Probably also the Mari Silva books as well.
I wouldn't be so dismissive of Mari Silva. The older books at least up to Brujeria are worth reading especially for beginners. I do tend to unconsciously ignore the basics especially if I don't practice regularly. Meditation, astrology, divination, visualization, energy work are basic skills IMO that sometimes need to be refreshed to clear blockages.
On the other hand, the sheer number of books is a yellow flag. The artwork on the covers not so much if the time is taken to generate the appropriate cover.
The AI topic is not as clear as it appears at first sight. OK an AI written book that is humanized is basically a scam.
But some of my friends are using AI to translate medieval texts, even Greek stuff, vibe code programs that check compatibility of talismans with the natal chart, remaster classical images and converse with the AIs. But I wouldn't go as far as rejecting human exceptionlism.
The AI is a tool, it depends how the authors are using it. As long as it is transparent that the AI after much prompting has produced this text that I wasn't able to translate then later I manually went over it to make sure it makes sense or the image was generated or enhanced by the AI and this transparently communicated it might be OK with me IMO.
The real challenge is to filter out the slop that is being generated exclusively to churn out a new book every year, with little or no value, 0 transparency, only for mercenary purposes. That is easy now, but I fear it will get much harder in a couple of years.
