The Sorcerer's Secrets: Strategies in Practical Magick

I wish I had discovered him before... particularly before spending all that money on books from the Gallery of Magick. I mean those books are allright, but they feel like they hold back on a lot, and their extra cour$e$ seem to be where they share the good stuff. But Miller, or the Inominandum, just lays it out cristal clear. I love this no-nonsense approach to occultism. He gives you enough info to start as a beginner, but also opens up a whole new world of possibilities for your older stuff. He has a structural approach that allows you to fine tune previous rituals, because you realize where you can trim the unnecesary pomp and just focus on the actual operative parts of the rituals. He really has changed the game on ritual magick, I used the tense correcty, not changing it, he changed it, full stop. And you can tell because he has become a reference on many serious occult blogs. Even some blogs with snide remarks about where he draws some of his "shortened" formulas are very telling (he tells you where they come from anyway), since they are recognizing his voice is important in any occult discussion. I love most of the books I bought from him (4 books so far) and would recommend them, only Financial Sorcery seemed to spend one too many pages focusing on hard skills (or typical financial advise) and left me wanting more succes-magick related techniques. The rest of his books are fill with great insight and plenty of formulas to expand or beging your workings! Ashé for him.

I've never done this before. I normally highlight, and put sticky notes on pages of interest. Yes it blead through the back, made sure it wouldn't get on the next page, but somehow I don't feel bad. Off the bat, in the about (after the introduction), the author explains their reasoning for choosing to use the term "sorcerer". I have no issue with this (I didn't until the author also used sorceress, and realized they chose a term, that they don't consider, or use, in a gender neutral way). They then go on to use magician (a term not used for witchcraft, it's associated with being admittedly fake, purely illusion, a show, more than the association with gender) as an example as masculine leaning term. Wizard, is the closest to a masc leaning term for the practice. And witch as a feminine leaning term. Both of these, are actually, literally.... they're actually gender neutral terms. The author was speaking in a general sense, even generally a magician is not considered a practitioner. I noted this bias. The author continues by claiming these two represent definitive opposites. Witches "generally associated" with the moon (completely... untrue...), calling the moon's energy feminine. Magicians (wizards), "generally associated" with the sun (also, wrong...), describing the masculine as the sun. While I understand that these books tend to involve a lot of the authors personal beliefs and that's okay, but the author mentions these all as general beliefs, not their own. More and more people are rejecting these ideas of masculine and feminine energies. They're just calling them what they are, rather than the constructed idea of what falls where. And other people have completely different views on what is masculine and feminine energy depending on many factors. I found the underlined words to be a bit ironic. Which leads to my next comment. Chapter one, while I agree that not everyone is born with the same gifts, I don't agree that not everyone is born equal. Yes, gifts are different, but everyone is born equal and after the About that came before, it really struck a chord with me. Doesn't see people with less, different than,, or useful as an equal..? I agree with the message, but that one sentence, was too much, that one jab at other was bias. Making the paragraph a mix of fact and bias, essentially, sort of, saying that if you don't agree with everything then you can't accept this hArD and subjective fact. If you're not born with long fingers to play piano, the will to learn is a gift in itself is it not? The opertunity to learn is not a gift? Is being born with long fingers what makes a gift in music, or is the practice they do what makes them good at it? As well as art, if you're not color blind it's easier, but that doesn't mean you can and are an artist. I also don't believe that art, math or music is relatable to magickal gifts. As whether you're good at spacial awareness or not you can still learn how to be. Which is opposed to the theme. Theme being some people just don't have the same gifts, some people can't and won't be able to practice the way they would like. Whereas you have to be missing your arm to be unable to paint, something that typically happens after you're born. I continued reading, it's rare for me to feel like a book is dragging along, perhaps it was because of the previous pages, but the author repeats things in different ways for a couple pages. Due to the previous issues I've I've with the book, I'm hesitant to continue, but I do truely believe the author has important, helpful information to share. I don't doubt their practice. But due to some attitudes, impressions, I'm worried that I'll be put off for the rest of the book, just as I was when I read the first pages. I do intend on finish the book, it has an interesting format, I enjoy seeing more of this in books, but it'll take, who knows how long.Is the book the pictures showed. Good grammar, punctuation.If you find some issues with this as well, all I can add is to find another book, or to proceed with caution.

This book is a wonderful resource, whether you are brand new to magic (Sorcery) like I was when I read it, or you're an experienced sorcerer. This book has something to teach pretty much everyone. With that said, I do have to say that not everyone will be able to appreciate such a book.The Sorcerer's Secrets is a general guide for Sorcerer's. It covers pretty much every situation in life a sorcerer would face, so it is very comprehensive, but the advice in some of the chapters is not for everyone. The book encourages the heavy use of cunning to get ahead in life and provides several strategies on when and how to use it, whether it's landing your ideal life mate, getting a pay raise at work or whatever else. As such, it often touches on methods of manipulation, both psychological and magical. I read this book together with a friend and he found a lot of this information abhorrent, however, I think it would be good to have. Just because you read it in this book does not mean you have to do everything you read. But it would be good to have access to such wisdom should you find yourself in a time and a place where you need this information. It's good to prepared for every eventuality and this book will make sure you have tools at your disposal to handle any situation you encounter.Beyond that, my main complaint with the book is that, while it offers a lot of information in it's pages, it doesn't clearly state "Here is how you should begin developing you magical abilities." You have to take what is offered in the book, set your own starting place and craft your own journey into magic using it's information. I started with just some of the breathing techniques listed in this book and even that has made a world of difference in my life, so I definitely look forward to digging into the meat of the book more. But you have to be pretty good taking the information and making your own magical road map with it to really benefit from the book.Also, there are several points where the author hints at things or suggest things but never really explains it or fleshes it out. You have to be good at reading between the lines and maybe take notes for further research. To add to this problem, he often touches on a topic and says "But I don't have time to talk about it in depth here because that would take a whole book of it's own to talk about." And I have to wonder, why mention it at all? It's quite annoying when a promising technique or tidbit of knowledge is hinted at but then swept away the way it is.And lastly, I feel that a lot of the book is a rough outline in many ways rather than a proper book of strategies. It's a somewhat vague and heavily generalizes guide, which comes with pros and cons. There are, as I mentioned, suggestions for most every eventuality but there is also a large amount of information I'm going to have to research on my own because it's barely touched on in this book and never really explained. But I suppose that is what the rather comprehensive further reading section is for.Lastly, the book is long and tall, and quite large. It took me quite a while to read through each individual chapter. But the lamination on the cover is peeling all the way around the book. Not the greatest quality cover but otherwise, good for the price.All in all the book is great but you have to approach it with a very open mind and take what is said with a grain of salt. I find myself referencing it constantly as I slowly build up my practice. I loved this book. It was a fascinating, well written and entertaining read. The author has a pretty great manner of engaging his readers and I can see myself owning all of his works in due time. But if you take a heavily moralized approach to magic and have a "peace love and light" attitude about the world in general this book may not be the best book for you.

One of the best occult books I have on my shelf...Love the way the author writes, very down to earth and practical.Lots of very useful information about spirits, cleansing and protection, daily practices. Spells for influence magick and lots of other useful information.I read it the whole way through and know I will go back to it again and again.You will not regret buying this.

This is a good book for beginner to intermediate magickal practitioners, or even for those curious dabblers. In addition to theories about the psychology of magick, also includes step by step instructions for trying your own magickal adventures.

Overall a good book with an wealth of useful content although a little sprawling in its delivery.

This book was not what I expected. I thought they would be more to it. Disappointed with it. That doesn't mean that someone else will not like it.

excellent book the book explains why we should use the mundane with magic to aid us to reach our desire goals. very easy to read and do. excellent buy