The Way Back

The Way Back – Clifford Bias

The Way Back is a book of rituals for the twentytwo connecting paths of the Tree of Life using the Tarot as the symbolism for the journey. This volume is a practical workbook, meant to be used in conjunction with the Marseilles Tarot Deck. In Parts I and II. Clifford Bias presents the background material necessary to understand the symbology of ritual working. Bias combines the Sepher Yetzirah, the Path of the Serpent, and astrological correspondences in a discussion that takes us from an understanding of The Way Down to The Way Back. Part III. the Rituals of Return, presents complete and concise instructions for working the twentytwo rituals. Ritual is a way back to the self, a means to perfection. and a way to rediscover the larger-than-three dimensional aspects of daily existence. Bias has compiled a text that is rich in the sort of ritual that can lead us out of our limited circles of awareness and show us how we fit into the Greater Reality of the Cosmos.

About the author: A well-known figure in the spiritual community. Clifford Bias was ordained into the ministry in 1937 and has served as a minister of churches in Jackson. Michigan: Buffalo, New York; Toledo. Ohio; St. Petersburg. Florida; and New York City. He helped organize the Spiritualist-Episcopal Church and the Universal Spiritualist Association and has served as educational director and president of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists (Camp Chesterfield. Indiana). At present he is dean of the Universal Spiritualist Institute which holds sessions each summer on various Mid-Western college campuses. Cifford Bias also compiled and edited the Ritual Book of Magic.