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The Magical Power of the Saints: Evocation and Candle Rituals

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This is the second book by Malbrough. This is the better of the three available on the market, though it is somewhat new agey like his other books. It seems like the author got started writing a book on working with the saints but either got sidetracked or ran out of information. The first part of the book has pictures of the saints with brief descriptions of them, but many of the commonly used saints are not present. The information given is brief. The second chapter discusses divination appearing throughout the bible. Its not bad. There is a section them on various brand candles. These candles are very common in hoodoo but many of them have nothing to do with the saints. The author presents some commentary on his own initiation as a diviner, and then some reproductions of certficates he obtained. This is part of the reason I think he ran out of information. It might have been that he had a contract for a certain number of pages and used some things as filler, though thats just a guess. In particular the author includes a certificate he earned in "Bucklands Seax Wicca" school. This has NOTHING to do with working the saints and deffinently alludes to the authors new age style. All in all its not a terriblebook for the price but I wouldn't buy it new if used copies are available for sale.

If you are looking for a how-to guide for calling upon the saints as your personal allies, this book just might start you in the right direction. The author--whose background includes Santeria, Wicca, spiritualism, voodoo and shamanism--introduces you to 74 different saints, and explains how you can reach them through ritual. The book opens with a brief overview of saints and deities, including capsule identification of each saint--such as name, feast day, weekday, emblem, color of candle, areas of protection and association. In addition, an image of the saint is provided. Following this are general discussions of the power of rituals and magic, and how these can assist you. However, the majority of the book is given over to providing you with candle rituals and incantations for 57 different situations,such as improving your marriage, attracting fortune, improving your business, calming anger, conquering infidelity, obtaining spiritual strength, etc. Each of the rituals includes appropriate references to the Psalms of the Bible, and other key steps for success. Also included are a bibliography for further reading, and an index.

I know this book is very accurate because I grew up around what the book is based on. It is simply enough for beginners and thorough enough for people know already know a bit more.
YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY

I have found this book to be very helpful in my own life and that of my family. It is dogeared from use. I am very grateful to this author for this book. This works.

Although as an Omo Ochun, I embrace the Future of my Orisha, but I can not let go of the past of my Santos. In my home both the Orisha / Supreme Guardian Angels as well as the Santos are well respected. This book is good, but to be honest with you, most of the information in this book has been passed down to me, by my mother and grandparent. None of the information was new to me. I read the book in less than a few hours, as it was just a brush down of everything passed down to me.

But to those who's parents are not Curanderas, or Santeras, this will be a neat book. You will finally get an understanding of what those fancy candles sold in Botanicas and what they are used for. The Section of the Saints is nice, but you can find better info in one of those Catholic Saints Dictionaries.

The Psalms of the Bibles, section is okay. The Psalms are very powerful prayers and invocation. This is just a quick reference; there are better books out there on the subject.

This book is okay, if you do not know the information, I guess this book would be helpful, if not, save your [money]

The Magical Power of the Saints has helped my new employees learn about the spiritual supplies sold in Botanicas. Our customers are always coming into the store asking for advice. Our employees must know the products we sell and what they are used for. The Magical Power of the Saints has served as a wonderful reference guide. Why wasn't a book like this written years ealier???

I bought this book about two years ago and have used it faithfuly ever since. The author I must say has written some questionable materiel since, his HooDoo Mysteries is terrible but this book rings of sound practice. I love the first section where many saints are featured along with their pictures, candle colors and other correspondences. The rest of the book is nice as well. The author gives a chapter on the many many different types of mystical candles available and offers uses for each. There is more information on reading and interpreting how the candles burn, and also the helpful and harmful uses for various colors. Even though this is unfortuenantly published by Llewyllyn, a publishing house known to produce crap this is a book worth having. If you are someone who works with the saints and uses the 7 day novena candles then this book is certainly for you. If you are looking for even more information then buy CHARMS SPELLS AND FORMULAS along with this book, the two together bought new will cost under $20.00.

I have read a lot of books but this book seems to be nothing more than a put together thing that tells nothng about how to really contact the Saints or use their help. I was hoping for a book that would give me somethng to work with but this book did not.

When I 1st bought this book I tried just about all of the rituals inside it! But to my surprise they didnt seem to work for me. But I will say this, some of the candles did work well alone rather than in the combination that they actually give you. Example, To be lucky in Love's ritual consist of to may unneccesary candles for me, I obtain great results for clients and myself by just using the chuparosa red and green candle with strong love oil on it and a pink adam and eve with adam and eve oil, thats it the other stuff mentioned for it is unneccesary! But the one I love in the whole book and I carry it out to the letter is the ritual "TO OBTAIN DAILY BLESSINGS". Its an offering to pay homage to all the saints so that they may shower you with blessings from the divine. It works AMAZINGLY!!! You can tell when I forget to do it sometimes, cause things dont go so well with me and in my household. You have to do it on the 1st Friday of the month and sometimes I do forget, but for the most part I try not to miss at all!! But this book, just for the one ritual, is well worth the price and more! YOU'LL RECEIVE AND ABUNDANCE OF BLESSINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE!

I must say I bought his book not really sure. Im interested in christo paganism, christian witches and such so I thought this would be a good book to read to help me build my own spiritual path and closeness with God. I bought this book tonight and I. Im done reading it. Its very interesting..ofcourse I dont really agree on some thoughts (animal sacrifice) I believe that is totally wrong . I dont even want to think about that. But the magick with candles and psalm references and the Saints were GREAT info and I plan on using this in the future.