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You standing up for ol' momma silver?
Damn. Hell has frozen over.
Next you'll be citing Raymond Buckland lol
Quoting: Green Witch I'm just saying I thought her research was of quality. That's rare among that flaky little group. I thought it was a good educated guess.
Good guess. Pretty accurate.
You know, in the community almost noone cites or recommends her books anymore. She has almost been completely passed over.
Into the dustbin with Raymond, Scott Cunningham etc
Yeah, that may be a mistake in the long run.
Silver had a few shining moments in her research as did Raymond.
The younger pagan community may think it all old hat, but there are a few select jewels in there.
I didn't get much out of Cunningham.
But I did run into Buckland in research when I was going through Crowley's Argentum Astrum Equinox in theology school.
Mostly, I think they're idiots compared to Crowley's theological knowledge. He learned much from his Plymouth Brethren minister father. I can actually do practice with Crowley because he was such a good dialectician. The rest I see as muggles. They're simply boring to me because they offer no practice and no training.
I don't talk much about my Thelema because it would be misunderstood among the general Christian community.
There are nuggets of wisdom in every book if you can find them. Most of those old books from Buckland, Cunningham, Crowley, Grimassi, Regardie etc I've read at one point or another. Most of these old timers were student of Gardner along with Crowley.
I still have 'Uncle Bucky's Big Blue Book'.
These books are hard to read and some harder to follow. They were written for another time.
Buckland in particular is hard to get into and not for the beginner. His book on Anglo Saxon Craft was one of the first ones I read.
Cunningham was another. My main issue with Cunningham was that he was not a trained herbalist and some of his books on herbology should carry warnings where they do not.
Don't even get me started on Starhawk. I got about halfway through her book and threw it in the trash. Literally.
As for the Thelema. I've read some of the books on Crowley and the OTO etc. Ceremonial magick is not my thing as my tradition pretty much predates all of it.
I'm just a low level country witch.
If you ever get the chance, I would like your opinion on Amy Blackthorn's Botanical Magic. I think it is far superior to anything Cunningham ever did. You might actually like it.
