A Garden of Pomegranates

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Groundbreaking and challenging - Rated
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 and your old wineskins changed! It is powerful and transforming.

Thank you for your hard work.

Len

Comprehensive but... - Rated
tedious in the extreme. A perfectly acceptable reference work on the subject but dull to try to wade through in its entirety. I haven't read the cicero's additional material but I found their footnotes very helpful.

Excellent information on the Qabbalah - Rated
I have found this information to be very useful. Use this book in conjunction with 'Modern Magick' - Kraig provides some useful information, and 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 and 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 and stories, without credit. This is a minor criticism however, and Regardie is much easier to access than Crowley, without making it *too* easy.

After all, in the end, you have to put in your own work to get the most out of this book.

The garden hides the jewel - Rated
Symbols have always been used in the mystical tradition to express spiritual truths that cannot be properly expressed in words. The founders of the Qabalah created a particularly elegant system of symbols, numbers and the figure of the Tree of Life to convey their insights.

The word “skrying” means “to see” or “observe” and refers to the type of clairvoyance where use is made of mirrors, crystals, water in a bowl (like Galadriël in Lord of the Rings) or the tarot, to concentrate and focus psychic abilities in order to receive and interpret visions in the normal state of waking consciousness.

Regardie published this work in 1932 as an easy albeit comprehensive guide to the complex system of the Qabalah and 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 and 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 and a system of reference and have added practical material in the form of meditations, exercises, rituals and mantras.

Garden of Pomegranates is an excellent book for those interested in the working of the mind, in psychology, parapsychology and for practicians of the magical arts. This edition contains a glossary, bibliography and index. The text is enhanced by 52 beautiful illustrations and figures.

A wonderful beginners guide to the Holy Qabalah! - Rated
This book is the single best introduction to the Qabalah for Occultists and Magicians. It details the fundamentals of the Holy Qabalah in plain English. All of the information originally left out by Regardie has been provided by the Ciceros, who themselves have quite a name in the Occult books industry. Other great books to check out: Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition, The Middle Pillar (The Balance Between Mind and Magic), The Golden Dawn.