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Tricksters and Adversaries of the Left Hand Path: Black Edition
Tricksters and Adversary of the Left-Hand Path is a modern approach to these two controversial figures within sinister magic. The book was written by modern magicians with significant experience on the subject. The essays cover theoretical and practical topics such as Exu and the Cult of the Quimbanda - Rituals and explorations of the Mauve Zone - The God Pan and its Mysteries - Nyarlathotep and the Necronomicon Current - The Infernal Kings - The Trickster Myth in American Folk Knowledge - The Tezcatlipoca God - The Adversary Path of the Four Angels of Prostitution and many more ... If you are a modern magician of the Left-Hand Path or have an interest in working with or learning about these Archetypes, this book is for you.
256 pages, Paperback
First published September 5, 2015
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January 25, 2016
In the realm of spirituality one comes across many different types of entities. Two that you will come upon are adversaries and tricksters. Adversaries act as opposer or fighters barring your way. Tricksters use wit to fool you and sometimes teach you in very round about ways. Tricksters can also act as psychoppmps and guides.
This short book has somethings going for it and a few things that go against it. In terms of interest , well I read the book in one morning. This means two things ; one the book was interesting and the second is that it was short. So what we have here is an informative interesting book that gives information about tricksters and adversaries yet it falls short due to technical issues.
The technical issues are that the book is just too short. You pay a high price for only 100 plus pages. The second issue was that the book came in a pdf format not like that of a regular kindle book. Lastly the editing was shoddy. There were numerous grammatical and spelling errors. Not very professional.
Now for the good stuff . When informing us about these tricksters and adversaries the editor has authors write from many different domains. One author pulls from Voodoo and tells us about the amoral Eshu spirits who inhabit the lower astral plains. Including in this are instructions on how to curse. But remember the Eshu can trick you. Deities like Pan, Lilith and Lucifer are discussed and there are rituals and meditations that come along with several. You also learn about Livecraftian deities and Native American tricksters.
Over all a short informative book that the reader will find enjoyable.
I hope to see future works from this company but they have to up the professionalism if they want to keep going.
This short book has somethings going for it and a few things that go against it. In terms of interest , well I read the book in one morning. This means two things ; one the book was interesting and the second is that it was short. So what we have here is an informative interesting book that gives information about tricksters and adversaries yet it falls short due to technical issues.
The technical issues are that the book is just too short. You pay a high price for only 100 plus pages. The second issue was that the book came in a pdf format not like that of a regular kindle book. Lastly the editing was shoddy. There were numerous grammatical and spelling errors. Not very professional.
Now for the good stuff . When informing us about these tricksters and adversaries the editor has authors write from many different domains. One author pulls from Voodoo and tells us about the amoral Eshu spirits who inhabit the lower astral plains. Including in this are instructions on how to curse. But remember the Eshu can trick you. Deities like Pan, Lilith and Lucifer are discussed and there are rituals and meditations that come along with several. You also learn about Livecraftian deities and Native American tricksters.
Over all a short informative book that the reader will find enjoyable.
I hope to see future works from this company but they have to up the professionalism if they want to keep going.
February 29, 2016
A series of essays by selected authors which deal with the archetypes of the Adversary and the Trickster in a number of different traditions.
It covers a lot of ground from a large variety of cultural perspectives and is consistently interesting and informative.
In some instances, the grammar and figures of speech are a little strange, but I don't take issue with this since some of the contributors do not speak English as their first language. It is more important to seek knowledge from other perspectives than it is to demand grammatical perfection, and it is always perfectly clear what the author means to convey.
The only caution I would raise for the reader is that apart from the two archetypes (Adversary and Trickster), there is nothing in the book to ground it or to offer comparative perspectives. It is really written for people who already know the basic principles fairly solidly, and who will be capable of considering and filtering these essays on that informed basis. If you're a newcomer to he subject, this isn't for you.
It covers a lot of ground from a large variety of cultural perspectives and is consistently interesting and informative.
In some instances, the grammar and figures of speech are a little strange, but I don't take issue with this since some of the contributors do not speak English as their first language. It is more important to seek knowledge from other perspectives than it is to demand grammatical perfection, and it is always perfectly clear what the author means to convey.
The only caution I would raise for the reader is that apart from the two archetypes (Adversary and Trickster), there is nothing in the book to ground it or to offer comparative perspectives. It is really written for people who already know the basic principles fairly solidly, and who will be capable of considering and filtering these essays on that informed basis. If you're a newcomer to he subject, this isn't for you.
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