first and final fool on the Paths and in the Spheres of the Qabalistic Tree of Life from the pages of the original Seventh Ray (1972 -- 1978)comes the classic magical novel of the modern occult revival. Based on the O.T.A.'s unique Attention Point Pathworking system and the authors personal insights and experiences on the Inner Planes.Enoch Adamson's adventure begins in the curio shop of old Hermes Trismegistus. Hermes becomes young Adamson's mentor and helps him begin his astral journey of self and spiritual discovery. The old wizard dresses Enoch in the costume of the fool in the Tarot and sends him on a dream quest to find ;the horn of the unicorn, the eye of the basilisk, and the feather of the Phoenix. Enoch's personal and psychological development proceeds in mataphoric episodes from Malkuth to Yesod on the 32nd Path and continues as he struggles with social issues in his attempt to reach the great library in the Sphere of Hod via the 30th and the 31st paths where he will reconnect with his mentor Hermes Trismegistis. In the second occult fantasy novel, Shamgar, the Purple Dragon, the author calls upon his skills as a fantasy fiction novelist (Drell Master 2001) to present a forgotten Biblical hero Shamgar, the Canaanite, one of the first Judges of ancient Israel. This epic tale based on the Book of Judges has all the triumph and tragedy of the later Samson and Delilah tale. As in Homer the pagan Gods, and in this case the Biblical God, are characters in the drama. Shamgar is an exciting and thought provoking new look into Biblical mythology.

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Editorial Reviews

On Thursday September 4th, 2014 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion on Shamgar, son of the Canaanite War Goddess Anath who killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad and saved Israel (over a hundred years before Samson) and became a Judge (ruler of all the tribes) of Israel. Shamgar's story is briefly told in the Biblical Book of Judges. Beyond that lies the realm of myth and legend in which it is suggested that Shamgar was a Phoenician pirate called The Purple Dragon based in Tyre and sent by King Abi Milki to aid the Israeites against the Philistines. He joins the host of the Hebrew Judge Ehud, and marries his daughter Jael, who eventually tries to kill him. His ox goad is said to have been a magical weapon forged by the blacksmith Tubal Cain. The legend is perpetuated in the Gnostic Christian tradition of Marcus from whom we get the Greek Qabalah. Shamgar's exploits should be considered symbolic rather than historic, like the story of Hiram Abiff in Masonry or the Labors of Hercules in Phoenician and Greek astrological lore. If you want to return to the days when Gods and Giants walked the earth, tune in and we'll evoke the shade of Shamgar. --The Hermetic Hour. Blogtalkradio.com

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Church of the Hermetic Sciences, Inc.; first edition (May 23, 2019)

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English

  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 245 pages

  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0977276562

  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0977276561

  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.3 ounces