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Book Review – The Northern Path

January 26, 2010 by soli  
Filed under books, reviews

Douglas “Dag” Rossman Seven Paws Press (June 30, 2005) ISBN: 978-0964911390 252 pages Reviewer: Soli   At first glance, Norse mythology can be a daunting dragon. Rough living, the world coming into being from a cow licking an ice man and humans starting as trees, enough names with Thor as a root you would need a spreadsheet to keep track of [...]

Book Review: Raising Hell

December 15, 2009 by Ian Vincent  
Filed under books, left hand path, mysticism, reviews

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Kali Black Megalithica Books (March 21, 2009) ISBN: 978-1905713387 136 pages Reviewer: Ian Vincent   This book is a spirited attempt to reclaim that most twisty and controversial of magical ideas, Black Magic — and is also a manual of what the author calls “Anarchashamanism.” The position taken could be broadly described as anti-capitalist, non-hierarchical (power-with rather than power-over), ecologically aware [...]

Book Review: Initiation in the Aeon of the Child

December 15, 2009 by Shawn Gray  
Filed under books, mysticism, reviews, thelema

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J. Daniel Gunther Ibis Press (January 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-0892541454 224 pages Reviewer: Shawn Gray   This is truly one of the most informative new esoteric books that I’ve read in quite a while. When I heard that a new book had come out that was immediately put on the required reading list for students of the A∴A∴, I wasted no [...]

Occult Author Spotlight – Bill Whitcomb

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Note: This is my last column for the Occult Author Spotlight. While there are many other authors to discuss and I hope someone will take over and write about those authors, the demands of several of my own ventures as well as some changes in my spiritual life prohibit me from continuing. I was first introduced [...]

Book Review: Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, Over?

October 22, 2009 by Ian Vincent  
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Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot. Over? Collen A’Miketh Megalithica Books (April 20, 2009) ISBN: 978-1905713301 136 pages Reviewer: Ian Vincent   When I read a book, especially a book about magic written by a practitioner, there’s always a need to let go of my own perspective a little. Everyone views the world in a unique way defined by their experiences, character and knowledge — [...]

Book Review: Pop Culture Magick, 2nd Edition

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Pop Culture Magick Taylor Ellwood Megalithica Books; 2nd edition (August 14, 2008) ISBN: 978-1905713127 144 pages Reviewer: RainSingingWolf   When I first heard that somebody was seriously considering writing a book on media magick (specifically pop culture), I was both thrilled and terrified. As a longtime lurker on many boards, I have encountered so many terrible ideas using new media that I [...]

Book Review: Modern Magick

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Modern Magick: Eleven Lessons in the High Magickal Arts Donald Michael Kraig Llewellyn Publications (1988) ISBN: 978-0875423241 600 pages Reviewer: Sheta Kaey   As this book is typically the first book recommended to anyone interested in learning ceremonial or ritual magick, I thought a review here was appropriate, if only for the purpose of having it in our archives. As a primer [...]

Book Review: The Balance of the Two Lands

October 22, 2009 by Lupa  
Filed under books, mysticism, religion and spirituality, reviews

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The Balance of the Two Lands: Writings on Greco-Egyptian Polytheism H. Jeremiah Lewis Bibliotheca Alexandrina; CreateSpace (June 3, 2009) ISBN: 978-1442190337 372 pages Reviewer: Lupa   Heh — the review I wrote about just before this one, incidentally, was about the blending of multiple religions! Go figure. However, whereas ChristoPaganism was about modern mixing of neopaganism and Christianity, The Balance of the [...]

Book Review: ChristoPaganism

October 22, 2009 by Lupa  
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ChristoPaganism: An Inclusive Path Joyce and River Higginbotham Llewellyn Publications (February 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-0738714677 336 pages Reviewer: Lupa   Hoo, boy. This book is bound to stir up controversy. There are plenty of pagans who seem to have no qualms with drawing inspiration and practices from other religions — pretty much all of them, except for Christianity. You have Jewish witches, [...]

Book Review: Seeing in the Dark

October 22, 2009 by Lupa  
Filed under books, mysticism, reviews, shamanism

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Seeing in the Dark: Claim Your Own Shamanic Power Now and in the Coming Age Colleen Deatsman and Paul Bowersox Weiser Books (May 1, 2009) ISBN: 978-1578634439 224 pages Reviewer: Lupa   I think I’m reaching the point with (core) Shamanism 101 books that I hit with Totemism 101 books a few years ago — I’m getting tired of them, and want [...]

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