Thread: How about Franz?

Greetings,

What do you think of Franz Bardon's work? Would you reccomend any of his books to an ''uninitiated'' person?
Thanks for your attention, and pardon me if I happen to be ignorant of any relevant posts.





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I confess I have not read any of his works, I have looked at them. they seem to cover a variety and are supposed to be geared towards ones who are on their own. I am sure there is ones here who have read and utilized his written word.

I see Lady D. Anyways, some of his works that I am aware of are ''Initiation Into Hermetics'', ''Magical Evocation'', ''The Key to the True Quabbalah''. So I might try as well to gain one of these books...

I think Initiation into Hermetics would probably be a good way to start. I looked at it online, they have the whole book there and it seems to cover quite a bit. http://www.rexresearch.com
It seems they have his book there if you do not want to buy it.

Well, I already had an older pdf of initiation into hermetics and one of evocation (found on net), but it was full of grammatical and spelling mistakes so I feared it was non credible.

This is a problem as unfortunately these errors seem to be more of the norm. I have a translation of an old book and it is missing important parts. Even one of Israel Regardie's books have errors. Perhaps you would be better off purchasing the book after all.

this is my main area of study.

I would recommend his books to anyone interested in Hermetics, they are a great read.

I would recommend reading a variety of sources also tho, as more viewpoints on things only lead to higher knowledge which is a great advantage.

http://www.abardoncompanion.com/

Thank You. I knew one of our members would know.

When I was 13 I was introduced to Hermetics through Initiation Into Hermetics by my grandmother. I think this was a test in more ways than one as it is a tough book even for adults to work through. But, I have to say I learned a lot, not just about hermetics but, about myself. I finished it in 9 months.

There are errors but, this is a great place to start the serious study of Hermetics and Magic for anyone of any path!

I would suggest you really make a committment to follow thru if you start Initiation Into Hermetics, at some point I may start again, I got stuck on the dark mirror get depressed and put it aside.