Magical Menagerie
Animal imagery from Greek elements and Celtic mythology traditions.
by Mike Leslie, Eric Hotz · Llewellyn
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The record
The Magical Menagerie is indeed a very magical book. Based on ancient Greek elemental classifications/correspondences and Celtic mythology, these cards present a gateway to a completely "other", and very magical, world. Leslie has done this by including animal imagery from this world (such as the bear), as well as the "otherworld" (such as the elemental Gnome) - imagery that has mythological magical connotations. In his preface, Leslie states that each beast included in this book epitomizes a specific spiritual quality, a quality that may be operating in the Seekers life at the time of the reading. In many ways, this book is an extension of Leslie's previous book, The Magical Personality). In The Magical Personality, Leslie works with the description of magic as being largely a psychological event. Here he describes personality in terms of the five elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and Quintessence (Spirit). Two of the four physical elements (Fire, Water, Air and Earth) are seen as well developed and conscious, two are seen as undeveloped and unconscious. In The Magical Personality, the conscious pairs are described by mythological beasts that illustrate the positive qualities of
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