Customer Reviews:
 Absolutely the best Beginners Book on Ceremonial Magick. March 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first read Modern Magick about 20 years ago. I had been studying books by Israel Regardie and Aleister Crowley and was getting nowhere fast. This book is a key that opens up many doors of understanding and will easily take a complete novice to advanced levels of practice with minimal fluff, with heavy emphisis on the practical aspects of Magick.
This book was written by an expierenced magician and all instructions are clearly presented. Working through this book will make just about any other book on the subject of Magick considerably more accessable.
It is my serious belief that this is perhaps the most important book on Magick written in the last fifty years.
Foundations of Magick November 18, 2007
If you're new to the concept of Ceremonial magick, this is a good book. HOwever if you're looking for low magick, there's plenty of books out there. The market is actually saturated with low magick 101 books. IT's actually kind of sickening.
So to come across a primer in basic magick without any kind of bla bla bla theology crud behind it like Crowley and the others. Sure he doesn't delve very deep into the reasons for why you use said rituals, ANother fault I have with the modern Pagan Community at large. I don't blame him though as you actually do have to wade through the principles and other guidelines that Crowley ad Reguardie and all of them go into in other books. So this is more like supplimental reading. Especially if you want to pratice magick and not just read about it.
a most recommendable first book September 26, 2007
This was my first book I read about the subject and I still come back to it for reference, truly recommended for beginners at least.
 Full of interesting stuff August 31, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kool book. I haven't finished reading it yet (over 500 pages)But definitely makes for an interesting read.
Very Effective, simply brilliant August 29, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, I have for nearly all of my life been very wary of Magickal Arts. I'm Roman Catholic from birth, and so as you can appreciate, some non-sensical religious superstition is sometimes hard to push away. So buying this book was a huge and excellent life progression for me, and initially, enormously scary. This text has done two things, it has answered some of my personal questions, and improved my overall being. Donald Michael Kraig seems to be able to communicate the learning without all the hocus pocus, and provides very serious, practical and down to earth teaching and great explanations. Without this, I think that I would have simply thrown the book away.
I'm nearly three weeks into following the methods, and have noticed gradual and significant changes to my life. All positive and no negatives. Where I used to be weak, I now feel strong. Psychological maybe, but all the same, very very positive.
Simply put, I am really glad and very fortunate to have purchased this book.
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