Pagan Anger Magic: Positive Transformations from Negative Energies

by Tammy Sullivan

Book by Sullivan, Tammy

Genres: Magick, Paganism

240 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2005

Reviews

[Scarlet Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for witches and pagans of any path, particularily if you have an eclectic bent and have an interest in the many dimensions and forms that magick can take. By no means is it a book of dark spells and "black magick" but an intelligently written tool for witches to really get their head around the parts of themselves that may not be all pretty and sparkly and dancing in the moonlight. It's a guide to dealing with powerful emotions that many people would rather not deal with. Many ideas are provided on how to face ones anger instead of trying to subdue it, to us it wisely and to seek the guidance of the angrier Goddesses of the worlds pantheons to help you through hard times. This book really lifted me up above myself during a very horrible rage-filled time in my life and let me see that I could heal and that my feelings were not evil or cursed, but a part of the natural flow and could be useful and even necessary in both my mundane and spiritual life. Exploring the ideas held within it enriched my magickal life. I thank Ms. Sullivan for writing this book and I wish there were more out there like it!

[H. Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really interesting topic to read about since using anger in magic was not something I'd really considered before. Like many of my reading choices, though, this book came along at such an appropriate time. Boy, did my anger make for some powerful spellworking! I appreciated the exercises and meditations included in the book which helped to spark my own creative juices and I found the correspondences useful. When describing the darker Goddesses, however, Sullivan had a tendency to give her opinions as fact which didn't sit well with me. For example, when discussing the Goddess Lilith she wrote, "Never attempt to grovel with Lilith, she despises weakness. Working with Lilith must be approached from an equal-never a worshipful-standpoint." Ummm, in your opinion! For Sekhmet, "Work only on yourself when working with Sekhmet." Rubbish! Such blanket statements cause beginners to doubt themselves, thinking they're doing things wrong, when the fact is you have to go with what is right for you. Sullivan's habit of telling others how they should worship instead of guiding them to better experience the Goddesses for themselves was a real let down in an otherwise wonderfully refreshing book on magic. Luckily the Goddess chapters are only a small part of the whole and Pagan Anger Magic is still well worth adding to your shelves.

[Rebecca Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my opinion, this is a must-have advanced text for any neo-pagan. This sort of energy work is simply NOT addressed in any other book I've seen, and considering that anger is a form of energy we deal with consistently throughout our lives, shouldn't we acknowledge and claim it? She's spot on with the complexity of ethics and doesn't whitewash any responsibility on the part of the magick worker. At the same time, she's not afraid to address things like hexing or sex magick. Mature, astute, well-written and thought-provoking. Explores all aspects of the topic and includes useful correspondences, spells and recipes. My only complaint is that the chapter on deities consists only of goddesses and includes no gods. It's definitely changed my perspective on my own anger and how I give away my power - but now I'm armed with many ways to harness it. Some of these exercises will no doubt become part of my personal practice.

[Chris Ostrowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pagan is a misnomer, it's more Wiccan based as far as "to harm none." If you get past the Fluffy Bunny parts, it's not too bad