One of my essential goals in print the book the way that I did is so that it would attractiveness to practitioners of whichever Enochian and traditional grimoire magick, as I am of the suspicion that the at the outset Enochian logic of John Dee and Edward Kelley in fact has a lot in regular with the subsequent logic. It incorporates go well together tools, go well together conjuration structures, and so forth to the grimoire move toward of the sixteenth century, and is solidly won over by the works of Henry Cornelius Agrippa and topical grimoires such as the Almadel. If you go finished the Dee diaries themselves this practice is moderately obvious, and as hanker as it's followed you don't procure to work with Enochian Chess or shortened pyramids or even scrying to get firm, practical consequences.
Here's a lay up of the reviews that the book has normal so far. To all of you who took the time to review my work, you transfer my credit. I've been very approving with the reaction the book has normal.
The major thing that intimidated me about the book was to be found in the major page supporter the prepare of substantial, (continuously a good sign like you find yourself contemporaneous with the scribble previously the third pilaster) and that is that Scott differentiates concerning Pastoral and Advantage Magick, which is whatever thing he and I transfer in regular, and very anyplace we department from the high proportion. Even as out definitions are substitute, I affection that he too makes the reputation anyplace most good coalesce whichever practices together and use the terminology interchangeably.
Marginal succession of meeting concerning Scott's beliefs and my own is in the regulate pronunciation of the Enochian communication. As I've mentioned previously, I am no Enochian scholar or adept and wait optimistically to most of the authors who've on paper on the taken, but I good can't agree with the elongated Fair-haired Opening mode pronunciation.
The burial he presents herein are easy to defer to and, ominously to my tastefulness, do not hunger one to transfer attained the understanding of the Enochian logic that accompanies ongoing study. Segment of what has blocked me from delving concerning this logic apart from its power is that it is impressively obscure and I righteous lack the time to study it in prosperity. This is a book that character spread inhabit questioning in the contour of Magick to dive on in, and do so in a far a cut above logical and true caring that works such as Schueler's, bringing us one notch earlier to the Magick OF John Dee, as contrary to the modern adaptations which carry undersized sound.
- Michael Cecchetelli, scribble of "Crossed Keys" and "Mardukite Magick", from The Lion's Den.
Scott Stenwick has given us a helpful the lot to the topical Enochian organization in "Mastering the Paranormal Heptarchy." The major book to arise a logic of practice for working with the Vast logic of Dr. John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley, the "Heptarchy" is whichever a small clearing up of the able-bodied squeeze and a shrill arise of how it can be cast-off by Enochian scrutinize groups today. Novelist Stenwick's eclectic mode reflects an structure to spirituality that is in considerable use including topical Enochian magicians, bringing together practices dating back to the sixteenth century and in advance, and twenty-first century approaches that transfer mature out of the work of postponed modern esotericists affection the Fair-haired Opening and Aleister Crowley. At the incredibly time, Stenwick is precise to make shrill which parts of his book postdate the work of Dee and Kelley, and to offer suggestions for practitioners who take to work in a a cut above traditional move toward.
However portray are a few hazy spots--the book would relieve from the services of a precise editor to fix the odd typo and smooth the sporadic unsound phrasing--these are petty matters. This is, once all, believed to be cast-off as a topical grimoire, not an one of the literati operate.
In fact, such lapses are few and austerely unpopular, and are very ominously outweighed by the book's masses strong points. This book belongs on the arise of self questioning in Enochian, close to inhabit of Lon Milo Duquette, Colin Campbell, Aleister Crowley, Joseph Peterson, Aaron Leitch, Teresa Burns, and others.
- R. Christopher Feldman, scribble of "A Blunder of Authorship: John Dee, Edward Kelley, and the 'Angelic Conversations.'" from Amazon Reviews.
Fundamental off, I normal a make a replica of Scott Stenwick's newest book "Mastering the Paranormal Heptarchy," (Pendraig Publishing 2011) and I transfer looked it deadly. This looks affection a really stimulating and upright book, which character supply the Enochian magician an massive unmitigated logic of planetary magick to add to the rather than open and well documented systems of Underlying and Talismanic Underlying magick. Scott takes two approaches to this a cut above involve Enochian squeeze, and these two paths character satisfy the adherent using the Fair-haired Opening move toward of magick as well as the grimoire afficionado who requests to work magick as it would transfer been worked by Dee himself.
I can say that whichever approaches are efficiently documented, making this book a lot a cut above plentiful than it force be if one structure was chosen deadly the other. Scott is an thin author and has finished this book convincingly unfilled to the suggest occultist, so it shouldn't be impenetrable for self who seeks to master this logic of magick to be safe to do so. As a friend and magickal socialize, Scott is one of inhabit massive men that I transfer had the look upon to know and give a sermon with from time to time. So I am recommending that if you transfer any zest in Enochian magick, this book is an massive the lot to your library of magickal books.
- Frater Barrabbas, scribble of "The Disciple's Endure to Advantage Magick", the "Mastering the Art of Advantage Magick" series of books, from Idiom On all sides Advantage Magick.
If you read Augoeides, you're I assume conclude with his "magick in pop culture" posts on witchdoctors, teenage years who presume they're vampires and the affection. This book is fine substitute. It's a perplexing guide to Enochian ritual magick, with a tone affection his posts on changing the corridor of the symbols in the LBRP / LIRH.
I'm not done with the book yet, but I'm going to blog as I read it, like sections acquire my eye. So far, it's been a tough intro to Enochian, and an stimulating glass concerning how Scott thinks about magick, which is value reading in itself. It's not the arrange of book I'd typically buy, and I was slyly nervy I force not affection it, but so far it's been tough, and I'm euphoric I got it.
- Mike Sententia, from Magick of Weight.
The Heptarchia Mystica is a box of Dee and Kelly's work that is commonly without being seen and changed from the Cool Believe. It is very earlier in practice and paper to the grimoires of the time. If you're a grimoiric/Solomonic magickian (affection me) some of the best part Enochian logic can see a bit ominously to get concerning, but the Heptarchia Mystica is a cut above unfilled and conclude in masses ways. It gives a lay up of planetary Kings and Princes, as well as the evocations for each manipulate, and how to work with them, in a mode far earlier to what you get from the Unimportant Key than from most Enochian texts.
This book is a cut above than good printing of the oft unpopular text, but very a massive book on how to work with it. It was on paper with the "shape that you as an aspiring magician requisite be safe to collect up this book and begin working magick precisely not in" (53). If not for the fact that it requires entity ritual items affection rings and lamens, this goal seems to be hit.
- Kalagni, from Blue Flame Magick.
Style in the manner of a cut above to all of you for your materialize words. I'm euphoric to know that the book is proving to be stimulating and upright. A sequel is at the moment in the works, "Mastering the Cool Believe", which character problem the incredibly move toward found in "Heptarchy" to the Cool Believe itself, anyplace ominously of the carry on century's Enochian work has been devoted.
