Category: Reviews

Llewellyn’s 2009 Herbal Almanac © 2008 Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN 978-0-7387-0723-5 309 pages Paperback $8.99 (U.S.) $10.50 (Canada) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason I have always been impressed by the breadth of topics covered in the Herbal Almanac. It would be so easy to allow one aspect to dominate, but there are six distinct sections to this…

Sisters of Mercy by Megan Kelley Hall © 2008 Kensington Books ISBN 978-0-758226792 308 pages Paperback $9.95 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason Even though I didn’t grow up in New England, I have spent over two decades living in a town much like Hawthorne – neighboring Salem, on the seacoast, and everybody knows everybody else’s…

Liber Malorum Children of the Apple by Sean Scullion © 2008 PagAnarchy Press ISBN 97809557984-0-5 523 pages Paperback $27.21 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason This is a compilation work. There are twenty three authors and over 70 contributions. I’m sure it will be difficult for some people to read, since it is a true Discordian…

Faith and Magick in the Armed Forces by Stefani E. Barner © 2008 Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN 0-978-0-7387-1194-2 289 pages Paperback $15.95 (U.S.) $18.50 (Canada) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason Are you one of those people who believe that “harm none” means never doing anything which could potentially cause harm to anyone or anything? Do you feel…

Forest Song – Finding Home by Vila Spiderhawk © 2008 Vanilla Heart Publishing ISBN 978-0-9814739-8-7 399 pages $15.99 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason This is the second book I have read by this author. The first was Hidden Passages, which was a collection of short stories. This one is a full length novel, which allows…

The Heretic’s Guide to Thelema by Gerald del Campo © 2008 Immanion Press © 2008 ISBN 978-1-905713-18-9 438 pages Paperback $22.99 (U.S.) Reviewed by: Mike Gleason Thelema? Isn’t that about the writings and magickal workings of Aleister Crowley? Didn’t he use drugs and sex magick? Wasn’t he called “the evilest man in the world”? What…