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Title: Compendium of Herbal Magick by Paul Beyerl, Paul V. Beyerl ISBN: 0-919345-45-X Publisher: Phoenix Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book!
Comment: As some reviewers already stated, P. Beyerl's magical corespondences (some of them) seem arbitrary. On the other hand most of them are in accord with the tradition and seems ok. But if you put these 'errors' aside, 'Compendium of Herbal Magick' is still a very good (and very nicely illustrated) book with plenty of true informations and interesting stories regarding a lot of herbs. So I think that despise some errors (here and there) in the correspondences, (more than 80% of the attributions seems ok), it is nevertheless a very pleasant and respectable lecture. Buy it for its informations, for its interesting stories and for its nice illustrations but sometimes look elsewhere for the herb's correspondences. I give it four stars.
Rating: 3
Summary: I'm not sure about the scholarship
Comment: I was very excited to buy this book, because here at last was an alternative to Cunningham's fluffy magical herbalism books. I was excited because it seemed that the author's research and scholarship was much greater than Cunningham's.
Unfortunately, as another reviewer pointed out, his magical corespondences seem arbitrary. Also, the plants he chooses to list seem to have come off the shelf of some musty old occult shop and not out of the author's garden. How can you claim to know anything about the plant and its powers if you know it only in death and have never experienced it alive and growing.
Also, I sadly discovered that the author's scholarship is actually somewhat lacking. He describes Milkweed as the plant which attracts Monarch Butterflies, which is correct, unfortunately he lists the plant with the scientific name "Apocynum Androsaemifolium" which, while also sometimes called milkweed, has nothing to do with monarch butterflies. This plant is also sometimes called Dogbane and its a shrub which is totally unrelated to plants in the Asclepiadaceae family, which monarchs frequent. He lists the correct milkweed under its genus name, Asclepias, and never mentions monarchs.
Since I discovered this error it has called into question all of the information in the book and I hesitate to use it as a reference in my magical practice.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Resource Book
Comment: I picked up this version of the herbal Magick books because I wanted to see what mr Beyerl had t offer to this vast and sometimes conflicting magickal practice.
After reading through the book and using the index to find what I am nedding I must say where is "The Master Book Of Herbalism?" I want it..
Mr Beyerl has done tons and tons of research on this material (check out the Bibliography) and it shows. His entries are precise with magical associations, common names, and other names.. It also includes suggestions for use.
Not only that but, it takes the time to explaint he various ways to use herbs.
This is a wonderfull addition to any occult library..
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Title: The Master Book of Herbalism by Paul Beyerl, Diana S. Greene ISBN: 0919345530 Publisher: Phoenix Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: December, 1984 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series) by Scott Cunningham ISBN: 0875421229 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: May, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews by Scott Cunningham, Victoria Poyser-Lisi ISBN: 0875421288 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle by Deborah Lipp ISBN: 073870301X Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, and Metal Magic by Scott Cunningham ISBN: 0875421261 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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