title: Mysteria Magica: Fundamental Techniques of High Magick (The Magical Philosophy)
author: Osborne Phillips
description: Melita Denning and Osborne Phillips are internationally-recognized authorities on the mainstream Western Mysteries and are two of the foremost exponents of the Ogdoadic Tradition, that premier hermetic school whose keywords are knowledge and regeneration, and whose influence and works are historically traceable for the past one thousand years. <br /> <br />The authors received their major esoteric training in the magical order Aurum Solis, a society which was founded in 1897 and which has continued in active existence to the present day. On July 8, 1987, the authors, then heads of Aurum Solis, retired from the Order; but on June 23, 1988, at the unanimous request of the members, they resumed office. <br /> <br />In 1997, Melita Denning passed from this earth. <br /> <br />
zlib_text: A Charmed Mind
  
  Illusions Academy: Book One
  
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  Copyright Kaylin R. Peyerk
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Description
  
  Welcome to Illusions Academy where the males are sexy, the magic is
  unpredictable, and nothing is as it seems.
  
  My name is Elise, and I'm about to enroll in my first year at Illusions
  Academy, the most prestigious school in the country for mages like me. I've
  known all about magic from a young age thanks to my parents, who are a part of
  the Mage Grand Council, the governing body for all magic dealings. Because of
  that, everyone expects me to be one of the greatest mages of all time, but I
  have a secret.
  
  My magic is weak at best, and refuses to answer my call at worst. I'm hoping
  that the teachers at the academy can pull it out of me, but someone else does
  instead: my childhood rival, Demetri. He's one year ahead of me, and whenever
  he touches me an explosion of magical power is left in his wake. How can he of
  all people be the only one to help me? And how do I convinc