The Book of Results [Paperback]

Ray Sherwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2005

Sigil Magick, Chaos Magick, New, Age, Alternative, Magic, Studies, mature

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ray Sherwin is known in occult circles as the author of The Book of Results and The Theatre of Magic and one of the first popularly acknowledged Chaos magicians. He created the Illuminates of Thanateros along with Peter Carroll in the late 1970s.

Product Details

• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: LULU (March 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411625587
• ISBN-13: 978-1411625587
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #935,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I do not like this book, November 4, 2007

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Chaoleone - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Book of Results (Paperback)

Of the eighty pages of this book, twenty are dedicated to technical aspects of how to make incense, which might be of interest to perfumiers, but is not what a magician buying this book will want to read. Sure, perfume and incense have applications in magic, but they simply are not discussed in this book; what's discussed is the process of getting ingredients, mixing them and making incense.

Another chapter is a boring political rant of no relevance.

Ray Sherwin's methods of identifying and exorcising personal demons are of value, but - in a mindboggling piece of bad editing - are split between the first chapter and the tenth. Five or six pages from the first chapter are repeated verbatim in the tenth! Was this book never proofread at all?!

All in all, a bad book.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book!, January 26, 2007

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Thomas P. Ryan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Results (Paperback)

I was quite impressed with this book and just a little disappointed in myself for not having read it before- it was written in 1978.
Anyone reading Frater U.D., Peter Carroll, or Phil Hine will find that this book will fill in some small gaps in the information given by these three authors as to how to go about creating a sigil. Again, an excellent little book.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good study, July 10, 2006

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Vernon Dyer "Vern" (US, New England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book of Results (Paperback)

A well written book. I found it extremely helpful. You will in fact get results if you practice what is taught in the book. This book belongs in everyone's library regardless of what level of magik you are working with. It is worth every bit of four stars.