Basic Sigil Magic

by Phillip Cooper

Basic Sigil Magic is about sigils; making them yourself. It is the hottest topic in magic today because every beginning magician wants to learn about them. The essential part of manifesting magical acts is communicating your conscious intentions to your subconscious mind, which will in turn put you on the path toward realizing your goals. The most effective way to communicate with your subconscious is via symbols, or, more specifically, sigils. Cooper shows how to create sigils and use simple rituals to charge them with power. He teaches you the importance of using color and the seven planetary energies to enhance the power of your sigils. Cooper's presentation is solidly founded in the basics of magical practice, from clearing your psyche, to setting up an appropriate environment, to designing your rituals, and performing the ritual itself. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated.

Genres: Occult, Magic, Witchcraft, Spirituality, Magick, Nonfiction

188 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Giovanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book touts itself as covering basic sigil magic, which it does do within the first few chapters, between introducing Austin Osman Spare's method of sigil creation and listing a few others. This beginning foundation was quite helpful and thought-out, but somewhere along the way it seemed as though the topic of sigils were not purely enough to fill the book, as the chapters covering specific colors could have been insightful in another setting that was not intended solely for sigil magic, which is not to say that colors cannot be integrated into sigil work, but that the book's title can be misleading in that manner.

There are beneficial takeaways from this book, but keep an open mind into your own correspondences of certain colors and your own beliefs that may or may not include a deity or deities as you progress through it.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dopo un'ampia premessa che occupa i primi capitoli, si arriva a parlare dell'argomento cui allude il titolo, dopodiché segue una nutrita serie di informazioni legate ai colori, che francamente mi ha lasciato alquanto perplesso (tra l'altro è la prima volta che leggo di determinati colori associati a determinate attività). Magari sono io a sbagliarmi, ma temo che questa lettura abbia aggiunto poco alle mie conoscenze, ancora scarse, in materia di sigilli.

[Malum · Rating 2 out of 5]

Attempts to wed chaos magic and ceremonial magic. The title is a bit misleading because there is quite a bit here that doesn't have much to do with sigils at all. Also, the "color magic" portion near the end seemed kind of pointless, like he needed to come up with something to fill pages.

[Matias Selzer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The part about the colors was a little bit ambiguous.
However, the book is great and it is full of useful techniques.

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the contents are basic but some are advanced. I expected it to have more about sigil but, yeah.

[Kitten Foxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book if you're looking for some facts about Sigils and how to make/conjure your own. I found this book extremely helpful and I'd recommend to any fellow Witches.

[Nadine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unicamente recomiendo leer los primeros 5 capítulos (o incluso menos). Es mejor la informacion sobre los sigilios en youtube que en este libro

[Sonja H · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as expected

[Gumble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Jennifer Anderson · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is very....2001. It feels ..... dated. Youtube and Reddit have way better information about sigil work than this does.