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About the Author Israel Regardie (1907–1985) was the author of a number of outstanding books on magic who was credited with removing the excessive secrecy surrounding modern occultism. Born in England, Regardie spent most of his life in the United States. In 1928 he took a job as Aleister Crowley’s secretary and by 1932 he had become an esoteric teacher in his own right. In 1933 he joined the Stella Matutina, an offshoot of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. In 1937 he published the rituals of the Order in his classic book The Golden Dawn.

About the Editors Chic Cicero was born in Buffalo, New York. A former musician and businessman, Chic has been a practicing ceremonial magician for the past thirty years. He was a close personal friend of Israel Regardie.

Having established a Golden Dawn temple in 1977, Chic was one of the key people who helped Regardie resurrect a legitimate branch of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the early 1980s.

Sandra Tabatha Cicero was born in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin.

She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, with a Bachelor’s degree in the Fine Arts. Both Chic and Tabatha are Senior Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. They are the authors of several books published by Llewellyn.

To Write to the Editors If you wish to contact the editors or would like more information about this book, please write to the editors in care of Llewellyn Worldwide and we will forward your request. Please write to: Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero c/o Llewellyn Worldwide 2143 Wooddale Drive Woodbury, MN 55125-2989

Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for reply, or $1.00 to cover costs.

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A Garden of Pomegranates: Skrying on the Tree of Life © 1999 by Llewellyn Publications and Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including Internet usage, without permission in writing from Llewellyn Publications except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Copyright © 1932 by Israel Regardie Copyright © 1970 by Llewellyn Publications THIRD EDITION, edited and annotated Sixteenth Printing, 2020 Second edition, revised and enlarged, ten printings, Llewellyn, 1970 Cover design: Tom Grewe Illustrations: Sandra Tabatha Cicero Book design and layout: Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero Project management and editing: Christine Snow Illustrations of “Osiris,” “Horus,” “Hathor,” “Isis,” and “Thoth,” from Clive Barrett’s The Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Diamond Books, are reproduced by permission of the author.

Artwork from The Doré Bible Illustrations; Doré’s Illustrations for “Paradise Lost”; Heck’s Pictorial Archive of Art and Architecture; Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends; Ancient Egyptian Designs; The New Testament: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources; The Story of the Champions of the Round Table; and The Story of King Arthur and His Knights are courtesy of Dover Publications.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Regardie, Israel.

A garden of pomegranates : skrying on the tree of life / Israel Regardie; edited and annotated with new material by Chic Cicero, Sandra Tabatha Cicero. – 3rd ed. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-56718-141-4 (trade paper) 1. Cabala–History and criticism. 2. Cabala. 3. Spiritual exercises. I. Cicero, Chic, 1936– . II. Cicero, Sandra Tabatha, 1959– . III. Title.

BM526.R4 1999 296.1’6–dc21 ISBN-13: 978-1-56718-141-8

98–47612 CIP

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Before his death in 1985,Israel Regardie was considered by many to be the last living Adept of the Golden Dawn. He was a former secretary of Aleister Crowley as well as a Reichian therapist. His other classics include the books The GoldenDawn and The Middle Pillar.

The Ciceros are Senior Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden

Dawn and the authors of Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn and Secretsof a GoldenDawn Temple.Chic was Regardie's personal student, friend, and confidant.

The Best Single Introduction to the Qabalah for Magicians When Israel Regardie wrote A Garden of Pomegranatesin 1932, he designed it to be a simple yet comprehensive guidebook outlining the complex system of the Qabalah and providing a key to its symbolism.

Since then, it has achieved the status of a classic among texts on the Hermetic Qabalah.

The Qabalah is the ancient system of Hebrew mysticism that is the foundation of all Western magical and esoteric studies. Its primary symbol is the Tree of Life, used since ancient times to study the nature of the Universe, the essence of God, and the attributes of the human mind. This book stands as the clearest introductory guide for magicians, with an emphasis on direct experience through meditation on the Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom.

The Ciceros have made A Garden of Pomegranateseven more useful for today's occult students with full annotations, critical commentary, and explanatory notes. They've added practical material in the form of pathworkings, suggested exercises, and daily affirmations-one for each Sephirah and each path. Brief rituals, meditations, and Qabalistic mantras complement Regardie's section on gematria and other forms of numerical Qabalah. $24.99 us

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