Making Talismans: Living Entities of Power

By Nick Farrell

Book Overview

Discover the secret keys and practical techniques to turn mundane objects into "living entities of power", bringing real change in your life. By pooling magical practices from shamanism, paganism, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738700045
• ISBN13: 9780738700045
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Really useful

Making Talismans is a very clear well written, and well researched book. It covers an extremely difficult subject well. Unlike many of the books on the market it does not tell you about talismans or provide you with a history. It tells you how to make your own. Farrell's main idea is that the physical object that make's up the talisman is less important than the magical act or ritual that empowers it. This obviously creates a problem because making a talisman is really a conglomeration of different occult techniques. Normally attempting to build one would be the work of an experienced magician. However Farrell shows that this does not need to be the case. He provides you with all the information you need to create a talisman, and then simply gives you three different empowerment rites to try. The book is fast becoming an occult classic because it really is the first to make these techniques accessible. Also a large number of more experienced magicians, for example Donald Kraig are recommending it. Superficially it is complex and this has put a number of people off. However no one in my group has found any problems understanding it and we are all beginners. I liked the way that pagans could use a system in their tradition and more Golden Dawn types can use theirs. This places the book into the hands of a wide range of magical practitioners from Wiccans to ceremonial types. The main question is do the techniques work. I have seen several articles by people who have used the book. My own group also had some fairly spectacular effects with it. Anyway I heartily recommend it for both beginners and advanced people.

Nick Farrel Has Done All The Research For You.

This is a great book. While it is quite in depth, it is also great for beginners. I started out trying to gather bits and pieces of information about the actual making of Talisman and found that many of the writers simply wrote very short sections without indepth detail as to how and why Talisman are made the way they are. The author thoroughly explains in this book how to create a Talisman from start to finish and how to 'charge' them. Great book on 'Making Talismans.' The author not only gives the reader a plethora of different ideas to create Talisman, but goes on to teach the reader exactly what is needed so that the user can use the knowledge gained from this book to use outside sources to create other Talisman. Great Book, highly recommended.

One of the Best

I was quite impressed by the author's knowlege and insights into the often misunderstood art of talismanic magic.Even though I have many books on this subject this work is in a class of it's own.The author has drawn the best information from a varity of sources,combinded with his own experience and presented it altogether in a interesting and enjoyable to read volume.This book should be of particular interest for those working in the Golden Dawn and Hermetic traditions.

The BEST book on Talismans

I recently bought Nick Farrell's book "Making talismans: livingentities of power" and I can assure anybody that this is the bestbook on talismans that I have seen.Everything you need to know is there and perfectly explained (a very rare thing in the occult world). It is a complete book that covers everything and deeply.I have read many books on talismans, such as those written byE.A.W. Budge, D. Ashcroft-Nowicki, Sepharial, I. Regardie, andP. Zalewski, but Farrell's book is in a class of it's own and isFAR above em all. You'll never need to buy another book on Talismans, and if you have already some books on the subject, and decide to buy this one, you'll know what I mean now.Also, I would like to take this opportunity to recommend two other books on "Magick" for all the seekers out there."Encyclopedia of magical herbs" by S. Cunningham and "Modern magick" by D. Kraig. What the hell those three books have in common?Simple. They are filled with a lot of very useful informations and also, perfectly explained. Very respectful books.So, have a good read all!

Making Talismans

A brilliant book. Everything I need to know is here, written in a no-nonsense style, with humour, the author knows his talismans. It is a great reference work and explains simply and in detail from a variety of viewpoints: traditional, modern, pagan, etc. It is excellent for beginners, but there is plenty for the more experienced, too.