Author Occult Authors Hall of Shame

[Morell]

In this threat you can prsent screwups, amateurs, fools, and other authors that don't know much about occult and it shows in their work.

I'l put here for the start Father Sebastiaan.
His occult works contain barely any useful material, as he is barely shallow begginer, yet presents himself as deep knowledgable person.

 

[stalkinghyena]

There was one book that really let me down with regards to expectation, but it is all I have read of the author, and I couldn't even finish it. It was HP Lovecraft and the Black Magick Tradition by John L. Steadman. I had bought it for a plane trip to Florida and was really hoping it would give me the kind of survey of Lovecraftian inspired traditions. At first it gripped me with some info on HPL's life and some of the social struggles of his characters and even shed light on the more "racist" aspect of his works - for instance, its always the "inferior ones" who know to get away from the horror, while the intrepid WASP strides boldly into cosmic self destruction. Probably due to alienation from living in New York and being married to a Jewish woman who was always away from home as a travelling saleswoman so the bills could be paid and he could write. But this was all based on another's research, and when it got to practical application the book...died in my hands.

I tried to read it, but I felt like the author was masturbating into print, and I quickly grew tired of the universal application of his viewpoint to "black magickians" and what they do. Perhaps I am a prejudiced fuck and lacking in appreciation, but I seriously contemplated throwing the book in the trash at the airport in spite of the money I spent. But then I got superstitious and did not want the curse to spread. So it lurks in my house somewhere I know not what, but if the Outer Ones want me to cringe, then it will turn up. At which point I will take it as my cue to re-start Kenneth Grant from the top and do some cabalistic tapdancing.

 

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[Milton]

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[Morell]

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(joke) Right on time, I was just wondering how to quit Jedi Order the most crushing way possible.

Especially need to get back to the evil after exploring Jedi Holocron. Adam Yaw must be something when he did put together over 1 800 pages.
But they are merciful in one thing: Jedi Holocron is freebie, if nothing else. It's crazy to create such fat book.

 

[Robert Ramsay]

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Sith happens.
I threw a Tarot book across the room once when a footnote said "and of course the gypsies came from Atlantis"

 

[Zeelu]

I'm not arguing he doesn't know about the occult and I may get some flak for this, but in the original futhark by Edred Thorsson the end ritual to get blind drunk in a graveyard and try to summon a banshee to be your buddy is pretty high on my list of things that shouldn't be in a norse occult book.

 

[silencewaits]

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[coffee221]

Somnus dreadwood, some of the laziness in his works is exceptional (reusing sigils across the books for totally different purposes, reusing a cursing seal for the pact seal and just flipping it), let's not forget him ripping off the Drow from D&D for one of his towers, and E.A. Koetting for sure.

 

[Sabbatius]

Raven Kaldera... Just read his works. You will get the picture quickly.
Galina Krasskova, whom I actually like her writing itself, but her actual work is virtually the same as Raven Kaldera.
Sandra Ingerman is the Banner Bearer of the modern American "Core Shaman" and her work reflects this to the point of absurdity.
Jim Pathfinder Ewing. Reiki Shamanism from another modern American "Core Shaman." Need I say more?

 

[Lurker]

Somnus dreadwood, some of the laziness in his works is exceptional (reusing sigils across the books for totally different purposes, reusing a cursing seal for the pact seal and just flipping it), let's not forget him ripping off the Drow from D&D for one of his towers, and E.A. Koetting for sure.

You got me interested, so I did an internet search for ol' Somnus. According to a reddit post, he embezzled his group's finances and absconded. That definitely merits the Hall of Shame.

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But I didn't let that didn't stop from just downloading his books. They should be fun, if nothing else.

Collection - Books by Somnus Dreadwood

 

[Sabbatius]

You got me interested, so I did an internet search for ol' Somnus. According to a reddit post, he embezzled his group's finances and absconded. That definitely merits the Hall of Shame.

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But I didn't let that didn't stop from just downloading his books. They should be fun, if nothing else.

Collection - Books by Somnus Dreadwood

The work is a mixed bag. Much of the work is applicable however the cosmology and mythology is tweaked in a way as to make the workings almost feel like roleplay rather than ritual or ceremony. However, utilizing the concepts and creating the system into your own fashion- it is not a bad "bare bones" system to build on. Create your own sigils; utilize the locations/planes; implement the entities associated with whomever you call- virtually the entire system is sigil-work.

 

[Lurker]

The work is a mixed bag. Much of the work is applicable however the cosmology and mythology is tweaked in a way as to make the workings almost feel like roleplay rather than ritual or ceremony. However, utilizing the concepts and creating the system into your own fashion- it is not a bad "bare bones" system to build on. Create your own sigils; utilize the locations/planes; implement the entities associated with whomever you call- virtually the entire system is sigil-work.

Ah, interesting, thanks for the info. Spheres of Devestation is the book that piqued my interest. Do the books need to be read in order of publication? I doubt I'll work the system, but there might be some good take-aways.

 

[Sabbatius]

Ah, interesting, thanks for the info. Spheres of Devestation is the book that piqued my interest. Do the books need to be read in order of publication? I doubt I'll work the system, but there might be some good take-aways.

The order of reading goes as:
1-The Black Scriptures
2-The Left Hand
3-Profane Seals
4-Charnel Whispers
5-Eye of the Oracle
6-Lectionary of the Sanguine Moon-The Spiritual Law of the Cabal (members booklet)
7-Rites in Thirteen Tongues
8-Spheres of Devastation
9-Gravelording
10-Tome of Discipleship (members booklet)

I found a few other texts and quarterly books from the temple as well, which are:
Maergzjiran Cabal Disciple Packet
Blood Iron Sulfur-Volume One
Vedat-Volume One

 

[coffee221]

The work is a mixed bag. Much of the work is applicable however the cosmology and mythology is tweaked in a way as to make the workings almost feel like roleplay rather than ritual or ceremony. However, utilizing the concepts and creating the system into your own fashion- it is not a bad "bare bones" system to build on. Create your own sigils; utilize the locations/planes; implement the entities associated with whomever you call- virtually the entire system is sigil-work.

The simplicity of the system is what initially got me interested. It doesn't ask for anything that hard to get, mostly just a ritual blade, cup, altar area and some candles. Not that big of a space commitment and even easy to travel with. It is however a system you essentially have to build yourself as the books give you just enough info for the barebones practice, but if you want to get any in-depth info you'd have to join the group

 

[8Lou1]

cant remember the writer, but the books of the trilogy are awful in selling fake as truth. the flowery words they use to conceal their lies. the egregores involved are aggressive and where the books speak about compassion and justice, their egregores never do.

1 of the big fails they spread is that there are some chapters in the book with titles no one knows the meaning of. those are 3 letters of the alphabet and there are just a few combos to make words with 3 letters, but non the less if you use one of those meanings you are most def not a follower and thus the enemy . and the egregore spreads fast... one being a l m in arabic. wich can meaning to the wise man or woman. or just read alm. something else promoted but hardly ever done: giving alms.

they also have a free dresscode for followers that should keep one safe from being attacked. i tried it and it was the opposite. i also had several conversations about it and the conclusion was, yes you are free to choose what every you like as long as you do as we say. ah..

oww and an other stupid thing is their god is said to be out of human paradigm, but the clergy seems to know who it is but wont share. so if you ask questions regarding the mention of their god in their books they say have faith and use this occult tool to help you: pray, pray, pray, a 5 time minimum a day and you go to heaven and be with god. so i tried cause damn i had questions for that god. shit didnt work. i searched for the most original form of their prayer, looked up the meanings, learned them from my heart, spoke with the least amount of wrong pronunciation and still to no avail.

i ended up almost killing myself and then their god came. i was so freakin angry and the god took away my worries not the trouble itself. so no problem solved, just move along we eyeballed this one..

i really dont like the trilogy, but overall we can now safely say the earth evolves around the sun and not the other way around. so it has a hell of a power over humanity. worth its study, not its believe.

 

[Morell]

Morgue
The guy from YT, where he has channel Morgue Official. Got my hands on first of his five books on Neogenian system and was having high expectations, because from his channel I can tell that he is clever... or maybe he's clever only on certain topics.

The book was annoying like hell. (even beyond being American book, as those annoy me a lot, starting with those recommendations on the start of the book, which is like having advertisement on the book printed inside the book) When reading about a system, I would prefer to read about the system, not about how to deconstruct Christianity and other systems, which takes bigger part of the book. I didn't finish the book, but from names of the chapters there is possibly nothing else.

Could be because the book is part of the series of books, but then the name is misleading. And to me the size of the collection is red flag. When you teach the system, you might need two, three hundred pages, even more... but Morgue needed over 1 700 pages?!

Now I really question his occult knowledge and experience.

 

[voidcat]

Raven Kaldera... Just read his works. You will get the picture quickly.

I've read only one of his books. Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path. Lot of good info but some the stuff was bull or not stuff you should do. And by his own words in the book he's not a good guy.

I read online he's sexually abused folk. I don't know if that's true I haven't found the source of that info. However from reading that book I gathered this:

Just because you can dont mean you should. Just because pain in the extreme can cause spiritual experiences doesn't mean you should hang from hooks piercing your breasts. Or that you should sew someone's mouth up like he did in this article:

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You don't need to harm folk to that degree for them to have altered consciousness. There are better ways.

 

[coffee221]

I've read only one of his books. Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path. Lot of good info but some the stuff was bull or not stuff you should do. And by his own words in the book he's not a good guy.

I read online he's sexually abused folk. I don't know if that's true I haven't found the source of that info. However from reading that book I gathered this:

Just because you can dont mean you should. Just because pain in the extreme can cause spiritual experiences doesn't mean you should hang from hooks piercing your breasts. Or that you should sew someone's mouth up like he did in this article:

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You don't need to harm folk to that degree for them to have altered consciousness. There are better ways.

Am i right in assuming he doesn't even slightly emphasize how to do any of that safely?
Any sane BDSM enjoyer will know just how important the preparation and aftercare are and how to mitigate risk as much as you can

 

[voidcat]

Am i right in assuming he doesn't even slightly emphasize how to do any of that safely?
Any sane BDSM enjoyer will know just how important the preparation and aftercare are and how to mitigate risk as much as you can

He I think is big on safety? It's been a long time since I read that book. He doesn't explain however how to do the stuff safely just mentions he is trained on how to do these things safely. If I recall correctly