Path:typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!166.88.5.10.MISMATCH!news.kjsl.com!news-peer.gradwell.net!easynet-monga!easynet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!telocity-west!TELOCITY!sn-xit-03!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mailFrom: Gnomedplume@aol.com (Gnome d Plume)Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.magick.goetia,alt.christnet.demonologySubject: Re: 'Real' vs. 'Fake' Grimoires (was necronomicon)Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:44:00 GMTOrganization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.comMessage-ID: <3cc546af.1771756@trialnews.peoplepc.com>References: <5cc56cfe.0203301948.b4f09c6@posting.google.com><a3076ef3.0203302208.770f3434@posting.google.com><IBAr8.13809$44.85585@typhoon.sonic.net><guMw8.130273$GS6.12912017@bin3.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitX-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.comLines: 82Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:32401 alt.magick:297912alt.magick.goetia:1260 alt.christnet.demonology:13344On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 04:39:40 GMT, "Ta|oN"<Magick@[remove]website-marketing.com> wrote:(Snip)>>>> > Try "Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia" or "The Enochian World>> > of Aleister Crowley" by Lon Milo Duquette. Or "The Book of>> > Solomon's Magick" by C.R. Runyon.>>>> not quite the puzzle or entertainment.>>>> > The Goetic and Enochian systems have evolved, been tested,>>>> the Goetia reads like a third-grader constructed its puny directory>> from amongst 10-15 mix-n-match 'characters' of 'demons'. it lacks>> creativity beyond the wild imagination of the author at points>> where describing the spirits. it is not my impression that this>> text is more than an amusement amongst magicians where it fails to>> become a mechanism by which the clever psycho-analyst attempts to>> get in touch with their deep mind (something I consider altogether>> different than summoning demons, though their character may prove>> similar at times).*******The above comment is perhaps the most uninformed and childishflip-off of the most widely used and effective system of "Real Magic"in the Western world today. In comparison to the various fake*Necronomicons* the *Lemegeton* is redwood among sprouts. The sort ofpeevish kevetching seen above is what you can expect from teenageGothic role-players who have neither the will nor the resolve tobecome real magicians. You want a "real" old magick book that works,and even has some of the most horrible beasties you can imagine (ifthat's your bag) then try this:
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