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The Complete Book of Amulets and Talismans
Melpomene posted on 2022-03-26 17:36 :
As is with most books claiming to be complete, this book served as a great general overview but was brief at best in section outside of western occultism. It goes into a range of a various talisman and amulet types ex. Egyptian, Key of Solomon, The Black Pullet, herb amulets etc... and provides some useful visuals. However, the sections that refer to culture and historical events are dubious as to their veracity, and the author neglected to give direct references for some of those instances, which made me question the overall legitimacy of this book. It also didn't help my confidence when a finalized book has a frankly hilarious typo such as quote waxing period of the mood unquote p.71 immortalized in it. I am willing to forgive it because it gave me a good laugh
Fortunately, it seems that the western occultism sections have been researched and better understood by the author, which gives me confidence in its accuracy. Overall, a decent book to refer to for beginners as a starting place and a quick guide for intermediate practitioners on western occultism.
My only complaint with the item itself is that the ink is not at all water resistant and bleeds very easily with only a minimal amount of water, hence the 4 stars. Must handle it carefully and never spill any liquids because it would ruin the pretty illustrations.
Price: $270
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Practical Solitary Magic
Melpomene posted on 2022-04-18 03:09 :
Overall a good starter book for ceremonial magick lite, so to speak.
Like many books of its era, it suffers from fear mongering passages and lots of opinions stated as facts ex Law of Rebound as objective fact, projection of contemporary human morality on deities, very specific ideas on spirit elementals, bashing the left hand path etc
Other problems include ill-advised practices, such as suggesting one bathe with malachite, malachite being a toxic mineral that dissolves in water, as well as dripping perfume into a stream as offerings to Ondines, which seems more like a great way to piss off water spirits for polluting their streams with synthetic chemicals.
It is a very very very Eurocentric and dated understanding of the world and magic ex Asia referred to as the Orient , but if you can look past all that I have read above, it serves as a decent start on a variety of subjects.
I personally enjoyed the dissection of the various planes and their functions towards magical working, and most of the anecdotes the author shares about her experiences. It is nice seeing a book getting down to the nitty gritty of the actual doing process of magick and the struggles one might find on their journey, as opposed to just copy pasting a bunch of spells, giving you brief reasons for their addition and then moving on.
Price: $250
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Anna Riva Magick Oil 2 dram
crimgrimmy posted on 2016-07-03 19:14 :
Fire of love
用後另一半的熱情大大添加， 我將少許oil的份量倒入之前用完的香氛樽插幾支木簽來散發香味擺在床頭位。wow! Amazing!
Thank you German :)
Price: $100
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Worry Dolls
貓貓 posted on 2010-01-15 01:56 :
好耐之前就買左worry dolls~~不過一直冇上黎比返評價!
之前我因為有學業/感情/家庭問題..真係令我好心煩,
又唔知點解決! 就買左佢地..諗到d咩就同worry dolls講晒,
心理上舒服左(吐晒出黎) 而且真係work,
原本冇得挽咁滯既關係竟然有得返轉頭!!
本身買佢只係為左減少煩惱..但最後竟然好似有d願望成真既感覺(?)
呢個價錢好抵..
仲有,佢地好靈...我買返黎果時1包有7隻(多左隻)
我拎開左多出黎果隻..之後我feel到有d怪怪的感覺(唔知係咪我多心)
我放返隻doll入bag果時就冇左果種feel~好似同我講佢想入返個bag度咁= ="
anyway..好幫得手,不過有次我mum幫我洗床單果時唔小心洗埋...甩晒色又甩晒線..
唔知有冇影響...定係要買過d新..??
Price: $70
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The Dark Moon Oracle: A 48-Card Deck And Guidebook From The Creator Of Moonology