Aaron Leitch > Quotes

“To understand the grimoires within their own context, we must not look at them through the eyes of twenty-first century readers with modern sensibilities. We must examine them with the eyes of the medieval magician, who lived in a world much harsher than our own: famine, epidemic illness, religious persecution, and warfare often meant that human life was cheap. As a result, the magic employed by medieval mages to protect home and hearth was a very serious business and not for the faint of heart.”
― Aaron Leitch, Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires: The Classical Texts of Magick Deciphered

“The grimoires were already illegal; authoring or possessing them was punishable by torture and death. In that case, listing belladonna as an ingredient in an incense won’t likely be the crime that gets you lynched in a text that tells you how to conjure demons to kill your enemies.”
― Aaron Leitch

“One of the greatest assets of this present work is the meticulous attention paid to the subject of theurgy or "god working," which Leitch describes as "the heart of our work." Theurgy is designed to elevate the magician's soul toward the celestial realms by invoking and communicating with angels, archangels, and various levels of deity. The detailed regimen of magical work, purity, humility, and self-control required of a medieval theurgist should leave the reader with little doubt that the spiritual path of the adept magician is a high caliber discipline that takes work, perseverance, and dedication.”
― Aaron Leitch, Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires: The Classical Texts of Magick Deciphered

“Aaron Leitch's Secrets of the Magical Grimoires provides a tremendous amount of new insight into the world of the medieval mage. By clarifying the objectives and procedures covered in these texts and spell-books, Leitch sheds light upon a subject which has been greatly misunderstood for far too long. In addition, he provides a valuable comparison between many of the magical practices described in the grimoires and various shamanic methods of working with the spirit world.”
― Aaron Leitch, Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires: The Classical Texts of Magick Deciphered

“In popular modern usage, the word grimoire refers specifically to a set of medieval European magickal texts (notebooks, journals, and teaching aids) that record that culture's form of practical magick. Their main focus is the summoning of spiritual entities (celestial and infernal) for various shamanic purposes.”
― Aaron Leitch, Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires: The Classical Texts of Magick Deciphered