Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia (vuoden 2010 painos)

An in depth look into the mechanics of European Occult societies usage of the Tarot as a means of divination. ( )

This book isn't as salacious as the title might otherwise indicate. It's basically a reissue of Crowley's 72 spirit correspondences plus a couple additional chapters.

If you know what the Goetia is, this might be worth a look to you. If you don't know the difference between a goetia, a goitre or gomorrah, this book won't be the least bit interesting.

The cover image is a good choice - thank goodness New Falcon Publications didn't make this look like a Black Sabbath album cover.

Artist David Wilson's work is sub-standard and really lessens the overall quality of the publication. Chapter 4, however, recounting an evocation gone wrong of Orabas is absolutely hysterical and reads like a cross between Dr. Faustus and a Peter Sellers movie. ( )

I read this because I was curious as to what the whole Keys of Solomon thing is about. This book basically goes through the steps of how to summon a demon, but it is obviously a bunch of malarcky. Although I did enjoy reading it a bit more than some other Christian Mythology, which is really what this is... Christian Mysticism and Mythology. ( )

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This is far from the best book on magical evocation, but also far from the worst. It has a few interesting psychological ideas in it, but I think overall it does not do the subject of demonology much justice. ( )