title: Magic and the Western Mind: Ancient Knowledge and the Transformation of Consciousness (Llewellyn's Western Magick Historical Series)
author: Gareth Knight
description: Gareth Knight has spent close to four decades actively investigating and writing about the Western Magical Tradition and the Qabalistic symbolism. He is one of the world's foremost authorities on magic and the active use of symbolism. In 1976 he was awarded an honorary doctorate for his work in the field, and he has acted as a consultant for Jungian analysis and for television producers in the area of archetypal symbolism.<br><br>Mr. Knight now lives in his native Essex in England. <br>
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  # Farseer 2 - Royal Assassin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  
  Dreams and Awakenings
  
  
  
  
  
  WHY IS IT forbidden to write down specific knowledge of the magics? Perhaps
  because we all fear that such knowledge would fall into the hands of one not
  worthy to use it. Certainly there has always been a system of apprenticeship
  to ensure that specific knowledge of magic is passed only to those trained and
  judged worthy of such knowledge. While this seems a laudable attempt to
  protect us from unworthy practitioners of arcane lore, it ignores the fact
  that the magics are not derived from this specific knowledge. The predilection
  for a certain type of magic is either inborn or lacking. For instance, the
  ability for the magics known as the Skill is tied closely to blood
  relationship to the royal Farseer line, though it may also occur as a “wild
  strain ” among folk whose ancestors came from both the inland tribes and the
  Outislanders. One trained in the Skill is able to reach out to another's mind,
  no matter how