I had this book for a while and thought to give it a review here , hope it helps…
The book is mainly about Baneful work but if you study the mechanism behind it, you can apply it to any type of magick. When you read the book you will probably notice two things… it’s relatively short - less than 50 pages - and to the point. I personally liked that. If you know what you’re talking about then you don’t need 99 chapters to explain it !
Second, it may look-feel similar to Gallery of Magick. The author claims he’s not part of that group and while there are similarities between them, his work in my opinion is way more effective than most GoM books. Except Gordon Winterfield’s Demons of Magick.
There is only one ritual that you need to repeat three times, it’s extremely simple and easy, all you need is two candles and two pieces of paper! The ritual itself could take about 15 to 25 minutes max. And you will use the same ritual with all spirits mentioned in the book.
The author includes 11 categories or powers that you can choose from, for each power you will contact main spirit or as he calls him “Wandering Demon Prince”, and Three Demon Servants :
To Destroy Ambition - To Cause Anxiety - To Bring Depression - To Cause Regret - To Bring Exhaustion - To Create Conflict - To Ignite Aggression To Cause Accidents - To Bring Bodily Sickness - To Weaken and Confuse - To Remove Control.
What you will be doing is basically “opening” a sigil, delivering your intention to the spirit you choose to work with and receive results. It’s as simple as that. It’s very similar to E.A’s method of opening sigils but slightly different in design, and mainly focused on baneful magick.
I had good results with this book, and I suggest you give it a try. Good luck
I have the author’s “Demons of Deception” book, and I have to say, his method of “scanning” the seals of the demons is exactly the same as that used by the Gallery of Magick. Not similar, but exactly.
I will assume his method is the same between titles as it is with Damon Brand, so I will say that I found his method as described in the book I have, as much too involved for my liking. Why go through all the rigmarole he instructs you to do, when EA’s method of opening a seal is much easier?
I’m glad the book worked for you, OP. I, however, will stick to EA’s method. Hargrove’s stuff isn’t for me.
The author published 4 books… 2 of them I found not good enough. As you mentioned, Demons of Deception, uses the “scanning” technique of GoM, which I do not understand and believe it’s absolute B.S to be honest, so I skipped that book.
Another book, his latest one, is called Practical Jinn Magick. I didn’t like that one as well, but mainly because he stated that the success rate of it is 50%… and I personally found that insulting !
His other books, Demons of Wrath and The Magick of Influence… are my favorites in doing quick effective magick work. When I don’t have time or energy for long rituals. They’re well written, effective and to the point. That’s why I recommended the most simple of them here, Demons of Wrath, mainly for beginners and people who can’t perform more complicated rituals for one reason or another.
I use E.A’s method all the time, one of the best methods ever published. But the method in this book - according to my results- is more effective for baneful magick.
Interesting. More effective than opening a seal and communicating directly with the spirit?
I, personally, have never had the need for baneful magick, but my go to method for it would be an evocation so I’m curious if you have found this method superior to communicating directly?
Now, there’s something you don’t often hear someone say about their own work in the occult lol
So the method in these books is different than that in Demons of Deception? Okay, my assumption they were the same was wrong then. Cool, My bad
Actually yes. I don’t use classic evocations. I call the spirit then use its energy directly. I don’t talk much so it’s not the usual job interview style. I don’t wait for the spirit to do anything , I prefer to do the work myself… they only provide their power and energy to make it happen.
Yes he’s very honest author, totally respect that. But still with that book - Jinn Magick - 50% hit or miss rate is not enough at all from a professional magician in my opinion I think it got something to do with the type of spirits he works with in that book. If this is the case then why use them in the first place… it was weird to hear that from him. Didn’t make any sense to me !
The way the ritual is designed is great. But I would start with thinking about that target. And allow the emotions mentioned in the book to be generated naturally by thinking of the reason/s behind the ritual, the motives behind your decision of punishing that person, need to focus on that first, allow any visuals or images to appear in your mind, any memories if any… while you do, all those reasons to generate those negative emotions within you until you reach maximum peak point. You then hold this emotional state as you continue and end the ritual as the author suggests.
Once the ritual ended, you need to feel relief, peace or pleasure or power of victory. You can even laugh if you feel like it. All your negative emotions must be burned in the ritual completely so make that your main goal. If you do that successfully, you don’t need to repeat the ritual 3 times. Once would be perfect. But just in case… repeat it 3 times as the author suggests.
That’s how I would recommend to do it. Hope it helps
What I think is that there’s no simply “a best book” or the best method but there are methods or books that go well with OP.
Who may say what is the fastest method of magick of getting back a lover or what is the best magick to get money at once? Magick works but it’s not an exact science. There are methods that may well work with someone while not for you. The best one is the one that gets the job done for you.
We are not all the same. Some of us say;" Yes I see what you mean", some say “I hear what you say” and yet some "it feels to me like the same ". Even the same one changes within time or from situation to situation
Apart from that Hargrove’s book’s appeal; lies on their simplicity.
There is a thin line between accepting the diversity of knowledge, and praising and encouraging ignorance.
“Who knows”, “who can say”, “we are all different”, “magick is not exact science”, “nobody really knows what’s true”, “it’s all about your experience”…etc
All that sounds great and while there’s truth in such statements, they’re perfect traps to keep people away from learning any solid information about anything, and force others to remain in deep darkness, confusing delusions with knowledge and ignorance with enlightenment.
Personally when I hear such statements, or find someone spreading them everywhere… I stop and question their motives and try to understand their reasoning. While many are honest in their opinion, and only trying to encourage people to keep an open mind, there are also others who spread poison with an honest friendly smile… then run away before anyone notice.
Which is which? That’s for each person to judge and decide.
You should understand very well what I mean and still reply to me like that. Do I try to poison people here? Do you claim so just for honestly expressing my feelings or do you have a reply to my question?
"Who may say what is the fastest method of magick of getting back a lover or what is the best magick to get money at once? "
If then please state it so that would be the ultimate help to the Forum; I guess.
We are really different. Point finale.
On top of that, with all due respect to people’s claim about books ( yes there are classics and there are books who are just BS for most ); for me, Hargrove or EA are really two quality writers and both are performed for me good till now. And if one of their books do not do well for someone we can’t say at least we should refrain to say that they can’t be good for anyone.
