The Bloomington Magic(k) Study Group is an informal gathering of those interested in the Western esoteric tradition, including such topics as theurgy, Hermetism, Gnosticism, the history of magic, Platonic philosophy, alchemy, astrology, kabbalah, tarot, and related topics. It currently meets once per month in a relaxed lecture/discussion format to study a text chosen by the group in advance. It is led by Brian Alt, a PhD candidate in the history of religion and a student of the Western esoteric …

Most of us seek fulfillment outside of ourselves because we are living in a world that conditions us to believe that external material attainments can give us what we want. Yet again and again our experiences show us that material possessions and external circumstances never completely fill the deep longing in us. We feel a deep need to understand…or at least more fully feel our connection to universal consciousness… to find that something more. Over the millenia many approaches have arisen to a …