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The Magician’s Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism (Llewellyn’s High Magick Series)
The Magician's Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism (Llewellyn's High Magick Series)
The Magician's Companion by Bill Whitcomb is the most complete collection of practical information on magical systems from around the world you can add to your magical techniques. It begins with a complete introduction to magic, from def
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#2 written by Steven D. Hasting "Neshamah" 8 months ago15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Top Notch Resource,October 14, 2004 ByThis review is from: The Magician’s Companion: A Practical and Encyclopedic Guide to Magical and Religious Symbolism (Llewellyn’s High Magick Series) (Paperback)Mr.Whitcomb has done an excellent job of putting together a resource you will use over and over again. The book is oversized, so you can write your own notes in the margins. Not a day goes by that I don’t pick up this book and look up the correspondences of a planet, or information on one of the 28 Lunar Mansions of Chinese Astrology. No kidding, this book is fantastic and you will definitely get a lot of usage out of it. Yes, there are a couple of errors in these almost 600 pages — but what book of this type doesn’t have an error or two? Finding them will help you grow and learn, so it might be that Mr.Whitcomb has done you a favor. But, as I said, there are only a couple — don’t wear yourself out trying to find them. ENJOY !!!
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“As Above, So Below”,
The author’s knowlege is truly encyclopedic and extremely impressive. This thick tome is the equivalent of a doctorate in metaphysics. That is because it is not merely a reference work (though it is probably the best single volume reference on symbolism and correspondence), but it is truly intended to be a self study course. In the “How to Use this Book” section he makes it clear that he is a serious practitioner with a first-hand knowlege of what such studies take (i.e. Meditation, Intense Intellectual Study, Centering, and Grounding.) The reading list for further study is both first rate, and surprisingly eclectic (varied, and not what you’d ordinariy expect.)
You can find all of this information in other sources such as the hermetic, cabalistic, and alchemical source works, but it will take you years. Whitcomb has sumarised everything in amazingly clear tables, lists, and diagrams without trivialising anything. He even shows the cross correspondenses between various systems and cultures (Egyptian, Greek, Tibetan, Native American, Hebrew, Chinese, etc.)
My only criticism is that there is not a leather bound hard cover edition for my permanent library- I know I’ll have my own copy custom bound at the first opportunity.
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