The title "True Magick" may seem familiar, because it’s been on Recommended Reading lists for newcomers to The Craft since 1990. After selling over 200,000 copies, Llewellyn has now revised and expanded this “little green book” that has given practical, helpful guidance to those wishing to learn the basics of magick.
It has a new cover (it’s still green though) and it has six new chapters, and over 100 “Exercises Toward Mastery” that will help students to gain a better understanding of the useful principles that the author is explaining. Amber’s intention in this revised version of her book was to “expand the boundaries into more advanced areas, and to incorporate more information about inner magick, nature magick, and everyday magick.” She has also updated this book with some recent scientific research that supports her theories on how magick works. The author has introduced material on quantum physics because, “scientists are beginning to find evidence that the universe is even more mysterious and amazing than anyone had guessed—anyone but magicians, that is.” Amber can be quite poetic at times too; while discoursing on the thought that possibilities are infinite, she says, “Somewhere, as you read these words, centaurs dance by moonlight, and torchlight glints from a golden hoard where dragons lie dreaming in their caverns.”
If you are looking for a book on personal transformation, and your desire is to incorporate magick into your everyday life, then buy this book! I liked it because the author drums into her readers that magick is to be taken seriously—her students are encouraged to work hard on the astral realms as well as in the material world. She enforces the concept that faith, dedication, and imagination are the keys to a magickal life.
Chapters on Ethics and Hazards, Choosing a Magickal Name, Connecting with Deity, and Tree Magick, are combined with hints on maintaining a balanced lifestyle in order to enhance your magickal work. But there’s more—so much more! There’s over 350 pages in this new edition, and they’re all worth reading. It’d be so tempting to dip into a chapter here and there to satisfy your curiosity about some of these areas, but it will be much more rewarding to read through it all page by page, doing the exercises as you go.
This book is going to be valuable for those who are just beginning to explore Paganism, and it’s not too simplified that it will bore those who have trodden this path for a while. I imagine that covens will find it particularly worthwhile to invest in a copy of this book, because studying and discussing each chapter, and then working through the exercises as a group, would be an excellent way to learn all facets of this deep and exciting subject.
Author: Amber K
Published by: Llewellyn
ISBN: 0-7387-0823-2
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