Cardinal's Sin: Psychic Defenders Uncover Evil in the Vatican (The Committee) [Paperback]

Raymond Buckland (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Committee | Publication Date: January 8, 1990

In this novel about magical secrets which ha ve been found in a Vatican library, an insanely vengeful Car dinal evokes fierce magical storms that take America hostage . The Committe joins forces with a Wiccan Priestess to count er the attack. '

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Fierce hurricanes, ruinous tornadoes, and flooding rains are sweeping the United States, costing thousands of lives and billions of dollars. As it becomes clear that these eerily violent and frequent storms are unnatural, the Committee (a cover group of psychics formed by the U. S. government to neutralize malignant paranormal forces) joins minds to determine how and why these devastating magical catastrophes are plaguing America -- and who's behind them. Meet Patrizio Ganganelli, a crazed Roman Cardinal obsessed with avenging his mother's rape by American soldiers during World War II. As the Cardinal plunders the Vatican's secret magic library to evoke demonic forces against the United States, the Committee joins forces with a Wiccan Priestess to counter the Cardinal's attack. But even the power of the great Goddess may not be enough to defeat the ancient evil that's been set loose. As the Committee gathers every ounce of their psychic talent and courage, they realize that this is the most important fight of their lives -- and that the outcome will influence the fate of the world itself. Cardinal's Sin is a real page turner of a read! -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Raymond Buckland has been actively involved in metaphysics and the occult for fifty years and has writing about it for nearly thirty.

He is the author of more than sixty books, including such best-selling titles as Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft, Gypsy Dream Dictionary, Practical Candleburning Rituals, and Witchcraft from the Inside. Ray has lectured and presented workshops across the United States, and has appeared on major television and radio shows nationally and internationally. He has also written screen plays, been a technical advisor for films, and appeared in films and videos.

Ray comes from an English Romany (Gypsy) family and presently resides, with his wife Tara, on a small farm in central Ohio. Beyond writing, Ray's other passion is homebuilt airplanes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (January 8, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567181023
• ISBN-13: 978-1567181029
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,411,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In 1962 I came to the U.S. from England, where I'd written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian. Interested in the occult for over fifty years, in the past forty years I've had over forty books published (fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. I've received awards for my work and had books featured in several national book clubs. I was Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany descent, I'm an authority on Gypsies and have written several books on them. I've lectured at colleges and universities and been the subject of articles in newspapers and magazines: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and others.

I've appeared on national television and radio talk shows and been on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. I appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. I taught courses at colleges and universities and have been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. I'm listed in reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who.

Latest books are The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts, The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and Cards of Alchemy. A DVD version of my Wicca video has also recently been released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. A prolific author, I'm currently working on my autobiography. Today I live on a farm in north-central Ohio. Photo Credit: Gregory Ford

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gotta love it!, March 29, 1998

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[e-mail] (Tracy,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cardinal's Sin: Psychic Defenders Uncover Evil in the Vatican (The Committee) (Paperback)

Hey, when one of the nations top authorities on Witchcraft sits down to write a novel, it results in an awesome story with true-to-life characters. If only Buckland had been consulted when writing the movie "the Craft" maybe then that movie would have turned out great. No matter, this book is an awesome story. The second book about the commitee, it deals with a black magician in the vatican causing weather problems in the good old U.S. of A., and when the Committee gets called in, its time for a realistic no-holds-barred struggle between the forces of good and evil.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, February 8, 2003

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This review is from: Cardinal's Sin: Psychic Defenders Uncover Evil in the Vatican (The Committee) (Paperback)

Like "The Committee," Buckland's novel keeps you wanting more. He obviously did some research on the Vatican and found a way to weave it into the story line. His two main characters, I feel, are well-developed, but the others need a little more depth. His writing is a little spare, but, hey, Hemingway got away with it, so why not. Looking forward to developments in later novels.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, August 25, 2005

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Joseph Adams "brother" (Superior, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cardinal's Sin: Psychic Defenders Uncover Evil in the Vatican (The Committee) (Paperback)

I got this looking for some quality occult fiction the king I found in Aleister Crowley and to a lesser extent Silver Ravenwolf. I thought it was a good book with a cool dak side cover artwork, but I found the plot of a group of psuedo heroes avenging a rapist to be buried beneath a premise of genuine occult things. I guess it is worth the kind of low price you'd expect from a mass market paperback format. I thought it had some suspense especially with the satanists involved. Occult fiction is one of those unique sub genres- you'll either love it or hate it.