Goetic Evocation: The Magician's Workbook Volume 2 [Paperback]

Steve Savedow (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 203 pages
• Publisher: Eschaton Productions Inc; 2nd edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573531111
• ISBN-13: 978-1573531115
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,178,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK!, August 24, 2000

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Stephen Horner (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goetic Evocation: The Magician's Workbook Volume 2 (Paperback)

I found this book incredibly informative, useful and practical. In addition to compiling known material on the Goetia in a practical and efficient format, there is quite a bit of previously unpublished material by one who has obviously studied ritual evocation seriously for many years. Also, the rare text of the Testament of Solomon in the appendix is worth 20 times the price of the book by itself. The author also restored the shattered Sefer Qliphoth of Aleister Crowley, with extremely well researched corrections. The accounts of the evocations performed by the author are fascinating and compelling, and the many charts and tables detailing the hierarchy of angels and demons make for an important reference source not found in any other text on the subject. I have collected grimoire texts for nearly 20 years and possess every accessible book available in this subject area, and I place this book right at the top of the list. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better companion books to the Goetia, September 17, 2006

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M. Stone "Frater Iustitia Omnibus" (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goetic Evocation: The Magician's Workbook Volume 2 (Paperback)

I am of two minds towards this book. There are parts that I absolutely hate, and there are parts that are almost unique in their honesty, in books of this type. Almost anyone who writes in this genre gets a list of "fan boy" reviews. The subject matter just seems to create that vibration. This will not be that sort of review.

First the bad:

1.) This is hardly laid out as a "Work Book" as the cover would suggest. The work doesn't even start until the second half of the manual, and make up only 22 pages.

2.) Even though the Goetia is decidedly "Solomonic" the first Tree of Life in the book has Egyptian deities on it. Followed by Greek, then Hindu, then Christian, Planetary, and then FINALLY Hebrew.

3) The author is firmly convinced that these entities are all evil, and dwell on the "Tree of Death".

The good:

1) Spirits of days and hours clearly laid out with a neat format.

2) Clear charts for Tree of Life attributions, in an "At a glance" format.

3) Wonderful fusion of ritual from the Greater and Lesser Keys. This includes use of Pentacles from the greater key, and the Circle and Triangle from the Lesser Key. Really this is a complete curriculum for Solomonic Magick with very little editing or adding, other than noted above in "The Bad".

4) This is the only author I have seen that actually respects the planetary attributions of the original text. The fact that there are 72 spirits that don't fit neatly into little cosmic piles, seems to be a built-in test against the pride of the Magician. Most authors fail that test.

5) While I am not convinced that this is essential curriculum for Goetic Working, he has included a rather exhaustive tract on the Qliphoth or the Tree of Evil, the reverse of the Tree of Life.

Let me say that the points toward the good are all stronger points than the ones listed under the bad. I think this book is a wonderful companion piece to the actual Goetia. Actually I suggest the Henson/Wellman edition of the Lemegeton for the entire Lesser Key.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting insight into the qliphoth, January 25, 1999

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"andromalius" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goetic Evocation: The Magician's Workbook Volume 2 (Paperback)

Goetic Evocation tackles some advanced subject matter - namely, evoking the spirits of the Goetia to visible appearance. While it is not as badly organized as the author's previous book (The Magician's Workbook) it still seems to throw the reader into the middle of the subject without much prelude. I also thought the requirements for performing an evocation a bit too restrictive (you must use this incense or you will fail, you must do this or you will fail, etc. etc.) Also, it's ridiculous to expect everyone who wants to practice evocation to have a house in the country, far away from other people, but the author seems to make this a requirement as well.

I did like the "Goetic Experiments" appendix to the book - it's worth buying the book just to read that section alone, as it leads the reader through an actual series of evocation experiments and lets you see how it's done.

I also enjoyed the author's information/speculations on the "plane of demons", and how it all functioned.