Occult Book Reviews

LaVey’s main purpose in writing this was to give GROUPS small and large a definitive guide to Satanic ritualized magic. The ceremonies and rituals are designed to free your mind and focus your skills, and some are for simple fun. It makes a great companion to the Satanic Bible, For someone who is genuinely interested in Satanic ritual and has studied the Satanic Bible thoroughly, and maybe even wants to perform some rituals themselves, this book is truly useful. Only three rituals are described in the Satanic Bible, and if you’re serious about Satanic ritual, the extra information is great.

Well if you are looking for a book about a horned guy with cloven feet and people sacrificing chickens on alters and deflowering virgins… Then don’t buy the Satanic Bible ! as this is not what you would expect it to be.
Anton Szander LaVey sets out to clearly explain that all the other religions are wrong about Satanism this is a religion that was developed from from research, experience, and logic instead of a lunatics so called divine revelations. In a nutshell Satanism is about indulging in the happiness of love, self-improvement and independence.

Andrieh Vitimus has an easy going and quite humerus writing style that does not set out to confuse anyone with higher magical terminology unlike countless other books on the subject. It is all explained quite easily in layman’s terms and is ideal for both the novice and adept alike. Each chapter contains what Andrieh calls “games” and the purpose of these games is to build upon the magician’s skill and training to help build himself up to the more intense rituals later on in the book.. Hands on Chaos magic is not intended to be read from cover to cover in one sitting, The idea is to read a chapter fully understand it and the wisdom it contains and play the “game” so to speak whilst building your own journal of notes on your own personal findings to fall back on as a reference at a later point in time.
There is no overlying mythology here the system and techniques can be employed by anyone no matter what you are studying, this is the beauty of chaos magic, there is not set in stone guidelines and complicated outdated mumbo jumbo that only the adept can comprehend, This is a magic system that is flexible enough to accommodate both the old, the new and also your own magic from within !

First published in 1929 under the title of Sane Occultisum, What is Occultism, however is a new edition with an introduction written by Gareth Knight. Dion Fortune sets out to give readers a basic understanding of the elements in Occultism and the connections to spiritual enlightenment, Dion presents this all in a clear discussion whilst sweeping aside cultural assumptions she places occultism as a philosophy with religious overtones and gets to the root of occult ethics and ideals that people seek on the path to spiritual enlightenment. Subjects covered in this book are : karma, psychism, astrology, numerology, occult societies, fraternities, and also reincarnation (the study of past lives).